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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America marvel at how the crony capitalism that determined where Amazon will build its second headquarters united elements of the right, left, and libertarians.  Jim also pushes back on arguments that competitions to land major businesses always involve soaking the taxpayers, but agrees that the liberals are very selective in their outrage over such moves.  They also react to the news that President Trump is getting on board with a push for bipartisan criminal justice reform before the end of the year.  And they pop the popcorn as some House Democrats remain determined to stop Nancy Pelosi from becoming Speaker of the House again, although her opponents are still missing one crucial thing.

CT Senior Manager Marcia Suelzer walks us through the second half of what law firms need to know to help prepare clients for year-end compliance. In this installment, Suelzer explains the compliance requirement checkups needed when a business makes changes during the year-end review. Learn more: http://ctcorp.co/2zrEZHB

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America lament the loss of another GOP Senate seat as Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is declared the winner of the Arizona Senate race.  They're also not surprised as North Korea is found maintaining and even enhancing its ballistic missile program with numerous undeclared sites.  They also react to National Review writer Kat Timpf being harassed at a New York City bar and being forced to leave because some people found out she worked for Fox News.  And Jim pays tribute to the late Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee.

Kevin Williamson of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America applaud Texas Rep.Elect Dan Crenshaw for forgiving Saturday Night Live's mocking of his war injury and using the opportunity to explain how all of us can best honor veterans.  They also shudder as more Hillary Clinton acolytes insist she is planning to run for president in 2020 and will once again try to reinvent herself.  And they discuss the avalanche of Democrats planning to run for the White House in 2020, including many obscure figures who have virtually no chance of winning the nomination.

If you missed the Dr. Bob Show today, you missed a lot. The doctor talks about gastrointestinal drugs and vaccines for shingles.

If you missed the Dr. Bob Show today you missed a lot. The doctor talks about dairy products and your health.

Alexandra DeSanctis of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America react to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio calling out ballot counting irregularities in Broward and Palm Beach counties in the race between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson.  Both counties are in clear violation of canvassing law and both Rubio and Scott are convinced that Democrats are trying to steal the election after the two counties suddenly discovered nearly 100,000 new ballots, the overwhelming majority of which are for Democrats.  And Alexandra sounds off on the latest hypocrisy from New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Jeff Sessions resigned as attorney general on Wednesday, after almost 18 months of President Trump's fuming over Sessions' decision to recuse himself from the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.  And critics of the Mueller probe are neither surprised nor sad to see him go.

"We knew it was going to happen said former federal prosecutor and Justice Department official Victoria Toensing. 

Sessions released his resignation letter, saying how proud he was of progress in enforcing immigration laws, reducing violent crime, enforcing gun laws, and more.  Toensing says Sessions did some things very well but his decision to recuse himself tainted his time atop the Justice Department.

"Those were Jeff's bread and butter issues.  He believed in them deeply.  But he was just like a scared rabbit in dealing with anything to do with the Russia investigation," said Toensing.

She hopes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is next.

"Jeff has not been able to be a good attorney general because of his recusal.  Now, that's a different situation than Rod Rosenstein has.  He's just been evil in what he's done in appointing a special counsel when there was not even a crime and staying there and overseeing it when he had conflicts," said Toensing.

Toensing rebuts the notion that Sessions recused himself because he failed to mention contacts with the Russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign.  Sessions saw the ambassador in his role as a senator at the time and not in his capacity within the Trump campaign.

Matt Whittaker, who had been chief of staff to Sessions, will serve as acting attorney general until a new one is confirmed.  He will oversee the Mueller probe instead of Rosenstein.  Toensing rolls her eyes at the notion Whittaker should be forced to recuse himself because of a few opinions he's expressed that are critical of the Mueller investigation.

"Is that a joke?" asked Toensing, noting Whittaker's only public comment was that Mueller ought to come back for permission to expand his investigation if he went beyond the bounds established by Rosenstein.

Listen to the full podcast to hear more of Toensing's comments on Sessions, her reaction to liberals comparing the firing to Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre," and what she wants to see in the next attorney general.

Alexandra DeSanctis of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America tackle three crazy martinis today.  They wade into the battle of monstrous egos as CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta grandstands and tries to debate President Trump about the migrants headed for the U.S. border and Trump responds by calling Acosta a "terrible person" and pulling his White House press credentials.  They also recoil as Antifa protesters find the home of Fox News host Tucker Carlson, damaging his front door,  and chanting that they know where he sleeps while Carlson's wife hides in the pantry.  They get a kick out of the rank hypocrisy of the left-wing Women's March for berating the white women who voted for Republicans.  And Alexandra takes us inside the North Dakota and Indiana Senate wins for the GOP and what she learned from covering those two races closely.

In a recap of the 2018 midterm elections, Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America cheer the expanded Republican majority in the U.S. Senate after four incumbent Democrats were defeated.  They also wince as Democrats comfortably take back the House majority.  And they look at the surprising GOP wins and disappointing losses in the governor's races.