Hey folks, welcome to a special edition of Stay Tune.

We usually don't tape on odd days.

We're recording this on the evening of after hours, on the evening of January 6th, Wednesday,

and I'm joined by my friend and special guest, Anne Milgram.

And the reason we're taping is it's been quite a day in American history, I think.

I don't know if you'll agree with me, but the day started out pretty great.

I was in a pretty good mood with the news out of Georgia that it seemed like both Democratic

candidates had won.

That Senate control was going to pass to the Democrats, my former boss, Senator Charles

Schumer was going to become the Senate Majority Leader.

Then we got news sort of mid-morning or late morning that are very close to your friend

and friend of this podcast and podcast host in her own right for Cafe Lisa Monaco is

going to be nominated to be the next deputy attorney general of the United States.

So lots of good vibes, lots of good feelings.

And then everything turned dark this afternoon, as you all know, with basically an insurrection

at our nation's capital, provoked by, incited by the president of the United States.

And by the way, those aren't my words.

Those are the words of the former president, George W. Bush, who called it an insurrection

incited by Donald Trump.

And so I went from feelings of euphoria, inhalation, and optimism to feelings of anger and sadness

and disbelief over the course of three or four hours.

And Anne and I were texting each other and we thought we may be partly to inform, but

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