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I have never been so disgusted and repulsed by an episode of this podcast. If I hadn't taken advantage of the $99 deal, I'd be sorely tempted to cancel my patronship. How dare you flaunt the fact that your daughter may sleep for 5 hours at a time! My son turns 1 in 2 weeks and I still can't get more than 3.5 hours at a time 😝

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Listening to Kevin and Jury talk about vibes while on an 8 mile walk after eating 2 squares of gas station mushroom chocolate and drinking a mikes harder lemonade is a 10/10 experience, would recommend. 5 ⭐️

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I have consumed content from the outrage grifters, the bad faith partisan hounds and the spectacle over substance cable news cockfights this election cycle - trying to keep my bias and cognitive dissonance in check.

Your commitment to clear, honest dialogue really stands out.

It's rare to find someone so dedicated to good-faith engagement, and it makes a genuine difference in keeping discussions meaningful and trustworthy.

I hope your well reasoned forecast is incorrect but I believe everyone should thank and support you for being such a valuable voice.

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I do it for the people!

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I believe the term you are looking for is "unbiased truth angel."

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Justin this double feature was worth the $99 alone. Thank you for keeping your foot on the gas through this summer.

I totally agree the economy is the thing. I know a lot of folks who are technically upper middle class ($200k+ household) but have scratched and clawed to get ourselves to this point.

A lot of us started from nothing we and we remember 2008, how fast it can change.

We didn't grow up in a middle class family.

We know the hard times can and will come, so while our good union jobs are good for now, we know it will turn. Maybe not so hard for some of us now, but for our kids and their friends and our younger coworkers. No matter how much we have in the bank, $5 gas and $7 eggs and $200 car insurance still stings.

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Two episodes....Jury you are a beast!

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Been calling the civil war and realistically it's probably best case scenario for dems. Their inability to capitalize in so many ways over the last few years is astounding. I feel like the fact they can't sway people away from trump is kind of pathetic, but whatever. I'm just going to keep buying bullets and soup anyway.

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Kevin is always a great guest. And he's right - you've been an indispensable voice this cycle, especially when Trump got shot in Butler and voices of sanity were hard to find. There is no end to advocacy available but you fill the rare role of a moderator who moderates, moderately. You've built relationships that let you rein in the shoutier voices without offending, and find a great stable of guests who (mostly) honor the show’s tone.

And you get that whatever the seriousness of the stakes may be, this process is still an E Ticket of entertainment, and if you're not having fun you're doing it wrong. Your show is like a real time romp through a Great Courses series, on a giant growler filled with Red Bull.

Hang in there; the end is near. Here's hoping the postseason is less eventful than 2020.

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And, dammit man! My envy of your writing skills requires medication.

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Need to clip that final monolouge for social. Was looking to share it with friends somehow.

🔥 America's only competent politico

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This has got me thinking that Kamala is the megalodon to Beto O'Rourke's great white shark. Doomed to failure for reasons they can't change (Kamala can't run with a strong enough policy slate and message because she's yoked to Joe Biden, Beto is pissing in the wind on guns), but able to raise YUGE sums of money.

The one note of skepticism I've got is, if this democratic insider has such a fine read, why couldn't that sort of savvy been brought to bear while Joe Biden could have declined to run for reelection?

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