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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wik 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>there is you know, a lot of news already percolating

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<v Speaker 1>at the start of this good, good week and this

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<v Speaker 1>god forsaken fucking country. So let's just get right to it,

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<v Speaker 1>shall we. Well, first up, Rhonda Santis' presidential campaign is

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<v Speaker 1>not doing well. It's probably doing as well as the

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<v Speaker 1>entire state of Florida, which is to say that it's

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<v Speaker 1>hanging on by a fucking thread. Look, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to count my chickens before they hatch, because we are

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<v Speaker 1>very long time away from the real kickstart to the

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<v Speaker 1>presidential twenty twenty four campaign season, and a lot can happen,

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot usually does happen. But anytime that a

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<v Speaker 1>media outlet is comparing you to Ted Cruz, know that

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<v Speaker 1>you are not doing a good job, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>not a fucking compliment. Many are saying that Ronda Santis's

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<v Speaker 1>campaign is pretty much like Ted Cruz's of yesteryear, where

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<v Speaker 1>folks thought that he was going to be a good

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<v Speaker 1>contender and giving him, you know, lots of accolades, and

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<v Speaker 1>then he gets on to the world stage and just

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<v Speaker 1>fucking fizzles. The same thing is happening with Ronda Santis.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to read you this that Ebro, who

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<v Speaker 1>goes by old man Ebro on Instagram and is a

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<v Speaker 1>personality and host at Hot ninety seven here in New York,

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<v Speaker 1>he posted this and I shared it in my stories

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<v Speaker 1>if you follow me on Instagram at d two cents

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<v Speaker 1>dee tw ocnts. He posted this, And I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to just think about this as I talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that Ronda Santis is firing roughly twenty staffers, that

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<v Speaker 1>he is losing money, that he is doing a quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote reset, and the fact is that ron de Sant

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<v Speaker 1>has only launched his presidential campaign a few weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 1>If we really put things into real context, like there

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<v Speaker 1>had been, you know, chatter about him launching his presidential campaign,

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<v Speaker 1>but he didn't actually launch it until several weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're already in the midst of like a full

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<v Speaker 1>blown reset and firing people, and you know, and now

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to sit down with Jake Tapper because you

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<v Speaker 1>know that he hates all media unless he's controlling it.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is what Ebro posted quote Florida is a

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<v Speaker 1>failed state. It is the inflation hotspot of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>while the national average has dropped to its low its

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<v Speaker 1>level in years. Insurance companies are fleeing and consumers are

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<v Speaker 1>being hit with skyrocketing costs. Rent prices are through the roof.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a historic teacher shortage. Doctors and nurses are

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<v Speaker 1>leaving in droves. Businesses are pulling massive development projects amid

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<v Speaker 1>the state's attack on the free market. And that's before

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<v Speaker 1>you get into the attacks on the LGBTQ plus community,

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<v Speaker 1>the banning of books, the censorship of American history, and

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<v Speaker 1>the war on reproductive rights and more. When it's all

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<v Speaker 1>said and done, Ron DeSantis may just go down as

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<v Speaker 1>the single worst governor in history. The other piece of

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<v Speaker 1>this as well, you know, is when you look at

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<v Speaker 1>and this was in a CNBC study the sound that

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<v Speaker 1>the ten worse states to live in, the ten worse

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<v Speaker 1>states to live in, were all controlled by Republican majorities.

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<v Speaker 1>And let me tell you that Florida is on the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking list. And so, folks, it's like nine of the ten,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, were controlled by Republicans, and Florida was of

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<v Speaker 1>course on that list. So when you think about Ronda

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<v Speaker 1>Santis's campaign, his failure to launch all of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that he has going against him in the state of Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>and the fact that he can't get through a sentence

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<v Speaker 1>without uttering the word woke seventy five million times? How

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<v Speaker 1>do we think that Deronda Santis is going to play

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<v Speaker 1>on the national stage when he can't even manage himself

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<v Speaker 1>and his state. Right, So, if I were a Republican opponent, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm holding up Ronda Santis' stats in Florida, and I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 1>do you want him to run the country into the

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<v Speaker 1>ground the way that he's running his state into the ground?

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<v Speaker 1>Because these motherfuckers don't care about their constituencies. And that

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<v Speaker 1>is so clear because if you did, then you would

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<v Speaker 1>be creating measures that would be making people's lives better,

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<v Speaker 1>not worse. That would be hoarding more people to come

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<v Speaker 1>to your state, not flee and find refuge states around

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<v Speaker 1>the country. And so when I hear the remarks and

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<v Speaker 1>see all the chatter about ron De Santis being in

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<v Speaker 1>quote unquote turmoil, none of that is a fucking shock

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<v Speaker 1>to me at all. Because he won. He may have

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<v Speaker 1>the same cruel policy ideas and tactics that Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>has and the rest of the Republican Party has. He

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<v Speaker 1>has none of the fucking charisma. You know. The thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said this on my other show, The New Abnormal.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing about Donald Trump, for better or for worse,

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<v Speaker 1>is that Donald Trump has been like a mascot for

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<v Speaker 1>white male mediocrity. It is something that they look at

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<v Speaker 1>that they look towards to rev them up right and

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<v Speaker 1>make them feel like hanging out with blonde models and

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<v Speaker 1>having them on your arm, or shitting in gold toilets,

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, marrying a bunch of models is like

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<v Speaker 1>they can do it too. Donald Trump had always been

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<v Speaker 1>somebody that mediocre white men idolize, right, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>before he came into politics. And so when you understand

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<v Speaker 1>that about who Donald Trump's base is and why they

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<v Speaker 1>like him, and then you put those same metrics, use

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<v Speaker 1>that same rubric on a Rond de Santis in all fit,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't match up because he has as much charisma

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<v Speaker 1>as a fucking brick, do you know what I'm saying?

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<v Speaker 1>Like he has nothing distinguishing about him. I watched the

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<v Speaker 1>clip the other day of Ron De Santis going into

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<v Speaker 1>a dairy queen and I swear to God, his responses

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<v Speaker 1>to things have me believe that this man may in

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<v Speaker 1>fact be the most life like robot I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 1>Ronde Santis is in a dairy queen talking about I've

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<v Speaker 1>known about blizzards for a long time and like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>happy to be a part what like the like the blizzard,

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<v Speaker 1>like the ice cream item on the fucking menu. What

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<v Speaker 1>are you talking about? You sound fucking dumb and crazy

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<v Speaker 1>like tie that in with his like god awful laughter

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<v Speaker 1>and his weird, whining, high pitch voice. I swear to God,

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<v Speaker 1>a president DeSantis, I can't imagine getting seventy five million votes,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what Donald Trump got in the last election.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine this man getting ten million votes. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we will see. And again I'm not, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>putting all of my eggs in one basket, but given

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<v Speaker 1>the state of Ron DeSantis's basket right now, he got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of patchwork he need to be doing and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe wants to stop off reading inside of the Ronda

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<v Speaker 1>Santis can do nothing wrong, bubble and actually get out

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<v Speaker 1>to the people, because you will see other reports right

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<v Speaker 1>that are coming out that are saying major donors are

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<v Speaker 1>leaving Donald Trump and going and knocking on Ronda Santis' doors,

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<v Speaker 1>which may be all fine and good, right for you

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<v Speaker 1>being able to fund your campaign, But what shows enthusiasm

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<v Speaker 1>on the ground is not major donors giving you money.

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<v Speaker 1>It is low dollar donors who are giving you small

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<v Speaker 1>amounts of money. But there are so many people that

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<v Speaker 1>like it really shows folks' enthusiasm. And when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at that, Joe Biden is wiping the fucking floor not

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<v Speaker 1>just with Ron DeSantis's campaign, but with every single other

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans campaign. And that is based on reporting by NBC

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<v Speaker 1>News and others that Joe Biden outraced right in small

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<v Speaker 1>dollar donors, every single Republican that's running right now combined

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<v Speaker 1>bring in seventy two million dollars. Right. So, I think

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<v Speaker 1>that it's important folks to recognize that this is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a really long campaign season. Is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a long presidential season and the most consequential one

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<v Speaker 1>of our lifetime. But don't believe the hype that folks

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<v Speaker 1>are putting up around these Republicans. Don't ignore it, right,

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<v Speaker 1>don't take it for granted, but also just dig a

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<v Speaker 1>little deeper than their surface layer bullshit because when you,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, take a tea spoon down into the

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<v Speaker 1>campaign of Rond de Santis, it comes up with shit.

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<v Speaker 1>Moving on, folks, I want to talk about Harlan Crow

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<v Speaker 1>for a minute. Crow is the billionaire benefactor to Clarence

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<v Speaker 1>Thomas and in a Pro Publica article which had we

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<v Speaker 1>so fucking disgusted folks like I'm just so sick to

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<v Speaker 1>death of the ultra fucking wealthy. I'm so sick to

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<v Speaker 1>death to find out in this article that Harlan Crow

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<v Speaker 1>pays half the amount of taxes that I do. So

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<v Speaker 1>if entrepreneurs in this country are taxed at thirty three listen,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty three percent of their income right this. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're so proud of people pulling themselves up from their

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<v Speaker 1>bootstraps and like, you know, going out there and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>being cowboys and cowgirls and all this bullshit rhetoric that

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<v Speaker 1>Americans say about business and titans and whatever. They actually

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<v Speaker 1>do not create a tax system and structure that would

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<v Speaker 1>have people not be chained to a corporation, a nonprofit,

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<v Speaker 1>academia or anything because of the tax structure, right So,

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<v Speaker 1>entrepreneurs are taxed, self employed people are taxed at thirty

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<v Speaker 1>three percent. Harlan Crow, a fucking multi billionaire, because of

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<v Speaker 1>our broken tax system, has been able to pay about

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen percent. Fifteen percent, which is way less than most

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<v Speaker 1>middle class people in the United States. That is fucking infuriating.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's not even the point of my conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>you all today about this Pro public art. But when

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<v Speaker 1>I got to that point in the piece, I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to throw the whole fucking country out right. So let

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<v Speaker 1>me just read you some of the highlight tax data

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<v Speaker 1>obtained by Pro Publica provides a glimpse of what congressional

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<v Speaker 1>investigators would find if Crow were to open his books

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<v Speaker 1>to them, which until now he has been denying access

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<v Speaker 1>to Crow's voyages with Thomas. The data shows contributed to

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<v Speaker 1>guess what a nice side benefit, they helped reduce Crowe's

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<v Speaker 1>tax bill. The rich, as we've reported, often deduct millions

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars from their taxes related to buying and operating

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<v Speaker 1>their jets and yachts. Crow followed that formula through a

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<v Speaker 1>company that purported to charter his super yacht, but a

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<v Speaker 1>closer examination of how Crow used the yacht raises questions

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<v Speaker 1>about his compliance with the tax code. Expert said bright

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<v Speaker 1>Crowe's representations to the IRS. Pro public reporters could find

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<v Speaker 1>no evidence that his yacht company was actually a profit

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<v Speaker 1>seeking business, as the law requires they go on based

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<v Speaker 1>on what information is available. This has the look of

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<v Speaker 1>a textbook billionaire tax scam, said Senate Finance Committee Chair

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<v Speaker 1>Ron Wyden, Democrat from Oregon. Quote. These new details only

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<v Speaker 1>raise more questions about mister Crow's tax practices, which could

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<v Speaker 1>begin to explain why he's been stonewalling the Finance Committee's

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<v Speaker 1>investigations for months. As Pro Publica reported in April, Crow

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<v Speaker 1>lavished gifts on Thomas for over twenty years, often in

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<v Speaker 1>the form of luxury trips on guess what, Crowe's jets

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<v Speaker 1>and yacht. One focus of the investigations is whether Crow

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<v Speaker 1>discs closed his generosity toward Thomas to the IRS, since

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<v Speaker 1>large gifts are subject to the gift tax. Another is

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<v Speaker 1>whether Crow created his trips with Thomas as deductible business expenses.

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<v Speaker 1>While the data sheds light on how Crow might have

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<v Speaker 1>accounted for Thomas's trips, there are no clear implications of

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<v Speaker 1>Thomas's own taxes. Experts said, folks, I just I want

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<v Speaker 1>to scream, I want to scream because right now you

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<v Speaker 1>have actors and writers on strike, you have other strikes

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<v Speaker 1>that are getting ready to be rolled out. And I

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<v Speaker 1>have called for a national strike on this show and

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<v Speaker 1>other shows for the last several months. And why is that?

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<v Speaker 1>Because the greed that is associated with capitalism and our

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<v Speaker 1>broken economic system that only rewards the ultra wealthy needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be grinded to a halt because of people like

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<v Speaker 1>Harlan Crowe and others. Because when you read this piece,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is another piece that I want to read

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<v Speaker 1>that I highlighted at the opening quote. For Crow, the

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<v Speaker 1>tax breaks from his yacht were just one way he

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<v Speaker 1>was able to achieve a lighter tax burden. The tax

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<v Speaker 1>code is particularly friendly to commercial real estate titans, and

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<v Speaker 1>Crow generally enjoyed low taxes. During that same period, he

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<v Speaker 1>paid an average income tax of fifteen percent according to

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<v Speaker 1>the IRS, It's a rate typical of the very wealthiest Americans,

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<v Speaker 1>but lower than the personal federal tax rates of even

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<v Speaker 1>many middle income workers. Holling Crow is worth billions of

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<v Speaker 1>fucking dollars and he is paying a fifteen percent tax

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<v Speaker 1>rate in comparison, Like I said to myself, as a

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<v Speaker 1>self employed person and to many, many, many, many, many,

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<v Speaker 1>many middle class people. The goal right has always been

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<v Speaker 1>to create an invisible but very obvious economic cast system

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States, where our tax laws and codes

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<v Speaker 1>and our policies always benefit the super wealthy folks. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>about capitalism is a fucking lie. Everything is created to

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<v Speaker 1>tell us and make us believe the lie that there

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<v Speaker 1>isn't more than enough. That when you listen to people

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<v Speaker 1>like Bob Eiger, the CEO of Disney, who had the

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<v Speaker 1>audacity to say that the things that the WGA and

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<v Speaker 1>the Actors Guild are asking for are quote unquote unrealistic

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<v Speaker 1>when the man is making twenty four million dollars a

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<v Speaker 1>year and I'm sorry, he's actually making more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's why he was brought back as CEO, right like,

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<v Speaker 1>because he's the fixer. He does all the things, makes

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<v Speaker 1>all the hard decisions, and he gets paid tens of

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<v Speaker 1>millions of dollars. And you work and head a multi

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar corporation who isn't paying its people, and instead

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<v Speaker 1>of CEOs and shareholders taking even a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a hit because they are taking more than their fair

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<v Speaker 1>fucking share. If we were to operate and create an

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<v Speaker 1>economic system that operated from a place of equity, you

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<v Speaker 1>would not have the ultra wealthy that have been making

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<v Speaker 1>gains over the last decade while everyone else's income has

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<v Speaker 1>stayed stagnant. I was reading something the other day that

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<v Speaker 1>said that millennials own less property and have less wealth

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<v Speaker 1>at this stage in their life than every other fucking

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<v Speaker 1>generation prior to them. Why is that they are the

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<v Speaker 1>most educated because we beat into their parents' heads and

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<v Speaker 1>their grandparents' heads that the way to achieve the quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote American dream was to go to college. So they

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<v Speaker 1>all went and got degrees that saddled them, within some places,

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<v Speaker 1>over six figures worth of fucking debt. And now they're

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<v Speaker 1>so saddled with debt that guess what, they can't fucking

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<v Speaker 1>buy homes or cars. And guess what, because of that,

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<v Speaker 1>they're also not getting married. And because of that, like

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<v Speaker 1>you see all of these things, the ripple effects of

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<v Speaker 1>the greed. It isn't that this generation isn't educated. It

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<v Speaker 1>isn't that they're not hard working. It is that the

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<v Speaker 1>people that are at the top, the one percent, have

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<v Speaker 1>realized that they could get even more if they just

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<v Speaker 1>squeeze a little bit fucking harder. And if they make

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<v Speaker 1>sure to pin all of us against each other, as

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<v Speaker 1>opposed to looking at who is truly the puppet master here.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that there are people coming across the border

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<v Speaker 1>that are stealing jobs. It's not that oh, affirmative action

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<v Speaker 1>allowed for all of these unqualified black people and people

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<v Speaker 1>of color to take jobs. No, all of that is

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking lie. It is a fucking lie that has

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<v Speaker 1>been weaved into our policy decisions and political ideology and

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<v Speaker 1>political platforms that keep this nation's people at each other's throats.

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<v Speaker 1>Why the rich look down on us and fucking laugh

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<v Speaker 1>as they move us around on their chessboard, on their

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<v Speaker 1>fucking monopoly boards. It only cost Harlan Crow a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of trips on a jet and a couple of luxury vacations,

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<v Speaker 1>a mortgage, and a private school in order to buy

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<v Speaker 1>a Supreme Court justice. And because of our tax codes

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<v Speaker 1>favoring the ultra fucking wealthy, right, he's been able to

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<v Speaker 1>use his jet and his yacht as tax shelters. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>so long as I say that I have a quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote business, and I'm running this as a business, even

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm paying myself, then I can avoid taxes what

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck? So, you know, folks, it's just the grift

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<v Speaker 1>is so deep. The grift is so deep, it is

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<v Speaker 1>so wide, and it goes everywhere. If Republicans get the

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<v Speaker 1>White House in twenty twenty four, there will be no

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<v Speaker 1>more elections. We all know that. You guys know that.

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<v Speaker 1>But not only will there be no more democracy as

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<v Speaker 1>we know it, there won't be a middle class. There

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<v Speaker 1>won't be anything other than the working poor and the

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<v Speaker 1>ultra wealthy, which is what you see in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of countries around the world. That's it. There is no

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<v Speaker 1>in between, because what access to education and what social

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<v Speaker 1>safety nets have allowed for is the creation of a

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<v Speaker 1>robust middle class that you do not see in a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of nations around the world. And so if you

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<v Speaker 1>think that because are people around you, people in your family,

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<v Speaker 1>think that because they're not part of a marginalized community

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<v Speaker 1>that is outwardly being under attack right now, that they

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<v Speaker 1>are safe play this episode for them because they are

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<v Speaker 1>not the rich. Is like the Big Nothing in The

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<v Speaker 1>Never Ending Story. If you've never seen that movie, it's

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<v Speaker 1>amazing nineteen eighty childhood fantasy film. And the Big Nothing

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<v Speaker 1>is just gobbling up, gobbling up this world until this

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<v Speaker 1>young man in the story gets the courage to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that like he can fight against it. The Republican Party

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<v Speaker 1>and the one percent are insatiable. They'll keep gobbling up

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<v Speaker 1>the middle class, the lower middle class, and the poor

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<v Speaker 1>until there is nothing fucking left. And then they'll take

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<v Speaker 1>their rockets and they'll go to Mars and try and

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<v Speaker 1>occupy that. Folks gotta wake up because we are in truly,

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<v Speaker 1>truly extraordinary times. That is it for me today, Dear friends,

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<v Speaker 1>on woke a 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.