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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump floats ‘recess appointments’ to install Cabinet secretaries

    President-elect Trump has suggested bypassing the Senate’s constitutional role providing “Advice and Consent” — to quickly install his Cabinet secretaries.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 18, 2024 • 1 min read

    President-elect Trump has suggested bypassing the Senate’s constitutional role providing “Advice and Consent” — to quickly install his Cabinet secretaries.

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    2. 9:59The left is now spreading conspiracy theories about 2024 election
    3. 19:01Pomona College’s sacred ‘47’ brings new meaning amid Trump victory
    4. 24:34Rudolph Schindler: LA architect defined SoCal modernism
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      Madeleine Brand

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Election conspiracy theories, friendship among LA’s unhoused moms
    1. 0:00Trump floats ‘recess appointments’ to install Cabinet secretariesYou’re reading this
    2. 9:59The left is now spreading conspiracy theories about 2024 election
    3. 19:01Pomona College’s sacred ‘47’ brings new meaning amid Trump victory
    4. 24:34Rudolph Schindler: LA architect defined SoCal modernism
    5. 40:17‘Rise, Again’ shows unhoused LA moms leaning on each other
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