All right, I do think that before we get going, there is one topic that I'm dying to talk to you both about, which is the Bear Cub and RFK.

Oh, gosh. So this is like the most insane story from our colleague,

Claire below and in the magazine. I mean the reporting was fantastic but really the

picture too. I mean who not only does that but then poses for a

picture with the bear cub. I couldn't help but notice that one of the

defenses was that he as he said I have a freezer full of road kill and I thought gosh when that's your defense you're in pretty deep.

And by the way I think he said it was like like a thousand cubic feet or something like that's a lot of roadkill what is he doing with

the roadkill in the freezer does that mean he's like defrosting it for dinner on

a Thursday night? Fresh squirrel.

You know, they described him in our story as a childhood animal lover.

So the question to me is like, how do you get from animal lover to road kill eater?

I'm not sure.

Welcome to the political scene,

a weekly discussion about the big questions in American politics.

I'm Susan Glasser and I'm joined as ever by my colleagues Jane Mayor and Evan Osnows.

Hey Jane.

He's Susan.

Hey there, Evan, great to be with you.

You too, greetings from Michigan.

All right, we're going to be talking about battleground states today because with less than

90 days to go, the 2024 presidential election

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