WEBVTT - We Need a Better Picture

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wikap Daily with Meet

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<v Speaker 1>your Girl Danielle Moody recording in a very interesting manner

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<v Speaker 1>from the Brooklyn Bunker. Folks, let me tell you something.

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<v Speaker 1>This is my first woke Wednesday posts the Thanksgiving holiday

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<v Speaker 1>break and with a couple of weeks until we enter

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<v Speaker 1>into full thrust holiday season, and you know, about eleven

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<v Speaker 1>and a half months or so until we meet the

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<v Speaker 1>presidential election of twenty twenty four. And I have to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you that I am absolutely and completely and totally

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<v Speaker 1>fucking terrified. I have not felt this level of stress, concern,

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<v Speaker 1>and worry in a very long time. Why is that, Well, one,

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<v Speaker 1>because I've been focusing on self care and on meditation,

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<v Speaker 1>and on exercise and on you know, a whole host

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<v Speaker 1>of ways in order to keep myself grounded in a

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<v Speaker 1>very important way, as I hope all of you are

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I've also made it a point to not

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<v Speaker 1>pay attention to polls this far out, you know, of

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<v Speaker 1>a presidential election. That all being said, like you, I

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<v Speaker 1>went home for the holidays, or maybe you had your

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<v Speaker 1>family or friends or family come to you. And of course,

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<v Speaker 1>probably since the beginning of the MAGA Trump error, you

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<v Speaker 1>cannot like steer clear of politics. Thankfully, in my family

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<v Speaker 1>we all share for the most part, the same political

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<v Speaker 1>affiliation and party. So it's not about necesscessarily going into

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<v Speaker 1>a dinner or conversation with your racist uncle or your

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<v Speaker 1>you know, or your homophobic parents or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Like that's not my situation. However, I did engage in

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<v Speaker 1>several conversations with friends who listen to my shows, who

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<v Speaker 1>follow politics, who are extraordinarily, you know, highly educated by

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<v Speaker 1>traditional standards of what education looks like. And I will

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<v Speaker 1>tell you, dear fucking friends, that they don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>vote for Biden in the next presidential election, that they

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<v Speaker 1>in many ways are putting down their stake in the

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<v Speaker 1>ground and saying that they are no longer going to

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<v Speaker 1>be forced to vote by fear, that they are going

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<v Speaker 1>to vote their values, and that they are not going

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<v Speaker 1>to side with an administration and condone the policies out

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<v Speaker 1>of an administration that is allowing for tens of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of Palestinian people to be murdered, half or more of

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<v Speaker 1>those being children, on our watch, on our dime, on

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<v Speaker 1>our time, And that you know many of the people,

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<v Speaker 1>and that I am speaking with and have spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>are saying, you know, things to the effect of, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to vote my values. I'm going to vote my consciousness,

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<v Speaker 1>and my conscious does not tell me to align myself

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<v Speaker 1>with a supposed democratic party that condones and celebrates, you know, democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess for democracy ish to tag my other show

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<v Speaker 1>on our soil right and not recognize or hold accountable

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<v Speaker 1>this state of Israel from committing war cribs right and

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<v Speaker 1>not upholding international law. You know, I was listening most

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<v Speaker 1>recently to an anchor on MSNBC, and folks, I almost

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<v Speaker 1>died because that anchor said, how, you know, how can Israel, like,

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<v Speaker 1>should Israel essentially be expected to uphold international law when

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<v Speaker 1>they're fighting against a horrific, you know, terrorist organization? The

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<v Speaker 1>fuck you think international law was created? Right, It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean that. Oh so I guess then when America said

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<v Speaker 1>that it was fighting ISIS or al Qaeda, that then

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<v Speaker 1>that is that what condones the level of force and

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<v Speaker 1>violence and archaic right use of force because oh those

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<v Speaker 1>people are terrorists. Let us understand, and I am not

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Let me be very fucking clear. Condoning violence,

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<v Speaker 1>condoning terrorism, condoning anything of that nature. But if those

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<v Speaker 1>that are a part of let's say the United Nations,

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<v Speaker 1>those that are a part of right, the foreign affairs, diplomacy,

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<v Speaker 1>global relations community totally right disregard international law because of

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<v Speaker 1>who they're fighting, and they're the ones that get to

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<v Speaker 1>tell that, get to decide and get to define who

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<v Speaker 1>those people are, then the rule of law right just

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<v Speaker 1>false because the only way that the rule of law

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<v Speaker 1>persists is if everyone who signed up in agreement to

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<v Speaker 1>said law uphold it regardless of what they are faced with.

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<v Speaker 1>We have tribunals right for a fucking reason. And what

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<v Speaker 1>people are seeing now, folks and what like we can't

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<v Speaker 1>continue to ignore is that you can't. And I just

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<v Speaker 1>reread President Biden's op ed in the New York Times

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<v Speaker 1>that came out about eleven days ago. By the time

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<v Speaker 1>that you listen to this, and I encourage you, if

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't read it, to read it, where he conflates

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<v Speaker 1>the cause of US defending US meeting US the large

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<v Speaker 1>usus A defending the Ukrainian people right and providing them

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<v Speaker 1>with weapons to be able to combat Putin, and US

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<v Speaker 1>using those same weapons to help Israel defend itself. These

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<v Speaker 1>two situations are not the fucking same. And whoever okayed

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<v Speaker 1>that op ed pooh pooh on you, because you clearly

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<v Speaker 1>do not have the basic contextualized understanding of foreign affairs

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<v Speaker 1>if you're putting those two crises in the same bucket. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I understand for political reasons why Joe Biden did that,

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<v Speaker 1>because he's dealing with a House of Representatives being led

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<v Speaker 1>by a right wing, rabid, fucking lunatic right Mike Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>who said that he is not going to provide funds

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<v Speaker 1>to continue the defense of the Ukrainian people right, because

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<v Speaker 1>we know that the Republican Party is in the pocket

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<v Speaker 1>of Putin right. Who Donald Trump is in the pocket

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<v Speaker 1>of Putin right. So we get here when Mike Johnson said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll provide aid to Israel, right and let us all

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<v Speaker 1>like this is also fucked up too, because we also

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<v Speaker 1>know the Republican Party is filled with a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>anti Semits. And there is a larger reason as to

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<v Speaker 1>why there's a Christo fascist reason as to why all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden they want to come to the aid

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel, right. And I want folks to like do

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<v Speaker 1>some research about that, but it basically has to do

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<v Speaker 1>with the creation of Israel in the first place, and

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<v Speaker 1>the believing that like the second Coming of Christ, will

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<v Speaker 1>come through there. Right, Like it is when I say

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<v Speaker 1>that Mike Johnson and the Mike Pences and the Mitch

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<v Speaker 1>when I say that these motherfuckers are nuts, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the type of shit that I'm talking about. Nonetheless, in

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<v Speaker 1>this op ed, Joe Biden conflates these two causes as

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<v Speaker 1>a way right to say that if you're not gonna okay,

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<v Speaker 1>the fun like these two issues without the United States leadership, right,

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<v Speaker 1>we are creating a vacuum for authoritarianism and terror in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Now, folks, these two things are not the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking same. Right, On one hand, you have Vladimir Putin

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<v Speaker 1>who is held them on rebuilding the USSR. Right, this

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<v Speaker 1>is the Ukraine is a crown jewel, not only for

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<v Speaker 1>their uranium and their oil reserves, huge in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>money and power and access. Right, So we understand that,

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<v Speaker 1>but also right that if you can take them, then

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<v Speaker 1>you can begin right to fill up your side of

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<v Speaker 1>the chessboard, okay, and then you will be able to

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<v Speaker 1>have the power right to align with for a function

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<v Speaker 1>of a massive global takeover with China and other folks

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<v Speaker 1>that you share interest in, which is what is that

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<v Speaker 1>shared interest? A weakened or demolished United States, which Putin

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<v Speaker 1>had already begun with the installation of a Donald Trump. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>follow me, Okay, this is not the same as a

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<v Speaker 1>seventy five year occupation that has been going on in Israel, right,

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<v Speaker 1>an occupation of the Palestinian people. What people are waking

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<v Speaker 1>up to now which they haven't known? Right? And why

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<v Speaker 1>haven't they known this? Not through any fault of their own.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's be honest, right, like we don't do we barely

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<v Speaker 1>do fucking domestic policy and civics in school, let alone

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<v Speaker 1>global Right Americans don't we always say in media, Americans

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<v Speaker 1>don't care about what is happening elsewhere because it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have any general or deep implications in their day to

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<v Speaker 1>day lives. Right, And what you hear often is why

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<v Speaker 1>are we sending so much money overseas when we don't

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<v Speaker 1>invest in our own social safety nets and domestic policies

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<v Speaker 1>in a way that help better the lives of the

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<v Speaker 1>American people. I digress, fast forward right to America's hand

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<v Speaker 1>in the creation of Israel, and fast forward to our

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<v Speaker 1>continual financial support in the billions of dollars a year,

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<v Speaker 1>not a billion billions of dollars a year for Israel

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to have get this, you know, free

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<v Speaker 1>healthcare for people israelis, but for people inside of Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>right and beyond, right and beyond other measures that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're told that we can't have here in the United

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<v Speaker 1>States because apparently we can't handle nice things. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>but our own tax dollars go to ensure that other

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<v Speaker 1>people have nice things. I digress. The fact is that

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<v Speaker 1>where did Israel get the idea for their type of

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<v Speaker 1>occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people, Because if there

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<v Speaker 1>is a united Palestine, then Israel will cease to exist.

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<v Speaker 1>Has always been the belief of the far right right,

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<v Speaker 1>which now occupies the Knesset and holds a sea slip

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<v Speaker 1>of the tongue there Net Nyahu's be to the fire. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So the United States continues to uphold this idea of

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<v Speaker 1>Israel being the only democracy in the Middle East, when

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<v Speaker 1>in fact they're not actually a democracy, okay. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>what people are becoming aware of now. We use a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of rhetoric and words in the United States liberty, freedom, justice,

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<v Speaker 1>all of these things that make us believe that any

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<v Speaker 1>time that the United States walks out into the world,

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<v Speaker 1>that it is because of this idea of the preservation

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<v Speaker 1>of global democracies. What we don't know is how Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>to the extent that it is a democracy, is in

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<v Speaker 1>name only and only for israelis because the Palestinian people

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<v Speaker 1>have a whole other set of rules and laws that

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<v Speaker 1>they must abide by that are completely and totally different

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<v Speaker 1>from the state of Israel. Okay, where do they get

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<v Speaker 1>this idea from? Let me think about it. Can we say,

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Crow? Right? Can we talk about American segregation? Can

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<v Speaker 1>we talk about where did the idea around apartheid come from?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe America. We don't just export weapons, we export ideology

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<v Speaker 1>as well. So what we through fighting, protesting, people dying,

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<v Speaker 1>being assassinated through the courts, were able right to do

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<v Speaker 1>away with Jim Crow and really institute quote unquote democracy

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States. But truly not until nineteen sixty

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<v Speaker 1>five in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. While

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<v Speaker 1>we were busy trying to institute democracy here, we kept

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<v Speaker 1>saying that Israel was also this democracy, but it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are people so angry right now because they recognize

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<v Speaker 1>and are becoming hip to the fact that their money

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<v Speaker 1>is being used to kill tens of thousands of people,

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<v Speaker 1>namely children, in their name and in the name of democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>When we write at are continuing to be at war

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<v Speaker 1>right at home and ideological war that we are losing

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<v Speaker 1>with the Republican Party that wants to institute chrysto fascism here.

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<v Speaker 1>So they are looking at Israel and not in Yahoo's

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<v Speaker 1>power to destroy Gaza and this menace of a population

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<v Speaker 1>and saying, hmm, that looks nice. When we're in power,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be able to create two sets of laws, three

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<v Speaker 1>sets of laws, or however many, and we'll control all

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<v Speaker 1>of the branches and mechanisms of power to uphold our

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<v Speaker 1>chrysto fascist ideology. You see their stakes here. But here's

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<v Speaker 1>the problem. Biden and the Biden administration ain't getting it

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<v Speaker 1>that a lot of their base is viewing their policy

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<v Speaker 1>in Israel right and Palestine through a social justice and

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<v Speaker 1>racial justice lens. And what they are seeing and what

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<v Speaker 1>they are fearing is that if we continue to support

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<v Speaker 1>this administration and this horrific, horrific, murderous rampage that has

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<v Speaker 1>been going on for the last seven weeks. If we

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<v Speaker 1>can ignore what is happening in Palestine, then when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to us, those that are not white cis straight, men,

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<v Speaker 1>right and Christian in the United States, what's to stop

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<v Speaker 1>Who is going to stop this from happening to us?

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<v Speaker 1>Now you will say, well, Danielle, if people don't vote,

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<v Speaker 1>that is like voting for Trump. And guess what. I

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<v Speaker 1>fucking agree with you, and you are absolutely right, But

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<v Speaker 1>guess what matters messaging. Guess what matters even more your

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<v Speaker 1>policy matching your messaging. So you cannot call us again

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<v Speaker 1>and say that you are fighting for the soul of

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<v Speaker 1>America and fighting for democracy while funding the complete opposite

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<v Speaker 1>someplace else with our money. You cannot tell us right

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<v Speaker 1>that Joe Biden is the best alternative when he seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be completely tone fucking death with regards to what

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<v Speaker 1>is happening on the ground in the United States. So

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<v Speaker 1>why am I filled if it's such panic and fucking

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<v Speaker 1>dread eleven and a half months ahead of the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four election, Because I see no fucking pivot in sight.

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<v Speaker 1>They think that they're doing a great job, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Party pretty much just has to sit by and

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<v Speaker 1>continues stacking fucking money like they're doing at the Heritage Foundation,

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<v Speaker 1>which is put together their twenty twenty five takeover fucking plan.

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<v Speaker 1>When I tell you that we are in fucking trouble,

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<v Speaker 1>believe me, because while you all know that I am

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<v Speaker 1>not the one to feign, you know, optimism, that I

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<v Speaker 1>hold on to my mustard seed of hope, I am

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<v Speaker 1>holding on so fucking hard I may crush it right now.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how terrified I am becoming of the numbers that

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<v Speaker 1>we are seeing. Because what happens right when people decide

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<v Speaker 1>that not only are they going to vote, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>also not going to help get out the vote. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>we need as much enthusiasm as possible, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>dwindling by the fucking minute. We have absolutely no time,

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<v Speaker 1>eleven and a half months in this fucking day, and

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<v Speaker 1>age goes by like that. So I am becoming increasingly

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<v Speaker 1>worried about this organization, this organization, and I mean this administration,

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<v Speaker 1>like and all of the organizations that are pro democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>pro social justice, pro civil rights, being able to continue

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<v Speaker 1>to feed people not just oh I'm not Trump, but

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<v Speaker 1>to feed them some type of hopefulness and you can't

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<v Speaker 1>feed hope when all we're fucking scrolling through is just instruction, devastation,

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<v Speaker 1>and death. So, folks, on this woke Wednesday, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>ask you all. I need you to start doing informal polls, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I need you to start pulling together focus groups with

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<v Speaker 1>your people, your friends, your colleagues. Start taking folks as

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<v Speaker 1>temperature on where they are right now in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>how they are thinking about twenty twenty four, if they're

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about it at all, which I know that a

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<v Speaker 1>majority of you who listen to me absolutely are. But

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<v Speaker 1>are your people? And then tell me in the content

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<v Speaker 1>section what folks are saying, because then you will start

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<v Speaker 1>to maybe get the same feeling or maybe you have

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<v Speaker 1>better news for me. Right, tell me what state you

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<v Speaker 1>were listening from, right, tell me you know what you

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<v Speaker 1>were seeing in terms of ads and on the TV

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<v Speaker 1>and rumblings at your schools and your ptas and your

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<v Speaker 1>you know, board meetings or what have you. Because folks

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<v Speaker 1>need a better picture of what the fuck is happening

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<v Speaker 1>because what I am seeing, what I am hearing is

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<v Speaker 1>not great. Right, And as somebody with fifty eleven fucking podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta ship the messaging and it's gotta happen soon.

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<v Speaker 1>That is it for me today. Dear friends on Woke

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<v Speaker 1>af AS always, power to the people and to all

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<v Speaker 1>the people. Power, get woke and pray to God we

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<v Speaker 1>all stay woke as fuck.