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Krystal and Saagar talk about the Amazon Labor Union victory, the company's fight back against the workers, media freakout, Ukraine updates, hawkish rhetoric, Russia's economy, cable news corruption, Taylor Lorenz blackmail, fake friends of workers, and an interview with Christian Smalls!

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This week, we are joined by organizer Erica Ford of LIFE Camp, who empowers us with proactive ways to approach social justice.

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Donald Trump incites a violent insurrection against the U.S. Capitol, and Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff make history in Georgia, wresting control of the U.S. Senate away from Mitch McConnell. Then New Georgia Project CEO Nsé Ufot talks to Dan about how years of grassroots organizing paved the way for Tuesday’s victory.

Trump’s lawyers kick off his impeachment trial by arguing that the President can’t be impeached, Mitch McConnell is forced to make concessions on the rules, Biden and Bernie tangle on Social Security, and the New York Times endorses Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren. Then Chris Lidell-Westefeld talks to Tommy about his oral history of the 2008 Obama campaign.