Before we start up again, reminder: I am on the public line. I am doing my best to fairly and accurately recount what is happening in the hearing, and you will also see some commentary. But these are not quotations, and should not be reproduced as quotations from anyone other than me.

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The US government should not own companies.

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I was at a press conference way back in 2010 and asked Patrick Stewart about high/low culture boundaries and being both Star Trek guy and Shakespeare guy (such an obvious one, I know—I was newer then! I’d do better now!), and he just gave the most lovely and funny answer that I never forgot.

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RIP Patrick Stewart, the master Shakespearean actor who after a mid career pivot became a screen icon as Star Trek's Picard and the X-Men's Professor X. He brought class, erudition and wit to everything he did. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/a...

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Mills was a terrible candidate. It is a clear error on Schumer's part, arising from a too conservative view of who'd make a good candidate. The party backing for Stevens in MI was similarly a problem.

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