Is it lawn mowing day in DC?

It is, and I think most the jackhammering has stopped.

I have some construction going on above me too, which you might hear.

Beautiful. Welcome to Work From Home 19 Ronset.

Hello and welcome to the 530 Apolitics podcast.

I'm Gailan Drick.

Back in August, President Biden's approval rating appeared to be falling

in tandem with a rise in COVID-19 cases and reports about the United States' chaotic withdrawal

in Afghanistan. Since then, Afghanistan has faded from headlines and COVID-19 cases have fallen

significantly, but Americans view of Biden's job performance has not improved.

He's now under water with the American public with more people disapproving of his performance

than approving of it. Today, we're going to talk about why that is,

what the consequences are for Democrats and what they can do about it.

We're also going to take a look at a new report published by 538 today

about how Congress may have inadvertently legalized THC, the main psychoactive compound in

marijuana. American history is riddled with laws that didn't always work out quite as intended.

The 2018 Farm Bill is one of them. And of course, we're going to have a good use or bad use of

polling example that will bring us to Virginia where two weeks before Election Day, the governor's

race is looking very competitive. Here with me to discuss our politics editor, Sir Frostensen,

hello Sarah. Hey, Galen. All's here. This is managing editor, Michael Cohen. Hey, Michael.

Hello, Galen. Hello, everyone. Thank you for having me. Glad you're here. Nate is still on a

gambling trip. Sorry, I mean, I mean, book research in Las Vegas. We look forward to talking with

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