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Good Friday morning.

Nice to have you with us on Verdiq with Senator Ted Cruz.

And if you are listening right now, we are giving you a update of where we are and what's happening.

So, Senator, I'm in Jerusalem right now.

I am going to be flying back to the Estabosaninos in several hours.

This is all happening while the government shutdown is being negotiated as we're recording this.

And so what we decided to do is let you know the audience that, hey, we're seeing some movement on the government shutdown.

And then when as soon as I land on Friday back in America

flying back in time, we're going to get together and give you an update on where we are on the

actual government shutdown. But for people that are listening right now, let's timestamp the

centers. They know when we're doing this. This is, I'm, I'm in Thursday. Are you in Wednesday

right now? I'm in Wednesday. That's the joy of time.

I'm living the future. I am finally smarter than you. Let's just make that moment clear. I know more than you, Senator, for the first time ever. This feels very good. You know, like Socrates, the one thing I know is how little I know. So I'm happy to concede that, my friend. And so it is now 11.22 p.m. Wednesday, D.C. time.

And at this point, we were actually sitting down to record Friday's podcast

because Ben is going to be on an airplane all day tomorrow

when we would actually normally record it.

And we realize the problem, which is the government is shut down right now.

And we don't know if and when the government is going to open.

Now, I'll tell you, as of lunch today, Republican leadership in the Senate thought there was a very good chance Senate Democrats would open the government in the next 24 or 48 hours.

It takes, we've got to get at least seven Democrats agreeing enough is enough, let this never

ending the longest shutdown in history end. But as I sit here Wednesday night, I don't know if that

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