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Welcome back to the Loopcast today, joined by Tom and Erica.

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And use promo code Loopcast, of course. Shout out to Charity Mobile. Thank you for the sponsorship. Tom, we had to bring

you in from the swamp. I even dress swampy for you today. You're looking, you know, I thought I'd

class to join up a little bit. You know, the JD Vance thing on how you can spot a lobbyist is an ill-fitting suit in an ugly tie.

I would not be able to tell, Tom.

I think you look great.

You really snuck past me.

It's my pink flamingo top.

It's awesome.

I'm more excited about your dude sitting in the background there.

We've got Abraham Lincoln on the shelf behind you.

That's pretty great.

Yep, tilt the head. So I've got, I've got Washington over there and you've got Lincoln. And then we have

Pegasic. Yes. And I actually just belongs on his own monument. Yeah, that's right. Oh, thank you, Tom.

I actually just got back from DC. I was out there very briefly. And as I was saying to some of the people before the show,

I'm at the stage now where I got to see a lot of Ave Maria alumni and people that were

wild in college now have children. And it was the best experience in all time. Like for example,

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