Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Barb McQuaid, Jill Mine Banks, and me, Joyce fans.

Kim is away, but she'll be back soon. So some new orders from hashtag sisters-in-law just in time

for Christmas shopping. The hoodie is now available for you to order. It was designed by Kim. It has this

sort of short and sassy look to it, and I am absolutely in love with mine. So do not wait, go to politicon.com slash

merch before they sell out and make sure you get one for you and maybe a couple of your

besties. Here's what we have planned for you in today's show. It has been one of those weeks

that's overwhelming. It's hard to figure out what the most important stories are, and so we've

given a lot of thought to how we present this week's news. What we have planned for you this week

is a discussion of the Comey prosecution, which has just taken an utterly bizarre turn this week.

And then second, we'll talk about the Epstein files. Congress has now

passed its bill, but what's the legal basis for what's going on? We wanted to do a deeper dive

than what you may have heard elsewhere. And finally, we'll talk about the issue of illegal orders

being given by a president and what the United States

military code of justice requires of sailors and soldiers in those situations as well as the

president's reaction to allegations that some of what he's doing may not be entirely above

board. But before we get to the serious stuff,

y'all, I just wanted to ask you, you know how there's always a lot of ado at this time of the

year about the return of pumpkin spice? And I like pumpkin spice. I don't love it, but I like it.

It does make me wonder, though, what are the flavors and traditions and events that say fall in the holiday season to y'all? And what are you most looking forward to?

Well, in my household, we're all about the pie. So Thanksgiving is coming up. And, you know, we'll have our traditional pumpkin pie, which is fine, and apple pie, also fine.

But I'll tell you what really rocks, I mean, maybe this is a Michigan thing.

There is this great forberry pie that comes out of Traverse City, Michigan.

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