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Slack.com slash DHQ. Today, a high ranking Chinese defector goes on the record about what

is going on in China. Fouchy emails reveal more damage-control, scramble, and conservative

matte-walsh raises. Over 100,000 for AOC's poor little abuela, and then it is promptly

rejected. We've got a lot coming up today and it starts right now. Happy Monday. Welcome

to the News and Why It Matters. I'm Sarah Gonzalez. I feel like one of these days I'm going

to say happy Monday and it's not actually going to be Monday because I am just always stuck

in Monday mode because that's just my life right now, but it is Monday. I'm not wrong today.

I am joined today by Jason Butchle, chief researcher of Beeklenbeck program along with Eric

July, Blastie B. Contributor. Should be a good one. I specifically requested you, Jason.

Drag the kicking and screaming as well. I called him and I was like Jason. What do I

need to do to bribe you to come on my show today? Because usually it's Wednesdays, but I really

need you on today because I know that you're hot on all of this stuff that's going on in

Wuhan. You see, in the scheduler, what I've called, you know I just want to win a hit.

I see Sarah G. So I was like, crap. What does she want? She's not going to leave me alone

if I hit decline. So I guess I'll answer it. All right. So let's get into all of these.

There's several different stories that are kind of all culminating at the same time of

what is going on with hindsight finding out what was happening in Wuhan, what was happening

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