So today I applaud China for stepping out of Shimei. I applaud Canada.

I mean, you can tell what I'm thinking.

The 2024 Republican Presidential Primary Field is taking shape.

The battle lines are becoming clearer, and so is the field of candidates.

Is the odds on favorites if you look at the polling still trump or side?

That seems to be it, but it's just way too early to talent.

I'm more angry now, and I'm more committed now than I ever was.

A big challenge for these candidates is going to be how do they navigate Donald Trump?

And how do they navigate Rhonda Santis?

You and I have a rendezvous with Defeat.

Welcome back to the Ruthless Variety program. I'm Michael Duncan.

I got with me here, John Ashbrook, and comfortably smug.

Good to be here.

We're missing homes today. He is in the air traveling, doing his good work out there in the field.

But we're going to carry on without him.

Yeah, well, we sure miss him.

Well, we got a big show.

We've got a great guest, Montana AG, Austin Knutson.

I do that interview here later in the show.

He's talked about a lot of really interesting stuff.

You know, I mean, with a Biden administration, we saw this similar, you know, when Obama was president,

but a lot of our AGs are really the first line of defense in fighting a lot of these regs after the administration.

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