Jessica Tarlov

I wish I had friends that texted me like that.

Mine are just like, where are you at?

Where are you at?

Oh, I know.

I've been unsubscribing.

Yeah.

Well, you can also hit—you can, like, do stop.

I know.

They find another way.

And then also then you hear these stories, like, you know, they sell their email lists to other groups.

Like, I think Kamala sold her email list to the DNC for, like, $7 million or something.

And now we get all of that, though—

I'm such a loser that basically every time Mark Kelly texts me, I kind of think maybe it's happening.

Like maybe he wants to come on the pod, but he just wants more money, which is fine.

And I think Mark Kelly should get a lot of money.

Two things I want to say.

One, I was like a little bit too much of a Debbie Downer about the innovation agenda stuff, at least the new Democrats.

I do think, you know, they have like a lot of funding for STEM training, which is important, even a child tax credit to provide support for families to make sure they can get that STEM training.

They have a startup visa program.

Investments in science, R&D, like all of these things are important.