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Chris Crucial - yes, yes, yes!! I love it!! I can imagine how much work it is - greatly appreciated! Thank you, Chris!

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Chris - really like this new offering and format - will look forward to it.

I have always been partial to Tracy Chapman’s original version of Fast Car - and am thrilled for her that she is finally receiving the attention for the song (and her ability as a writer) since Luke Combs recorded the cover. Thought the performance last night at the Grammys was terrific.

Also, everyone should be embarrassed by J. D. Vance’s interview - I hope everyone calls his office to let them know how unhappy they are, and that he does not represent the views of real citizens…

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Vance i a disgrace to his oath of enlistment in the Marines, and further proof that "Harvard's not sending us their best." What a worthless, talentless conniver he is. And his book was "creative typing" at its best.

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Ditto from me on all you said here, Mike. The Chapman-Combs performance last night was perfection!

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Enjoyed this very much! Hoping everyone enjoyed it as much as I did and your paid subscriptions go up! Thanks for this, Chris.

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This reminds me of The Point newsletter, which I loved getting. Brag alert: I was so good at your trivia, one of your collaborators e-mailed me to say how impressed they were at my acumen.

That JD Vance interview was a disgrace and deeply disturbing and I'd love for you to write more about it. We don't need the Veep Power Rankings, we need the shamelessly sacrificing your dignity to be veep power rankings:

1. JD Vance

2. Tim Scott

3. Elise Stefanik

The Nancy Mace stuff doesn't surprise me. It looks like McCarthy is going to do anything he can to Cawthorn her.

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Chris you continue to produce more critical information than most of us expect! I am beginning to think you are making yourself too “inexpensive”! Other newsletters often provide only one letter per day. For the volume of quality writing you provide us, you need to increase the price. You are giving us for about 13 cents a day something no one else is doing. How about telling us you must increase our cost to $10/month? You may lose some but most will easily understand and up our ante for such a quality volume of objective analysis! I will!

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Outstanding! Thanks very much for continuing to add value to your newsletter!

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Chris Crucial is great. Appreciate the effort

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I finally bit the Bullet and upgraded to a paid subscriber. This means you must answer my question in the mailbag this week Chris!!

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I like this format, Chris. Thanks!

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Thanks Chris. This is a great way to get a roundup of the day’s important news. I appreciate your effort and am glad to be a subscriber!

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Thank you Chris!!! Great idea

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Hang in there. You WILL get whatever the subscriber number it is that you need, and you WILL make a real difference!!

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Thank you, I did not know Birdie and she has a beautiful voice and did a lovely version. Gives me a chance to say I saw Tracy Chapman live in Costa Rica sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. It was one of those big concerts. Such a beautiful voice and it was lovely to see her performing at the Grammys.

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A dope news letter AND a video. 👏👏👏

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Chris, I like this idea a lot. Can’t wait to see where you take this.

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Nice dude.

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