for having me on. and i'm usually more praising of your show than critical, i want to be clear at the outset of that. the problem with the media is that it treats certain aspects of democracy as sacrosanct. for example, any encroachment on the first amendment right to publish newspapers or curtail the media or to take action against the media is uniformly denounced by the media in absolutist terms. but when it comes to free and fair elections, there tends to be more of a nuanced and sliding scale that the media has. so, for example, this morning jake tapper did a great job in asking adam kinzinger about his opposition to the john lewis voting rights act. so kudos to jake for doing that. the answer that the congressman gave was that he agrees with the decision in shelby county to undo preclearance, and opposes the reauthorization of the