Welcome in everybody. This is season one, episode two of next up. Thank you for watching.

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Today on the program, some breaking news that we broke earlier today on Two Way, where I am editor-in-chief about President Trump's plans to replace his national security advisor.

I'll have more details on that.

And Gavin Newsom will be here as our guest, to California governor to talk about what he thinks are the myths related to Gavin Newsom.

I think there's some myths that are pretty important that I want to see what he thinks.

And with us to have a roundtable conversation,

my two favorite Jessica's from California,

Jessica Blan Patterson,

who until recently was the chair of the California Republican Party,

and the great Jessica Reed Krauss,

substacker and Instagram are extraordinary.

We'll talk about the state of the Golden State

and what they think of what's happened so far in the Trump administration.

I'm also going to talk about running for president and what I think is important to think about if you want to be a pro-handicapper, particularly for the Democrats in 2028.

So thank you for being here. Let's get started. First, news I broke earlier today, what we like to call a

worldwide exclusive, President Trump, after a long period of consideration, is getting rid of

his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, who came in to the job with an incredible reputation

when President Trump named him national security advisor, many people said this was a great sign that Trump

2.0 was picking adults and pros. Well, the decision to get rid of Waltz has been percolating

for a long time. You'll recall that he led that signal chat group that caused so much controversy

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