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This is Deep State Radio, coming to direct from our Super Secret Studio in the third sub-basement

of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, DC, and from other undisclosed locations across America

and around the world. Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm your host David Rothkoff,

coming to you today from Washington, DC. We are also joined, I think both in Washington, DC,

by a new guest. Annie Carney who covers the Congress for the New York Times,

Hi Annie, are you in Washington, DC? I am in Washington, DC.

And someone who loves gray and rainy, it just suits his personality,

Norm Ornstein, of AEI, of our words matter podcast, and man about town, how are you doing today,

Norm? I am persevering, David, and I am gray, but I don't have as much gray as I used to have,

but at that way, the entire top is gone. Looks fantastic, and the way the light glints off

of the spirit. Yes, really a nice effect. Anyway, so we have this new Congress. I enjoyed some of

your tweets any last week as we were hitting the wee hours and of this kind of epic day and the

15th vote. That was crazy. What was your reaction in retrospect? I mean, I was watching with my hand

literally over my mouth after the 14th vote with McCarthy God of Feet went over the gates.

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