In the aftermath of the 2024 election, America is even more divided than before.

Half the country fears the end of democracy and the other half welcomes it.

As America inches toward the brink of authoritarian rule, now more than ever, we must force ourselves to have the necessary conversation.

Welcome to the necessary conversation. I'm Chad Kulchner with me as my sister. Well lit for a change this week. Congratulations.

And my mom and dad, Bob and Mary Lou, we of course are a family divided by, Mom, what are you doing with your eyes there?

That's what Hayle was doing.

All right. We are a family divided by our political beliefs. My sister and I are far left

leaning. My mom and dad are deep in the Majaah Pit, drinking the orange Kool-Aid.

Every week we talk about, you're right, Dad?

Oh, yeah. All right. Every week we talk about, you're all right, Dad? Oh, yeah.

All right. Every week we talk about the top four to six political issues. Today, I have prepared

about eight. We'll see how many we can get through. We'll start with the biggest ones first.

But before we do that, my mom sometimes has ditties. These are little diatribes that she goes on about

one topic or another. Mom, do you have them this week? That's funny. Sometimes she has. Yeah,

sometimes when the son remembers to say, mom, do you have any ditties? Okay, measles outbreak in Texas,

146 cases. Now, nine other states have said that there are measles in those states.

Okay. If you have had that M, the MMR shot, the very first one as a child, you should be covered.

And I went back and looked. Both you guys were okay. Thank you. But they're actually saying that

Chad and I's age group is supposed to

get re-vaxed for it. Yeah, well, it is, it's not a, what do you call it, a live vaccination anyway,

so I would get it. I'm thinking about me getting one. Dad said, dad said he had the measles.

He doesn't want one.

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