in this hour as well. in politics today, we ve got another one of those days that feels, i guess, sort of normal to us now. but even just a few years ago, today s politics headlines would ve been rejected out of hand that is completely unimaginable and over the top. i mean, we just saw the de facto leader of the republican party, former president donald trump, give one of his coveted endorsements to a candidate named j.d. vance who is running for the united states senate seat in ohio this year. that endorsement from trump was followed immediately, in no surprise, by mr. vance launching a huge tv ad campaign touting the trump endorsement. bragging about how much he agrees with trump, how close he is the trump, how much trump likes him. but then that of course was followed almost inevitably by a former roommate of mr. vance sharing his text messages from 2016 in which mr. vance reportedly told people how he thought there was a pretty good chance that donald trump was going to b
association to get there. unusual classification of not qualified to be a federal judge. they were nominated by donald trump. it s hard to get a not qualified, actually, but she managed to get it. well, to get a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, regardless of what the apa says about you, but to get that appointment when you are 33 years old and have never tried a case, and are serving as an associate at a law firm, which is one step up from an intern, that itself was a little unusual. but you know what, lifetime tenure is a real thing, wow. yeah, and if not qualified to be a judge, how qualified is she exactly for public health decisions like this one that she made? do you think the justice department is going to peel this? the cdc only recently said, we re gonna extend the for a few more weeks, or a couple of weeks, or something. that s a really short extension. so maybe they decided that it was more that they would lifted themselves anyway. but maybe they app
tonight about a general judge striking down the mask rule. the mask mandate on airline transportation and public transportation. an unusual ruling from a judge in an unusual place to be making that kind of a ruling, but it effectively means that the mask rule for public transportation and domestic airline flights is off. it s no longer in effect as of tonight. we re talking more about that in this hour as well. in politics today, we ve got another one of those days that feels, i guess, sort of normal to us now. but even just a few years ago, today s politics headlines would ve been rejected out of hand that is completely unimaginable and over the top. i mean, we just saw the de facto leader of the republican party, former president donald trump, give one of his coveted endorsements to a candidate named j. d. vance who is running for the united states senate seat in ohio this year. that endorsement from trump was followed immediately, in no surprise, by mr. vance launching a h
qualified, actually, but she managed to get it. well, to get a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, regardless of what the apa says about you, but to get that appointment when you are 33 years old and have never tried a case, and are serving as an associate at a law firm, which is one step up from an intern, that itself was a little unusual. but you know what, lifetime tenure is a real thing, wow. yeah, and if not qualified to be a judge, how qualified is she exactly for public health decisions like this one that she made? do you think the justice department is going to peel this? the cdc only recently said, we re gonna extend the for a few more weeks, or a couple of weeks, or something. that s a really short extension. so maybe they decided that it was more that they would lifted themselves anyway. but maybe they appeal on the principle of the matter that this is a bad law, what do you think? i don t know, and i think it s a very tricky question. and it s a pol
of tonight, we will be talking more about that this hour as well. in politics today, we had another one of those days that feels i guess sort of normal us to now but even just a few years ago, today s politics headlines would have been rejected out of hand as completely unimaginable and over the top. i mean we just saw the defacto leader of the republican party, former president donald trump, give one of his coveted endorsements to a candidate named jd vance, who is running for the united states senate seat in ohio this year, that endorsement from trump was followed immediately, no surprise, by mr. vance launching a huge tv ad campaign, touting the trump endorsement, bragging about how much he agrees with trump, how close he is to trump, how much trump likes him, but then that of course was followed almost inevitably by a former roommate of mr. vance sharing his text messages from 2016, in which mr. vance reportedly told people how he thought there was a pretty good chance th