We know that you're here because you care about democracy and that smart conversations are important to you.

It's not enough just to be outraged. And that is why we want to give you a heads up about a show from our friends over at the bulwark that we think you'd appreciate.

It's called The Next Level. I love it. Every week, the bulwark Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller and Jonathan Vlas, aka JVL, all friends of this pod.

They come together for a smart and snarky conversation about what's going on in politics.

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It's like two gay former Republicans and a Catholic commie walk into a bar.

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YouTube at the Bullwork Channel. I highly recommend. Hi, everyone. As Trump's disastrous war in Iran

comes up on the two-month mark, the vibes at home are really bad. And it's not just gas prices

that are the problem here. Farmers are facing catastrophic

price increases in fertilizer due to shortages of natural gas. Here's Russell Banning, a farmer in Texas,

speaking to PBS. We're buying nitrogen right now. And it's about 40% higher than it was,

you know, two or three months ago, before the conflict.

Let's just say that.

Young people are upset that, especially after the war in Gaza, America is even further inside Israel's pocket.

We need to focus more on the United States.

First, I think there's a lot of problems that could be solved in the United States before

going into foreign conflict. To be honest, I think this was more Israel's fight than the United States.

That's George Washington University student, Nassim Kratik, also talking to PBS.

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