Chris Hayes

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• Chris Hayes: “Republicans created a massive government crisis out of nothing. They then begged Democrats to bail them out, which the Democrats did tonight. And a costly shutdown appears to be averted at the 11th hour.”

• “This does not seem like an unbeatable colossus at all. This seems like a pretty weak leader who is hemorrhaging political capital,” says Chris Hayes on Trump failing to secure his one demand in the spending fight.

• When crime rates went up, critics on the right blamed "radical Democrats" going "soft on crime” in places like Chicago and Philadelphia. But according to the latest data, violent crime is down—and there’s much more to the story.

• "Right now, we have President Elon Musk. And Donald Trump—maybe he's vice president. I guess vice presidents don't do much, so that makes sense. He might be the chief of staff. I don't know what you call him, but he is not calling the shots," says Rep. Dan Goldman.

• Trump's toadies in the House just ginned up a "criminal referral" basically spelling out how the FBI can use trumped up charges to go after one of MAGA's most vocal critics: former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney. Renowned civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill joins to discuss the path forward for Democrats. 

• “Musk is not just Trump's co-president—he is the head dude in charge,” says Chris Hayes on Musk calling for Republicans to shut down the government—before Trump even weighed in. Punchbowl’s Melanie Zanona joins to discuss.

• A new poll found that 41% of people aged 18 to 29 think the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO was either "somewhat or completely acceptable.” And that sentiment has echoed across social media. Sam Adler-Bell, co-host of the “Know Your Enemy” podcast, joins Chris Hayes to discuss. 

• Chris Hayes on how Democrats have still not learned a very important lesson about aging leadership. “It just feels like a moment of genuine madness,” says Hayes on 74-year-old Rep. Gerry Connolly beating out AOC for the top spot on the Oversight Committee.

• Chris Hayes and Ari Melber discuss Trump threatening more lawsuits against the press after ABC settled a defamation case brought by the president-elect. 

• Amid much speculation in the tabloids that Don Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle have split up, Trump has tapped the former Fox host as Ambassador to Greece. “There are certainly worse places to be sent than Greece,” says Chris Hayes.