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This is Words Matter with Norm Ornstein.

We've got the votes and screw the rest of you.

And Dr. Kavita Patel.

These might be some of the smaller moments, you know, with all the bombshells, didn't catch people's eyes. Hello and welcome to Words Matter. I'm Norm Ornstein every week.

Kavita Patel and I talk about important issues

facing the country. This week Kavita is off in Spain for a conference.

And so we thought about who could we get

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