Hey, everybody. Welcome to the weekend or edition of the Mark Rite podcast, I'm Jody It's Sexton.

Here with Nick Houseman. We got a lot to talk about before we get to the weekend. We've got a push for voting rights acts.

We've got the Democratic Party in disarray. We've got the Republican Party basically cutting each other's throats and bathing in each other's

blood. Nick, we got a lot of stuff going on. Yeah. And at least it's interesting. It might

be a little bit new, some new subjects to talk about a little bit, which is nice. I think we could,

you know, we use a little refreshing of the pod. Well, you know, I think in terms of all of this,

the showdown that we're getting ready to watch, and, you know, we're inching up on Martin Luther King Day. The Democratic Party

has a strategy that will supposedly pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis

Voting Rights Advancement Act, which we'll talk about the ins and outs of that,

whether or not it might work or not.

But the narrative is sort of refreshing a little bit because it has to.

Things have been rough.

It's been a little bit of a doldrum, particularly among the left and among the Democratic Party.

I think they're trying to turn this into a story that's heading into next week, but I got to be

honest and I hate to be the wet blanket.

I don't like being the wet blanket.

I like being the, I guess the opposite is a cozy blanket.

A nice warm cozy blanket.

A nice, warm, snuggy is what I like to be.

I like to be the cool pillow.

See, that's a good thing to this.

I like that.

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