Author: Nebulous Media

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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Dr. Anthony Fauci is the science, according to... himself. But Mary Katharine and Vic aren't so sure he—or the Biden administration, for that matter—knows how to tackle the Omicron variant. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the Mississippi abortion case, the Women's Tennis Association takes a stand against China, and we learn the history of the golf course beverage cart.

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 09:45 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 09:56 - The Omicron variant is here
• 16:00 - Fauci faces his foes
• 19:27 - Segment: You Love to See It
• 19:34 - Reporter asks Fauci a tough question
• 25:20 - Oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Mississippi abortion case
• 33:12 - Women's Tennis Association quits China over Peng Shuai's disappearance
• 37:40 - Kids are increasingly cutting ties with their parents
• 44:35 - Golf.com tells the history of the golf course beverage cart

Mary Katharine and Vic have recovered from their Thanksgiving feasts and they're back to discuss Disney's decision to censor an episode of the Simpsons, as well as the new covid variant, fact-checkers, and some very unlucky pub dwellers in England

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• 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
• 11:24 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
• 11:26 - The new coronavirus variant, Omicron
• 24:52 - Journalists and Harvard academics work to identify misinformation in the news
• 31:44 - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down
• 35:19 - Disney censors Simpsons episode with Tiananmen Square reference in Hong Kong
• 39:48 - Matthew McConaughey announces he will not run for governor of Texas
• 43:00 - England revelers stuck in pub for three days after snowstorm