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Ep 244: Patreon recs and then Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss how the Armie Hammer story is really about abuse allegations and Allison recs Wandavision, A Certain Hunger, and Ghosts, while Meredith recs Starstruck and Greenland

In bad news: The "QAnon Shaman" left a threatening note for Pence at the Capitol and the panic buttons were torn from Rep. Pressley's Congressional office ahead of the riot, the inauguration is continuing despite ongoing threats, and Biden's stimulus plan features $1,400 checks — not the original promised $2,000

In good news: The House impeaches Trump for the second time, the administration continues to follow the imploding authoritarian regime timeline — including Trump "refusing to pay" Giuliani — and The Squad has already committed to amending Biden's Covid plan to include $2,000 checks

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Ep 243: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) anti-recs WW84 and Tenet and recs Soul and The Flight Attendant, while Charles (@charlesrockhill) recs My Big Fat Pet Makeover, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Big Mouth s4, Bridgerton, and Drag Race

In bad news: Soooo let's talk about that attempted coup.

In good news: Congress verifies the elections, Trump's rats jump ship, the Dems control the government, Twitter bans Trump, while Youtube bans Bannon, and Google boots Parler, while some Republicans consider impeachment

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Ep 242: BONUS ep! Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) speak with The Dark and the Wicked's (@tdatwfilm) Julie Oliver-Touchstone (@julie.oliver.touchstone) about ghosts, the devil, Imposter Syndrome, working with the great Bryan Bertino, and some of her fav sci-fi 😈

Check out The Dark and the Wicked!

LTN will return with new episodes Jan 9!

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Ep 241: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Netflix's Manhunt, Nightcrawler, and Zodiac, while Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Kid Cudi's Man On The Moon III and TSwift's Evermore before reading another spoooooky tale from her Patreon (patreon.com/allisonkilkenny). Keep the creepies coming, kids! 😈

LTN will return with new episodes Jan 9!

In bad news: CDC Chief warns the daily Covid fatalities will exceed the 9/11 death toll for the next several months, Florida Covid whistleblower Rebekah Jones livestreams her home being raided by police, more than 100 House Republicans sign in support of the Texas lawsuit aimed at overturning the election results in four swing states, and the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board is forced to apologize for endorsing U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, who hates democracy

In good news: FDA panel gives green light to Pfizer Covid vaccine (this is good news even though the Trump admin didn't order enough vaccines for everyone), Supreme Court rejects Texas' and Trump's bid to overturn the election, a federal judge rules the Trump admin must accept new DACA applicants, and Rudy's fart is a perfect farewell moment to the Trump regime

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Ep 240: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show! Allison and Meredith rec: The Dark And The Wicked and Guns Akimbo, and Allison recs Mank and The Undoing finale, while Meredith recs Chelsea G. Summers' A Certain Hunger

In bad news: U.S. keeps shattering Covid records as hospitals run out of beds, and Trump goes pardon crazy (even as the DoJ investigates a potential presidential pardon bribery scheme)

In good news: Barr says there was no election fraud, Melissa Carone's batshit viral moment, Fauci is staying on in the Biden admin, the House votes to decriminalize pot (and why that's good even though it won't make it past the Senate), and Elliot Page comes out as trans

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Ep 239: Allison reads some Patreon recs and a spooooky ghost story and recs: The Dark And The Wicked, The Crown, The Undoing (sort of), and anti-recs Hillbilly Elegy, and Erek (@erek_smith) recs Succession and Unlocking The Cage

In bad news: U.S. surpasses 13 million Covid cases as hospitals near capacity; online anti-vaxxer communities have become a pipeline for QAnon radicalization, and the Supreme Court sides with religious groups in dispute over Covid restrictions

In good news: Trump says he will leave office if the Electoral College votes for Biden (yaaaaay), Don Jr. (and so many others!) test positive for Covid, Rudy Giuliani is straight-up melting now, and Dianne Feinstein is stepping down from her top Democrat spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee (bye, bitch!)

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Ep 238: Maybe celebrity sightings and Allison and Charles (@charlesrockhill) anti-rec Knock Knock, Allison recs this mashup of Creep and All I Want For Christmas Is You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4shVkwqIk, and Charles recs Kylie Minogue's Disco, Little Mix's Confetti, and The Duchess on Netflix

Check out Allison's film Hum now showing at NYC Web Fest! https://watch.eventive.org/nycwebfest2020/play/5f9c8faf7822e9003eb7a8d2/5f82198a809f8400fdb672ca

In bad news: The weird confusing labyrinth of the Dean Browning story, Trump is obsessed with proving he didn't lose the election (he did) while the pandemic surges, North Dakota says health workers with COVID-19 who don't show symptoms can keep working, and Trump is determined to be a petty bitch on his way out of office

In good news: Pfizer announces very good results in vaccine trial, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping debacle was a perfect last note for a disastrous administration, Corey Lewandowski becomes the latest Trump henchman to get Covid (130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected or quarantining), Biden flips Arizona (thank you, activists), and the internet discovers Leta Powell Drake: https://twitter.com/jfrankensteiner/status/1326748637603516417?s=11

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Ep 237: Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) discuss the election, Biden winning the presidency, pens, and Brooklyn being absolutely nuts right now. Recs: The Queen's Gambit, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Bay, Hell House LLC, The Wire, and the Sopranos

Tix for NYC Web fest Nov 13 screening of Allison's film Hum are here: https://watch.eventive.org/nycwebfest2020/play/5f9c8faf7822e9003eb7a8d2/5f82198a809f8400fdb672ca

In bad news: The election was this close because of disenfranchisement, yes, but also gross mismanagement on the part of the Dems and the DNC, 57% of white votes went to Trump, Trump's Mussolini address from the White House never should have been aired (and his words are inspiring dangerous extremists), and new US Covid deaths have topped 1,000 for four straight days

In good news: Biden has won the presidency (now the work begins), thank you to Stacey Abrams and all the grassroots organizers who made this happen, all 4 members of The Squad won their reelections, California voted to return voting rights to felons on parole, and Oregon voted to decriminalize possession of illegal drugs

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p 237: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) shares some spooky 🎃 news about plants, anti-recs Rebecca, and recs: Unsolved Mysteries s2, Bad Hair, and Mandy

In bad news: Amy Coney Barrett confirmed and SCOTUS rushes to hear a case that could bring down Roe V. Wade, Don Jr. says Covid deaths are "almost nothing" on a day when the virus killed more than 1,000 Americans, White House chief of staff: "We are not going to control the pandemic," five people in Mike Pence's inner circle have Covid, police kill Walter Wallace Jr., and Walmart responds to protests by temporarily pulling guns and ammo from store floors

In good news: Trump leaves his supporters to freeze in Omaha, DOJ fails in bid to protect Trump from rape accuser E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit, it seems like the Hunter Biden story lost all its steam because the media was more savvy this time around, and more people have now voted early in Texas than they did in all of 2016

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Ep 236: Allison semi-recs Lovecraft Country's finale, anti-recs The Vow finale, and recs Fargo S4 and Millennium, while Meredith recs Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Vampires vs. the Bronx, and The Mortuary Collection

In bad news: Jeffrey Toobin, Rudy Giuliani and the pathetic "I didn't mean to involve my dick" excuse, the final presidential debate shockingly didn't address ICE officers torturing African migrants to sign their own deportation orders and barely touched on the over 500 migrant children who have been separated from their parents (where are all the pro-life peeps?)

In good news: We stan a woke Dunkies queen, Borat publicly humiliates Giuliani and that's a good thing, and Trump's ongoing amazement that sometimes journalists might ask him questions he doesn't like is deeply, deeply funny

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