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It is time for the Biden administration to do what they need to do to finally vanquish the coronavirus, Vice President Kamala Harris says, and that time is everyday. It's also time for a new Getting Hammered segment: Getting Hammered Investigates. This week, Mary Katharine and Vic investigate Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's own investigation into his infamous KKK/blackface yearbook photo. Five year olds in Minneapolis need the vax to go out to eat, the return of Hillary Clinton, and the debate over the filibuster continues. 

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 07:57 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 08:15 - The media will consider differentiating what Covid statistics to report
• 13:02 - Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota to require those ages five and up to provide proof of vaccination to enter restaurants
• 21:31 - Hillary Clinton makes a comeback
• 27:23 - Senator Tom Cotton blasts the filibuster using Senator Chuck Schumer's own words
• 29:40 - Segment: Getting Hammered Investigates
• 29:59 - Getting Hammered investigates Virginia governor Ralph Northam's own investigation into his infamous KKK and blackface photo
• 35:35 - The SEC is too powerful, and people (not Mary Katharine) are upset
• 39:10 - Update on tennis star Novak Djokovic
• 42:51 - Segment: Uncanceled
• 43:13 - Steve Harvey makes no plans for stand-up appearances due to cancel culture

It's a good day for Mary Katharine: The Georgia Bulldogs won their first National Championship in more than four decades, trouncing Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide in the fourth quarter. CDC director Rochelle Walensky said something that actually made sense, failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams flakes on President Biden's voting rights speech, and New York City mayor Eric Adams floats vaccine mandates for kids.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 00:00 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 10:15 - President Biden and Vice President Harris talk voting rights in Georgia
• 11:50 - Stacey Abrams, and a coalition of Georgia's most active voting rights groups, snubs the Biden administration's event
• 15:16 - The White House tries to corner Senator Joe Manchin on Build Back Better
• 19:07 - Store shelves left empty, Omicron to blame?
• 24:22 - New York City mayor Eric Adams considers vaccine mandate for kids
• 29:35 - Kids in northern Virginia are (finally) back in school
• 29:36 - Segment: You Love to Hear It
• 29:55 - CDC director Rochelle Walensky says 75 percent of vaccinated people who died from Covid-19 had at least four other comorbidities
• 34:19 - The Fresh Prince of Bel Air gets a dramatic reboot
• 39:00 - Actor and comedian Bob Saget dies at age 65
• 44:04 - Mary Katharine and her husband, Steve, invent KidFins, an adjustable floating device to help teach kids how to swim

Links

Mary Katharine and Steve's Kickstarter for KidFins

What do teachers' unions, Pete Davidson, and Martinis all have in common? They know how to play dirty. Kids are shut out of school as teachers refuse to return to the classroom, Kim Kardashian unfollows Miley Cyrus after her New Years Eve special with Kim's latest beau, Pete Davidson, and Mary Katharine finds just how to make your Martini even dirtier.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 12:44 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 12:50 - Schools in Northern Virginia, elsewhere, remain closed four days after snowstorm
• 18:09 - Chicago teachers refuse go back to the classroom, forcing district to close
• 18:46 - Segment: You Love to Hear it
• 18:55 - Lori Lightfoot vehemently backs opening schools after teachers reject reopening
• 31:17 - NBC reporter tells viewers how to double-mask—and double-mask their kids
• 33:14 - Kim Kardashian unfollows Miley Cyrus after her New Years Eve special with Kim's latest beau, Pete Davidson
• 37:42 - Covid—and California's restrictive public health measures—could push Super Bowl LVI out of Los Angeles
• 41:10 - Australia denies unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic entry
• 45:27 - How to make your Dirty Martini even dirtier

It's Snowmicron: A snowstorm keeps kids in some states out of school, and officials are considering another shutdown due to the Omicron surge. But fear not, school closures aren't going to impact grades or test scores—because some districts won't record the data it in the first place. AOC skirts the Snowmicron mess in Miami, and starts a national conversation on the plight of attractive people. And there's another storm brewing—this time, over the filibuster.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 07:20 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 07:23 - Snowmicron keeps kids home from school
• 22:39 - Arlington Public Schools proposes eliminating penalties for late homework and homework grades in the name of "equity"—but local teachers push back
• 25:38 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets called out for partying maskless in Miami, and Mary Katharine gives the representative kudos for drawing attention to the plight of hot people
• 31:19 - Comedian Patton Oswalt apologizes for posting picture with his friend Dave Chappelle
• 39:41 - A fight over the filibuster brews in Washington

A lot of great movies came out in 1986. Babes in Toyland was not one of them. But Mary Katharine and Vic watched the spectacular Christmas film, starring Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reaves, so you don't have to. Merry Christmas!

Joe Manchin officially kills Build Back Better, CNN checks in with Mary Katharine and Vic's favorite Omicron-tracking doctor, and the Bidens re-home their old dog to make room for a brand-new puppy.  

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 09:40 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 09:45 - Build Back Better is DOA, courtesy of Senator Joe Manchin
• 20:18 - Omicron cases spike in Mid-Atlantic region
• 26:17 - Dr. Angelique Coetzee talks Omicron on CNN
• 33:58 - There's a new puppy in the White House, and to make room, Major gets the boot
• 41:35 - Can you smell dead ants? TikTok on smelling ants goes viral

From Ben Affleck to the Build Back Better Act, on this episode of Getting Hammered, it's all about the Benjamins. The Atlantic publishes a story on Covid from someone outside of the media bubble, Elon Musk swings at Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Mary Katharine and Vic read letters to Santa from one hundred years ago.

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• 00:11 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 13:29 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 13:35 - Ben Affleck drama, and Jennifer Garner being a class act
• 25:19 - Sen. Joe Manchin to kill BBB
• 32:52 - Based billionaire Elon Musk takes a crack at Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Twitter
• 33:39 - Segment: You Love to See It
• 33:41 - Matthew Walther piece in The Atlantic: Where I Live, No One Cares About Covid
• 40:11 - Mary Katharine's potato chip Reese's review
• 44:23 - Santa letters from 1921

Would a can of Vienna Sausages outlast mask mandates? CDC director Rochelle Walensky thinks so. Elon Musk joins the ranks of Mary Katharine's husband as an Ideas Man, a comedian and an MSNBC host butt heads, and California experiences a bacon shortage.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 11:15 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 11:22 - Covid updates: California reinstates indoor mask mandate, Philadelphia requires vaccines for indoor dining, first Omicron-variant death in the UK
• 13:12 - CDC director Rochelle Walensky says masks are for now, not forever
• 16:13 - Dr. Angelique Coetzee, one of the doctors who discovered Omicron,
• 22:55 - Time magazine names Elon Musk Person of the Year
• 29:24 - Sarah Silverman butts heads with MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid
• 33:01 - Bacon shortage in California
• 38:35 - Tornadoes rock Kentucky

Links for charities helping tornado victims

Samaritan's purse

Mercy Chefs

Relevant Church's Tornado Relief Fund

The New York Times reports a groundbreaking story: Parents are upset about school closures. Color Mary Katharine and Vic surprised (not). The Supreme Court hears a case on voucher programs, Democrats are losing the vaccine mandate debate, and Chris Cuomo officially gets the boot from CNN.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 09:50 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 10:02 - Breaking news from the New York Times: Parents are frustrating with schools
• 20:45 - Supreme Court hears case on voucher programs and religious institutions
• 27:23 - Dems lose vaccine mandate battles in court
• 36:28 - CNN kicks Chris Cuomo to the curb

More than half of young adults are overweight. Stacey Abrams is back for another gubernatorial race. Mary Katharine's college football woes. And Reese's is now adding potato chips to their peanut butter cups—which Vic isn't so sure about. We're not just gluttons—we're gluttons for punishment.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 12:50 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 12:55 - New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio announces a new vaccine mandate
• 23:40 - Childhood obesity in the United States
• 31:38 - Stacey Abrams throws her hat back into the ring, and claims she never denied the results of her first go at the governor's mansion
• 35:46 - Former Senator Bob Dole dies at age 98
• 40:35 - Segment: You Love to See It
• 40:40 - Democrats fall flat on "Latinx" language, via Politico
• 44:40 - There's nothing at all to talk about sports this week, especially not the SEC championship
• 46:33 - Reese's releases a peanut butter cup with potato chips
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