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dot com and secure your seats today this is words matter with norm ornstein we've got the boats and screw the rest of you.

And Dr. Cavita 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 from the DSR network.

Each week, Norm Ornstein and I will talk about the issues facing our country.

As we go into Norm, we can only be described as some collision of the movies Armageddon, Inside out, and, let's see, Transformers,

some version of, you know, Musk, Bezos Rocket, and what, moving the inauguration, as we're

recording this, we got notice that they're going to move the inauguration indoors because they think even Mother Nature is protesting that this is happening. So we're recording this. We got notice that they're going to move the inauguration indoors because

I think even Mother Nature is protesting that this is happening. So we're seeing a lot of events.

We've had an incredibly big week on the hill with hearings. I tuned in intermittently and then had to

stop so that I could, you know, kind of keep myself from having an

upset stomach. But I, Norm, what's, other than being very cold outside right now, what is

top of mind for you? And how did you see this week with hearings, Mike Johnson's activities,

all sorts of things.

So I will say to start, Kavita, that I did somewhat tongue-in-cheek tweet about the inaugural saying if Trump and Vance were half the men they say they are, they would continue to do

this outdoors and in shirt-sleeves, sissy men,

and some people have took it seriously and got offended.

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