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Aloha and namaste everyone and welcome to Impolitic with John Howman, a puck and Odyssey

Joint featuring lively in-depth, sometimes just a little bit naughty conversations with the people

who roam the quarters of power to influence in America, weaving the warped left of our politics

and culture. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson's opening stanza at the top of Act 2 of Hamilton,

Trump is doing his Trump thing in D.C. again, there is no more status quo, but the sun comes up

and the world still spins. And as we try to get to grips with the new reality, unspooling

in Washington, across the country and around the world,

and how Democrats in particular are coping with it, I couldn't help of a better guest to have on the show than my old dear friend and former circus co-host, Jen Palmerie.

Alert MSNBC viewers will have taken note and emitted a combination, squeal of delight and sigh of relief at the site of Jen,

reappearing on the tube last week for the first time since July, when she parachuted into

Kamala Harris's presidential campaign almost immediately after Joe Biden exited the race

to become the chief of staff to second gentleman Douglas Emhoff. At the time, I texted Doug

to congratulate him on the

hire and told him it was bound to work out great so long as he followed one simple rule that applied

to every situation and circumstance he might encounter in the presence of Ms. Palmerie. Always,

always, always do whatever Jen told him to do,, although just like the rest of us, Jennifer

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