As the Jussie Smollett trial begins, Jeanne and Kathleen discuss media narratives and the politics surrounding them; Crime continues unabated in Chicago; The Illinois State Board of Education moves to rate schools by "equity status;" "I did that!" Are the new Biden Gas Pump Stickers the perfect stocking stuffer this Christmas? (Yes); The Mid-Term Election Variant is here. It's called "Omicron" and Fauci declares that he is science.