Tonight on The Readout, anybody that has looked at pictures of the six and seven-year-olds

that were killed at Sandy Hook, 20 of them, with an AR-15, is this the America that we

want to live in?

I don't think so.

She was a towering figure, but it would be clear, she was a towering figure, not just

in modern California history, but in the history of our states and our nation.

California Senator Alex Padilla on his friend and colleague, Senator Diane Feinstein, who

has passed today.

The longest-serving woman in Senate history leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate

for gun safety measures and equal rights.

So tonight, the consequences of handing over power to the radical fringe of your party,

with the Republican government shut down now all but certain to come this weekend.

Plus, a major development in the plot to overturn Trump's election loss in Georgia.

Late today, we learned that one of Trump's co-defendants has agreed to a plea deal.

About we begin tonight with the essence of MAGA and a countdown, a little over 24

hours from now, the federal government will likely shut down, and that will happen for

only one reason, because the fundamental essence of MAGA, Donald Trump's twisted version

of Republicanism, is chaos and cruelty.

Today, an effort to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government open for one month failed.

It will not surprise you that the people who voted to shut the government down were members

of the MAGA caucus, including insurrectionists Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar and Matt Gates and

Marjorie Taylor Greene and some time a MAGA Nancy Mace.

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