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Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.

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Offered at Amazon. 10 weeks off guaranteed per year.

Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off. Conditions apply. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to the Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Thursday, April 7th,

2022. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Katanji Brown Jackson's ascension to the Supreme Court.

Number two, Republicans crushing Democrats on fundraising.

And number three, the new hot topic for political ads, inflation.

All right, Jake, let's get to it. The number one story of the day,

the month, the week for Democrats is the, they have successfully now gotten to not only nominate,

but today they will vote to put KBJ on the bench. It appeared that, you know, we knew this was going to

happen, but it's even happening a little earlier than maybe we even thought. Yeah, so the Senate

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