042 w/ Thad Russell “John Lewis: Moral Authoritarian for Hire, CNN vs Trump, Freed Manning” - The Fifth Column

Summary: <p>The waning hours of President Obama's tenure, on the eve of Trump-Mageddon, and the hits just keep on coming.</p><br> <p>The President-Elect finds himself embroiled in a nasty fight with an almost universally revered CIVIL RIGHTS ICON -- who in this particular showdown may just be playing the part of a cuddly Alex Jones.</p><br> <p>And of course, since 'two beefs are always better than one,' Trump is simultaneously mixing it up with CNN too. Is this a prelude to a broader Trumpian assault on the free press!? Maybe? Did you see hopefully?</p><br> <p>Plus: Thad Russell makes his pick for the next President of the United States (sort of). Manning gets freed. Matt asks questions about drones and of course other important things happen.</p><br> <p>Moynihan is someplace in DC covering the inauguration (or is he ducking Thad)? No problem, we'll just put words in his mouth and strawman the hell out of him.</p>