- Recently, ABC has been making an attempt to have more diversity in their comedy programs. That doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon, as the network is developing a comedy about a Muslim model. Zainab Johnson, Tom Straw, and Wanda Sykes are attached.
- As one of his last acts as President, Obama commuted Chelsea Manning's prison sentence. NBC examines how Chelsea Manning has become such an important symbol for Transgender-Americans.
For today's musical hit, Woody Guthrie's "All You Fascists Bound To Lose" seems particularly relevant these days.
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