Make It Make Sense with Grant Hermes

Donald Trump's original pick for Attorney General, Fmr. Rep. Matt Gaetz drops out of the running after bombshell reporting and bad meetings with US Senators, in a scandal that could harm the Trump transition. 
He picked a reliable replacement, who is more qualified but comes with baggage of her own. 
Plus, a look at what Trump wants to do with the DOJ when he takes office in 2025. 

Grant talks to Jonathan Bernstein, political scientist and host of the Good Politics/Bad Politics substack and podcast. Link below. 

https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/

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Trump is choosing his cabinet and close advisors at warp speed. 

Grant breaks down some of the most high profile positions. Plus, how the Trump team is already trying to get around background and security checks and whether some of the most outlandish cabinet choices could even pass scrutiny from the Senate. 

Also, get ready for MORE MIMS! New episodes will be dropping on Wednesdays starting next week. Not minis, likely a little longer, but not full length episodes either.

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Donald Trump wins the 2024 election with numbers we haven't seen in decades from a Republican President-elect. His victory was a decisive mandate from voters to enact his policies and a resounding rebuke of Kamala Harris, although it may be more about Joe Biden.

Grant breaks down who voted for Trump, what this means about our ideas about the way American politics look now and what happens next.

Grant also talks to Matthew Taylor (@TaylorMatthewD) from the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish studies and the author of the book The Violent Take It By Force. They talk about how Christian Nationalism helped fuel Trump's rise and power since 2016 and how it will shape the next Trump presidency.

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Election Day Countdown: TOMORROW

When will we know the results of the election. Today's min is a swing state by swing state breakdown of what things look like when it comes to counting the votes. 

This is also the last daily mini episode for a while. The plan was always to do the dailies up until the election and then go to just the weekly full episodes. A HUGE thank you to all of you who have tuned in, followed and shared the show. There's a lot more to come from Make It Make Sense so be sure to follow and subscribe! Thank you! 

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Election Day Countdown: 1 Day

Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live and Trump praises a crude joke about Harris before performing a simulated sex act on stage while running for president. We're down to the wire people. 

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Election Day Countdown: 2 days 

A new survey out explores who's lying to their loved ones about their choice for president. Spoiler, younger voters and women are afraid to tell the people in their lives they might be voting differently Grant unpacks why and what it says about where we are right now. 

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Election Day Countdown: 3 Days

Believe it or not, there are still undecided voters out there. Grant takes a look at what we know about people who haven't made up their minds yet, what they say are their reasons and what it could mean for the election. 

Plus, Grant talks to Mary Anna Mancuso,(@mancusomaryanna) a Republican strategist and spokesperson for RepublicEN, a Conservative climate change group. She talks about her new article about how climate change is harming our elections. 

https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/10/23/climate-change-elections-hurricanes-milton-helene-flooding-florida-desantis-voting-disasters/

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Election Day Countdown: 4 Days

Happy Halloween! With the election just a handful of days away, people are freaked out and fearful of what might happen. Today's mini is a breakdown of just how scared we are, why we're so scared and what we can do about it. 

If you are having harmful thoughts get help here, 
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Election Day Countdown: 5 days 

Kamala Harris gives her closing argument speech on the National Mall, from the same place where Trump incited the Jan 6 attack. She strikes a bipartisan tone hoping it will be enough to win on Election Day. 

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Election Day Countdown: 6 Days

Elon Musk has become one of the most prolific spenders and supporters for Donald Trump and one of his latest schemes has been called illegal. But his campaign activity is hiding a much more dangerous way Musk is engaging in this election. 

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