Howie Car, Boston Herald Colonist and Radio Hitman.

Howie is sort of an insidious force in this area.

Nothing gets you going in the morning, like a good cup of Joe and a little Howie Car, right?

We love Howie Car, right?

Hey, paper boy.

I was referred to today as 1970s, Boston.

It comes from the tabloid talk show stuff in Boston, and it was concocted there.

It's Howie Car.

Welcome back to the Howie Car Show. I'm Aaron Chadbourne in for the captain while he travels down to Florida to begin the winter season.

And we, of course, are keeping track of everything happening or not happening in Washington, D.C.

Helping us do that this hour is Matt Boyle.

He is the Washington Bureau Chief at Breitbart.

Matt, thanks so much for being with us.

Hey, Aaron, thanks for having me.

Always great to be here on the Highland Car Show.

One of the reasons we love talking to you, Matt, is because you are so plugged in and what's

going on in Washington, D.C. Not only do you see what's happening, but you talk to these people.

You're in the halls of Congress. You were in the White House briefing room. What's the real story

about what's going on there? Because I think there's this, the story that

the Democrats want everyone to hear. They want everyone hyperventilating about the government being

shut down. There's the very real way the Trump administration is handling it, which is to say,

hey, like, the only thing that's going to happen is we're going to look for other programs we can

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