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Happy new year, Iran-backed terrorists attacked the US Embassy in Baghdad on New Year's Eve,

but decisive leadership dispelled the violence. We will examine why Baghdad didn't turn into

Benghazi and what it means as we look forward to the coming decade. Then, speaking of violence,

the Pope smacked his hands for grabbing him too forcefully. Good for him. We analyzed the

Pope's lap herd around the world. A trans man gives birth using female sperm, according

to the British media. And Anderson Cooper muses on the biggest fallacies in Hollywood on

CNN. Finally, the mailbag. All that and more. I'm Michael Knowles and this is the Michael

Knowles show.

Happy New Year. We begin this New Year on a somber note. We lost a real one just moments

ago. Julian Castro dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential field. Poor one out for

Julian. He was a real one. My favorite candidate in the race. And now he's gone. I was on

the show. And I told him what I ate for breakfast that morning. It was some sort of omelet.

And I told him that was more consequential news than Julian Castro entering the presidential

race. And turns out I was right. But I do want to commemorate his candidacy because the

candidacy of Julian Castro took political correctness to the furthest extreme we've

ever seen in presidential politics. This was during I believe it was the second Democratic

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