You have one thing in front of you.

And to be honest, nothing else matters.

And that is this November, and every step along the way through every damn primary,

overwhelm the ballot with your vote.

Our system folks is 50 independent electoral systems. It is not a federal system. It is not,

and it cannot be federalized, no matter how much Donald Trump and others try. And the one anecdote

to every effort is your vote. They can't cheat when you overwhelm the ballot with your vote.

Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast.

I'm your host Lee McGowan.

Let's get into it.

So some episodes, we take deep dives

into specific issues. Some are calls to action with groups out in the field doing the hard work of

democracy. And some are just answering the question, what the hell is going on and how do I make

sense of this? I think any of us paying attention right now, no America is completely off the rails.

We're at war in the Middle East. We're being attacked at home by ice. Everything is more expensive

from our groceries to our health care. Our government is calling protesters terrorists and

terrorists allies. We're killing people in custody. Women are losing their rights. Our elections

are in danger. And the Trump administration is threatening to pull any of the broadcast licenses of news organizations who report anything he doesn't like.

It's literal chaos. And in many ways, being aware these days feels like an attack. It's incredibly

disregulating, which is why our guest Michael Steele is such a breath of fresh air when he challenges the status quo and he asks us and the leaders he interviews on his MS Now show the weekend and on his podcast, what the hell is going on here and what do we plan to do about it?

If you don't know Michael Steele, he is the former lieutenant governor of Maryland, the former chair of the RNC, who in the days

before Trump was breaking fundraising records and winning the biggest pickup of house seats for his

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