Hey everyone it's me, Reed Galing.

As you may have noticed, I don't host the Lincoln Project podcast anymore,

but I'm so excited to share with you my brand new show, The Home Front.

On the Home Front, you'll get the same incisive discourse about the pro-democracy movement from the smartest, most driven people in the fight today.

If you're listening to this episode on the Lincoln Project Podcast channel, I invite you to subscribe to the home front on Apple,

Spotify or wherever you get your shows. I want to say thank you to all of you in the

pro-democracy movement and I look forward to continuing our American journey

together and now the home front.

Welcome to the home front. I'm your host, Reed Galen. Today I want to welcome

back journalist and political reporter Abigail Tracy. You know her from Inc magazine, Forbes, and most recently Vanity Fair.

Last week we learned she has an irrational fear of motionless escalators, which is going to be pretty tough to top, but keep listening and who

knows what other revelations might come to light.

Abby, welcome back to the show.

Are you still hanging out in D.C.?

Yep, still in D.C. right now.

You know, I know you're on the road, so your stories will be far more interesting than me, you know, hanging out of my DC apartment.

Yes, I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was out in the Lehigh Valley yesterday, west of Pennsylvania by about an hour, hour and a half. It was the beginnings of what they'd call the T here in Pennsylvania in Easton. And then I'm headed to Bucks

County today east of Philadelphia, you know, sort of the Bell Weather County in America,

and then driving over to the great city of Pittsburgh this afternoon.

But before we get to all that, Abby, let's talk dogs and cats living together.

And the idea that since the presidential debate this past week, which we previewed the last time we spoke,

the thing that has dominated social media has been this idea.

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