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Welcome back to Unbiased Politics.

Today is Monday, October 6th.

Let's talk about some news.

Before we do, though, I do just want to quickly say thank you so much for being patient with me

while I took a week off last week to spend some time with family.

It's really important that I do that kind of stuff from time to time just because, as you might imagine, talking about politics 24-7 can be exhausting, to say the least. This time we went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We had the best time. I actually have a ton of recommendations. If you're interested, maybe I can do a little blog post on my substack or something.

I don't know and just kind of like talk about everything I did and leave my recommendations there.

So let me know if you'd be into something like that. Looking ahead, just to give you a heads up as far

as days off from the podcast, I'll be taking Thanksgiving day off, of course, which is

Thursday, November 27th this year. And then

my final break of the year will start on December 19th, which is a Friday. So I'll be off

starting December 19th. And then I'll be back on the mic for next year, starting Monday,

January 5th. I will, of course, remind you of those dates as we get closer, but I did just want to

give you a heads up. Now, without further ado, let's talk about some news. Starting with the big news

from last week, as we know, the government shut down last Wednesday and is currently still closed.

Now, before I left for my trip, I made sure to include a five-minute segment just kind of

prepping you for the shutdown. I knew it was likely the government would shut down. I also knew

I was going to be out of town when it did shut down. So I included that segment in the September

25th episode, just kind of as a heads up. Now that it's happened, I want to talk about the

impasse specifically because I know a lot of you have questions as to what exactly the Democrats want to include in the funding bill, why Republicans are unwilling to negotiate and where the truth actually lies.

Per usual, both sides are blaming each other for the shutdown.

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