In Which We Discuss:

1. Carla Nordstrom provides a report from NY State

2. We asked for more salad-fork style dramas, and this week we got them!

3. Donald Trump announces plans to stave of WWIII by promising death and destruction

4. The Nebraska Senate’s GOP Christmas card list is getting smaller and smaller

5. Only Chicago city politics could cause a Jim Clyburn and Bernie Sanders unity endorsement.

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