Hi, I'm Annamarie Cox, and welcome to With Friends Like These.

We have a fantastic fun episode coming up, diving into a cautionary tale about libertarians

and bears in New Hampshire.

It is delightfully free of discussion about whatever is in the headlines today.

But first, we have to talk about some headlines.

The Georgia Senate runoff is January 5th.

As a crooked media listener, you probably realize the Georgia runoff determines control

of the Senate.

And in that way, our cautionary tale is related.

The disaster that happened when libertarians took over a small town in New Hampshire,

when they gutted social and city services in a way that made bear attacks a thing.

Well, that's what could happen in the US if right-wing Republicans control the Senate.

We probably won't have a bear problem, but things will get nasty and desperate.

So adopt a state is back.

Adopt Georgia, why don't you?

You can support groups on the ground, making sure every voter gets their voice heard by

going to votesafeamerica.com slash Georgia.

And as for this episode, I will be talking to Matthew Hongoltz Hettling, the author of

a libertarian walks into a bear, the utopian plot to liberate an American town and some

bears.

As I said, it's a fun story with some rather serious implications.

So stay tuned for a story about armed camps and donuts, super smart bears and tax avoidance.

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