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Hey, everybody.

Welcome to this week's debrief.

This is our weekly deep breath on the news,

although this would be a modified debrief because we're going to attack this week's report in a series of parts.

So we'll have part one today and then we'll also have part two tomorrow because we have a big event tonight, which we'll talk a little bit about and we'll talk about your interest or your lack thereof in this event, which has been a big topic of conversation online and really a big topic

for our country over the last, you know, 18 months or so. So we have a lot to cover today, but we're

going to try to do it quick, concise, nonpartisan. That's our goal always at Smarter News. And I really

appreciate you rolling with us as we try different things. I was thinking a little bit about this,

just as my kids literally just ran out the door

with their dad.

Like you might have heard the door slam as I started this recording because we're trying

to juggle two different jobs, two different entrepreneurs in the household and three kids

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