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#424 - w/ Rep. Peter Meijer - McCarthy and His Enemies
* Former Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer is back to talk about his insane friends and erstwhile colleagues on the Hill
* Peter’s surprising (to us) view of Rep. Matt Gaetz
* “I try to see the best in people” (Hmmmmm….)
* The gordian knot of polarization
* Peter makes the case for [blank] as Speaker…….
* Oh wait, he’s kinda serious!
* What do any of these people actually believe?
* “Oh, I mean, there's horseshoe theory and then there's horseshoe theory…”
* Does Peter have an announcement to make?? Maybe??
* Well, he didn’t exactly deny it
* Note: giving people free shit usually works (for a bit)
* The HARD LEFT supercut
* Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was setup and no one really cares
* Two progressive activists are murdered and out come the ghouls
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