Jake Sherman
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If you were building something like this, you would know what you would be looking for. So Brez and I sat down and just were like, how would we build this? And we went about doing that.
Yeah, we know where our bread is buttered and who our audience is. And our audience is the Speaker of the House, his staff, the Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, House Minority Leader, and everybody who needs to understand granularly what they're thinking and what they're doing.
Yeah, we know where our bread is buttered and who our audience is. And our audience is the Speaker of the House, his staff, the Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, House Minority Leader, and everybody who needs to understand granularly what they're thinking and what they're doing.
Yeah, we know where our bread is buttered and who our audience is. And our audience is the Speaker of the House, his staff, the Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, House Minority Leader, and everybody who needs to understand granularly what they're thinking and what they're doing.
And what Anna, who is my co-founder and CEO, always says, if my mother in North Dakota, and her mother is in North Dakota, wants to read and come along for the ride, then like, great. If not, we're never going to be for the masses.
And what Anna, who is my co-founder and CEO, always says, if my mother in North Dakota, and her mother is in North Dakota, wants to read and come along for the ride, then like, great. If not, we're never going to be for the masses.
And what Anna, who is my co-founder and CEO, always says, if my mother in North Dakota, and her mother is in North Dakota, wants to read and come along for the ride, then like, great. If not, we're never going to be for the masses.
No, no, no. That's not the business model. That's not the business model. The business model is this building that I'm sitting in now, the Capitol, and all of the concentric circles that revolve around the Capitol, which, by the way, include Wall Street, include Silicon Valley, include the oil and gas business, include all sorts of parts of the country. Those are the people that we really target.
No, no, no. That's not the business model. That's not the business model. The business model is this building that I'm sitting in now, the Capitol, and all of the concentric circles that revolve around the Capitol, which, by the way, include Wall Street, include Silicon Valley, include the oil and gas business, include all sorts of parts of the country. Those are the people that we really target.
No, no, no. That's not the business model. That's not the business model. The business model is this building that I'm sitting in now, the Capitol, and all of the concentric circles that revolve around the Capitol, which, by the way, include Wall Street, include Silicon Valley, include the oil and gas business, include all sorts of parts of the country. Those are the people that we really target.
Yeah, so it was actually just pregnancy, right?
Yeah, so it was actually just pregnancy, right?
Yeah, so it was actually just pregnancy, right?
Yes. OK.
Yes. OK.
Yes. OK.
Well, you know, maternity and paternity. Basically, what she did is a discharge petition is a way for for somebody who is being ignored by the leadership to get something on the floor. She got 218 signatures, which is the prerequisite. And then that triggers an automatic vote. So Mike Johnson didn't like that. This bill that she triggered a vote on would allow 12 weeks of proxy voting.
Well, you know, maternity and paternity. Basically, what she did is a discharge petition is a way for for somebody who is being ignored by the leadership to get something on the floor. She got 218 signatures, which is the prerequisite. And then that triggers an automatic vote. So Mike Johnson didn't like that. This bill that she triggered a vote on would allow 12 weeks of proxy voting.
Well, you know, maternity and paternity. Basically, what she did is a discharge petition is a way for for somebody who is being ignored by the leadership to get something on the floor. She got 218 signatures, which is the prerequisite. And then that triggers an automatic vote. So Mike Johnson didn't like that. This bill that she triggered a vote on would allow 12 weeks of proxy voting.
So you could vote from home. Sure. For new dads, new fathers, and expectant parents. And new mothers. So if you have a complicated pregnancy and you can't travel or you're in your last weeks of your pregnancy and you are just not allowed to travel overall, most women don't travel in their last X number of weeks. I don't remember for my three kids, but but, you know, in your last.