In the aftermath of the 2024 election, America is even more divided than before.

Half the country fears the end of democracy and the other half welcomes it.

As America inches toward the brink of authoritarian rule, now more than ever, we must force ourselves to have the necessary conversation.

Welcome to The Necessary Conversation. I'm Chad Coulchin. With me today is my sister,

Haley Pope, fellow lefty, and both of our parents, Bob and Mary Lou, who are MAGA.

It's been an interesting week for MAGA. We'll see if you're still MAGA after what we talk about today. We are going to be talking about the Epstein coverup. We are going to be talking about that Vanity Fair article. We're going to be talking about Trump's speeches where he was rambling like a maniac. We're going to be talking about him changing the name of the Kennedy Center, the Syria attack, and he did something good this week with weed.

We'll be talking about all of that today before we begin.

Haley, you're back amongst us.

Do you want to fill people in on why you were gone or not your choice?

Sure.

I was hospitalized. I had like a mysterious lump on my body and I just didn't pay attention to it. And I let it go and go for, I don't know, maybe like two and a half, three weeks.

Long story short, I had to go to the ER.

They told me I was septic and they said there was, um, a chance of death.

So they had to wheel me into like emergency surgery.

And, um, I was in the hospital for two days.

I came home.

I think I got influenza like in the hospital two days. I came home. I think I got influenza, like, in the hospital.

So then I came home and had to, like, nurse my wounds and the flu.

I don't know.

I got hit real hard.

So what was the lump?

Can you expand on that?

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