In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss President Trump’s recent firings of four Inspectors General.
Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
- President Trump has been on a spree of castigating, and dismissing, Inspectors General. Neil referred to this NPR article about the historical function of the Inspector General in American history. He also wrote about the firings in his column for The Week.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
- Natalia recommended the new podcast, “Wind of Change.”
- Neil reflected on the future of reality television, inspired by this article at Variety.
- Niki commented on Molly Ball’s new book, Pelosi.
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