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Welcome to Amped Up.

This is your host Ryan Knight,

and our guest today is Richard Medhurst.

Richard is an independent media journalist

who reports on US politics, the Middle East,

and international affairs.

Richard, welcome to Amped Up.

Hi Ryan, thanks to having me.

It's a pleasure to be here.

Dude, I'm stoked to have you on the show today, and it's a shame we don't have anything to talk about.

Yeah, you know, nothing. Nothing's going on.

No, look, I'm really excited to have you here because I think it's so important to get going on

this.

the one. I'm really excited to have you here because I think it's so important to get a perspective from outside of the United States to kind of weigh in on this stuff. You know, look, five people are now dead and more than 60 people have been arrested after Donald Trump and cited a riot against the Capitol on Wednesday to try to stop a joint session of Congress, some certifying the election results. A day of

chaos and mayhem ensued, but at the end of it Congress came back, certified the

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