things. the differences between us, everybody thinks that you and i are like doppelgangers and everything. first of all, you take cars away from a block and it means you are in my town. yes. because i live in a place where nobody lives. but also, like given the opportunity, like not working, the chance to do anything, you re like, i want to be around people. i m like, i want to dive into an ant hill and make sure nobody can find me. true, true. we understand what we are. very true. you have a great weekend in your ant hill, rachel. i will. thank you, my friend. much appreciated. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy friday. this has been a weird week in the news. today has been a particularly weird day in the news. i will tell you all signs point to next week being even weirder, but i will tell you why. here is a case in point. our beloved neighbors to the north, our canadian friends, they have their big national election on monday. prime min
to get your shots, a bunch of them. the pentagon has long required all-u.s. military personnel to get shots to protect against things, like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria. i mean, depending on where in the world you might be serving for the u.s. military, u.s. troops are required to receive up-to-17 different vaccinations before they are allowed to deploy, before they re allowed to serve. well, as of today, the covid vaccine will be one more addition to the existing, long list of mandatory vaccines for people in the u.s. military. this is a big deal. it s a big deal for the military. it s a big deal for the country. it s a big deal for the fight against covid-19. president biden had, previously, asked defense secretary lloyd austin to study whether active-duty u.s. troops should be required to take the vaccine. today, secretary austin announced that, after studying the matter, he will ask president biden, as commander in chief, to, in fact, require those vaccin
to the team here who held down the fort, thank you to allie and nicole and ari, for filling and while i was away. doing such an amazing job. we have, i feel like the news gods gave me a welcome back care package. that is slightly overflowing. , in terms of the amount of news to process and talk about and get up to date with. you re gonna jump right in and our first guest tonight is a big deal. you re going to want to see this interview. if you re serving in the united states military right now, as part of your service requirements, you have to get your shots. a bunch of them. the pentagon has long required all u.s. military personnel to get shots, to protect against things like measles and mumps and smallpox and diphtheria. depending on where in the world you might be serving in the u.s. military, u.s. troops are required to receive up to 17 vaccinations, before they are allowed to deploy. before they re allowed to serve. as of today, the covid vaccine will be one more additi
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washed, specific washed, specific washington, d.c., specifically tod. ask for federal help, to a for new t federal protection th could set a floor on voting rights that no state can fall below. that, of course s the idea behind the for the people act. the for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now. basically because of one conservative democratic senator named joe manchin. the texas democrats have met with him directly.er they have met with other senators as well. they ve met with white house officials up to and include the vice president kamala harris. these texas democrats are away from their families, away from their jobs and businesses, away from their beloved texas. they re likely to be staying away for weeks to continue to press this case and to make sure there is no quorum at home. like i said, they are literally facing arrest when they do go back to texas. and now six of these texas democrats have tested positive for covid in recent days