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This is Deep State Radio, coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C., and from other

undisclosed locations across America and around the world.

Hello and welcome to Words Matter. I am Gavin Rothkopf, one of your co-hosts, joined, of course,

as every week, or except last week when he wasn't here, but almost every

week by Norm Ornstein. How are you doing Norm? About the same as usual, David. Actually,

even a little bit worse today. Well, that's unfortunate, although I totally understand it.

And we are joined by one of our friends and one of the people we admire most

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