WEBVTT - The End of American Democracy

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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

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<v Speaker 1>At the time of this recording, there is news that

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<v Speaker 1>has broke that there was a shooting, yet another school

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<v Speaker 1>shooting that took place, this time in Wisconsin, where we

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<v Speaker 1>are seeing that a school at a Christian school in Wisconsin.

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<v Speaker 1>There are three people, including the shooter that is dead.

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<v Speaker 1>This has happened before eleven am local time. Police responded

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<v Speaker 1>and once again of flood of thoughts and prayers come in.

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<v Speaker 1>This is that schools last week before the holiday break.

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<v Speaker 1>It is just, you know, folks, I can't even at

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<v Speaker 1>this point remember how many shootings I have discussed how

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<v Speaker 1>many times this happens. That America is the only country

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<v Speaker 1>that this happens in on a regular basis where our

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<v Speaker 1>politicians all of a sudden turn into clergy and say

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<v Speaker 1>that the only things that can be offered are thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>and prayers. We've had school shootings at schools where quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote resource officers are armed because Republicans' responses to shootings

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<v Speaker 1>have been to turn our school buildings into prison systems

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<v Speaker 1>where there are armed guards inside where kids go through

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<v Speaker 1>metal detectors, where there are bars on the windows. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know who can learn under those circumstances. It is

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<v Speaker 1>just a sign of where we are that at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really know what else to say, but what

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<v Speaker 1>the Chief of Police, Sean F. Barnes said in his

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<v Speaker 1>press conference I thought was really important where he said

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<v Speaker 1>that there are two people that are dead, but there

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<v Speaker 1>are three hundred, over three hundred and fifty students ranging

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<v Speaker 1>from kindergarten through twelfth grade that attend this school, the

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<v Speaker 1>Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. And he said,

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<v Speaker 1>while there are two that are dead, which they have

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<v Speaker 1>not at the time of this recording released, whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not they were students or administrators or what have you,

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<v Speaker 1>but that the over three hundred and fifty children in

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<v Speaker 1>that building are victims. That the trauma that comes from

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<v Speaker 1>these types of preventable murders don't just affect those who

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<v Speaker 1>are murdered. It doesn't just affect their families that will

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<v Speaker 1>now have to deal and process with a horrific loss.

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<v Speaker 1>We have terrified generations of students who, when entering a

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<v Speaker 1>school building never know if that day is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be their last We never talk about the ripple effects

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<v Speaker 1>of this type of trauma, anxiety, depression that comes from

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<v Speaker 1>excs experiencing a school shooting. And I would argue, not

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<v Speaker 1>just for the students, but everyone that is in those buildings.

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<v Speaker 1>After the headlines leave the news, the rest of us,

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<v Speaker 1>who had not had a front seat to mass murder

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<v Speaker 1>go back to normal. But these people, these children, those administrators,

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<v Speaker 1>they never do. So, you know, I look at this

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<v Speaker 1>and I am just I'm so over this country. I

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<v Speaker 1>am so over all politicians and not just Republicans. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so over the lack of urgency that has been showed

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<v Speaker 1>on an issue that we could stop. These are not

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<v Speaker 1>acts of God. These are horrific acts that are born

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<v Speaker 1>out of ignorance, ignorant erance to the fact that, guess what,

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<v Speaker 1>you have a right to own a gun in this country,

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<v Speaker 1>you do not have a right to use that gun

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<v Speaker 1>to terrorize the rest of us. And I just am

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<v Speaker 1>so over these discussions that for decades have gone absolutely nowhere.

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<v Speaker 1>The only time that we don't have school shootings in

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<v Speaker 1>this country is over the summer when school is out,

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<v Speaker 1>and the only other time that no school shootings happened

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<v Speaker 1>was during COVID, when children were learning from home. So

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<v Speaker 1>I honestly don't know how parents and caregivers send kids

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<v Speaker 1>to school without this cloud of fear, anxiety, and just grief.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fact is, again, this does not have to

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<v Speaker 1>be the way, but it is the choices that our

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<v Speaker 1>politicians have made over and over again. Think it was

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<v Speaker 1>this year that those that perished in Sandy Hook shooting,

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<v Speaker 1>those kindergarteners in first graders would have been headed to college.

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<v Speaker 1>And my god, we've done nothing, nothing to prevent it

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<v Speaker 1>from happening, And the amount of shootings that have happened

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<v Speaker 1>since is just disgusting. So how we don't look at

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves as just a depraved nation that really does not

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<v Speaker 1>give a shit about kids, that doesn't give a shit

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<v Speaker 1>about public health. I mean, that's what this is. But

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<v Speaker 1>somehow I'm supposed to really give a shit about a

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<v Speaker 1>healthcare ceo that was killed. Why our children are gunned

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<v Speaker 1>down in schools all the time and those same politicians

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<v Speaker 1>don't give a fuck. This country makes me so sick, frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>it just you know, I don't even know where to go.

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<v Speaker 1>And right now, Donald Trump, right at a press conference,

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<v Speaker 1>is bragging about how all of these everybody wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be my friend, says the shallow, insecure faberge egg of

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<v Speaker 1>a man, because everyone from Mika and Joe to Mark Zuckerberg,

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<v Speaker 1>to Jeff Bezo's to ABC have all obeyed in advance,

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<v Speaker 1>have all abdicated whatever responsibility that they had to the

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<v Speaker 1>public to provide information. They have decided that they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to get on the Trump train, that the job of

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<v Speaker 1>the media or social media platforms are not to provide

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<v Speaker 1>information or to connect people to the truth. That we

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<v Speaker 1>have entered the cya policy era where you just cover

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<v Speaker 1>your own ass at the expense of everyone and everything else. So,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I hope that corporate mainstream media just dies,

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<v Speaker 1>I really do, you know. And I say that knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that there are good people that I hope find different

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<v Speaker 1>pathways for their analysis. But I had this conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>Mary Trump the other day on the New Abnormal podcast

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<v Speaker 1>where she was just like, you know, we also have

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<v Speaker 1>to understand that like, these are not entities. These media

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<v Speaker 1>outlets are not entities that are owned that own themselves, right.

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<v Speaker 1>They're subsidiaries of major companies that want to be in

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<v Speaker 1>good footing, in good standing with this incoming regime, like

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump does not have to worry about anything, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's not as if what is going to unfold inside

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<v Speaker 1>of that administration is going to be reported. Everything that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to come out is going to seem completely and

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<v Speaker 1>totally normal. As your rights are eroded one by one,

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<v Speaker 1>as agencies begin to fold one by one, as more

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<v Speaker 1>Americans become sick, as public schools close because we have

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<v Speaker 1>no Department of Education, as our water and our air

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<v Speaker 1>continues to become increasingly polluted causing more illness because they

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<v Speaker 1>got the EPA, As free speech and freedom of the

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<v Speaker 1>press goes out the window, because you have investigations that

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<v Speaker 1>are going to unfold at the hands of Cashptel, who

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be in charge of the FBI, and

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<v Speaker 1>the threats of using the Department of Justice to sue

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<v Speaker 1>media outlets for their coverage. This is it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>We're at the end of American democracy. Beginning January twentieth

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<v Speaker 1>will be the beginning of the American braligarchy. I've said

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<v Speaker 1>this before here and I've said it in other places

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<v Speaker 1>that I really do believe at this point that Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is necessary. I do believe that the ensuing violence hopelessness.

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<v Speaker 1>All of the things that are going to come because

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<v Speaker 1>of this administration are necessary because Americans don't learn the

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<v Speaker 1>easy way. It requires, apparently, to make the same mistakes

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again for people to realize that, no,

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<v Speaker 1>your grocery prices are not going to go down, they're

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<v Speaker 1>actually going to go up. You're going to lose your

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<v Speaker 1>life savings, You're not going to be able to retire.

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<v Speaker 1>There will be no social security, there will be no medicaid,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be no agencies that are protecting the food

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<v Speaker 1>and water that you drink and the food that you eat,

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<v Speaker 1>and vaccines will all be repeating old. And the goal

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<v Speaker 1>is to keep Americans broke, sick, and under educated, because

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<v Speaker 1>that is how you rule in a dictatorship and an autocracy.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at people in Russia, Look at people in North Korea.

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<v Speaker 1>The populations of North Korea. You know, these are depressed

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<v Speaker 1>societies that have nothing to offer like the world in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of like, oh, the best innovators are oh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>people come to attend their universities or anything of that nature.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the goal is just to suppress the people so

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<v Speaker 1>that they keep functioning as the cogs in the machine,

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<v Speaker 1>so that they keep putting money into the oligarch's pockets,

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<v Speaker 1>but that they have absolutely nothing, because if you keep

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<v Speaker 1>people broke and diseased and downtrodden, they'll be at each

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<v Speaker 1>other's throats for the scraps that are left behind while

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<v Speaker 1>you're laughing all the way to the bank. And that

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be America. It's not going to happen

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<v Speaker 1>all at once, right, It's not going to happen in

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<v Speaker 1>the first one hundred days. But I would argue that

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<v Speaker 1>probably halfway through Donald Trump's regime you will see it

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<v Speaker 1>all over the place. It will be unavoidable. And for

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<v Speaker 1>those that think that they live in blue states that

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be safe, that is not the case,

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<v Speaker 1>because there are many ways that this incoming regime will

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<v Speaker 1>squeeze resources out of blue states, deny them access to

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<v Speaker 1>federal funding that they deserve, which means that they will

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<v Speaker 1>have to tap into their state fundings, which means that

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<v Speaker 1>guess what state taxes will go up in order to

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<v Speaker 1>cover But people aren't not making it need more money.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's an ugly picture. And maybe from this ugliness

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<v Speaker 1>something new and beautiful will be born, because it's not

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<v Speaker 1>coming from the Democratic Party, which their members from Fetterman

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<v Speaker 1>to Rocana to Cliburne and others are showing their complicity. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>pardon Donald Trump, because the country needs to move forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I can work with doge this made up bullshit agency,

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<v Speaker 1>and I use that with like a roll of the

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<v Speaker 1>eyes that's being put together that Elon Musk and Vivekar

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna run. I just wish people had cared enough

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<v Speaker 1>to make the right choices. I wish they had cared

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<v Speaker 1>enough about themselves and enough about their neighbors to do

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<v Speaker 1>the right thing. But it is evident that that is

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<v Speaker 1>not the case. And so here we are, with just

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<v Speaker 1>a handful of weeks left, it already feels like Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is president. And I don't really know how folks

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<v Speaker 1>hang on, but I do know that you don't do

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<v Speaker 1>it by engaging with corporate mainstream media because they don't

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<v Speaker 1>give a fuck about you. So, if nothing else, continue

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<v Speaker 1>to support independent media, Continue to support independent content creators

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<v Speaker 1>like myself, who do this because of nothing else other

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<v Speaker 1>than a responsibility and obligation to the truth and providing

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<v Speaker 1>you with analysis as I see the world unfolding, not sugarcoating,

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<v Speaker 1>because oh what about you know, my investors nope, because

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else is set up to lie to you and

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<v Speaker 1>that is their goal. And it's really scary and it's

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<v Speaker 1>really sick where we are. But I will continued to say,

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<v Speaker 1>folks need to ground themselves in truth, create community, and

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<v Speaker 1>do the things that help you stay sane and safe

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<v Speaker 1>during these really dark days ahead, knowing that they are coming.

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<v Speaker 1>Find the ways to protect yourself, to inform yourself, and

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<v Speaker 1>to build real life community, because that's the only thing

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<v Speaker 1>that is going to allow us to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>push forward. That is it for me today. Dear friends

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<v Speaker 1>on Woke af AS always power to the people and

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

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<v Speaker 1>as fuck.