Everyone’s fired now

如今人人皆失业

Today, Explained

2025-12-11

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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case that could give President Donald Trump the power to fire…just about anyone. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru and Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Kelli Wessinger, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. A demonstrator outside the Supreme Court as it heard arguments in the case over President Donald Trump's dismissal of FTC commissioner. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • There are many people who President Trump can fire, and with a little help from his friends, he did.

  • But even Elon's time ran out.

  • Would you do Doge again knowing what you know now?

  • Instead of doing Doge, I would have worked for my companies, essentially.

  • And they wouldn't have been burning the cars.

  • As many as 300,000 federal workers got doged this year in various ways.

  • Trump also fired, among others, the Inspector Generals of the EPA,

  • the Department of Education, the Defense Department,

  • the Commissioner of the BLS, the Chair of the FEC, the Commissioner of the EEOC, and so much more.

  • All of those were probably legal firings.

  • But can Trump fire Rebecca Slaughter, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission?

  • This is the agency that oversees consumer protections and fights monopolies.

  • Trump says yes, Slaughter says no.

  • No, she took him to Supreme Court.

  • Supreme Court is going to rule.

  • And when they do, it'll have big, big implications for the president's power.

  • That's coming up on Today Explained.

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