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first 2023. I'm John Pajor. It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me as always.

Executive editor A. Greenwald Hyade.

Hyde John. Media commentary columnist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Christine Rosen. Hyde John. Associate editor and author of the rise of the New Puritans

Noah Rothman Hynawa. Hyde John. And joining us today, author, editor, long time Washington

wise man and political and campaign observer bestselling author and the writer of the wide world

of news seven day a week newsletter Mark Halperin. Hi Mark.

Hi John. Thank you for that. I don't live in Washington. I haven't 20 years, but except for that.

You haven't, but that's what you're known for. You haven't lived in Washington for 20 years,

but you're, but you're, you are as an, let's put it this way, I said, call you an analyst of American

politics, which can be done for could you, you could be from Emporia, Kansas like, that's why you get

so much right about Washington because it's not in this one. I live on the Upper West side so I can

be more in touch with the real lives of real people. Yeah, my life. So you can be more in touch with my

life here on the Upper West side. And yes. And by the way, it's really exciting to live here now because

not only can there be seven burglaries in six hours in our neighborhood, as was the case on Saturday

night, but every block now has a vaping store. So it's really, if you used to be that there was a

bookstore in every block and a record. Now there's a vaping store in every block. So it's really,

it's a neighborhood of great emotional and just so so feeling capacity. Anyway, Mark, this morning

turning as I as I always do when I get up first thing in the morning to your newsletter,

I was struck by something I mentioned the last time you were on, I think, which is that your

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