WEBVTT - Exhausted by the BS

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

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Daniel Moody, recording from the Home Bunker, Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>on this book Wednesday, I want to get into a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of things that are really pissing me off. First off,

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<v Speaker 1>let's dig into the Supreme Court, my favoritecesspool to wade

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<v Speaker 1>into these days. So I was looking at the Daily

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<v Speaker 1>Beast's website where they're you know, under the cheat sheet,

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<v Speaker 1>and you folks know who listen to my show, you

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<v Speaker 1>know that I also host the New Abnormal over at

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<v Speaker 1>the Daily Beast, And there is an article entitled Scotis

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<v Speaker 1>Justices staff push libraries to buy her book. And in

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<v Speaker 1>this article they're talking about Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who they're

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<v Speaker 1>saying repeatedly push public institutions, including libraries and colleges to

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<v Speaker 1>buy her books. According to a report, this is coming

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<v Speaker 1>from the Associated Press. And here's what I want to

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<v Speaker 1>say about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we not.

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<v Speaker 1>Just can we fucking not make it seem as if

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who writes a book and is pushing that book,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the job of any author, right Like, folks

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<v Speaker 1>need to understand that if you're gonna make it to

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times Bestseller List. If you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>make it to these things, it is about the amount

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<v Speaker 1>of books that you are selling. So whether it is

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<v Speaker 1>your publishing house, whether it is staff, whether it's friends

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<v Speaker 1>that are able to buy in bulk, like that's the

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<v Speaker 1>name of the game. This is not the same fucking

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<v Speaker 1>thing as Clarence Thomas Right and Samuel Lito entertaining fucking

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<v Speaker 1>billlionaire benefactors who have cases in front of the court

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<v Speaker 1>or whose companies have cases in front of the court,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're saying like, oh no, these are just my

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<v Speaker 1>friends that are flying me around on private jets or

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<v Speaker 1>taking me on luxury vacations, or paying for my son's

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<v Speaker 1>private school education, or buying my family's home and so

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<v Speaker 1>my mother pays no mortgage. This is not the same

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<v Speaker 1>fucking thing. And this is the bullshit that mainstream media

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<v Speaker 1>does in order to both sides it so that they

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<v Speaker 1>don't seem as if they're going after the conservative justices.

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<v Speaker 1>So let us make up some false bullshit around the

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<v Speaker 1>progressive justices to make it seem like it is a both,

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<v Speaker 1>And it is fucking not. Okay, it is fucking not.

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<v Speaker 1>We all know that what Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

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<v Speaker 1>have been doing. Is not a fucking ethics violation. Words matter,

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<v Speaker 1>the way that we use them matters. This is not

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<v Speaker 1>an ethics violation like oops, I forgot to write something

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<v Speaker 1>in No, they are giving audience to and entertaining people

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<v Speaker 1>who would have never crossed their paths or entered into

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<v Speaker 1>their sphere, their fucking network had they not ascended to

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<v Speaker 1>the Supreme Court. They are entertaining and going on vacations

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<v Speaker 1>with people whose entire job, like Leonard Leo, is to

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<v Speaker 1>destroy and corrupt the justice system so that it swings

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<v Speaker 1>as far to the right as possible, so that decisions

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<v Speaker 1>about cases are made before those cases are even heard.

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<v Speaker 1>Billions of dollars were invested into his federalist society. And

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not those people's names who are being given,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, audience with the Supreme Court justices are on

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<v Speaker 1>top of the cases, their companies and their businesses are affiliated.

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<v Speaker 2>This is bribery. This isn't about ethics.

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<v Speaker 1>It is about bribes that they are being given and

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<v Speaker 1>have been given over decades. So how the fuck do

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<v Speaker 1>you make that comparison between Sonya suttamayor publishing a book

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<v Speaker 1>and making it a part of staff's responsibility to contact

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<v Speaker 1>libraries and bookstores to see if there's interest in said book.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me a fucking break. It is this type of bullshit,

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<v Speaker 1>lying ass quote unquote journalism that gives us a Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Donald Trump is smart.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he doesn't pay taxes, So I guess the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of us are dummies, right, Oh, Donald Trump teflon Dawn.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're not going to report on the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>he has been named in over four thousand court cases

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<v Speaker 1>over his decades in business. But then you want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about, oh, well, we did investigate Hunter Biden and

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<v Speaker 1>we came up with nothing. And it's just like, why

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<v Speaker 1>did you come up with nothing or why did you

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<v Speaker 1>give a penalty? Oh, because you didn't want to seem political.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me a fucking break. These bullshit white supremacist Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>are playing the fucking system and playing the media with

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<v Speaker 1>their fucking grievance about the liberal media. Tell me where

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<v Speaker 1>the media is liberal, Please point to it.

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<v Speaker 2>All you have to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Is look at the c suites of the major networks

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<v Speaker 1>and you will learn and know.

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<v Speaker 2>That they are not fucking liberal.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the same lie that Republicans have told like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what about so and so is doing over there? It

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<v Speaker 1>is some school yard bullshit. Well, I shouldn't be held

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<v Speaker 1>accountable because they're not held accountable. Your crimes are actual

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<v Speaker 1>fucking crimes and should be investigated as such, because to

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<v Speaker 1>not do so is to play politics, which is what

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<v Speaker 1>just this Justice Department has been really good at. They

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<v Speaker 1>are playing politics because when you either slow walk cases

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<v Speaker 1>or ignore blatant criminality because you don't want the perception

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<v Speaker 1>that if you do your job that somebody is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>come for you, then what would the fuck would you

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<v Speaker 1>call that? Honestly, I am just so exhausted by the bullshit.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm exhausted by mainstream media. I'm exhausted by the stupid

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<v Speaker 1>questions that are fucking asked over and over again. Speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of mainstream media and them not being liberal, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to bring up an article that I spoke about with

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<v Speaker 1>my friend Jared Sex and Yates over on his show Muckraker,

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<v Speaker 1>and that podcast came out yesterday, so you guys can

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<v Speaker 1>head over there and listen to my conversation with Jared

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<v Speaker 1>and Nick. And here's the thing. In my conversation, right,

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<v Speaker 1>we were talking about the fact that the New York Times,

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times took it upon themselves right to

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<v Speaker 1>publish an article from the editorial board, which is filled

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<v Speaker 1>with very wealthy, notable people, to say, quote, America is

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<v Speaker 1>living on borrowed money. So this is exactly how not liberal,

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<v Speaker 1>even the New York Times, who gets that designation by

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<v Speaker 1>the far right, and how we actually see through those lives.

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<v Speaker 1>They go on in this piece to talk about federal

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<v Speaker 1>debt and to talk about the ways in which, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, not mention the fact that Republicans hold this

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<v Speaker 1>country hostage with the debt ceiling, and that used to

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<v Speaker 1>never happen. It's only in recent decade past, right with

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<v Speaker 1>regard to Obama, a black man, becoming president of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, that they decided to weaponize the debt ceiling.

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<v Speaker 1>And they talk about the fact that quote borrowing is expensive,

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<v Speaker 1>amounting share of federal revenue money that could be used

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<v Speaker 1>for the benefit of the American people goes right back

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<v Speaker 1>out the door in the form of interest payments to

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<v Speaker 1>investors who purchased government bonds. Rather than collecting taxes from

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<v Speaker 1>the wealthy, the government is paying the wealthy to borrow

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<v Speaker 1>their money. They go on to say that a way

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with said debt issues is to take a

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<v Speaker 1>hard look at you guessed it, social Security and Medicaid.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the two social safety net programs that actually

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<v Speaker 1>benefit taxpayers. Right, Those who one can't afford medical insurance

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<v Speaker 1>get covered through Medicaid, right, and then those who have

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<v Speaker 1>been paying into the system their entire working life get

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<v Speaker 1>that money back, right in terms of their social security.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't mention in here the ballooned budgets for defense, right.

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<v Speaker 1>As a matter of fact, they talk about defense spending

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<v Speaker 1>in the way that, well, we need to have it

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<v Speaker 1>because of perceived threats. Mind you that the budget of

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<v Speaker 1>the Pentagon every year is given way more than they

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<v Speaker 1>ask for. And then there are those Republicans that are

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<v Speaker 1>tied to defense contractors that make a fucking killing literally.

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<v Speaker 1>But when we look at the programs that actually benefit

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<v Speaker 1>all Americans, those are the ones that the New York

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<v Speaker 1>Times editorial board decided to zero in on as a

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<v Speaker 1>signal to the Democratic Party that you need to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that you put that on your agenda. How are

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<v Speaker 1>we going to deal with Medicaid and Social Security?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? I don't fucking know.

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<v Speaker 1>Why didn't the editorial board write an article about the

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<v Speaker 1>amount of billionaires and millionaires that are in this country

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<v Speaker 1>that have been making money off of their absolute, unfettered,

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<v Speaker 1>fucking greed at the expense of the ninety nine percent. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's right, because the editorial board is a part of

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<v Speaker 1>that one percent. So once again you have this elite

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<v Speaker 1>media institution coming for the working class and saying that basically,

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<v Speaker 1>let them eat cake. They're the ones that are contributing

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<v Speaker 1>to the debt as opposed to those that actually fucking

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<v Speaker 1>refuse to pay their fair share. This is what the

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<v Speaker 1>New York Times wrote about. I can think about so

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<v Speaker 1>many other topics that the editorial board could have tackled.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe my other topic for woke Wednesday, which is the

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<v Speaker 1>extreme fucking flooding that is happening in the state of Vermont,

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<v Speaker 1>where one hundred and seventeen people and counting had been

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<v Speaker 1>rescued by boats, where a dam has damned near broke

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<v Speaker 1>because of the amount of rain that was dumped in

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<v Speaker 1>that state in twenty four hours. They have now declared

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<v Speaker 1>a state of emergency. I want to read you this.

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<v Speaker 1>A dam in Vermont was nearing capacity and threatening to

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<v Speaker 1>burst at any minute. Yesterday, officials in the state's capital

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<v Speaker 1>said as floods lashed the northeastern US due to intense storms.

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<v Speaker 1>The Montpeeler Police Department said at eleven thirty on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 1>that floods had slightly receded in downtown Montpeeler, but waters

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<v Speaker 1>were only about one foot away from the Wrightsville Dam spillway. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>this is climate change, right, This is climate change.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care.

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<v Speaker 1>Where you live in the country where you are listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this. If you're in the South, you're experiencing a

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<v Speaker 1>heat wave that we've never seen before. We've had reports

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<v Speaker 1>in the last two weeks of the Earth, the entirety

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<v Speaker 1>of the Earth experiencing the hottest temperatures on land for

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<v Speaker 1>the last I don't know, one hundred and seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred thousand years, right, every day has been hotter

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<v Speaker 1>than the next. Parts of Texas were one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five degrees during the week of fourth of July.

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<v Speaker 2>You have.

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<v Speaker 1>One hundred million people in the United States because of

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<v Speaker 1>the Canadian wildfires, needing to stay indoors or wear masks

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<v Speaker 1>because of the toxic air. You have wildfires, you have

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<v Speaker 1>massive tornado seasons, hurricane seasons that are coming earlier and

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<v Speaker 1>lasting longer and causing billions of dollars worth of fucking damage.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe the New York Times editorial boards should have written

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<v Speaker 1>about that and how Republicans would rather invest more money

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<v Speaker 1>in coal and in thus more money in oil, dragging

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<v Speaker 1>this country back to the nineteenth century or the early

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<v Speaker 1>twentieth century as opposed to looking towards the future, because

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<v Speaker 1>guess what, we can't actually fucking afford the debt that

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<v Speaker 1>we are going to incur due to climate change, because

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<v Speaker 1>as far as I I'm concerned, FEMA and the US

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<v Speaker 1>government doesn't have bottomless pockets to rebuild every single state

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<v Speaker 1>and every single city that either becomes underwater or ripped apart.

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<v Speaker 1>There are landslides that just happened in California that moved

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<v Speaker 1>entire fucking neighborhoods halfway down a cliff. You had one

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<v Speaker 1>of the biggest insurance companies just announced that they are

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<v Speaker 1>no longer going to provide insurance for California. So what

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<v Speaker 1>does that mean to the people that are there? So

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<v Speaker 1>you begin to see the ripple effects that stem from

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<v Speaker 1>the ignorance of denying that this is actually fucking happening.

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<v Speaker 1>And instead, what do you have Republicans doing, Oh like

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Abbott in Axis passing legislation to make it so

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't have to provide water breaks to those

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<v Speaker 1>that are working outside. Let me ask, when was the

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<v Speaker 1>last time Greg Abbott, or any member of the Republican Party,

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<v Speaker 1>or any member of the State House and Senate actually

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<v Speaker 1>worked outside. These are people working inside of air conditioned

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<v Speaker 1>offices and buildings with access to as much water as

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<v Speaker 1>they could possibly want. Passing legislation that is actually going

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<v Speaker 1>to cause death at a time when their state is

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<v Speaker 1>experiencing the hottest fucking summer on record. So when we

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<v Speaker 1>think about, oh, the fucking liberal media or the corporate media,

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<v Speaker 1>as DeSantis's campaign likes to refer to it, because they

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<v Speaker 1>have eyes and ears and can see that his failure

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<v Speaker 1>to launch isn't about the corporate media. It's about having

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking candidate that is as interesting as fucking paint drying.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is what Republicans do. They blame the media,

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<v Speaker 1>and then what does the media do? They internalize and

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<v Speaker 1>then they want to both sides and they want to

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<v Speaker 1>ignore the actual issues that we need to be talking

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<v Speaker 1>about that need to be front page fucking news every

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<v Speaker 1>goddamn day, But instead you want to talk about how

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<v Speaker 1>to slight and harm people who need their social Security check,

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<v Speaker 1>people who need Medicaid, travel to countries that don't have

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<v Speaker 1>these social safety nets, and trust me, trust and believe.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not saying that America is perfect. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you listen to me on this show or any of

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<v Speaker 1>my other ones, you know good goddamn well that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't believe that America is perfect or is an example

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<v Speaker 1>to anyone. But when I have traveled, for instance, to

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<v Speaker 1>places like India who do not have Medicaid or social security,

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<v Speaker 1>who do not have right infrastructure that it's supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>help homeless people, unhoused people, I see a country that

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<v Speaker 1>is devastating. The poverty is like nothing you have ever seen.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember driving and a woman pushing up a diaperless

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<v Speaker 1>baby up against the window, just begging for any any

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<v Speaker 1>scrap of money anything. That is what happens when your

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<v Speaker 1>government turns your back on you. That's what happens when

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<v Speaker 1>we say, oh, oh, well that you're low income, you're

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<v Speaker 1>in poverty. That's your fault. That's negligence, as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>looking at the societal factors and systems that created that

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<v Speaker 1>condition in the first fucking place. No, we blame the

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<v Speaker 1>individual or we blame an entire community. When I look

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<v Speaker 1>at both of these things that I'm talking about today,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it is climate change, whether it is our corrupt,

0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:49.040
<v Speaker 1>grifting Supreme Court, all of it comes back down to money.

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<v Speaker 1>To the major grift. It is greed and cruelty that

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<v Speaker 1>is stalling actual policy on climate change because you have

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<v Speaker 1>members of Congress that are vested in companies that do

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<v Speaker 1>harm it to the environment, but they are totally filling

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<v Speaker 1>their comferts with those funds. You know, good god, damn well.

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<v Speaker 1>The Supreme Court is corrupt and has been. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>about ethics, It's about bribery. When we sit back and

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<v Speaker 1>look at it, billionaires are playing chess with our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>This is real life monopoly, except there are real people

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<v Speaker 1>that aren't able to pass go and are going directly

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<v Speaker 1>into jail. There are real people who are being kicked

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<v Speaker 1>out of their homes in displace because you have mayors

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<v Speaker 1>that are being bought off and increasing rents in places

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<v Speaker 1>that where your income is not increasing.

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<v Speaker 2>The closer to.

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<v Speaker 1>Power that people get, the bigger the fucking grift. And

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<v Speaker 1>the assumption that we have always made is that people

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<v Speaker 1>that find themselves in public service are doing good on

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<v Speaker 1>behalf of the public. And what we are recognizing as

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<v Speaker 1>we remove our rose colored glasses is that that has

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<v Speaker 1>never been the fucking case never. So I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what bullshit golden error the Republican Party is trying to romanticize.

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<v Speaker 1>And remember, but no one in this country was ever

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<v Speaker 1>doing well except for the wealthy, the white, and the

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<v Speaker 1>straight and the cysts. But they dangle carrots in your

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<v Speaker 1>face to make you believe that if you just work

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<v Speaker 1>hard enough, if you just go to college and impure

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<v Speaker 1>a six figure debt, then you two can own a

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<v Speaker 1>helicopter and live in a multimillion dollar mansions. The media

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<v Speaker 1>pushes reality TV at you. You know how many of

0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:36.320
<v Speaker 1>those Real Housewives of whatever on Bravo have ended up

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<v Speaker 1>in jail because the more that they pretend to flawss,

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<v Speaker 1>the more that they have to like cheat in order

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<v Speaker 1>to showcase a lifestyle that they can't afford. But why

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<v Speaker 1>were they doing that in the first place, Because we

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<v Speaker 1>put value in that shit, Because we say that if

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<v Speaker 1>you have all that money and all those brands and

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<v Speaker 1>all those cars, then you must be brilliant. What if

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<v Speaker 1>we changed our perception a bit and said, wow, how

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<v Speaker 1>is it that we live in societies where people have

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<v Speaker 1>yachts and helicopters on those yachts, and there are people

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<v Speaker 1>without homes. Give me a break. Wealth does not equal genius.

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<v Speaker 1>It oftentimes just equals grit. That is it for me today,

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<v Speaker 1>Dear friends on Woke a f as always power to

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<v Speaker 1>the people and to all the people.

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<v Speaker 2>Power, Get woke and stay woke as fuck.