With constant appearances in news and pop culture, the Paul Ryan endorsement and headlines like,

with Trump have shot the gorilla, it seems that Donald Trump has become a mainstream media fixture.

In today's episode, we discuss the normalization of Donald Trump and what effects this cycle

could have for a generation. This is Sarah from the left and Beth from the right.

You're listening to Pantsuit politics. No shouting, no insults, plenty of nuance.

This is a special week for us. Instead of the briefcase on Friday, we are going to be doing a webinar

with Predictit and we will be putting a link in the show notes and on our social media pages

for you guys to check that out on Friday at 130 Eastern. Can you tell them what Predictit is Beth?

If you heard our episode on Tuesday, Predictit is the company that we talked with that allows

people to make investments in political events. We found what they're doing really interesting.

It's kind of a place where if you are really into politics, you can go sort of test your theories

about what's going to happen next against where other people are. This event is going to be done via

Facebook Live. It should be pretty easy to join. You can RSVP using the link that we have.

And hopefully you'll be able to join us there. I think it'll be a lot of fun.

And also before we get started, we want to send out a thanks to Shelby for her donation to Pantsuit

politics. If you'd like to become a supporter of the show, you can go to PantsuitPoliticsShow.com

and make a one-time donation or become a subscriber. And that sends us a little support every month

and helps us keep up with the cost of the show. Also, again, the T-shirts. We're down to two gray

T-shirts, one regular Pantsuit politics and one crazy moderate. And I think just like one small

left in the whole batch. So if you want your T-shirts, get them now.

Well in the polls today, we are going to sadly start by talking about another shooting death.

It was pretty well publicized this week, but I think the facts have been a little sketchy,

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