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There's no safe like Simplysafe. Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favro. I'm Dan Pfeiffer. And I'm Alex Wagner.

On today's show, we're going to talk Trump's demand that the Justice Department pay him $230 million, handing over the keys to our elections to election deniers, the demolition of the East Wing.

The latest with Graham Platner in Maine and all the

elections coming up in less than two weeks. Then you'll hear Tommy's conversation with Denise

Faryozy from the Pipeline Fund about building a deeper Democratic bench and why it's so important

for people to run for local office. But first, Alex, welcome back to the show. Oh, guys, I'm thrilled.

Now, contractually, Dan, is supposed to be in the same room with me, so I'll have to talk to HR about that. Well, you didn't come to. If you had come to the West Coast, then we could have done that. Yeah, okay. All right. Well, you know, we're working on some kings. I would love to have both of you sitting around this table with me. We would love to be. We would love to be. I'm happy to be here because it's a big day for me. Huge day!

As a cousin to the crooked family. Tell us all about it. You have your new podcast, Runaway Country. Yes, Runaway Country is live. The first episode is out. For people who have missed my shameless and unending promotion of it, I'll just give you a little like taste. It is all about

hearing from people who are at the center of these big headline stories that in many ways

have become abstract because they're so damn many of them. And this week we are talking to an

immigration court judge who was recently fired because Trump is firing all the people that know

about immigration law,

and who has had firsthand experience dealing with ICE agents in her courtroom and outside her courtroom,

has had to adjudicate wrenching cases as sobbing and screaming is heard through the walls on the other side,

has a had a case log of thousands of cases.

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