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A holiday special for you! Hope you are enjoying your gifts and/or things are just generally well.

Today, on the show...we’ll be previewing the 115th Congress. Dropping names of some freshman lawmakers you might want to look out for in the new year. And quite possibly….you will see them in one of our weekly Garbage Can segments...sometime in 2017.

Also, writer and journalist Eoin Higgins joins us to talk about some silver linings of the Trump presidency.

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Stand up comedian and co-star of Redacted Tonight, John F. O'Donnell joins the two Sams to recap the year that was, and the state of the political satire.

Also, a special present for our listeners who love the Garbage Can segment.

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CIA Director John Brennan thinks that interfering in foreign election is beneath the US. Clearly he hasn’t brushed up on his own agency’s history.

Also, we talk resistance. By Any Means Necessary host Eugene Puryear is on to talk about how best to confront the incoming Trump administration through mass movements and actions in the streets.

And then, we’re still 8 days from the New Year and the big Ball Drop in Times Square….but we have another momentous dropping for you to report today…..the last hot taker of the year is being dropped into the Garbage Can. That’s coming at the end of the show.

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One bombshell of a story about Goldman Sachs alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal in Southeast Asia. Looking like Trump’s election and the cabinet he is assembling couldn’t have come at a better time for the bank.

And our man on the ground in North Carolina, Paul Blest, is back on the show to talk about the dysfunction underway in the North Carolina state legislature. What are state Republicans up to this week to destroy democracy. That story coming up.

Plus...nevermind the discourse over Trump’s campaign promises: we already have a Muslim Registry. Although it’s dormant. And, actually, it will soon be scrapped. Some good news about NSEERS to report later….in a Classified Session.

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A new report from the US House of Representatives says strong encryption is vital to national security. Take that, FBI Director James Comey!

Also, we might have to stop making the Drain the Swamp, folks, and it’s not because President-elect Trump has suddenly decided that Goldman Sachs is actually bad. We’ll explain later.

And reporter and writer Eoin Higgins is on to talk about the Clinton campaign’s digital security...or lack thereof. If you thought it was easy for hackers to gain access into the DNC or John Podesta’s emails, it would have been even easier for them to break into the campaign’s most coveted data. That story coming up.

Also, we noted yesterday how the student debt crisis is increasingly hurting the most vulnerable….today we chat about how the education pipeline is being squeezed on the other end. That is coming up in the latest edition of the People’s Bulletin.

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As Democrats focus on how the Trump presidency will benefit Vladimir Putin, one of America’s most notorious banks is profiting in a “big league” way already off Trump’s election.

Also, the DOJ issues an internal report on private prisons, which highlights why Donald Trump’s election is awful.

Plus, DCist Associate Editor Rachel Kurzius stops by to talk about Muslims in Washington, DC are organizing and sharing information about how to resist the incoming Trump administration, and it’s troubling proposals to reinstate a Muslim registry.

Finally, the GAO releases a study which offers new details on how the US economy is failing its most vulnerable, enumerating some of the grim ways in which the student debt crisis has impacted the old and disabled.

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Sam Kriss joins us to discuss a bizarre Twitter rant that is being exalted by members of the liberal establishment. Is our interview the real Federalist Paper? Stick around to find out.

Also, President Obama is continuing on issuing new environmental regulations. But like Sisyphus at this point, all his work may be for not, since President-elect Trump has already promised to undo the latest bit of rulemaking aimed at protecting our planet. That story coming up in our Sludge Report.

And the long-arm of deregulation has its claws poised to sink into rulemaking at every level of the US government. Plus, federal workers might be at the center of a Scott Walker-style assault on their rights. We’ll tell you all, in a wonky edition of the People’s Bulletin.

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Heading into the Republican National Convention in July, Donald Trump’s campaign pushed for a measure in the GOP platform to break up the big banks. If Trump’s still up for it (which we can assume he’s not), Wells Fargo would make a pretty good subject for cleavage.

Also, Facebook has unveiled a new plan to fight so-called “fake news.” But is this just an underhanded effort by mainstream news outlets to smear their independent rivals? ShadowProof’s Daniel Wright joins us to talk about it.

And, it’s Friday. You know what time it is. At the end of the show, we’ll be analyzing the week’s worst takes, and throwing the week’s worst taker straight into the Garbage Can. And folks, it already stinks of used adult diapers and rain water. Stick around, you won’t wanna miss.

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The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is casting doubts on anonymous claims coming out of the CIA regarding Russian election interference.

Trump’s pick for education secretary played hooky, when a group she helped finance and run was ordered to pay millions in fines for breaking Ohio election law. Looks like someone failed Swamp Draining 101.

And, perhaps the craziest stuff happening this week isn’t going down at Trump Tower amid visits from Kanye West. It’s what’s happening in North Carolina, where the state’s GOP is taking extreme steps to disempower the incoming Democratic governor. Reporter Paul Blest joins us from on the ground in Raleigh with the story.

Plus, more updates on tensions between the US and China sparked by Trump’s questioning of a key policy. We’ll tell you all about later in the show.

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Blame the Kremlin, blame the FBI. But a new Politico piece reveals where blame for Hillary Clinton’s loss should really be placed: At the doorstep of her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn

Obama thinks the drone program has enough safeguards to hand the thing over to Trump, unchanged. So it’s awkward for him, then, that the DC Circuit Federal Appeals court is hearing a lawsuit brought by Yemenis who claim relatives were wrongfully assassinated by the US military.

Also, we discuss a novel way to tackle Trump’s many conflicts of interest. Never has just straight up handing $15 billion dollars to an oligarch sounded so smart. The Week’s national correspondent Ryan Cooper joins us to explain.

And, sound the monetary policy siren: the Fed met today. Bad news if you owe anyone money. Interest rates are going up.

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