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Hey, what next listeners, it's Mary Harris. Before we get to today's episode, I have a favor to ask. This relationship feels

slightly one-sided, just me talking to you all the time. We want to change that.

We have a listener survey we want you to fill out. It's going to really

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all of that stuff. You can find the survey in our show notes for all the latest

episodes or you can visit slate.com slash what next survey. Okay, on to the show. You can learn a lot about an election just by keeping track of its political ads. Like if you still think Florida is a

presidential battleground state, just click on the TV. Florida's biggest snake

isn't in the Everglades. He's in the Senate, Rick Scott. You're not going to find a whole

lot of Kamil Harris here. Her campaign has spent a fraction of what Joe Biden did in

2020. But you will hear a whole lot of fighting over ballot initiatives.

Using marijuana doesn't make you a bad person and it's time we stop ruining lives

over. Floridians are voting on whether to legalize marijuana this November.

And I'm voting yes on Amendment 3 for safe.

They'll also vote on whether to roll back the state's new abortion law.

Millions of dollars have been spent to create brutal testimonials,

urging voters to nullify Florida's six-week ban.

Doctors told me my baby wouldn't make it, but because of an abortion ban, the

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