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This is Sarah Stewart-Holland.

This is Beth Silvers.

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Thank you. You're listening to Pantsu Politics, where we take a different approach to the news. Hello, thank you for joining us today. We had planned to have a more in-depth, expansive conversation about the Middle East today after a surprise resurgence of violence in the Syrian Civil War. However, there were several shocking events in the U.S. and around the world that we could not ignore. And so today we're

going to be talking about the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York

City, the collapse of France's government, the coup in South Korea, and the violence in Syria,

all of which are feeding the sense that we have and that we know all of you are feeling that

everything is different now. And outside of politics, we're going to talk about what Beth has termed

Aaron Brain. Or we have those conversations. We want to remind you that we have a Pantsuit Politics

fan gift guide. One thing we want to highlight on that gift guide is that our independent

bookstore partner, Lisa McLaughlin, has put together a bookbox with our two books. I think you're wrong, but I'm listening. And now what? How to move forward when we're divided about basically everything along with some little treats. Lisa is very good at little treats. She's a wonderful partner to us and has put a lot of care into this box. So if you would like to give our books to yourself

or someone you love, this is a great way to do it. And you'll see all the information in that

gift guide, which you'll see linked in our show notes. Next up, we're going to talk about the

horrifying death of Brian Thompson.

Music Beth, I said to you and Maggie before we started recording that I anticipate a capture of the person who shot Brian Thompson on the streets of New York City.

Before we record another episode, I think they're getting closer and closer all the time.

They have identified a photo of the shooter's face.

They have identified his backpack.

There's lots of surveillance video.

It feels like about every 30, 45 minutes, another detail comes out that adds some sort of identifying characteristic to the person who shot Brian Thompson early on Wednesday

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