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I don't think giving him a grade is helpful.

At the end of the week, Washington empties out. Fast. Lawmakers, staffers, they're all heading home.

But not before they stop here. Hello and welcome back to the Punchable News, Tannos, for another episode of Flyout Day, Jake.

It has been a very exciting and busy week at Punchable News with the launch of our third policy vertical defense.

We're not going to be on defense. We're going to be on

offense when it comes to covering defense. Covering defense. That's the thought that's my work. No,

we're pumped about this. This is one of the, I mean, of all the issues on Capitol Hill and in

town with industry with the Pentagon, defense is one of the biggest. I mean, it's so much money,

so much drama, both on the Hill at the Pentagon and the

administration among the companies, the primes, the startups, all that stuff. It's a super

fertile area for us to go at. And we have two excellent reporters. How many our coverage,

including Anthony Adradna and Brianna Riley. They are experts when it comes to policy procedure.

And also how the industry is making moves, who the new players are. It's going to be a really

critical area for us. Follow them both on Twitter, email them. You could find their email addresses.

I don't know them off the top of my head. They are going to shake things up on the hill.

They already are. They've owned the NDAA

coverage and all of the ins and outs. It's actually kind of cool because it's the NDAA had

some AI stuff, which was our tech coverage, had some financial services, a housing stuff,

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