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Alright, here's the show. Hey there, it's the NPR politics podcast with an episode of listener

mail. This is where we answer your questions about the issues, the Trump transition,

and anything else you're curious about. I'm Scott Detrello, I cover Congress.

I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House. I'm Danielle Kurtz, I've been political reporter.

And I'm Dominican Montenoro political editor. Dominican, you were a little excited about the

jingle bells. I like the jingle bells, it's great, although at first I was wondering if it was my

puppy that had gotten through the fencing around the Christmas tree to grab the stuff off the tree again.

Has that been a thing? It's been a thing. How's that going? Babygates coming in handy again.

I had to pull the babygate out of the attic to put it around the Christmas tree. You know what's

just as exciting as thinking about puppies and Christmas trees? Politics. Thinking about the

electoral college. Yes. Because today is the day that the electoral college is doing its thing.

538 people from around the country meeting in state capitals as we speak right now.

Something routine that happens every four years that apparently only people care about now.

That's where we're going to get it to in a second because we have been getting a ton of

questions about this and the amount of questions that we've been getting in this really

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