Welcome to Potsave America. I'm John Favro.

I'm John Lovett. I'm Tommy Ditor.

On today's show, Trump starts staffing his administration with some of the worst people you know.

And he also wants a Senate majority leader who will let him appoint whoever he wants for his cabinet, administration, and even the judiciary without any Senate confirmation.

We'll also get into what we know and still don't know about Trump's plans for his second term,

including the prospects for exacting revenge on his political enemies.

Then New York Congressman Pat Ryan, one of the Dems who hung on in a very tough district by quite a lot,

stops by to talk to Tommy about how he pulled it off and what lessons the party needs to learn

if we want to actually hold power again.

Wouldn't that be nice?

Does that it pronounce power?

Power.

Power.

But first, votes are still being counted in key Senate and House races.

Here's what we know as of Monday afternoon, California time.

In the Senate, Ruben Gallego has just about won in Arizona, though the race hasn't been

officially called by anyone but Decision Desicent.

He's got it.

I think Carrie Lake's run out of runway there with the votes coming in.

Yeah.

Bob Casey is still behind in pennsylvania and while the

ap has called the race many other outlets have not and casey hasn't conceded because of the

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