All right, we are off.

J.L. Kovan joins me today for a great conversation that begins at 26 minutes into today's show.

And I've got your headlines and sound bites coming up, but I want to thank everybody who hung out with me on Monday night

we had a great hangout celebrating the ascension of Kamla Harris and the courage of President Biden.

There was over 70 people at our hangout on Monday night and we heard from so many of you

and it was great.

I really appreciated hearing from folks across the spectrum of emotions, of confidence,

concern, you name it. We covered a lot. And if you're a paid subscriber, you should have the

link in your email inbox if you want to go back

and listen to that or watch that Zoom hangout from Monday night. We'll do it again

on Thursday. I'm going to pick Julia up at camp.

Haven't seen her in three weeks.

I'm really excited to see her.

And I'm feeling real great about where we are at.

We're gonna have to do the work,

but everybody is prepared to do the work and inspired in so many ways.

I'm seeing so much positivity, hearing so much of it, and it's a new day.

I can't stop thinking about that scene in Avengers

Infinity War where Dr. Strange said that he saw 14,605 possible futures.

I think about that moment a lot and I like the future where

President Biden stepped aside and gave his full support to Kamala Harris and

then the entire Democratic Party fell behind her. That's what I was hoping would happen. I don't

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