1. Social Media with Alan Rosenblatt: Twitter announces Jim DeMint's departure, and the secret to Obama Administration's socia media success

2. Activist of the Week: Brad Johnson, Campaign Manager of Forecast the Facts, a new climate change action group 

3. Misinformation on the right: Why do Republicans think ACORN won the election for Obama? Why did GOP senators vote down UN disability rights treaty?

4. Marans's How it Should Be (part 2 in pre-Inauguration series): How pot should be legal in all 50 states

1. Kevin Roose of New York Magazine on how Fix the Debt became a CEO/Wall St. kaffeklatsche of influence peddling

2. Charlie Mitchell on Filibuster reform

3. President Obama's challenges on foreign policy: Susan Rice, Syria, and Palestinian state recognition at UN. (Shuster, Marans, and Mitch Malasky)

4. Aziz Abu Sarah, Palestinian peace activist and author, on hope for a 2-state solution despite recent events

1. Shuster political roundup including latest Obama v. Boehner

2. The real fiscal cliff: Corporate profits continue to hit record high, wages hit record low. (Shuster + Marans)

3. Dave Zirin, Sports Editor at The Nation, on Chiefs' linebacker Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide, the NFL handling of it, and 

4. Cliff Schecter on Bob Costas stance against gun culture, and Fox News' sadly predictable smear campaign against him