Lemonada.

This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

This is Beth Silvers.

You're listening to Pantsuit Politics in 2026.

Woo-hoo. Hooray. Whether this is your first episode or your 11th year with us, we're so grateful that you're

spending some of your finite time and attention processing the news with us. That's always our

intention here to process the news together. We started this show to have conversations that let us be whole

people, just experiencing and loving the world. And we are so grateful that we're still here doing it

with each other and with all of you. And there is plenty to process today. We're going to discuss

the Trump administration's actions in Venezuela, what we're learning about Trump's vision

for foreign policy. Sarah, perhaps you've

heard the term, the Donro Doctrine? I don't. I reject that. Thank you so much. We'll talk about

Matt. We're also going to talk about everybody getting sick and what's going on with public health

as flu and whooping cough and measles are on the rise. We're going to introduce a new little segment where we

observe a birthday moment for America's 250th this year and will end as we always have and probably

always will with what's on our minds outside of politics. Of course, that is the new year.

Here is a major tease for those of you left hanging from December. Sarah has in fact arrived on a new word for

26 and we'll share it with us at the end of this episode. Before we jump in, we wanted to share

that our beloved executive producer, Norma, who ran a film club for us last summer,

has created a 2026 movie challenge. Norma decided to be the change she wants to see in

the world. After we did our slop episode and there was a lot of conversations about art and the

role of film and there's nothing good to watch and it's all crap. She was like, false. Okay,

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