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Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

And welcome to Steph on Never Told You, a production of I-Hart Radio.

And welcome to today's Monday many.

What are we going to talk about things?

Any current affair, things.

So with that, let me go ahead and put a timestamp here.

It is January 15th, 2026.

I had to write that down because I knew I would get it wrong. Because I still am in 2025. Sometimes I'm in the 90s. To be fair, I'm in my 2020s years. So closer. That's okay.

And our country is seemingly in a fiery blaze. and there's been a lot of action being taken

out there. So whatever is happening, there's a lot of those who are trying to do some good,

whether it's protesting, voting and campaigning, advocacy work, boycotting, and so much more.

So we thought we would look at what is happening.

And as we know, more and more brands and companies and influencers are, as we would say,

bending the knee to the current administration and many of its fascist tactics and policies.

We wanted to review what is happening with some of the things that we have been doing, including boycotting some of these said companies and brands, and whether or not they are working.

I think we need to do some reviews and kind of come back and analyze our tactics and get together and try to see what is effective and what isn't.

I'm not going to say, I don't want to be a naysayer,

because I am, by nature, a pessimist. It works for me because at least if I look at the, like,

oh, things are going to be bad, but when they're good, I feel like I win either way, right, right?

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