It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

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Trying as best we can to not make it unconscionable that we're even talking about this.

It's one more thing.

Armstrong and Getty.

One more thing.

Here's my little bit I'll throw in to not make it completely worthless that we're going to play some clips of Amber Hurd.

Talk about the Amber Hurd Johnny Deftrow.

I listened to an interesting podcast the other day with some political experts, people that have run presidential campaigns and that sort of stuff, talking, and these were all Republicans, which I think is interesting.

They're talking about what a mistake it was for the January 6th committee to be constructed the way it is and how little impact it's going to have because

of it. And they were referencing Amber Hurd and Johnny Depp. And that the reason that people like

stuff like Amber Heard and Johnny Depp is a couple of different things. There are two clear sides,

this side or that side. and there are surprises. You combine

those two things that there are two sides, one side you can agree with, and surprises, and you

get, you know, the nation's attention. Drama. Now, no matter what you did with the January,

well, I was about to say no matter what you did with the January 6 committee, it wouldn't to say no matter what you did with the January 6th committee, it wouldn't be as entertaining.

But you did have people breaking into the Capitol and threatening to hang the vice president.

So that's pretty good drama.

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