Oh, that was one of the better ones I've ever had. Oh. Okay. Welcome to the Weekender. I'm Jared J. J. Sexton. I'm here with my friend, my co-conspirator, Nick Houseman. How you doing, bud? I'm doing okay. I'm doing okay. Just, you know, keeping warm out here in L.A. Oh, man. What a subplot. What a subplot.

You know, when it gets doing okay just uh you know keeping keeping warm out here in the in la oh man what a subplot what a subplot

you know when it gets to a certain degree people like it gets to be that you know that tipping point

where we're not we're not we're cold oh angelinos you you you sweet sweet soft people

i love angelino so much it's it's one of my favorite subplots of this show.

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Nick, we've got developments all over the place. First things first,

after Donald Trump in the middle of the night, man, he has been popping off. And we've got to talk

about all these different ways that this is happening, because I do think that we are in a new chapter

of not just this presidency, but in MAgin in general, but after he popped off calling

for the Congress to release the Epstein files, which fact check here, Nick, did he need Congress

to vote on that? No, he did not. Well, he did not. But then Congress did, and a near unanimous

vote, Clay Higgins is the only person who voted together. He was so

concerned about instant people getting harmed in this whole thing. A near unanimous vote has

approved it. Trump, without any sort of a photo op, apparently signed it. We are now waiting for

what people will refer to as the Epstein files and whatever that means,

whatever it is that we're going to be given. I have my doubts about it. I'm sure you do as well.

We are now waiting for that information to drop. And I have concerns, Nick. I know this is going to be

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