Broader Campaign Finance Reform Needs Legislation

-- On the Show:

-- Marc Elias, a top Democratic election lawyer, joins us to discuss his arguments before the Supreme Court on December 9 in defense of federal limits on coordinated spending between parties and candidates

-- The Trump administration faces escalating private sector job losses as ADP reports companies are losing about 13,500 jobs per week while the White House hides official economic data

-- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urges passengers to follow etiquette rules on planes while highlighting the need for fully staffed, competent air traffic control

-- A federal judge dismisses Trump's criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James because Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor Trump appointed, was not legally authorized

-- Attorney General Pam Bondi promises legal action and appeals for Trump's dismissed cases even though a judge ruled every part of the cases invalid due to improper prosecutorial authority

-- The White House postpones the unveiling of Trump's new health care proposal while ACA subsidies are likely to continue for at least two more years

-- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advises people to move from blue states to red states to slightly reduce inflation while ignoring the larger income and health disparities

-- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defends Trump's H1-B policies, healthcare focus, and confidence in Lindsey Halligan despite contradictions with his own statements

-- Karoline Leavitt insists that all presidential orders are lawful even as Trump repeatedly attempts to push the military into illegal actions and the UCMJ requires disobedience of unlawful orders

-- On the Bonus Show: Texas men indicted over plot to overtake Haitian island, the Pentagon to cut ties with the Boy Scouts, the Trump phone is nowhere to be seen, and much more...

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(00:00) Start (01:46) Job losses rise sharply (08:34) Airline etiquette guidance (15:34) Comey and James cases dismissed (21:56) Bondi promises appeals (26:22) Health care plan delayed (32:26) Move blue to red states (37:22) Marc Elias Interview (52:44) Karoline Leavitt press struggles (1:00:38) Presidential orders always lawful