Marshall and Saga here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

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Yeah, I mean this is a very unique format because this is all free and we're just asking that

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is inordinately expensive. So if you guys can help us out here, it really, really helps a lot.

We're not a sub-stack. It's not a newsletter. It's a full-fledged production. And yeah, I mean,

that's why if you ever watch it, other people are always asking for some level of support because

I truly understand what the margins actually look like in this business. Okay, Marshall, what do

you want to actually start with? Yeah, so let's start with the obvious topic, the uvalid shooting

and how you actually have been reporting again, but I'd love you to go into your actual

background of why I think you better provide a such a really valuable coverage of this issue. It

speaks to even your pre-White House correspondent days. Yeah, I mean, it's funny. People are like,

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