WEBVTT - Mainstream Media Sanewashing

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Peeve Send Welcome to WOKAP Daily with me

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

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<v Speaker 1>I am super, super excited to bring to you the

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<v Speaker 1>conversation that I have been waiting to bring to you

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<v Speaker 1>all for a couple of weeks. Now you have heard

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<v Speaker 1>me use the term sane washing, right, This idea that

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<v Speaker 1>the media has been interpreting Donald Trump's absolute, incoherent ramblings

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<v Speaker 1>and dissecting them and then presenting the public with what

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<v Speaker 1>they deem to be the kernels of truth and intellect

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<v Speaker 1>that are at the core of his ramblings. And journalist

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<v Speaker 1>Parker malloy coined the term in The New Republic, say

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<v Speaker 1>washing this idea that we're going to take incoherent and

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<v Speaker 1>crazy ramblings and that everyone from the New York Times

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<v Speaker 1>to the Associated Press and others are going to make

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<v Speaker 1>sense out of Donald Trump's nonsense and sell it to

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<v Speaker 1>us as if he's a normal candidate and this election

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<v Speaker 1>is in a normal place, so that they can give

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<v Speaker 1>us the horse race bullshit that they love to do.

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<v Speaker 1>The reality is is that Donald Trump is not sane.

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<v Speaker 1>He is not normal, and the media needs to stop

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<v Speaker 1>fucking treating him that way. And frankly, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>set this on Monday with regard to Maggie Haberman and

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<v Speaker 1>her recent comments at NPR talking about how the left

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<v Speaker 1>is going after, you know, journalists and undermining people's faith

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<v Speaker 1>in journalism. No, your fucking Saine washing is undermining people's

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<v Speaker 1>faith in journalism. And they are realizing right that you

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<v Speaker 1>have become absolutely unreliable because you need to hear Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump for yourself. And then you would wonder how the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck did they get a topic and a headline on

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<v Speaker 1>economic policy when all the man did would spout the

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<v Speaker 1>word tariffs and say the word economy. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>were just reading what these outlets write and not listening

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<v Speaker 1>to what Donald Trump is saying at these rallies, saying

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<v Speaker 1>in these spaces, you would think that he's completely normal,

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<v Speaker 1>when in fact, he fucking is not. And most recently, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump was speaking to a Jewish group to where

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<v Speaker 1>he told them that if he loses this election, it

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be Jewish people's fault and things could

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<v Speaker 1>get wild. Wait what, yep, folks, that actually happened. He

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<v Speaker 1>actually said it. And if you have not watched the

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<v Speaker 1>episode of Democracy Ish from Friday, September twentieth. I urge

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<v Speaker 1>you to go ahead and listen or head over to

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<v Speaker 1>my YouTube channel at Danielle Moody Underscore and watch that

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<v Speaker 1>episode so that you can see that video that watch

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<v Speaker 1>and I discuss over there, because folks, let me tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>he is planting the seeds for violence as well as

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<v Speaker 1>all of the election interference that is happening in Georgia,

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<v Speaker 1>in Nebraska and in other places. They are fit to

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<v Speaker 1>take this election regardless of what it is that the

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<v Speaker 1>people vote for. They are no longer going to take

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<v Speaker 1>our votes as our bond. They are going to manipulate,

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<v Speaker 1>they are going to lie, they are going to use

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<v Speaker 1>stochastic terrorism and more because they cannot win without it.

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<v Speaker 1>So coming up next my conversation with journalists Parker Maloy.

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<v Speaker 1>I am super excited to welcome I think for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time. I'm not one hundred percent sure, Parker, because

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<v Speaker 1>I talk to you in my head after I read,

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<v Speaker 1>after I read your pieces all the time, I'm just like,

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<v Speaker 1>m hmm, that's right. But to welcome to ok F

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<v Speaker 1>Daily for I think the first time award winning journalist

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<v Speaker 1>who writes at the New Republic who has a newsletter

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<v Speaker 1>called The present Age that you all can subscribe to,

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<v Speaker 1>and as most recently written a piece that allowed for

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<v Speaker 1>us to put a definition, a name, and a definition

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<v Speaker 1>to what the media has been doing around Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>which is sane washing. In Parker Maloy's piece at The

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<v Speaker 1>New Republic, how the media sanitizes Trump's insanity. The political

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<v Speaker 1>press's efforts to rationalize Trump's incoherent statements are eroding our

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<v Speaker 1>shared reality and threatening in form democracy. Parker, I come

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<v Speaker 1>to you today after a weekend where, according to reports,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a second attempt on Donald Trump's life. A

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<v Speaker 1>man was found with a rifle and a scope in

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<v Speaker 1>the bushes at one of his golf horses and has

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<v Speaker 1>been arrested. And Donald Trump found himself on social media

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<v Speaker 1>talking about how the rhetoric on the left is what

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<v Speaker 1>has led to these attempts on his life, with other

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans echoing this same foolishness or what I like to

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<v Speaker 1>call what is that word, oh, a lie about the

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<v Speaker 1>rhetoric on the left. Talk to us about this moment

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<v Speaker 1>in the context of sinewashing and how we find ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>else here.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely so, yeah, so basically just for anyone who hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>read the piece, I'll kind of do a quick overview

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<v Speaker 2>of sainwashing. So sain washing is something that I had

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<v Speaker 2>been calling coherence bias, which is this idea that in

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<v Speaker 2>the news, you know, it's natural for journalists to want

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<v Speaker 2>to make things sound normal, grammatically correct, to make sense.

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<v Speaker 2>And in ninety nine percent of cases that's fine. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're talking to someone whose house just got demolished

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<v Speaker 2>by a hurricane, you're not going to quote their rambling

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<v Speaker 2>statement with all the ums and ohs and all that verbatim.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna write something like John Smith, whose house was

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<v Speaker 2>just lost in the hurricane, said he was devastated. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but when it comes to Donald Trump, doing

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<v Speaker 2>that has a nasty side effect. You're essentially sanitizing what

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<v Speaker 2>he's saying, because in his case, he's never just saying

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<v Speaker 2>that he agrees to a debate. He says he agrees

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<v Speaker 2>to a debate against Comrade Kamala Harris and the radical

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<v Speaker 2>left Democrats, Crooked Joe Biden, and ABC fake news. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's kind of this idea of sainwashing, where you'll

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<v Speaker 2>take this rambling statement and then you'll present it in

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<v Speaker 2>a way that's made for the general public. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it presents him as is more put together than he

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<v Speaker 2>actually is. And I think that over the weekend this

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<v Speaker 2>past week, basically the town of Springfield, Ohio has been

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<v Speaker 2>terrorized by a lot of this language that Trump in

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<v Speaker 2>vance and a lot of others on the right have

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<v Speaker 2>been pushing, arguing that Haitian immigrants have been stealing people's

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<v Speaker 2>pets and eating them. And there's no factual basis to this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a racist lie. And so they've been pushing that.

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<v Speaker 2>And then on Sunday do you have someone show up

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<v Speaker 2>to Trump's goll of course, apparently with the gun, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Secret Service considers an assassination attempt, but they stopped

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<v Speaker 2>the guy before he got there, you know, which is

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<v Speaker 2>great and all. But then Trump takes to truth social

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<v Speaker 2>as he does, and he writes this thing where the

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<v Speaker 2>first half I find fascinating because he says the rhetoric

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<v Speaker 2>lies exemplified by the false statements made by Comrade Kamala

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<v Speaker 2>Harris during the rigged and highly partisan ABC debate and

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<v Speaker 2>all the ridiculous lawsuits specifically designed to inflict damage on

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<v Speaker 2>Joe's then Kamala's political opponent, me has taken politics in

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<v Speaker 2>our country to a whole new level of hatred, abuse,

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<v Speaker 2>and distrust because of this communist left rhetoric. The bullets

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<v Speaker 2>are flying and it will only get worse. And then

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<v Speaker 2>he goes and starts talking about He says, allowing millions

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<v Speaker 2>of people from places unknown to invade and take over

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<v Speaker 2>our country is an unpardonable sin. Our borders must be

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<v Speaker 2>closed and the terrorist, criminals and mentally insane immediately removed

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<v Speaker 2>from American cities towns to ported back to their countries

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<v Speaker 2>of origin. We want people to come and through countries.

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<v Speaker 2>Blah blah, blah, blah blah. So he has this thing

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<v Speaker 2>where he's complaining about rhetoric as he uses some of

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<v Speaker 2>the most wild rhetoric possible. He's adding insults to people's names.

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<v Speaker 2>He's trying to blame Democrats for what they've been doing.

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<v Speaker 2>But one thing I find really kind of funny about

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<v Speaker 2>this is that it was just, you know, over the weekend, JD.

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<v Speaker 2>Vance was asked about Trump's rhetoric, and he said, to

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<v Speaker 2>try to distance himself from the people making bomb threats

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<v Speaker 2>against places in Springfield. So are we not allowed to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about these problems because some psychopaths are threatening violence,

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<v Speaker 2>and that was his excuse. And so I think that

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<v Speaker 2>right now there's this sense after the assassination attempt where

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<v Speaker 2>someone actually shot at him, the press kind of went

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<v Speaker 2>in to this kind of protective cocoon surrounding him, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was it was very much, you know, they were

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<v Speaker 2>projecting all of these things onto him, saying he had changed,

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<v Speaker 2>he was nicer, he was toning it down, and he

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<v Speaker 2>wanted the whole country to tone it down. And of

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<v Speaker 2>course that didn't last.

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<v Speaker 1>By the time he had gotten pulled off the stage.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he was already fight fight fight corral. So I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one of those things that I'm curious to see

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<v Speaker 2>how in the next few days, how the press covers

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<v Speaker 2>this sort of attempt to blame the left and blame

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<v Speaker 2>rhetoric on the left, because what they essentially want is

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<v Speaker 2>unilateral rhetorical disarmament. To basically say, people on the left, Democrats,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not allowed to campaign against Trump, but he's allowed

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<v Speaker 2>to call you all sorts of names. He's allowed to

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<v Speaker 2>demonize whatever group he wants, and you're not allowed to

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<v Speaker 2>say that that's bad and it's insulting. It's insulting to voters,

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<v Speaker 2>to readers, to journalists, and I hope that journalists see

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<v Speaker 2>through that and don't parrot that line.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you're seeing it. And I asked

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<v Speaker 1>this because I don't know if it's just a hope

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<v Speaker 1>of mine or it's actually happening, which is even when

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<v Speaker 1>Jade Vance was sitting down with Dana Bash on CNN

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<v Speaker 1>and for the first time that I have ever seen,

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<v Speaker 1>Dana Bash actually pushed back against a Republican and say,

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<v Speaker 1>let me stop you right there when he was repeating

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<v Speaker 1>the lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, that's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>So city officials, the sheriff have all come out and said,

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<v Speaker 1>what you're saying is not true. But what is true

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<v Speaker 1>is that, in the course of a week that you all,

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<v Speaker 1>you and Donald Trump have been escalating the rhetoric, there

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<v Speaker 1>have in fact been bomb threats. There have in fact

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<v Speaker 1>been hospitals that have been closed down. His response to

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<v Speaker 1>her rightfully connecting the dots and putting together the timeline

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<v Speaker 1>for the viewers was She's disgusting for even insinuating that

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<v Speaker 1>his rhetoric could lead to any type of violence. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, how, And I honestly I think that what

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<v Speaker 1>I am seeing because frankly, this is not top story today,

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<v Speaker 1>the assassination attempt. There are like eighteen other stories that

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<v Speaker 1>are trending on top of this. So what does that

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<v Speaker 1>say to you, Parker, when you're looking at and we

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<v Speaker 1>follow what is trending, what people are in conversation about.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I see more people saying something to the

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<v Speaker 1>effect of it seems that every time that's Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is down in the polls, something you know, outlandish happens

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<v Speaker 1>right to keep his name in the press. And so

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<v Speaker 1>are you sensing a bit of exhaustion, a bit of

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<v Speaker 1>like hole humness with regard to something that, let's just

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, ninety year years ago happening would have literally

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<v Speaker 1>stopped the presses.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean I think people are tired of Donald

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<v Speaker 2>Trump just consuming their lives. You know. There's an Onion

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<v Speaker 2>article written from Trump's perspective that came out and I

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<v Speaker 2>think twenty eighteen or twenty nineteen, and it's headlined with

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<v Speaker 2>something like happy Monday, everyone, I'm here to infect every

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<v Speaker 2>moment of your daily life by Donald Trump, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was about how everything everything from sports to

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<v Speaker 2>culture to just everything he had put himself into it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think people are kind of just tired of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, obviously, it's horrible that a guy showed up

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<v Speaker 2>to his club with a gun, and I think that

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<v Speaker 2>obviously it has to be covered. But I think a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people are just like, I'm exhausted, get this

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<v Speaker 2>guy out of my news. They want to they want

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<v Speaker 2>to hit mute on Donald Trump. Yeah, they just want

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<v Speaker 2>to move on. And I think that that's really what

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<v Speaker 2>the Harris campaign has going for it in a big way,

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<v Speaker 2>is that a lot of people are just tired of

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump being everywhere all of the time. And it

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<v Speaker 2>seemed for a brief moment at the beginning of the

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<v Speaker 2>Biden administration that there was maybe hope that Trump would

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<v Speaker 2>would kind of fade away, and that was you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure that there were a fair number of Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>who hoped that that would happen too, because they don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to then push back against him, they don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to make excuses for him. It was a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>move on, but they didn't take it. And Trump came

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<v Speaker 2>back and they embraced him and they had him speaking

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<v Speaker 2>at events, and you know, I think it worked to

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<v Speaker 2>his advantage. Honestly that he was suspended from Facebook and

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<v Speaker 2>Twitter for as long as he was because it helped

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<v Speaker 2>people kind of forget forget Trump, forget his how outlandish

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<v Speaker 2>he was, which allowed him to kind of creep back

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<v Speaker 2>in and it's like, oh, Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he wasn't everywhere, maybe he didn't infect our lives

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<v Speaker 2>that way. And then he starts running for president again

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<v Speaker 2>and everything is just Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump constantly,

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<v Speaker 2>and so yeah, I mean after that, after even after

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<v Speaker 2>the first assassination attempt where someone shot at him and

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<v Speaker 2>killed another person, after that, it's kind of amazing how

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<v Speaker 2>that just sort of faded in right away. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>there was just so little curiosity about it. It's just like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that happened.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a Monday, like you know exactly. I think

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<v Speaker 1>too to all of the points you're making, And actually

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that the Harris Walls campaign pushed out it

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<v Speaker 1>was a picture of a flag in front of it

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<v Speaker 1>was typed out, exhausted period, Harris Walls, that was their ad.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that to mark that point about why

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<v Speaker 1>these stories are not sticking in the way that they

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<v Speaker 1>would have, is that people are over it. They are like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like the circus is only entertaining for so long

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<v Speaker 1>you buy a ticket once you're amazed, ooh ah. But

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm going to the circus every single week and

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<v Speaker 1>there is no change in the performer or the performances,

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<v Speaker 1>then at some point in the time, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>be like, I actually hate this and not even I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like the circus and I don't want to go.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually hate it now. Yeah, And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>that is where we are with Donald Trump absolutely.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you think about it, it's just like

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<v Speaker 2>like I don't think about Joe Biden every day. No,

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<v Speaker 2>he does not pop into my head. I just assume

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<v Speaker 2>that he's doing president things and you know, if I want,

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<v Speaker 2>I can look it up and find out exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>those things are. It's not blasted to me constantly. And

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<v Speaker 2>I hope that if Kamala Harris gets elected, I hope

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<v Speaker 2>the same thing happened, yes, where she's just doing her thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And obviously, like we follow politics closely, so it's like

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<v Speaker 2>we'll be aware of all of this, but it won't

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<v Speaker 2>just be everywhere all of the time, And that I

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<v Speaker 2>think is really where the public is.

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<v Speaker 1>You use the right word, which is infected. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>what does the cure look like? Because the infection has

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<v Speaker 1>spread over the last close to a decade now. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that what makes me worried, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>a question for you, what makes me worried though about

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<v Speaker 1>how these stories around these attempts on Trump, attempts on

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<v Speaker 1>his life is how quickly they fade. Is that also

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<v Speaker 1>not just a testament to our level of exhaustion, but

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<v Speaker 1>also going back to your piece sanitizing the amount of

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<v Speaker 1>violence that we've been willing to ingest and just considered

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<v Speaker 1>normal in our everyday politics. Yeah, And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>that's it speaks to how we're kind of desensitized to

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<v Speaker 1>everything that's happening around us, and that's not necessarily.

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<v Speaker 2>A good thing. When you think about school shooting used

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<v Speaker 2>to be a huge deal. Columbine happens and the whole

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<v Speaker 2>country comes to a halt. Now school shooting happens and

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<v Speaker 2>we go, Okay, that was Thursday, you know, like it's

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<v Speaker 2>just a day. It's just something that we expect to happen. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The only time it becomes news is if it's an

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<v Speaker 2>especially large school shooting, right, And I think that with Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the same way if every day. You know, Hillary

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<v Speaker 2>Clinton one time said that half of Trump's supporters were

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<v Speaker 2>deplorable while the other half were you know, everyone always

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<v Speaker 2>leaves that that second half of her quote, where she's like,

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<v Speaker 2>the other half you can't write off. So she said

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<v Speaker 2>that once and it was news for weeks. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Trump says something completely bonkers and it's in the news

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<v Speaker 2>for a couple hours because he's going to say something else,

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<v Speaker 2>because he's gonna he's going to bury it. And everything

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<v Speaker 2>that he does, it's just one thing on top of another,

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<v Speaker 2>on top of another, and we eventually, you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>start to tune it out, and even the big things,

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<v Speaker 2>even even someone showing up at his club with a gun,

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<v Speaker 2>ends up being something that the public is just tuned

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<v Speaker 2>out of. And you know, I don't blame the public

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<v Speaker 2>for wanting to tune out of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, you know, I think that it's the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why your piece stood out to me so much

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<v Speaker 1>is because I have been tuning out so much because

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<v Speaker 1>none of it has made sense, and I have felt

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<v Speaker 1>crazy most of the time reading the news and trying

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<v Speaker 1>to keep track of the insanity. And when you gave

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<v Speaker 1>it a name, and I said, oh got it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not crazy because here is somebody else that thinks that way.

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<v Speaker 1>I want us to tune back in, but I want

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<v Speaker 1>us to tune into truth and I I think that

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<v Speaker 1>that's where journalists like yourself come into play. So Parker,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for your work, for making the

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<v Speaker 1>Amazing Parker, Thank you so much and I hope to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you again soon. That is it for me today,

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<v Speaker 1>dear friends on wok F. As always, power to the

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

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<v Speaker 1>stay woke as fuck.