Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Weekender edition of the Muckrec Podcast. I'm Jared Yates Sexton here, as always, with my trusty co-host, Nick Houseman.

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In the meantime, we are recording this on Wednesday, March 16th. And we, I got to tell you, a lot has been happening today.

It's been a jammed, double-stuffed news day is what it's been.

Earlier this morning, the president of Ukraine Zelenskyy addressed Congress,

called for a no-fly zone, added planes from NATO,

also started talking about a new international organization that could react to aggression

from nations like Russia.

We need to talk about that.

Dropped a lot of American rhetoric, including bringing up Pearl Harbor, September 11th, Martin Luther King, and challenged Joe Biden as the leader of the free world to do something about this situation.

You got to say, it's a lot, Nick.

Oh, I mean, listen, the guy is also desperate.

He's in dire straits.

There's been, I think, double-digit attempts on his life so far during this thing

where people are trying to get at him.

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