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A lot of detail.

And of course, Mark Thompson, who's wonderful and I'm so happy you're here as well.

Mark Thompson has a wonderful podcast.

You should check out it's called The Edge with Mark Thompson.

Please take a listen.

It's great and it covers all sorts of topics ranging from politics to other issues that I wish

we had time to talk about on this show.

But-

Thank you, Hannah, that's so kind.

The political news cycle is so out of control.

That is for sure.

So with that said, I'm gonna jump right into the news today and we're gonna start off

with Syria.

Let someone else fight over this long bloodstained sand.

That's Donald Trump characterizing Syria as nothing more than bloodstained sand.

He had a press conference today in which he spouted a number of lies about his terrible

decisions in Syria, particularly Northern Syria.

He not only lied to the American public, but he also took a victory lap as if his decisions

were great for the Kurdish allies that he abandoned abruptly after one phone call with

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