WEBVTT - America is No More

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Peevesend. Welcome to wik f Daily with me

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<v Speaker 1>your girl Daniel Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I keep wondering how many red flags are

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<v Speaker 1>enough for us to recognize that the America that we

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<v Speaker 1>all grew up in is no more that what we

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<v Speaker 1>believed to be. Institutions that were above reproach, people that

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<v Speaker 1>deserved our reverence are just political hacks that are full

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<v Speaker 1>of shit. I point to you on this Memorial Day

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<v Speaker 1>a recent article that came out at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>last week that is surely yeah, is it an eye roll? Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it something that we should really probably be paying

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<v Speaker 1>attention to. Yeah, I think so. So we've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this on the show before, which is that Justice Alito,

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<v Speaker 1>in front of his home had flown a flag that

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<v Speaker 1>was an upside down American flag on his home in Virginia,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, well, that wasn't really me, it was

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<v Speaker 1>my wife. You know, she handles apparently the decorating, you

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<v Speaker 1>know how nineteen fifties of him. And you know, this

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<v Speaker 1>goes in line with other politicians that love to throw

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<v Speaker 1>their wives under the bus or just like feign ignorance

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<v Speaker 1>in their own homes, you know. Well, come to find

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<v Speaker 1>out that the New York Times found another quote unquote

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<v Speaker 1>provocative flag, as they've put in their article that quote,

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<v Speaker 1>the Justice's beach house displayed an appeal to Heaven flag,

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<v Speaker 1>a symbol carried on January sixth and associated with a

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<v Speaker 1>push for a more Christian minded government. I'll go you

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<v Speaker 1>one step further, New York Times, because you never seem

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<v Speaker 1>to go far enough, which is that, No, this isn't

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<v Speaker 1>just about a quote unquote Christian minded government. This is

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<v Speaker 1>about Christian nationalism. It is about white Christian nationalism right

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<v Speaker 1>in this country that Justice Alito and his entire family,

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<v Speaker 1>including his little lady of a wife who's in charge

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<v Speaker 1>of the decorating, believe in and so reminded that justices

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<v Speaker 1>are supposed to just look at the law. They're supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be, you know, aligned with precedent, aligned with what

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<v Speaker 1>the law and the Constitution states. But what we have

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<v Speaker 1>seen with regard to these justices is that that couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be further from the fucking truth. They are all political,

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<v Speaker 1>fucking HAPs And frankly, what Justice Alito is showing, and again,

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<v Speaker 1>what's the recourse, what's the punishment? Is it just the

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<v Speaker 1>finger wag. There is no punishment, friends, for a lifetime appointment.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't even call Justice Roberts before the Senate Judiciary

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<v Speaker 1>Committee because guess what, he just won't show up. And

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<v Speaker 1>for the New York Times to say it is a

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<v Speaker 1>provocative flag, give me a fucking break. What do you

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<v Speaker 1>think would happen if Katanji Brown Jackson or Sonya sotomayor

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<v Speaker 1>right hung a Black Lives Matter flag at their homes? Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I am not trying to equate white Christian nationalism with

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<v Speaker 1>Black Lives Matter, But what I'm saying is, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think that the right would do if that were

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. What do you think would happen if Katanji

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<v Speaker 1>Brown Jackson's husband had been on the phone with Biden's

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<v Speaker 1>chief of staff trying to talk to them about the

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<v Speaker 1>upcoming twenty twenty four election. What do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>the right would do with that information? They'd be forced

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<v Speaker 1>to resign. So when I see these stories that continue

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<v Speaker 1>to just mount, I don't want us to become desensitized

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<v Speaker 1>to the fact that we are supposed to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to hold our justices in esteem. But what Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>and what the Republican Party has done to the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court over the last several years is bring it into

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<v Speaker 1>the sewer. Is use and weaponize this Supreme Court to

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<v Speaker 1>push through a white nationalist agenda. I haven't heard yet

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<v Speaker 1>Biden's campaign talk about the importance of the courts or

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<v Speaker 1>expanding the courts. Oh, because that's too controversial. But apparently

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<v Speaker 1>Justice Alito flying whatever flags he wants in front of

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<v Speaker 1>his house that denote his political allegiance and his ideology.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently that's okay. So I want to read part of

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<v Speaker 1>this article in the New York Times about Alito's flag,

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<v Speaker 1>just so you have an idea of where our Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court is right now. Quote. Last summer, two years after

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<v Speaker 1>an upside down American flag was flown outside the Virginia

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<v Speaker 1>home of Justice Samuel Alito Junior, another provocative symbol was

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<v Speaker 1>displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to

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<v Speaker 1>interviews and photographs. This time it was the quote appeal

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<v Speaker 1>to Heaven flag, which, like the inverted US flag, was

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<v Speaker 1>carried by rioters at the Capitol on January sixth, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one. Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it

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<v Speaker 1>dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into

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<v Speaker 1>obscurity until recent years, and is now a symbol of

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<v Speaker 1>support for former President Donald Trump for a religious strand

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<v Speaker 1>of the Stop the Steel campaign for a push to

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<v Speaker 1>remake American government in Christian terms. Three photographs obtained by

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<v Speaker 1>The New York Times, along with accounts from a half

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<v Speaker 1>dozen neighbors and passer buyers, show that the Appeal to

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<v Speaker 1>Heaven flag was aloft at the Alito home on Long

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<v Speaker 1>Beach Island in July and September of twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>A Google street View image from late August also shows

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<v Speaker 1>the flag. The photographs, each taken independently, are from four

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<v Speaker 1>different dates. It is not clear whether the flag was

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<v Speaker 1>displayed continuously during those months or how long it flown

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<v Speaker 1>was flown overall. Who gives a fuck? Who cares if

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<v Speaker 1>it was flown throughout the year, if it was flown

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<v Speaker 1>for five minutes. We now have a black and white

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<v Speaker 1>understanding of what the flag means where it was carried previously, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is in front of a Supreme Court justices home,

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<v Speaker 1>not once, but fucking twice, not one home but two homes.

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<v Speaker 1>So are we all just supposed to be like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you can fly whatever you want out of your home

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<v Speaker 1>when you're supposed to be the arbiter of law and

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<v Speaker 1>order in this country. And that is a symbol that

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<v Speaker 1>was used on one of the darkest days in modern history,

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<v Speaker 1>in this coy for our Capitol building that had never

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<v Speaker 1>been breached, not in any war, except for on January sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty one. And you're telling me that two years

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<v Speaker 1>after that most disgusting display of white supremacy, that a

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court justice two years later is flying that flag

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<v Speaker 1>and thinking nothing of it. And we're just supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>what dismiss it? I tell you, folks, You know it

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<v Speaker 1>is wild. It is ridiculous that these people are even

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<v Speaker 1>right in at like Justice Alito hasn't recused himself from

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump's immunity case, right, Clarence Thomas hasn't recused himself

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<v Speaker 1>from anything having to do with Donald Trump, knowing that

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<v Speaker 1>both of their wives are clearly in bed with MAGA.

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<v Speaker 1>Justice John Roberts is not saying, you know what, our

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<v Speaker 1>poll numbers are in the shitter. This looks really bad. Y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>Two should sit this one out. We just continue to

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<v Speaker 1>move along with business as usual while these people wreck

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<v Speaker 1>havoc on our country and try and mold it into

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<v Speaker 1>what they deem to be true. America is not a

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<v Speaker 1>fucking Christian nation. America was founded by some religious zealots

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<v Speaker 1>who didn't want to pay taxes and fled the rule

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<v Speaker 1>of the king. America is indigenous land that was home

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<v Speaker 1>to many and many a tribes that believed in community,

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<v Speaker 1>that believed in alignment with nature and spirit and the universe.

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<v Speaker 1>People of all different faiths call America home. What makes

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<v Speaker 1>America exceptional? If there is anything left that makes America exceptional,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a fact that, you know what. When I go

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<v Speaker 1>walking in one of my favorite parks in New York City,

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<v Speaker 1>I hear a barrage of languages. I see people meditating, praying,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is beautiful. I see drivers at times pull

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<v Speaker 1>over with their prayermats so they can observe their islam

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<v Speaker 1>faith right. I walk past Jewish delis that are closed

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<v Speaker 1>on the high holidays. I see people adorned in all

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<v Speaker 1>different modes, expressive of their religious faith, and largely do

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<v Speaker 1>so without harassment, without fear, because that's what it means

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<v Speaker 1>to have freedom of religion in this country. But what

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<v Speaker 1>these Republicans are doing aided and abedded by this grifting,

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<v Speaker 1>cheating Supreme Court is to shape it into their vision

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<v Speaker 1>where they put prayer back in school, but not your

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<v Speaker 1>prayer or my prayer, but the prayer that they want

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<v Speaker 1>you to do. Let me take you into a dark

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<v Speaker 1>place in my mind. Donald Trump is elected and within

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<v Speaker 1>the first one hundred days, moss all across this country

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<v Speaker 1>are closed. Synagogues are shuddered, All houses of faith that

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<v Speaker 1>are not white or Christian are shuddered because Trump says so,

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<v Speaker 1>and people say no, that could never happen, because blah

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<v Speaker 1>blah blah, stop with the that could never happen. If

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<v Speaker 1>there is anything that we have learned over the last

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<v Speaker 1>nine years of trump Ism is that any fucking thing

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<v Speaker 1>is possible, That even the darkest corners of our mind

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<v Speaker 1>where we're just like you know what, I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>want to think it because if I think it, then

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<v Speaker 1>I give it energy, and if I give it energy,

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<v Speaker 1>I give it life. Those dark, dark things that we

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<v Speaker 1>push out of our minds can happen and will happen.

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<v Speaker 1>The other day I posted a video on TikTok and

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<v Speaker 1>I was responding to a comment that was made, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was an honest comment and I think the person

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<v Speaker 1>who had posted it. The comment said I hate that

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<v Speaker 1>I have to vote Biden, but I will. And I

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<v Speaker 1>responded to that comment and I said, I appreciate you right,

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<v Speaker 1>because I know that people are angry. I am angry,

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<v Speaker 1>I am disgusted, But I will tell you that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care if I have to wash down this hard

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<v Speaker 1>pill that we are going to need to swallow together

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<v Speaker 1>on November fifth. But I'm going to tell you, folks

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't have to be aligned with this man

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<v Speaker 1>on everything. You don't have to like him, We don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to want to have a beer with him. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to want to put his face on a

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<v Speaker 1>T shirt or a flag in our front yard. But

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<v Speaker 1>what we need to do, what we need to reconcile with,

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<v Speaker 1>is that this time around, maybe we do want to

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<v Speaker 1>be like Republicans and be single issue voters, and that

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<v Speaker 1>single issue be our freedom, be our rights, be our democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>If you care about women, right, if you care about women,

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<v Speaker 1>or you are a woman, or you have a uterus,

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<v Speaker 1>I suggest you take a look at what is happening

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<v Speaker 1>in places like Louisiana and Virginia, places where those Republican

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<v Speaker 1>governors are voting to block access to contraception, where Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump himself came out and want to do double talk

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<v Speaker 1>on contraception right signaling to his religious zealot base that

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<v Speaker 1>that's next on the chopping block. We then doing a

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<v Speaker 1>double talk and being like, oh no, no, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean what I said. Donald Trump at this point means

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<v Speaker 1>everything that he says, and he should take him at

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<v Speaker 1>his word. And so when we look out at this

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<v Speaker 1>country right now, this post ro v. Wade world, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>states no longer have full access to abortion. In twelve

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<v Speaker 1>plus of those states, abortion is banned outright, with no

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<v Speaker 1>exceptions for rape or incest or even right the life

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<v Speaker 1>of the pregnant person. They don't give a fuck. The

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<v Speaker 1>other day at the Supreme Court hearing, you listen to

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<v Speaker 1>Justice's debate how much blood a patient would have to

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<v Speaker 1>lose in order for a doctor to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>administer abortion care, how many organs need to be failing.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't see women and people with uteruses as whole,

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<v Speaker 1>complete human beings, worthy of life and dignity and respect

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<v Speaker 1>and autonomy. They see us as parts parts that they

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<v Speaker 1>don't care if they fail, are wherever able to rebound.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if these motherfuckers think that pregnancy and

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<v Speaker 1>childbirth looks like this stork visiting your house, knocking on

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<v Speaker 1>the door and leaving and just a fresh, clean, healthy baby.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not what childbirth is. That's not what pregnancy is.

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<v Speaker 1>And most people don't know that until they become pregnant

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<v Speaker 1>that it is indeed a miracle if you choose and

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<v Speaker 1>are able to give birth to a healthy child, because

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of things that can and do go wrong

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<v Speaker 1>is terrifying, the amount of things that can go wrong

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<v Speaker 1>in delivery terrifying. I had somebody say to me the

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<v Speaker 1>other day that they were talking to a friend that

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<v Speaker 1>is trying to get pregnant, And I probably mentioned this

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<v Speaker 1>to you before, but it is sticking with me that

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<v Speaker 1>they're worried about flying around the country for work and

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<v Speaker 1>need to make sure that their flights are rooted through,

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<v Speaker 1>routed through states that still allow abortion, because what if

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<v Speaker 1>she miscarries and her layovers in Georgia or Louisiana, It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter that she's not from there, it matters what

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<v Speaker 1>hospital she would be denied care at. No person, no

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<v Speaker 1>person should have to deal with that kind of stress

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<v Speaker 1>and worry, you know, That's one of the stories that

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<v Speaker 1>we used to tell as LGBTQ plus people with regard

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<v Speaker 1>to marriage equality. What if before we had marriage equality,

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<v Speaker 1>you were traveling with your partner and they fell ill,

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<v Speaker 1>and you were denied the ability to make their care

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<v Speaker 1>decisions or even see them because you were gay, because

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<v Speaker 1>you were trans. We had to make it visual the

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<v Speaker 1>patchwork of protections that people had, and what folks need

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<v Speaker 1>to think about, what they need to have on their person.

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<v Speaker 1>It's too much, folks. So when I say that there

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<v Speaker 1>is so much, so very much that is at stake

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<v Speaker 1>in this election, you don't need to check every issue

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<v Speaker 1>and say, well, he's not Biden isn't one hundred percent

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<v Speaker 1>with me on all of the issues that I care about.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm going to sit this one out, pick one

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<v Speaker 1>of them, and I will remain steadfast with the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that you cannot fight for democracy anywhere else in this

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<v Speaker 1>world if you lose it at home. Because if we

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<v Speaker 1>lose democracy in this country, we lose our voice, we

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<v Speaker 1>lose our power, and we won't be able to exercise

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<v Speaker 1>it or wield it elsewhere. That's the truth, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we're facing. Donald Trump is very clear. Maga is very clear.

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<v Speaker 1>It is laid out in Project twenty twenty five, in

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<v Speaker 1>nine hundred plus pages on the Heritage Foundation dot org.

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<v Speaker 1>What their plan is, what's your plan for November twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four. That's what we need to be thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>over the next several months. That is it for me today.

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<v Speaker 1>Dear friends on wokf as always, power to the people

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<v Speaker 1>and to all the people. Power, get woke and stay

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<v Speaker 1>woke as fuck.