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Now, a quarter of a century later, in a country that feels divided, can today's America ever get back to that sense of unity? Today in the group chat, Noel King, co-host and editorial director of the Today Explained podcast, Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, and Lulu Garcia-Navarro, CNN contributor and journalist and host of the New York Times podcast, The Interview.

Thank you guys all for being here on this day.

Um, there has been, even going into this week, division [laughs]-

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I mean, it's been pretty good, in fairness to them.

Dundalk have come a long way since Noel King kind of being in charge but not really being in charge.

That was mental.

That was bizarre.

wrong instructions.

Yeah.

Remember, Ben, in stoppage time, Noel King was telling them to go to the corner and Gartland was telling them to whip it

in? It was so strange.

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I'm Noel King with Ashley Stevens, senior food editor at salon.com.

This summer, Ashley has found a partial solution to the problem of what can you safely eat? In the grocery store, she's been using an app that tells you if food has anything to do with Taylor Farms, where the Cyclospora outbreak originated, and she discovered it is a lot.

As I was scanning item after item, one, you realize how many items are actually connected to Taylor Farms.

They're nasty people.

In a statement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pointed out the name of the lake predates both countries, adding, quote, "Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario then, now, and always." Joining me now in the Group Chat, Noel King, cohost and editorial director of the Today Explained podcast, Jason Rantz, conservative radio host, and Sawyer Hackett, Democratic strategist.

All right.

I wanna turn to you, Noel.

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I'm Noel King with Julie Appleby.

She's a senior correspondent with KFF Health News.

So, as this conversation about Medicare for All heats up, it's worth remembering that healthcare in the US has long been a mess.

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