WEBVTT - The Bloodless Insurrection

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to bokay f Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I want to start with this. We are

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<v Speaker 1>about a couple of days removed from the second anniversary

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<v Speaker 1>of the insurrection, the attempt to overthrow our government by Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>insurrectionist driven you know, orchestrated, driven and strategized directed by

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<v Speaker 1>the President of the United States. And as you guys know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, much like COVID, I like to keep a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of things in the news that other people don't.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to just you know, move on as if

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<v Speaker 1>all is well. We don't need to be concerned with

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<v Speaker 1>this growing threat. And what we witnessed last week on

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<v Speaker 1>the floor of the House was as my friend Charles Ellison,

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<v Speaker 1>who hosts a show on WRD in Philadelphia, he called

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<v Speaker 1>it the bloodless insurreption, and I said, Charles, you're absolutely right,

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<v Speaker 1>because we have one hundred and forty seven members. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that after the attack on the Capitol in January six,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty one voted to overturn the election. One hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and forty seven and somehow right now the media wants

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<v Speaker 1>to use the term rebels for the Lauren Bouberts and

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<v Speaker 1>the Matt Gates and the Paul Ghosers of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And then somehow, in their mindset, Marjorie Taylor Green and

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Jordan have become moderates? Are we all dumb? Or

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<v Speaker 1>is the memory that's short? Right? That because you're deciding

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<v Speaker 1>that you're going to, oh, I don't know, vote along

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<v Speaker 1>party lines for your speaker, who is an absolute spineless

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<v Speaker 1>amiba of a human being, that somehow that makes you

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<v Speaker 1>a moderate. Let me news flash, okay, to every media outlet,

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<v Speaker 1>there were no fucking moderate Republicans. They don't exist anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>When you are given everything from the fucking Mulla Report,

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<v Speaker 1>to all of the information that the January sixth Committee

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<v Speaker 1>put together, to all of the impeachment the two impeachments

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<v Speaker 1>that happened right that we're put together. When you are

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<v Speaker 1>given all of that, and then you decide, because of power,

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<v Speaker 1>that you would rather keep this criminal enterprise crackpot as

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<v Speaker 1>the leader of your party than do right by this country,

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<v Speaker 1>you cease being able to utilize the title fucking moderate.

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<v Speaker 1>And I swear to God, you know, I keep going

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<v Speaker 1>back in my mind about when I was in middle school,

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<v Speaker 1>in high school whenever it is, and who knows now

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<v Speaker 1>because in Florida apparently you don't learn anything, as is

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<v Speaker 1>with Texas too. But I remember learning about the Holocaust,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've said this before on WOKEA learning before about

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<v Speaker 1>the Holocaust, and we it was in middle school and

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<v Speaker 1>we had a half day at my school where we

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<v Speaker 1>were watching Schindler's List. Now it's so amazing to me,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I can only imagine that if you in

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<v Speaker 1>today's age we're trying to organize a showing of Schindler's

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<v Speaker 1>a List, the cans of bomb threats that my school

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<v Speaker 1>in this day and age would have received. Isn't that

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<v Speaker 1>fucking crazy that I can only imagine the bomb threats,

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<v Speaker 1>the protests on the outside of school. Because where I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up is now quote unquote Trump country. All of

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<v Speaker 1>Eastern Long Island was in the bag for Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>You see Trump flags all over the neighborhoods that I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up. And what's crazy is that when I'm visiting

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<v Speaker 1>my family, it's almost as if like there is this

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<v Speaker 1>layer that I never either. It was always there, and

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<v Speaker 1>as a young kid, I just didn't realize it. But

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<v Speaker 1>I was a black kid growing up in a predominantly

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<v Speaker 1>white community. I of course faced like racism, but very

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<v Speaker 1>sparse in comparison to the atrocious stories that you hear

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<v Speaker 1>to day and atrocious stories through our history. Mine was

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<v Speaker 1>marginal at best. It doesn't mean that it didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>any impact, and I'm not trying to mitigate it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just saying that, in comparison, was marginal at best. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's not as if I grew up with a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of fear or I grew up with a sense of

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<v Speaker 1>shame about my blackness or anything like that. I didn't, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which is great because I'm the person I am, because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm able to navigate spaces where I'm not the majority

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<v Speaker 1>that is in the room right where I'm able to

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<v Speaker 1>not wait for permission to be seen, because if I

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<v Speaker 1>did that, then I would still be the kid in

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<v Speaker 1>the back of the classroom with their hand held up,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting to be fucking called on. Nonetheless, I think about

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<v Speaker 1>these experiences that I had, and you know, watching Schindler's

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<v Speaker 1>List with my classmates in tears and being like, how

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<v Speaker 1>could a society let this happen? Right? Like, how do

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<v Speaker 1>you just go about your day as your neighbors are

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<v Speaker 1>being carted off to concentration camps, but you're like still

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<v Speaker 1>going to the movies and still going to dinner, and

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<v Speaker 1>just like going about as if life is normal, when

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<v Speaker 1>people just are disappearing right, and the reality is is

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<v Speaker 1>that what do we know now? It happens bit by bit.

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<v Speaker 1>It happens with being propped up by the media. It

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<v Speaker 1>happens with those who dare to tell the truth and say,

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<v Speaker 1>see these patterns, look at these characteristics. This is Mussolini

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<v Speaker 1>and the making. This is a mini Hitler. And people

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<v Speaker 1>are like, oh no, you're being hyperbolic. Oh no, that'll

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<v Speaker 1>never happen here, because the idea of American exceptionalism is

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<v Speaker 1>so embedded into the value set of this country that

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't allow us to see the forest through the

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<v Speaker 1>trees because you think that, oh no, I'm much better

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<v Speaker 1>than the Italians and the Germans and the Brazilians. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, every fucking place else that has been taken

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<v Speaker 1>over by a dictator or an authoritarian, Oh, that could

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<v Speaker 1>never happen in America. Americans would never let that happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You have motherfuckers that are out cheering the hanging of

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<v Speaker 1>their Republican Vice President milktoast motherfucker, a man who couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be more Republican if he tried, and they were willing

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<v Speaker 1>to hang him on the steps of the Capitol Building.

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<v Speaker 1>You have people like Donald Trump spawn egging on the

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<v Speaker 1>terrorists that invaded Nancy Pelosi's home, Ambassador husband sculling with

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<v Speaker 1>a hammer. Oh, that's funny to them. Right now. You

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<v Speaker 1>have former Capitol Police Office Sir Michael Phenone, whose quest

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<v Speaker 1>is just to get the Republican Party and members to

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<v Speaker 1>admit that political violence is a problem and to denounce

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<v Speaker 1>it when they see it, and they refuse. So when

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<v Speaker 1>I turn on the television and got all the alerts

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<v Speaker 1>earlier this week about what the fuck was happening in Brazil,

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<v Speaker 1>about the insurrection that happened there that looked eerily split screen,

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<v Speaker 1>exactly like what happened on January six, twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're watching it now. Our far right extremism be exported.

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<v Speaker 1>Far right extremism, magaism, and Trumpism is now our greatest export.

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<v Speaker 1>Those motherfuckers in Brazil take over their capital, trash every place,

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<v Speaker 1>they took on the courts, they take on the Capitol Building.

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<v Speaker 1>But Funny enough, unlike the fucking United States guests who

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<v Speaker 1>was arrested on the same day the very people that

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<v Speaker 1>ransacked the Capitol building, they were actually hauled off in handcuffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine that that it didn't take six months to go

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<v Speaker 1>searching through somebody's fucking Facebook page in order to find

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<v Speaker 1>them to then give them a slap on the risk. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Susy didn't know what she was doing. She just got

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<v Speaker 1>caught up, right, because white people stay getting caught up

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<v Speaker 1>in some shit. They can't possibly ever take responsibility for

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<v Speaker 1>their actions. And no, because they actually don't know their history,

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<v Speaker 1>have no idea what they're capable of, or matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 1>just like to turn, you know, a blind eye to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Couldn't possibly be us. Oh, but it is, and the

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<v Speaker 1>world is learning by fact. Thank you very much to

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<v Speaker 1>Mary Garland for doing absolutely nothing. Two years and we're

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<v Speaker 1>still holding our breath, holding out hope and saying, well,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe this year will be the year, but probably not.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, news came out that the grand jury that

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<v Speaker 1>was called in Georgia to look into the insurrection in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the ballot but you know, Donald Trump's go

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<v Speaker 1>find me eleven seven hundred and some odd votes. That

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<v Speaker 1>this grand jury has now completed their work January twenty fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>a judge will now hear from that report, which the

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<v Speaker 1>grand jury has voted to be made public. Now the

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<v Speaker 1>decision is in the Attorney General in Fannie Willis's hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there enough in the report to indict? And I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta tell you, just based on my own seeing ass

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<v Speaker 1>eyes alone, it seems that there's another fucking case. It's

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not anyone has the ovaries or the balls

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<v Speaker 1>to actually bring Donald Trump up on criminal charges, knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that the man has been on a crime spree in

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<v Speaker 1>these United States for at least thirty fucking years. Nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>it is incredibly frustrating that here we are, just a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks into the new year. We want to

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<v Speaker 1>hold out hope, because that's what the new year is about,

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<v Speaker 1>is about turning a page and feeling like we can

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<v Speaker 1>learn the lessons from the past and bring them into

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<v Speaker 1>the future. But lo and behold, there doesn't feel like

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<v Speaker 1>there is going to be a lot of movement, at

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<v Speaker 1>least not in the direction of justice. But when we

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<v Speaker 1>look at what is playing out in places like Brazil,

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<v Speaker 1>we say, oh, there is movement there is movement on

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<v Speaker 1>the side of authoritarianism. There is movement on the side

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<v Speaker 1>of people who want a dictatorship to come back and

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<v Speaker 1>rule over Brazil, which is absolutely batshit crazy, but this

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<v Speaker 1>is what these people want. They are hopped up on

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<v Speaker 1>lies and disinformation and cult of personality, and come to

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<v Speaker 1>find out, oh, this was funny as fuck. Balsonaro also

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<v Speaker 1>is not in Brazil right now. He is in Florida

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<v Speaker 1>receiving medical services because apparently we do that with dictators

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States. Not only do we export our bullshit,

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<v Speaker 1>but we import those people to use, you know, our

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<v Speaker 1>top notch medical facilities. Nonetheless, come to find out that

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<v Speaker 1>his children have tried to flee to the Italian embassy

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<v Speaker 1>inside of Brazil to get Italian passports so that they

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<v Speaker 1>can leave the country because guess who else is up

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<v Speaker 1>under investigation for criminal activity. The apple does not fall

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<v Speaker 1>far from the Trump endorsed tree, my friends, Balsonaro has

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<v Speaker 1>been labeled as the mini Trump, and this is exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what he's doing in Brazil, is what Donald Trump has

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<v Speaker 1>been doing. And yet somehow these men are looked at

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<v Speaker 1>as strong men. They're looked at as men to be

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<v Speaker 1>revered and they are nothing more than performance art. It's

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<v Speaker 1>unmistakable the place that we still find ourselves, which is this.

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<v Speaker 1>Our democracy is still very much under attack. Our democracy

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<v Speaker 1>is still very much hanging on by a thread. We

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<v Speaker 1>now have insurrectionists that have been elected to government that

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<v Speaker 1>are going to do their best to finish what it

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<v Speaker 1>was that their foot soldiers couldn't do on the grounds

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<v Speaker 1>in the day on January six, twenty twenty one. What

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<v Speaker 1>they couldn't finish the job then while they just ran

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<v Speaker 1>for office a couple of years later. And guess why

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<v Speaker 1>they were able to run for office. Oh, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's because none of them were held accountable for

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<v Speaker 1>their part in the insurrection. It's just a page apparently

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<v Speaker 1>that Merritt Garland thinks that we can just turn and

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<v Speaker 1>move on. The thing is is that people don't learn

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<v Speaker 1>from bad behavior. They only learn if they're held accountable

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<v Speaker 1>for that bad behavior. If they're not, then guess what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>They get worse, The monster gets bigger because now they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>look at me, look what I was able to get

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<v Speaker 1>away with. And so then they keep going. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. We now have a whole Insurrectionist Caucus. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Freedom Caucus has grown bigger because of why not

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<v Speaker 1>just because of the voters, folks, because Americans are not

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<v Speaker 1>that crazy. It's the fact that we have allowed Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to gerrymander house districts to look like some

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<v Speaker 1>type of string confetti is a district to ensure that

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans get sent back to the House of Representatives. But

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<v Speaker 1>I will tell you that if the last few days

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<v Speaker 1>or any indication of what we are up against in

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<v Speaker 1>the next two years, then we know for a fact

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<v Speaker 1>that not only are we bracing ourselves for the full

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans circ dis Ola bullshit, but that we're not getting

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<v Speaker 1>anything else done. In November, it was reported that over

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred thousand people across the border, the most in

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<v Speaker 1>history to date. And you know, we know that both

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<v Speaker 1>and I will say this, this is actually a both

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<v Speaker 1>sides thing that I will say, neither Republicans or Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>have a very good idea what to do in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of creating paths to citizenship. Not only that, but America

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't really taken any responsibility for their role in destroying

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<v Speaker 1>economies in other countries, bolstering up either drug lords or dictators,

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<v Speaker 1>and then not intervening when America has already extracted everything

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<v Speaker 1>that it can get, and then wondering why these people

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<v Speaker 1>end up on our borders because you've created absolute mayhem

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<v Speaker 1>in their countries and have done nothing to make amends.

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<v Speaker 1>So what are they supposed to do? Right? We only

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<v Speaker 1>ever see and are ever fed the picture that is

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<v Speaker 1>directly in front of us. No one is ever providing

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<v Speaker 1>any of the back history or intel as to how

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<v Speaker 1>these countries gotten to the situations where they are. At

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<v Speaker 1>this point where tens of thousands of their people need

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<v Speaker 1>to flee with nothing but a knapsack on their backs,

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<v Speaker 1>are willing literally to risk everything, including their lives, to

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<v Speaker 1>make it over the boarder. So, folks, this problem isn't

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<v Speaker 1>going to be solved one because we don't have serious

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<v Speaker 1>people on the side of the Republican Party. But we

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<v Speaker 1>also don't have brave people that are willing to tell

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<v Speaker 1>the American people the truth and say, you know all

0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:24.840
<v Speaker 1>that bullshit that you've been believing for decades upon decades, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's lies that was force fed to you based on

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<v Speaker 1>what white supremacy and capitalism. If we weren't able to

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<v Speaker 1>make money off of that country anymore. Think that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we didn't really care. So we move prime ministers and

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<v Speaker 1>presidents around like chess pieces on a board because that's

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<v Speaker 1>what wealthier nations are able to do. But it's the

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<v Speaker 1>people on the ground. Those are the ones that make

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest sacrifices. But we don't humanize them. No, you

0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:04.800
<v Speaker 1>have politicians, abbot and discantists that further to humanize these

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<v Speaker 1>people by making them a political stunt, turning them into

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<v Speaker 1>a butt of their right wing fascist jokes, not ever

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<v Speaker 1>asking themselves what would force families to literally walk four

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<v Speaker 1>months for months? So I'm not talking about hours, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not even talking about a couple of days. I'm talking

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<v Speaker 1>about four months. What kind of fear would be inside

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<v Speaker 1>you to give what little money that you have to

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<v Speaker 1>these coyotes that put you in the back of trucks

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<v Speaker 1>that have no ventilation, no windows, there's no way for

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<v Speaker 1>you to get in and out other than under their

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<v Speaker 1>lock and key. But we don't have those conversations. We

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<v Speaker 1>always want to do fucking case studies on white people

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<v Speaker 1>and how they think, the way they think and why, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>let's understand the Trump voter. I don't need to understand

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<v Speaker 1>racism to any deep extent. But I would love to

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<v Speaker 1>understand what has happened in places like Venezuela and Guatemala

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<v Speaker 1>and in Mexico and what America's responsibility was and is.

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<v Speaker 1>But we don't want to have that conversation. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>good political fodder. So if we think that big topics

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<v Speaker 1>like this or how about this, folks, At the time

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<v Speaker 1>of this taping, California has issued a state of emergency.

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<v Speaker 1>There are multiple cyclones winter cyclones that are causing mudslides,

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<v Speaker 1>record breaking snow and more that is happening and at

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<v Speaker 1>to this point, over a dozen people have been killed. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that sounds eerily familiar. But on the other side of

0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:10.800
<v Speaker 1>the country where we had forty plus people freeze in

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<v Speaker 1>their cars because of another historic storm that happened up

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<v Speaker 1>in Buffalo. But we don't have people that are willing

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<v Speaker 1>to have these conversations, no, because the Republican Party is

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<v Speaker 1>too busy denying science and truth to actually recognize that

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<v Speaker 1>we are way past Oh what will happen with the

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<v Speaker 1>impending climate crisis? We cross that bridge or I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>we couldn't because it was washed away by a fucking

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<v Speaker 1>historic hurricane, but no one is there to meet Americans

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<v Speaker 1>where they are and say this is how we can

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<v Speaker 1>help you. That's not who the Republican Party is. It's

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<v Speaker 1>never been. They had a better mask during the Reagan

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<v Speaker 1>years if you weren't paying attention to the war on drugs,

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<v Speaker 1>or better the war on black people. So now we

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<v Speaker 1>are at the perfect storm or one of my favorite

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<v Speaker 1>horrible but good movies, The Day After Tomorrow, where it's

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<v Speaker 1>like all of these major storms converge on one and

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<v Speaker 1>we fast forward into another ice age. Because that's how

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<v Speaker 1>we fucked up the planet that much. You look at

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<v Speaker 1>what Republicans do to the earth here, gutting of the

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<v Speaker 1>EPA during the Trump administration, giving corporations anything and everything

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<v Speaker 1>that they want in order to destroy the environment because

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<v Speaker 1>you know, trickle down blah blah blah. Bulsonato in Brazil

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<v Speaker 1>basically wanted to turn the rainforest into you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>woodshed so that he could make any amount of money possible.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just like it's the same people. They just

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<v Speaker 1>have different names, but it's the same mentality. Extract and

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<v Speaker 1>colonize and oppress for power and money. The goal of

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats and those who actually believe in community, who believe

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<v Speaker 1>in equity. It's up to us to figure out how

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<v Speaker 1>to message, how to show these people for who they are.

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<v Speaker 1>Because these folks know how to use the media, they

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<v Speaker 1>know how to tell a good lie, and they watch

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<v Speaker 1>it spread like a forest fire. And then all the

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<v Speaker 1>media does is what continue to give them oxygen because

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<v Speaker 1>it's clickbait, because it's ratings, because it's quote unquote good

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<v Speaker 1>for business. It seems to me these days that what

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<v Speaker 1>is good for business is no longer good for democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>The voters understood that at the midterms. The question is

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<v Speaker 1>is how much more damage will be done over the

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<v Speaker 1>next two years that Kevin McCarthy holds the hollowed out

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<v Speaker 1>gavel as the puppet of the House. How much more

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<v Speaker 1>damage will be done? Will Americans be ready in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four to be done with them once and for all,

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<v Speaker 1>or we will just continue to teeter until eventually the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican cult white supremacist party wears us all down. These

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<v Speaker 1>are the real questions that I gotta tell you keep

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<v Speaker 1>me up at night, and I know from many of

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<v Speaker 1>your exchanges on social media do the same to you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like we continue to just win enough right, like

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<v Speaker 1>we just hold on enough. But my worry is is

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<v Speaker 1>it truly enough? Or are we kidding ourselves? Are we

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<v Speaker 1>just bracing for impact? That is it for me today.

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<v Speaker 1>Friends on wokey f 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.