(12/5/20) Recs: The Dark And The Wicked and Mank; US keeps shattering Covid records

<p>Ep 240: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show! Allison and Meredith rec: The Dark And The Wicked and Guns Akimbo, and Allison recs Mank and The Undoing finale, while Meredith recs Chelsea G. Summers' <em>A Certain Hunger</em></p> <p>In bad news: U.S. keeps <a href= "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-surge-200-000-new-cases-100-000-hospitalizations-u-n1249800"> shattering</a> Covid records as <a href= "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-19-testing-capacity-strained-surge-demand-n1249592"> hospitals</a> run out of beds, and Trump goes <a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/05/donald-trump-pardons-giuliani-ivanka-joe-exotic"> pardon crazy</a> (even as the DoJ  <a href= "https://theslot.jezebel.com/justice-department-investigated-a-potential-presidentia-1845788920"> investigates</a> a potential presidential pardon bribery scheme)</p> <p>In good news: Barr says there was <a href= "https://theslot.jezebel.com/william-barr-on-election-fraud-i-dont-know-her-1845787125"> no election fraud</a>, Melissa Carone's batshit <a href= "https://theslot.jezebel.com/meet-melissa-carone-rudy-giulianis-stunningly-messy-st-1845798042"> viral moment</a>, <a href= "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/528734-fauci-says-he-accepted-bidens-offer-to-serve-as-chief-medical-adviser"> Fauci</a> is staying on in the Biden admin, the House <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/04/politics/house-vote-more-act-marijuana-legislation/index.html"> votes</a> to decriminalize pot (and why that's good even though it won't make it past the Senate), and <a href= "https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/elliot-page-trans-masculine-visibility-1234602307/"> Elliot Page</a>  comes out as trans</p> <p><strong>Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news</strong></p>