Washington Post Columnist Helaine Olen, Think Progress' LGBTQ Editor Zack Ford, Gentleman Farmer Jon Ross, and Comedy Writer Dave Sirus. Time Code: Helaine Olen 0:28 Jon Ross 49:35 Zack Ford 58:55 Dave Sirus 1:29:25 Topics: NRA says Martin Luther King would still be alive today had he been allowed to carry a gun, seriously, the NRA actually said that. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is terrifying stupid rich white men. Florida Secretary of State resigns after photos of him in blackface surface, and you guessed it, he's a Republican. As bad as his blackface is, it's still less makeup than Katherine Harris use to wear. Omaha Nation elder Nathan Phillips and Nick Sandmann distract us from other distractions. Turns out the Women's March was really about everything other than Women.  Nancy Pelosi's humiliates Donald Trump.  Donald Trump humiliates himself. Trump administration's not so secret war against the administrative state, and why this shut down could last for months if not years. Couple and their baby dragged off an American Airlines flight due to severe body odor. Eric Trump's wife, Lara, is a great American. New York passes landmark LGBTQ legislation, finally.

Many academics and futurists say love between Man and Robot will pose serious legal and philosophical issues much sooner than we think. But would non reproductive sex with machines dramatically reduce carbon emissions? With the Earth’s population approaching an unsustainable ten billion, can $12,000 sex robots provide all the release, emotional connection and companionship humans crave without bringing more resource dependent life into this world? Comedian Joe DeVito reports on third wave Digisexuals, an emerging sexual identity causing men and women to fall in love with their bionic sex toys.  Should Robo-cathouses be legal? And does a sexual robot deserve consent? Down With Tyranny's Howie Klein talks Senator Kamala Harris and introduces the "Democraps" in Congress who are itching for a primary challenge in 2020. Then David explains why Republicans are terrified of real Capitalism. Time Code: Howie Klein 0:05 Joe DeVito 37:41 Tupelo Train 1:19:30 David talks about the Republican Party's war on Capitalism 1:22:03 Tupelo Train is written and performed by Chris Haugen: https://paypal.me/guitarjamtrack

Donald Trump is James Junk Bond in Vladimir Putin's "Secret Agent Orange Man." Jacobin's Eric Blanc, The Nation's Professor Pedro A. Noguera, Comedy Writer Jon Ross, Comedian Kevin Bartini and Comedy Writer Dave Sirus.  Topics: Prince Philip's collision, Ivanka's collusion, After divorce Jeff Bezos could lose bezollions, After Michael Cohen's latest revelation Donald Trump now supports smoking gun control,  Los Angeles teachers strike out at billionaires trying to corporatize our public schools, what exactly is a charter school and how do we get rid of them before they destroy our children? Time Code: Eric Blanc 0:30 Professor Pedro A. Noguera 28:44 David explains why Senator Rand Paul is getting his hernia operation done in Canada even though he has a healthcare plan most Americans only dream of 1:04:54 Jon Ross 1:11:00 Kevin Bartini 1:22:48 Dave Sirus 1:47:00 Eric Blanc writes on labor movements past and present for Jacobin. Formerly a high school teacher in the Bay Area, he is a doctoral student in the sociology department at New York University. His latest book is "Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics" (Verso 2019). Pedro A. Noguera is the Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA, his latest book is "Race, Equity and Education: The Pursuit of Equality in Education 60 Years After Brown." Published by Springer Press.

Jacki Schechner, editor-in-chief of The Committee To Investigate Russia. Guardian Columnist and Executive Editor of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Alissa Quart, whose latest book is "Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America." Constitutional Law Professor Professor Corey Brettschneider, author of "The Oath and The Office: A Guide To The Constitution for Future Presidents." Down With Tyranny's Howie Klein. And then Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling tries to makes sense of all this.  Time Code: Jacki Schechner 0:27 Alissa Quart 39:45 Professor Corey Brettschneider 1:14:42 Howie Klein 1:49:10 Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling 2:36:46 Topics: Is Mueller serving America? Or the status quo? What does Putin have on the rest of the GOP? Are Evangelical Republicans pro lynching?  A.O.C. is AOK. Why Dems need Steve King. 800,000 federal employees aren't getting paid, why after not getting one paycheck are so many of them falling through the cracks? What kind of emergency powers does the president actually have, and can they be challenged in the courts?

I'm sorry, but I think Jeff Bezos's wife is only entitled to $70 billion, NOT $75 billion. If that makes me a horrible person, then so be it. Comics AARON BERG, DAVE SIRUS and KEVIN BARTINI. From The Washington Post, HELAINE OLEN. ZACK FORD the LGBTQ editor for Think Progress. The American Psychological Association calls "Toxic Masculinity" a mental illness, but Republicans say it's an ideology. Zack Ford, the LGBTQ editor for Think Progress, explains. Time Code: Helaine Olen 0:15 Zack Ford 41:34 Dave Sirus 59:25 Kevin Bartini 1:40:25 Aaron Berg 2:14:45 Topics: R. Kelly, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bezos' Divorce, Studies show the rich lack empathy, Elizabeth Warren for President, and Toxic Masculinity.

Joe DeVito is back and answers the burning question Where have you been? Then he tackles weightier issues like Kim Kardashian's butt, Kendall Jenner's complexion and that guy who hid three hypodermic needles up his rectum. Jon Ross talks about Trump, the Wall and his new puppy, and why Trump is the dumbest of all three. Howie Klein explains PAYGO and why some of the biggest obstacles to passing Medicare for All are all those Democrats who think they're Republicans. And then Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling serves up some homespun American folklore about our nation's variegated tapestry of people who come in all shapes, sizes and ethnicities. Time Code: Jon Ross 1:21 Joe DeVito 11:51 Howie Klein 42:48 Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling 1:15:53

Chris Kelly writes for HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. He won an Emmy for his work on Michael Moore's TV Nation. He's been an editor at Spy and the National Lampoon, a staff writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, head writer at Politically Incorrect, and a writer/producer on a half dozen network situation comedies, some long-running and some that barely aired at all. ZACK FORD is the LGBTQ editor for Thing Progress.

BRUCE DIXON, managing editor of The Black Agenda Report. PROFESSOR ROGER LANCASTER from Jacobin and George Mason University. HELAINE OLEN from The Washington Post. HOWIE KLEIN from Down With Tyranny. Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling from show business. TIME CODE: Bruce Dixon: 2:19 Professor Roger Lancaster 35:34 Helaine Olen: 1:08:55 Howie Klein: 1:47:02 Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling: 2:12:57 It’s the new year, and the last day of Kwanzaa. We talk with Bruce A. Dixon, managing editor of The Black Agenda Report. Bruce refuses to celebrate Kwanzaa because, he says, Professor Maulana Karenga, the inventor of Kwanzaa is personally responsible for the deaths of at least four Black Panthers and sold out countless African American activists by collaborating with J. Edgar Hoover back when the FBI was waging its illegal war against civil rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King and Fred Hampton. Then, we talk America’s prison system. While America makes up only five percent of the world's population, we house twenty percent of the world’s prisoners. Fourteen million Americans are arrested each year, 2.1 million are in prison, and one third of all Americans have an arrest record. We discuss the new bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that Trump is about to sign with Professor Roger Lancaster who has written several pieces for Jacobin on America’s prisons. Professor Lancaster says despite this new legislation, American hyper-punishment is not slowing. It's even accelerating. Down with Tyranny’s Howie Klein tells us Elizabeth Warren can’t win. The Washington Post’s Helaine Olen tells us Elizabeth Warren can win. And Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling tells us Elizabeth Warren jokes.

HQ Trivia's SCOTT ROGOWSKY, Comics PHIL HANLEY, DAVE SIRUS and KEVIN BARTINI, Down With Tyranny's HOWIE KLEIN, Think Progress's ZACK FORD, and PETA's EMIL GUILLERMO.  Topics include: Government Shutdown 2018, Kevin Spacey, Eddie Murphy's 10th child, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth get married, Wall Street's wild ride, Trump visits the troops, and Artie Lange.  Time Code: Howie Klein: 0:27 Zack Ford: 51:54 Phil Hanley: 1:13:25 Dave Sirus: 1:22:42 Scott Rogowsky 1:53:20 Kevin Bartini 2:01:44 Emil Guillermo 2:32:04

Our Christmas present to you is Frank Conniff and Michael Brooks. Frank Conniff's new book is entitled "Codename D.O.U.C.H.E.B.A.G." Buy it here: https://amzn.to/2ReLbMI Michael Brooks is host of The Michael Brooks Show and cohost of The Majority Report. His latest piece for Jacobin is entitled, "Selahattin Demirtaş Is Not a Terrorist." Read it here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/12/selahattin-demirtas-hdp-repression-incarceration-erdogan More about "Codename D.O.U.C.H.E.B.A.G." Four conservatives in need of a second chance. Four media mavens desperate to fight their way back into the only place that mattered to them — the world of Cable TV News. Now this rag-tag group has come together for a commando mission so outrageously daring that it would only be attempted by A– a group of heroes, or B– a bunch of fools. You’ll have to decide for yourself. (Hint: It’s B.) Frank Conniff, author of the spine-tingling Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life In No Way Whatsoever, the pulse-pounding CATS v. CONNIFF, and the nightmare-inducing How to Write Cheesy Movies, has now topped himself with his most action-packed, edge-of-your-tweet thriller yet!