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Trump’s Chaos Cabinet

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In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman chime in on the latest developments in Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

00:28 – Fred Smith tribute

04:58 – Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takes shape

18:58 – Trump’s FCC pick and free speech

31:38 – Weekly listener question

38:54 – Tulsi Gabbard vs. the Deep State

49:31 – This week’s cultural recommendations

 

Mentioned in this podcast:

Thank You, Fred Smith,” by Ryan Young

Fred Smith: ‘The Alternative To Innovation Is Not Stability. It’s Stagnation,'” by Nick Gillespie

Bullish on DOGE,” by Liz Wolfe

DOGE Can Succeed by Scaling Back Its Ambitions,” by Brian Riedl

Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s Beef With NewsGuard Is Legally Dubious and Empirically Shaky,” by Jacob Sullum

The New FCC Chairman’s Agenda Contradicts Conservative Principles,” by Jacob Sullum

Trump’s Pick To Run the FCC Wants To Restrict the Editorial Discretion of Social Media Platforms,” by Jacob Sullum

We Don’t Need RFK Jr. To ‘Make America Healthy Again,‘” by Kelvey Vander Hart

Five Phony Public Health Scares,” by Ronald Bailey

“‘Impurifying our precious bodily fluids’: Fear of fluoridation takes a left turn,” by Ronald Bailey

No, DOJ Shouldn’t Investigate Tulsi Gabbard for ‘False Russian Propaganda,‘” by Robby Soave

“It Will Be a Beautiful Day When the Air Force Bombs All the Schools Having Bake Sales,” by Nick Gillespie

Tulsi Gabbard Conspiracy Theories Go Mainstream as Hillary Clinton Accuses the Candidate of Being Groomed by Russia,” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Hillary Clinton Says Donald Trump Is an Illegitimate President and Tulsi Gabbard Is a Russian Tool,” by Robby Soave

Tulsi Gabbard’s Great Moment From Last Night’s Democratic Debate,” by Nick Gillespie by Robby Soave

Gladiator II* Is a Lavish, Empty Spectacle,” by Peter Suderman

Dispatch From Trump World: The Spirit of ’24,” by Nancy Rommelmann

 

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Audio production by Ian Keyser

Assistant production by Hunt Beaty

Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve

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