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Welcome to the Empire Files podcast. We are recording live in Portland, Oregon at the Portland Liberation Center.

Shout out to everyone in the audience.

And thank you so much to the Portland Liberation Center for hosting us.

If you don't know about the Portland Liberation Center, find them on Instagram.

Tons of cool events here.

We're so honored to be part of it.

If you don't know about the Empire Files, can look that up too and see all the fun stuff that we do. We've got some info on the table back there as well. So Abby and I are so happy that there's so many of you here to share this night with us.

You know, of course, in election where we're going to be feeling terrible no matter what

happens.

And, you know, I feel like I, the past several elections, you know, I remember exactly where

I was and who I was with when the election was decided.

And we're very happy that we will all be part of that memory together, whatever happens

tonight.

So I'm very honored to be with so many people at such a weird and strange time, which is

why we started with a strange video that we're going to see a couple more strange videos

tonight.

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