know, holiday and the liberal elites so, you know what? let s jump on the bandwagon. i think it s ridiculous. i think people have to start standing up against this, speaking out against these boycotts because, you know, i think it s crazy. and i don t think it does anything positive. brian: i understand that the country is getting from us stralgt straighted because coca-cola coming out against the voting law. the left wing in america. they defund, they boycott, they cancel, they tear down statues, all sort of egregious actions. the s expectation of them exposing the political side cower in the corner and supposed to accept it and supposed to be okay. it s not. in this county, coca-cola you are taking a stand against us. we are taking a stand against you. and lastly, i know you are considering running for senate in north carolina. what about this story that president trump is thinking that he is going to be placed into office in august? is that true? has he mentioned that to you? beca
for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? brian: all right. he is the son of a former governor of florida and related to two former presidents. i had a chance to catch up with the texas land commissioner george p. bush out of texas about his political future. i have been privileged to serve as land commissioner for the last six years. but we need new leadership in the statewide executive role. brian: you are hoping to run for. i m taking a serious look at attorney general. brian: when will you make that decision. right now we are so focused on fixing the winter grid pushing back the overreach and working on legislative session expect an announcement fairly soon. brian: how about now. last night he announced his candidacy for attorney general. and setting up closely watched state.
far fewer than we thought. and the republicans thought well, wait a minute, that s because we are paying people to stay at home. this report is due o out tomorrw morning at 8:30 eastern time. that we don t know what it s going to show. but it will probably show a large number ofew jobs because the economy is booming and some people are going back to work to take those jobs to take those higher wages. it s a very strong economy we have got now. we need people go back to work. you don t want those payments, go back to work, grow the economy for the benefit of all. brian: we re growing the deficit and can t wait to see what the results are going to be july s child tax credit where millions of families are getting money for having kids. thanks, stuart, appreciate it we are going to watch stuart varner again because we can t get enough of him. that s what he looked like in a picture from 9 to noon on fbn.
brian: are you concerned about dividing the party? because this will be a tough battle. i know senator cornyn very respected in texas. is he staying out of it, it seems. and the governor, what is governor abbott s reaction? so i have talked to both the governor and lieutenant governor, at the end of the session we just wrapped up our session on memorial day, and they are concerned about the behavior, they want the criminal investigation to play out. and i agree. let s let the fbi do their work. in the meantime i believe texas republicans should have a choice. last night i talked about in 1976 ronald reagan running to the right of gerald ford. sitting incumbent president which despite all odds he thought it was important that republicans have a choice in the wake of scandal. because the status quo is not working in this particular office. it s a dysfunctional office. and that s why i think texas republicans should have a choice when it comes to their top cop. brian: true. for you, as
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There’s a future essay to be written about COVID-19 culture – the artefacts that emerged from our plague year and what they say about where we were as a society: celebrities Zoom duets, the veneration of Sir Tom, our weekly clap for the NHS. These things were born of an instinct to find a unifying sense of positivity. Now, with a few months’ distance, it looks more like escapism, all of it masking a terror writhing beneath.
At the time there seemed to be little alternative, culturally speaking. But last year, amid what we would come to know as the UK’s first wave of the global COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself instead listening obsessively to an album which seemed to capture the public mood perfectly. That album was