as we near the end of the year, there s a lot on my mind. as usual, most of it having to do with politics. i wonder, for instance, if the democratic party has learned any of the correct lessons from the midterms. a lot more congressman, pat ryan about, it just ahead. and it won t be long until the russian invasion of ukraine reaches the one year mark. we ll ukraine be able to keep forcing russia back? what do the off-ramps for peace look like now? plus, from abortion rights to protests in iran, some of the biggest and most impactful social movements this year have is often the case been led by women. that s all coming up in the special year end addition of the program, so let s start the show. welcome to the show, what a year it has been. fighting in ukraine, the overturning of roe v. wade, the continuing covid crisis. but of course, the biggest story on the show, was the battle to save american democracy. ahead of the midterms, the issue was front and center, thanks to a ser
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dad, we ll have parent number one and pair number two, in putin s own words. but i actually think that because americans generally support this war, and actually because of their short attention span, that support for ukraine, given the direct military spending, is actually going to be pretty much okay, given the mainstream of both political parties. and given the fact that much of the spending that the u.s. is allocating to ukraine is actually coming back directly to america. these are american made weapons that are made in america factories, with american workers. this is creating jobs back in the u.s., some of them in the reddest states, for example, javelins are made in troy, alabama, which is a county that trump carried by 20 points. in 2020. they re gonna have to double up their factory space and hire more workers. so, i don t know. i think support for ukraine is pretty good for mega. it s interesting, because
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