Hey, what next listener? It's Mary. You know what'd be kind of cool? If we could like hang out.

Here's the thing. We can. What next is having our first live show this Saturday, June 8,

10.30 in the morning at the SVA theater. It's all part of Slate Day 2019. You can still get tickets.

You can see me interview comedian Wyatt Sennak, New York City Public Advocate,

Jumani Williams, and NBC legal analyst Mimi Roca. It's going to be a great time. You should come

see us. You can get tickets at Slate.com slash Slate Day 2019. One more thing. If you're hearing

my voice right now, I can get you a special discount code for tickets. Just DM me on Twitter. I'm

at Mary's desk. All right. See you there.

All the way down there is the Rio Grande. You can see it's our wall. We'll butt up against the Rio

Grande and come straight up. You're listening to a video that was shot along the US Mexico border.

An Air Force veteran named Brian Kohlfidge is broadcasting live in the simmering heat.

You see all the construction crews. They've been working day and night. He's showing off

construction on his brand new privately funded border wall. We're getting it done. Our politicians

are not getting it done. They're not going to allow President Trump to build a wall. We have

the only wall that's being built in the United States right now. This is a new wall. This is not

replacement wall. There is never anything here. So just keep going. We're not going to stop and

thank you all for giving us your donation for this project.

The

Politico's Benjamin Shrekinger has been watching Brian Kohlfidge plan this project

since December when it was just an idea with a slick GoFundMe page. A plan to build a wall

with or without congressional funding. This thing sort of became a new sensation. It raised

about $23 million in a matter of days. $23 million?

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