* Guest: Mark Tapscott, Award-winning veteran investigative journalist, Senior Congressional Correspondent, Who covers Congress for The Epoch Times - TheEpochTimes.com

* Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa has told Housing and Urban Development officials to stop talks with federal employees unions on new deals that would extend teleworking rules for five years.

"Spending its final days fighting for bureaucrats not to do their job is wrong on every level but a fitting end for this administration," Ernst said.

* Tucker Carlson, delivered a strong message to Republican Senators during a speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. Carlson made it clear that any Republican senator who votes against confirming Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence (DNI) would be considered an “enemy” of the country.

* Shame: Steve Bannon Backs Increasing Taxes on Wealthy Americans!

* Biden spends waning days of presidency dishing out $1B to preserve Amazon rain forest - President traveled to the Amazon rain forest in mid-November to announce the United States' pledge to increase US international climate finance to over $11B a year by 2024 - Nicole Silverio, DailyCaller.com