ORLY-EP0140A - This Cabinet Does Not Lead To Narnia

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #140a recorded Friday January 13th, 2017 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen, with my usual suspects, Stephen Griffith, Amber Biesecker, and Fred Sims.

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1. Russian Hacking (Sanctions Exec Order Document https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/cyber2_eo.pdf)

2. Trump’s Cabinet https://www.graphiq.com/vlp/dRdfE5mtfL?data-script-version=true&data-sv=1.1.1&data-index=0&utm_source=viz&utm_medium=viz.referral&utm_campaign=viz.ref&utm_viz_id=dRdfE5mtfL&utm_cat=Bar%2FLine%2FArea&utm_click_loc=title&utm_pubreferrer=s.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fyc%2Fhtml%2Fembed-iframe-min.7f33a83d.html

   1. Ben Carson for HUD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carson)

   2. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sessions)

   3. James Mattis for Defense Secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mattis)

   4. Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson)

   5. Mike Pompeo for CIA Director (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pompeo)

   6. John Kelly for Homeland Security Secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kelly_(politician))

   7. Elaine Chao for Dept of transportation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao)

   8. Tom Price for Health and Human Services (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Price_(U.S._politician))

   9. Betsy DeVos for Education (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos)

   10. Rick Perry Energy Secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry)

   11. Ryan Zinke Interior Secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Zinke)

   12. Linda McMahon Small Business Administration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon)

   13. Scott Pruitt EPA Administration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pruitt)

   14. Andrew Puzder Labor Secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Puzder)

   15. Wilbur Ross Commerce Secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ross)

   16. Steven Mnuchin treasury Secretary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Mnuchin)

3. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio hammered former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson during a Wednesday morning confirmation hearing https://www.yahoo.com/news/marco-rubio-grills-rex-tillerson-for-refusing-to-call-putin-a-war-criminal-174525761.html

4. Something “Extremely” Concerning Happened in a Confidential Briefing to Congress on Russian Hacking (so usually I try not to cite Jezebel but they have a comprehensive write-up of other sources) http://theslot.jezebel.com/something-extremely-concerning-happened-in-a-confidenti-1791170629

   1. Related: Senate Probe Into Election Hacking http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/13/politics/senate-probe-into-election-hacking-to-review-possible-links-between-russia-campaigns/index.html?adkey=bn

5. Can we briefly talk about Trump refusing to answer CNN’s questions at a press conference and how terrifying his attitude toward the press is?

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