Ok, let's spin the wheel of sports metaphors to get this week’s edition underway…Anthony marks the end of the preseason in the Republican race. It's time for live fire. Wait, what? Maybe the first debate will actually mean something to the future of our republic. It is taking place in Wisconsin, one of the vanishing breed of true swing states. It will feature a bunch of interesting candidates that have had their light blocked out by the black hole of Donald Trump. (How many metaphors is the limit in one episode description?) Anthony offers a state of the race update from Iowa and a debate preview. In Ask Anthony Anything, please God, no more Hunter Biden.

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