Hi, everybody. I know a lot of us are doing a lot of soul searching about what happened in this country that it has come to where we are.

And one of the things all of us have to look at is, what part did I play directly or indirectly, and allowing this to happen?

One of the things that I think people are looking at is how distracted we have been, how we took our eye off the ball,

that we thought politics was somebody else's business. You know, there was a political class

who would handle it. We thought, I'll show up for the made terms, I'll vote in the made terms,

I'll vote for the president, but we didn't realize that the forces that we need to most be

concerned about are out there every day. I think a lot of people do realize this

and realize that we're ready to do things differently. And that's why, yes, I'm going to be talking to

about something related to the 2026 campaigns today. You might be thinking, oh, I have to think about

this already. Number one, the answer is yes. And I think that as this interview continues, you'll see why. But there's something else I want to talk about as well. And that's what we're going to be talking today to J.D. Shulton, who is a candidate for Senate in Iowa against far-right Republican Senator Joni Ernst. We'll be talking about all that. But if any part of you is

thinking, hey, I don't live in Iowa, therefore this is not relevant for me. Please let me correct

that assumption. You've seen enough. We've all seen enough that's been happening ever since

the day that Trump was elected about how Congress has just surrendered things to him,

surrendered its own authority, been willing to acquies us to such nefarious policies.

And in many cases, it was like one vote away, two votes away, three votes away from what we

would have needed to make sure that those things did not occur. So every Senate race is

important for all of us, and every congressional race is important for all of us. The last thing I want to say before I introduce J.D. is this. You know, I've seen a lot. I think I've seen the best, but I've seen the worst. And you've heard me talk a lot about, oh, you should see how corrupt that is, or you should see how dark that is.

But I want to do more than just expose whatever information I have about what's not cool in this

country in terms of politics. I also want to introduce whatever I know or whoever I know

that has to do with the best of what we can be, the best of what is possible in America.

And that's why I'm so really excited to introduce you to my friend, someone I have known,

someone I agree with, write down one thing after another when it comes to policy.

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