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CODieK slash Special Offer. Welcome back one and all another week here at the damage ward I am John Adarola. We are very lucky to be joined here in the shed by Francesca Fiorentini, hosts the situation room. Francesca is going.

It's good, John. Just the guy I've been wanting to speak with, although these many weeks, it's been too long.

With that, let's jump into our first story, starting with this.

You know there's something wrong with people.

When they talk about freedom, freedom to be in your

bedroom, freedom being your exam room, freedom to tell your kids what they can read.

That stuff is weird. They come across weird, they seem obsessed with this.

We're using this fake living room to talk to you about a super weird idea from J.D. Vance.

Yeah, it's not, I mean, it's quite weird.

But what was weird was him joking about racism today and then talking about Diet Mountain Dew.

Who drinks Diet Mountain Dew?

On the other side, they're just weird.

I mean, they really are.

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