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Today on the Playbook podcast, Attorney General Pam Bondi is on the hill for what should be a blockbuster oversight hearing and we'll tell you what we'll be watching. The U.S.

military could start arriving in

Chicago as soon as today, as Donald Trump considers using the Insurrection Act. And the Prime Minister of

Canada, Mark Carney, will be back in the Oval Office. Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard. And I'm

Dasha Burns. It is Tuesday, October 7th. And this is the

Playbook podcast. And I just want to say for all the people that wrote in or texted me after I found

a wolf cricket in my basement the other week. That was the most relatable thing we talked about

on this podcast. I've just found two more and they're both dead. At what point is this a

plague of crickets, Dasher, or should I be worried by this or is this completely normal?

Killed by you or natural causes or is it a mystery? Oh, totally killed by me. Oh, I mean,

absolutely obliterated by me. Yes. Well done, Jack. This is D.C. stiffening your spine,

you know? This is your training ground. Not all heroes wear capes. Yeah, Jack. This is D.C. stiffening your spine, you know, this is your training ground.

Not all heroes wear capes, yeah, okay. Pretty gross. Okay. Anyway, once I've finished watching insects

going around my basement, I and most of D.C. will be watching Pam Bondi this morning,

who is up before the Senate Judiciary Committee at 9am for the first time since her confirmation

hearing way back in January. And oh my goodness, Dasher, there's quite a lot to talk about.

Oh, yes.

Okay, so basically, I've got a whole list of things that the Senate needs to talk to the

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