TMC - Episode 45 - The Swamp, part 1

24/03/2025 42 min
TMC - Episode 45 - The Swamp, part 1

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Send us a textThe President of the United States.  Mission #1, choose a cabinet.The question: does this help fill the swamp or drain it?This is part 1 of a look into Donald Trump's cabinet choices, and providing information for YOU to decide if this makes Washington D.C. more corrupt, or less corrupt?  Or, is the swamp being drained, or filled?Show Notes:Forbes article on the most expensive presidential race ever: The Billions Behind The 2024 Presidential Election Trump's Oil industry Quid-Pro-Quo: Trump pressed oil executives to give $1 billion for his campaign, people in industry say - POLITICO Obvious corruption within the corrupt Trump meme coin scandal: SEC Drops Charges Against Chinese Billionaire After He Pumps $30 Million Into Trump’s Crypto Scheme Loeffler net worth: Jeff Sprecher, Kelly Loeffler’s Husband, Is Now Officially A Billionaire Jared Isaacman Wikipedia page: Jared Isaacman - Wikipedia MSN Doug Burgum piece: Who is Doug Burgum, US Interior Secretary Trump's ED problem - Episode 42: https://www.themadcentrist.com/2079783/episodes/16592763-tmc-episode-42-trump-s-ed-issues Some of RFK Jr.'s crazy stories: RFK Jr. Whale-Beheading Story Gives RFK Jr. Bear-Murder Story a Run for Its Money | Vanity Fair Lori Chavez-DeRemer Wikipedia: Lori Chavez-DeRemer - Wikipedia Jamieson Greer piece from Politico: Trump picks Lighthizer acolyte to be his trade chief - POLITICO The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us.The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.”The political podcast for everyone!