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I wanted to go around the table and have sort of praise for each other the way, like a Trump.

Three hours and seven minutes.

A Trump cabinet meeting.

Yeah, three hours of.

Jane, I would put your giant face on the wall of my labor department any time.

You both belong on Mount Rushmore.

I would hack off George Washington from Mount Rushmore to make way for both of you guys.

All right. Anyway, really nice to see you.

All of us have had our experiences of going around the country this summer to different places,

you know, red America, blue America, and running into some of our listeners.

And I want to thank all of those listeners because I know that for us in this, it's a very

disorienting and debilitating time. And it makes a huge difference to know that there are real

actual people out there listening. God, this is very sappy, except that now we have to like bring them

down. All right. Now we're going. Back to the fascist. 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 Mayer and Evan Osnose. It's great to be back with you both. Hi, Jane.

Hi, Susan. Hi, Evan. Great to see you guys. Great to see you. So, exhale. Here we are.

Labor Day has passed. We're back. And all eyes, it turns out, are on Washington, D.C. We're coming to you from the heart

of occupied Washington. The National Guard is in the streets, and there is, let's just say,

a strange mix of political theater and absurdity in the air, but also a sense of real menace and a lot of questions about where

Donald Trump and his administration are heading. So let's just reset the table, as it were,

and let's talk about both what's been happening over the last couple months, but where we think

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