WEBVTT - Pressing Pause on Genocide

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Keep Send. Welcome to ok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Daniel Moody recording from the Home Bunker. So, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>it is Woke Wednesday. And what I launched last week

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<v Speaker 1>was a Woke Wednesday that was a little more formulaic

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of covering stories that I think are really

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<v Speaker 1>important and running through them with you. So Woke Wednesdays

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be top three stories that I think

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<v Speaker 1>that folks should be woke to and having conversations about

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<v Speaker 1>on your own social media platforms with your own friends, colleagues,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera. And so I want to start off today's

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<v Speaker 1>Woke Wednesday with sharing quickly the feelings that I've been having.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're following me on social media, which I know

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<v Speaker 1>that many of you do, you know, the weeks and

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<v Speaker 1>the days are getting very long. And I don't just

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<v Speaker 1>mean our move towards spring here, I mean just the constant,

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<v Speaker 1>just pounding of bad news. And I want to encourage

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<v Speaker 1>everyone that even as I go through my feelings on

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<v Speaker 1>social media about feeling hopeless, but you know, there are

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<v Speaker 1>times when I feel hopeless as everybody else does, and

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<v Speaker 1>so when you see that, don't think that I am

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<v Speaker 1>like walking away from my work, not yet anyway, but

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm just exhausted, as many of us are. I

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<v Speaker 1>just get fucking exhausted and overwhelmed, and it's usually a

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<v Speaker 1>time when I need to take a absolute break. And

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<v Speaker 1>so what in my break look like after the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Courts news, It looked like watching the amazing Disney Plus

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<v Speaker 1>animated series done by Kugali Media called Uwashu. And let

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<v Speaker 1>me just tell you, if you are looking for just

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<v Speaker 1>a little break, a little reprieve, watch this extraordinary little

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<v Speaker 1>animated series. It's the first time that Disney has ever

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<v Speaker 1>partnered with an outside group, an outside media company. Kugali

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<v Speaker 1>is the media company founded by three African men, two

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<v Speaker 1>Nigerian men, and one Ugandan. And the story is about

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<v Speaker 1>a wealthy Nigerian girl whose father is a tech billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>in a futuristic Legos and it is extraordinary the way

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<v Speaker 1>that it was done. It's inspiring, it's beautiful, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just loved it so much. I don't have kids. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched it because I wanted a break. So I say

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<v Speaker 1>all that to say, go ahead and check that out,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. So that's a little good news if you're

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<v Speaker 1>looking for a little reprieve from things. And also I

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<v Speaker 1>think that the more people that watch it, the more

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<v Speaker 1>that Disney will get the message that we want other stories,

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<v Speaker 1>that we want other tales. The world is rich, the

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<v Speaker 1>continent of Africa is rich, and this story and the

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<v Speaker 1>curation and the music all done by people inside the

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<v Speaker 1>continent and it's just it's glorious. And then they follow

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<v Speaker 1>up with a documentary on the making of it because

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<v Speaker 1>it was a huge undertaking in the first time that

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<v Speaker 1>Disney had ever done something like this. So anyway, Awaju

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<v Speaker 1>Disney Plus check it out. I'm not getting paid for this.

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<v Speaker 1>I just really loved it. All right. Now, let's get

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<v Speaker 1>into the news. So what are the top three stories.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start off with what happened over the weekend in

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<v Speaker 1>Selma at the fifty ninth anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Bloody

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday being the day when the late John Lewis among

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<v Speaker 1>other civil rights leaders were beaten because they crossed the

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<v Speaker 1>Edmund Pettish Bridge wanting to seek racial justice, equity, right

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<v Speaker 1>to be treated with dignity and respect, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>televised they were beaten bloody and it was one of

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<v Speaker 1>those inflection moments in the fight for civil rights. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what happens there on the fifty ninth anniversary, Well, Vice

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<v Speaker 1>President Kamala Harris gives a speech where she calls for

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<v Speaker 1>an immediate cease fire with a caveat of six weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>And while her speech is getting a lot of attention won,

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<v Speaker 1>there is controversy where what is being reported is saying

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<v Speaker 1>that her speech was worded down by the administration. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>right before she was to give it, that she had

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<v Speaker 1>harsher crittiques for Israel that were wordered down. Now, her

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<v Speaker 1>office has pushed back in a statement and said that

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<v Speaker 1>that was not the case, that what she offered was

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<v Speaker 1>in alignment with what President Biden had said two days

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<v Speaker 1>prior when he also called for a six week ceasefire. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>let me just take a breath. First of all, social

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<v Speaker 1>media is really giving us a front view to genocide.

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<v Speaker 1>We have now, according to the UN, have seen the

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<v Speaker 1>death of a tenth child, the tenth Palestinian child to starvation.

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<v Speaker 1>That is ISRAELI made right. We are seeing pictures I've

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<v Speaker 1>scrolled on social media to see the hollowed out dead

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<v Speaker 1>faces of children come across my feed. And we are

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<v Speaker 1>seeing the United States pat itself on the back for

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<v Speaker 1>air dropping thirty eight thousand you know, meals for millions

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<v Speaker 1>of people. Millions of people are in danger of starvation

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<v Speaker 1>and dehydration, not to mention, you know, being bombed to pieces.

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<v Speaker 1>But then the United States drops aid and wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be celebrated for that. But you're sending the money, our

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<v Speaker 1>money to drop the bombs that are causing the IDF

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<v Speaker 1>made famine in the first place. Are we in crazy town?

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<v Speaker 1>Like what the fuck is happening? Right? Like? Are we

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<v Speaker 1>in sane where you are both funding the aid and

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<v Speaker 1>funding the war at the same time, and we're supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to think that that shit is normal and not see

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<v Speaker 1>any hypocrisy in that or depravity in that. So when

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<v Speaker 1>I heard the Vice President's speech on the fifty ninth

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary of an inflection point in the civil rights movement,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, not only did I find it to

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<v Speaker 1>be in poor taste, I'm gonna be honest because folks

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<v Speaker 1>will tell me, oh, I'm coming to my senses because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about Israel and Gaza. First of all, I've

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about Israel and Gaza since the beginning of

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<v Speaker 1>the war, which, by the way, is not actually a war,

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<v Speaker 1>because the war is when two sides are fighting each other,

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<v Speaker 1>not just one side committing humanitarian crises. Right. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see the Palestinian people having the same equipment AMMO or anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I see them trying to fucking bake bread but being

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<v Speaker 1>blown up or shocked to death because they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>humanitarian aid tents to get flower. So it's not a war.

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<v Speaker 1>So let us be very clear about the language that

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<v Speaker 1>is being used to make us believe that somehow there

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<v Speaker 1>is some equal footing that is happening. There isn't. Thirty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand people are dead and counting. So when the United

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<v Speaker 1>States is calling for a six week cease fire, all

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<v Speaker 1>they are doing is pressing pause on a fucking genocide.

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<v Speaker 1>Let us be real about that. So I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to congratulate the administration for what doing what exactly, because

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<v Speaker 1>if the Biden administration wanted to put an end to

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<v Speaker 1>this fucking travesty, they could. They could get on the

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<v Speaker 1>horn and tell Natanyahu, guess what, the fucking American gravy

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<v Speaker 1>train that you've been slabbering up is over. It is done.

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<v Speaker 1>You are getting no more aid, you are getting no

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<v Speaker 1>more weapons, You are getting not a fucking thing until

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<v Speaker 1>the atrocities stop. How many more fucking stories do we

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<v Speaker 1>have to see about these disgusting, idf fucking militants. The rape,

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<v Speaker 1>the beatings, the posing with bodies and lingerie and all

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<v Speaker 1>of these things that just show their lack of humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to tell me that that's just a few

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<v Speaker 1>bad apples. Give me a fucking break. So, no, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna pat the administration on the back for pulling

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<v Speaker 1>some political theatrics just in time for the roundup of

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<v Speaker 1>the primaries. Give me a fucking break. You think we're stupid? So,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, folks, I say this to say and then

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<v Speaker 1>people are just like, so, then what you know? We're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna vote and we're not gonna do this, that

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<v Speaker 1>and the other thing. No, but if you think that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going into the voting booth happy to vote for

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<v Speaker 1>Biden and Harris, no i am not. But I'm also

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna put my life, my family's life, and all

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<v Speaker 1>of your lives at risk by another Trump administration or

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<v Speaker 1>any fucking Republican entering into the White House when they

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<v Speaker 1>are telling us very clearly about what they're doing. But

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<v Speaker 1>two things can be true at the same fucking time. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to sit around and use my social

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<v Speaker 1>media platform and my influence to smoke up people's ass

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<v Speaker 1>or gas like them into thinking that somehow Biden is

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<v Speaker 1>assault of the fucking earth. Not when you are the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why tens of thousands of fucking children are dead.

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<v Speaker 1>But do I think that Donald Trump would be a

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<v Speaker 1>good move? No, I do not. This is what it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like to be between a rock and a fucking

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<v Speaker 1>hard place. This is what it looks like when you

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<v Speaker 1>are forced to make really hard, fucking choices that challenge

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<v Speaker 1>your values, but you have enough common fucking sense to

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<v Speaker 1>know that what is staring you in the face is

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<v Speaker 1>your own demise And do you want to be a

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<v Speaker 1>party to that? Because you can't help anybody if you

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<v Speaker 1>can't help yourself. So don't get it twisted when people

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<v Speaker 1>see me commenting and i'llo so sharing videos and things

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<v Speaker 1>on social media talking about I came to my fucking sensus.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had sense switching gears the Supreme fucking Court. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday, the Supreme Court issues are ruling via their website,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, because the courts were actually closed to

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<v Speaker 1>say that in a nine zip decision. Oh, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>can remain on the ballots in Colorado and in other

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<v Speaker 1>states that tried to remove him because of the Constitution

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourteenth Amendment that says that participation in a

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<v Speaker 1>insurrection disallows you from the ballots. And apparently states rights

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<v Speaker 1>only matter if you are a red state and you

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<v Speaker 1>are taking away the rights of your constituents. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you are a blue or purple state and you were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to uphold the Constitution, apparently actually just a step

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<v Speaker 1>too far. Let me tell you something. One of our friends,

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<v Speaker 1>Elie Mistel, wrote a piece for The Nation that says

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<v Speaker 1>that the Supreme Court must be stopped, and I wholeheartedly agree.

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<v Speaker 1>There is nothing supreme about the Supreme Court that is

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<v Speaker 1>filled with fucking grifters right, that are filled with radical

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<v Speaker 1>right wing white supremacists right. And Clarence Thomas is absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>a white supremacist. Don't get it twisted. Who are an

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<v Speaker 1>unelected body that get to make rules and judgments for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of us, right, that get to decide who

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<v Speaker 1>has bodily autonomy and who doesn't that get to decide.

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<v Speaker 1>After fifty some years of affirmative action and trying to

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<v Speaker 1>rebalance the scales of slavery and Jim Crow, oh you've

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<v Speaker 1>gone a step too far. There's just too many successful

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<v Speaker 1>black and around people. I can't fucking stand the Supreme Court.

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<v Speaker 1>I have lost all faith, hope, and respect for that body.

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<v Speaker 1>And so this decision is not unlike the less bunches

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<v Speaker 1>of decisions or what is coming at us in June,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just more guns, less rights, less access, and

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<v Speaker 1>more white supremacy and patriarchy. That's what this is. And

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<v Speaker 1>so like what pissons me off about America and Americans,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the list is so long right now, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's the fact that, like every other fucking country, as

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<v Speaker 1>their rights are being violated and taken away, people just

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<v Speaker 1>up and fucking get in the streets for however long

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<v Speaker 1>that it takes. And I don't know if it is

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<v Speaker 1>that Americans are just so exhausted and overworked, are just

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<v Speaker 1>so like aloof I don't know what it is, but

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<v Speaker 1>this Supreme Court is fucking wrecking havoc on our democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>I posted this week and I said, look, I just

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<v Speaker 1>like I think that it's cruel for us to wait,

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<v Speaker 1>have to be forced to wait until fucking November to

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<v Speaker 1>find out that democracy is officially dead, right, Like I

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<v Speaker 1>would just love I would love it if and to

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<v Speaker 1>save the what's left of my nerves to just know

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<v Speaker 1>this ship is sailed. We're like on the Titanic and

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<v Speaker 1>everything is just slipping away. But it's so slow, it's

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<v Speaker 1>so goddamn painful. Right, I'm just like, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>death by a thousand cuts. I'm like, just off it already, right,

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<v Speaker 1>just pull the plug on democracy so that we all

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<v Speaker 1>just figure out what our next steps are. But this

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<v Speaker 1>slow fucking role death that is happening right now, it

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<v Speaker 1>is exactly what Steve Bannon wanted. It is the flooding

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<v Speaker 1>of the zone, the weakening of the spirit, the breaking

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<v Speaker 1>of the heart, the lifting of the veil, the clearing

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<v Speaker 1>of the rose colored glasses, like you name it. I

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<v Speaker 1>can keep going. And then at the same time, my

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<v Speaker 1>third story, right is France, France sitting back watching the

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<v Speaker 1>United States and saying, you know what, we're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>do here. We're not even gonna play around. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>enshrine abortion into the constitution. We're not even going to

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<v Speaker 1>waste time for there to be another right wing push

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<v Speaker 1>in this country, which, by the way, there was because

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<v Speaker 1>the wing, the fascists are on the rise, on the move.

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<v Speaker 1>They're all the rage these days. It's just trend. Be

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<v Speaker 1>like a motherfucker. And they said, so now we're not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna play games, We're not gonna make assumptions because look

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<v Speaker 1>at America. And so they just enshrined abortion into the constitution.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm saying to myself, wow, this is really it.

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<v Speaker 1>The rest of the world is looking at America and saying, oh, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>America is really at the find out stage. They've been

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<v Speaker 1>fucking around with everyone else's democracies, with everyone else's autonomy,

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<v Speaker 1>with leadership, and moving people in and out of different

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<v Speaker 1>countries and bombing these places and keeping quiet and all

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<v Speaker 1>of those things. And now the right wing, the white supremacists,

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<v Speaker 1>the Christian fascists, have taken hold. And while America was

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<v Speaker 1>looking down its nose at everyone else and saying, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>look at their elections. Look how crazy these things are.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank god, we're okay and safe. And now it's our turn,

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<v Speaker 1>because America's empire is done right like it's been. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixteen was the beginning of the end, and over

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<v Speaker 1>the last eight years we have unraveled, backslid and are

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<v Speaker 1>in an essential free fall. And it was the Daily

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<v Speaker 1>Beast that said recently that the Supreme Court just picked

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<v Speaker 1>up where the January sixth mob left off. And those

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<v Speaker 1>are facts. Right. We didn't want to believe Hillary Clinton

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<v Speaker 1>but her emails, but this, that and the other thing

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<v Speaker 1>she told us, whoever the next president is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be of these United States, is going to control the

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court. So any of the rights that you think

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<v Speaker 1>that you have are going to be gone? Was she wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>So my feeling about America is that folks are still

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<v Speaker 1>in this place of disbelief. It can't possibly happen here,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're watching it day by day. Right, they're watching

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<v Speaker 1>what happened in Oklahoma with the young non binary youth

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<v Speaker 1>that succumbed to trauma of being beaten, right, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma governor not giving a fuck. He didn't lose his job. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>he could come right out and say, we don't want

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<v Speaker 1>these people in our state. But we're looking at Ghana

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<v Speaker 1>getting ready to pass new laws that say that you

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<v Speaker 1>can't even say that you're gay without going to jail,

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<v Speaker 1>and we say, oh my god, how archaic the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>you think they get those rules from? Because white evangelical

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<v Speaker 1>Christians do their dirty work in nations in Africa to

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<v Speaker 1>see how things will play out. Right, what is happening

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<v Speaker 1>in Ghana is no different of what will happen in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States and a Trump administration or a Hally

0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:44.200
<v Speaker 1>administration or any Republican administration, they are telling you everything.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna outlaw IVF, They're gonna outlaw being gay, They're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna ban all of the books. They're gonna close down DEI,

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna close down HBCUs. They're gonna close down any

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<v Speaker 1>access to any money for any initiative that is not,

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<v Speaker 1>gonna deny climate change, gonna rid the country of child

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<v Speaker 1>labor laws, going to get rid of unions. I just

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<v Speaker 1>talked about a law the other day in Kentucky that

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<v Speaker 1>they're trying to put in place that would make it

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<v Speaker 1>okay for employers to no longer provide lunch breaks or

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<v Speaker 1>rest breaks. This is what the Republican Party is doing.

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<v Speaker 1>So yes, can I start out at the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the show cursing the Biden administration out and saying that

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<v Speaker 1>they are putting us between a rock and a hard place. Apps,

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<v Speaker 1>So fucking lutey do I also know what the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party is doing apps fucking lutey. Two things

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<v Speaker 1>can be true at the same time. I can absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>be disgusted with the Biden administration's actions in Israel, and

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<v Speaker 1>I can absolutely know that we are in the midst

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<v Speaker 1>of an existential crisis. And do I think that if, if, if,

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<v Speaker 1>by the grace of God, Biden is re elected in November,

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<v Speaker 1>do I think that we are safe and clear. Absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that we'll ever be safe or clear again,

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<v Speaker 1>because unless somebody wants to actually take control and say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, the Department of Justice is opening up

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<v Speaker 1>an investigation into the Supreme Court. You know what, We're

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<v Speaker 1>not only going to try and convict the footshoulders of

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<v Speaker 1>the insurrection, but we're going after members of Congress. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what. That We're going to pave the way for

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<v Speaker 1>the Justice Department to take down Donald Trump and then

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<v Speaker 1>go after all of his sick offens, all of the

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<v Speaker 1>people that aided and abetted his crime spree. Like, unless

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to go to the root of the rot,

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<v Speaker 1>you can just expect a new crop every few fucking years.

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<v Speaker 1>So all the election re election of Joe Biden will

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<v Speaker 1>do is bias time unless we're willing to use that

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<v Speaker 1>time to get to the rot. That's the question that

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<v Speaker 1>we have to ask ourselves. But understand again that we

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<v Speaker 1>are absolutely between a rock and a hard place. The

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<v Speaker 1>decisions that we make in the next several months are

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<v Speaker 1>going to affect the next several generations. What will it be? That?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it for me? Today? Dear friends on wokf as

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<v Speaker 1>all power to the people and to all the people power,

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<v Speaker 1>Get woke and stay woke as fuck. M.