Joe Biden makes his farewell and a hostage deal in Gaza.

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So MBD, we had this national address from President Biden, a farewell address.

Not every president gives a farewell address.

Biden felt compelled to.

Statue of Liberty, major part of it, fine.

You know, if you put presidential farewell addresses in a blender trying to get the best cliches, you know,

Statue of Liberty would come out. And I think he's sincere in those kind of sentiments. It's a little bit

weird to emphasize how the Statue of Liberty sway. We haven't heard that before from anyone

invoking the Statue of Liberty that I'm aware of. But then this major emphasis, you know, the most over-quoted farewell

addresses Eisenhower's, the most under-quoted is George Washington's, in some respects, misunderstood.

But anyway, to issue a warning in an Ike-like spirit, he warns of this oligarchic conspiracy of very rich people and tech masters who are

overtaking our national life.

And clearly, this farewell address, in such a speech, should be about big things, driven

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