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Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Tuesday, October 25, 2022.

I'm John Puthhord, the editor of commentary magazine with me, the still ailing, but slowly

recovering executive editor A. Greenwald. Hi, A. John. Associate editor and author of

the rise of the New Puritan's Noir Rothman. Hi, John. And sitting in today for the absent

Christine Rosen, Washington Freebeacon editor, and co-host of the Incstained Rech's podcast,

available almost every Friday, pretty much every Friday with Chris Starwalt,

Eliana Johnson. Hi, Eliana. Hi, John. Let us discuss this bizarre event that happened

yesterday in the world of progressive Democrats and their relation to the Biden administration.

Out of nowhere, a letter is issued seemingly magically from in the ether from 30 progressive

House Democrats asking the Biden administration to redouble its efforts to find a diplomatic solution

to the war in Ukraine. The letter was issued and almost immediately, I believe,

phone calls went out from the Biden White House saying, what the effort you're doing?

It's two weeks before the election. Why are you picking up Roygus with us on the war in Ukraine?

Are you insane? You're all about to lose your majority in the House. We are trying to keep the

Senate. You're making an intern at scene battle on Ukraine. What the hell is going on? And immediately,

the lead progressives, a pocan of Colorado and permajaya paul. I can't remember what state she's from.

Washington. Washington. Thank you, Washington State. Both said, what? We didn't, I didn't, what?

There's no, we, we must win in Ukraine. We cannot divide ourselves from the Ukrainians.

The Ukrainians want, that's what we want, which is exact. And then, pocan said, this was July.

Quote unquote, Mark Pocan said, this was July. So people were like, what do you mean this was July?

What does that mean? It means it was written in July. And then somehow somebody pressed a button.

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