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Emily and John are joined by guest host Mary Harris (host of What Next) to talk about the dangerous debt ceiling games; blowing the whistle on Facebook; and new revelations about January 6th and the plan to overturn the election.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Wall Street Journal: The Facebook FilesWall Street Journal: The Facebook Files, A Podcast SeriesNathaniel Persily for the Washington Post: “Facebook Hides Data Showing It Harms Users. Outside Scholars Need Access.”Charlie Warzel’s Substack, Galaxy Brain: “The Algorithm Tweaks Won't Save Us”Katie Benner for The New York Times: “Report Cites New Details of Trump Pressure on Justice Dept. Over Election”Mike Stobbe for The Associated Press: “More Than 120,000 Us Kids Had Caregivers Die During Pandemic”YouTube video: “Richard Feynman Magnets”Slate’s What Next With Mary HarrisHere’s this week’s chatter:John: The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the