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Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

And I'm Dasha Burns.

It is Thursday, July 3rd, the eve of Independence Day.

And this is the Playbook podcast, and we have Dasha back from the mountains.

Hey, guys. Thank you for coming back. Adjusting to being back at sea level. It's rough. How was your journey back? Because half of Congress could barely make it for the big vote yesterday. I felt their pain. Oh, man, I was in the same boat. I was not on the Nancy Mays caravan, and my PJs, unfortunately, I was fighting with the airlines for the

most part. I was supposed to be back much sooner, but you know what? The folks on the hill right now

have it rougher than I do. It makes it all worthwhile when you're back in the swamp, right?

And then you feel that beautiful humidity and all the rest of it. The air just smacks you in the face. It's so,

so good. Okay, listeners, we need to break the fourth wall a little bit now. There is a massive

story breaking, as I'm sure you're aware. We're right into the dead of night. Congress is

fighting hard over Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. And at some point, Dash and I had to sit down

and record this podcast. So if you want the latest news on the Big Beautiful Bill, and at some point, Dash and I had to sit down and record this

podcast. So if you want the latest news on the Big Beautiful Bill, which frankly, you've probably

already got, then please do read the Playbook newsletter, which is edited right up with the very

last second it comes out. We are not going to get into that today, because at this time of recording,

we still don't know exactly how catastrophically it might have gone for the present or indeed wonderfully for the president. So we're going to stay off it. There are a couple of other big things happening this morning. We've got the jobs numbers out at 8.30, which is obviously a big deal in terms of the economy. And we're also expecting some Supreme Court emergency appeal judgments today, although we obviously don't know

exactly what's coming when. So in lieu of our in-depth analysis of what happened on the Hill,

we've still got some for you. There is one thing we do know for sure that will be all over your

screens this evening, which is Donald Trump. It's headed to Iowa for a big, either 4th of July

rally. And that is going to be a big set piece moment,

Dasha, because as we know, the president likes everyone to be looking at him, and especially on

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