This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return for the first show of 2025. There has been quite a lot happening in the world of politics since the last episode. So the hosts go through some of the bigger and lesser known stories that dropped over the holidays, and get into the "News You Need" for this week which includes: Dems screwing up by not putting AOC front and center, Justin Trudeau announces he is stepping down as head of the Labor party in Canada, Mike Johnson is narrowly re-elected Speaker of the House, Donald Trump tries to push for one single bill to enact all his terrible MAGA ideas at once, corporations line up to MAGA with Trump's inauguration looming, Joe Biden signs Social Security Fairness Act, Net Neutrality is likely dead now, what Dems need to be doing in the background during this next few years if they plan to regain power at some point, and of course our game "What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?"

Big Topic

• Quick Happenings:
  • Luigi Mangione charged with terrorism
  • Two acts of terrorism happen on New Years Day
  • Biden removes almost everyone from death row on the federal level
    • Some people need hard lessons I guess
  • Oklahoma decides to force poor kids into military servitude
  • Biden sign Social Security Fairness Act
  • Republican had a brief yet telling Civil War over H1B Visas

News You Need

• Dems - as a whole - do not seem like they’re up for this
  • 74-y/o cancer patient gets his participation trophy
  • Stop cooperating - start obstructing
• Trudeau’s announcement could not be worse-timed
• Got it in one (kinda)!
• Trump pushes the MOAB (Mother of all Bills) in Congress
• Businesses can’t decide if it’s bluster or serious
• Net Neutrality being spearheaded by the FCC is probably dead

What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?

• We lost our committee chair?!
  • Other old bat falls down on first day on new Congress
• Time to take back the motherland!