Mike Ferguson in the Morning 11-22-24

(6:05am) Financial planner (and Florida resident) Paul Curtman joins us to talk about Trump's Florida pipeline for his administration nominations as Matt Gaetz is now out and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is now in. Paul also looks at the Trump tax cuts and what may happen to them in the new year.

(https://www.paulcurtman.com)

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(6:20am) Actor Jussie Smollet is now a free man as the Illinois Supreme Court, for some inexplicable reason, overturned his 2019 conviction. Story here: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-world/jussie-smolletts-conviction-overturned-2019-attack-on-himself/507-986e502b-99b0-4354-9e81-83ed5361cb81

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is suing another local government over their new gun control law. He's suing Jackson County (KC area) over the gun ban on people under 21. Story here: https://www.kctv5.com/2024/11/21/missouri-ag-sue-jackson-county-over-gun-ban-people-under-21-years-old/

(6:35am) Mark Mix from National Right To Work talks about a letter he sent to President Trump urging him to reject a ploy by Big Labor to put Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon in charge of overseeing the nation's labor policy. Chavez-DeRemer is a union boss lackey who sold out American workers' individual rights during her tenure.

As Mark's letter explains, Chavez-DeRemer tried to ingratiate the union political machine to boost her political fortunes, most notably by co-sponsoring the so-called “PRO Act,” which would expose millions more workers nationwide to the threat of being forced to pay union dues or be fired by eliminating state Right to Work laws nationwide. But her attempt to line union bosses’ pockets with forced union dues didn’t win over voters, who threw her out of office.

The PRO Act’s other provisions provide more than enough evidence for why Chavez-DeRemer would jeopardize worker freedom if installed as Labor Secretary: The Act would wipe out the gig economy by subjecting independent contractors to union boss power, it would give union bosses far more power to seize power in a workplace without even letting workers vote on the matter, and it would gag employers during a union organizing drive so employees only hear union bosses’ side of the story, and much more.

(https://www.nrtw.org/)

(https://nrtwc.org/)

(6:50am) MORNING NEWS DUMP

It was a wild 18 hours in politics as Matt Gaetz steps out and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi steps in as Trump's nominee for Attorney General.

MO AG Bailey is going to court to challenge a gun control law in Jackson County, MO (KC area).  

The Jussie Smollet conviction from 2019 has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court...because, you know, Chicago is filled with MAGA Republicans who lurk underground on Lower Wacker Drive. 

The effort to kick St. Louis County Councilman Dennis Hancock out of office is withdrawn. 

Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in a shootout at Enterprise Center. Up next: The Islanders in New York City on Saturday at 6:30pm CT.

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