Hey everybody it's Bill Courtney with an army and normal folks and we

continue now with part two of our conversation with Pat Cook right after these brief

messages from our generous sponsors. I'm Celaya Mosin and I've covered economic policy for years and reported on how it impacts people across the United States.

In 2016, I saw how voters were leaning towards Trump

and how so many Americans felt misunderstood by Washington.

So I started the Big Take D.C. We dig into how money, politics, and power shaped

government and the consequences for voters. It's an election year, so there's a lot of focus

on the voters that Tik-Tok is reaching.

The initial reaction is like, oh, things are looking so resilient.

I don't want to be too pessimistic, but I just don't see the political will down in Washington right now to change their tune.

I think the American electorate has been signaling that it expects a rematch of the 2020 election,

these are unprecedented times.

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Western nations like the US in Europe.

Mexico will likely have its first female president.

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And help you understand what's happening what it means and why it matters.

He got his yolos to Europe and time but the longer this drag zone the more worry he's getting.

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