President elect Joe Biden has announced his nomination for head of foreign oil acquisition.

Future Defense Secretary General Lloyd Austin.

Austin faces opposition because a law prohibits retired members of the military from serving as defense secretary for seven years unless Congress signs a permission slip for a field trip to conflict of interest Land.

Also, he is on the board for weapons manufacturer and friend of the show Raytheon.

One of the world's largest weapons makers.

Austin was Biden second choice.

The first was an ICBM with a six handicap.

Honestly, Richard, isn't it a little immature of us to be so caught up on conflicts of interest?

What are we 12?

What do you think?

We'll conflicts of interest are pretty serious.

You know, the defense budget is the biggest in the world, the biggest in human history.

So three idea that you have civilian control of the military is something that we have held as part of the American culture for a very long time.

Respectfully, I think that's nonsense.

Let's just give this to Biden and let the military run itself.

I'm busy.

Just send me a push notification when we're going a war or don't.

I don't need my phone vibrating every 10 seconds.

I mean, are we forgetting that Biden picked this guy?

Hello?

I can't believe we're still arguing over.

It's a good point that it now Biden is still looking for a Cabinet position for former South Bend mayor and national nephew Pete Buddha.

Judge Axios reports finding a Cabinet position for him has been a challenge.

Now, obviously, the sky is the limit for Buddha judge after his experience cooling down the hotheads on the South Bend Chamber of Commerce.

Richard, isn't it a waste to use former mayor people, but a judge on a national position?

Can't we elevate him to some sort of world president role?

Certainly that might be his ambition.

Uh, if not his qualification.

Look, if you're Joe Biden and you're on the older side, you've got an ambitious vice president behind you.

You might be looking to make sure that the other pretenders to the throne are as far away as possible and Beijing is pretty far away.

An excellent points and to the folks at home.

Sorry about that.

A lost Dianne Feinstein just wandered in front of the camera Now let me throw this out there.

We could use an ambassador to Chast and Buddha Judge.

Our nation was on shaky ground with him under Trump.

And it's time to course.

Correct.

Sure.

You know, I think he could be pivotal in ending our torture program.

Where we drag likable spouse is on two year quixotic presidential bids.

You know, I wouldn't mind someone with MAWR.

Foreign policy chops for ambassador to chastity.

What's Jon Huntsman up to these days?

You know, I'm sure we could find something else for peace.

I for what?

Need help setting up my computer.

Great, Great for that.

There goes Senator Feinstein again now moving on.

It was a sad day for centrists everywhere as Joe Kennedy, the third delivered farewell remarks after losing his Massachusetts Senate bid, the chamber was nearly empty except for his primary opponent, Ed Markey, seated up in the gallery, eating lobster tails with his butter drenched hands and chartering like a barbarian king.

Here is what I know, that we are a complicated and Messi country, that we violated our founding promises Before the ink was dry, we boldly declared we the people and promptly defined We as which rich white Protestant men impressive words.

They're likely written by the pope.

Yep.

Kennedy.

They're calling out our country's original institutional exclusion of B I.

P o.

C.

Which translates to black and indigenous people.

Oh, and Catholics.

Yes.

It was a bold allusion to the fact that many of the founding fathers own slaves and did not believe in the transubstantiation of the Eucharist.

Richard, we have a centrist leaving the house and a White House packed with centrist.

Is this indicative of the Democratic Party tensions ahead?

Or an isolated case of Massachusetts voters?

Prejudice against Solis dorks coasting on name recognition?

I think there is a massive battle brewing within the party.

Uh, in terms of expectations of this new administration and the likely disappointments, they're going to feel very shortly.

Well, this is a nightmare.

Joe Kennedy.

The third can't make it in Washington.

What chance do I have?

I'm scum.

I'm gonna order a big toilet and have my family flushed me down.

You need to calm down, Teddy.

It's the last show of the year and you're acting like a lunatic.

Yeah, and there's no toilet that big worst day of my life.

First Kennedy, now toilet now moving on, Most Americans saw 2020 as a year to reach out to the millions in need, while a select bunch saw it as an opportunity to make millions of dollars inside, The Hill is proud to present the top five Griff's of 2020.

Coming in at number five is Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, senior adviser to Melania Trump.

She used her friendship with Melania to score her event planning firm, a $26 million contract for Donald Trump's inauguration, then rehab her reputation by doing the right thing and using secretly recorded tapes of her best friend, Melania, to score a deal for her tell all book affectionately titled Melania and Me.

If she hadn't done it to Trump's wife, we would all agree she's evil.

Dining alone.

It's number four.

We have the Amy McGrath for Senate campaign, who during her Senate race against Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, spent over $90 million on a campaign that lost by more than 417,000 votes.

Congratulations to her staff vendors and all those who wrote that racehorse right into a large spike drunkenly stumbling into our number three spot is the Lincoln Project.

Sure, this is a little personal.

We were joined by one of its founders, Rick Wilson, who remains the only guest to tell us to go yourselves in his head.

All right, Rick, we know you have to go Hoover up some or Rube cash.

So that's all the time we have.

Thank you to our analysts and guest Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Project.

Thanks a lot, Rick.

Thank you so much trick.

But, you know, it turns out the $44 million they spent didn't change any votes.

The most viral of the Lincoln projects adds, turned out to be the least persuasive.

At the very least, a bunch of unrepentant Islamophobic warmongers made a lot of money that laying there Tesla in second place is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Well, grave diggers took a second to stretch their A key muscles.

Cuomo treated himself to a victory self suck in the form of a book called American Crisis.

Leadership Lessons From the Cove.

It 19 Pandemic.

Since his publication date, New York state cases and deaths have skyrocketed.

That's like wiping your ass halfway through A and releasing a book called my perfectly clean ass.

Governor Cuomo is gonna need a refrigerated truck for all that cash and violently shoving themselves into first place.

Our top grift of 2020 goes to the man who puts the win in Twin Towers.

Rudy Giuliani.

This sludge soaked pervert has eroded voters faith in democracy and stirred violence among trump voters while taking home legal fees and securing access.

He will definitely sell and still finding time to attempt both sex with Borat's underage daughter and negligent homicide.

He is a true inspiration to the next generation of grifters, and that is our top five grifters of 2020 2020 man.

Crazy year, huh?

I've seen in some ways almost too crazy to put into words.

I guess you know when words fail.

I've always found it helpful to turn to the power of song.

Well, moving on this And in a year as crazy as 2020 there is perhaps no better way to sum it up than with an homage to the piano man himself.

Please hit it.

Terrence E.

Turn me up, Terrence, turn me up in the microphone.

Terrence Trump Impeachment!

Leffler Stock threats to banish TIC tac murder Hornets Tiger Kinga Lane, Maxwell Jail Are I pizza?

RBG Meg left Royal family Mono lips vaping Kids to join Destroyed the mail.

What?

That was really special.

Thank you to keep going.

It was still go.

Goddammit!

Craddick primary Luckily, we stop Bernie.

Joe Biden Pete Food.

A judge left Wall Street feeling good.

Joe Kennedy losing of Cuomo nipple ring.

Harvey Weinstein in jail.

I'd help him if I could.

This year was a dumpster fire.

But thanks to my money, it was mostly funny.

This year was a dumpster fire, But it's totally random.

You can't blame the system.

No, no, don't surf.

I really rich.

That's everyone's first idea.

You know, I'm gonna like it.

Rocks, right?

I wouldn't go that far.

Uh, for a two.

Very nice calm a lot.

First woman vice Nancy ripped up paper and Mr Peanut died.

Gun couple at the RNC.

I loved hillbilly elegy parasite.

Best picture.

McDonald's cop cried Diane hugging Lindsay Elon Musk robot baby.

Mitch McConnell.

Those hands are dead.

Fly landed on pences and Newsome card at French laundry.

We've got to stop L c.

Even fucking Goya beans.

Card is gotta, whereas me.

Um, I'm crazy.

Or did you not mention Cove in one?

Guess it slipped my mind.

You know, it didn't affect my tax bracket.

E understand.

Relatable.

Moving on.

We here at tuning out the news know that if the last four years have proven anything, it's the vital role of journalism here.

Now, to that most important of missions are just a few of our contributions and a fair share of rivaled horseplay.

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