On Friday, we all learned
that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was resigning, and shortly after
that news broke we soon found out that his decision was based largely on
President Trump’s decision to hire former Wall Street banker Anthony Scaramucci
as his new White House communications director. Trump’s decision to hire
Scaramucci was controversial within his administration as a result of
Scaramucci’s past criticism of the President, such has calling him a “hack” on
Fox News; however since taking the job he has repeatedly professed his love for
Trump and has busy deleting many of his past tweets that run country to his new
bosses agenda. Joining me today to talk
all about Anthony Scaramucci and why the man who stepped up to the lectern in
the White House briefing room on Friday afternoon was hardly recognizable to
him is William D. Cohan who is a New York Times Op-Ed Contributor,
bestselling author, former Wall Street investment banker, and friend of none
other than Anthony Scaramucci.
Earlier this morning,
Trump announced in a series of tweets that he will ban transgender people from
serving in the military “in any capacity”. As justification for his statement
he claimed that transgender people both disrupt and burden the military with
tremendous medical costs. Joining me
today to talk all about Trump’s tweets and why the President is so very very
wrong is Brynn Tannehill who is
former US Navy pilot and graduate of the United States Naval Academy, she is
also a board member of Trans United Fund and the Co-Chair of Trans United Families For Equality and sits on the Board of Directors of SPART*A, an
advocacy organization for LGBT service members, veterans and their families.
So much happening in
the world of politics this week, what with Republicans in the Senate trying to
once again push Trumpcare through to the President tweeting that he will ban
transgender Americans from serving their country in the military. Helping us to make some sense of it all is Michele Jawando, Vice President of
legal progress at the Center for American Progress, and don’t forget to check
out THINKING CAP, the podcast she does every Thursday with our friend Igor Volsky!
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