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We couldn't do it without you. Oh, Hello and welcome to Belaboring the Point. I'm your host Kate Riga. Today I'm lucky enough to be joined by my

pal and former colleague Huffposts Matt Schuham. Matt started as a news writer at TPM way back in 2016

and subsequently became a reporter covering extremism,

voting rights, and the federal government.

In 2022, he joined the Huffpost National Desk where he has covered

domestic politics and misinformation including stories on vaccines, election

denial, the US-Mexico border, and the media. He also just started a

personal newsletter gathering string which can be found on substack. I've read the first entry it's very good.

Matt thank you so much for coming on.

Oh, thanks so much for me, Kate.

And thanks for those kind words, kind words, it means a lot.

Yeah, well, it's nice to see you, an old member of the gang.

So today we're going to be talking about what you've reported on a lot,

Matt, which is kind of, you know, what's going on on the Gaza Strip and

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