Hello there from Washington and the DMV as we like to call it, which is not the division of motor vehicles.

When we say DMV in D.C., we actually mean district, Maryland, and Virginia.

But I'll admit every time I hear the words DMV, even I, for a second wonder if I'm talking about the Department of Motor Vehicles.

But I am coming to you from inside the Beltway. And coming up, I have a second wonder if I'm talking about the Department of Motor Vehicles, but I am coming to you from inside the Beltway.

And coming up, I have a fascinating conversation with Don Bacon. He's a Republican congressman from

Nebraska. He's from that congressional district that is very swinging. Nebraska is one of the few

states that allows congressional districts to be split. I have a feeling the state of

Nebraska is likely to get rid of that rule coming up. And if they do, Maine will likely do the same,

but we shall see. But that Omaha district has gone blue, I think, the last few times. So we've had

these split decisions out of there. But they have voted simultaneously for president and they've

elected Don Bacon, a Republican, to Congress. And I really think it does sort of tell you a lot

about Omaha in general and sort of where, you know, where there's different wings, if you will,

of the Republican Party these days. Because I think when you see a guy like Don Bacon get elected

and you see Democrats carried in a presidential, I think it tells you what type of Republican

is and they don't like, because this is a Republican-leaning area in general. This is certainly

Omaha itself is a 50-50 place. The city for years, they've gone back and forth,

Democratic mayors, Republican mayors. You know, it's always been a swing area of the state,

but generally it leans pretty Republican. But I think what you see here is what I find interesting

here is something that I think, you know, this fight that we're going to see inside the Republican Party over tariffs. And this fight that I think, you know, this, this fight that we're going to see

inside the Republican Party over tariffs, and this fight that I think we're now, which may end up

accelerating a larger fight about national security, because in many ways, Donald Trump, I think,

whether he means to or not, certainly is the leader of a new version of the Republican Party or arguably an older version of a Republican Party that dates itself back to the late 19th century, early 20th century.

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