WEBVTT - Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators

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<v Speaker 1>Call Zone Media.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to k That here, a podcast increasingly ruled by

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<v Speaker 2>an absolutely unhinged and unrestrained band of Nazis, and apparently

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<v Speaker 2>they're democratic collaborators. I am your host, Mia Wong with

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<v Speaker 2>Vus James Stout.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Miya's collaborator today.

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<v Speaker 2>Yay, this is a collaborator. Good. We are talking today

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<v Speaker 2>about collaborator bad.

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<v Speaker 1>So.

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<v Speaker 2>On Friday, Senator Chuck Schumer and his allies, in an

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<v Speaker 2>act of democratic collaboration with the regime that looks even

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<v Speaker 2>more hideous now than it did then, in the wake

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<v Speaker 2>of a series of absolutely horrific deportations in the last

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<v Speaker 2>few days, voted for basically a continuing funding resolution. So

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<v Speaker 2>this is this is a little bit complicated, but I

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<v Speaker 2>believe in US we can get through a little tiny

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<v Speaker 2>bit of Senate bullshit. So basically what's happening is that

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<v Speaker 2>they need a resolution to keep funding the government for

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit until more negotiations can happen to fund

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<v Speaker 2>a budget. There has been a budget. Basically, like we

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<v Speaker 2>keep seeing this over and over again. They're keep being

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<v Speaker 2>continuing funding resolutions, they keep almost being government shutdowns because

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<v Speaker 2>if there's not a continuing funding resolution, and there's no budget.

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<v Speaker 2>The government doesn't have any money. What happened here was that,

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<v Speaker 2>So in the Senate you can filibuster this and a

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<v Speaker 2>whole bunch of Senators Schumer and others who we will

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<v Speaker 2>be reading out later after we talk about what this

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<v Speaker 2>resolution actually did, because it's unhinged. So you've probably been hearing.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've been hearing about this, you've been hearing you

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<v Speaker 2>called a culture vote. So what that is is basically

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<v Speaker 2>the absolute shortest version of it is, it's a vote

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<v Speaker 2>to kill a philibuster on the bill. You filibuster by

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<v Speaker 2>continuing debate. Culture ends debate, centria, et cetera, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 2>So this resolution is staggeringly unhinged. It is not a

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<v Speaker 2>very long funding continuation. It includes thirteen billion dollars and

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<v Speaker 2>cuts a non military spending and also six billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>in military spending cuts. There are a lot of things

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<v Speaker 2>that have been sort of defunded by this, including like

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of like housing and urban development stuff, so

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<v Speaker 2>research ship, you know, And that's obviously really bad because

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<v Speaker 2>normally with these resolutions you're just sort of like continuing

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<v Speaker 2>the funding, right, but this is not a normal continuing resolution.

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<v Speaker 2>This is it is over It is very, very over

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<v Speaker 2>dramatic to do the thing that a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>have been doing, which is comparing it to the enabling

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<v Speaker 2>acts that the Nazis passed.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>But but Comma, this is a completely unhinged continuing resolution.

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<v Speaker 2>There has never been a continuing resolution like this ever,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is Jenny Winley. It is another step down

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<v Speaker 2>the path of effectively having Trump running the government as

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<v Speaker 2>a dictator by sort of pure fiat. And Okay, you

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<v Speaker 2>usually say this and you think this is an exaggeration,

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<v Speaker 2>but what this Continuing Resolution actually does is normally in

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<v Speaker 2>one of these resolutions, Congress tells you, executive how parts

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<v Speaker 2>of the budget are supposed to be sent right, it

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<v Speaker 2>does allocations. It'll be like, okay, so there's this money

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<v Speaker 2>for this thing, and it goes to this purpose and

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<v Speaker 2>you have to spend it here. This Continuing Resolution just

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<v Speaker 2>like doesn't do that. Yeah, And the goal of it

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<v Speaker 2>is just to let Trump do whatever the fuck he

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<v Speaker 2>wants with the money by not actually giving out Congressional

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<v Speaker 2>things to specifically allocated. So this is more of a

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<v Speaker 2>thing we've been seeing more and more, which is Congress

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<v Speaker 2>specifically like delegating and abandoning its constitutional power to be

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<v Speaker 2>the people who set the budget and just heading it

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<v Speaker 2>over to the executive so there can be a single

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<v Speaker 2>unitary executive that runs the entire governments.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean when you combine it with the open

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<v Speaker 3>defiance of the court. So you saw this weekend with deportation, right, like,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not a good not a good outlook actually, like

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<v Speaker 3>it is in terms of the old separation of powers,

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<v Speaker 3>which is you know, supposed to be a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, you could you could argue about whether

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<v Speaker 2>the American Revolution was about the king being able to

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<v Speaker 2>set taxes because that was technically a thing controlled by

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<v Speaker 2>the British Parliament. But like it is, for example, the

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<v Speaker 2>issue that like the Revolution of seventeen eighty nine was

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<v Speaker 2>fought over, right like like that that there shouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>a single unitary executive who gets to fucking set the budget.

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<v Speaker 3>It's fundamentally I don't want to say unconstitutional, because I

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<v Speaker 3>guess I don't get to decide what is unconstitutional and

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<v Speaker 3>to the extent that it matters, fucking.

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<v Speaker 2>Fuck if we get well, it doesn't matter. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>it is like obviously hideously unconstitutional.

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<v Speaker 3>It's entirely against the basic principles of the constitution, right,

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<v Speaker 3>like the sene Kwan none of the US Constitution, to

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<v Speaker 3>use a fancy word, is separation of powers. Is It's

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<v Speaker 3>not like the kind of the point of a thing

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<v Speaker 3>is to not just have one older dude in charge

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<v Speaker 3>like like that That is the English way.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and this is this is the fundamental like principles

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<v Speaker 2>upon which the liberal notion of democracy is based. And

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<v Speaker 2>I use liberal in like the seventeen yes early eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>hundred cents of the word liber right, which is that,

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<v Speaker 2>like you believe in democracy. This bill effectively just allows

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<v Speaker 2>Trump to fund and defund programs at will. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>there's you know, there are there are specific things like

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<v Speaker 2>boundaries in which she can't and can't do this. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to read some stuff from Senator Patty Murray,

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<v Speaker 2>who is the vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the committee that handles like where money goes

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<v Speaker 2>in the budget. Right, it's much appropriations, et cetera. So she,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, is one of the senators who sort of

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<v Speaker 2>understands its intimately. She wrote a fact sheet about this,

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<v Speaker 2>which is fucking terrifying. I'm just going to quote from

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<v Speaker 2>that because good God. Quote. Under this continuing resolution, the

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<v Speaker 2>Trump administration could, for example, decide not to suspend funding

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<v Speaker 2>previously allocated for Combating Fence and all the Support Act

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<v Speaker 2>and other Substance abuse and mental health care programs, or

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<v Speaker 2>specific NIAH priorities like Alzheimer's disease and vaccine research, and

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<v Speaker 2>instead steer funding to other priorities if it's choosing. It

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<v Speaker 2>could also pick and choose which military reconstruction, Army Corps,

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<v Speaker 2>or transit improvement and expansion projects to withdraw funding without

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<v Speaker 2>direction from Congress, leaving democratic states and priorities in the lurch.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's that is like, that's not great, Like even

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<v Speaker 3>like I don't think people realize how much damage is

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<v Speaker 3>could do and it like yeah, yeah, they have a

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<v Speaker 3>year of just randomly slashing fit. Not only is it

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<v Speaker 3>the programs who are affected, right, things that are cut,

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<v Speaker 3>the certainty that contractors will get paid, the certainty that

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<v Speaker 3>if you have a contract with the government it is

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<v Speaker 3>a reliable thing, Like that will have devastating economic consequences

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<v Speaker 3>if they just start randomly yoinking contracts and not paying

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<v Speaker 3>people as they did with the USAID suppliers.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, so like there is also a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>funding cuts for things like the Army Corps of Engineers,

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<v Speaker 2>and like, there are a lot of valid criticisms you

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<v Speaker 2>can have about the Army Corps of Engineers, and for example,

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<v Speaker 2>the way it like has structurally fucked the entire city

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<v Speaker 2>of New Orleans. But the thing is not giving them

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<v Speaker 2>money to do hurricane prevention is not gonna help that.

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<v Speaker 2>And the thing about this, right, because this resolution has

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen billion indirect budget cuts and then it also allows

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<v Speaker 2>Trump to do more cuts on top of it by

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<v Speaker 2>doing by doing these funding allocation things, right, So it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's like it's it's a fucking like double Yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a sort of double set of cuts here. And this

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<v Speaker 2>includes you know, he can he can relegate money away

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<v Speaker 2>from the FAA. One of the most absolutely terrifying ones

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<v Speaker 2>is that this continuing Resolution allows RFK Junior to eliminate

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<v Speaker 2>funding for the universal flu vaccine. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I was talking to someone in a medical profession about this,

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<v Speaker 3>Like there's a serious chance that is won't be h

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<v Speaker 3>one developed in the US for next year and it

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<v Speaker 3>will just use the European one. Great stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, this is really the substantive problem with this

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<v Speaker 2>entire thing and why it is genuinely an act of

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<v Speaker 2>like an act an act of collaboration worthy Avichy France

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<v Speaker 2>to fucking pass this, to pass this fucking bill. Is

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<v Speaker 2>that again, you are handing control of the budgets, right,

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<v Speaker 2>You're handing direct control of just like how budget allocation

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<v Speaker 2>stuff gets fucking dealt with to like Elon Musk, Trump

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<v Speaker 2>and RFK Junior, and they can just fucking do this

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<v Speaker 2>shit with it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we've already seen some of this, like manipulation of

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<v Speaker 3>federal government funding, like with with Columbia University.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, we're gonna get to that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay, good exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So other things. It defunds FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund,

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<v Speaker 2>which is bad because a bunch of funding with FEMA

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<v Speaker 2>Disaster Relief Fund has been get this exhausted because there

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<v Speaker 2>were a bunch of fucking disasters. Guess what, there's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be more of disasters. Guess what, There's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to be money in ease the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah that's bad. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the thing. We have not fucking hit the

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<v Speaker 2>worst part of this continuing resolution yet, like all of that, right,

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<v Speaker 2>like the monopolization of power in the hands of the executive,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like the potentiality funding of the flu vaccine.

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<v Speaker 2>We have not hit rock body yet. Bottom is this

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<v Speaker 2>getting resolution quote slashes one hundred and eighty five million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars seven percent of the total program from defense nuclear

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<v Speaker 2>non proliferation programs, including the programs to prevent terrorists from

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<v Speaker 2>acquiring nuclear and radioactive material, remove radioactive materials at risk

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<v Speaker 2>of being misused or causing a catastrophic accident and a

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<v Speaker 2>tur and monitor foreign nuclear fuel cycle in weapons developments,

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear materials movement or diversions, and nuclear explosions. Cool. So

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<v Speaker 2>we are defunding the nuke police again for a third time.

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<v Speaker 2>And this one looks like it's actually gonna fucking stick

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't think any of these fucking people actually

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<v Speaker 2>understand what the defense nuclear non proliferation programs do.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean I don't know, because they will on

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<v Speaker 3>one about Iran and enriching uranium for years. Have they

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<v Speaker 3>have they just give? Have they moved on? Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Like this as as we're going to see in a second,

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<v Speaker 2>this budget is being written by just fucking clowns, like

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<v Speaker 2>just absolute dipshits. Don't I don't know who the fuck

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<v Speaker 2>is doing this.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what I sometimes wonder is, like, who comes up

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<v Speaker 3>with these numbers?

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<v Speaker 2>Like it's like a staffers, it's literally an army of staffords. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the senators re voting for these bills most often have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea what the fuck is in them. It's all

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<v Speaker 2>run by an army of staffers. And the thing about

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<v Speaker 2>it all being run by an army of staffers, and

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that Republican staffers are increasingly drawn from a

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<v Speaker 2>class of like genuinely the most unhinged people who have

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<v Speaker 2>ever lived, this class of fucking internet gropers and fucking

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<v Speaker 2>white nationalist bullshit, means that one of the parts of

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<v Speaker 2>this I think people have heard about is the one

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<v Speaker 2>billion dollars in spending that was cut just from like

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<v Speaker 2>the city budget of Washington, DC. Now, looking at what's

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<v Speaker 2>happened next, I genuinely think they did this by accidents.

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<v Speaker 2>That's been the explanation that's been given is that they

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<v Speaker 2>literally did it by accidents. And the reason I think

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<v Speaker 2>it might actually be true, it's it's either it's either

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<v Speaker 2>actually true or they saw the pushback. But immediately after

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<v Speaker 2>this bill got passed, there was like a separate bill

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<v Speaker 2>that was drafted to restore the funding, and that was

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<v Speaker 2>approvinguanimously by the second so it might legitimately have been

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<v Speaker 2>a mistake. So it was either legitimately a mistake or

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<v Speaker 2>all of these people realized that the entire population of

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<v Speaker 2>DC was about to like fucking march on the capital

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<v Speaker 2>of Pitchforks. So I don't know one of those two things.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're not talking much about the DC stuff because

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like the funding is going to come back,

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<v Speaker 2>though if it doesn't well cover the catastrophic impacts of that.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's one more thing, James, which I couldn't find

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<v Speaker 2>details of, but one of the things it's supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>do is eliminate protections for people an immigration court. Fantastic,

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<v Speaker 2>great allowed the Attorney general more power.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I was just looking this up. Actually, Like, let

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<v Speaker 3>me there was an office founded under Biden that was

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<v Speaker 3>the Office of the Obficely Immigration Detents from Ombudsman, which

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<v Speaker 3>was like supposedly to exist to like examine people's conditions

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<v Speaker 3>in immigration detention, right, And I'm wondering to what extent

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<v Speaker 3>it still exists. Yeah, Like I don't know. I was

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<v Speaker 3>just trying to find that out, I would have to

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<v Speaker 3>go through the risk, and maybe I will at some point.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, there is stuff that the federal government does

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<v Speaker 3>right now that provides people with some protections in immigration courts, right,

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<v Speaker 3>and yeah, I can see, I mean look to the

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<v Speaker 3>extent that that matters, because they're just deporting people in

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<v Speaker 3>open violation of court orders right now, we don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's still bad either way, right, taking away the

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<v Speaker 3>very few protections that might have. Yeah, it's bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So speaking of bad things, we're going to go

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<v Speaker 2>to ads and then we're going.

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<v Speaker 3>To come back.

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<v Speaker 1>We are back.

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<v Speaker 2>So, having said all of this about this bill, fully,

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<v Speaker 2>ten Democratic senators voted to avoid shutting down the government

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<v Speaker 2>and fucking past this unbelievably hideous resolution which again like

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<v Speaker 2>defunds the nuke police. Again, they are risking like global

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<v Speaker 2>annihilation by doing this. And I'm just going to read

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<v Speaker 2>out the names of everyone who did this, because there's

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<v Speaker 2>been a lot of focus on Chuck Schumer, and Chuck

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<v Speaker 2>Schumer is to like probably the primary person responsible for this,

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<v Speaker 2>but fuck every single one of these people.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's a quizzling in this scenario, like the Capitol

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<v Speaker 3>Q quisling.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, okay, so Chuck Schumer, Catherine Cortes, mosto Dick Durbin,

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<v Speaker 2>which is actually a surprising one because Durbin suburban's about

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<v Speaker 2>to retire. He he was my old senator in Illinois.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually know he wasn't wow a complicated I actually

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<v Speaker 2>fucking don't remember the which one of them I had. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>But Durbin is, you know, he's like senior party leadership guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's usually been in like the kind of left I

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<v Speaker 2>guess of the like old Democratic leadership yea, which is

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<v Speaker 2>not very far left. But he fucking voted for this.

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<v Speaker 2>John Fetterman, to the surprise of absolutely no one, Kirsten Gillibrand,

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<v Speaker 2>to the surprise of absolutely no one. Yeah, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>his song. Agnes King, Gary Peters, Brian Shatz, and Janine

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<v Speaker 2>Shaheen now notably missing from that list. Tim fucking Kine

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<v Speaker 2>voted against this. Do you know how bad a Republican

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<v Speaker 2>budget thing has to be for Tim fucking kin to

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<v Speaker 2>vote against it and be like, hey, guys, what the

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<v Speaker 2>fuck are you doing?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? And the thing is like, as a Democrat, the move,

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<v Speaker 3>just if you want to get reelected is to vote

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<v Speaker 3>against it and then blame them for everything bad that

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<v Speaker 3>happens this year because of the budget thing, right, if

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<v Speaker 3>you have no moral backbone whatsoever. And I'm sure like

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<v Speaker 3>that there are things in this continuing Resolution which really

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<v Speaker 3>screw over rural areas, right, like some of the funding

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<v Speaker 3>that was allocated. Oh yeah, And like Cain is at least,

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<v Speaker 3>I guess astute enough to see that when things get

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<v Speaker 3>harder of his constituents, he can go, yes, they did this,

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<v Speaker 3>and I voted against it, and you need to return

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<v Speaker 3>me to office so I can continue opposing this shit,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a very cynical approach.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And then yeah, we've just got Chuck Chuck Humor who

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of bowed down and kissed their ring.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know, the response to this is staggering.

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<v Speaker 2>I genuinely I have never seen anything like the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of anger I'm seeing it. I I've seen that Schuber for

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<v Speaker 2>the past few days. This has happened Friday. Like Indivisible,

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<v Speaker 2>which is like a pretty so Indivisible is like a

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<v Speaker 2>sort of NGO thing that that's like a like tries

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<v Speaker 2>to get's like a sort of vaguely progressive thing and

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<v Speaker 2>tries to get people to vote for the Democrats.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and like register voters and stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And they've been getting into fights with the Democratic

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<v Speaker 2>leadership because they keep telling people to call their senators

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<v Speaker 2>to tell them to oppose bills and or nominations. The

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats are like, we don't want to oppose bills.

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<v Speaker 3>In twenty twenty, in mobilizing the vote in territory, for instance,

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<v Speaker 3>like an indivisible to Hana played a really important role,

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<v Speaker 3>So like they're not negligible in their power.

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<v Speaker 2>No, Yeah, and like they are calling for primary Chuck Schubert. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>our slash neoliberal is calling for AOC the primary Chuck Schumer.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know how fucked things have to be.

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<v Speaker 4>For ar slash neoliberal to be backing AOC against Chuck Schumer?

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<v Speaker 4>Like fucking near a tandin is Agrey with Bertie Sanders.

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<v Speaker 2>Criticizing Schumer for voting for this bill, Like this is.

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<v Speaker 5>Like, I I don't know, I think there maybe there

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<v Speaker 5>are probably are people in the audience here who's like

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<v Speaker 5>weren't paying attention enough or like don't remember, or like

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<v Speaker 5>weren't old enough to be around for like like the

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<v Speaker 5>Bernie Wars.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is like every faction on every side of

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<v Speaker 2>like the whole series of fights from like twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>and like Bernie's first thing through twenty twenty, even like

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<v Speaker 2>the mid late twenty twenties, Like all of these people

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<v Speaker 2>were on exactly polar opposite side. They fucking hated each other,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're all like coming together specifically to agree on

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<v Speaker 2>a fuck Chuck Schumer camping to the point where like

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<v Speaker 2>again like ar Slas neoliberal and like Nearer Tangent who

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<v Speaker 2>are like have been just absolute stalwarts the part right

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<v Speaker 2>for ages are like are backing AOC primary ing Chuck Schumer.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's a total cultural victory for the Bernie bros.

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<v Speaker 3>Is what's happening. It's a Democratic party.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and again the Chuck Schubber is the head of

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<v Speaker 2>the Democratic Caucus in the Senate.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, minority leader of the United States Senate.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah he is, you know, he is unbeliefably powerful, and

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, like the people criticizing him. He got criticized.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a joint statement on funding bill in the

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<v Speaker 2>Senate from the Democratic minority leader in the fucking House,

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<v Speaker 2>Hakim Jeffries, and the Democratic whip Kathleen Clark, and the

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<v Speaker 2>caucus chair Peri Agular and like Hawkim Jeffries is as

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<v Speaker 2>ferociously anti socialist of a politician as there exists in

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<v Speaker 2>all of Congress. He is like implacably hostile to even

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<v Speaker 2>like the most like barest progressive things whatsoever. He is

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<v Speaker 2>just staggeringly opposed to. And they released a joint statement

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<v Speaker 2>against this. Right a sort of happening here, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>happening fucking too late to stop anything. But what's happening

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<v Speaker 2>here is like we are genuinely starting to get a

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<v Speaker 2>kind of and and I'm seeing this sort of online.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been I think we've been seeing the sort of

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<v Speaker 2>echoes of it is like, but there's a kind of

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<v Speaker 2>realignment happening among you know, obviously this has been being

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<v Speaker 2>opposed by people outside the Democratic Party and by a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the Democratic Party's base for ages right and

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<v Speaker 2>the Democratic Party's base, and also just like people who

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to get be ruled by fascist forever have had,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, incredibly staunch opposition to all of the collaborationist

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<v Speaker 2>investment happening. But what's happening right now is that like

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<v Speaker 2>the actual like inside of the Democratic Party, there was

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<v Speaker 2>a fucking rupture happening. And inside of the people who

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<v Speaker 2>are like, you know, like inside of the politic coast,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a rupture happening between people who are collaborationists

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<v Speaker 2>and people who'd like want to be less collaborationist. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is to the point where like Nancy Pelosi came

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<v Speaker 2>out against this. Yeah, And the reason they're doing this

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<v Speaker 2>is because a lot of these people are fucking terrified

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<v Speaker 2>because they are looking at a couple of things. One,

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<v Speaker 2>they're looking at what the Trump gistration is doing, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're going, holy shit, Like near A Tandon is looking

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<v Speaker 2>at them fucking just black bagging, just like just fucking

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<v Speaker 2>black bagging Mamu Khalil and is going like, holy shit,

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<v Speaker 2>we are maybe about I mean, it's maybe eight steps

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<v Speaker 2>away from that happening to be, but that's eight steps

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<v Speaker 2>that you can fucking like, that's a path you can

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<v Speaker 2>walk down. And this is also these people that are

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<v Speaker 2>realizing just the unbelievable anger among just like regular what

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<v Speaker 2>you would call sort of like regular liberals who aren't like,

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<v Speaker 2>like you vote for the Democrats, but if you aren't, like.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they're not like on Twitter with a blue wave emotion.

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<v Speaker 2>But the thing is, even the people on Twitter with

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<v Speaker 2>a blue wave emoji and again, like the rich last

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<v Speaker 2>neoliberal people are like the most ideologically committed of all

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<v Speaker 2>of these people, right, Like even the most unhinged nerds

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<v Speaker 2>who are like obsessed with like individual house races and

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<v Speaker 2>like very very specific, weird technical policy stuff that allows

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<v Speaker 2>them to justify supporting all these unhinged policies, even those

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<v Speaker 2>people are learning on them. And the reason this is

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<v Speaker 2>all happening, and I think this is a very very

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<v Speaker 2>important thing to understand about the entire political landscape going forward,

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<v Speaker 2>is that one of the core, an extremely important basis

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<v Speaker 2>of Donald Trump's support is in the leadership of the

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<v Speaker 2>Democratic Party, particularly the Democratic Party in New York, Right Schumer,

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<v Speaker 2>this is Eric Adams. This is also increasingly becoming true

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<v Speaker 2>of people like Gavin Newsom and a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>sort of Democrats out of the Bay to some extent,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, and you can you can see this

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<v Speaker 2>is sort of various border states too, where you know,

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<v Speaker 2>these people fundamentally are doing this because they fucking agree

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<v Speaker 2>with him. That's why why, that's why they're fucking collaborating.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, or at the very least, like and perhaps it's

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<v Speaker 3>in a sense worse that they don't agree with him,

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<v Speaker 3>but they don't care enough to not like they're doing

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<v Speaker 3>it because they think they can personally benefit.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't think that's true. And my evidence for

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<v Speaker 2>why I don't think that's true is I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>read some stuff from the New York Times interview that

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<v Speaker 2>David Chuck Schumer right after he did this. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 2>in this interview with the New York Times, he gets

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<v Speaker 2>asked about Trump cutting four hundred million dollars of funding

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<v Speaker 2>for Columbia University for I guess not like publicly executing

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<v Speaker 2>the Palestine protesters. And again, yeah, Columbia University. That is

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<v Speaker 2>an institution that he represents in the Senate, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Like that's like his that's like his fucking thing. And

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<v Speaker 2>his response was, well, obviously they didn't crush the campus

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<v Speaker 2>protest hard enough, but cutting four hundred million dollars spending

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<v Speaker 2>might hurt students who didn't protest, like maybe, And he's

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<v Speaker 2>not even clear about that, right, So if you read

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<v Speaker 2>between the lines of what he's saying, his arguments is

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<v Speaker 2>that it's actually fine for Trump to do all of

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<v Speaker 2>these fucking budget cuts of all of these people from

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<v Speaker 2>these universities as long as it's specifically targeting pro Palestinian protesters,

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<v Speaker 2>which is ednyone who's vaguely pro Palestign And he also

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<v Speaker 2>gets you know, he gets asked about the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 2>just straight a black bagging about mu Khalil, and he says, quote,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know all the details yet. They're trying to

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<v Speaker 2>come out and there'll be a court case which will

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<v Speaker 2>determine it. If he broke the law, he should be deported.

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<v Speaker 2>If he didn't break the law on which and just

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<v Speaker 2>peacefully protested, he should not be deported. It's plain and simple.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, how is it hard to not make an

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<v Speaker 3>a quivocating statement on that.

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<v Speaker 2>No, because he agrees with it. He thinks it's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>He thinks it's fine. The Trump administration fucking black bagged

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<v Speaker 2>this guy, like again, who is who it was? A

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<v Speaker 2>permanent US resident. He thinks that it is okay. That

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<v Speaker 2>here's the thing, he's not even disagreeing with the actual

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<v Speaker 2>literal black bagging. And I want to point this out,

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<v Speaker 2>like even if Amu Khalil like legally committed a crime,

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<v Speaker 2>like that's not a fucking deportation thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the section of the United States they're using to

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<v Speaker 3>justify deporting him is not one that has been used before.

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<v Speaker 3>This is not he did not do a felony, and

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<v Speaker 3>they're not suggesting that he did do a fellas And

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<v Speaker 3>like if Schuma can't find it in himself to condemn that,

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<v Speaker 3>like yeah, like folks need to move on because.

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<v Speaker 2>He because he agrees with it. Like that's the thing, Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>what he is saying here is that he agrees that

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<v Speaker 2>if a permanent legal US resident commits any crime.

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<v Speaker 3>Well doesn't though he's not an accused, he's not accused

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<v Speaker 3>of a crime, like he's he no, no, that's that's no.

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<v Speaker 3>But this is specifically what Humor says. Schumer said, quote,

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<v Speaker 3>if he broke the law, he should be deported. What

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<v Speaker 3>his stance is is that if someone who is a

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<v Speaker 3>permanent US resident breaks the law while at a palaestimee protest,

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<v Speaker 3>even if it is a misdemeanor, even if it is

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<v Speaker 3>fucking jaywalking.

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<v Speaker 2>That they should be deported. That is the Trump administration line.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that is it is slightly less than Trump administration line,

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<v Speaker 2>but that is that is a genuinely fascist political line.

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<v Speaker 2>She just straight up agrees with the administration. He is

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<v Speaker 2>a slight matter of degree like off from them, but

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<v Speaker 2>like he's he just like he's collaborating because he fucking

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<v Speaker 2>agrees with them, and he agrees with them both on

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<v Speaker 2>on the fact that the state should be used to

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<v Speaker 2>destroy anyone who supports Palestine, and she agrees with them

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<v Speaker 2>on the fucking deportation ship. Because you know, this was

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<v Speaker 2>one of the other things that Democrats have fundamentally aligned

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<v Speaker 2>with Trump on since twenty twenty is that fundamentally, like

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<v Speaker 2>they agree that we need more immigration controls and we

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<v Speaker 2>need to do more border violence. You can see the

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<v Speaker 2>evidence of this from when they fucking passed that just

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<v Speaker 2>unhinged fascist bill to do allow border state of emergencies.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and there's stuff that they proposed and didn't pass

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<v Speaker 3>because they were Republican twenty to kill it and then

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<v Speaker 3>Biden executive order banning asylum. Like I think what it

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<v Speaker 3>comes down to is that for the Democrats, the existence

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<v Speaker 3>of people who oppose the genocide in Palestine and the

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<v Speaker 3>existence of migrants is seen as inconvenient, and they're prepared

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<v Speaker 3>to do away with any rights so as people might

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<v Speaker 3>have and even do away with those people rather than

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<v Speaker 3>engage with them in any way. Right, they I'm sure

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<v Speaker 3>people like Schuma continue to blame people from both of

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<v Speaker 3>those move moments for their ass whooping that they took

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<v Speaker 3>at the polls in twenty twenty four because they decided

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<v Speaker 3>that it was more important to do genocide than it

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<v Speaker 3>was to listen to those in this country and rather

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<v Speaker 3>than listening now they're blaming them. And the only logical

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<v Speaker 3>way for them to go is right, and the only

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<v Speaker 3>logical place for them to take it is more state violence. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. But there's another aspect of this too, which the

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want to close on, which is okay, So,

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<v Speaker 2>why have the Democrats been shifting so far to the

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<v Speaker 2>right since twenty twenty right and s particularly since after

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty two when they needed to sort of win

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<v Speaker 2>it contest NAT for election. And the answer is that

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<v Speaker 2>after twenty twenty, all of their politics became about opposing

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<v Speaker 2>the uprising because they you know, there was a period

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<v Speaker 2>dream the uprising where they were scared enough that like

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<v Speaker 2>you get like the cant cloth shit, and they're like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and they're talking about like and Biden like

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<v Speaker 2>runs on a significantly more left wing platform than like

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<v Speaker 2>Kamala Harris did, right, Yeah, because of the particularly because

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<v Speaker 2>of the pressure of those protons. Now, obviously, like presidential

0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:00.600
<v Speaker 2>platforms just lies, right but.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, yeah, it's just as you need to tell to

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<v Speaker 3>get the votes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah. But on the other hand, the fundamental politics

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<v Speaker 2>of the Democratic Party in the last half a decade

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<v Speaker 2>has been opposed to the uprising. It's the thing that's,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, behind all of their turn to tough on

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<v Speaker 2>crime politics. It's the thing behind their their sort of

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<v Speaker 2>anti immigrant politics, the thing behind the turns they've been

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<v Speaker 2>taking on trans politics. And the problem with this particularly

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<v Speaker 2>like the anti black, anti crime shit and the anti

0:26:23.880 --> 0:26:28.359
<v Speaker 2>immigrant stuff you know who else. His entire politics like

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<v Speaker 2>came into the fucking political sphere as the right wing

0:26:31.240 --> 0:26:34.720
<v Speaker 2>reaction to the uprising. Oh wait, Donald Trump. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>walked down the fucking escalator in twenty fifteen, immediately in

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<v Speaker 2>the wake of the giant uprisings in Baltimore in twenty fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>which I think people have sort of memory holds, like

0:26:43.359 --> 0:26:47.000
<v Speaker 2>Ferguson and Baltimore. He like, it's like right after Baltimore

0:26:47.040 --> 0:26:49.959
<v Speaker 2>that Trump fucking comes down the escalator and people forget

0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:54.159
<v Speaker 2>how fundamentally the right wing reaction to those protests deranged

0:26:54.240 --> 0:26:58.360
<v Speaker 2>people who even the Tea Party hadn't pushed like far

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<v Speaker 2>enough to for Donald Trump. It was like it was

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<v Speaker 2>a reaction to this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's when we saw the oath Keepers for the

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<v Speaker 3>first time as well. Like this kind of militant right

0:27:07.520 --> 0:27:10.560
<v Speaker 3>really grew dramatically in response to that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And this is the sort of fundamental thing that's

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<v Speaker 2>going on, is that there's now an entire class of

0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:18.760
<v Speaker 2>people who are running the Democratic Party, right. This is

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<v Speaker 2>this is a fucking Chuck Schumer. He is, like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>quite possibly the most powerful Democrat in the country, and

0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:26.680
<v Speaker 2>he is just straight up a collaborationist.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it might legit become that like AOC is more

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<v Speaker 3>powerful than Chuck Schumer in the next few weeks, you know,

0:27:33.400 --> 0:27:36.560
<v Speaker 3>he is that the reaction against Chuck Schumer from establishment

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<v Speaker 3>Democrats is stronger than anything I've ever seen from them.

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<v Speaker 2>He lost Seth Moulton, which I didn't even think was possible. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think there's there's one more important note to

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<v Speaker 2>sort of say, shure, which is that, like, you know,

0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:51.040
<v Speaker 2>the response to this that I've largely been seeing is

0:27:51.400 --> 0:27:53.800
<v Speaker 2>everyone going, Okay, we need a primary to these people. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>are you looking at the rate at which stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>happening in this country, Like, you do you think that

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<v Speaker 2>we are going to be able to wait until the

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<v Speaker 2>fucking primaries?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, six years the cases, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, until we can like attempt to fucking do shit here,

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<v Speaker 2>Like absolutely not. No, they were like there literally is

0:28:11.200 --> 0:28:13.880
<v Speaker 2>regardless of what you think about electoralism as a strategy,

0:28:13.920 --> 0:28:17.040
<v Speaker 2>there is literally not time to wait until the next

0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:20.440
<v Speaker 2>election cycle. Like again, they have defunded the nuke police

0:28:20.480 --> 0:28:23.640
<v Speaker 2>for the third time. So the opposition to this isn't

0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:25.880
<v Speaker 2>going to come from inside of the electoral system because again,

0:28:25.920 --> 0:28:27.879
<v Speaker 2>the demercrats are being run by collaborators and there's not

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<v Speaker 2>enough time to fucking oust them. So if you if

0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:32.359
<v Speaker 2>you want this to not continue, you were going to

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have to find ways to do organizing

0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:39.200
<v Speaker 2>outside of that system. We have approximately one million episodes

0:28:39.240 --> 0:28:41.440
<v Speaker 2>about this. You can also go back to my you

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<v Speaker 2>already know how to organize episode.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, look, call your centator if you want to.

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<v Speaker 3>But if that's the net total of your political activity,

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<v Speaker 3>then like right now, it's probably not going to make

0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:54.680
<v Speaker 3>a difference in time, and really consider it. It's the

0:28:54.720 --> 0:28:58.000
<v Speaker 3>most useful use of your time. Yeah, and maybe make

0:28:58.080 --> 0:29:01.960
<v Speaker 3>some beans or sow something nicer one instead. Oh as well,

0:29:02.280 --> 0:29:04.480
<v Speaker 3>you could listen to it while you sew something nice.

0:29:04.520 --> 0:29:06.920
<v Speaker 3>You could call them while you're cooking your beans.

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<v Speaker 2>Hell yeah, well this has been It could happen here? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>down with the collaborationists, Yeah, fuck.

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<v Speaker 3>Them, Yeah, absolutely fucking choke in particular, It.

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