Everybody's super glad to be back with you in this new year. Happy New Year to all of you,

all Nexters out there, old and new. Grateful to be part of your lives as we head into

2026. We're going to talk a lot about politics this year, but a whole bunch of other stuff, too.

I am your tour guide to everything next up. Mark Kalprin, editor-in-chief of the live

interactive video platform 2-way and your host here. Glad to be back, as I said, and eager to

jump in with some great conversations today. Many thanks to all of you. We built up a lot of

steam in the first partial year. This is our first full year with you on the air. We have lots to

tell you about in the coming weeks in terms of guests and formats and excited to cover everything

alongside of you and to tell you always with a relentless push on what's next up. Happy to be

part of your life. And again, grateful my colleagues and I here to build up head of steam

headed into this election year. Today, we're going to talk to two great folks, very knowledgeable

about what's going on in American politics and government, Republican Kristen Davidson,

and Democrat Kevin Walling will both be here. We're going to talk about what's going on in our government and politics and what the year, 2026, is shaping up to be.

And then my friend Jessica Reed-Cras will be here. She is a, she's just a phenomenon. She's an extraordinary creator of stories and talent and content and chronicler of our time. And I'm just excited to preview

how she sees 2026 with Jessica in just a moment, excited to talk to them all about the new year.

Before that, though, my reported monologue, two parts of the Venezuela story that I don't think

have gotten enough attention.

I've been talking to people in and outside the administration about both Marco Rubio

and about the strategy of Team Trump.

We're going to talk about all that that is coming next up.

Look, everybody, honest New Year's resolutions.

They aren't hashtags.

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