Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And you guys know if you listen to a show regularly that the Senator and I do this show around his Senate schedule, especially when it comes to his official duties.

Well, if you are looking at my clock right now, it's about two in the morning. And the senator's flight,

which was obviously extremely late, meant that at this point we still couldn't do the show.

Now here's the good news. We have two conversations that Senator Cruz and I had that deal with

big tech and also silencing of conservatives that I'm going to play for you.

But this is the part I love about doing this show.

We do this show all times day and night.

And then sometimes the flights just don't cooperate even in the early AM hours.

So now you understand what's going on. Don't worry.

We'll have your weekend review for you tomorrow as well. But these are two important topics that I

want you to hear about. And there are a lot going on in D.C., specifically around the issue of big tech

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