Happy holidays. We begin the Special Edition of the readout with a look back at what has been a monumental year for the democrats historic performance in the midterm elections, to the january six hearings, to the Supreme Court overturning roe v. Wade. The fbi rating the home of a former president , and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for and politics. I hear thats left us rights as human beings, and whether you have more of those rights if, say, youre a former president. Or if you are if you have a uterus and live in a red state. Well, 2023 maybe the air we finally got some answers. To start, well learn who exactly will be running for president in 2024, and, who if any in the Republican Party, will stand up to donald trump. Though, maybe dont hold your breath on that one. Speaking of which, we could find out if the twice impeached disgraced former president will actually be held accountable and any of the laundry list of investigations that he is under. Th
Laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. Weve got two huge stories tonight that were following, of course right here in the nations capital, our continuing coverage of the state of the Union Address. Meanwhile, another sided country in los angeles, we have breaking news on another major story, in the world of sports. Entertainment, and frankly american culture. Lebron james tonight breaking the record to become the nbas alltime leading scorer. Passing a fellow laker, Kareem Abduljabbar. Once he broke this record the game was actually stopped for the celebration that was certainly do lebron joined on his court by his family, by the man he also passed, Kareem Abduljabbar. And even the nba commissioner, adam silver. In other words, everyone was watching to see whether tonight would be the night that he actually did it. I came into the game, and watch what happened in this really important, powerful moment. Lebron, for the record, hes got it. Hes done it. Lebron james is now the alltime leadi
Listen to it. They know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, goodbye to the 80s. Will this horrible year never end . When the 90s begin, were starting to see a lot of experimentation. Five, four, three, two, one the simpsons in some sense was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television but distrust. Tv respects me. It laughs with me, not at me. Youre stupid. Doh i think the Sitcoms Of The 80s were such a sort of warm safe humor. You see, the kids they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. And i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. We were able to spoof fatherhood. What a bad father. Which at the time and i stress at the time was bill cosby as a shining example. Did you ever know that youre my hero the stuff they got away with because its a cartoon, the father strangling the child. Why, you little we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American Family to make American Families a lot more like the waltons and a lot less like
President joe biden through an Inflation Reduction Party yesterday. Maybe they had summing more pleasant to do i jamming a Hedge Trimmer to your. Dont judge he held on the white house lawn because he couldnt remember where the front door was. And then this way he wouldnt on the rugs. Plus that long could always use a little extra fertilizer now he threw this party even as inflation hit 8. 3 is staff want to cancel but he had already told joe it would be balloons, clowns and a pony. [laughs] it felt like throwing a surprise with a party for a corpse than once in a corpse droned on for 25 minutes. Its funny how most memorials you dont ever wonder when is this stiff going to shut up. And really is the economy something joe biden should be celebrate in . At like the Washington Generals throwing a parade after a season applying the harlem garb globetrotters. Hooray we went 082. Like alec baldwin giving himself in a in marksmanship. What did summing happen . Its like brian throwing himself a
Midterms that i want to talk to him about, something i think you can help us wrap our heads around. Lets start with the great state of louisiana. Every ten years, there is a census, right . The last census in 2020 shows the same churned and louisiana that was taking place across several southern states. Over the last decade, the white population shrink, and the Black Population grew. What people are now less than 56 of louisianas population and about a third of the population there is black. Yet, this is louisianas congressional delegation. Other states six members of congress, five are white republicans. One is a black democrat because even though louisiana is one third black, only one Congressional District has majority Black Population. Thats a State Lawmakers drew the Congressional Maps. But after every census, State Lawmakers get to draw new Congressional Maps and last year, despite those new Census Numbers showing a shrinking white population and a growing Black Population, louis