Alright, alright, here we are folks. Another moment with the Michael Steel Podcast. So,

glad you could be a part of the experience. I'm Michael Steel. Certainly welcome you to

the podcast. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Tune in or wherever you get your

podcast on. You know how that goes. You can follow me on Twitter at Michael Steel all the time,

although I don't do a lot of heavy tweeting, wink, wink. Anyway, we got a lot to cover in this

episode because there's so much crazy going on. I needed someone who could come at this from a

legal perspective from a political perspective, from a cultural perspective, from what the hell

you doing perspective. And the only person I could think of to match all four of those qualifications

was my good friend Sophia A. Nelson. She's an opinion writer with USA Today, the Daily Bees,

Politico, and an MSNBC commentator. That's right, she gets to play in my backyard a little bit.

Always enjoyed. The few times that we're on together, Sophia, it's always magic as far as I'm concerned.

Yes, I agree. She's the author of the award-winning book Black Women, Black Woman, rather redefined

dispelling myths and discovering fulfillment in the age of Michelle Obama. Now, you know we're

going to have to tap into that just a little bit. You can follow her on Twitter at I am Sophia Nelson.

Sophia Nelson, welcome to the podcast. So great to have you hanging out with the Michael

Steel crew. Well, Michael, it's my honor to be with you. Yeah, there is a lot of crazy going on

right now. And I think that what's exciting to me about what you do on your podcast and then

watching you on air, of course, is that you bring a different perspective. You always keep it real.

You are a Republican by background as am I. There are not a whole lot of us African-American

Republicans left. If we're going to be honest, conservatives, however you like to classify

yourself. And I think it's important though in this time that we have that different voice and

that perspective. We're also people very active in our communities of color, etc. So I think we're

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