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Thank you. Hello and welcome to the big technology podcast. Today, we're trying something new.

Marshall Kozlov and Sagar and Jetti are two friends of the show. They've been guests here before, and they host an excellent podcast called The Realignment,

where they look at politics and tech with some terrific guests.

I've been on the realignment a few times, and when Marshall and Sagar asked me to join this week

to talk about the new set of bills in Congress aimed at big tech, I said yes right away.

Then I asked if we could air the show

here on the big technology feed as a crossover episode. And they said yes right back. What you're

about to hear is a discussion with myself, Marshall, and Sager on their realignment show. We get into the

bills. We get into the FTC. And we get into whether social media companies are actually censoring conservatives.

It's a fun discussion.

So let's air this conversation today, and then we'll be back here this Thursday on the big technology podcast with a regularly scheduled show with Adam Kavakoving,

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