TAP Snaps

This week the boys jump into and explore the implications of the debacle at the Capitol on January 6th 2021, then the boys move into the tech world and look at Parler's erasure from the internet, and finally the boys sift through propaganda to look closer at China's weather modification programs.

This week the boys start off with the McWellington Challenge and then move into one of the most interesting news stories this week- Trump's phone call with Georgia's Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger. Then the proud boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, is arrested in DC, Autonomous Trucking is taking to the roads, and Google's first union is born.

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Articles:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/opinions/raffensperger-courage-axelrod/index.html?fbclid=IwAR38YJfY4HkELcGVslhfpatME3ih5bAUSfF2UOGpn9e6CaGVxXgzePKXMIA

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-arrested-in-dc-police-say?fbclid=IwAR3uNZTp4Nq8mLeAfQYtehFL10FFidGaRkc7THEyKo0I6pgH3_D18iUxbaA

https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/self-driving/this-year-autonomous-trucks-will-take-to-the-road-with-no-one-on-board?fbclid=IwAR34S9heIUbKBaf1dIIPjmf4GEs06aZhg5MZOgN2CUOMLRqDu8C38dygb6I

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/4/22212347/google-employees-contractors-announce-union-cwa-alphabet?fbclid=IwAR2s4DA400TthYry4ZRSxDd8HSwhBAn4PZzPwvn1iwkkuQu8aI07_GnYFII

This week the boys discuss the "intentional explosion" in Nashville on Christmas day, and exchange theories on motive. We also discuss a new lockdown in South Africa, and what it must be like to live in a country that takes COVID seriously. Finally we talk about the many reasons Spain will register people who are offered the COVID-19 vaccine and refuse it, and what the world may look like for anti-vaxxers in 2021.

We have delayed judging the McWellington challenge this week due to Blake being called away to lobby Congress on behalf of henchmen, con-artists and cult leaders. Results coming next week!

This week the boys have some fun by opening up the episode with listener submissions for the McWellington Challenge- replete with Blake's philosophical ramblings on eating trash food. Then the boys move into a story that will surely be adapted into a screenplay wherein a retired washed-up police officer breaks open the largest voter fraud case in history- or does he? A US citizen is sentenced to 4 months in jail for treating a foreign country like the Tanger Outlet, and finally- Mitch McConnell is being cannibalized by his party, and Liam can't help but love it so much it hurts.

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Articles:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/us/former-houston-captain-vigilante-voter-fraud-incident/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1ZvrOo72v1y1kwAMEfHyDCcApFp2q0rE8m45aeuxcisrK2hf2pjxmkioM

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/american-teen-prison-cayman-islands-covid

https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-mitch-mcconnell-joe-biden-election-1555115?fbclid=IwAR2gJUR4Yiz8fkzrx5ejLLXQSOlJuNbIoFRjwkCtaX_yA1E_JtDvqf8XBzY

This week the boys cover the Electoral College's confirmation of President-Elect Joe Biden, and the Senate run-off in Georgia and how we're in the political Avengers Endgame, Dan Crenshaw does a thing, California considers requiring all police officers to either obtain a Bachelors degree or turn age 25 before beginning their career, and Seattle examines adopting a 'poverty defense' for misdemeanor crime.

This week the boys discuss Florida state police raiding the home of a data scientist reporting accurate COVID numbers, Lindsey Graham publicly pouting about his daddy losing Georgia, a well-respected Israeli official going straight X-Files on us, and an interesting new use for fungus that grows in Chernobyl.

This week the boys explore Trump's methods of cashing in at the terminus of his tenure, and avenues for him to take $170 million dollars from his support base. Michael Flynn receives a pardon so sweeping he'll never get a parking ticket again, a top Iranian nuclear scientist is assasinated in what can only be described as Jack Reacher-Mission: Impossible style, and finally a very important politician and diplomat is detained in Brussels for breaking covid measures during a drug fueled orgy.

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Links:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/president-donald-trump-raises-more-than-170-million-since-election-day/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1urSJDlvsjxBaLkwNkEkx3-p8FK0I7WfVhElJAec1SYsD34faFbgCuWwk

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/30/trump-flynn-pardon-reprieve-441527?fbclid=IwAR0wrCazHc_-8hdtGh_LOE0eUQCjsRfNhwbEyV9zDQXWClC_X9f9rWJBPbI

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/middleeast/iran-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-nuclear-scientists-killed-intl/index.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/brussels-lockdown-orgy-busted-by-cops-european-lawmaker-and-diplomats-flee

This week the boys dive into a 'secret' memo uncovered from Amazon detailing the extreme and absurd measures they goto to keep tabs on their employees. Then, in a story almost 20 years too late, Purdue Pharmaceuticals is expected to plead guilty for basically ushering in the opioid epidemic, but justice falls short when you're worth ten billion dollars. Russia is carrying out raids on Jehovas Witnesses in Moscow and all over the country, and finally- former San Francisco Police Officer, Chris Samayoa, has been charged in his on-duty murder of Keita O'Neil.

This week the boys dive into Trump advisor, Scott Atlas, calling for people in Michigan to 'rise up' against the new coronavirus measures. Alabama has a 'new' law that requires the chemical castration for some sex offenders, Norway outlaws hate speech against trans and bisexual people, and finally Amazon is now selling prescription drugs.

Woooo! This week the boys dive into Trump's press conference at the illustrious Four Seasons Landscaping Company, that Trump still insists was deliberate. Then William Barr goes up to bat for Trump by having the State Department over-step its purview regarding the election. Mike Pompeo says there will be a smooth transition into Trump's 2nd term, and finally- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez promotes blacklisting former Trump workers.