Hey, everybody, extra special podcast today, and I never say that.

Well, maybe I have once or twice, but this time, this time I mean it.

Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, joining me for a second time.

And this time, Adam has a bookout, huge bestseller, Midnight in Washington.

How we almost lost our democracy and almost certainly will if we Democrats don't get our shit together.

I really should have had the book out in front of me there.

These long subtitles are hard to remember.

But it's something like that.

And I read the book.

Actually, I read 97.2% of the book with the intention of finishing the remainder 2.8% just right before our

conversation. And I knew the exact percentage because I got it on Kindle. And Kindle will tell

you exactly how far you are along on it. And now the reason I got it on Kindle is that it was sold out at my bookstore.

Now, for my listeners who are not in the publishing business, that's a very good sign.

And I have to tell you, I really ate up this book.

And I had the intention to finish it before the interview, but something happened.

And I don't remember what it was.

And that's the kind of interesting story my listeners have grown to expect on this podcast.

But I knew where the remaining 2.8% was going because we are in a very

precarious moment in our nation's history. And actually, the conversation that you're about to

enjoy ends with this. The Republican Party and the right have had some pretty nefarious people, you know,

around for quite some time. Your Joe McCarthy's, your Newt Gingrich, your Rush Limbaugh, Roger Stone,

Tom DeLay, Roger Ailes, the Koch brothers, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, now Tucker Carlson, Jim Jordan, Mitch McConnell.

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