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“Hydra is still inside of SHIELD”

Make Me Smart

English - January 12, 2021 01:25 - 15 minutes - 11.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratings
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That’s how Molly describes the lawmakers who still voted against certification of a free and fair election. That’s right: We’re back from our break and still assessing the fallout of last week’s insurrection, egged on by the president, at the Capitol building. On today’s show, we’ll talk about Trump’s few remaining supporters in Congress, the military people who were on the ground that day, the potential for further violence and how corporate America is reacting. Plus on Make Me Smile … more of the same.



Here’s everything we talked about today:



FBI memo warns law enforcement across U.S. of possible armed protests at 50 state capitols” from NBC News


Coca-Cola Suspends Political Donations After Capitol Violence” from Bloomberg


Officer resigns as Army investigates her involvement in Washington rally that led to U.S. Capitol riot” from CBS News


JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs join U.S. corporations halting political donations after Capitol riot” from CNBC


Molly has been searching “No fly list” on Twitter


And finally, this video.


Correction: This episode describes viral videos taken out of context. The videos do not necessarily depict people who are on a no fly list. Additionally, one of the videos appears to be recirculated from 2018.


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