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Chip Gibbons returns to talk to the Sams about the Jan. 6 Capitol putsch, and why the last thing we should be doing in response to it is drafting new domestic terrorism laws.

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Chicago teachers are on the verge of their second strike in 15 months thanks to the city's Mayor and her plans to reopen schools during a pandemic. We talked to public school teacher Kenzo Shibata about it. Help support the locked out teachers here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-returning-educators

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-Brushing off a twenty-year-old playbook, Sec. of State Mike Pompeo alleges links between al Qaeda and Iran. He’s lying.

-Trump blasts impeachment efforts, threatens more violence

-White House in chaos, but still able to deregulate polluters

-Signs of a failed state: US infrastructure deficit tops $13 trillion.

-AP: Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to face charges related to Flint water crisis.

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-Police officers and active duty troops were at the storming of the Capitol, videos of tactical sophistication emerge

-Corporate America virtue signals about suspending political donations during the most quiet time for electioneering activities, some companies blame both sides

-Later this week, Trump will likely become the only President in US history to be impeached twice

-Trump admin tries to sabotage Cuba-US detente by restoring “state sponsor of terror” designation

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We talk with Chip Gibbons about the decision in a London courtroom this week to deny the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.

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-EPA head Andrew Wheeler finalizes rule undermining environmental health studies

-DOJ survey: 38 percent of cops sometimes or never wear masks at work

-The top federal prosecutor in Atlanta resigned and was replaced on an acting basis by an unusual choice, in the run-up to the Georgia run-off

-More evictions were delayed by activists in Kansas City (@KCTenants) this morning

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-A British judge has denied a US extradition request for Julian Assange, citing the cruelty of the US prison system and Jeffrey Epstein’s death

-Janet Yellen took millions in speaking fees from huge banks, including almost $1 million from Citigroup alone, after refusing to consider breaking up “too big to fail” firms over their living wills

-Google union forming: Alphabet Workers get 200 employees to sign CWA cards

-Trump plays aircraft carrier tough guy with Iran on the one-year anniversary of the Soleimani assassination

-Trump caught on tape trying to rig the presidential vote in Georgia, top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries shrugs at the thought of holding him to account

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-Biden names the underqualified Pete Buttigieg to run DOT, an agency that many Buttigeg 2020 campaign donors have repeatedly lobbied

-SCOTUS strikes down New Jersey pandemic restrictions on religious service attendance

-In 2020, there was a 1200% increase in the number of journalists arrested in the United States

-NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 is in doubt

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-The first wave of covid-19 vaccines were shipped out by Pfizer. HHS said it will be administered free of charge, but fees could still be tacked on

-Right-wing killing spree continues: SCOTUS struck down the reversal of a death sentence today

-The Trump administration finalized rules enabling discrimination by religious charities that receive government grants

-DHS is attempting to exempt counterintelligence records from the Privacy Act, agency filing shows

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The Trump administration is on track to execute the most people in a year since the 1800s, and the first in 100 years to execute someone during a lame duck. We discuss their blood lust on the latest edition of Chip Chat.

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