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🗓️ 5 January 2025
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0:00.0 | Well, Republicans managed to pick a speaker, but we're already seeing just how chaotic this new Congress is going to be. |
0:07.8 | And in that chaos, there's going to be some opportunity for Democrats. |
0:11.4 | Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville is standing by with a few specific ideas about how they can capitalize. |
0:18.2 | Plus, ahead of another anniversary of January 6th, |
0:21.3 | Donald Trump was partying at Mara Lago last night |
0:24.3 | with the architects of the plot |
0:25.9 | to steal the 2020 election. |
0:28.0 | I'll get Congressman James Clyburn's reaction to that. |
0:30.9 | And later, a judge orders Trump |
0:32.6 | to appear for sentencing next week, |
0:34.3 | just 10 days before he's sworn in. |
0:36.5 | The law firm of Weissman and Katiel is here to tell us what to expect and why it matters. |
0:50.8 | Okay, so on Friday, Mike Johnson was re-elected as Speaker of the House, but not without a |
0:57.5 | healthy dose of drama. I mean, initially Johnson didn't have the votes, and for a moment, |
1:02.6 | it looked like we might be headed for another McCarthy-esque multi-day dumpster fire here in Washington. |
1:08.4 | And then two of the key Republican holdouts decided to vote for Johnson. |
1:13.4 | Of course, right after getting phone calls from Donald Trump, sometimes that's how it goes. |
1:17.0 | But whatever it took to get over the finish line, if you're Mike Johnson or anyone working for |
1:20.9 | him, I think it's safe to say you're probably breathing a big side of relief right now because |
1:25.0 | it very easily could have gone another way. I mean, just |
1:29.0 | asked Kevin McCarthy, given when he went through. It was just over a year ago. And it's important |
1:33.6 | to note before McCarthy's five-day 15 ballot fiasco, the last time a speaker of the House was not |
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