Welcome one and all to election profit makers, your guide to winning and losing money on political outcomes and current events.

And boy, do we have some political outcomes and current events to celebrate today.

Friends, I want to remind you that the name of the podcast is election profit makers in

case you've already forgotten in the few brief moments in which I made my introduction. But I also

wanted to remind you that this is our last episode before we go on hiatus until the 26 midterms,

which are sure to be absolutely historical and just spectacular, assuming that society lasts that long.

Anyway, my name is David, and I'm joined on the line by my co-host John.

Hey, buddy.

Hello, hello.

There's been so much that has happened since last we spoke.

I remember when Pam Bondi being fired as Attorney General was the big news.

But as always, the Strait of Hormuz has decided

to hog the spotlight. This wily woman is addicted to fame. The Strait of Hormuz, always,

always clutching at every last possible headline, desperately angling to be the topic on everyone's

lips. The Strait of Hormuz the mystery the glamour

the very straightness of this of this wily woman i don't know if straits actually are

gendered but you know how boats are always women you know what i'm talking about yeah i don't like that

you think they should just be it's?

I don't like it. And I don't like that hurricanes are also gendered.

Are they always women hurricanes?

Well, they were always women and then they became men.

But when I refer to like Hurricane Fran, I don't say, yeah, and then she came in in the

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