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Chinese leader Xi Jinping threatens war with the U.S. on President Trump's first day in the Orient.

Libertarian favorite Thomas Massey might go down in a massive primary showdown with the White House.

It tells us a lot about the state of the Republican Party.

And high school students are drinking at record low rates.

And that is almost certainly a terrible thing.

I'm Michael Knowles.

This is the Michael Knowles show.

Okay. certainly a terrible thing. I'm Michael Knowles. This the Michael Knowles show. Welcome back to this. Later on, welcome back to this show.

Very excited. Later on, we're going to have Congressman Riley Moore joining the show,

one of my very favorite members of Congress to discuss myriad topics, including a topic that my debate opponent at Dartmouth denied, which was the genocide of Christians in Nigeria and how the U.S. should think about it and how we should act.

First, though, I want to tell you about Boland Branch.

Go to bollandbranch.com slash Knowles, KnaW. LES code Knowles.

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