Thank goodness this week is nearly over, as yesterday alone was exhausting. And I'm truly grateful that we have Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel.net each Friday to help us figure out all that transpired, or most of it anyway.

There were hearings and pardons and lies, oh my! And more evidence that D'ump's mind is deteriorating even faster than before...

I'm really not feeling well today, so I'm keeping the write-up short and sweet. It's all in today's show, so sit back, put on some headphones and listen. It's all there! I hope to be back to my usual feisty self on Monday....

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Today on the show, we recap the two big hearings on Capitol Hill today. The split screen made me feel even sicker than I already do! First, a Senate hearing on the future of the ACA's extended subsidies and the votes. Nothing good happened there. The House Oversight Committee hearing was ostensibly about the global threats the US is facing, but Kristi Noem was in the hot seat, so you can guess where this hearing went... Later in the hour, I speak with Tommy Dorfman, a long-time EDM music/event planner/DJ and club owner who's been waging at 15-year battle against Ticketmaster and Live Nation. It's not over till it's over...

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One of my favorite columnists, Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, took a road trip. Last week, he left Philly and showed up in New Orleans, along with ICE. Yeah, on purpose. He reported on the ugliness these unqualified goons spread in their wake. Will returned home to PA just in time to hear Dump's word and brain salad that he spewed over the people who went to hear him for 90 minutes at the Mount Airy Casino, which itself has a shameful, storied past. Will joins me today with some of his observations.

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Back in 2012, People for the American Way put out the campaign button on today's show graphic. They knew it then, but the Democrats never pushed the issue enough. It was and still is the Supreme Court, stupid! The Extreme Court yesterday heard a case that will likely give the guy in the Oval Office even more power than he's already grabbed. And the case they heard today could likely open the campaign contribution floodgates even wider than they already are. Law Dork's Chris Geidner joins me today to help us understand WTAF it all means!

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Mondays are inevitable and, these days, so is a lot more fucking news. On Mondays, I'm joined by Jonathan Larsen of The Fucking News, who injects humor and the necessary expletives to accurately present so much of what we're forced to endure every day... the Boat Murders, the Immigrant mistreatment and bigtry and racism, the Extreme not-Supreme Court, the lies, illegal pardons, D'ump's ego and more...

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It's been 10 days since our last gathering with Marcy Wheeler as we did last Friday's show on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. And it's been quite an eventful 10 days at that! On today's show. we cover much of what happened during that time-- from yesterday's arrest of the alleged Jan 6 pipe bomber to Pete Hegseth's many problems including Signalgate and the Murder Boats, Trump's sickening pardons, the prosecutions of James Comey, Maurene Comey, Letitia James and John Bolton. Then there are the two truly hated men in DC, Mike Johnson & Kash Patel. Oh, and the National Security Strategy which is terrifying. And more... a lot more.

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"America's Dirty Secret" is what today's guest, Catherine Coleman Flowers calls the problem she is devoted to fixing, and it's a problem that's not much-discussed unless you live in some of the poorest rural communities in the US where it's more prevalent that most of us realize.

Catherine Coleman Flowers is an environmental and climate justice activist. She's been called the "Erin Brockovich of Sewage" because her work focuses on improving sanitation and water infrastructure in places where it is disgustingly unavailable.

In regular English, shit stinks and raw sewage dumped into your yard and leeching back into your house is literally toxic!

I also invited friend of the show, host of the Environmental Coffeehouse, Sandy Schoelles to join us for what I promise will be an enlightening conversation.

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If you're not terrified by Trump, you're not paying attention. I'll share some of the latest as I share latest news and things that should terrify all of us. As for AI - Artificial Intelligence- I'll admit that I'm not an expert. So I have one joining us today.

Rahul Powar is and AI expert and cybersecurity entrepreneur. And he'll help us understand what about AI that we should fear, how it should be used and what it is capable of doing. That includes the good, the bad, and the really, truly ugly!

And we'll begin with a creative satirical song and video about Whiskey Pete Hegseth by @scaredketchup on Youtube . Yes, it utilizes AI...

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Perhaps the headline should have read "Reel" News, because today's guest's website (under construction) is ReelPoliticalNews.com.

With so much insanity coming at us from the White House, I wanted to get someone who is an actual journalist covering it all to help us catch up. Back in my Air America days and for a few years following that network's demise, I used to have a daily news update from the (now defunct) Talk Radio News Service. One of the correspondents there was Jon-Christopher Bua, who I always enjoyed speaking with. I found him recently on Bluesky (@jcbua.bsky.social), and invited back on the show. He is the founder and White House Correspondent for Reel Political News, and he's our guest today on the show.

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Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday for more than the obvious reasons. And now it's even more special.

I'll explain with some not just good, but excellent news. Don't worry, there is the usual news that deserves the Fucking News title as we usually bring you on Mondays with Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com.

And yes, he's here today too.... But first, there's that really good news that I'll share at the start of today's show. Then we'll get in to the outrageous shit, and the rainbow that is hopefully coming on the other side!

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