The “Dork at 4pm” Edition

<p>This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were reunited after a few weeks apart to talk through the week's big national security news, including:</p><ul><li>“In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is Still Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy.” The jury in the Oath Keepers trial came back last week, convicting every defendant of at least one criminal offense—including the controversial charge of seditious conspiracy. What might this mean for other Jan. 6 investigations moving forward?</li><li>“Morality? Puh-leeze.” Weeks of protests in Iran finally seemed to bear fruit last week when a regime official signaled that the morality police may be disbanded and laws requiring that women wear hijabs be repealed. But other regime figures don’t seem on-board with that solution. Is this a sign that protests are succeeding? Where might they go from here?</li><li>“Les Fleurs du MAL.” The litigation that led Judge Aileen Cannon to appoint a special master to review evidence collected by the FBI from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate this past summer has finally culminated in its final form: an 11th Circuit ruling reversing Judge Cannon’s order and disbanding the process altogether. Where will the investigation go from here?</li></ul><p>For object lessons, Alan celebrated <a href="https://twitter.com/BrookingsInst/status/1600129162261319682" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Quinta and Ben's silver screen debut</a>. Quinta recommended Rachel Maddow's new podcast series "<a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ultra</a>." And Scott provided an essential Muppet holiday special update, flagging both that "A Muppet Christmas Carol" was being <a href="https://screenrant.com/muppet-christmas-carol-extended-cut-disney-plus-release/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">restored to its original form</a> on Disney+ on 12/11 as well as an online version of the 1987 classic, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9qSKZuvC4" rel="noopener noreferrer" targe