Dems Waste Talents With Committee Assignments




Unanimous Dissent show

Summary: Senate Democrats have announced their new leadership team and committee assignments, and the two Sams play Monday morning quarterback.<br><br>It couldn’t happen in Britain. It couldn’t happen in the United States. Except, the far-right recently pulled off stunning victories in both countries. Can the same happen to France next year? We talk to Cole Stangler, an American journalist in Paris to discuss the possibility of a National Front Victory in 2017.<br><br>And, some of Trump’s darkest campaign promises may actually come true. Members of his transition team are speaking out about what the new administration is planning, and it’s hella grim, folks. <br><br>Also we do have a bit of good news to discuss later regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the nationwide protests against it. That story coming up in our Sludge Report.