Hi everyone, Harry here with a couple quick notes. First, another real harvest in Patreon this week,

five different one-on-one interviews, starting with the beginning of the week,

representing the Val Demings, one-on-one with us on the COVID relief bill, Florida politics,

and Merrick Garland, then a really interesting one with Chicago political scientist,

analyzing who the insurrectionists are, and it may not be who you think. Discussion with Jessica

Levinson on the Eric Swalwell suit, a discussion with Jane Mayer, the very prominent New Yorker

investigative reporter on her latest entitled, Can Cyrus Vance Jr. Nail Trump, and finally,

Michael McCollough, a alum of the criminal section, the Civil Rights Division in DOJ, talking about

the stance that the federal government will be taking while the Atlantic case goes forward in

state court initially. So there's a little fee there, but I think it's well worth it. But just go

check it out, look at the different offerings before you decide, and then you can opt or not.

Okay, second quick note, Solidad O'Brien, the great Solidad O'Brien, has a new podcast out

called Very Opinionated, where she does a deep dive into a different issue each episode.

So far, she's spoken with an Amazon worker hoping to unionize down near Birmingham, Alabama,

with someone who served three decades in prison for marijuana charges that are now being dropped

in other states. And Dr. Timnit Gabru, the Google researcher who was fired last fall, and has done a

lot of research around coding algorithms and racism. It's really an interesting series of

discussions. So I recommend you check out Very Opinionated. And speaking of Very Opinionated,

here's our episode. It's a really terrific one with three great panelists who already know

each other well as it turns out. And you can see that in the kind of lively crackling

discussion that you're about to hear.

Welcome to Talking Feds, a round table that brings together prominent former federal officials

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