Ben Franklin was walking out of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, when someone shouted out, “Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” To which Franklin responded “A republic, if you can keep it.” We're here to tell you we aren't trying very hard to keep it. The drop of the Twitter files shows our first Amendment is in trouble and has been under attack at least as far back as 2015. Yet we stand by and let it happen. Once we lose it there is no getting it back. Not to harp too much on that important issue we also discuss Ukraine sending their "leader" to beg for more money, JAWS (yes the movie) and we learn ya some new culture about Christmas.