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The Biden administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency. Voters and

Kansas overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure to eliminate the right to a

safe legal abortion. And the Senate moves Medicare one step closer to finally

being able to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. This is American

sector. I'm your host Dr. Abdul Al Sayyad.

Just a warning here. I'm about to wax poetic about the greatest state in our

nation. Michigan. I know. I know you all are probably sick and tired of my cheer

leading. But you're here anyway and I promise I'm gonna get to something

important. Michigan summers are honestly the best. The best. The weather is

consistently between 75 and 85. We've got the best lakes in the world. We've got

amazing parks all over the state and the sun hangs in the sky until like nine

o'clock. There's a reason people write songs about summers in Michigan. And

that son. Well, that son will do it to you. For most of my life, I didn't really

use sunscreen. My family is Egyptian. I always used to joke that the copper

hue my skin turns in the summer was actually my natural skin color. But my

grandfather, who sold vegetables under the Egyptian sun, his whole life,

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