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Welcome to Political Beaton. I just have such a good time with Michael Cohen when we're not live as well.

Have you heard the big news today everybody is talking about it Michael Cohen

appliance week appliance week it is appliance week. The Maggare Republicans are bringing in their right-wing conspiracy theories

about laundry and sinks and refrigerators.

Everybody, that's what everybody's, I don't know if you know this Cohen.

All the news is focused on appliance week, nothing else, that's what every.

That's it, that's all we're talking about. that's all we're talking about you get

your ovens now mind you all electric I want to be serious for one moment I mean we, we'll go, I'm being serious, but let me ask you this though as we start. I really want to know and again, I'm not getting into areas that I know you don't want to get into and we all definitely respect that.

What I do want to ask you though is just how are you feeling,

how are you doing without talking about any of the specifics.

I can show you which actually makes it just slightly easier than discussing it. But, so there's my blood pressure.

Slightly, you know, in the systolic elevated the dystolic is a little more than what

I'd like it to be especially being on the medication for blood pressure that I'm on.

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