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Hey, everybody.

Welcome to the Weekender edition of the Buckrick podcast.

I'm Joe Dave Sexton here with my good friend, my co-host, Nick Ellsman.

How are you doing, bud?

I'm doing well, doing well, looking forward to the festivities that are about to hit us this weekend.

The best thing of the year, the NCAA tournament is here.

Personally, I feel like I've been getting the shit kicked out of me for a long time now.

I have been looking forward to this. I need this. I need it badly.

There's nothing like, you know, the excitement of that ball being tossed up and never knowing where it's going to go or who is going to catch it.

For my mental health and emotional well-being, I need some buzzer-beaters.

I need some drama. I need some pageantry. I need it, need it terribly. The exact opposite of the

NCAA tournament and all of its beauty is what's going on in this country. And we have so much

to get into today. But before we do, remind or go over over to patreon.com slash my Craig podcast if you haven't already

become a patron. Listen, we need your help to keep this show running, to keep the lights on,

pay the bills, all of that good stuff. We are growing. We appreciate your faith and your support.

Patreon.com slash McCrack Podcast. Gain this full show. You're already listening to the preview, and I promise you there is no wasted segments anymore. And don't forget, you get access to the Discord discussion with lots of chapters in there for all sorts of things you want to talk about, book club, movie club in there, lots of amazing. There's a tournament bracket thing going on right now,

which unfortunately people will miss out on when they get this on Friday. But it's a good time.

Absolutely. All right, everybody, we continue to document the dissent of the United States of America.

This week, the big, large, looming story has been the conflict between the Trump administration and the judiciary.

Following Judge James Bozberg's ruling on the, I almost said deportation, but it's not even deportation.

The shipping off of hundreds of Venezuelans, some of them accused of crime, some of them caught up

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