WEBVTT - Mushroom Cloud of Hate

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to ookf Daily with me

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<v Speaker 1>your girl, Danielle Moody, recording from the home bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all praise him. Happy fucking Friday. We have made it

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<v Speaker 1>to the end of yet another miserable fucking week in politics.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, for the last couple of years, I swear

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<v Speaker 1>to God that I have wanted a time machine so

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<v Speaker 1>that I could go back and choose a different career,

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<v Speaker 1>choose a different path, and just tell my younger self,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, maybe public service, maybe educating the public, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>being in politics, wanting to change policy and do all

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<v Speaker 1>those things. Maybe don't do it. Maybe go make money,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, because apparently greed is still fucking good right

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. But seriously, the other day, I was

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<v Speaker 1>in conversation as I normally am with, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>was hanging out with friends who are you know, civil

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<v Speaker 1>rights leaders and activists and you know, and just talking

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<v Speaker 1>about this moment, you know, and how we are finding

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves in a place of just utter distress and despair.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are a lot of folks who are feeling

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<v Speaker 1>utterly and completely burnt out and who are in the

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<v Speaker 1>process of thinking about what's next. And I say that

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<v Speaker 1>not to say, like, you know, just give up and quit,

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<v Speaker 1>but I also do want to honor the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>this work has become really horrible, like for mental health,

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<v Speaker 1>the inundation of just bad news, regressive policies, ignorance, it's

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<v Speaker 1>like the algorithm of anger, right, this hate wave that

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<v Speaker 1>has taken the country by a chokehold. There was a

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<v Speaker 1>show on NBC. I think it was NBC. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>fucking know because I don't really watch TV, but there

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<v Speaker 1>was a show that was called The Dome. I think

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<v Speaker 1>you all will tell me in the comments section if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm messing it up, But there was a show that

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<v Speaker 1>was called like the Dome, and somehow there was like

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<v Speaker 1>this sci fi show. There was this big dome that

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<v Speaker 1>comes up over like the world or town. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>how I feel about America right now, that there's like

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<v Speaker 1>this hate dome, right, you know, when we're in those

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<v Speaker 1>like horrible heat humidity indexes and they're just like, there's

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<v Speaker 1>this heat dome over you know, the East Coast. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like there is a hate dome that is over

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<v Speaker 1>the United States right now, and the heat and the

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<v Speaker 1>pressure is just growing and mushrooming right in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that like a nuclear bomb mushrooms right and goes off.

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<v Speaker 1>And I am just at a space where I want

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<v Speaker 1>everybody to put on their oxygen masks, but at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time break out of this shit. And the only

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<v Speaker 1>way that we break out right of this mushroom cloud

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<v Speaker 1>of fucking hate is to activate ourselves in everyone around us,

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<v Speaker 1>Like this shit is not going away, like the Canadian fire,

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<v Speaker 1>fucking yellow sky that happened this time last year in

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<v Speaker 1>New York City where by the way, I couldn't go

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<v Speaker 1>outside without a mask on because the sky was fucking

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<v Speaker 1>yellow and like polluted beyond belief, which is going to

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<v Speaker 1>become our norm. Side note, because you know climate change

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<v Speaker 1>and we're not doing anything about that. But this hate wave,

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<v Speaker 1>this hate dome, is sucking all of the oxygen out

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<v Speaker 1>of the room. It is making good people right rethink

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<v Speaker 1>their careers and want to figure out what an exit

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<v Speaker 1>strategy is. And I don't fault folks, because people who

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<v Speaker 1>signed up to do policy work, to be in politics,

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<v Speaker 1>to elect good people to office, to represent their districts

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<v Speaker 1>or their states or their school board or what have you,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't sign up to be harassed, didn't sign up for

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<v Speaker 1>death threats. Didn't sign up for, you know, unrelenting hate mail.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't sign up to put their safety in the safety

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<v Speaker 1>of their family, you know, at risk in order to

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<v Speaker 1>do a public good. It's crazy, but that's the place

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<v Speaker 1>that we find ourselves. I mean, you saw this this week, right,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the stories that I didn't really bother covering,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just gonna make like a making a quick

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<v Speaker 1>mention of it. But Marjorie Taylor Green right, and her

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<v Speaker 1>utter and complete disfucking respect for doctor Fauci, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>she made a fool of herself, right, as she does

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<v Speaker 1>because she's in Neanderthal. But like the fact that we're

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<v Speaker 1>at a point in our politics where we can't even

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<v Speaker 1>feign respect for people, right, Like, doctor Fauci is a doctor,

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not you like his policies that kept Americans safe,

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<v Speaker 1>while the president that you've pledged your allegiance to is

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<v Speaker 1>responsible for the deaths of over five hundred thousand Americans.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, where the fuck are those hearings? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>If there had been a mask mandate that was put

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<v Speaker 1>in place, as was stated by doctors as necessary, do

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<v Speaker 1>you think that five hundred thousand Americans would have died

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<v Speaker 1>within a year. I don't think so. Right, do you

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<v Speaker 1>think that if we hadn't had a president that was

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<v Speaker 1>telling people to shoot up bleach and lights into their

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<v Speaker 1>ass that like that, many Americans would have died because

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<v Speaker 1>of utter fucking criminal negligence on the part of the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump administration. But again, no fucking hearings that are being

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<v Speaker 1>called on this, right, no investigations that are being called.

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<v Speaker 1>This was not an act of God. It was an

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<v Speaker 1>act of stupidity, right. It was an act of blatant negligence.

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<v Speaker 1>And once, by the way, once that administration knew who

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<v Speaker 1>was being most adversely affected put in harm's way black

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<v Speaker 1>and brown people who were the essential workers, right I

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<v Speaker 1>use air quotes, then it was liberate Michigan and open

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<v Speaker 1>up Florida and open up these places because somehow white

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<v Speaker 1>people were going to be immune from COVID nineteen, which

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<v Speaker 1>was not the fucking case, particularly in rural areas. When

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<v Speaker 1>you look at how far we have fallen. I just

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<v Speaker 1>did an interview on my other podcast, The New Abnormal

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<v Speaker 1>with The Daily Beast, and I was interviewing my friend

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<v Speaker 1>and the CEO of the Misfoundation for Women, Teresa Younger,

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<v Speaker 1>and Teresa's whole point is about activating right, activating women

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<v Speaker 1>and girls and our allies to recognize that we are

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<v Speaker 1>at war right, that we are actually in the fight

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<v Speaker 1>for our lives. That while people think that civil wars

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<v Speaker 1>or wars in general are fought on a batter field

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<v Speaker 1>or with bombs and tanks, like what is happening in

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<v Speaker 1>Israel and Gaza, there are other wars, right wars around policy, wars,

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<v Speaker 1>around rights on equity and justice and liberation. And that

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<v Speaker 1>is what this Republican Party has been waging over the

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<v Speaker 1>last decade plus right, but certainly over the last ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>And so when you take a look at this and

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<v Speaker 1>then the shrugging that, I feel like the collective shrugging

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<v Speaker 1>because people are exhausted. And I'm not saying that you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have a right to be exhausted. We have been

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<v Speaker 1>living in a place of trauma. Right. Over a million

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<v Speaker 1>fucking people died of COVID and we pretend like it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't happen. We were forced into our homes right, whole

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<v Speaker 1>country shut down, and the trauma from that we don't

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<v Speaker 1>readily talk about. It's still in us. The fact that

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<v Speaker 1>anything can change at any fucking moment, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely no control over it. That the air being in

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<v Speaker 1>and the close proximity we are pack animals was dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>And instead of us coming together as a country and

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<v Speaker 1>that being a point of pride, right helping and loving

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<v Speaker 1>thy neighbor, we turned on one another because of the

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<v Speaker 1>leadership that was put in place in this country. And

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<v Speaker 1>so when there is a time where we should be

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<v Speaker 1>reflecting on who we actually want to be and how

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<v Speaker 1>we actually want to show up, do you want that

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<v Speaker 1>four years of Donald Trump back and worse? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that people get what is happening and

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<v Speaker 1>what is at stake. And so I understand again when

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<v Speaker 1>folks are like, I'm done with this, but I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for people like Teresa Junger and the Misfoundation for

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<v Speaker 1>women because they're like, no, we continue to declare that

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<v Speaker 1>women and girls are our future and we are going

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<v Speaker 1>to invest in them whether or not. The US Circuit

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<v Speaker 1>Court of Appeals in the Eleventh District says that that

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<v Speaker 1>is discriminatory. They are using the language that we created

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<v Speaker 1>during the civil rights era in order to equal a

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<v Speaker 1>very unequal and white supremacist playing field against us. And

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<v Speaker 1>so I continue to say, use what they do and

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<v Speaker 1>do it better. These venture firms, these philanthropic organizations, they

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<v Speaker 1>say they fund everybody. We're about patriotism and liberty and justice.

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<v Speaker 1>They mean for white people that is the asterisk. They

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<v Speaker 1>mean for white men, that is the asterist. You can

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<v Speaker 1>apply to those venture firms, you can apply to those

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<v Speaker 1>you ain't going to get them right. And so I

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<v Speaker 1>need for people who have access to resource, write in

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<v Speaker 1>philanthropy or individual philanthropists to start moving the way that

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<v Speaker 1>white men have been moving in this country in a

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<v Speaker 1>self serving, fucking manner, and making sure right that your

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<v Speaker 1>descriptions are so broad, but that your fucking targets and

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<v Speaker 1>your strategy are clear, because these motherfuckers are coming for

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<v Speaker 1>every goddamn advancement that has been made in the twentieth century.

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<v Speaker 1>They want that mushroom cloud of hate to not only

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<v Speaker 1>take over the entire country, but take over the entire

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<v Speaker 1>world and link up with Russia, and link up with

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<v Speaker 1>fucking Hungry, and link up right with other dictators around

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<v Speaker 1>the world until we're all suffocating under their hate. And

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<v Speaker 1>in order for little SIPs of air, we have to

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of our values and our morals and conform

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<v Speaker 1>to their hateful ideology just to survive. That's not the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of fucking world I want to live in, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is the world that we are headed to. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>every other week it feels like I'm seeing headlines where

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<v Speaker 1>people in France are out in the streets and fucking protesting.

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<v Speaker 1>What was the last protest that we had in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States? The Senate Republicans this week blocked the right

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<v Speaker 1>to contraception. It is twenty twenty fucking four. They have

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<v Speaker 1>all the data and all the information, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>what it says to them, women were able to access

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<v Speaker 1>power and economic mobility outside of the confines of men

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<v Speaker 1>once they had bodily autonomy. While we celebrate that fact, right,

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<v Speaker 1>they have weaponized it and said we're putting women back

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<v Speaker 1>in their place. And the way that we do that

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<v Speaker 1>is to roll back abortion, roll back contraception, and roll

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<v Speaker 1>their asses right back into the kitchen, under lock and

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<v Speaker 1>key of men. Where's the outrage, folks, where's the bursting

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<v Speaker 1>into protest. I don't know what it's going to take

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<v Speaker 1>for people who continue to say that they can't stomach

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<v Speaker 1>voting for Joe Biden. Can you stomach living in the

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<v Speaker 1>nineteenth fucking century. Other news, Clarence Thomas recently said that

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<v Speaker 1>he would like to revisit Brown versus the Board of Education.

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<v Speaker 1>For those of you tuning in from home, Brown versus

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<v Speaker 1>the Board of Education was the case that outlawed segregation

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<v Speaker 1>in schools, that integrated schools. You know the picture of

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<v Speaker 1>Ruby Bridges, who by the way, is only sixty something

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<v Speaker 1>years old right now, being ushered into school by the

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<v Speaker 1>National Guard. That was the decision that began to integrate

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<v Speaker 1>schools that Clarence Thomas would like to revisit just the

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<v Speaker 1>same way that they revisited Roe v. Wade, the same

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<v Speaker 1>way that they revisited affirmative action. So when we are

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<v Speaker 1>saying Joe Biden's too old, I don't like his policies

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<v Speaker 1>in Gaza, let me tell you something. I know. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden is old, and I don't like his policies that

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<v Speaker 1>he's doing in Gaza. I don't like where our tax

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<v Speaker 1>dollars are going, and I don't like what it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to fun. But what I fucking do know for sure

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<v Speaker 1>is that I am not trying to relive or recreate

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<v Speaker 1>the fucking nineteenth century and see how well I'll do

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<v Speaker 1>as a black queer woman in fucking America not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to have it. Actually, So for all of you that

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<v Speaker 1>are willing to gamble, do you think that it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>look like Bridgerton, Because I'm gonna tell you it's fucking not.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not gonna be cute and romand and like look

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<v Speaker 1>at our outfits and this that. No, it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>brutal and nasty and dark and dystopian, just like Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's inauguration speech back in twenty seventeen. American carnage. Blood

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<v Speaker 1>in the streets January sixth was a warm up because

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<v Speaker 1>what they are unable to do electorally, they're gonna do militarily,

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<v Speaker 1>trust and fucking believe. And I'm like, how many times

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<v Speaker 1>do these motherfuckers need to show you who they are

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<v Speaker 1>before we all recognize that we are at war and

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<v Speaker 1>under attack. That they're not moving within the confines of

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<v Speaker 1>precedent and shared values around law and order and policies

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<v Speaker 1>around human rights and dignity. They have an agenda that

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<v Speaker 1>they are operationalizing at warp fucking speed. The rest of

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<v Speaker 1>us is still sitting around in shock. How could this

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<v Speaker 1>be happening? It is happening. Why because of complacency and neglect.

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<v Speaker 1>You see, we assumed that once rights were won, that

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<v Speaker 1>then they were, I don't know, somehow etched into marble,

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<v Speaker 1>never to be removed. That's not the case. Mitch McConnell

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<v Speaker 1>knew this when he began stacking the courts. He knew

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<v Speaker 1>this when he denied Barack Obama to see the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court justice right. So, folks, I don't know how to

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<v Speaker 1>ring an alarm any louder than the one that I've

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<v Speaker 1>been trying to ring every day since Okay f Daily

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<v Speaker 1>came on the air in twenty seventeen. The whole premise

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<v Speaker 1>behind this show was like, how the fuck did this

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<v Speaker 1>country go from Barack Obama to Donald Trump? But not

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<v Speaker 1>only that, how did we live through a Trump four

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<v Speaker 1>year administration where we saw Donald Trump court and celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>white supremacists, lock children in cages and go to court

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<v Speaker 1>to deny them basic hygiene by providing soap and toothpaste

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<v Speaker 1>and shelter and food. He denied people the right to

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<v Speaker 1>protest and unleashed the police on them. But not on

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<v Speaker 1>January sixth, just when they're protesting the brutal murder of

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<v Speaker 1>George Floyd that we all watch while sitting at home

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<v Speaker 1>in quarantine, where Donald Trump told us not to wear

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<v Speaker 1>a mask and to light ourselves up with bleach. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you look at this and there are people that

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<v Speaker 1>are willing to say those were good times and I

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<v Speaker 1>want to go back. The country was better. Look, those

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<v Speaker 1>thirty percent of Americans are in a fucking cult. They

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<v Speaker 1>are locked and loaded in. To deny Donald Trump now

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<v Speaker 1>would to be to admit that they have been had,

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<v Speaker 1>that they have been bamboozled, that they have been fucking fools.

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<v Speaker 1>Their pride and ego is not going to allow them

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<v Speaker 1>to do that, so they're going to continue to double

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<v Speaker 1>and triple down. I still believe that we are the majority.

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<v Speaker 1>I still believe that there are more of us than

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<v Speaker 1>there are of them. They're just louder. So where is

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<v Speaker 1>our voice? Where is our power? Where is our presence?

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<v Speaker 1>We cannot continue to just show up every two and

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<v Speaker 1>four years and think that we're gonna hold on to

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<v Speaker 1>this thing called democracy. Not when these motherfuckers are going

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<v Speaker 1>full throttle warp speed on regression every fucking day. We

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<v Speaker 1>got to show up and be better, be sharper, be louder,

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<v Speaker 1>and be more strategic than they are, because this is

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<v Speaker 1>not going to stop. There is not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>another election where we get to vote and then dust

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<v Speaker 1>their hands off and go back to sticking our heads

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<v Speaker 1>in the fucking sand and thinking that somehow somebody's daddy

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<v Speaker 1>got it. We have got to understand that from this

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<v Speaker 1>moment on, the security of our democracy is our responsibility,

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<v Speaker 1>and that means either deciding to run for office your

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<v Speaker 1>goddamn self at local, state and federal level, supporting those

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<v Speaker 1>that have shared values with you at the local, state

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<v Speaker 1>and federal level. That means that putting in judges and

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<v Speaker 1>fucking das that we now understand are critical to our

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<v Speaker 1>progress and critical to accountability. We have got to make

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<v Speaker 1>the time because let me tell you something, the fucking

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<v Speaker 1>gop oh, they got time, and right now it's on

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<v Speaker 1>their side. That is it for me today, dear friends,

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<v Speaker 1>on this fucking Friday, I pray that you all are

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<v Speaker 1>finding rest, are finding joy, are gardening, walking, dancing, spending

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<v Speaker 1>time building community, doing the most to take care of

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<v Speaker 1>your mental health. Because we are in this for the

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<v Speaker 1>long haul. We cannot have people be burning out and quitting,

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<v Speaker 1>so do what is necessary to keep yourselves in this fight. Also, remember, folks,

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