WEBVTT - Doomsday Alarm Clock

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peep Sen. Welcome to willkay 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>I want to start off today with something that is alarming,

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<v Speaker 1>as one does in the twenty twenties, it seems as

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<v Speaker 1>if I will say this that since we have entered

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<v Speaker 1>into the twenty twenties, that everything has seemingly gone downhill.

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<v Speaker 1>And I say that not even tongue in cheek. It

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<v Speaker 1>just really feels like everything has gone downhill. We spoke

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<v Speaker 1>about this yesterday with doctor Jonathan Metzel with this just

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<v Speaker 1>consistency around panic and anxiety. So just another way to

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<v Speaker 1>know that you're not crazy with the way that you're

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<v Speaker 1>feeling well. Axios reports this which I just had to,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, kind of laugh at but not really, which

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<v Speaker 1>is that the doomsday clock. The doomsday clock, which was

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<v Speaker 1>created by the bulletin of Atomic Scientist, is a symbolic

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<v Speaker 1>clock of you know, according to Axios, how close we

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<v Speaker 1>are to midnight, and midnight is essentially a human cause

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<v Speaker 1>catastrophic events. So the doomsday clock was created in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>forty seven and was initially used, according to this article,

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<v Speaker 1>to represent the danger posed by nuclear weapons, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know that we had nuclear weapons were created, and these

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<v Speaker 1>scientists got together and started to think about all of

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<v Speaker 1>the risks to mankind. And at the time in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>four seven, the only really truly to mankind was nuclear war,

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<v Speaker 1>as countries were building their nuclear arsenals. Well. Now, over

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<v Speaker 1>the course of many, many decades, the doomsday clock has

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<v Speaker 1>since evolved, and not in a good way, right in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that it takes into account other risks to humanity,

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<v Speaker 1>which is climate change, bioweapons, and disinformation. And for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time, so this is wild, but for the first

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<v Speaker 1>time in our history, we are the closest to midnight,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning basically the collapse of our humanity or a catastrophic event,

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<v Speaker 1>than we have ever been in our lifetime. And so

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three the announcement came down that we are

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<v Speaker 1>ninety seconds to midnight, which ten seconds was taken off

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<v Speaker 1>from twenty twenty which is when we were the closest

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<v Speaker 1>to midnight because of a global health pandemic. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>are ninety seconds to midnight. And this is what they say.

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<v Speaker 1>The clock is a figurative tracker of the world's proximity

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<v Speaker 1>to total human cause destruction. The clock's hands are moved

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<v Speaker 1>closer to midnight to suggest humanity is nearer to self

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<v Speaker 1>made catastrophe and farther when that risk appears to fade.

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<v Speaker 1>What has prompted some of these factors to contribute to

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<v Speaker 1>us literally ticking closer to our destruction is, according to

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<v Speaker 1>the Bolton of Atomic Scientists, this Russia's thinly veiled threats

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<v Speaker 1>to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of

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<v Speaker 1>the conflict by accident, intention, or miscalculation is a terrible risk.

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<v Speaker 1>The possibility that the conflict could spin out of anyone's

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<v Speaker 1>control remains high. They also go on to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the expansion of China's nuclear capabilities, the rise in North Korea,

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<v Speaker 1>the increase in North Korea's missile testing, which we have

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<v Speaker 1>seen and every time it happens it is breaking news.

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<v Speaker 1>The climate crisis also continues to pose an existential threat,

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<v Speaker 1>they write, with global carbon dioxide emissions rebounding from their

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<v Speaker 1>pre pandemic low and climate change linked extreme weather events abounding. So, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>basically what they are saying is that, how do I

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<v Speaker 1>put this in delicate ways, We're fucked that every time

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<v Speaker 1>there is some type of catastrophic event and I would

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<v Speaker 1>argue that they should probably this is a global sense,

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<v Speaker 1>but they should probably add in, you know, America's mass

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<v Speaker 1>shootings that are now happening multiple times in one week,

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<v Speaker 1>that that is what is also presenting a problem. So

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<v Speaker 1>you take into consideration mass shootings, climate change, bio catastrophe,

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of another pandemic, nuclear war. I mean, when

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<v Speaker 1>Jonathan and I are talking yesterday about this heightened anxiety

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<v Speaker 1>and why everyone is numbing themselves with xanax or other

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<v Speaker 1>types of anti anxiety medications and antidepressants, it's because of this,

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<v Speaker 1>Like we're not all crazy, right, Like every time my

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<v Speaker 1>phone dings right buzzes and there's the New York Times

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<v Speaker 1>and then the AP that comes right behind it, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Routers that comes behind that, I'm like, what the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck is happening? And there's the moment where I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really want to click on what's happening, but I also

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to walk outside and see a big fucking

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<v Speaker 1>plume of smoke and cloud that says, oh, New York

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<v Speaker 1>has been hit by missiles, right, Because while that sounds crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>it's fucking not right. Like that's the thing is that

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<v Speaker 1>I think that what has happened since the rise of

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump, the improbable presidency of a reality TV fraudster

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<v Speaker 1>and grifter becoming the president of the United States, accelerating

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<v Speaker 1>the demise of our democracy. Watching one of the two

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<v Speaker 1>major political parties morph itself into a cult of personality

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't care about government, that doesn't care about grifters,

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't care about liars, that doesn't care about insurrectionists,

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<v Speaker 1>and instead embraces them all in their big white supremacist tent,

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<v Speaker 1>and seeing that these people are not losing. Sure, folks

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<v Speaker 1>lost their Secretary of State races and lost local like

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<v Speaker 1>important election positions for races, but we have a whole

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<v Speaker 1>new crop of insurrectionists that are in the House of Representatives,

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<v Speaker 1>who if we had a Department of Justice with an

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<v Speaker 1>Attorney General that actually gave a damn, then these people

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't have been able to run of her office because

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<v Speaker 1>guess what, they would have all been fucking indicted before

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<v Speaker 1>they had the opportunity to get on the campaign trail

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<v Speaker 1>in the first goddamn place. We have the likes of

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<v Speaker 1>Marjorie Taylor Green being sat on important important committees like

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<v Speaker 1>Homeland Security where you get classified information, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>the likes of Eric Swalwell and Representative Adam Schiff being

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<v Speaker 1>denied placements on important committees like Intelligence because Kevin McCarthy's

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<v Speaker 1>a vindictive piece of shit and doesn't want people that

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<v Speaker 1>actually wanted to hold the former twice impeach president accountable

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<v Speaker 1>for inciting an insurrection and you know, trying to bribe

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<v Speaker 1>a foreign head of state that now he's taking it

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<v Speaker 1>out on them. So, folks, when you take all these

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<v Speaker 1>things that is just happening in these United States to consideration,

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<v Speaker 1>on top of all that has been transpiring globally, our

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<v Speaker 1>collective anxiety is not crazy. And now I want to

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<v Speaker 1>read you pieces of the bulletin of Atomic Scientists Doomsday

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<v Speaker 1>Clock press release, because while sure it's not an actual clock,

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<v Speaker 1>like at midnight, you know, it's New Year's Eve and

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<v Speaker 1>instead of fireworks, it's just bombs going off everywhere, But

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<v Speaker 1>what it says and what it is stating is that

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<v Speaker 1>we are seeing real, viable, credible threats to our existence.

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<v Speaker 1>And what is crazy is I feel like a hundred

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<v Speaker 1>years from now, if in fact the planet is even

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<v Speaker 1>still around, that one hundred years from now, people will

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<v Speaker 1>be sifting through you know, news and articles and information

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<v Speaker 1>and saying why didn't anyone do anything like this was

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<v Speaker 1>clearly preventable, this apocalyptic living that we are doing on

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<v Speaker 1>a broken planet? That why didn't anyone do anything? Like?

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<v Speaker 1>How could you take no action when you see that

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<v Speaker 1>the waters are warming and that extreme crimate events are

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<v Speaker 1>becoming increasingly the norm? Why wouldn't you create legislation that

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<v Speaker 1>would stop people from being able to access guns legally

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<v Speaker 1>and then take out an entire office or classroom? Why

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't everyone collectively care about humanity? And the funny thing is, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>is that like when you put it that way, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just it's insane. But it's the same way that I

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<v Speaker 1>remember being a young person learning about the Holocaust and saying,

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<v Speaker 1>how could no one do anything? How could you allow

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<v Speaker 1>six million souls to be exterminated from this planet and

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<v Speaker 1>no one say him like, after the first fucking million,

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<v Speaker 1>after the first one hundred thousand? How is there not

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<v Speaker 1>collective fucking outrage? How do you sit idly by as

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<v Speaker 1>six million people are killed? Folks? It's the same thing now,

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<v Speaker 1>except it's not happening over a course of a few

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<v Speaker 1>years at the hands of one person. It is happening

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<v Speaker 1>at the hands of so many people collectively just not

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<v Speaker 1>giving a fuck. Millions of people died from COVID nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have representatives in our government who are telling

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<v Speaker 1>people not to get vaccinated. Did who have allowed people

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<v Speaker 1>in their own state, like Ron de Santis, to kill

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<v Speaker 1>a whole bunch of people in Florida and not be

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<v Speaker 1>brought up on any type of fucking charges. Like sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you that I feel absolutely fucking crazy because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, am I the only one that's seeing this

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<v Speaker 1>the handful of people that seem to be on the

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<v Speaker 1>up and up and seem to be saying, like, are

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<v Speaker 1>our voices just not loud enough? Because how is it

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<v Speaker 1>that the people who think the least about our humanity

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<v Speaker 1>are the ones that are in charge right now? It

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<v Speaker 1>makes no fucking sense. George Santos is a member of

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<v Speaker 1>fucking Congress because somehow we have no laws as it

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<v Speaker 1>pertains to being a compulsive liar to your constituents and

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<v Speaker 1>then bamboozling them into voting for a fraud and there's

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<v Speaker 1>no recourse to take. They just got to sit with

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<v Speaker 1>dude for two years. Like that's when you look at

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<v Speaker 1>the laws and you say something is not fucking right here.

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<v Speaker 1>Similarly with the fucking Second Amendment, the four fathers of

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<v Speaker 1>this country did not have the imagination to consider what

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking hundred magazine of bullets could do to the

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<v Speaker 1>body of a seven year old, right, But we don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to imagine it because it's happening, and yet there

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<v Speaker 1>is no will to do anything about it. It's just like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>this is how we live now. We live completely in fear,

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<v Speaker 1>fear of being shot, fear of the world just imploding

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<v Speaker 1>from climate change, because greedy corporations can possibly decide to

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<v Speaker 1>make money in a way that does not harm our

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<v Speaker 1>environment or frankly harm us, because money is the most

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<v Speaker 1>important thing. God forbid. You have regulations, you have people

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<v Speaker 1>that are sitting idly by why people in the Ukraine

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<v Speaker 1>are being raped and murdered. Right, we won't know what

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<v Speaker 1>Putin has really done until all is said and done.

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<v Speaker 1>But let's not escalate the situation by going in and

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<v Speaker 1>fucking stomping him out. Let's just sit around and wait

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<v Speaker 1>for him to pull the trigger on a nuclear bomb

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<v Speaker 1>and then we'll take action. When I look at this

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<v Speaker 1>press release and I'm going to read you what the

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<v Speaker 1>President and CEO doctor Rachel Bronson of the Bulletin of

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<v Speaker 1>the Atomic Scientists sets because it isn't hysteria, right, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening in front of our eyes is real, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think that there is just this collective shock and

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<v Speaker 1>paralysis around how to wrap your arms and mind around

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<v Speaker 1>crises that are so big. But there are not acts

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<v Speaker 1>of God. These are acts of man that have gotten

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<v Speaker 1>us here. She says this quote. We are living in

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<v Speaker 1>a time of unprecedented danger, and the doomsday clock time

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<v Speaker 1>reflects that reality. Ninety seconds to midnight is the closest

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<v Speaker 1>the clock has ever been set to midnight, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a decision our experts do not take lightly. The US government,

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<v Speaker 1>its NATO allies, and Ukraine have a multitude of channels

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<v Speaker 1>for dialogue. We urge leaders to explore all of them

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<v Speaker 1>to their fullest ability to turn back the clock. The

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<v Speaker 1>doomsday clock statement goes on to explain this quote. Russia's

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<v Speaker 1>war on Ukraine has raised profound questions about how states interact,

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<v Speaker 1>eroding norms of international conduct that underpin successful responses to

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<v Speaker 1>a variety of global risks, and, worst of all, Russia's

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<v Speaker 1>thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world

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<v Speaker 1>that the escalation of the conflict by accident, intention, or

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<v Speaker 1>miscalculation is a terrible risk. The possibility that the conflict

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<v Speaker 1>could spin out of anyone's control remains high. Russia has

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<v Speaker 1>also brought its war to the Chernobyl and zappapor Zia

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear reactor sites, violating international protocols and risking widespread release

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<v Speaker 1>of radioactive materials. Efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency

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<v Speaker 1>to ensure these plants so far have been rebuffed. The

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<v Speaker 1>doomsday clock is sounding an alarm for all of humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>We are on the brink of a precipice, but our

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<v Speaker 1>leaders are not acting at sufficient speed or scale to

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<v Speaker 1>secure a peaceful and livable planet. From cutting carbon emissions

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<v Speaker 1>to strengthening arms control treaties and investing in pandemic preparedness.

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<v Speaker 1>We know what needs to be done, they write. The

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<v Speaker 1>science is clear, but the political will is lacking. This

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<v Speaker 1>must change in twenty twenty three if we are to

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<v Speaker 1>avert catastrophe. We are facing multiple existential crises. Leaders need

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<v Speaker 1>a crisis mindset, folks. That statement cannot be more clear.

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<v Speaker 1>The anxiety that we are feeling is one that is

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<v Speaker 1>steeped in real existential threats to humanity. Over a million

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<v Speaker 1>people were wiped out in this country by a pandemic.

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<v Speaker 1>What this statement lies out, lays out, excuse me, is

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<v Speaker 1>that these once in a century storms, once in a

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<v Speaker 1>century pandemics are no longer once in a century. And

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<v Speaker 1>what is so chilling and crazy is that we have

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<v Speaker 1>all of the information and tools to stop what is happening,

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<v Speaker 1>but for a handful of crazy, fucking egomaniac white supremacist leaders,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't get anything fucking done. So when I say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>here are options which are becoming really limited. Either we

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<v Speaker 1>have a revolution in this country, one that is steeped

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<v Speaker 1>in justice, climate justice, gun reformed justice, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>rights to live on a livable planet, one that is

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<v Speaker 1>free from mass shootings, one that actually is prepared for

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<v Speaker 1>the worst and not just by building up our fucking

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<v Speaker 1>pentagon stockpiles, but one that is invested in the future

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<v Speaker 1>while also taking care of the present. Instead, we have

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<v Speaker 1>protests erupting at fucking drag story times, curriculums being erased

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<v Speaker 1>or denied from being taught, books being fucking burned, people

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<v Speaker 1>refusing to take vaccines so that they can spread illness,

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<v Speaker 1>and have the freedom to do so, and mass shootings

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<v Speaker 1>happening more than we can even count. We didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>learn the names of the people in the first shooting

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<v Speaker 1>before the second one happened. There is a reason why

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<v Speaker 1>people are numbing themselves, whether it be with xanax, with alcohol,

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<v Speaker 1>with whatever, because the reality is so fucking stark, and

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<v Speaker 1>I want folks to really truly understand that you are

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<v Speaker 1>not alone. You are not alone in having moments a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of them, where you feel utterly hopeless because I

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<v Speaker 1>am fighting against this like black pit and hole that

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<v Speaker 1>is growing in my stomach and in my heart, that

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<v Speaker 1>we're not going to be able to stop this impending

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<v Speaker 1>doom and instead we're watching its acceleration. Now. I have

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<v Speaker 1>said many times that fighting for justice and equity is

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<v Speaker 1>a marathon. It is a marathon that is also a

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<v Speaker 1>relay that you do what you can. You pass the

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<v Speaker 1>baton and you may never see the finish line, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know that you are moving things down the path.

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<v Speaker 1>But when we take into account the things that are

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<v Speaker 1>actually out of our personal control and look around at

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<v Speaker 1>what is happening, it does become overwhelming. This is why folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I encourage therapy. I encourage healthy use of medication. I

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<v Speaker 1>encourage meditation, connecting with nature, you know, connecting with art,

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<v Speaker 1>with music, spending time with people who lift your spirits

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<v Speaker 1>and your soul, and tapping in just enough to not

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<v Speaker 1>lose your mind. I do this show as a form

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<v Speaker 1>truly of cathartic release, and also just so that people

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<v Speaker 1>recognize that you're not crazy. You're not crazy for caring,

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<v Speaker 1>You're not crazy for being worried, because we have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot to worry about. You know, we are living in

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<v Speaker 1>unprecedented times. As I know, so many people have said

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<v Speaker 1>we need leaders to meet this moment, and currently there

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<v Speaker 1>is not only an absence of collective leadership and force,

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<v Speaker 1>but there is just no will and it is up

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<v Speaker 1>to us to force their hand. Otherwise we are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be collateral damage in the games that they are playing.

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<v Speaker 1>That is it for me today, Dear friends on Will

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<v Speaker 1>gay f as always, Power to the people and to

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

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<v Speaker 1>fun