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Yeah. is on the air. Probably a good time to address this.

Monday of this week was the last day to file for the primaries, Democrat and Republican, in March,

the winners of which will represent their party in November of 26.

And so this all happens so early before anybody's thinking about any of it.

But that's the way the system works.

Unless you are a person who is a close observer of this, it sneaks up on you.

And then it gets to be about October of 2026.

And go, who are these candidates?

When did they, how do they get there?

Who put them there?

How would I know?

Well, I've told you 100 times how it happens,

but it didn't matter at the time. And that's okay, because you're busy with what you're busy with

right now. You're busy getting ready for Christmas. You're busy closing out the books for the year.

Understandable, fine.

I receive a lot of emails from people who want to know what to do to get involved in politics.

And my succinct answer is there is no right answer.

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