My name is Andrea Chalupa.

I'm a journalist and filmmaker and the writer and producer of the journalistic thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine.

And this is Gaslit Nation, a podcast covering corruption in the United States and rising autocracy around the world. Sarah Kensier, my co-host is not here.

Sarah made a deal with the Sea witch in exchange for her voice.

The sea witch will throw a bunch of potions into a giant clam shell and grant America a stable and secure democracy.

It won't cost much, just Sarah's voice. In all seriousness, Sarah is under the weather

and has lost her voice. Unfortunately, we wish her a speedy recovery. We back hopefully next week

with a big Gaslit Nation episode where we cover the major news developments from the results

of the Virginia Bellwether election and what it means,

whether Steve Bannon or any of the other coup plotters have been arrested yet,

and Joe Manchin's latest Republican-backed obstruction against Biden's build-back better agenda,

which America desperately needs right now.

Mansion is suppressing the will of the majority of Americans, yet again, pleasing his friends in the grand old authoritarian party.

So there's lots going on. It continues to be a tense time. But keep your eye on the prize and check out the Gaslit Nation

Action Guide on Gaslit Nationpod.com on ways to stay engaged because we didn't get this

horror show overnight and we're not going to dig ourselves out overnight. So find groups

and communities to join and support. find ways to engage that will sustain you

and help sustain others, because grassroots power is the most reliable power we have left.

This week on Patreon, I'll be answering questions submitted by listeners at the democracy

defender level and

higher about ways to protect our democracy, what we the people can do to take back our country,

what Biden and congressional leaders must do. Check that out in this week's early show,

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