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The Infomaniacs: November 5th 2026 (7:00am) · WTAW - Infomaniacs

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  Speaker 1: Good morning from the WTAW newsroom. I'm Will Welch. Bryan,
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  Speaker 1: police are on the hunt for a man after an
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  Speaker 1: argument turned deadly on Tuesday. Police say 20-year-old Cameron Deshaun
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  Speaker 1: Scott is wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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  Speaker 1: Scott is accused of shooting and killing 23-year-old Jalen Walter
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  Speaker 1: outside the North Point Business Park in the 2800 block
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  Speaker 1: of North Harvey Mitchell Parkway. Walter was airlifted to a
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  Speaker 1: Houston hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Scott has
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  Speaker 1: several outstanding warrants, including weapons and drug charges. If you
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  Speaker 1: Bryan PD. Two people were injured after a single car
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  Speaker 1: crash in downtown Bryan. Bryan Police and Fire Departments were
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  Speaker 1: dispatched to the intersection. William Joel Bryan and Main Street
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  Speaker 1: around 5.15 p.m. on Wednesday. A car lost control, first
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  Speaker 1: striking a light pole, then a pedestrian, before coming to
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  Speaker 1: a stop against the building that houses the law offices
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  Speaker 1: of Daniel Stark. According to officials with the Bryan Fire Department,
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  Speaker 1: the driver suffered major injuries and is hospitalized. The pedestrian
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  Speaker 1: suffered minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
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  Speaker 1: with Democrats sweeping every statewide election in Texas. Chris Fox
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  Speaker 1: has a preview of what's ahead when the state legislature
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  Speaker 1: goes back to work in January.
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  Speaker 2: The last time the Democrats held a majority in the
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  Speaker 2: Texas House was 2003. Texas Majority PAC Director Catherine Fisher
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  Speaker 2: expects changes from the Dems, like failing to renew the
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  Speaker 2: school choice voucher program.
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  Speaker 3: I would expect.
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  Speaker 4: Property taxes and other cost of living measures will also
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  Speaker 4: be high priority in the next session, and probably education
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  Speaker 4: funding in general, even beyond vouchers.
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  Speaker 2: Rice University political scientist Mark Jones believes the Democrats will
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  Speaker 2: bring back initiatives previously rejected.
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  Speaker 3: By the GOP.
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  Speaker 5: The decriminalization of marijuana, the sending to the voters of
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  Speaker 5: a constitutional amendment to allow for destination resort casinos, and
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  Speaker 5: potentially the extension of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
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  Speaker 3: In Austin, Chris Foxx.
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  Speaker 1: A Republican lawmaker wants Governor Abbott to take steps to
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  Speaker 1: keep Gina Hinojosa from having too much power when she
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  Speaker 1: takes office.
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  Speaker 6: Brian Harrison in Midlothian wants Governor Abbott to call a
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  Speaker 6: special session with the goal of limiting the governor's emergency
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  Speaker 6: powers before Democrat Gina Hinojosa is sworn in in about
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  Speaker 6: 10 weeks. He writes on social media that without action,
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  Speaker 6: Governor Hinojosa will inherit the powers of a dictator. SMU
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  Speaker 6: political scientist Cal Gilson says Democrats won by big margins
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  Speaker 6: and this isn't going to fly.
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  Speaker 7: If I were Gina Hinojosa, I think I would have
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  Speaker 7: a field day with that kind of idea that the
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  Speaker 7: voters have spoken and the Republicans have said no.
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  Speaker 6: Barbara Schwartz, TSN News.
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  Speaker 1: More news on the way at 7.30 or anytime at WTAW.com.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Will Welch, 1620-945-WTAW.
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  Speaker 12: the book's incredible. You should definitely read it. But we
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  Speaker 12: had the chance yesterday to talk to an author, a local.
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  Speaker 1: Can I call him a local local author? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: went to high school with him here during the late
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  Speaker 1: 1980s at A & M Consolidated High School. Chris Marks
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  Speaker 1: is his name. And man, what a great book.
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  Speaker 12: Absolutely. And if you are someone who is, again, frustrated
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  Speaker 12: with the the chaos of the political process in the
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  Speaker 12: United States. This is a absolute must.
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  Speaker 1: Read, especially if you think it's unprecedented. Yeah, because it's not.
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  Speaker 1: It will help.
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  Speaker 12: It will help calm you down. So check it out.
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  Speaker 12: We have been wanting to do this interview for a minute,
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  Speaker 12: mainly because like this is honestly the very perfect time
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  Speaker 12: to have this conversation because coming off of an election,
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  Speaker 12: everything is still very, very fresh. And I think I
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  Speaker 12: mentioned this yesterday. When you're in the middle of just
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  Speaker 12: getting bombarded by ads, you end up kind of absorbing it,
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  Speaker 12: and then it kind of twists your perception into thinking,
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  Speaker 12: wait a minute, does it actually work that way? Does
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  Speaker 12: any of this actually work that way that I'm being
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  Speaker 12: sold it? Is it the end of the world? Is
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  Speaker 12: this an unprecedented event? All of these things get bantered about.
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  Speaker 12: But we had someone who could maybe speak to that today.
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  Speaker 1: We did indeed. I knew Chris in a tertiary way
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  Speaker 1: when we went to high school together here at A
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  Speaker 1: & M Consolidated High School. Chris Mark, after high school,
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  Speaker 1: did a few things. We'll get into a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of background here with Chris. Former recon, force recon Marine,
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  Speaker 1: scout sniper, combat veteran. Then, Chris, correct me if I'm wrong,
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  Speaker 1: you decided to go back to school. Then you commissioned
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  Speaker 1: into the U.S.
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  Speaker 7: Navy.
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  Speaker 1: Did I get that correct?
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  Speaker 13: That's correct.
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  Speaker 14: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Outstanding. Holds a degree in political science. Studied American politics
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  Speaker 1: for decades. He is a Texan. He is a product
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  Speaker 1: of Bryan College Station. I want to introduce you to
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  Speaker 1: Chris Mark.
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  Speaker 12: And he wrote this incredible book, by the way.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Which I saw, Chris, you put this book out on
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  Speaker 1: your social media. And it intrigued me. It is called
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  Speaker 1: Two Sides of the Same Coin, A Plain English Guide
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  Speaker 1: to How American Politics Actually Works. Chris, welcome, first of all.
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  Speaker 1: Second of all, why did you write this book?
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  Speaker 13: Well, thank you. Glad to be here. And I appreciate
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  Speaker 13: the opportunity. You know, so for years, I've been kind
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  Speaker 13: of the go-to guy for my friends.
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  Speaker 15: And one of the reasons, not only do I have
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  Speaker 15: a degree in political science, but my first wife, the
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  Speaker 15: mother of my son... got her PhD in political science very,
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  Speaker 15: very young on a presidential fellowship. And so for 20 years,
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  Speaker 15: and she was a political science professor, every dinner table
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  Speaker 15: conversation was around politics.
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  Speaker 13: As you can imagine.
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  Speaker 15: So I get a free education every day. But yeah,
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  Speaker 15: so people would come to me and say, hey, explain
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  Speaker 15: this to me. Like, for example, one of the biggest
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  Speaker 15: questions that I get all the time is people, not questions, statements,
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  Speaker 15: people say, The United States is not a democracy.
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  Speaker 13: We're a constitutional republic.
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  Speaker 1: I've used the same argument myself.
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  Speaker 16: Yeah.
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  Speaker 15: And that's like saying that a Rottweiler is not a
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  Speaker 15: dog and a poodle is a dog. We are a
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  Speaker 15: form of democratization. It's just the way that we've implemented
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  Speaker 15: here in the United States. But it is a form
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  Speaker 15: of democracy. So it's not a binary proposition.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 13: And so I just thought, you know, it would be
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  Speaker 13: nice to write a book in plain English.
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  Speaker 15: To explain to people, like, for example, one of the
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  Speaker 15: questions we get all the time is, why does Wyoming
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  Speaker 15: have the same amount of senators as California or New
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  Speaker 15: York or Texas?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 15: And it's to prevent the tyranny of the majority. So
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  Speaker 15: it was really just kind of a primer on saying, hey,
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  Speaker 15: here's how American politics work. And believe it or not,
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  Speaker 15: the founding fathers, when you read the book, and it
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  Speaker 15: goes through the founding fathers, the genius that they've applied,
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  Speaker 15: because Americans, by default, as you know, We love to
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  Speaker 15: fight amongst ourselves.
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  Speaker 13: We love to argue.
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  Speaker 15: Nothing better than, you know, ruining Christmas and holidays with fighting.
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  Speaker 13: And is anybody, quote, right? Well, depends on your perspective.
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  Speaker 15: But our system survives, as we're going to see after
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  Speaker 15: last night's, you know, shellacking the Republicans did.
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  Speaker 13: And, you know, we continue on and it's still the
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  Speaker 13: greatest country on Earth.
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  Speaker 3: Earth.
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  Speaker 13: That's the reason I wrote.
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  Speaker 12: You bring up a very good point that yelling at
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  Speaker 12: Thanksgiving and Christmas is not anything new. We have been
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  Speaker 12: doing it since before America was even the United States
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  Speaker 12: of America. In fact, the founding fathers, God bless their souls,
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  Speaker 12: were the masters of at ruining people's Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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  Speaker 12: You know it's true. In fact, on the very front
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  Speaker 12: of this book right here, we have on one side,
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  Speaker 12: you have John Adams, and on the other side, we
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  Speaker 12: have Thomas Jefferson.
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  Speaker 1: So, Chris, one of the great things about the book
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  Speaker 1: is the historical perspective. When you take things and you
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  Speaker 1: give what it actually is, then you give the historical
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  Speaker 1: perspective and the story behind it within that same chapter.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go back to this that Tucker just said, these
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  Speaker 1: two founding fathers.
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  Speaker 12: Jefferson and Adams.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about them for a second. So we all think, well,
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  Speaker 1: Jefferson and Adams, they were besties and everything was hunky-dory.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us how wrong that is.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 15: So they were actually besties, two totally different people. And
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  Speaker 15: you've got John Adams, probably built like me, short, squat
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  Speaker 15: by all accounts, kind of aggressive. He was an attorney
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  Speaker 15: from the Northeast, from Boston. Then you've got Thomas Jefferson.
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  Speaker 15: who's a slave owning, you know, tall, very, you know, kind.
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  Speaker 13: Of well-spoken reserved guy.
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  Speaker 15: And so it was actually John Adams that asked Jefferson
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  Speaker 15: to write the declaration of independence. Jefferson wrote it, obviously
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  Speaker 15: a lot of edits and stuff. And then it was
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  Speaker 15: Adams that advocated for it. And they were like, like
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  Speaker 15: they were besties for years, but they had such a
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  Speaker 15: falling out. They didn't talk for like over a decade.
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  Speaker 15: They refused to communicate with each other. because they disagreed
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  Speaker 15: so much on politics, right? And if you think about it, so,
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  Speaker 15: you know, people picture the founding fathers as a bunch of,
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  Speaker 15: you know, guys got together.
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  Speaker 13: In white wigs and all high-fived each other. Well, the
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  Speaker 13: vast majority of them didn't even trust each other. Some
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  Speaker 13: of them hated each other. Keep in mind, Aaron Burr
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  Speaker 13: shot John Hamilton to death in a duel.
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  Speaker 12: Over Famously, we all saw this play.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, we did.
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  Speaker 12: Now, I want to dovetail to dovetail off of that.
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  Speaker 12: I think it's fascinating that that, again, people don't necessarily
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  Speaker 12: look into the fact that these guys were, again, all
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  Speaker 12: individual guys, individual people with incredibly wildly vacillating. opinions and
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  Speaker 12: fears and what they wanted to accomplish and what they
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  Speaker 12: wanted to prevent other people to accomplish. And a big
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  Speaker 12: part of that whole synthesis into a form of government
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  Speaker 12: is it does actually answer the question about why is
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  Speaker 12: it so hard to get anything done?
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: Chris, why is our government broken and why is that
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  Speaker 1: a feature?
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  Speaker 13: Well, and you know what? I think that what you
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  Speaker 13: just said is a very insightful question. Is it broken?
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  Speaker 13: You know, I don't think it's broken.
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  Speaker 15: I think, you know, the founding father's designed it in
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  Speaker 15: such a way that it's inefficient not necessarily broken but
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  Speaker 15: it's inefficient and i think it's a feature and the
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  Speaker 15: book explains this because you know it doesn't allow one
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  Speaker 15: one side or one perspective or whatever to really you
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  Speaker 15: know take charge and like and again if you want
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  Speaker 15: to look at the elections last night that was a
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  Speaker 15: direct rebuke of donald trump whether you like him you
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  Speaker 15: dislike him or whatever 43 percent of voters came out
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  Speaker 15: of that last night saying that they voted for the
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  Speaker 15: other party simply because they don't like Donald Trump, right?
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  Speaker 15: So the system is inefficient for a reason. And, you know,
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  Speaker 15: it certainly frustrates us all at times, but it allows
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  Speaker 15: our model to continue without, you know, breaking down. If
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  Speaker 15: you look at like a good example would be Italy
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  Speaker 15: since World War II, and I'm doing this for memory now,
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  Speaker 15: but I think Italy now has dissolved and recreated their
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  Speaker 15: government nearly 60 times. It may be over 60 right now.
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  Speaker 15: I'd have to look it up. So we don't have
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  Speaker 15: the option to do that in the U.S. We elect people.
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  Speaker 15: If we get mad, we elect other people. And, you know,
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  Speaker 15: we continue to march on. But it is a very
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  Speaker 15: inefficient system. But I think that is a feature because, again,
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  Speaker 15: it can be inefficient. It can, you know, drag on,
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  Speaker 15: but it never breaks.
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  Speaker 7: Right.
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  Speaker 13: It bends, but it doesn't break.
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  Speaker 1: So along those lines. And we're looking at the results
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  Speaker 1: of last night. And a lot of people have fear.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of that fear is manufactured fear about
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  Speaker 1: how's the government going to change? What's it going to do?
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  Speaker 1: How is our life drastically going to change? According to
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  Speaker 1: what I've read in your book, can our government drastically
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  Speaker 1: change that much on a permanent basis?
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  Speaker 15: Not at all. And if you look, I mean, the
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  Speaker 15: pendulum swings. We all know this, right? And we're seeing
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  Speaker 15: kind of a more dramatic swing now. And if you
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  Speaker 15: want to know where that started, and I tend to
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  Speaker 15: lean more to the right, certainly than the left.
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  Speaker 13: But I would say George W.
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  Speaker 15: Bush, you know, with the war in Iraq in 1991,
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  Speaker 15: and the made up, you know, claims about weapons of
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  Speaker 15: mass destruction. So that really swung the pendulum one way.
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  Speaker 13: Then what we saw after that was a response to that.
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  Speaker 15: And now we saw, you know, Barack Obama and people
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  Speaker 15: being more liberal, then we see a swing back the
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  Speaker 15: other way.
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  Speaker 13: You've got Donald Trump, then we see it swing the
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  Speaker 13: other way.
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  Speaker 15: You know, the fact of the matter is, since, gosh, 1942, 90%,
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  Speaker 15: 18 of the 20 midterms have seen the sitting president
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  Speaker 15: lose House seats.
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  Speaker 1: That's true.
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  Speaker 13: Right? So totally expected, right?
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  Speaker 15: If you go back to the Civil War, it's about
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  Speaker 15: 93% of the time the sitting president has lost House seats. Now,
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  Speaker 15: the Senate, because of the way they stagger their elections
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  Speaker 15: it's a little bit different but it's still about 73
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  Speaker 15: so last night was not unexpected now the um the
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  Speaker 15: the shock really comes from how bad of a shellacking
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  Speaker 15: the republicans took quite.
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  Speaker 12: Frankly that part is extraordinary and and and different uh
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  Speaker 12: because of the fact that you i mean you replaced
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  Speaker 12: everyone in state government they said not individual reps and
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  Speaker 12: districts and state But the mechanics of how the government
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  Speaker 12: operates as a state went from not having a Democrat
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  Speaker 12: involved with it for 30 years to everyone in those
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  Speaker 12: offices is now a Democrat. That's a pretty big swing.
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  Speaker 12: That is unusual.
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  Speaker 15: Well, huge swing, but I think they also have to
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  Speaker 15: be careful because the same thing that got that rebuked
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  Speaker 15: for Trump, if they start swinging that pendulum too far,
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  Speaker 15: you're going to have people going, wait a second. If
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  Speaker 15: you look at the American populace, the vast majority of
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  Speaker 15: Americans are centrist. They don't want government to involve in
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  Speaker 15: their life, or they don't want to be isolationist.
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  Speaker 13: But at the same time, they're kind of centrist.
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  Speaker 15: And I think that The party that now has Congress
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  Speaker 15: has to be careful because if they start really gloating and,
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  Speaker 15: you know, pushing that direction, I think what you're going
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  Speaker 15: to see is, you know, the pendulum swing back. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 15: to be honest, when I woke up this morning, I
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  Speaker 15: started looking at the stats.
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  Speaker 13: The, you know.
• 17:07
  Speaker 15: The the shellacking was especially in Texas, for goodness sakes.
• 17:12
  Speaker 15: I got to be honest. I mean, that was a yeah,
• 17:14
  Speaker 15: that was a that was unexpected for me. And I
• 17:18
  Speaker 15: think most, you know, political pundits.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: We're talking to Chris Mark, by the way, the author
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: of Two Sides of the Same Coin, a book that
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: I can very, very highly recommend to you.
• 17:27
  Speaker 12: Genuinely, it's a spectacular book. I would highly recommend this
• 17:31
  Speaker 12: to anyone, and especially after an election, especially if you
• 17:34
  Speaker 12: are of that ilk of feeling like this is insane.
• 17:38
  Speaker 12: This has never happened before. Everything is falling apart. This
• 17:41
  Speaker 12: is an incredible book to read. to tie you back
• 17:46
  Speaker 12: to reality that this is just what we do ever
• 17:49
  Speaker 12: so often. This is just what we go through. And
• 17:52
  Speaker 12: in fact, it's not even really an extreme version of it.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: No, it's been going on for 250 years. One of
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: the great things about this book is that you break
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: down why that is, why the three branches of government exist,
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: what they are for, what their limitations are, and therefore
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: how they function or dysfunction. And I really love that
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: about the book, Chris.
• 18:15
  Speaker 13: Thank you. It really was designed or written.
• 18:19
  Speaker 15: Well, our government was designed in such a way that
• 18:22
  Speaker 15: there's always that balance of power, checks and balances, right?
• 18:26
  Speaker 15: And so the president can say, I'm going to do this.
• 18:28
  Speaker 15: And Congress goes, no, you're not. Or Congress says, we're
• 18:31
  Speaker 15: going to pass this bill. And the president says, no,
• 18:32
  Speaker 15: you're not. Or they can all agree. And the Supreme
• 18:35
  Speaker 15: Court steps in and goes, no, you're.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: All wrong, right?
• 18:39
  Speaker 13: And so it's very inefficient. But again, it works. And ultimately,
• 18:44
  Speaker 13: you know, Again, the pendulum swings, but we get to
• 18:47
  Speaker 13: where we are.
• 18:47
  Speaker 15: But, you know, still the greatest country on Earth, the
• 18:49
  Speaker 15: most prosperous country on Earth.
• 18:52
  Speaker 13: Are we always going to have our debates? Absolutely. Are
• 18:54
  Speaker 13: we going to have our challenges? Absolutely.
• 18:56
  Speaker 15: But, you know, what I want everybody to take from this.
• 18:59
  Speaker 15: And again, it's a nonpartisan book. It's designed just to
• 19:01
  Speaker 15: teach people. Here's American politics. So when you sit down
• 19:05
  Speaker 15: at Thanksgiving, you know, now you can argue from position
• 19:08
  Speaker 15: of authority on how it works.
• 19:11
  Speaker 13: But certainly not designed to divide.
• 19:13
  Speaker 15: I think it was written more to just say, hey, guys,
• 19:16
  Speaker 15: you know, we're more alike than you may think.
• 19:19
  Speaker 13: We can disagree on politics. Doesn't mean you're a bad person.
• 19:22
  Speaker 13: Doesn't mean I'm a bad person. Just means, you know,
• 19:24
  Speaker 13: we disagree.
• 19:25
  Speaker 12: It's an incredible reminder. I think it's must read. Chris Mark,
• 19:29
  Speaker 12: two sides of the same coin as the book. Where
• 19:30
  Speaker 12: can they get it? How do they find it?
• 19:32
  Speaker 13: Yeah, so you can find it on Amazon.
• 19:34
  Speaker 15: Just look up Two Sides of the Same Coin, you know,
• 19:36
  Speaker 15: politics or whatever. And it's on Amazon.
• 19:38
  Speaker 13: I think it's right now at about, I think it's
• 19:41
  Speaker 13: all five-star reviews. I mean, it's done pretty well. I
• 19:44
  Speaker 13: can't imagine it's not, I will say I've written out
• 19:47
  Speaker 13: 15 books, and this is the one I'm most proud of.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I knew you had a couple others. I did
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: not know that it was more than a baker's dozen.
• 19:56
  Speaker 12: Good Lord, we could dive into that catalog soon.
• 20:00
  Speaker 15: I write on really, you know, normally really exciting things
• 20:03
  Speaker 15: like Beijing conditional probability theory.
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: And stuff like that.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Okay, I'll pass.
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: Never mind.
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: I'll read the one that differentiates between communism, socialism, and capitalism,
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: but I'm not going to the Beijing thing.
• 20:17
  Speaker 13: I just want to throw one more thing out if
• 20:18
  Speaker 13: you don't mind.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah, sure.
• 20:19
  Speaker 15: You know, this time of year, unfortunately, in the community
• 20:23
  Speaker 15: I come from, special operations, snipers, stuff like that, we've
• 20:26
  Speaker 15: already had, you know, three brothers commit suicide. 22 veterans
• 20:31
  Speaker 15: a day commit suicide. When you get into the combat arms,
• 20:34
  Speaker 15: the numbers go way, way, way up. We're in that
• 20:37
  Speaker 15: time of year where it gets really tough, you know,
• 20:40
  Speaker 15: right before Thanksgiving through, you know, New Year's. So, you know,
• 20:44
  Speaker 15: if you know a veteran, wrap your arms around them,
• 20:45
  Speaker 15: give them a hug. Think about donating to whatever veterans
• 20:50
  Speaker 15: society helps people with that because mental health right now
• 20:54
  Speaker 15: in the veterans community is We're at that time of
• 20:56
  Speaker 15: year where I'm sure I'm going to get many more calls.
• 20:59
  Speaker 13: That's never fun.
• 20:59
  Speaker 12: Incredibly important to remind people of every single day. Yeah, 100%.
• 21:04
  Speaker 12: We'll catch up with you later, all right?
• 21:05
  Speaker 13: Hey, thank you. Thank you, guys. All right, have a
• 21:07
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• 21:08
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• 22:39
  Speaker 12: Yeah, let's talk bedbugs. You may as well, because there's
• 22:43
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• 22:47
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• 22:51
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• 22:54
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• 22:59
  Speaker 12: get in, they can ride home with anyone from just
• 23:02
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• 23:05
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• 23:09
  Speaker 1: Are you hosed?
• 23:10
  Speaker 12: Well, not really. I mean, unless you try to waste
• 23:14
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• 23:18
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  Speaker 21: I was in a store and heard a child tell
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• 24:08
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• 24:10
  Speaker 21: Do adults sometimes fall into a similar trap? Recently, I've
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• 24:20
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• 24:27
  Speaker 21: Windows have three basic components, frame material, insulated glass, and
• 24:31
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• 24:34
  Speaker 21: associated with a warranty claim? Finally, the experience of the
• 24:37
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• 24:39
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• 24:53
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• 24:58
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  Speaker 23: Friday, November 20th at Aggie Park at the Texas A
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• 25:21
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  Speaker 4: BCS Tunnel Tech says the food pantries can always use stocking,
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• 25:39
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• 25:42
  Speaker 4: Bring them to your local food pantry, then you can
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• 26:38
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  Speaker 14: out until every time I stopped by, I actually don't
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• 26:43
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• 27:08
  Speaker 12: Again, big thanks to Chris Mark. I know Helen asked, hey,
• 27:11
  Speaker 12: what's up? Chris Mark. You can also find this on WTAW.com
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  Speaker 12: and on our socials, and there's a link up there
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• 27:18
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• 27:23
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• 27:26
  Speaker 1: in there that taught, and I consider myself fairly wise
• 27:31
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• 27:33
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  Speaker 12: Seriously, I cannot recommend it highly enough. Now, with that said,
• 27:39
  Speaker 12: I also need to thank Will for purchasing these books,
• 27:42
  Speaker 12: including my copy and your copy.
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: But he bought a third!
• 27:46
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• 27:53
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• 28:12
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• 28:37
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• 28:51
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  Speaker 24: and other far-left loons?
• 30:08
  Speaker 7: Why did that happen?
• 30:10
  Speaker 24: Well, the answer is the high cost of living and
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  Speaker 24: the war with Iran. The voters were angry, and about
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  Speaker 24: half of them received some form of government assistance. Medicaid, Medicare, welfare,
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• 30:28
  Speaker 24: the Democratic Party is the party of entitlement. However, it
• 30:32
  Speaker 24: was the rising prices that we're all dealing with now
• 30:37
  Speaker 24: that tilted the election toward the Democrats, even the radicals. Now,
• 30:43
  Speaker 24: the poor in America are susceptible to the affordability pitch.
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  Speaker 24: They want a vast bureaucracy to give them more stuff.
• 30:50
  Speaker 24: As for Iran, the public seems to be completely befuddled
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  Speaker 24: by the action against the mullahs because it has not
• 30:58
  Speaker 24: been explained very well by the administration. It's we're going
• 31:03
  Speaker 24: to do this, then we're going to do that, on
• 31:05
  Speaker 24: and on. What was planned to last for weeks is
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  Speaker 24: now entering its ninth month in Iran. On Tuesday, the
• 31:14
  Speaker 24: Republicans failed to persuade voters they had any plan to
• 31:18
  Speaker 24: address affordability issues or the war. As a prison warden
• 31:23
  Speaker 24: says in the film Cool Hand Luke, what we have
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  Speaker 23: Friday, November 20th at Aggie Park at the Texas A
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• 32:17
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• 32:27
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• 32:30
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• 32:32
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  Speaker 14: From the first time I stopped by just to check
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  Speaker 14: Brazos County Bank is a part of a team of
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  Speaker 1: From the WTAW newsroom, good morning. I'm Will Welch. Bryan
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  Speaker 1: Police have released more information about a shooting at the
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  Speaker 1: North Point Business Park in the 2800 block of North
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  Speaker 1: Harvey Mitchell Parkway on Tuesday. The victim has been identified
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  Speaker 1: as 23-year-old Jalen Walter. He was shot in the torso
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  Speaker 1: after a verbal altercation and died at a Houston hospital.
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  Speaker 1: The manhunt is now on for 20-year-old Cameron Deshaun Scott.
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  Speaker 1: A warrant has been issued for aggravated assault with a
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  Speaker 1: possession of a controlled substance. If you have information on
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  Speaker 1: Departments were dispatched to the intersection of William Joel Bryan
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  Speaker 1: and Main Street around 5.15 yesterday evening after a car
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  Speaker 1: lost control, striking a light pole, then a pedestrian, before
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  Speaker 1: coming to a stop against the building that houses the
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  Speaker 1: law offices of Daniel Stark. According to officials with the
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  Speaker 1: Bryan Fire Department, the driver suffered major injuries and is hospitalized.
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  Speaker 1: The pedestrian suffered minor injuries and was transported to a
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  Speaker 1: local hospital. The man who crashed an 18-wheeler into the
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  Speaker 1: DPS in Brenham in 2024 will spend the rest of
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: his life in prison. 45-year-old Clenard Parker stole an 18-wheeler
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: and intentionally crashed it into the building, killing two. As
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  Speaker 1: part of a plea agreement, Parker pled guilty on Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: to capital murder of multiple persons and was sentenced to
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: life without the possibility of parole. Brazos County Elections Administrator
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  Speaker 1: Trudy Hancock says there are 317 mail-in and provisional ballots
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  Speaker 1: in that will be sent to the early voting ballot board.
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  Speaker 1: The last day for military and overseas vote to be
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  Speaker 1: accepted is Monday. So far, she says there have been
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: no requests for a recount. The runoff election for city
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: council races in Bryan and College Station is scheduled for Saturday,
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: December 12th. Early voting will start on November 30th. Acting
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: comptroller Don Huffines pulled no punches during his concession speech
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  Speaker 1: on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 13: I blame this on Greg Abbott. I blame it on
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  Speaker 25: I blame it on all the mushy middle people that
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  Speaker 25: want to think, oh, they're in the middle.
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  Speaker 13: We want to make everybody happy.
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  Speaker 25: You sure did a good job of this mess.
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  Speaker 1: He says the current administration had more than a decade
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  Speaker 1: to make meaningful changes.
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  Speaker 25: They're going to go for four terms as governor, four
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  Speaker 25: terms as lieutenant governor. I mean, seriously, people are tired
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  Speaker 1: He lost to Sarah Eckert, who got 51% of the vote.
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  Speaker 1: Outgoing Ag Commissioner Sid Miller says Republicans will have to
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  Speaker 1: eat this election like an elephant, one bite at a time.
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  Speaker 17: There's only three statewide Republicans left.
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  Speaker 13: Everybody else is gone.
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  Speaker 17: I mean, gone.
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  Speaker 7: You've got Christy Craddock and Wayne Christian, the Railroad Commission,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think you can name anybody else left.
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  Speaker 13: They got us all.
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  Speaker 17: It was a total, total massacre.
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  Speaker 13: This wasn't a loss.
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: This was a nuclear holocaust zombie apocalypse. Miller has plans
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: after leaving office, including writing books and a TV show.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: Could THC be a contributing factor to Tuesday night's blue sweep?
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  Speaker 26: Many who cast a ballot said their vote was directly
• 38:02
  Speaker 26: influenced by who in Austin is pushing for a complete
• 38:05
  Speaker 26: ban on things like gas station gummies with THC or
• 38:08
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• 38:09
  Speaker 18: I do think our lawmakers are very aware that this
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  Speaker 18: is a subject at the top of everyone's mind.
• 38:15
  Speaker 26: Sarah Todd with the Texas Cannabis Policy Center is hopeful
• 38:18
  Speaker 26: that lawmakers will take this message into next session. She's
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  Speaker 26: hopeful that decriminalization will get a stronger look because it
• 38:24
  Speaker 26: focuses policing on the drug cartels, not the hippies with
• 38:27
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• 38:31
  Speaker 1: With new leadership, the fate of the state's school voucher
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: plan is likely to see challenges.
• 38:36
  Speaker 26: Gina Hinojosa and James Tallarico were among the leaders of
• 38:41
  Speaker 26: the House Democrats who fought vouchers down to the wire.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: Clay Robison with the Texas State Teachers Association says the
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: new state comptroller, a Democrat, is in charge of administrating
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: the voucher program. The state's largest teachers union is calling
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: for a full repeal of school choice as a way
• 38:59
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm very divided about that. Actually, I'm not divided about it. No,
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  Speaker 16: You get 20%.
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  Speaker 12: You get like 25%.
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  Speaker 22: And.
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  Speaker 12: When I was with my friends, I was noticing, because
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  Speaker 12: Make a big deal.
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  Speaker 12: So then I would go through, I would tip, and
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  Speaker 12: then they'd just turn around.
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  Speaker 22: To my knowledge, you maxed out tip.
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  Speaker 12: I do like the huzzah. And it worked. I started
• 47:22
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• 47:23
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• 47:27
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• 47:31
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  Speaker 1: Maybe on the next... A little treat. On the next
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  Speaker 17: Every year has its challenges, and 2026 has been no different.
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  Speaker 17: But there's still so much to be thankful for. Here
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  Speaker 17: Happy Thanksgiving and God bless.
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  Speaker 9: The BCS Parade of Homes is back this fall on
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  Speaker 18: Good morning, I'm Riley Flurkey with your morning sports update
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  Speaker 18: on 1620-945-WTAW. This update is brought to you by AirServe
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  Speaker 18: The A & M women's basketball team is set to
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  Speaker 18: return to action against the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns tonight. The
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  Speaker 18: Aggies look to stay on the right footing following their
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  Speaker 18: 77-54 season opening night victory over UAPB, where Kaylin Gilbert
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  Speaker 18: and Emerald Parker led the way for the Maroon and
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  Speaker 18: White in the contest. Tip-off for tonight's game is set
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  Speaker 18: for 8 o'clock at Reed Arena. The SEC announced that
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  Speaker 18: Aggie men's golfer Aaron Pounds was named SEC Golfer of
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  Speaker 18: the Week for the second consecutive week following his second-place
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  Speaker 18: finish at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational. This is Pound's fourth
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  Speaker 18: career SEC Golfer of the Week honor and third honor for.
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  Speaker 12: The Aggies this season.
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  Speaker 18: The Aggies' three SEC Golfer of the Week honors this
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  Speaker 18: season are the most in a single season for Texas
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  Speaker 18: A & M since earning three in the 2022-23 season.
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  Speaker 18: The fifth-ranked A & M equestrian team is set to
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  Speaker 18: host the second-ranked South Carolina to wrap up its fall
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  Speaker 18: slate today. Today's matchup marks the 42nd all-time meeting between
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  Speaker 18: the Aggies and the Gamecocks. And the Maroon and White
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  Speaker 18: currently hold a 28-13 advantage in the series. The competition
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  Speaker 18: starts this morning at 11.30. The Aggie softball team beat
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  Speaker 18: the Grayson College Vikings 5-1 in last night's game at
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  Speaker 18: Davis Diamond. And the Maroon and White closeout ball play
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  Speaker 18: against the Texas Longhorns on Friday night with first pitch
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  Speaker 18: set for 7 o'clock. The Aggie football team is just
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  Speaker 18: two days away from hitting the road to South Carolina
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  Speaker 18: to take on the Gamecocks. Head coach Mike Elko spoke
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  Speaker 18: about the struggles that the defense has been having on
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  Speaker 18: the road this season.
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  Speaker 16: One of the big things we have to get better
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  Speaker 16: at is conversion downs. I think we've been really, really
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  Speaker 16: bad third and two to six, just as an in
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  Speaker 16: general statement. I think road versus home looks different because
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  Speaker 16: of opponent, but I think if you really just look
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  Speaker 16: at us against power four teams, we've really had struggles
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  Speaker 16: in that third and two to six range and I
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  Speaker 16: just think we've got to find ways to create cleaner,
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  Speaker 16: easier pictures. Running the ball maybe a little bit more
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  Speaker 16: is something that we've talked about and done a little
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  Speaker 16: bit to some success of late, but we have to
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  Speaker 16: be able to find and create cleaner pictures and throw
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  Speaker 16: and catch the football at a better clip.
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  Speaker 13: In those down and distances.
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  Speaker 18: Kickoff for Saturday's game is set for 2 o'clock. In
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  Speaker 18: the NBA last night, the San Antonio Spurs narrowly beat
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  Speaker 18: the Dallas Mavericks 112-111. while the Houston Rockets fell 128-109
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  Speaker 18: to the Denver Nuggets. In Thursday night football tonight, the
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  Speaker 18: Baltimore Ravens are hosting the Jacksonville Jaguars with kickoff set
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  Speaker 18: for 7-15. Tonight in the NHL, the Dallas Stars are
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  Speaker 18: on the road and headed to Columbia to take on
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  Speaker 18: the Blue Jackets with puck drop set for 6 o'clock.
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  Speaker 18: of Aggieland. On 1620-945-WTAW, I'm Riley Flurkey.
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  Speaker 12: 1620-945-WTAW. Hey, guys, it's Thursday. What does Thursday mean? Well,
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  Speaker 12: among other things, it's time for Jokes with Will.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, my family told me to stop making
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  Speaker 1: Thanksgiving puns.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 1: I told them I just can't quit cold turkey. You know,
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  Speaker 1: when you run through a campsite, you can't. Did you
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  Speaker 1: know you can't run through a campsite? Oh, you can't
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  Speaker 1: run through a campsite. I was not aware of this.
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  Speaker 1: You can ran because it's past tense. Tugger, what's the
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  Speaker 1: key to a good mailman joke?
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  Speaker 11: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: The deliveries. We'll wrap this one up. I bought a
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  Speaker 1: sail for my boat off of Amazon the other day.
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  Speaker 1: I realized it was the wrong size.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, was it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so I tried to cancel it. They said it
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  Speaker 1: was too late. That sail had shipped.
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  Speaker 12: The campsite one, there's no reason that should be my favorite,
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  Speaker 12: but it's my favorite.
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  Speaker 20: Good morning.