Episode 7- How The Flynn-ch Stole Christmas

2:45 Michael Flynn 11:46 White House Vermin Infestation 15:05 Trump's TV Contest/Islamaphobic Retweets 25:02 Melania's Goth Xmas at White House 29:06 No One Attended White House Xmas Tree Lighting 31:02 GOP Tax Bill 37:29 War on Christmas 48:18 Michael Moore vs Weinstein Brothers 55:43 Farewell Keith Olbermann 1:00:44 StoryTime Xmas Tales Welcome back to THE PLUNGE. Michael Flynn is squealing like a pig as part of his plea deal to get people to forget about when the Turkish state paid him and his moronic son to kidnap a dissident cleric in the Poconos. The White House is overrun with even more vermin than you thought. Melania’s occult Christmas decorations mark an auspicious start to the annual War on Christmas. In the pop culture corner, we’ll fill you in on the legal battle brewing between the Weinstein brothers and Michael Moore. We’ll also pick apart Keith Olbermann’s farewell video and bid adieu to our least favorite flag-draped dweeb. Show Notes: Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html Flynn and son kidnapping a cleric on behalf of the Turkish state http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/turkey_denies_alleged_plot_to.html White House literally infested with mice and roaches http://theweek.com/speedreads/740638/white-house-apparently-infested-mice-roaches-ants Melania’s ill black metal kvlt Xmas decorations https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/evbjxn/melania-is-planning-the-christmas-from-hell-and-i-am-loving-it Trump’s lonely Xmas tree lighting: https://www.elitedaily.com/p/these-photos-of-trumps-national-christmas-tree-lighting-are-pretty-bleak-6754889 The CIA’s drastically understating civilian casualties https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/true-civilian-body-count-iraq Twitter: friend of Islamophobes http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/30/technology/twitter-trump-retweet-anti-muslim-hate/index.html?sr=twCNN113017twitter-trump-retweet-anti-muslim-hate0619PMStory Protests against GOP tax bill https://www.salon.com/2017/11/29/gops-senate-tax-bill-met-with-protests-across-country/ Capitol Hill police arresting protesters on the floor of the Senate budget hearing http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/362223-capitol-police-arrest-36-protesters-outside-senate-budget-hearing Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn’s being terrible salespeople for a tax bill that steals from the poor to give to the rich https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/26/white-house-taxes-push-democrats-259708 Jeff Flake votes in support of bill http://thehill.com/policy/finance/362784-flake-announces-support-of-tax-plan-giving-gop-votes-needed-to-pass-bill Detailed description of the tax bill and its political process. Ahem, REMEMBER THE GOONS WHO VOTED FOR THIS https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/01/us/politics/senate-tax-bill-vote.html The majority of Americans have less than $500 in savings http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/12/pf/americans-lack-of-savings/index.html TRUMP VS. THE CHRISTMAS HATERS http://www.nola.com/national_politics/2017/12/merry_christmas_donald_trump.html THE DC METRO VS. XMAS https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/is-metro-waging-war-on-christmas-archdiocese-sues-to-post-nativity-themed-bus-ads/2017/11/28/4f7a34d6-d459-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html?utm_term=.3e49ea904ed0 THE ELITE CORE DEFENDING OUR SACRED VALUES https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/25a1832/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F55%2F34%2F42cdb06d46e69edf9fae6a8e6a66%2F1-zombies.jpg Michael Moore’s new Trump film Fahrenheit 11/9 held up by the Weinstein Company http://deadline.com/2017/11/michael-moore-harvey-weinstein-bob-weinstein-fahrenheit-911-sequel-dispute-donald-trump-fahrenheit-119-1202217328/ Michael & Us podcast https://soundcloud.com/michael-and-us Keith Olbermann’s delirious retirement video https://www.gq.com/story/keith-olbermann-my-work-is-done