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Happy Monday, everybody.

I am glad for you to be here with me for one more week.

So much happened with the New York City election.

I didn't guys get to give my listeners the update on the Kansas speech.

So I gave, for those who missed the

episode I gave the keynote address the Bob Dolden are in Kansas which is a very nice thing

usually reserved for a congressman I wasn't really sure why I was invited but I was honored to be

there I flew into Kansas had some barbecue at Joe's barbecue in Kansas City Missouri delicious

amazing highly recommend.

And then go to the speech, and I'm very nervous. I really didn't know why I was invited.

And I meet with the organizers the night before. And I say, why did you have me over a senator or

a congressman, whatever? And they said, oh, because you're so edgy and funny. Just be edgy and

funny,

which is not good guidelines for someone like me. Because it's like, hey, push every boundary you possibly can. Like, I'm a child. Like, you need to give me parameters. Like,

I work very well within the lines, but like if I don't see the lines, I, you know, it's driving.

I drive like someone, like a woman from New Jersey. I'm all over the place. So anyway, I, uh, I'm very

nervous. I write my speech and then it dawns on me like that right before the speech,

nobody is going to know who I am. Like I guess if you're like listened to me on my podcast,

but I mean, that's not the whole audience. It's all donors and, and established from people and elected officials.

They're definitely have no, they're not listening to my podcasts or not watching me or my,

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