<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;President-elect Donald Trump announced new cabinet picks, selecting:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; as Attorney General, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Florida Sen. Marco Rubio &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;as Secretary of State, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tulsi Gabbard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; as Director of National Intelligence and &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pete Hegseth &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;as Defense Secretary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rep. Mike Waltz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; as National Security Adviser&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John Ratcliffe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; as CIA director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RFK Jr &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;for HHS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gov. Doug Burgum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; for Interior&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gov. Kristi Noem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; for Homeland Security &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/politics/kash-patel-donald-trump-fbi-director-christopher-wray/index.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Kash Patel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEW PICKS: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-11-15/trump-picks-campaign-aide-karoline-leavitt-for-white-house-press-secretary"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trump Picks Campaign Aide Karoline Leavitt for White House Press Secretary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/karolineleavitt/status/1857486873070854554"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Steven Cheung for White House Communications Director&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1858311955024400868"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brendan Carr for FCC Chair&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/redsteeze/status/1858189188992291318"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen L. Miller on X: ""Bobby we have a very simple test for you. Call it a measure of loyalty if you will. Eat it Bobby. Eat the burger."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-two-factors-that-cheated-trump-out-of-even-more-electoral-votes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Two Factors That Cheated Trump Out Of Even More Electoral Votes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WASHINGTON EXAMINER: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3232267/pete-hegseth-tattoo-controversy-centuries-old-christian-symbol/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Jerusalem Cross: Pete Hegseth’s tattoo and the hysteria about Christian history&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Follow the Show Podcasts on &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oconnor-company/id1061727141"&gt;Apple podcasts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3sBvPqe"&gt;Audible&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0GdK5LslF4wJCd4VQoRFd0"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: &lt;a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com.mcas.ms%2Fwmaldc%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;amp;McasCSRF=da4ecc7da6938eb396dec9ab0d1bf63b9ca82e9c3a07c4fcd65e61c6ce68dc2d"&gt;@WMALDC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com.mcas.ms%2Flarryoconnor%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;amp;McasCSRF=da4ecc7da6938eb396dec9ab0d1bf63b9ca82e9c3a07c4fcd65e61c6ce68dc2d"&gt;@LarryOConnor, &lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com.mcas.ms%2FJGunlock%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;amp;McasCSRF=da4ecc7da6938eb396dec9ab0d1bf63b9ca82e9c3a07c4fcd65e61c6ce68dc2d"&gt;@Jgunlock,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com.mcas.ms%2FPatricePinkFile%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;amp;McasCSRF=da4ecc7da6938eb396dec9ab0d1bf63b9ca82e9c3a07c4fcd65e61c6ce68dc2d"&gt;@patricepinkfile&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://x.com/heatherhunterdc"&gt;@heatherhunterdc&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Facebook: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/WMALDC/"&gt;WMALDC&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/thelarryoconnor/"&gt;Larry O'Connor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/wmaldc/"&gt;WMALDC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Show Website: &lt;a href="https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/"&gt;https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: &lt;a href="https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/"&gt;https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Episode: Monday, November 18, 2024 / 5 AM Hour &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by &lt;a href="https://www.veritasacademydc.com/"&gt;Veritas Academy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Latest on Trump Admin Picks, Census Bureau’s Major Mistake, Jerusalem Cross

NOV 18, 202429 MIN
O'Connor & Company

Latest on Trump Admin Picks, Census Bureau’s Major Mistake, Jerusalem Cross

NOV 18, 202429 MIN

Description

In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed:

  • President-elect Donald Trump announced new cabinet picks, selecting:

    • Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, 

    • Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, 

    • Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence and 

    • Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary

    • Rep. Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser

    • John Ratcliffe as CIA director

    • RFK Jr for HHS

    • Gov. Doug Burgum for Interior

    • Gov. Kristi Noem for Homeland Security 

    • Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist Kash Patel

NEW PICKS: 

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Episode: Monday, November 18, 2024 / 5 AM Hour 

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