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Welcome to today's podcast, sponsored by Hillsdale College, all things Hillsdale at

hillsdale.edu.

I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there. And, of course, I'll listen to the Hillsdale Dialogues, all of them at Hugh for Hillsdale. Or just Google, Apple, iTunes, and Hillsdale. It's America. I'm Hugh, Hugh, a great show coming up today. A lot of great economic news. By the way, terrific jobs report, terrific report.

The markets are booming along this afternoon. I'll bring a market report after the markets closed next hour.

But I want to begin with the biggest news story of the day.

Governor Janet Mills in Maine, who wanted to run against Susan Collins for the Senate seat up there.

It's Purple State. They got the best Senate delegation in the United States. Susan Collins, right in the middle of the Senate, Angus King, who caucuses with the

Democrat, Susan Collins is Republican, right in the middle of the Senate. The two of them

always bring together deals. They are great for Maine. And now Susan Collins is chairwoman

of the Appropriations Committee.

So she has enormous power.

And boy, does she take care of Maine from the lobstermen to the oyster farmers, to the

restaurant tours, to the people who want to build AI, to people who need new roads who want to

revitalize the various parts of the state.

She's just St. Susan, I call her.

And she knows everybody.

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