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In another lifetime — for both of us! — Brooke Baldwin and I spent almost every day talking on TV together. Brooke was a dayside anchor for CNN; I was a political reporter for the same network. You get the idea.
I hadn’t heard from Brooke in years — literally — until she texted me out of the blue last week.
We decided to do a Substack Live together — as soon as we could find a topic on which we a) both felt passionately and b) thought we could add something to the debate/discourse/zeitgeist.
Then Saturday night happened. And Brooke and I had some THOUGHTS about not just the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner but also the reaction to it — among elected officials and regular folks.
Our conversation — via Substack Live — is above.
I am making it FREE for all subscribers. One favor: Go check out Unraveling, with Brooke Baldwin , Brooke’s Substack. It’s not (really) politics. It’s about life, change and evolving. Well worth your time.
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