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Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Our Three.

Greetings, conversationalists across the fruited plane.

It is Eric Erickson here, and I am delighted to have you with me. The full number is 877-97-973-7-4-2525 if you want to be able to program.

One programming note, I can't be here with you tomorrow.

I will be back on Friday.

I do work Fridays, but I've been summoned to a super secret meeting to the vast right-wing conspiracy tomorrow.

I can't tell you anything about it.

I can't put much on social media, but I will be back

on Friday. Now, I'm, oh, I'm going to try to be diplomatic here. I want to begin with Samadio.

This is a CNN conversation with Chelsea Milburn, a former federal employee who's laid off from the Department of Education, who lives in Carson City, Nevada.

And I just, I want you to listen to some of this conversation. Are you hoping to ever return to a job in the federal government or not

after this? I, I wouldn't do it until, you know, some things have changed because right now,

uh, it's a lack of stability. And then also,

you know, the emotional impact to me, this really feels like a betrayal in some sense. And that

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