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This is Deep State Radio. Coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third

sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C., and from other undisclosed locations

across America and around the world.

Hello, and welcome to DSR's Words Matter.

It's that time of the week when we get together and tell you how you should feel about what's

happening in your life.

I'm David Rothkopf, your passive host who asks the questions here and then stands back.

And I'm joined this week by the man I stand back for

and bowed down to the king of insight in Washington, D.C. Norm, Ornstein. He can't help from laughing

even as he says it. No, it's true. And I realize that, you know, we've been doing this now, I don't know, a couple years, but I keep asking the same question every time, which is how do you feel? And I'm not going to do that this time. Good. Because I've learned my... You know the answer. You know the answer. So let me start with a different question for you, Norm. What has you pissed off today? I would say the thing that

pisses me off the most today is Todd Blanche. Not that it's the first time. But let's just go through

a couple of the stories from yesterday. One, the Justice Department is dropping the potential criminal charges

against Andy Ogles, one of the worst Republican members of the House who has lied about

many things, including his resume, but the worst part of it is, some years ago he had a

...