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Episode #20: Fascism Unfiltered - The State of American State Media · Propaganda Loves You

• 0:00
  Welcome
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  to
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  Propkgana
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  Loves
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  yous,
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  the
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  show
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  that
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  asks
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  and
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  answers
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  the
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  question,
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  how
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  much
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  does
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  journalistic
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  integrity
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  cost?
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  I'm
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  Cody,
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  your
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  host
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  for
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  this
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  week
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  and
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  joined
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  by
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  Arthur
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  and
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  Joe.
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  Ask
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  not
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  what
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  your
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  country
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  can
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  do
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  for
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  you,
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  ask
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  what
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  you
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  can
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  do
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  for
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  your
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  country.
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  We
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  shall
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  fight
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  on
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  the
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  beaches.
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  Real
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  fight
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  on
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  the
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  landing
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  grounds.
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  Mr.
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  Gorbachev,
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  tear
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  down
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  this
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  wall.
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  Hey,
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  welcome
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  back
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  to
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  Propaganda.
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  Loves
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  you.
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  This
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  week
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  we
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  are
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  recording
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  this
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  the
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  day
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  after
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  the
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  Fourth
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  of
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  July.
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  So
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  July
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  5th,
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  Saturday.
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  Today,
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  what
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  talk
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  about,
• 0:49
  we've
• 0:49
  got
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  a
• 0:49
  couple
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  things
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  we
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  want
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  to
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  hit
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  on
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  our
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  main
• 0:51
  topic
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  today,
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  really
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  focusing
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  in
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  on
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  just
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  two
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  areas
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  looking
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  at
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  how
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  the
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  current
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  administration
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  is
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  trying
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  to
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  control
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  media,
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  both
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  the
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  media
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  that
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  we're
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  projecting
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  abroad
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  as
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  well
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  as
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  control
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  the
• 1:02
  media
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  at
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  home.
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  So
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  that's
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  what
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  talk
• 1:04
  about
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  a
• 1:04
  bit
• 1:04
  for
• 1:04
  our
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  main
• 1:05
  topic
• 1:05
  today.
• 1:05
  But
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  yeah,
• 1:06
  before
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  we
• 1:06
  get
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  into
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  any
• 1:07
  of
• 1:07
  those.
• 1:08
  Yeah,
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  Fourth
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  of
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  July,
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  how
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  are
• 1:09
  you
• 1:09
  guys
• 1:09
  feeling?
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  You
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  feel
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  pretty,
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  pretty
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  good
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  about
• 1:12
  yesterday?
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  Did
• 1:12
  you
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  guys
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  do
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  anything
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  fun
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  or.
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  Yeah,
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  just
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  any
• 1:16
  updates
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  for
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  the
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  week
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  that
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  we
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  want
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  to
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  provide
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  now
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  we.
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  Kind
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  of
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  played
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  pet
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  sanctuary
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  where,
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  you
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  know,
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  all
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  the
• 1:21
  pets
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  just
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  get
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  anxious
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  with
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  all
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  the
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  noises.
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  So
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  put
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  on
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  music
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  and
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  whatever.
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  Our
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  dog
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  likes
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  how
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  to
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  train
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  your
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  dragon.
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  So
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  that
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  was
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  on
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  in
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  the
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  room.
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  That's
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  weird.
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  Like,
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  our
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  dog
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  also
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  likes
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  how
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  to
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  train
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  your
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  dragon.
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  I
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  don't
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  know
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  why
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  that
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  is.
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  Like,
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  is
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  that
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  a.
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  Is
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  that
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  a
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  thing
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  that
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  you
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  can
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  find?
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  Yeah,
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  it's
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  just
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  how
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  to
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  train
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  your
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  dragon
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  speaks
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  to
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  dogs
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  for
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  some
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  reason.
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  Yeah,
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  same.
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  We
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  didn't
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  go
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  to
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  the
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  fireworks.
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  Well,
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  my
• 1:45
  wife,
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  we've
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  got
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  some
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  friends
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  in
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  town,
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  so
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  my
• 1:46
  wife
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  and
• 1:47
  the
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  kids
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  went
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  out
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  to
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  the
• 1:48
  fireworks
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  while
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  we
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  stayed
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  at
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  the
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  house
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  with
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  the
• 1:51
  other
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  kids.
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  But
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  yeah,
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  that
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  was
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  my
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  Fourth
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  of
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  July.
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  That
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  and
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  hanging
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  out
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  at
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  the
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  beach.
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  It
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  felt
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  a
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  little
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  strange.
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  I'll
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  admit
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  that.
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  I
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  feel
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  like
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  I
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  don't
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  know
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  exactly
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  what
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  the
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  feeling
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  was,
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  but
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  feels
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  weird
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  to
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  kind
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  of
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  be
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  celebrating
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  the
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  4th
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  of
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  July
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  these
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  days.
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  But
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  yeah,
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  so
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  much
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  happening
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  otherwise,
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  too,
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  in
• 2:08
  the
• 2:09
  news.
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  Right.
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  Like,
• 2:09
  we
• 2:10
  had
• 2:10
  a
• 2:10
  ton
• 2:10
  of
• 2:10
  topics
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  that
• 2:11
  we
• 2:11
  could
• 2:11
  have
• 2:11
  picked
• 2:11
  for
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  today
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  when
• 2:12
  it
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  comes
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  to,
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  like
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  the
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  bill
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  that
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  passed
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  kind
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  of
• 2:14
  the
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  implications
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  with
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  that
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  and
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  the
• 2:16
  budget
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  for
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  ICE
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  going
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  up.
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  I
• 2:18
  think
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  it's
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  like,
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  you
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  know,
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  for
• 2:19
  deportation
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  programs
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  is
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  up
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  to
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  like
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  $150
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  billion
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  or
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  something
• 2:23
  like
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  that
• 2:23
  over
• 2:24
  the
• 2:24
  next
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  few
• 2:24
  years,
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  which
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  is
• 2:25
  just
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  an
• 2:26
  incredibly,
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  like,
• 2:27
  that's
• 2:28
  a
• 2:28
  crazy
• 2:28
  jump
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  for
• 2:29
  that
• 2:29
  organization
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  of
• 2:30
  that
• 2:31
  size
• 2:31
  to
• 2:31
  have
• 2:31
  that
• 2:31
  much
• 2:32
  of
• 2:32
  a
• 2:32
  budget
• 2:32
  increase.
• 2:33
  I
• 2:33
  thought.
• 2:34
  I
• 2:34
  didn't
• 2:34
  verify
• 2:34
  this.
• 2:35
  I
• 2:35
  saw
• 2:35
  that
• 2:35
  it
• 2:35
  was
• 2:35
  more
• 2:36
  than
• 2:36
  what
• 2:36
  the
• 2:36
  Marines
• 2:37
  budget
• 2:37
  is.
• 2:37
  I
• 2:38
  believe
• 2:38
  it
• 2:38
  like
• 2:39
  $180
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  million.
• 2:40
  Like
• 2:41
  more
• 2:41
  than
• 2:41
  the
• 2:41
  United
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  States
• 2:42
  Marine
• 2:42
  budget
• 2:43
  of.
• 2:43
  What's
• 2:43
  the
• 2:43
  force
• 2:43
  there?
• 2:44
  I
• 2:44
  think
• 2:44
  it's
• 2:44
  like
• 2:45
  it's
• 2:45
  over
• 2:45
  200,000
• 2:46
  people.
• 2:47
  So
• 2:47
  anyway,
• 2:47
  yeah,
• 2:48
  we
• 2:48
  could
• 2:48
  have
• 2:48
  talked
• 2:48
  about
• 2:49
  that
• 2:49
  today,
• 2:49
  but
• 2:50
  know
• 2:50
  we'll
• 2:50
  probably
• 2:50
  spend
• 2:51
  more
• 2:51
  time
• 2:51
  digging
• 2:52
  into,
• 2:52
  into
• 2:53
  what
• 2:53
  the
• 2:53
  actual
• 2:54
  results
• 2:54
  are
• 2:54
  of
• 2:54
  this
• 2:55
  before
• 2:55
  we
• 2:55
  bring
• 2:55
  that
• 2:55
  up
• 2:56
  for
• 2:56
  an
• 2:56
  episode.
• 2:56
  But
• 2:56
  any,
• 2:57
  any
• 2:57
  initial
• 2:57
  thoughts?
• 2:57
  Anything
• 2:58
  that
• 2:58
  you
• 2:58
  guys
• 2:58
  want
• 2:58
  to
• 2:59
  talk
• 2:59
  about,
• 2:59
  like,
• 3:00
  related
• 3:00
  to
• 3:00
  either
• 3:00
  that
• 3:00
  or
• 3:01
  the
• 3:01
  alligator
• 3:01
  Alcatraz
• 3:02
  topic?
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  And
• 3:03
  then
• 3:03
  the
• 3:04
  last
• 3:04
  one
• 3:04
  that
• 3:05
  I
• 3:05
  was
• 3:05
  thinking
• 3:05
  about
• 3:05
  was
• 3:05
  Laura
• 3:06
  Loomer
• 3:06
  and
• 3:07
  her
• 3:07
  influence
• 3:07
  over
• 3:08
  just
• 3:08
  in
• 3:08
  general
• 3:08
  government
• 3:09
  policy
• 3:09
  is.
• 3:10
  Is
• 3:10
  kind
• 3:10
  of
• 3:10
  crazy
• 3:11
  to
• 3:11
  me.
• 3:12
  Barely
• 3:12
  know
• 3:13
  who
• 3:13
  Laura
• 3:13
  Loomer
• 3:14
  is
• 3:14
  and
• 3:14
  I'd
• 3:15
  prefer
• 3:15
  to
• 3:15
  keep
• 3:15
  it
• 3:16
  that
• 3:16
  way.
• 3:16
  But.
• 3:16
  And
• 3:17
  we
• 3:17
  can
• 3:17
  talk
• 3:17
  about
• 3:17
  that,
• 3:17
  I
• 3:18
  guess.
• 3:18
  You
• 3:18
  want.
• 3:19
  No,
• 3:19
  I
• 3:19
  find
• 3:19
  that
• 3:20
  like,
• 3:20
  as
• 3:21
  you
• 3:21
  know,
• 3:21
  it
• 3:21
  has
• 3:22
  something
• 3:22
  to
• 3:22
  do
• 3:22
  with
• 3:22
  fascism
• 3:22
  too.
• 3:23
  But
• 3:23
  maybe
• 3:23
  the
• 3:23
  older
• 3:24
  I
• 3:24
  get,
• 3:24
  the
• 3:24
  less
• 3:24
  I
• 3:25
  like
• 3:25
  fireworks
• 3:26
  in
• 3:26
  general.
• 3:26
  I'm
• 3:27
  just
• 3:27
  kind
• 3:27
  of
• 3:27
  annoyed
• 3:28
  by
• 3:28
  all
• 3:28
  the
• 3:28
  noise
• 3:29
  and
• 3:29
  my
• 3:29
  dog
• 3:30
  is
• 3:30
  really
• 3:30
  old
• 3:30
  and
• 3:31
  anxious
• 3:31
  and
• 3:31
  scared
• 3:32
  all
• 3:32
  the
• 3:32
  time
• 3:32
  about
• 3:32
  it
• 3:33
  now,
• 3:33
  but
• 3:33
  now
• 3:34
  I
• 3:34
  just
• 3:34
  kind
• 3:34
  of
• 3:34
  relaxed
• 3:34
  and
• 3:35
  watched
• 3:35
  some
• 3:36
  Lord
• 3:36
  of
• 3:36
  the
• 3:36
  Rings
• 3:36
  and
• 3:37
  tried
• 3:37
  to
• 3:37
  just
• 3:38
  be
• 3:38
  a
• 3:38
  little
• 3:39
  hermit
• 3:39
  and
• 3:39
  not,
• 3:40
  not
• 3:41
  pretend
• 3:41
  like
• 3:41
  there
• 3:41
  was
• 3:42
  something
• 3:42
  to
• 3:42
  celebrate
• 3:42
  yesterday.
• 3:43
  Just
• 3:44
  on
• 3:44
  the
• 3:44
  topic,
• 3:45
  I
• 3:45
  guess
• 3:45
  I
• 3:46
  have
• 3:46
  a
• 3:46
  little
• 3:47
  passage
• 3:47
  from
• 3:48
  Howard
• 3:48
  Zinn's
• 3:49
  People's
• 3:49
  History
• 3:49
  the
• 3:50
  United
• 3:50
  States,
• 3:50
  on
• 3:51
  his
• 3:51
  chapter
• 3:51
  about
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  original
• 3:52
  revolution,
• 3:53
  which
• 3:54
  maybe
• 3:54
  there's
• 3:55
  more
• 3:55
  in
• 3:55
  common
• 3:55
  we
• 3:56
  have
• 3:56
  with
• 3:56
  the
• 3:56
  past
• 3:57
  than
• 3:57
  we
• 3:57
  like
• 3:57
  to
• 3:58
  think
• 3:58
  so.
• 3:58
  And
• 3:59
  I
• 3:59
  thought
• 3:59
  I
• 3:59
  could
• 3:59
  read
• 3:59
  the
• 4:00
  last
• 4:00
  two,
• 4:01
  two
• 4:01
  paragraphs
• 4:02
  of
• 4:02
  this
• 4:02
  chapter
• 4:03
  on,
• 4:03
  on
• 4:04
  the
• 4:04
  Revolution
• 4:04
  and
• 4:05
  see
• 4:05
  if
• 4:05
  we
• 4:05
  have
• 4:05
  any
• 4:05
  thoughts
• 4:06
  about
• 4:06
  that.
• 4:06
  The
• 4:07
  name
• 4:07
  of
• 4:07
  the
• 4:07
  chapter
• 4:08
  is
• 4:08
  Tyranny
• 4:09
  is
• 4:09
  Tyranny.
• 4:11
  And
• 4:11
  so
• 4:11
  it's
• 4:11
  sort
• 4:12
  of
• 4:12
  in
• 4:12
  the
• 4:12
  context
• 4:12
  of
• 4:13
  the
• 4:14
  colonial
• 4:15
  leaders
• 4:15
  launching
• 4:16
  this
• 4:16
  war
• 4:16
  of
• 4:17
  independence
• 4:17
  against
• 4:17
  the
• 4:18
  crown
• 4:18
  of
• 4:18
  England.
• 4:19
  But
• 4:19
  it
• 4:20
  has
• 4:20
  to
• 4:20
  do
• 4:20
  with
• 4:21
  the
• 4:21
  way
• 4:22
  people
• 4:22
  in
• 4:23
  general
• 4:23
  in
• 4:23
  colonial
• 4:24
  times
• 4:24
  felt
• 4:25
  about
• 4:25
  the
• 4:25
  revolution
• 4:26
  as
• 4:26
  opposed
• 4:26
  to
• 4:26
  the
• 4:27
  propaganda
• 4:27
  we
• 4:27
  get
• 4:28
  about
• 4:28
  it
• 4:28
  retrospectively.
• 4:30
  So
• 4:31
  last
• 4:31
  two
• 4:31
  paragraphs
• 4:32
  of
• 4:32
  this
• 4:32
  chapter
• 4:32
  here,
• 4:32
  Howard
• 4:33
  Zinn
• 4:33
  says,
• 4:34
  in
• 4:34
  America,
• 4:35
  too,
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  reality
• 4:36
  behind
• 4:36
  the
• 4:36
  words
• 4:37
  of
• 4:37
  the
• 4:37
  Declaration
• 4:38
  of
• 4:38
  Independence,
• 4:39
  issued
• 4:39
  in
• 4:40
  the
• 4:40
  same
• 4:40
  year
• 4:40
  as
• 4:40
  Adam
• 4:41
  Smith's
• 4:41
  capitalist
• 4:42
  manifesto,
• 4:42
  the
• 4:42
  wealth
• 4:43
  of
• 4:43
  nations,
• 4:44
  was
• 4:44
  that
• 4:44
  a
• 4:44
  rising
• 4:45
  class
• 4:45
  of
• 4:45
  important
• 4:46
  people
• 4:46
  needed
• 4:47
  to
• 4:47
  enlist
• 4:47
  on
• 4:47
  their
• 4:48
  side,
• 4:48
  enough
• 4:48
  Americans
• 4:49
  to
• 4:49
  defeat
• 4:50
  England,
• 4:50
  without
• 4:51
  disturbing
• 4:52
  too
• 4:52
  much
• 4:52
  the
• 4:53
  relations
• 4:53
  of
• 4:53
  wealth
• 4:54
  and
• 4:54
  power
• 4:54
  that
• 4:54
  had
• 4:55
  developed
• 4:55
  over
• 4:55
  150
• 4:56
  years
• 4:56
  of
• 4:57
  colonial
• 4:57
  history.
• 4:58
  Indeed,
• 4:59
  69%
• 5:00
  of
• 5:01
  the
• 5:01
  signers
• 5:01
  of
• 5:01
  the
• 5:02
  Declaration
• 5:02
  of
• 5:02
  Independence
• 5:03
  had
• 5:04
  held
• 5:04
  Colonial
• 5:04
  Office
• 5:05
  under
• 5:05
  England.
• 5:07
  When
• 5:07
  the
• 5:07
  Declaration
• 5:08
  of
• 5:08
  Independence
• 5:09
  was
• 5:09
  read
• 5:09
  with
• 5:09
  all
• 5:09
  of
• 5:09
  its
• 5:10
  flaming
• 5:10
  radical
• 5:11
  language
• 5:11
  from
• 5:11
  the
• 5:11
  town
• 5:12
  hall
• 5:12
  balcony
• 5:12
  in
• 5:13
  Boston,
• 5:13
  it
• 5:14
  was
• 5:14
  read
• 5:14
  by
• 5:14
  Thomas
• 5:15
  Crafts,
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  member
• 5:16
  of
• 5:16
  the
• 5:16
  Loyal
• 5:16
  Nine
• 5:17
  group,
• 5:17
  conservatives
• 5:18
  who
• 5:18
  had
• 5:18
  opposed
• 5:19
  militant
• 5:19
  action
• 5:20
  against
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  British.
• 5:21
  Four
• 5:21
  days
• 5:22
  after
• 5:22
  reading,
• 5:23
  the
• 5:23
  Boston
• 5:23
  Committee
• 5:24
  of
• 5:24
  Correspondence
• 5:25
  ordered
• 5:25
  the
• 5:25
  townspeople
• 5:26
  to
• 5:26
  show
• 5:26
  up
• 5:27
  on
• 5:27
  the
• 5:27
  common
• 5:27
  for
• 5:27
  a
• 5:28
  military
• 5:28
  draft.
• 5:29
  The
• 5:29
  rich,
• 5:29
  it
• 5:30
  turned
• 5:30
  out,
• 5:30
  could
• 5:30
  avoid
• 5:31
  the
• 5:31
  draft
• 5:31
  by
• 5:31
  paying
• 5:32
  for
• 5:32
  substitutes
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  poor
• 5:33
  had
• 5:34
  to
• 5:34
  serve.
• 5:35
  This
• 5:35
  led
• 5:35
  to
• 5:35
  rioting
• 5:36
  and
• 5:36
  shouting,
• 5:37
  quote,
• 5:37
  tyranny
• 5:37
  is
• 5:38
  tyranny.
• 5:38
  Let
• 5:38
  it
• 5:39
  come
• 5:39
  from
• 5:39
  whom
• 5:39
  it
• 5:40
  may.
• 5:41
  So
• 5:41
  that
• 5:41
  was
• 5:41
  the
• 5:42
  original
• 5:42
  revolution
• 5:43
  in
• 5:43
  Boston.
• 5:44
  Happy
• 5:45
  fourth
• 5:45
  of
• 5:45
  July.
• 5:46
  I'm
• 5:47
  just
• 5:47
  trying
• 5:47
  to
• 5:47
  think,
• 5:47
  like,
• 5:48
  what.
• 5:48
  I
• 5:48
  don't
• 5:49
  know
• 5:49
  what
• 5:49
  I
• 5:49
  want
• 5:49
  to
• 5:49
  say
• 5:49
  to
• 5:49
  that.
• 5:50
  I
• 5:50
  mean,
• 5:51
  I
• 5:51
  100%
• 5:52
  like,
• 5:52
  with
• 5:52
  the.
• 5:53
  Like,
• 5:53
  it
• 5:53
  doesn't
• 5:53
  matter
• 5:53
  where
• 5:54
  it's
• 5:54
  coming
• 5:54
  from,
• 5:54
  right?
• 5:55
  Like,
• 5:55
  it
• 5:55
  doesn't
• 5:55
  matter
• 5:56
  where
• 5:56
  the
• 5:56
  oppression
• 5:57
  is
• 5:57
  coming
• 5:57
  from.
• 5:57
  Like,
• 5:57
  if,
• 5:58
  if
• 5:58
  you're,
• 5:58
  you're
• 5:59
  being
• 5:59
  oppressed.
• 5:59
  Like,
• 6:00
  I
• 6:00
  don't
• 6:00
  think
• 6:00
  it
• 6:00
  matters
• 6:01
  if
• 6:01
  that's
• 6:01
  from
• 6:02
  wealthy
• 6:02
  landowners
• 6:03
  or
• 6:03
  from
• 6:04
  king
• 6:04
  across
• 6:04
  the
• 6:05
  ocean.
• 6:05
  Like,
• 6:05
  the,
• 6:05
  the
• 6:06
  end
• 6:06
  state
• 6:06
  really
• 6:07
  becomes
• 6:07
  the
• 6:07
  same
• 6:08
  thing
• 6:08
  for,
• 6:08
  for
• 6:08
  those
• 6:09
  people.
• 6:09
  Right.
• 6:10
  It
• 6:10
  just
• 6:10
  makes
• 6:11
  me
• 6:11
  feel
• 6:11
  like
• 6:11
  we've
• 6:11
  been
• 6:12
  stuck
• 6:12
  in
• 6:12
  these
• 6:13
  same
• 6:14
  loops
• 6:14
  for
• 6:15
  such
• 6:15
  a
• 6:15
  long
• 6:15
  time.
• 6:16
  The
• 6:16
  same
• 6:16
  narratives
• 6:17
  we're
• 6:17
  still
• 6:17
  trying
• 6:17
  to
• 6:17
  deconstruct
• 6:18
  and
• 6:18
  get
• 6:18
  our
• 6:18
  heads
• 6:19
  around.
• 6:19
  It's
• 6:19
  hard
• 6:19
  to
• 6:20
  keep
• 6:20
  a
• 6:20
  historical
• 6:21
  perspective.
• 6:22
  A
• 6:22
  lot
• 6:22
  of
• 6:22
  the
• 6:22
  evils
• 6:23
  we're
• 6:23
  facing
• 6:23
  today
• 6:24
  are
• 6:24
  new
• 6:24
  and
• 6:25
  have
• 6:25
  new
• 6:25
  contexts
• 6:26
  and
• 6:26
  new
• 6:26
  meanings
• 6:26
  and
• 6:27
  everything.
• 6:27
  But
• 6:28
  the
• 6:28
  structure
• 6:29
  of
• 6:29
  the
• 6:29
  narratives
• 6:30
  that
• 6:30
  we're
• 6:30
  fighting
• 6:31
  against
• 6:31
  in
• 6:32
  some
• 6:32
  big
• 6:32
  ways
• 6:33
  are
• 6:33
  the
• 6:33
  same
• 6:33
  that
• 6:34
  we've
• 6:34
  been
• 6:34
  fighting
• 6:34
  with
• 6:34
  for
• 6:34
  a
• 6:35
  long
• 6:35
  time.
• 6:36
  Yeah,
• 6:36
  I
• 6:37
  don't
• 6:37
  know.
• 6:37
  That's
• 6:37
  what's
• 6:37
  hitting
• 6:37
  home
• 6:38
  for
• 6:38
  me.
• 6:38
  And
• 6:39
  I
• 6:39
  guess
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  question
• 6:40
  is
• 6:41
  then,
• 6:41
  like,
• 6:41
  why,
• 6:41
  why
• 6:42
  now?
• 6:42
  Right?
• 6:43
  Like,
• 6:43
  the
• 6:44
  structure
• 6:44
  has
• 6:44
  been
• 6:44
  there.
• 6:44
  Is
• 6:45
  it
• 6:45
  just
• 6:45
  like
• 6:45
  the
• 6:45
  power
• 6:47
  has
• 6:48
  become
• 6:48
  either
• 6:49
  so
• 6:49
  top
• 6:50
  heavy
• 6:51
  or
• 6:51
  like,
• 6:52
  people
• 6:52
  have
• 6:52
  forgotten
• 6:53
  that
• 6:53
  they
• 6:54
  can't
• 6:54
  just
• 6:55
  run
• 6:55
  over
• 6:56
  people
• 6:56
  and
• 6:56
  not
• 6:56
  have
• 6:57
  some
• 6:57
  sort
• 6:57
  of
• 6:57
  backlash?
• 6:58
  Or,
• 6:58
  like,
• 6:59
  have
• 6:59
  we
• 6:59
  taken
• 6:59
  in
• 6:59
  so
• 7:00
  much
• 7:00
  of
• 7:00
  our
• 7:00
  own
• 7:00
  propaganda
• 7:01
  that
• 7:01
  we're
• 7:01
  just
• 7:01
  like,
• 7:01
  profit
• 7:02
  overall?
• 7:02
  Like,
• 7:03
  screw
• 7:03
  everything
• 7:03
  else,
• 7:04
  like,
• 7:04
  at
• 7:04
  this
• 7:04
  point,
• 7:04
  or
• 7:05
  is
• 7:05
  it
• 7:05
  like,
• 7:05
  there's
• 7:05
  a
• 7:06
  thought
• 7:07
  that
• 7:08
  there's
• 7:08
  going
• 7:08
  to
• 7:08
  be
• 7:08
  some
• 7:09
  sort
• 7:09
  of
• 7:10
  global
• 7:10
  instability
• 7:11
  coming
• 7:12
  and
• 7:12
  now's
• 7:13
  the
• 7:13
  time
• 7:13
  to
• 7:14
  hoard
• 7:14
  up
• 7:14
  on
• 7:14
  everything
• 7:15
  you
• 7:15
  can,
• 7:15
  like,
• 7:16
  and
• 7:16
  there's
• 7:16
  going
• 7:16
  to
• 7:16
  be
• 7:16
  problems
• 7:17
  ahead.
• 7:17
  So
• 7:17
  it's
• 7:17
  just
• 7:18
  like,
• 7:18
  hey,
• 7:18
  like,
• 7:19
  we
• 7:19
  see
• 7:19
  that,
• 7:19
  we
• 7:19
  know
• 7:20
  that,
• 7:20
  you
• 7:20
  know,
• 7:20
  a
• 7:20
  lot
• 7:20
  of
• 7:21
  the
• 7:21
  climate
• 7:22
  change
• 7:22
  and
• 7:23
  global
• 7:23
  instability
• 7:24
  is
• 7:24
  going
• 7:24
  to
• 7:24
  come
• 7:24
  to
• 7:24
  a
• 7:24
  head
• 7:25
  at
• 7:25
  some
• 7:25
  point.
• 7:25
  So
• 7:25
  let's
• 7:26
  just
• 7:26
  get
• 7:26
  everything
• 7:26
  we
• 7:27
  can
• 7:27
  and
• 7:27
  try
• 7:27
  and
• 7:27
  buckle
• 7:28
  down.
• 7:28
  Any
• 7:28
  thoughts
• 7:29
  as
• 7:29
  far
• 7:29
  as
• 7:29
  like,
• 7:30
  why
• 7:30
  it's
• 7:31
  more.
• 7:31
  I
• 7:32
  think.
• 7:33
  Yeah,
• 7:33
  I
• 7:33
  think
• 7:33
  you
• 7:33
  nailed
• 7:34
  it.
• 7:34
  It's
• 7:34
  one
• 7:34
  of,
• 7:34
  it's
• 7:34
  one
• 7:35
  of
• 7:35
  those
• 7:35
  two.
• 7:35
  Yeah,
• 7:36
  yeah.
• 7:36
  I
• 7:36
  mean,
• 7:36
  it's
• 7:37
  like
• 7:37
  tied
• 7:37
  back
• 7:37
  to
• 7:37
  that
• 7:38
  article
• 7:38
  you
• 7:38
  read
• 7:39
  about
• 7:39
  the
• 7:39
  technology
• 7:40
  guy
• 7:40
  and
• 7:41
  how
• 7:41
  he
• 7:41
  kind
• 7:41
  of
• 7:41
  got
• 7:42
  ambushed
• 7:42
  by
• 7:42
  those
• 7:42
  rich
• 7:43
  people
• 7:43
  who
• 7:44
  were
• 7:44
  wanting
• 7:45
  advice
• 7:45
  about
• 7:45
  how
• 7:45
  to
• 7:46
  hoard
• 7:46
  all
• 7:46
  their
• 7:46
  resources
• 7:47
  and
• 7:48
  keep
• 7:48
  their
• 7:48
  security
• 7:48
  staff
• 7:49
  on
• 7:49
  their
• 7:49
  side
• 7:49
  and
• 7:49
  all
• 7:50
  that.
• 7:51
  We
• 7:52
  were
• 7:52
  talking
• 7:52
  about
• 7:52
  the
• 7:53
  budget
• 7:54
  skyrocket
• 7:55
  for
• 7:55
  immigration
• 7:56
  and
• 7:57
  how
• 7:57
  they're
• 7:57
  not
• 7:57
  even
• 7:57
  trying
• 7:58
  to
• 7:58
  hide
• 7:58
  it
• 7:58
  anymore.
• 7:58
  And
• 7:59
  I'm
• 7:59
  thinking
• 8:00
  back
• 8:00
  to
• 8:00
  like
• 8:01
  I
• 8:02
  think
• 8:02
  I
• 8:02
  said
• 8:02
  before
• 8:02
  that
• 8:03
  the
• 8:03
  fascists
• 8:03
  are
• 8:04
  really
• 8:04
  going
• 8:04
  for
• 8:04
  it
• 8:05
  right
• 8:05
  now.
• 8:05
  Like
• 8:05
  they're
• 8:05
  not
• 8:06
  trying
• 8:07
  to
• 8:07
  pretend
• 8:07
  or
• 8:07
  couch
• 8:08
  it
• 8:08
  in
• 8:08
  these
• 8:08
  liberal
• 8:09
  Democratic
• 8:09
  terms.
• 8:10
  They're
• 8:10
  just
• 8:10
  like
• 8:10
  straight
• 8:11
  up
• 8:11
  doing
• 8:11
  fascism
• 8:12
  and
• 8:12
  racism
• 8:13
  unashamed.
• 8:14
  And
• 8:15
  yeah,
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  think
• 8:16
  it's
• 8:17
  this
• 8:17
  inevitability
• 8:18
  of
• 8:18
  fascism
• 8:19
  when
• 8:19
  people
• 8:20
  realize
• 8:21
  what's
• 8:21
  going
• 8:21
  on.
• 8:22
  They
• 8:22
  can't
• 8:23
  get
• 8:23
  around
• 8:23
  it
• 8:23
  through
• 8:24
  manipulating
• 8:24
  education
• 8:25
  anymore
• 8:25
  because
• 8:26
  they
• 8:26
  screwed
• 8:26
  up
• 8:27
  and
• 8:27
  gave
• 8:27
  us
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  Internet.
• 8:28
  And
• 8:28
  now
• 8:28
  everybody,
• 8:29
  despite
• 8:29
  their
• 8:30
  best
• 8:30
  efforts
• 8:30
  to
• 8:31
  keep
• 8:31
  us
• 8:31
  under
• 8:31
  propaganda
• 8:32
  and
• 8:32
  confused,
• 8:33
  like
• 8:33
  people
• 8:34
  are
• 8:34
  wise
• 8:34
  enough
• 8:35
  to
• 8:35
  figure
• 8:35
  out
• 8:35
  what's
• 8:36
  going
• 8:36
  on.
• 8:36
  I
• 8:37
  was
• 8:37
  looking
• 8:37
  at
• 8:37
  some
• 8:38
  clips
• 8:38
  and
• 8:39
  commentary
• 8:39
  about
• 8:40
  the
• 8:40
  Zoran
• 8:40
  Mamdani
• 8:41
  election
• 8:42
  in
• 8:42
  New
• 8:43
  York
• 8:43
  and
• 8:43
  somebody
• 8:44
  on
• 8:44
  CNN,
• 8:44
  some
• 8:45
  statistician
• 8:45
  was
• 8:46
  analyzing
• 8:46
  like
• 8:47
  2017
• 8:48
  Democratic
• 8:50
  voter
• 8:50
  data
• 8:51
  versus
• 8:51
  this
• 8:52
  year
• 8:52
  Democratic
• 8:52
  voter
• 8:53
  data
• 8:53
  in
• 8:53
  New
• 8:54
  York
• 8:54
  City
• 8:54
  and
• 8:54
  how
• 8:55
  in
• 8:55
  2017
• 8:56
  on
• 8:57
  the
• 8:57
  issue
• 8:57
  of
• 8:57
  Israel
• 8:58
  and
• 8:58
  Palestine,
• 8:59
  the
• 9:00
  Democratic
• 9:00
  voter
• 9:01
  base,
• 9:02
  50
• 9:02
  year
• 9:02
  old
• 9:02
  and
• 9:03
  younger
• 9:04
  were
• 9:04
  like
• 9:04
  13
• 9:05
  points
• 9:05
  in
• 9:06
  favor
• 9:06
  of
• 9:07
  Israel.
• 9:08
  And
• 9:08
  now
• 9:08
  that
• 9:09
  is
• 9:09
  like
• 9:10
  53%
• 9:11
  in
• 9:12
  favor
• 9:12
  of
• 9:12
  Palestine
• 9:13
  with
• 9:13
  the
• 9:13
  same
• 9:14
  voter
• 9:14
  base.
• 9:15
  A
• 9:15
  70
• 9:16
  point
• 9:16
  jump
• 9:17
  on
• 9:17
  this
• 9:17
  one
• 9:17
  topic
• 9:18
  in
• 9:18
  eight
• 9:18
  years
• 9:19
  indicates
• 9:19
  that
• 9:19
  the
• 9:20
  narrative
• 9:20
  is
• 9:20
  completely
• 9:21
  out
• 9:21
  of
• 9:21
  their
• 9:21
  hands.
• 9:22
  Like
• 9:22
  no
• 9:22
  matter
• 9:22
  what
• 9:22
  they
• 9:23
  try
• 9:23
  to
• 9:23
  do
• 9:23
  to
• 9:23
  control
• 9:24
  people's
• 9:25
  perception
• 9:26
  of
• 9:26
  modern
• 9:26
  colonialism
• 9:27
  and
• 9:28
  fascism
• 9:28
  and
• 9:28
  all
• 9:28
  this,
• 9:29
  the
• 9:29
  younger
• 9:29
  generations
• 9:30
  were
• 9:30
  not
• 9:30
  getting
• 9:31
  duped
• 9:32
  nearly
• 9:32
  as
• 9:32
  much
• 9:33
  as
• 9:33
  we
• 9:33
  were
• 9:34
  even
• 9:34
  a
• 9:34
  decade
• 9:34
  or
• 9:35
  two
• 9:35
  ago.
• 9:37
  And
• 9:37
  you
• 9:37
  can
• 9:37
  just
• 9:37
  think
• 9:37
  back
• 9:37
  to
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  Iraq
• 9:38
  war
• 9:39
  propaganda
• 9:39
  in
• 9:40
  the
• 9:40
  early
• 9:40
  2000s
• 9:41
  and
• 9:42
  how
• 9:42
  even
• 9:42
  Democrats
• 9:43
  were
• 9:43
  really
• 9:44
  gung
• 9:44
  ho
• 9:44
  about
• 9:44
  going
• 9:45
  to
• 9:45
  war
• 9:45
  at
• 9:45
  that
• 9:45
  time.
• 9:46
  And
• 9:46
  you
• 9:47
  just
• 9:47
  can't
• 9:47
  see
• 9:48
  the
• 9:48
  same
• 9:49
  public
• 9:50
  opinion
• 9:50
  supporting
• 9:51
  what
• 9:51
  they're
• 9:51
  trying
• 9:52
  to
• 9:52
  do
• 9:52
  today.
• 9:52
  Like
• 9:52
  it's
• 9:53
  just
• 9:53
  not
• 9:53
  going
• 9:53
  to
• 9:53
  happen.
• 9:54
  And
• 9:54
  so
• 9:54
  to
• 9:55
  your
• 9:55
  point
• 9:55
  yet,
• 9:55
  I
• 9:56
  think
• 9:56
  the
• 9:57
  shrewd
• 9:58
  fascists
• 9:59
  realize
• 9:59
  that
• 9:59
  and
• 10:00
  they're
• 10:00
  trying
• 10:00
  to
• 10:00
  clamp
• 10:01
  down
• 10:01
  on
• 10:01
  all
• 10:01
  the
• 10:01
  power
• 10:02
  and
• 10:02
  resources
• 10:02
  they
• 10:02
  can
• 10:03
  while
• 10:03
  they
• 10:03
  can
• 10:03
  do
• 10:04
  it.
• 10:04
  The
• 10:04
  last,
• 10:05
  last
• 10:05
  ditch
• 10:05
  effort,
• 10:06
  put
• 10:07
  everything
• 10:07
  on
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  field.
• 10:08
  Yeah,
• 10:08
  I
• 10:09
  saw
• 10:09
  another
• 10:09
  infographic
• 10:10
  that
• 10:10
  was
• 10:11
  similar,
• 10:11
  Joe,
• 10:11
  but
• 10:12
  it
• 10:12
  was
• 10:12
  Looking
• 10:12
  at
• 10:13
  just
• 10:13
  like
• 10:13
  countries
• 10:15
  views
• 10:15
  on
• 10:16
  Israel
• 10:16
  over
• 10:17
  time.
• 10:17
  It's
• 10:17
  like
• 10:17
  most
• 10:18
  recently,
• 10:18
  and
• 10:18
  I
• 10:19
  don't
• 10:19
  think
• 10:19
  there
• 10:19
  was
• 10:19
  a
• 10:19
  country,
• 10:20
  there
• 10:20
  was
• 10:20
  like
• 10:20
  maybe
• 10:20
  two
• 10:21
  or
• 10:21
  three
• 10:21
  in
• 10:21
  that
• 10:21
  entire
• 10:21
  infographic
• 10:22
  and
• 10:22
  I'll
• 10:22
  try
• 10:22
  and
• 10:23
  find
• 10:23
  that
• 10:23
  and
• 10:24
  get
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  sourcing
• 10:24
  for
• 10:24
  it.
• 10:25
  But
• 10:25
  there's
• 10:25
  like
• 10:25
  two
• 10:25
  or
• 10:25
  three
• 10:25
  that
• 10:26
  were
• 10:26
  positive
• 10:27
  on
• 10:27
  Israel
• 10:27
  right
• 10:27
  now
• 10:28
  compared
• 10:28
  to,
• 10:29
  you
• 10:29
  know,
• 10:29
  like
• 10:29
  you
• 10:30
  said
• 10:30
  20
• 10:30
  years
• 10:30
  ago,
• 10:30
  where
• 10:31
  it
• 10:31
  was
• 10:31
  a
• 10:31
  much
• 10:31
  more
• 10:31
  positive
• 10:32
  view
• 10:32
  and,
• 10:32
  and
• 10:33
  doing
• 10:33
  that
• 10:33
  to
• 10:33
  themselves,
• 10:34
  I
• 10:34
  would
• 10:35
  say.
• 10:35
  I
• 10:36
  think
• 10:36
  that's
• 10:36
  pretty,
• 10:38
  pretty
• 10:38
  clear
• 10:38
  on
• 10:39
  the,
• 10:39
  the
• 10:40
  Laura
• 10:40
  Loomer
• 10:41
  thing.
• 10:41
  The
• 10:41
  reason
• 10:41
  that
• 10:41
  I
• 10:41
  brought
• 10:41
  that
• 10:42
  up,
• 10:42
  I
• 10:42
  just
• 10:42
  want
• 10:42
  to
• 10:43
  mention
• 10:43
  this
• 10:43
  really
• 10:43
  quick.
• 10:43
  Laura
• 10:44
  Loomer,
• 10:44
  and
• 10:44
  this
• 10:44
  will
• 10:45
  tie
• 10:45
  into
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  rest
• 10:46
  of
• 10:46
  our
• 10:46
  conversation
• 10:46
  today
• 10:47
  about
• 10:48
  media
• 10:48
  in
• 10:49
  general
• 10:49
  and
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  pressure
• 10:50
  that's
• 10:51
  being
• 10:51
  put
• 10:51
  on
• 10:51
  media
• 10:52
  inside
• 10:52
  the
• 10:52
  United
• 10:52
  States
• 10:53
  and
• 10:53
  the
• 10:53
  media
• 10:53
  that
• 10:53
  we
• 10:54
  push
• 10:54
  outside
• 10:54
  the
• 10:54
  U.S.
• 10:55
  but
• 10:55
  Laura
• 10:55
  Loomer
• 10:56
  was
• 10:56
  just
• 10:56
  a
• 10:56
  far
• 10:56
  right
• 10:57
  activist
• 10:57
  for,
• 10:57
  I
• 10:58
  don't
• 10:58
  know,
• 10:58
  probably
• 10:58
  since
• 10:58
  2016.
• 10:59
  I
• 10:59
  don't
• 10:59
  know
• 10:59
  when
• 11:00
  she
• 11:00
  came
• 11:00
  on
• 11:01
  the
• 11:01
  scene
• 11:01
  or
• 11:01
  whatnot,
• 11:02
  but
• 11:02
  she
• 11:02
  has
• 11:03
  gotten
• 11:03
  to
• 11:03
  the
• 11:03
  point
• 11:04
  where
• 11:04
  like
• 11:04
  she
• 11:04
  was
• 11:05
  taking
• 11:05
  meetings
• 11:06
  directly
• 11:06
  with
• 11:06
  Trump
• 11:07
  and
• 11:08
  she
• 11:09
  was
• 11:09
  the
• 11:09
  one
• 11:09
  that
• 11:09
  was
• 11:09
  pushing
• 11:10
  to
• 11:10
  have
• 11:10
  the
• 11:11
  NSA
• 11:11
  director
• 11:12
  fired,
• 11:12
  basically
• 11:13
  stating
• 11:13
  that
• 11:13
  they
• 11:14
  have
• 11:14
  either
• 11:15
  connections
• 11:15
  to
• 11:15
  China
• 11:16
  or
• 11:17
  that
• 11:17
  they're
• 11:18
  not
• 11:18
  loyal
• 11:18
  to
• 11:18
  the
• 11:19
  Trump
• 11:19
  administration.
• 11:20
  So
• 11:20
  I
• 11:21
  think
• 11:21
  she
• 11:21
  came
• 11:21
  in
• 11:22
  and
• 11:22
  that
• 11:22
  was
• 11:22
  directly
• 11:23
  after
• 11:23
  that
• 11:24
  when
• 11:24
  she
• 11:24
  went
• 11:24
  to
• 11:25
  talk
• 11:25
  to
• 11:25
  Trump.
• 11:25
  That
• 11:26
  was
• 11:26
  when
• 11:26
  they
• 11:26
  fired
• 11:26
  the
• 11:26
  director
• 11:27
  of
• 11:27
  the
• 11:27
  National
• 11:28
  Security
• 11:28
  Agency.
• 11:28
  The
• 11:29
  reason
• 11:29
  I
• 11:29
  brought
• 11:29
  it
• 11:29
  up
• 11:29
  was
• 11:30
  just
• 11:30
  crazy
• 11:30
  to
• 11:30
  me
• 11:30
  that
• 11:31
  we've
• 11:31
  got
• 11:31
  essentially
• 11:32
  a
• 11:32
  right
• 11:32
  wing
• 11:32
  influencer
• 11:33
  that
• 11:34
  now
• 11:34
  is
• 11:34
  directing
• 11:35
  policy
• 11:35
  and
• 11:35
  positions
• 11:36
  of
• 11:36
  where
• 11:36
  people
• 11:37
  can
• 11:37
  go
• 11:37
  in
• 11:37
  our
• 11:37
  government.
• 11:38
  Obviously
• 11:38
  no
• 11:39
  one
• 11:39
  elected
• 11:39
  Laura
• 11:39
  Loomer
• 11:40
  to
• 11:40
  any
• 11:41
  position
• 11:41
  in
• 11:41
  government,
• 11:42
  but
• 11:43
  that's
• 11:43
  where
• 11:43
  we're
• 11:44
  at
• 11:44
  at
• 11:44
  this
• 11:44
  point.
• 11:45
  And
• 11:45
  that's
• 11:45
  the
• 11:45
  type
• 11:45
  of
• 11:46
  media
• 11:46
  that
• 11:46
  they
• 11:46
  have
• 11:47
  in
• 11:47
  their
• 11:48
  like
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  press
• 11:48
  rooms
• 11:49
  now.
• 11:49
  It's
• 11:49
  like
• 11:49
  right
• 11:50
  wing
• 11:50
  influencers
• 11:50
  that
• 11:51
  are
• 11:51
  now
• 11:51
  on
• 11:51
  the
• 11:51
  press
• 11:51
  corps,
• 11:52
  like
• 11:52
  lobbing
• 11:52
  softball
• 11:53
  questions
• 11:53
  to
• 11:54
  Carolyn
• 11:54
  Levitt
• 11:54
  so
• 11:55
  they
• 11:55
  can
• 11:55
  just
• 11:55
  get
• 11:55
  their
• 11:55
  talking
• 11:56
  points
• 11:56
  out.
• 11:56
  It's
• 11:57
  no
• 11:57
  longer
• 11:57
  about
• 11:57
  actually
• 11:58
  having
• 11:58
  anyone
• 11:58
  challenged.
• 11:59
  Same
• 11:59
  thing
• 11:59
  we
• 11:59
  talked
• 11:59
  about
• 11:59
  months
• 11:59
  ago
• 12:00
  with
• 12:00
  like
• 12:00
  the
• 12:00
  AP
• 12:01
  getting
• 12:01
  kicked
• 12:01
  out.
• 12:02
  Yeah,
• 12:02
  the
• 12:02
  press
• 12:03
  pool
• 12:03
  has
• 12:04
  just
• 12:04
  become
• 12:06
  like
• 12:06
  a
• 12:06
  farce.
• 12:07
  And
• 12:07
  it
• 12:07
  started
• 12:07
  off
• 12:08
  at
• 12:08
  the
• 12:08
  very
• 12:08
  beginning,
• 12:09
  like
• 12:09
  where
• 12:10
  anybody
• 12:11
  who
• 12:11
  had
• 12:11
  any
• 12:11
  actual
• 12:12
  question
• 12:12
  or
• 12:13
  a
• 12:13
  criticism
• 12:13
  would
• 12:14
  just
• 12:14
  get
• 12:14
  like
• 12:14
  heckled
• 12:15
  and
• 12:16
  it's
• 12:16
  just
• 12:16
  been
• 12:17
  reduced
• 12:17
  and
• 12:17
  they
• 12:17
  added
• 12:18
  Tim
• 12:18
  Pools,
• 12:19
  like,
• 12:20
  it's
• 12:20
  just
• 12:20
  crazy.
• 12:21
  Yeah.
• 12:22
  And
• 12:22
  watching
• 12:23
  some
• 12:23
  of
• 12:23
  those,
• 12:23
  whenever
• 12:24
  they
• 12:24
  get
• 12:24
  asked
• 12:24
  a
• 12:25
  question
• 12:25
  from
• 12:25
  like
• 12:25
  one
• 12:25
  of
• 12:26
  their
• 12:26
  planted
• 12:26
  or
• 12:26
  one
• 12:27
  of
• 12:27
  the
• 12:27
  those
• 12:27
  like,
• 12:28
  it's
• 12:28
  always
• 12:28
  like
• 12:29
  framed
• 12:29
  as
• 12:29
  like,
• 12:30
  oh,
• 12:30
  you
• 12:30
  know
• 12:30
  with
• 12:30
  all
• 12:30
  these
• 12:31
  illegals
• 12:31
  or
• 12:31
  like,
• 12:32
  you
• 12:32
  know,
• 12:32
  it's
• 12:32
  just
• 12:33
  the
• 12:33
  language
• 12:33
  that
• 12:33
  they're
• 12:34
  even
• 12:34
  like
• 12:34
  tossing
• 12:34
  up
• 12:35
  is
• 12:35
  just
• 12:35
  super
• 12:35
  inflammatory
• 12:36
  to
• 12:36
  begin
• 12:36
  with.
• 12:37
  Yeah,
• 12:38
  it's
• 12:38
  like,
• 12:38
  oh,
• 12:38
  thank
• 12:38
  you
• 12:39
  so
• 12:39
  much
• 12:39
  for
• 12:39
  asking
• 12:39
  that
• 12:40
  question.
• 12:40
  Like,
• 12:41
  these
• 12:41
  are
• 12:41
  the
• 12:41
  types
• 12:41
  of
• 12:42
  questions
• 12:42
  we
• 12:42
  should
• 12:42
  be
• 12:42
  talking
• 12:43
  about.
• 12:43
  There's
• 12:43
  a
• 12:44
  socialist
• 12:44
  about
• 12:45
  to
• 12:45
  take
• 12:45
  over
• 12:45
  New
• 12:45
  York.
• 12:46
  Will
• 12:46
  Trump
• 12:46
  arrest
• 12:47
  this
• 12:47
  socialist
• 12:48
  mayor?
• 12:48
  Like,
• 12:49
  yeah.
• 12:50
  Yep,
• 12:51
  I
• 12:51
  pretty
• 12:51
  sure,
• 12:51
  like,
• 12:52
  is.
• 12:52
  How
• 12:52
  are
• 12:52
  you
• 12:52
  going
• 12:52
  to
• 12:53
  stop
• 12:53
  this?
• 12:53
  I
• 12:53
  think
• 12:53
  they
• 12:54
  said
• 12:54
  communist
• 12:54
  and
• 12:55
  yeah,
• 12:55
  yeah.
• 12:55
  Back
• 12:56
  was
• 12:56
  like,
• 12:57
  yeah,
• 12:57
  yeah.
• 12:58
  How
• 12:58
  can
• 12:58
  you
• 12:58
  even
• 12:58
  pretend
• 12:59
  that
• 12:59
  you're
• 12:59
  being
• 12:59
  in
• 13:00
  any
• 13:00
  way
• 13:01
  independent
• 13:01
  journalistic
• 13:03
  standards
• 13:03
  when
• 13:03
  you're
• 13:04
  throwing
• 13:04
  up
• 13:04
  communities?
• 13:05
  I
• 13:05
  mean,
• 13:05
  Zoron
• 13:05
  has
• 13:06
  come
• 13:06
  out
• 13:06
  and
• 13:06
  said
• 13:06
  multiple
• 13:07
  times,
• 13:07
  yeah,
• 13:07
  democratic
• 13:08
  socialists
• 13:08
  or
• 13:08
  socialists
• 13:09
  have
• 13:09
  these
• 13:09
  things,
• 13:09
  have
• 13:10
  criticism
• 13:10
  capitalism.
• 13:11
  Pretty
• 13:11
  sure
• 13:11
  he
• 13:11
  said
• 13:11
  specifically,
• 13:12
  I'm
• 13:12
  not
• 13:12
  a
• 13:12
  communist,
• 13:13
  like
• 13:13
  in
• 13:13
  multiple
• 13:14
  interviews.
• 13:14
  But
• 13:15
  that's
• 13:15
  still
• 13:16
  what
• 13:16
  they're
• 13:16
  pushing
• 13:16
  up
• 13:17
  every
• 13:17
  time
• 13:17
  they
• 13:17
  talk
• 13:17
  about
• 13:18
  him.
• 13:18
  It's
• 13:18
  crazy.
• 13:19
  Yeah,
• 13:19
  I
• 13:20
  think
• 13:20
  it's
• 13:20
  reckless
• 13:21
  and
• 13:21
  crazy
• 13:22
  and
• 13:22
  I
• 13:22
  think
• 13:23
  the
• 13:24
  right
• 13:24
  wing
• 13:24
  people
• 13:24
  in
• 13:24
  the
• 13:24
  press
• 13:25
  pool
• 13:25
  and
• 13:25
  the
• 13:25
  administration
• 13:26
  and
• 13:26
  everything
• 13:27
  don't.
• 13:27
  Maybe
• 13:28
  they
• 13:28
  do,
• 13:28
  but
• 13:28
  I
• 13:28
  don't
• 13:29
  think
• 13:29
  they
• 13:29
  necessarily
• 13:30
  realize
• 13:30
  how
• 13:30
  they're
• 13:31
  shooting
• 13:31
  themselves
• 13:31
  in
• 13:31
  the
• 13:32
  foot
• 13:32
  with
• 13:32
  this
• 13:33
  freewheeling,
• 13:34
  loose
• 13:34
  use
• 13:35
  of
• 13:35
  language
• 13:35
  and
• 13:36
  terms
• 13:36
  like
• 13:36
  communism
• 13:37
  and
• 13:37
  socialists
• 13:37
  and
• 13:38
  stuff.
• 13:38
  Because,
• 13:39
  I
• 13:39
  mean,
• 13:39
  it's
• 13:40
  the
• 13:40
  same.
• 13:41
  You
• 13:41
  could
• 13:41
  see
• 13:41
  the
• 13:41
  same
• 13:42
  thing
• 13:42
  happen
• 13:42
  on
• 13:42
  the
• 13:42
  Internet
• 13:43
  when
• 13:44
  the
• 13:44
  October
• 13:44
  7
• 13:45
  Hamas
• 13:45
  attack
• 13:46
  happened
• 13:46
  and
• 13:47
  Israel
• 13:48
  and,
• 13:48
  and
• 13:48
  their
• 13:49
  media
• 13:50
  put
• 13:50
  out
• 13:50
  this
• 13:50
  whole
• 13:50
  blitz
• 13:51
  about
• 13:51
  this
• 13:51
  terrorist
• 13:51
  attack
• 13:52
  and
• 13:52
  you
• 13:52
  know,
• 13:52
  all
• 13:53
  these
• 13:53
  horrible
• 13:53
  atrocities
• 13:54
  were
• 13:54
  happening
• 13:54
  and
• 13:54
  people
• 13:55
  online
• 13:55
  were
• 13:55
  like,
• 13:56
  but
• 13:56
  why?
• 13:57
  And
• 13:58
  then
• 13:58
  they
• 13:58
  started
• 13:58
  googling
• 13:59
  and
• 13:59
  doing
• 13:59
  some
• 14:00
  research
• 14:00
  about
• 14:01
  the
• 14:01
  context
• 14:01
  of
• 14:02
  everything
• 14:02
  and
• 14:02
  they're
• 14:03
  like,
• 14:03
  wait
• 14:03
  a
• 14:03
  minute,
• 14:03
  what
• 14:04
  have
• 14:04
  you
• 14:04
  been
• 14:04
  doing
• 14:05
  to
• 14:05
  them?
• 14:06
  And
• 14:06
  so
• 14:06
  like
• 14:07
  the
• 14:07
  same
• 14:07
  thing
• 14:07
  is
• 14:07
  going
• 14:08
  to
• 14:08
  happen
• 14:08
  if
• 14:08
  they
• 14:08
  keep
• 14:09
  insisting
• 14:09
  on
• 14:09
  this
• 14:09
  red
• 14:10
  scare
• 14:10
  language
• 14:11
  using
• 14:11
  terms
• 14:11
  like
• 14:12
  communist
• 14:12
  and
• 14:12
  socialist.
• 14:13
  People
• 14:13
  are
• 14:13
  going
• 14:13
  to
• 14:13
  start
• 14:14
  reading
• 14:14
  Marx.
• 14:14
  People
• 14:14
  are
• 14:15
  going
• 14:15
  to
• 14:15
  start
• 14:15
  looking
• 14:15
  into
• 14:15
  these
• 14:16
  terms.
• 14:16
  They're
• 14:16
  going
• 14:16
  to
• 14:16
  be
• 14:16
  like,
• 14:17
  wake
• 14:17
  up.
• 14:17
  He
• 14:18
  did
• 14:18
  have
• 14:18
  some
• 14:19
  points
• 14:19
  to
• 14:19
  make
• 14:19
  about
• 14:19
  capitalism.
• 14:20
  What
• 14:20
  is
• 14:20
  all
• 14:21
  this
• 14:21
  stuff
• 14:21
  about?
• 14:22
  And
• 14:22
  these
• 14:22
  scary
• 14:23
  boogeyman
• 14:24
  words
• 14:24
  are
• 14:24
  going
• 14:24
  to
• 14:24
  lose
• 14:24
  their
• 14:25
  teeth
• 14:25
  and
• 14:26
  people
• 14:26
  are
• 14:26
  going
• 14:26
  to
• 14:26
  be
• 14:26
  like,
• 14:27
  actually
• 14:27
  this
• 14:29
  sounds
• 14:29
  better
• 14:29
  than
• 14:30
  the
• 14:30
  system
• 14:30
  we've
• 14:30
  got
• 14:31
  for
• 14:31
  now.
• 14:31
  Maybe
• 14:31
  we
• 14:31
  should
• 14:32
  give
• 14:32
  these
• 14:32
  ideas
• 14:32
  a
• 14:33
  chance.
• 14:33
  And
• 14:34
  I
• 14:34
  think
• 14:34
  it's
• 14:34
  going
• 14:35
  to
• 14:35
  unravel
• 14:36
  on
• 14:36
  a
• 14:36
  public
• 14:36
  level
• 14:36
  in
• 14:37
  a
• 14:37
  way
• 14:37
  that
• 14:37
  they
• 14:37
  might
• 14:37
  not
• 14:37
  be
• 14:38
  anticipating.
• 14:39
  That
• 14:39
  would
• 14:39
  be
• 14:39
  wonderful
• 14:41
  because
• 14:41
  with
• 14:42
  Sauron
• 14:42
  being
• 14:43
  a
• 14:43
  socialist
• 14:44
  or
• 14:44
  communist,
• 14:44
  Fox
• 14:45
  is
• 14:45
  coming
• 14:45
  out
• 14:46
  as
• 14:46
  anti
• 14:47
  socialist
• 14:47
  or
• 14:47
  whatever.
• 14:48
  And
• 14:48
  it's
• 14:48
  like,
• 14:49
  you
• 14:49
  know,
• 14:49
  mump.
• 14:49
  Donnie's
• 14:50
  socialist
• 14:51
  agenda.
• 14:51
  And
• 14:51
  it's
• 14:52
  like
• 14:52
  $30
• 14:53
  minimum.
• 14:53
  Wage.
• 14:55
  Yeah.
• 14:56
  Health
• 14:56
  care
• 14:57
  for
• 14:57
  all.
• 14:59
  Somebody's
• 15:00
  gonna
• 15:00
  be
• 15:01
  reading
• 15:01
  that.
• 15:01
  Like,
• 15:02
  so
• 15:03
  free,
• 15:03
  free
• 15:03
  buses,
• 15:04
  like
• 15:05
  for,
• 15:05
  for
• 15:05
  transportation
• 15:06
  and
• 15:06
  then
• 15:06
  grocery,
• 15:07
  like
• 15:08
  state,
• 15:08
  city
• 15:09
  run
• 15:09
  grocery
• 15:09
  stores.
• 15:10
  Like,
• 15:10
  like,
• 15:10
  we're
• 15:11
  kind
• 15:11
  of
• 15:11
  like
• 15:11
  the
• 15:11
  big
• 15:11
  ones,
• 15:12
  I
• 15:12
  think
• 15:12
  that
• 15:12
  they
• 15:12
  kept
• 15:13
  showing
• 15:13
  on
• 15:13
  Fox
• 15:13
  and
• 15:13
  it's
• 15:14
  like,
• 15:14
  probably
• 15:14
  sounds
• 15:15
  good
• 15:15
  to
• 15:15
  a
• 15:15
  lot
• 15:15
  of
• 15:15
  people,
• 15:16
  honestly.
• 15:17
  It
• 15:17
  actually
• 15:18
  is.
• 15:18
  Right
• 15:18
  here
• 15:18
  it
• 15:18
  says
• 15:19
  Zoran
• 15:19
  Mandani's
• 15:20
  socialist
• 15:21
  promises.
• 15:21
  Then
• 15:21
  it
• 15:22
  says
• 15:22
  no
• 15:23
  cost
• 15:23
  child
• 15:23
  care,
• 15:24
  baby
• 15:25
  baskets
• 15:25
  to
• 15:26
  newborns.
• 15:27
  $30
• 15:27
  minimum
• 15:28
  wage.
• 15:29
  Scary.
• 15:29
  Amazing.
• 15:30
  Great
• 15:30
  policy.
• 15:32
  So
• 15:33
  when
• 15:33
  do
• 15:33
  we,
• 15:33
  when
• 15:34
  do
• 15:34
  we
• 15:34
  vote?
• 15:34
  Like,
• 15:34
  do
• 15:35
  we
• 15:35
  have
• 15:35
  to
• 15:35
  move
• 15:35
  to
• 15:35
  New
• 15:35
  York
• 15:36
  City?
• 15:36
  Is
• 15:36
  that,
• 15:36
  or
• 15:37
  is
• 15:37
  that.
• 15:37
  I
• 15:37
  don't
• 15:37
  know
• 15:37
  how
• 15:38
  that
• 15:38
  works.
• 15:44
  Please
• 15:44
  stay
• 15:44
  tuned
• 15:44
  for
• 15:44
  a
• 15:45
  word
• 15:45
  from
• 15:45
  our
• 15:45
  sponsors.
• 15:46
  What
• 15:46
  do
• 15:46
  you
• 15:47
  get
• 15:47
  when
• 15:47
  you
• 15:47
  mix
• 15:48
  patriotic
• 15:48
  education
• 15:49
  with
• 15:49
  an
• 15:49
  ecological
• 15:50
  prison
• 15:51
  experiment?
• 15:53
  Heritage
• 15:53
  Fault's
• 15:54
  new
• 15:54
  K12
• 15:55
  module,
• 15:55
  Swamp
• 15:56
  of
• 15:56
  Liberty.
• 15:57
  It's
• 15:57
  everything
• 15:57
  your
• 15:58
  kids
• 15:58
  need
• 15:58
  to
• 15:58
  know
• 15:58
  about
• 15:59
  immigration,
• 16:00
  state
• 16:00
  violence,
• 16:00
  and
• 16:01
  why
• 16:01
  nature
• 16:01
  isn't
• 16:02
  woke.
• 16:03
  Featuring
• 16:03
  VR
• 16:04
  detention
• 16:04
  tours,
• 16:05
  escape
• 16:05
  room,
• 16:06
  ethnic
• 16:06
  games,
• 16:06
  and
• 16:07
  our
• 16:07
  exclusive
• 16:08
  Snitch
• 16:08
  to
• 16:08
  Win
• 16:09
  loyalty
• 16:09
  app.
• 16:10
  Education
• 16:11
  shouldn't
• 16:11
  be
• 16:11
  complicated.
• 16:12
  It
• 16:12
  should
• 16:13
  be
• 16:13
  loud,
• 16:13
  simple,
• 16:14
  and
• 16:14
  always
• 16:15
  armed.
• 16:16
  Heritage
• 16:17
  Vault
• 16:17
  where
• 16:17
  the
• 16:18
  future
• 16:18
  goes
• 16:18
  to
• 16:19
  remember
• 16:19
  what
• 16:19
  it's
• 16:20
  told.
• 16:20
  This
• 16:21
  curriculum
• 16:21
  is
• 16:21
  state
• 16:22
  approved
• 16:22
  and
• 16:22
  federally
• 16:22
  indemnified.
• 16:23
  Thought
• 16:24
  diversity
• 16:24
  not
• 16:24
  included.
• 16:32
  So
• 16:32
  for
• 16:32
  our
• 16:33
  main
• 16:33
  topics
• 16:33
  today,
• 16:34
  two
• 16:34
  things
• 16:34
  we
• 16:34
  really
• 16:34
  want
• 16:35
  to
• 16:35
  talk
• 16:35
  about.
• 16:35
  Let's
• 16:35
  start
• 16:35
  talking
• 16:36
  about
• 16:36
  how
• 16:37
  the
• 16:37
  Trump
• 16:37
  administration
• 16:37
  is
• 16:38
  really
• 16:38
  trying
• 16:38
  to
• 16:38
  control
• 16:39
  the
• 16:39
  media
• 16:40
  internal
• 16:40
  to
• 16:40
  the
• 16:40
  United
• 16:41
  States
• 16:41
  and
• 16:41
  some
• 16:41
  of
• 16:41
  the
• 16:42
  things
• 16:42
  that
• 16:42
  they've
• 16:42
  done
• 16:42
  there.
• 16:43
  And
• 16:43
  so
• 16:44
  I've
• 16:44
  got
• 16:44
  these
• 16:44
  two
• 16:44
  articles.
• 16:45
  The
• 16:45
  first
• 16:45
  one
• 16:45
  I'm
• 16:45
  going
• 16:46
  to
• 16:46
  read
• 16:46
  from
• 16:46
  is
• 16:46
  from
• 16:46
  Politico.
• 16:47
  This
• 16:47
  is
• 16:48
  from
• 16:48
  July
• 16:48
  2nd,
• 16:49
  but
• 16:49
  I
• 16:49
  think
• 16:50
  we
• 16:50
  talked
• 16:50
  about
• 16:50
  this
• 16:51
  a
• 16:51
  little
• 16:51
  bit
• 16:51
  previously
• 16:52
  where
• 16:52
  Trump
• 16:52
  had
• 16:52
  a
• 16:53
  lawsuit
• 16:53
  against
• 16:53
  60
• 16:53
  Minutes.
• 16:54
  And
• 16:54
  this
• 16:54
  was
• 16:54
  all
• 16:55
  related
• 16:55
  to
• 16:55
  the
• 16:56
  Kamala
• 16:56
  Harris
• 16:57
  interview
• 16:57
  that
• 16:58
  they
• 16:58
  did
• 16:58
  prior
• 16:58
  to
• 16:59
  the
• 16:59
  2024
• 16:59
  election.
• 17:00
  So
• 17:01
  the,
• 17:01
  the
• 17:01
  title
• 17:01
  for
• 17:01
  this
• 17:02
  is
• 17:02
  First
• 17:02
  Amendment
• 17:02
  Advocates
• 17:03
  Decry
• 17:04
  Settlement
• 17:04
  in
• 17:05
  60
• 17:05
  Minutes
• 17:05
  Lawsuit.
• 17:06
  Again,
• 17:06
  this
• 17:06
  is
• 17:06
  from
• 17:07
  Politico.
• 17:07
  So
• 17:08
  press
• 17:08
  freedom
• 17:09
  groups
• 17:09
  and
• 17:10
  First
• 17:10
  Amendment
• 17:10
  advocates
• 17:11
  slammed
• 17:11
  Paramount
• 17:12
  $16
• 17:12
  million
• 17:13
  settlement
• 17:13
  with
• 17:13
  President
• 17:14
  Donald
• 17:14
  Trump,
• 17:14
  saying
• 17:15
  the
• 17:15
  decision
• 17:15
  emboldened
• 17:16
  Trump's
• 17:16
  attacks
• 17:17
  against
• 17:17
  an
• 17:17
  already
• 17:18
  battered
• 17:18
  news
• 17:18
  industry.
• 17:19
  This
• 17:19
  is
• 17:20
  a
• 17:20
  quote,
• 17:20
  the
• 17:20
  lawsuit
• 17:21
  is
• 17:21
  just
• 17:21
  as
• 17:22
  frivolous
• 17:22
  today
• 17:22
  as
• 17:22
  it
• 17:23
  was
• 17:23
  yesterday.
• 17:23
  There's
• 17:24
  zero
• 17:24
  substance
• 17:25
  to
• 17:25
  it,
• 17:25
  said
• 17:25
  Bob
• 17:26
  Korn,
• 17:26
  Revere
• 17:27
  chief
• 17:27
  counsel
• 17:28
  for
• 17:28
  the
• 17:28
  foundation
• 17:29
  for
• 17:29
  Individual
• 17:29
  Rights
• 17:30
  and
• 17:30
  Expression.
• 17:31
  All
• 17:31
  this
• 17:31
  really
• 17:32
  shows
• 17:32
  is
• 17:32
  that
• 17:32
  sometimes
• 17:33
  a
• 17:33
  bully
• 17:33
  can
• 17:33
  get
• 17:33
  his
• 17:33
  way.
• 17:34
  So
• 17:34
  the
• 17:34
  lawsuit
• 17:35
  alleged
• 17:35
  that
• 17:35
  CBS
• 17:36
  News
• 17:36
  had
• 17:36
  deceptively
• 17:37
  edited
• 17:37
  a
• 17:38
  60
• 17:38
  Minutes
• 17:38
  interview
• 17:39
  with
• 17:39
  Kamala
• 17:39
  Harris,
• 17:40
  then
• 17:40
  vice
• 17:40
  president
• 17:40
  and
• 17:41
  Trump's
• 17:41
  opponent
• 17:41
  in
• 17:42
  the
• 17:42
  2024
• 17:42
  race,
• 17:42
  to
• 17:43
  portray
• 17:43
  her
• 17:44
  in
• 17:44
  a
• 17:44
  more
• 17:44
  favorable
• 17:45
  light.
• 17:45
  Originally,
• 17:46
  Paramount's
• 17:47
  legal
• 17:47
  team
• 17:47
  wrote
• 17:47
  that
• 17:48
  the
• 17:48
  suit
• 17:48
  was
• 17:48
  an
• 17:48
  affront
• 17:49
  to
• 17:49
  the
• 17:49
  First
• 17:49
  Amendment
• 17:50
  and
• 17:50
  is
• 17:50
  without
• 17:51
  basis
• 17:51
  in
• 17:51
  law
• 17:52
  or
• 17:52
  fact.
• 17:53
  But
• 17:53
  in
• 17:53
  settling,
• 17:54
  Paramount,
• 17:54
  the
• 17:55
  parent
• 17:55
  company
• 17:55
  of
• 17:56
  cbs,
• 17:56
  has
• 17:56
  drawn
• 17:57
  the
• 17:57
  ire
• 17:57
  of
• 17:57
  media
• 17:57
  groups
• 17:58
  pledged
• 17:58
  to
• 17:58
  protect
• 17:59
  freedom
• 17:59
  of
• 17:59
  the
• 17:59
  press.
• 18:00
  Clayton
• 18:00
  Whitmire's
• 18:01
  executive
• 18:01
  director
• 18:02
  of
• 18:02
  Reporters
• 18:02
  Without
• 18:03
  Borders,
• 18:03
  wrote
• 18:04
  in
• 18:04
  a
• 18:04
  statement
• 18:04
  that
• 18:04
  the
• 18:05
  decision
• 18:05
  was
• 18:05
  shameful
• 18:06
  and
• 18:06
  accused
• 18:06
  Paramount
• 18:07
  executives
• 18:07
  of
• 18:07
  rewarding
• 18:08
  Trump
• 18:08
  for
• 18:09
  his
• 18:09
  petty
• 18:09
  legal
• 18:10
  assault.
• 18:10
  Some
• 18:11
  of
• 18:11
  the
• 18:11
  critics
• 18:11
  charged
• 18:12
  that
• 18:12
  in
• 18:12
  settling
• 18:12
  a
• 18:13
  lawsuit,
• 18:13
  Paramount
• 18:14
  executives,
• 18:14
  including
• 18:15
  Paramount
• 18:15
  Global
• 18:15
  chair
• 18:16
  Sherry
• 18:16
  Redstone,
• 18:17
  engaged
• 18:18
  in
• 18:18
  quid
• 18:18
  pro
• 18:18
  quo
• 18:19
  with
• 18:19
  the
• 18:19
  Trump
• 18:19
  administration
• 18:20
  so
• 18:20
  that
• 18:20
  it
• 18:21
  would
• 18:21
  approve
• 18:21
  its
• 18:22
  merger
• 18:22
  to
• 18:22
  Skydance.
• 18:24
  Paramount
• 18:24
  did
• 18:24
  not
• 18:25
  respond
• 18:25
  for
• 18:25
  request
• 18:26
  to
• 18:26
  comment
• 18:26
  on
• 18:26
  the
• 18:26
  settlement
• 18:27
  or
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  lawsuit.
• 18:29
  Several
• 18:29
  Democratic
• 18:29
  senators
• 18:30
  have
• 18:30
  also
• 18:30
  decried
• 18:30
  the
• 18:31
  move,
• 18:31
  pledging
• 18:31
  to
• 18:31
  probe
• 18:32
  the
• 18:32
  then
• 18:32
  rumored
• 18:33
  settlement
• 18:33
  in
• 18:33
  May,
• 18:34
  indicating
• 18:34
  Paramount
• 18:35
  may
• 18:35
  be
• 18:35
  engaging
• 18:36
  in
• 18:36
  potentially
• 18:37
  illegal
• 18:37
  conduct.
• 18:38
  One
• 18:38
  of
• 18:39
  the
• 18:39
  senators,
• 18:39
  Rod
• 18:40
  Wyden,
• 18:40
  from.
• 18:41
  Oh,
• 18:41
  this
• 18:41
  is
• 18:41
  your.
• 18:42
  One
• 18:42
  of
• 18:42
  your
• 18:42
  senators.
• 18:43
  Democrat
• 18:44
  from
• 18:44
  Oregon.
• 18:44
  Yeah,
• 18:44
  Arthur.
• 18:45
  Ron
• 18:45
  is
• 18:46
  our,
• 18:46
  is
• 18:46
  our
• 18:47
  stronghold.
• 18:48
  He
• 18:48
  always
• 18:48
  has
• 18:49
  great
• 18:49
  opinions
• 18:49
  and
• 18:49
  he's
• 18:50
  always
• 18:50
  like
• 18:50
  one
• 18:50
  of
• 18:51
  the
• 18:51
  first
• 18:51
  to
• 18:51
  stand
• 18:51
  up.
• 18:53
  Nice.
• 18:53
  He
• 18:53
  was
• 18:53
  one
• 18:53
  of
• 18:53
  the
• 18:54
  first
• 18:54
  to
• 18:54
  endorse
• 18:54
  Bernie,
• 18:55
  actually
• 18:55
  openly
• 18:55
  in
• 18:56
  Senate,
• 18:56
  too.
• 18:57
  Fantastic.
• 18:57
  Okay.
• 18:58
  So,
• 18:58
  yeah,
• 18:59
  don't
• 18:59
  primary
• 19:00
  Ron
• 19:00
  is
• 19:00
  what
• 19:00
  we're
• 19:01
  told.
• 19:01
  Don't
• 19:01
  primary
• 19:02
  him.
• 19:02
  But
• 19:02
  he's,
• 19:03
  he's
• 19:03
  not
• 19:03
  the
• 19:04
  youngest
• 19:04
  guy.
• 19:05
  Ah,
• 19:06
  gotcha.
• 19:07
  So,
• 19:07
  yeah.
• 19:07
  One
• 19:07
  of
• 19:08
  the
• 19:08
  senators,
• 19:08
  Ron
• 19:08
  Wyden
• 19:09
  from
• 19:09
  Oregon,
• 19:09
  posted
• 19:10
  on
• 19:10
  X
• 19:10
  Wednesday
• 19:10
  indicating
• 19:11
  that
• 19:11
  he'd
• 19:11
  be
• 19:11
  first
• 19:11
  in
• 19:11
  line
• 19:12
  calling
• 19:12
  for
• 19:12
  federal
• 19:12
  charges.
• 19:13
  We
• 19:14
  are
• 19:14
  not
• 19:14
  privy
• 19:14
  to
• 19:14
  anything
• 19:15
  that
• 19:15
  went
• 19:15
  on
• 19:15
  behind
• 19:16
  closed
• 19:16
  doors,
• 19:16
  but
• 19:16
  it
• 19:17
  appears
• 19:17
  to
• 19:17
  be
• 19:17
  extortion
• 19:18
  in
• 19:18
  plain
• 19:18
  sight.
• 19:19
  That's
• 19:19
  corn.
• 19:19
  Revere
• 19:20
  said
• 19:20
  in
• 19:21
  May.
• 19:21
  The
• 19:21
  Freedom
• 19:22
  of
• 19:22
  Press
• 19:22
  foundation,
• 19:23
  which
• 19:23
  says
• 19:23
  it
• 19:24
  is
• 19:24
  a
• 19:24
  Paramount
• 19:25
  shareholder,
• 19:25
  pledged
• 19:26
  to
• 19:26
  file
• 19:26
  a
• 19:26
  lawsuit
• 19:27
  if
• 19:27
  the
• 19:27
  settlement
• 19:28
  went
• 19:28
  through.
• 19:29
  It
• 19:29
  would
• 19:29
  allow
• 19:29
  shareholders
• 19:30
  to
• 19:30
  recoup
• 19:30
  damages
• 19:31
  from
• 19:31
  harm
• 19:31
  to
• 19:32
  Paramount
• 19:32
  that
• 19:32
  has
• 19:32
  been
• 19:33
  caused
• 19:33
  by
• 19:33
  misconduct
• 19:34
  of
• 19:34
  his
• 19:34
  officers
• 19:35
  and
• 19:35
  directors.
• 19:36
  Seth
• 19:36
  Stern,
• 19:37
  director
• 19:37
  of
• 19:37
  advocacy
• 19:38
  for
• 19:38
  Freedom
• 19:38
  of
• 19:38
  the
• 19:39
  Press
• 19:39
  foundation,
• 19:39
  said
• 19:39
  an
• 19:40
  interview
• 19:40
  on
• 19:40
  Wednesday.
• 19:41
  There
• 19:41
  is
• 19:41
  no
• 19:42
  reasonable
• 19:42
  explanation,
• 19:43
  or
• 19:43
  should
• 19:43
  I
• 19:44
  say
• 19:44
  no
• 19:44
  reasonable
• 19:45
  and
• 19:45
  lawful
• 19:45
  explanation
• 19:46
  for
• 19:46
  paying
• 19:47
  16
• 19:47
  million
• 19:48
  to
• 19:48
  settle
• 19:48
  a
• 19:48
  frivolous,
• 19:49
  ridiculously
• 19:50
  frivolous
• 19:50
  lawsuit,
• 19:50
  Stern
• 19:51
  said.
• 19:52
  Though
• 19:52
  the
• 19:52
  organization
• 19:53
  has
• 19:53
  yet
• 19:53
  to
• 19:53
  file
• 19:53
  the
• 19:54
  derivative
• 19:54
  lawsuit,
• 19:55
  Stern
• 19:55
  said
• 19:55
  that
• 19:55
  they
• 19:55
  have
• 19:56
  already
• 19:56
  sent
• 19:56
  an
• 19:57
  information
• 19:57
  demand
• 19:58
  to
• 19:58
  Paramount
• 19:59
  and
• 19:59
  we'll
• 19:59
  send
• 19:59
  another
• 20:00
  Wednesday.
• 20:00
  According
• 20:00
  to
• 20:00
  Stern,
• 20:01
  shareholders
• 20:01
  are
• 20:02
  entitled
• 20:02
  to
• 20:02
  some
• 20:02
  information
• 20:03
  about
• 20:03
  the
• 20:03
  corporation's
• 20:04
  affairs
• 20:04
  under
• 20:04
  law.
• 20:05
  We're
• 20:06
  looking
• 20:06
  for
• 20:06
  information
• 20:06
  to
• 20:07
  which
• 20:07
  we
• 20:07
  are
• 20:07
  entitled
• 20:08
  on
• 20:08
  why
• 20:08
  this
• 20:09
  decision
• 20:09
  was
• 20:09
  made
• 20:09
  to
• 20:09
  pay
• 20:10
  a
• 20:10
  settlement
• 20:10
  to
• 20:10
  Trump
• 20:10
  that
• 20:11
  is
• 20:11
  far,
• 20:11
  far
• 20:12
  exponentially
• 20:12
  in
• 20:13
  excess
• 20:13
  of
• 20:13
  any
• 20:14
  value
• 20:14
  that
• 20:15
  anyone
• 20:15
  who
• 20:15
  knows
• 20:16
  anything
• 20:16
  about
• 20:16
  the
• 20:16
  first
• 20:16
  Amendment
• 20:17
  law
• 20:17
  believes
• 20:18
  that
• 20:18
  his
• 20:18
  claims
• 20:19
  have.
• 20:19
  He
• 20:19
  said.
• 20:20
  Stern
• 20:20
  said
• 20:21
  he
• 20:21
  would
• 20:21
  hope
• 20:22
  that
• 20:22
  the
• 20:22
  corporation
• 20:22
  would
• 20:22
  not
• 20:23
  object
• 20:23
  to
• 20:23
  transparency.
• 20:24
  For
• 20:24
  an
• 20:25
  organization
• 20:25
  that
• 20:25
  owns
• 20:26
  a
• 20:26
  news
• 20:26
  outlet
• 20:27
  to
• 20:27
  hide
• 20:27
  the
• 20:27
  ball
• 20:28
  about
• 20:28
  why
• 20:28
  it
• 20:29
  made
• 20:29
  this
• 20:29
  extremely
• 20:30
  consequential
• 20:30
  move
• 20:31
  would
• 20:31
  just
• 20:31
  sort
• 20:32
  of
• 20:32
  add
• 20:32
  insult
• 20:33
  to
• 20:33
  the.
• 20:33
  Insult
• 20:34
  to
• 20:34
  industry.
• 20:36
  I'm
• 20:36
  wondering
• 20:37
  if
• 20:37
  that's.
• 20:37
  Yeah,
• 20:38
  insult
• 20:39
  to
• 20:39
  injury,
• 20:40
  that's
• 20:40
  what
• 20:40
  they
• 20:41
  meant.
• 20:41
  But
• 20:41
  insult
• 20:41
  to
• 20:42
  industry.
• 20:42
  Yeah.
• 20:42
  Anyway,
• 20:43
  anyway,
• 20:44
  so
• 20:44
  that's
• 20:44
  the
• 20:44
  article
• 20:45
  from
• 20:45
  Politico.
• 20:46
  The
• 20:46
  reason
• 20:46
  I
• 20:46
  wanted
• 20:46
  to
• 20:47
  talk
• 20:47
  about
• 20:47
  this
• 20:47
  a
• 20:47
  little
• 20:47
  bit
• 20:48
  is
• 20:48
  really
• 20:48
  talking
• 20:49
  about
• 20:49
  one
• 20:49
  like,
• 20:49
  okay,
• 20:50
  so
• 20:50
  the
• 20:51
  Paramount
• 20:51
  settled
• 20:51
  this
• 20:52
  lawsuit
• 20:52
  like
• 20:52
  it's
• 20:53
  been
• 20:54
  pretty
• 20:54
  widely
• 20:55
  claimed
• 20:55
  that
• 20:55
  there's
• 20:56
  no
• 20:56
  legal
• 20:56
  grounds
• 20:57
  for
• 20:57
  actually
• 20:57
  the
• 20:58
  lawsuit
• 20:58
  that
• 20:58
  Trump
• 20:58
  and
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  team
• 20:59
  have
• 20:59
  filed.
• 21:00
  And
• 21:00
  yet
• 21:00
  it
• 21:00
  was
• 21:01
  settled
• 21:01
  by
• 21:01
  Paramount
• 21:02
  because
• 21:02
  they
• 21:02
  want
• 21:03
  to
• 21:03
  make
• 21:03
  sure
• 21:03
  that
• 21:03
  this
• 21:03
  merger,
• 21:04
  well,
• 21:04
  the
• 21:04
  assumption
• 21:05
  is
• 21:05
  they
• 21:05
  want
• 21:05
  to
• 21:06
  make
• 21:06
  sure
• 21:06
  this,
• 21:06
  this
• 21:07
  merger
• 21:07
  goes
• 21:07
  through
• 21:08
  with
• 21:08
  Skydance.
• 21:09
  So
• 21:10
  yeah,
• 21:10
  I
• 21:10
  wanted
• 21:10
  to
• 21:10
  get
• 21:10
  your
• 21:10
  thoughts
• 21:11
  open.
• 21:11
  Just
• 21:12
  quid
• 21:12
  pro
• 21:12
  quo,
• 21:13
  you
• 21:13
  know,
• 21:13
  extortion
• 21:14
  of
• 21:14
  a
• 21:14
  media
• 21:15
  company
• 21:15
  in
• 21:16
  order
• 21:16
  to
• 21:16
  allow
• 21:16
  them
• 21:16
  to
• 21:17
  do
• 21:17
  a
• 21:17
  merger
• 21:17
  and
• 21:17
  make
• 21:17
  more
• 21:18
  money.
• 21:18
  And
• 21:18
  also,
• 21:19
  you
• 21:19
  know,
• 21:19
  the
• 21:19
  bottom
• 21:20
  line
• 21:20
  essentially
• 21:20
  being
• 21:21
  the
• 21:21
  most
• 21:21
  important
• 21:21
  thing
• 21:22
  here,
• 21:22
  ver
• 21:23
  is
• 21:23
  actually
• 21:23
  defending
• 21:24
  press
• 21:24
  freedom
• 21:25
  or
• 21:25
  you
• 21:26
  know,
• 21:26
  their
• 21:26
  ability
• 21:26
  to
• 21:26
  retain
• 21:27
  autonomy.
• 21:28
  So
• 21:28
  any
• 21:28
  thoughts
• 21:29
  on
• 21:29
  that
• 21:29
  one
• 21:29
  from
• 21:29
  you
• 21:30
  guys?
• 21:30
  Yeah,
• 21:30
  unfortunately,
• 21:31
  it's
• 21:32
  just
• 21:32
  the
• 21:33
  way
• 21:33
  that
• 21:33
  the
• 21:34
  administration
• 21:34
  does
• 21:34
  business,
• 21:35
  I
• 21:35
  guess.
• 21:36
  I
• 21:36
  mean
• 21:37
  like
• 21:37
  the
• 21:37
  FCC
• 21:38
  is
• 21:39
  supposed
• 21:40
  to
• 21:40
  be
• 21:40
  like
• 21:40
  for
• 21:41
  public
• 21:41
  interest
• 21:41
  and
• 21:42
  ensuring
• 21:42
  like
• 21:42
  anti
• 21:43
  monopoly
• 21:44
  laws.
• 21:45
  And
• 21:46
  what
• 21:47
  I
• 21:47
  read
• 21:47
  about
• 21:47
  Skydance
• 21:48
  is
• 21:48
  that
• 21:49
  it's
• 21:49
  this.
• 21:49
  It's
• 21:50
  billionaire
• 21:50
  David
• 21:50
  Ellison,
• 21:51
  who's
• 21:51
  Larry
• 21:51
  Ellison's
• 21:52
  son,
• 21:53
  who
• 21:53
  founded
• 21:54
  Oracle
• 21:54
  and
• 21:54
  like
• 21:55
  is
• 21:55
  deeply
• 21:56
  conservative
• 21:57
  and
• 21:59
  here
• 21:59
  they
• 21:59
  go,
• 22:00
  bribe
• 22:01
  them
• 22:01
  to
• 22:02
  have
• 22:02
  a
• 22:02
  merger
• 22:03
  to
• 22:03
  control
• 22:04
  a
• 22:04
  monopoly
• 22:05
  which
• 22:05
  the
• 22:05
  FCC
• 22:06
  is
• 22:06
  supposed
• 22:06
  to
• 22:06
  ensure
• 22:07
  doesn't
• 22:07
  happen.
• 22:08
  So
• 22:08
  yeah,
• 22:08
  I
• 22:09
  guess
• 22:09
  it's
• 22:09
  like
• 22:09
  a
• 22:09
  joke.
• 22:09
  I
• 22:10
  don't
• 22:10
  know,
• 22:10
  it
• 22:10
  just
• 22:10
  seems
• 22:11
  like
• 22:11
  a
• 22:11
  joke
• 22:11
  that
• 22:11
  these
• 22:12
  government
• 22:12
  agencies
• 22:13
  are
• 22:13
  like
• 22:13
  at
• 22:13
  all
• 22:14
  independent.
• 22:15
  They're
• 22:15
  clearly
• 22:16
  not
• 22:16
  like
• 22:17
  pretty
• 22:17
  much
• 22:17
  just
• 22:17
  a
• 22:17
  line
• 22:18
  behind
• 22:18
  the
• 22:18
  administration
• 22:19
  at
• 22:19
  that
• 22:19
  point.
• 22:19
  Yeah,
• 22:20
  whatever
• 22:21
  their
• 22:21
  goals
• 22:21
  are,
• 22:22
  it's
• 22:23
  independence
• 22:24
  doesn't
• 22:24
  seem
• 22:24
  to
• 22:24
  be
• 22:24
  a
• 22:25
  thing
• 22:25
  for
• 22:25
  most
• 22:25
  government
• 22:25
  agencies,
• 22:26
  I
• 22:26
  guess
• 22:26
  anymore.
• 22:27
  Which
• 22:27
  we'll
• 22:27
  talk
• 22:27
  about
• 22:27
  a
• 22:27
  little
• 22:28
  bit
• 22:28
  with
• 22:28
  Voice
• 22:28
  of
• 22:28
  America
• 22:29
  too.
• 22:29
  But
• 22:29
  yeah,
• 22:30
  I
• 22:30
  mean,
• 22:30
  we
• 22:30
  mentioned
• 22:31
  maybe
• 22:32
  it
• 22:32
  was
• 22:32
  in
• 22:32
  the
• 22:32
  last
• 22:32
  episode
• 22:33
  where
• 22:33
  we
• 22:33
  were
• 22:33
  talking
• 22:33
  about
• 22:34
  institutions
• 22:34
  and
• 22:35
  how
• 22:35
  they
• 22:35
  sort
• 22:35
  of
• 22:36
  take
• 22:36
  on
• 22:36
  a
• 22:36
  life
• 22:36
  of
• 22:36
  their
• 22:37
  own.
• 22:37
  And
• 22:37
  they
• 22:38
  are
• 22:38
  more
• 22:38
  interested
• 22:39
  in
• 22:39
  reproducing
• 22:40
  themselves
• 22:40
  as
• 22:41
  institutions
• 22:41
  and
• 22:42
  growing
• 22:42
  than
• 22:43
  they
• 22:43
  are
• 22:44
  in
• 22:44
  serving
• 22:45
  any
• 22:45
  human
• 22:45
  based
• 22:46
  real
• 22:46
  need
• 22:48
  and
• 22:48
  as
• 22:48
  consumers
• 22:49
  of
• 22:49
  media.
• 22:49
  This
• 22:49
  is
• 22:50
  why
• 22:50
  it's
• 22:50
  so
• 22:50
  important
• 22:50
  for
• 22:51
  us
• 22:51
  to
• 22:52
  understand
• 22:53
  where
• 22:53
  the
• 22:54
  financial
• 22:54
  incentives
• 22:55
  lie
• 22:55
  with
• 22:55
  the
• 22:56
  different
• 22:56
  organizations
• 22:57
  we
• 22:57
  Trust,
• 22:57
  which
• 22:57
  is
• 22:58
  why
• 22:58
  I
• 22:58
  like
• 22:58
  Democracy
• 22:59
  now,
• 22:59
  for
• 23:00
  example.
• 23:00
  They're
• 23:00
  viewer
• 23:01
  supported.
• 23:01
  They're,
• 23:02
  you
• 23:02
  know,
• 23:03
  they
• 23:03
  have
• 23:03
  elaborate
• 23:04
  fundraising
• 23:04
  efforts
• 23:05
  where
• 23:05
  they
• 23:05
  try
• 23:06
  to
• 23:06
  make
• 23:06
  sure
• 23:06
  that
• 23:06
  they
• 23:07
  can
• 23:07
  keep
• 23:07
  their
• 23:07
  basic
• 23:08
  news
• 23:08
  operation
• 23:09
  running,
• 23:09
  but
• 23:09
  you
• 23:09
  don't
• 23:10
  see
• 23:10
  them
• 23:10
  trying
• 23:10
  to,
• 23:11
  you
• 23:11
  know,
• 23:13
  own
• 23:13
  a
• 23:13
  building
• 23:13
  on
• 23:14
  fifth
• 23:14
  Avenue
• 23:14
  or
• 23:15
  something
• 23:15
  or
• 23:15
  what.
• 23:15
  You
• 23:15
  know,
• 23:15
  they're
• 23:16
  not
• 23:16
  trying
• 23:16
  to
• 23:16
  like
• 23:17
  expand
• 23:17
  the
• 23:18
  empire
• 23:18
  in
• 23:18
  the
• 23:18
  way
• 23:19
  that
• 23:19
  a
• 23:19
  lot
• 23:19
  of
• 23:19
  these
• 23:19
  media
• 23:20
  conglomerates
• 23:20
  are.
• 23:20
  They're
• 23:21
  not
• 23:21
  trying
• 23:21
  to
• 23:21
  merge
• 23:22
  with
• 23:22
  something
• 23:22
  really.
• 23:23
  I
• 23:23
  mean,
• 23:23
  it
• 23:23
  puts
• 23:24
  the
• 23:24
  onus
• 23:24
  of
• 23:25
  research
• 23:25
  more
• 23:25
  on
• 23:26
  the
• 23:26
  reader,
• 23:26
  the
• 23:26
  viewer,
• 23:27
  the
• 23:27
  listener.
• 23:27
  But
• 23:28
  understanding
• 23:29
  where
• 23:30
  your
• 23:30
  source's
• 23:31
  biases
• 23:31
  are,
• 23:32
  even
• 23:32
  with
• 23:33
  some
• 23:33
  of
• 23:33
  these
• 23:33
  things,
• 23:33
  like,
• 23:34
  I
• 23:34
  don't,
• 23:34
  I
• 23:34
  haven't
• 23:34
  dug
• 23:35
  into
• 23:35
  Politico
• 23:36
  as
• 23:36
  an
• 23:36
  institution,
• 23:37
  but
• 23:37
  I
• 23:37
  would
• 23:37
  be
• 23:37
  curious
• 23:38
  where
• 23:38
  their
• 23:38
  incentives
• 23:39
  lie.
• 23:39
  I
• 23:40
  heard,
• 23:40
  I
• 23:40
  think
• 23:40
  it
• 23:40
  was
• 23:41
  Chris
• 23:41
  Hedges,
• 23:41
  who's
• 23:42
  a
• 23:42
  journalist,
• 23:43
  who
• 23:43
  was
• 23:43
  doing
• 23:44
  an
• 23:44
  interview
• 23:44
  with
• 23:44
  somebody
• 23:46
  and
• 23:46
  he
• 23:46
  was
• 23:46
  making
• 23:47
  this
• 23:47
  point
• 23:47
  about
• 23:49
  how
• 23:50
  you
• 23:50
  have
• 23:51
  basically
• 23:51
  in
• 23:51
  the
• 23:51
  national
• 23:52
  level,
• 23:52
  whether
• 23:53
  it's
• 23:53
  corporations
• 23:54
  or
• 23:54
  the
• 23:54
  government,
• 23:55
  now
• 23:55
  you
• 23:55
  have
• 23:55
  an
• 23:56
  oligarchic
• 23:56
  wing
• 23:57
  and
• 23:57
  you
• 23:57
  have
• 23:57
  a
• 23:57
  corporatist
• 23:58
  wing.
• 23:58
  And
• 23:58
  the
• 23:59
  Republicans
• 23:59
  and
• 23:59
  the
• 24:00
  Trump
• 24:00
  side
• 24:00
  are
• 24:00
  like
• 24:01
  the
• 24:01
  openly
• 24:01
  oligarchic
• 24:02
  wing
• 24:02
  who
• 24:03
  are
• 24:03
  more
• 24:03
  blatantly
• 24:04
  doing
• 24:04
  these
• 24:04
  aggressive
• 24:05
  things.
• 24:05
  And
• 24:06
  then
• 24:06
  on
• 24:06
  the
• 24:06
  Democratic
• 24:07
  side,
• 24:07
  they're
• 24:07
  more
• 24:08
  corporatists.
• 24:08
  They
• 24:09
  want
• 24:10
  more
• 24:11
  reasonable
• 24:13
  deals
• 24:13
  made.
• 24:13
  They
• 24:14
  want
• 24:14
  to
• 24:14
  protect
• 24:14
  their
• 24:15
  investments
• 24:15
  overseas.
• 24:16
  They
• 24:16
  want
• 24:16
  to
• 24:17
  have
• 24:17
  a
• 24:17
  stable
• 24:17
  economy
• 24:18
  to
• 24:19
  protect
• 24:19
  their
• 24:19
  interests.
• 24:20
  And
• 24:20
  in
• 24:21
  both
• 24:21
  of
• 24:21
  these
• 24:21
  things,
• 24:21
  you
• 24:22
  don't
• 24:22
  have
• 24:22
  anybody
• 24:22
  looking
• 24:23
  out
• 24:23
  for
• 24:23
  the
• 24:23
  average
• 24:24
  human
• 24:24
  being.
• 24:24
  You
• 24:25
  have
• 24:25
  people
• 24:25
  with
• 24:26
  more
• 24:26
  conservative
• 24:27
  corporate
• 24:27
  goals
• 24:28
  and
• 24:29
  then
• 24:29
  people
• 24:30
  with
• 24:30
  more
• 24:30
  aggressive
• 24:31
  corporate
• 24:31
  goals.
• 24:32
  When
• 24:32
  it
• 24:32
  comes
• 24:32
  to
• 24:32
  media,
• 24:34
  it's
• 24:34
  really
• 24:35
  important
• 24:35
  to
• 24:35
  understand
• 24:36
  where
• 24:37
  the
• 24:37
  incentives
• 24:38
  lie
• 24:38
  with
• 24:38
  the
• 24:39
  media
• 24:39
  you
• 24:39
  consume.
• 24:40
  What's
• 24:40
  their
• 24:40
  funding
• 24:41
  like,
• 24:41
  who's
• 24:42
  paying
• 24:42
  them?
• 24:43
  How
• 24:43
  do
• 24:43
  they
• 24:43
  raise
• 24:43
  their
• 24:44
  money?
• 24:44
  I
• 24:44
  know
• 24:45
  you
• 24:45
  said
• 24:45
  that
• 24:45
  Voice
• 24:45
  of
• 24:46
  America
• 24:46
  was
• 24:46
  supposed
• 24:47
  to
• 24:47
  be
• 24:47
  set
• 24:47
  up
• 24:47
  as
• 24:47
  some
• 24:48
  independent
• 24:48
  kind
• 24:49
  of
• 24:50
  journalist
• 24:50
  thing,
• 24:50
  but
• 24:51
  is
• 24:51
  that
• 24:51
  just
• 24:51
  propaganda?
• 24:52
  What's
• 24:52
  the
• 24:52
  actual
• 24:53
  funding
• 24:53
  structure
• 24:54
  and
• 24:54
  everything
• 24:55
  look
• 24:55
  like
• 24:55
  for
• 24:55
  that?
• 24:56
  I'm
• 24:56
  sure
• 24:56
  we'll
• 24:56
  get
• 24:56
  into
• 24:56
  it
• 24:56
  with
• 24:57
  the
• 24:57
  next
• 24:57
  topic,
• 24:57
  but
• 24:58
  just
• 24:58
  a
• 24:58
  thread
• 24:59
  to
• 24:59
  follow
• 24:59
  if
• 24:59
  we
• 24:59
  want
• 25:00
  as
• 25:01
  your.
• 25:01
  Point
• 25:02
  there
• 25:02
  about
• 25:03
  like
• 25:03
  the,
• 25:03
  the
• 25:04
  more
• 25:04
  corporatist
• 25:04
  side
• 25:05
  trying
• 25:05
  to
• 25:06
  ensure
• 25:06
  that
• 25:06
  they're,
• 25:06
  they've
• 25:07
  got
• 25:07
  like
• 25:07
  a
• 25:07
  stable.
• 25:08
  It's
• 25:08
  almost
• 25:08
  like
• 25:09
  what's
• 25:09
  the,
• 25:09
  the
• 25:10
  bare
• 25:10
  minimum
• 25:11
  that
• 25:11
  we
• 25:12
  need
• 25:12
  to
• 25:12
  do
• 25:12
  to
• 25:12
  take
• 25:13
  care
• 25:13
  of
• 25:13
  people
• 25:13
  in
• 25:13
  order
• 25:14
  to
• 25:14
  ensure
• 25:14
  that
• 25:15
  we
• 25:15
  don't
• 25:15
  have
• 25:15
  kind
• 25:15
  of
• 25:16
  like
• 25:16
  a,
• 25:16
  some
• 25:16
  sort
• 25:17
  of
• 25:17
  uprising
• 25:17
  or
• 25:18
  like
• 25:18
  people
• 25:19
  going
• 25:19
  against
• 25:19
  the
• 25:19
  government.
• 25:20
  Right.
• 25:20
  Versus
• 25:21
  like
• 25:21
  the
• 25:22
  oligarch
• 25:22
  side.
• 25:23
  This
• 25:23
  is
• 25:23
  how
• 25:23
  I'm
• 25:23
  interpreting
• 25:24
  it.
• 25:24
  Let
• 25:24
  me
• 25:24
  know
• 25:24
  if
• 25:24
  I'm
• 25:25
  Interpreting
• 25:25
  it.
• 25:25
  Right.
• 25:25
  But,
• 25:26
  and
• 25:26
  then
• 25:26
  the,
• 25:26
  the
• 25:27
  Trump
• 25:27
  more
• 25:28
  fascist
• 25:28
  side
• 25:28
  of
• 25:28
  it
• 25:29
  is
• 25:29
  like,
• 25:29
  what,
• 25:29
  what,
• 25:30
  what
• 25:30
  do
• 25:31
  we
• 25:31
  need
• 25:31
  to
• 25:31
  put
• 25:31
  in
• 25:31
  place
• 25:31
  in
• 25:32
  order
• 25:32
  to
• 25:32
  maintain
• 25:33
  control
• 25:34
  instead
• 25:34
  of
• 25:34
  like,
• 25:35
  what
• 25:35
  do
• 25:35
  we
• 25:35
  need
• 25:35
  to
• 25:35
  do
• 25:35
  quality
• 25:36
  of
• 25:36
  life
• 25:36
  wise
• 25:37
  at
• 25:37
  a
• 25:37
  minimum,
• 25:37
  to
• 25:37
  keep
• 25:38
  people.
• 25:38
  It's
• 25:38
  like
• 25:39
  no
• 25:39
  carrot
• 25:40
  in
• 25:40
  this
• 25:40
  scenario.
• 25:41
  Just
• 25:41
  stick.
• 25:42
  Right.
• 25:43
  Okay,
• 25:43
  so
• 25:43
  I'll
• 25:44
  close
• 25:44
  out
• 25:44
  this
• 25:44
  portion
• 25:45
  of
• 25:45
  the
• 25:45
  topic.
• 25:45
  I'm
• 25:46
  just
• 25:46
  going
• 25:46
  to
• 25:46
  read
• 25:46
  a
• 25:47
  little
• 25:47
  bit
• 25:47
  from
• 25:47
  the
• 25:47
  Associated
• 25:48
  Press
• 25:48
  on,
• 25:49
  on
• 25:49
  this
• 25:49
  similar
• 25:50
  topic.
• 25:50
  I'm
• 25:50
  not
• 25:50
  going
• 25:50
  to
• 25:50
  read
• 25:51
  the
• 25:51
  whole
• 25:51
  article,
• 25:52
  but
• 25:52
  this
• 25:52
  is
• 25:52
  about
• 25:52
  the
• 25:53
  same
• 25:53
  thing
• 25:53
  that
• 25:53
  Paramount's
• 25:54
  going
• 25:54
  to
• 25:54
  pay
• 25:54
  16
• 25:54
  million
• 25:55
  in
• 25:55
  the
• 25:55
  settlement
• 25:55
  to
• 25:56
  Trump
• 25:56
  over
• 25:56
  the
• 25:56
  60
• 25:57
  Minutes
• 25:57
  interview.
• 25:58
  Halfway
• 25:58
  through
• 25:59
  the
• 25:59
  article,
• 25:59
  it's
• 26:00
  talking
• 26:00
  about
• 26:00
  some,
• 26:01
  some
• 26:01
  reactions
• 26:01
  to
• 26:02
  this.
• 26:02
  So
• 26:02
  this
• 26:03
  is
• 26:03
  a
• 26:03
  quote
• 26:03
  from
• 26:04
  Senator
• 26:04
  Elizabeth
• 26:05
  Warren
• 26:05
  that
• 26:05
  the
• 26:06
  deal
• 26:06
  could
• 26:06
  be
• 26:06
  bribery
• 26:07
  in
• 26:07
  plain
• 26:07
  sight
• 26:08
  as
• 26:08
  she
• 26:09
  called
• 26:09
  for
• 26:09
  investigations
• 26:10
  to
• 26:10
  that.
• 26:10
  So
• 26:11
  essentially,
• 26:11
  yeah,
• 26:11
  just
• 26:12
  like
• 26:12
  give
• 26:12
  me
• 26:12
  money
• 26:12
  and
• 26:13
  then
• 26:13
  I'll
• 26:13
  let
• 26:13
  you
• 26:13
  merge
• 26:14
  right.
• 26:14
  With
• 26:14
  this
• 26:14
  other
• 26:15
  institute.
• 26:15
  And
• 26:16
  then
• 26:16
  I'm
• 26:16
  going
• 26:16
  to
• 26:16
  read
• 26:16
  from
• 26:17
  this
• 26:17
  last
• 26:17
  paragraph.
• 26:18
  So
• 26:18
  as
• 26:18
  part
• 26:18
  of
• 26:18
  the
• 26:18
  deal,
• 26:18
  paramount
• 26:19
  said
• 26:19
  that
• 26:20
  60
• 26:20
  minutes
• 26:20
  will
• 26:21
  in
• 26:21
  the
• 26:21
  future
• 26:22
  promptly
• 26:22
  release
• 26:22
  full
• 26:23
  transcripts
• 26:23
  of
• 26:23
  interviews
• 26:24
  with
• 26:24
  presidential
• 26:25
  candidates.
• 26:25
  It's
• 26:26
  a
• 26:26
  significant
• 26:26
  change
• 26:27
  in
• 26:27
  the
• 26:27
  broadcast
• 26:27
  practices.
• 26:28
  It
• 26:28
  has
• 26:28
  traditionally
• 26:29
  kept
• 26:29
  its
• 26:29
  editing
• 26:30
  decisions
• 26:30
  to
• 26:30
  itself
• 26:31
  and
• 26:31
  did
• 26:31
  not
• 26:31
  release
• 26:31
  a
• 26:31
  transcript
• 26:32
  of
• 26:32
  the
• 26:32
  Harris
• 26:32
  interview
• 26:33
  until
• 26:33
  well
• 26:33
  after
• 26:33
  the
• 26:34
  election.
• 26:35
  Indeed,
• 26:35
  the
• 26:35
  settlement
• 26:36
  is
• 26:36
  a
• 26:36
  blow
• 26:36
  to
• 26:37
  a
• 26:37
  program
• 26:37
  widely
• 26:38
  considered
• 26:38
  one
• 26:38
  of
• 26:38
  the
• 26:39
  best
• 26:39
  in
• 26:39
  broadcast
• 26:39
  journalism
• 26:40
  for
• 26:40
  decades
• 26:41
  following
• 26:41
  Owens
• 26:42
  departure.
• 26:43
  Yeah,
• 26:43
  Bill
• 26:43
  Owens
• 26:44
  quit.
• 26:44
  So
• 26:45
  anyway,
• 26:46
  the,
• 26:46
  the
• 26:46
  part
• 26:46
  that
• 26:46
  I
• 26:46
  wanted
• 26:47
  to
• 26:47
  read
• 26:47
  here
• 26:47
  was
• 26:48
  in
• 26:48
  December,
• 26:48
  ABC
• 26:49
  News
• 26:49
  settled
• 26:50
  a
• 26:50
  defamation
• 26:50
  lawsuit
• 26:51
  by
• 26:51
  Trump
• 26:51
  over
• 26:51
  statements
• 26:52
  made
• 26:52
  by
• 26:52
  anchor
• 26:53
  George
• 26:53
  Stephanopoulos
• 26:54
  agreeing
• 26:54
  to
• 26:55
  pay
• 26:55
  15
• 26:55
  million
• 26:55
  towards
• 26:56
  Trump
• 26:56
  Presidential
• 26:57
  Library
• 26:57
  rather
• 26:57
  than
• 26:58
  engage
• 26:58
  in
• 26:58
  a
• 26:58
  public
• 26:58
  fight.
• 26:59
  So,
• 26:59
  Arthur,
• 27:00
  that
• 27:00
  was
• 27:00
  what
• 27:00
  you
• 27:00
  were
• 27:00
  talking
• 27:00
  about,
• 27:01
  like
• 27:01
  the
• 27:01
  previous
• 27:01
  lawsuit
• 27:02
  that
• 27:02
  they
• 27:02
  had
• 27:02
  already
• 27:02
  settled.
• 27:03
  And
• 27:04
  then
• 27:04
  Meta
• 27:04
  reportedly
• 27:05
  paid
• 27:05
  25
• 27:05
  million
• 27:06
  to
• 27:06
  drum
• 27:06
  to
• 27:07
  settle
• 27:07
  Trump's
• 27:07
  lawsuit
• 27:08
  against
• 27:08
  the
• 27:08
  company
• 27:08
  over
• 27:09
  its
• 27:09
  decision
• 27:09
  to
• 27:10
  suspend
• 27:10
  his
• 27:10
  social
• 27:10
  media
• 27:11
  accounts
• 27:11
  following
• 27:11
  the
• 27:12
  January
• 27:12
  6,
• 27:13
  2021
• 27:13
  riot
• 27:14
  at
• 27:14
  the
• 27:14
  US
• 27:15
  Capitol.
• 27:16
  And
• 27:16
  so
• 27:17
  left
• 27:17
  uncertain
• 27:18
  is
• 27:18
  whether
• 27:18
  these
• 27:19
  settlements
• 27:19
  will
• 27:19
  encourage
• 27:20
  further
• 27:20
  Trump
• 27:20
  lawsuits.
• 27:21
  The
• 27:21
  President
• 27:22
  last
• 27:22
  week
• 27:22
  threatened
• 27:23
  CNN
• 27:23
  and
• 27:23
  the
• 27:23
  New
• 27:23
  York
• 27:24
  Times
• 27:24
  with
• 27:24
  lawsuits
• 27:25
  stemming
• 27:25
  from
• 27:25
  the
• 27:25
  reporting
• 27:26
  of
• 27:26
  a
• 27:26
  preliminary
• 27:27
  assessment
• 27:27
  of
• 27:27
  damage
• 27:28
  from
• 27:28
  the
• 27:28
  US
• 27:28
  Bombing
• 27:29
  of
• 27:29
  Iran's
• 27:30
  nuclear
• 27:30
  program.
• 27:31
  The
• 27:31
  reason
• 27:32
  I
• 27:32
  wanted
• 27:32
  to
• 27:32
  read
• 27:33
  that
• 27:33
  right
• 27:33
  is
• 27:33
  it's
• 27:33
  just
• 27:33
  a
• 27:34
  continued
• 27:34
  pattern
• 27:34
  of
• 27:35
  just
• 27:35
  like
• 27:35
  sue
• 27:35
  and
• 27:36
  hope
• 27:36
  that
• 27:36
  they
• 27:36
  settle
• 27:37
  and
• 27:37
  use
• 27:37
  that
• 27:38
  as
• 27:38
  a
• 27:38
  way
• 27:38
  to
• 27:38
  extort
• 27:38
  more
• 27:39
  money.
• 27:39
  And
• 27:40
  it
• 27:40
  seems
• 27:40
  to
• 27:40
  be
• 27:41
  working.
• 27:41
  John
• 27:41
  Oliver
• 27:42
  did
• 27:42
  a
• 27:42
  good
• 27:43
  readout
• 27:43
  on
• 27:43
  all
• 27:44
  of
• 27:44
  this,
• 27:44
  actually,
• 27:45
  from,
• 27:45
  from
• 27:45
  like
• 27:46
  just
• 27:46
  a
• 27:46
  Trump's
• 27:47
  attack
• 27:47
  on,
• 27:47
  on
• 27:48
  the
• 27:48
  media
• 27:48
  standpoint.
• 27:49
  So
• 27:49
  I
• 27:49
  would
• 27:50
  I'll
• 27:50
  find
• 27:50
  the,
• 27:50
  the
• 27:51
  episode
• 27:51
  that.
• 27:51
  But
• 27:51
  if
• 27:52
  you
• 27:52
  want
• 27:52
  to
• 27:52
  get
• 27:52
  into
• 27:52
  it
• 27:52
  more,
• 27:53
  I'd
• 27:53
  recommend
• 27:53
  watching
• 27:54
  that
• 27:54
  from,
• 27:54
  from
• 27:55
  John
• 27:55
  Oliver
• 27:55
  if
• 27:55
  you
• 27:56
  have
• 27:56
  the
• 27:56
  time.
• 27:56
  I'm
• 27:57
  just
• 27:57
  thinking
• 27:57
  about
• 27:57
  the
• 27:57
  legal
• 27:58
  system,
• 27:59
  court
• 27:59
  system
• 28:00
  in
• 28:00
  general,
• 28:00
  and
• 28:01
  tying
• 28:01
  it
• 28:01
  back
• 28:01
  to
• 28:02
  the
• 28:03
  Supreme
• 28:03
  Court
• 28:03
  decision
• 28:04
  we
• 28:04
  mentioned
• 28:04
  last
• 28:05
  week
• 28:05
  about
• 28:05
  Medicaid
• 28:07
  recipients
• 28:08
  now
• 28:08
  not
• 28:09
  having
• 28:09
  the
• 28:09
  right
• 28:09
  to
• 28:10
  sue
• 28:10
  their
• 28:10
  state
• 28:11
  in
• 28:11
  federal
• 28:12
  court
• 28:12
  if
• 28:12
  the
• 28:12
  state
• 28:13
  violates
• 28:13
  their
• 28:13
  federal
• 28:14
  rights.
• 28:15
  And
• 28:15
  this
• 28:15
  idea
• 28:16
  I've
• 28:16
  heard
• 28:16
  before,
• 28:16
  I
• 28:16
  don't
• 28:17
  know
• 28:17
  whose
• 28:17
  original
• 28:17
  idea
• 28:18
  it
• 28:18
  is,
• 28:18
  but
• 28:19
  it's
• 28:19
  out
• 28:19
  there
• 28:20
  in
• 28:20
  the
• 28:20
  intellectual
• 28:21
  world
• 28:21
  of
• 28:22
  thoughts
• 28:22
  about
• 28:23
  the
• 28:23
  courts
• 28:23
  but
• 28:23
  that
• 28:23
  the
• 28:23
  court
• 28:24
  system
• 28:24
  exists
• 28:25
  as
• 28:26
  a
• 28:26
  way
• 28:26
  for
• 28:27
  the
• 28:27
  ruling
• 28:27
  class
• 28:28
  to
• 28:28
  peacefully
• 28:28
  settle
• 28:29
  disagreements
• 28:29
  amongst
• 28:30
  themselves.
• 28:31
  And
• 28:31
  it
• 28:31
  doesn't
• 28:31
  necessarily
• 28:32
  exist
• 28:33
  in
• 28:33
  order
• 28:33
  for
• 28:33
  the
• 28:34
  average
• 28:35
  person
• 28:36
  to
• 28:36
  use
• 28:36
  to
• 28:37
  their
• 28:37
  benefit.
• 28:38
  It's
• 28:38
  more
• 28:38
  for
• 28:39
  the
• 28:39
  oligarchs
• 28:40
  and
• 28:40
  the
• 28:40
  ruling
• 28:40
  class
• 28:41
  to
• 28:41
  avoid
• 28:42
  actually
• 28:42
  going
• 28:42
  to
• 28:43
  war
• 28:43
  with
• 28:43
  each
• 28:43
  other.
• 28:43
  And
• 28:44
  they
• 28:44
  use
• 28:44
  the
• 28:44
  court
• 28:44
  system
• 28:45
  to
• 28:45
  settle
• 28:45
  these
• 28:46
  disputes
• 28:47
  more
• 28:47
  or
• 28:47
  less
• 28:47
  peacefully.
• 28:48
  And
• 28:49
  if
• 28:49
  you
• 28:49
  look
• 28:49
  at
• 28:50
  Trump's
• 28:50
  career
• 28:50
  and
• 28:50
  I'm
• 28:50
  sure
• 28:51
  the
• 28:51
  John
• 28:51
  Oliver
• 28:51
  episode
• 28:52
  you
• 28:52
  mentioned
• 28:52
  points
• 28:53
  us
• 28:53
  out,
• 28:53
  but
• 28:53
  Trump
• 28:54
  has
• 28:54
  been
• 28:54
  just
• 28:55
  constantly
• 28:56
  abusing
• 28:56
  the
• 28:56
  legal
• 28:57
  system
• 28:57
  in
• 28:57
  this
• 28:57
  way
• 28:57
  his
• 28:58
  whole
• 28:58
  life.
• 28:58
  To
• 28:59
  his
• 28:59
  benefit.
• 29:00
  Absolutely.
• 29:01
  And
• 29:02
  now
• 29:02
  he
• 29:02
  can
• 29:02
  just
• 29:02
  do
• 29:02
  that
• 29:02
  from
• 29:03
  the
• 29:03
  seat
• 29:03
  of
• 29:03
  the
• 29:04
  US
• 29:04
  Government.
• 29:05
  So
• 29:05
  it's
• 29:05
  like
• 29:06
  with
• 29:06
  all
• 29:07
  the
• 29:07
  the
• 29:07
  backing
• 29:07
  of
• 29:08
  that.
• 29:08
  Right
• 29:09
  man.
• 29:10
  Good
• 29:10
  stuff.
• 29:11
  Good
• 29:11
  stuff.
• 29:17
  Please
• 29:17
  stay
• 29:17
  tuned
• 29:18
  for
• 29:18
  a
• 29:18
  word
• 29:18
  from
• 29:18
  our
• 29:18
  sponsors.
• 29:20
  Remember
• 29:21
  journalism.
• 29:22
  Lol.
• 29:23
  The
• 29:23
  Sieve
• 29:23
  America
• 29:24
  PAC
• 29:24
  is
• 29:24
  here
• 29:24
  to
• 29:25
  end
• 29:25
  press
• 29:25
  freedom
• 29:26
  the
• 29:26
  friendly
• 29:27
  way.
• 29:28
  Our
• 29:28
  Patriot
• 29:29
  settlement
• 29:29
  program
• 29:30
  helps
• 29:30
  corporations
• 29:31
  resolve
• 29:31
  media
• 29:32
  disputes
• 29:33
  with
• 29:33
  dignity,
• 29:34
  discretion
• 29:34
  and
• 29:35
  non
• 29:35
  disclosure
• 29:36
  grenades.
• 29:37
  We
• 29:37
  handle
• 29:37
  journalists
• 29:38
  the
• 29:38
  old
• 29:38
  fashioned
• 29:39
  way.
• 29:39
  Buyouts,
• 29:40
  burnouts
• 29:41
  or
• 29:41
  well
• 29:42
  timed
• 29:42
  drone
• 29:43
  accidents.
• 29:44
  As
• 29:44
  in
• 29:44
  this
• 29:44
  economy,
• 29:45
  the
• 29:45
  truth
• 29:46
  is
• 29:46
  just
• 29:46
  isn't
• 29:46
  a
• 29:47
  good
• 29:47
  investment.
• 29:48
  Deceive
• 29:49
  America
• 29:49
  pack
• 29:49
  is
• 29:49
  not
• 29:49
  responsible
• 29:50
  for
• 29:50
  metaphysical
• 29:51
  nausea
• 29:51
  or
• 29:51
  the
• 29:51
  collapse
• 29:51
  of
• 29:52
  narrative
• 29:52
  continuity
• 29:52
  funded
• 29:53
  in
• 29:53
  part
• 29:53
  by
• 29:53
  people
• 29:53
  you'll
• 29:54
  never
• 29:54
  meet.
• 30:01
  All
• 30:01
  right,
• 30:02
  so
• 30:02
  moving
• 30:02
  on
• 30:03
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• 30:03
  of
• 30:03
  from
• 30:03
  like
• 30:03
  the
• 30:04
  what
• 30:04
  we're
• 30:04
  doing
• 30:04
  or
• 30:05
  what's
• 30:05
  occurring
• 30:05
  locally
• 30:06
  to
• 30:06
  kind
• 30:06
  of
• 30:06
  control
• 30:06
  the
• 30:07
  media
• 30:07
  and
• 30:07
  what
• 30:07
  the
• 30:07
  media
• 30:08
  is
• 30:08
  allowed
• 30:08
  to
• 30:08
  to
• 30:09
  put
• 30:09
  out.
• 30:09
  I
• 30:09
  do
• 30:09
  want
• 30:09
  to
• 30:09
  talk
• 30:10
  about
• 30:10
  Voice
• 30:10
  of
• 30:11
  America
• 30:11
  for
• 30:11
  a
• 30:11
  bit.
• 30:12
  So
• 30:13
  there's
• 30:13
  a
• 30:13
  couple
• 30:13
  articles
• 30:14
  that
• 30:14
  we'll
• 30:14
  link
• 30:14
  to
• 30:15
  in
• 30:16
  our
• 30:16
  show
• 30:16
  notes
• 30:17
  related
• 30:17
  to
• 30:17
  the
• 30:17
  Voice
• 30:17
  of
• 30:17
  America.
• 30:18
  Kind
• 30:18
  of
• 30:18
  like
• 30:18
  where
• 30:18
  it
• 30:19
  came
• 30:19
  from.
• 30:20
  But
• 30:20
  the
• 30:20
  short
• 30:20
  version
• 30:21
  is
• 30:21
  that
• 30:21
  the
• 30:21
  Voice
• 30:21
  of
• 30:22
  America
• 30:22
  was
• 30:23
  started
• 30:24
  as
• 30:24
  it's
• 30:25
  like
• 30:25
  it's
• 30:25
  state
• 30:26
  media
• 30:26
  for
• 30:26
  the
• 30:26
  United
• 30:27
  States.
• 30:27
  Right.
• 30:27
  It's
• 30:28
  the
• 30:28
  United
• 30:29
  States
• 30:29
  funds
• 30:30
  the
• 30:30
  Voice
• 30:31
  of
• 30:31
  America
• 30:31
  and
• 30:31
  then
• 30:31
  other
• 30:32
  radio
• 30:32
  programs
• 30:33
  that
• 30:33
  basically
• 30:33
  started
• 30:33
  after
• 30:34
  World
• 30:34
  War
• 30:34
  II
• 30:35
  as
• 30:36
  a
• 30:36
  way
• 30:36
  to
• 30:37
  promote
• 30:38
  democracy
• 30:38
  and
• 30:40
  I
• 30:40
  guess
• 30:40
  depropagandize
• 30:41
  I
• 30:41
  don't
• 30:41
  know
• 30:41
  how
• 30:42
  you
• 30:42
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• 30:42
  to,
• 30:42
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• 30:42
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• 30:42
  claim
• 30:43
  it
• 30:43
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• 30:43
  call
• 30:44
  it,
• 30:45
  but
• 30:45
  like
• 30:45
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• 30:46
  after
• 30:46
  World
• 30:46
  War
• 30:47
  II
• 30:47
  and
• 30:47
  then
• 30:48
  the
• 30:48
  Greater
• 30:48
  Europe
• 30:48
  and
• 30:49
  then
• 30:49
  this
• 30:49
  kind
• 30:49
  of
• 30:49
  like,
• 30:50
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• 30:50
  in,
• 30:51
  in
• 30:51
  the
• 30:51
  future
• 30:52
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• 30:52
  like
• 30:53
  rated
• 30:53
  free
• 30:53
  Europe
• 30:54
  and
• 30:54
  Radio
• 30:54
  Liberty,
• 30:55
  like
• 30:55
  the
• 30:55
  other
• 30:56
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• 30:56
  off
• 30:57
  from
• 30:57
  Voice
• 30:57
  of
• 30:58
  America
• 30:58
  into
• 30:58
  other
• 30:59
  parts
• 30:59
  of
• 30:59
  the
• 30:59
  world.
• 30:59
  I've
• 31:00
  listened
• 31:00
  to
• 31:00
  Voice
• 31:00
  of
• 31:01
  America
• 31:01
  when
• 31:01
  I'm
• 31:01
  overseas.
• 31:02
  I
• 31:02
  guess,
• 31:02
  like,
• 31:02
  I
• 31:03
  would
• 31:03
  describe
• 31:03
  it
• 31:03
  for
• 31:04
  anyone
• 31:04
  that
• 31:04
  hasn't
• 31:04
  listened
• 31:04
  to
• 31:05
  Voice
• 31:05
  of
• 31:05
  America
• 31:05
  as
• 31:06
  kind
• 31:06
  of
• 31:06
  like
• 31:06
  an
• 31:06
  NPR
• 31:07
  ish
• 31:08
  style.
• 31:08
  It's
• 31:08
  pretty,
• 31:09
  like
• 31:09
  dry,
• 31:10
  I
• 31:10
  would
• 31:10
  say.
• 31:10
  It's
• 31:11
  not
• 31:11
  like
• 31:11
  crazy,
• 31:12
  like
• 31:12
  pretty
• 31:12
  tries
• 31:13
  to
• 31:13
  be
• 31:13
  mainly
• 31:13
  factual
• 31:14
  and
• 31:14
  just
• 31:14
  report
• 31:14
  on
• 31:15
  news
• 31:15
  similar
• 31:15
  in
• 31:16
  a
• 31:16
  way
• 31:16
  to
• 31:16
  NPR
• 31:16
  does.
• 31:17
  It's
• 31:18
  funded
• 31:18
  by
• 31:18
  the
• 31:18
  federal
• 31:19
  government,
• 31:19
  but
• 31:20
  by
• 31:20
  law
• 31:20
  it
• 31:20
  has
• 31:21
  editorial
• 31:21
  independence
• 31:22
  from
• 31:22
  the
• 31:22
  government.
• 31:23
  It
• 31:23
  was
• 31:23
  the,
• 31:24
  the
• 31:24
  International
• 31:25
  Broadcasting
• 31:25
  act,
• 31:26
  that's
• 31:26
  the
• 31:26
  law
• 31:27
  that
• 31:27
  helped
• 31:27
  basically
• 31:28
  state
• 31:28
  that
• 31:28
  it
• 31:28
  had
• 31:29
  to
• 31:29
  focus
• 31:29
  on
• 31:30
  like
• 31:30
  fact,
• 31:30
  independent
• 31:31
  reporting
• 31:32
  without
• 31:32
  oversight
• 31:33
  from
• 31:33
  like
• 31:33
  specific
• 31:34
  government
• 31:34
  officials
• 31:34
  directing
• 31:35
  like
• 31:35
  what
• 31:35
  it
• 31:35
  is
• 31:35
  that
• 31:36
  they
• 31:36
  had
• 31:36
  to
• 31:36
  report
• 31:37
  on.
• 31:37
  But
• 31:38
  the
• 31:38
  reason
• 31:38
  I
• 31:39
  wanted
• 31:39
  to
• 31:39
  talk
• 31:39
  about
• 31:39
  this
• 31:39
  today
• 31:40
  was
• 31:40
  just
• 31:40
  because
• 31:42
  the
• 31:42
  Trump
• 31:42
  administration
• 31:43
  kind
• 31:43
  of
• 31:43
  took
• 31:43
  over.
• 31:44
  They
• 31:44
  appointed
• 31:45
  Carrie
• 31:45
  Lake.
• 31:46
  If
• 31:46
  you
• 31:46
  remember
• 31:47
  her,
• 31:47
  she
• 31:47
  was
• 31:47
  the
• 31:48
  Arizona.
• 31:48
  She
• 31:48
  kept
• 31:49
  running
• 31:49
  for
• 31:49
  senator
• 31:50
  in
• 31:50
  Arizona
• 31:51
  and
• 31:51
  kept
• 31:51
  claiming
• 31:52
  that
• 31:53
  the
• 31:53
  election
• 31:53
  was
• 31:53
  stolen
• 31:54
  from
• 31:54
  her
• 31:54
  every
• 31:55
  time,
• 31:55
  that
• 31:55
  she
• 31:56
  lost
• 31:56
  continually.
• 31:57
  She
• 31:57
  was
• 31:57
  very
• 31:58
  far
• 31:58
  right
• 31:58
  and
• 31:59
  too
• 31:59
  far
• 31:59
  right
• 31:59
  for
• 32:00
  Arizona
• 32:00
  to
• 32:00
  elect
• 32:00
  her.
• 32:01
  And
• 32:01
  so
• 32:01
  now
• 32:01
  she's
• 32:02
  been
• 32:02
  put
• 32:02
  in
• 32:02
  charge
• 32:03
  of
• 32:03
  Voice
• 32:03
  of
• 32:04
  America.
• 32:05
  Ed
• 32:05
  has
• 32:05
  been
• 32:06
  pretty
• 32:06
  open
• 32:06
  about
• 32:06
  that.
• 32:07
  Voice
• 32:07
  of
• 32:07
  America
• 32:08
  needs
• 32:08
  to
• 32:09
  align
• 32:09
  to
• 32:09
  the
• 32:09
  administration's
• 32:11
  beliefs,
• 32:11
  right?
• 32:12
  Like
• 32:12
  what
• 32:12
  the
• 32:12
  administration
• 32:13
  says
• 32:13
  and,
• 32:13
  and
• 32:14
  what
• 32:14
  the
• 32:14
  administration
• 32:14
  is
• 32:15
  posting.
• 32:15
  They
• 32:15
  should
• 32:15
  be
• 32:16
  talking
• 32:16
  more
• 32:16
  about
• 32:17
  how
• 32:17
  great
• 32:17
  America
• 32:18
  is
• 32:18
  and
• 32:19
  promoting
• 32:19
  American
• 32:20
  values,
• 32:21
  which,
• 32:22
  I
• 32:22
  mean,
• 32:23
  whose
• 32:23
  values?
• 32:24
  I'm
• 32:24
  assuming
• 32:24
  the
• 32:24
  administration
• 32:25
  values
• 32:26
  and
• 32:26
  their
• 32:27
  how
• 32:28
  they
• 32:28
  look
• 32:28
  at
• 32:28
  America.
• 32:29
  But
• 32:30
  anyway,
• 32:31
  just
• 32:31
  wanted
• 32:31
  to
• 32:31
  talk
• 32:31
  a
• 32:32
  little
• 32:32
  bit
• 32:32
  about
• 32:32
  Voice
• 32:33
  of
• 32:33
  America
• 32:34
  and
• 32:34
  it's
• 32:35
  kind
• 32:35
  of
• 32:35
  shutting
• 32:36
  down
• 32:36
  and
• 32:37
  taking
• 32:38
  that
• 32:38
  editorial
• 32:39
  oversight
• 32:40
  and
• 32:40
  really
• 32:40
  trying
• 32:40
  to
• 32:41
  make
• 32:41
  it
• 32:41
  be
• 32:42
  more
• 32:42
  of
• 32:42
  a
• 32:43
  direct
• 32:43
  propaganda
• 32:44
  arm
• 32:45
  for
• 32:45
  the,
• 32:45
  the
• 32:45
  current
• 32:46
  administration
• 32:47
  vice
• 32:47
  independent
• 32:48
  editorial
• 32:49
  organization
• 32:50
  that
• 32:51
  I
• 32:52
  think
• 32:52
  that
• 32:52
  the
• 32:53
  way
• 32:53
  that
• 32:53
  it
• 32:53
  was
• 32:53
  said
• 32:54
  to
• 32:54
  have
• 32:54
  stood
• 32:54
  up
• 32:55
  was
• 32:55
  to
• 32:55
  promote
• 32:55
  democracy.
• 32:57
  You
• 32:57
  know,
• 32:57
  we
• 32:57
  could
• 32:57
  talk
• 32:57
  a
• 32:58
  lot
• 32:58
  about
• 32:58
  what
• 32:58
  does
• 32:59
  that
• 32:59
  mean?
• 32:59
  And
• 33:00
  you
• 33:00
  know,
• 33:00
  what
• 33:00
  does
• 33:00
  democracy
• 33:01
  mean
• 33:01
  after
• 33:01
  World
• 33:01
  War
• 33:02
  II
• 33:02
  versus
• 33:02
  what
• 33:02
  does
• 33:02
  democracy
• 33:03
  mean
• 33:03
  promoting
• 33:04
  that
• 33:04
  today?
• 33:05
  So
• 33:05
  any
• 33:06
  thoughts
• 33:06
  on
• 33:06
  what
• 33:07
  I've
• 33:07
  said
• 33:07
  so
• 33:07
  far?
• 33:08
  Anything
• 33:08
  that
• 33:08
  we
• 33:08
  think
• 33:08
  is
• 33:09
  interesting
• 33:09
  to
• 33:09
  talk
• 33:09
  about
• 33:09
  here
• 33:10
  related
• 33:10
  to
• 33:10
  that.
• 33:11
  It's
• 33:11
  like
• 33:11
  another
• 33:11
  gutting
• 33:12
  of
• 33:13
  credibility,
• 33:13
  like
• 33:14
  US
• 33:14
  Credibility
• 33:15
  abroad,
• 33:15
  unfortunately.
• 33:17
  And
• 33:17
  I
• 33:17
  read
• 33:18
  another
• 33:18
  article
• 33:19
  that
• 33:19
  the
• 33:19
  Voice
• 33:20
  of
• 33:20
  America
• 33:20
  usually
• 33:22
  highlights
• 33:23
  activists
• 33:24
  and
• 33:24
  defectors
• 33:25
  and
• 33:25
  opposition
• 33:26
  leaders.
• 33:27
  And
• 33:27
  now
• 33:27
  of
• 33:28
  course
• 33:29
  not.
• 33:29
  And
• 33:30
  so
• 33:30
  it's
• 33:30
  Also
• 33:30
  kind
• 33:30
  of
• 33:30
  like
• 33:31
  silencing
• 33:32
  any
• 33:32
  other
• 33:33
  voice
• 33:34
  as
• 33:34
  well.
• 33:34
  And
• 33:34
  then
• 33:34
  also,
• 33:35
  Kerry
• 33:35
  Lake
• 33:35
  tried
• 33:36
  to.
• 33:36
  I
• 33:36
  don't
• 33:36
  know
• 33:37
  how
• 33:37
  to
• 33:37
  articulate
• 33:37
  this
• 33:37
  well,
• 33:38
  but
• 33:38
  the.
• 33:39
  They
• 33:39
  redirected
• 33:40
  it
• 33:40
  to,
• 33:40
  like,
• 33:40
  the
• 33:41
  oan.
• 33:41
  The,
• 33:42
  like,
• 33:42
  far
• 33:43
  right.
• 33:43
  I
• 33:44
  forget
• 33:44
  what
• 33:44
  that
• 33:44
  stands
• 33:44
  for.
• 33:45
  I
• 33:45
  just
• 33:45
  read
• 33:45
  oan.
• 33:46
  It's
• 33:46
  like,
• 33:46
  One
• 33:46
  America
• 33:47
  News
• 33:47
  or
• 33:47
  something.
• 33:47
  One
• 33:47
  America
• 33:48
  News.
• 33:48
  Yeah.
• 33:49
  Private
• 33:49
  organization.
• 33:50
  Yeah.
• 33:51
  Yeah.
• 33:51
  It's
• 33:52
  just
• 33:52
  like,
• 33:52
  all
• 33:52
  this
• 33:52
  and
• 33:52
  like,
• 33:52
  the.
• 33:53
  Yeah,
• 33:53
  it.
• 33:53
  It
• 33:54
  just
• 33:54
  seems
• 33:54
  like
• 33:54
  a
• 33:55
  horrible
• 33:55
  thing
• 33:55
  and
• 33:56
  how
• 33:56
  you
• 33:56
  said,
• 33:56
  like,
• 33:57
  it's
• 33:57
  set
• 33:57
  up
• 33:57
  for,
• 33:58
  you
• 33:58
  know,
• 33:58
  kind
• 33:58
  of
• 33:59
  like.
• 34:00
  I
• 34:00
  think
• 34:00
  it
• 34:01
  said,
• 34:01
  like,
• 34:01
  their
• 34:01
  charter
• 34:02
  was
• 34:02
  that
• 34:02
  they
• 34:02
  have
• 34:02
  to
• 34:02
  kind
• 34:02
  of,
• 34:03
  like,
• 34:03
  align
• 34:03
  with
• 34:03
  US
• 34:04
  Foreign
• 34:04
  policy,
• 34:05
  but
• 34:05
  to
• 34:05
  not
• 34:06
  be
• 34:06
  political
• 34:07
  and,
• 34:07
  like,
• 34:07
  promoting
• 34:08
  democracy.
• 34:09
  So
• 34:09
  it's.
• 34:10
  It's
• 34:10
  very
• 34:10
  strange.
• 34:11
  Yeah.
• 34:11
  I
• 34:12
  don't
• 34:12
  know
• 34:12
  a
• 34:12
  lot
• 34:12
  of
• 34:12
  nuances
• 34:13
  to
• 34:13
  it.
• 34:14
  And
• 34:14
  that's
• 34:14
  essentially
• 34:14
  what
• 34:15
  they're
• 34:15
  trying
• 34:15
  to
• 34:15
  claw
• 34:16
  back
• 34:16
  at
• 34:16
  this
• 34:16
  point.
• 34:17
  So
• 34:17
  essentially
• 34:17
  they
• 34:18
  can
• 34:18
  control
• 34:18
  and
• 34:18
  direct,
• 34:19
  you
• 34:19
  know,
• 34:19
  what
• 34:19
  it
• 34:19
  is
• 34:20
  that
• 34:20
  they're
• 34:20
  supposed
• 34:21
  to
• 34:21
  be
• 34:21
  reporting
• 34:21
  on
• 34:21
  or
• 34:21
  how
• 34:22
  they're
• 34:22
  reporting.
• 34:23
  Yeah.
• 34:23
  I
• 34:23
  don't
• 34:23
  know
• 34:23
  a
• 34:24
  whole
• 34:24
  lot
• 34:24
  about
• 34:24
  the
• 34:25
  history
• 34:26
  of
• 34:27
  Voice
• 34:27
  of
• 34:27
  America
• 34:28
  or
• 34:28
  anything.
• 34:28
  I
• 34:29
  posted
• 34:29
  a
• 34:29
  link
• 34:29
  in
• 34:29
  our
• 34:29
  chat
• 34:30
  just
• 34:30
  now
• 34:30
  because
• 34:30
  I
• 34:31
  know
• 34:31
  there's
• 34:31
  a
• 34:31
  person
• 34:31
  I
• 34:31
  follow
• 34:32
  on
• 34:32
  TikTok,
• 34:33
  Madeline
• 34:33
  Pendleton,
• 34:34
  and
• 34:34
  she
• 34:34
  has
• 34:34
  a
• 34:34
  podcast
• 34:35
  about
• 34:35
  propaganda
• 34:36
  and
• 34:36
  everything.
• 34:36
  She's
• 34:37
  done
• 34:37
  a
• 34:37
  lot
• 34:37
  of
• 34:37
  deep
• 34:38
  dives
• 34:38
  on
• 34:39
  Radio
• 34:39
  Free
• 34:40
  Asia
• 34:40
  and
• 34:40
  Radio
• 34:41
  Free
• 34:41
  Europe
• 34:41
  and
• 34:42
  sort
• 34:42
  of
• 34:42
  U.S.
• 34:42
  propaganda
• 34:44
  abroad.
• 34:45
  And
• 34:46
  so
• 34:46
  if
• 34:46
  that's
• 34:46
  something
• 34:47
  we
• 34:47
  want
• 34:47
  to
• 34:47
  look
• 34:47
  more
• 34:47
  into,
• 34:48
  maybe
• 34:48
  her
• 34:48
  podcast
• 34:49
  would
• 34:49
  be
• 34:49
  a
• 34:49
  good
• 34:49
  reference
• 34:50
  for
• 34:50
  us
• 34:50
  to
• 34:51
  think
• 34:51
  about.
• 34:52
  Just
• 34:52
  in
• 34:52
  the
• 34:52
  context
• 34:53
  of
• 34:53
  global
• 34:53
  history,
• 34:54
  I'm
• 34:54
  very
• 34:55
  suspicious
• 34:55
  of
• 34:56
  any
• 34:56
  imperial
• 34:57
  power,
• 34:57
  like
• 34:58
  the
• 34:58
  US
• 34:58
  or
• 34:58
  any
• 34:59
  other
• 34:59
  imperial
• 34:59
  power
• 35:00
  that
• 35:00
  wants
• 35:00
  to
• 35:00
  have
• 35:00
  a
• 35:01
  global
• 35:01
  media
• 35:01
  operation
• 35:03
  aligned
• 35:03
  with
• 35:03
  their
• 35:03
  foreign
• 35:04
  policy.
• 35:04
  Like,
• 35:05
  there
• 35:05
  may
• 35:05
  be
• 35:05
  some
• 35:06
  good
• 35:06
  news
• 35:06
  that
• 35:06
  gets
• 35:07
  produced
• 35:07
  within
• 35:07
  that,
• 35:08
  but
• 35:08
  the
• 35:09
  overall
• 35:09
  context
• 35:10
  of
• 35:10
  the
• 35:10
  mission
• 35:10
  seems
• 35:11
  very
• 35:11
  much
• 35:12
  like,
• 35:13
  I
• 35:13
  don't
• 35:13
  know,
• 35:14
  a
• 35:14
  country
• 35:14
  that
• 35:15
  maintains
• 35:16
  a
• 35:16
  Jim
• 35:16
  Crow
• 35:17
  South.
• 35:18
  Publishing
• 35:18
  stuff
• 35:19
  about
• 35:19
  democracy
• 35:20
  around
• 35:20
  the
• 35:20
  world
• 35:20
  feels
• 35:21
  pretty
• 35:21
  hypocritical
• 35:22
  to
• 35:22
  me,
• 35:22
  you
• 35:22
  know,
• 35:23
  and
• 35:23
  that's
• 35:23
  sort
• 35:24
  of
• 35:24
  the
• 35:24
  context
• 35:25
  in
• 35:25
  which
• 35:25
  this
• 35:25
  arose.
• 35:26
  So.
• 35:27
  Yeah.
• 35:27
  Just
• 35:28
  seems
• 35:28
  very
• 35:29
  messy.
• 35:29
  And,
• 35:29
  yeah,
• 35:29
  I'm
• 35:30
  not
• 35:30
  saying
• 35:30
  that,
• 35:30
  like,
• 35:31
  it's
• 35:31
  not
• 35:31
  worth
• 35:32
  doing
• 35:32
  anything
• 35:33
  about
• 35:33
  or
• 35:33
  worrying
• 35:33
  about
• 35:34
  or
• 35:34
  whatever,
• 35:34
  but
• 35:35
  I
• 35:36
  don't
• 35:36
  know.
• 35:36
  Suspicious
• 35:37
  of
• 35:37
  the
• 35:37
  history
• 35:38
  and
• 35:38
  also
• 35:38
  suspicious
• 35:39
  of
• 35:39
  how
• 35:39
  the
• 35:39
  Trump
• 35:39
  administration
• 35:40
  is
• 35:40
  using
• 35:40
  it
• 35:41
  now,
• 35:41
  and
• 35:41
  just
• 35:42
  suspicious
• 35:43
  all
• 35:43
  around.
• 35:44
  And
• 35:44
  I
• 35:44
  think
• 35:44
  that's
• 35:45
  fair.
• 35:45
  Like,
• 35:45
  I
• 35:46
  also
• 35:46
  think,
• 35:46
  like,
• 35:46
  it's.
• 35:47
  If
• 35:47
  you're.
• 35:47
  I
• 35:48
  guess
• 35:48
  it
• 35:48
  comes
• 35:48
  to
• 35:48
  the.
• 35:49
  What
• 35:49
  are
• 35:49
  the
• 35:49
  forms
• 35:50
  of
• 35:50
  propaganda?
• 35:51
  Like,
• 35:51
  going
• 35:51
  back
• 35:51
  to,
• 35:52
  like,
• 35:52
  what
• 35:52
  are
• 35:52
  those
• 35:52
  forms
• 35:52
  of
• 35:53
  propaganda
• 35:53
  that
• 35:53
  we've
• 35:54
  talked
• 35:54
  about,
• 35:54
  like,
• 35:55
  if
• 35:55
  it's
• 35:55
  the
• 35:56
  deceptive,
• 35:56
  like
• 35:56
  trying
• 35:57
  to
• 35:57
  break
• 35:57
  down
• 35:58
  democratic
• 35:59
  norms
• 35:59
  or
• 36:00
  whatnot,
• 36:00
  or
• 36:00
  using
• 36:00
  that
• 36:01
  against
• 36:01
  the
• 36:01
  institution's
• 36:02
  original
• 36:02
  intent
• 36:03
  and
• 36:03
  trying
• 36:04
  to
• 36:04
  do
• 36:04
  that
• 36:05
  versus
• 36:06
  propaganda
• 36:06
  that's
• 36:07
  trying
• 36:07
  to
• 36:07
  prop
• 36:07
  up
• 36:07
  and
• 36:08
  promote
• 36:08
  democratic
• 36:09
  norms.
• 36:10
  Hypocritical,
• 36:11
  for
• 36:11
  sure.
• 36:12
  Right.
• 36:12
  With
• 36:12
  the
• 36:13
  context
• 36:13
  of
• 36:13
  the
• 36:13
  United
• 36:14
  States
• 36:14
  to
• 36:14
  be
• 36:14
  promoting
• 36:15
  democracy
• 36:16
  and
• 36:17
  not
• 36:17
  necessarily
• 36:17
  having
• 36:18
  that
• 36:18
  for
• 36:18
  all
• 36:18
  of
• 36:18
  its
• 36:19
  citizens
• 36:19
  back
• 36:19
  at
• 36:19
  home
• 36:20
  immediately
• 36:20
  after
• 36:21
  World
• 36:21
  War
• 36:21
  II,
• 36:22
  but
• 36:22
  at
• 36:23
  the
• 36:23
  same
• 36:23
  time
• 36:23
  is
• 36:23
  promoting
• 36:24
  democracy.
• 36:24
  If
• 36:25
  you're
• 36:25
  actually
• 36:26
  promoting,
• 36:26
  like,
• 36:27
  a
• 36:28
  democratic
• 36:28
  state,
• 36:28
  not
• 36:29
  like
• 36:29
  the
• 36:29
  United
• 36:30
  States,
• 36:30
  but
• 36:30
  the
• 36:30
  concept
• 36:31
  of
• 36:31
  democracy.
• 36:31
  If
• 36:32
  you're
• 36:32
  actually
• 36:32
  promoting
• 36:33
  the
• 36:33
  concept
• 36:33
  of
• 36:33
  democracy
• 36:34
  and
• 36:34
  not
• 36:34
  like
• 36:34
  capitalism
• 36:35
  tied
• 36:35
  to
• 36:35
  democracy,
• 36:36
  can
• 36:36
  you
• 36:36
  still
• 36:36
  get
• 36:37
  good
• 36:37
  out
• 36:37
  of
• 36:37
  that?
• 36:37
  I
• 36:38
  think
• 36:38
  so.
• 36:38
  Like,
• 36:39
  I,
• 36:40
  I
• 36:40
  guess
• 36:40
  you.
• 36:40
  It
• 36:40
  would
• 36:40
  have
• 36:41
  to
• 36:41
  be
• 36:41
  a
• 36:41
  lot
• 36:41
  of
• 36:41
  deep
• 36:42
  dive
• 36:42
  into
• 36:42
  what
• 36:42
  is
• 36:42
  actually
• 36:43
  being
• 36:43
  broadcast
• 36:44
  from
• 36:44
  Voice
• 36:44
  of
• 36:44
  America
• 36:44
  in
• 36:45
  the
• 36:45
  different
• 36:45
  areas
• 36:45
  to
• 36:45
  really
• 36:45
  get
• 36:46
  a
• 36:46
  good
• 36:46
  view
• 36:46
  of
• 36:46
  that.
• 36:46
  But
• 36:47
  yeah,
• 36:48
  that's
• 36:48
  my
• 36:48
  main
• 36:48
  question,
• 36:49
  I
• 36:49
  guess,
• 36:49
  is
• 36:49
  when
• 36:50
  we
• 36:50
  say
• 36:50
  that
• 36:50
  it's
• 36:51
  promoting
• 36:51
  democracy,
• 36:52
  what
• 36:52
  are
• 36:52
  they
• 36:52
  saying
• 36:52
  about,
• 36:53
  like,
• 36:53
  are
• 36:53
  they
• 36:54
  defining
• 36:54
  democracy,
• 36:55
  explaining
• 36:55
  how
• 36:55
  to
• 36:55
  set
• 36:56
  up
• 36:56
  a
• 36:56
  free
• 36:56
  and
• 36:56
  fair
• 36:56
  election?
• 36:57
  Are
• 36:58
  they,
• 36:58
  you
• 36:58
  know,
• 36:59
  promoting
• 36:59
  these
• 37:00
  actual
• 37:00
  democratic
• 37:00
  processes?
• 37:01
  Or.
• 37:02
  Yeah.
• 37:02
  Are
• 37:03
  they,
• 37:03
  you
• 37:03
  know,
• 37:04
  paving
• 37:04
  the
• 37:05
  way
• 37:05
  for
• 37:05
  US
• 37:05
  Corporations
• 37:06
  to
• 37:07
  come
• 37:07
  in
• 37:07
  and
• 37:07
  take
• 37:08
  over
• 37:08
  things?
• 37:08
  I
• 37:08
  don't
• 37:09
  know,
• 37:09
  because
• 37:09
  it's
• 37:09
  also.
• 37:10
  Is
• 37:10
  just
• 37:10
  historically
• 37:12
  taking
• 37:12
  place
• 37:13
  at
• 37:13
  the
• 37:13
  same
• 37:13
  time
• 37:14
  after.
• 37:15
  There's
• 37:15
  a
• 37:15
  really
• 37:16
  good
• 37:16
  clip
• 37:17
  of
• 37:17
  Noam
• 37:17
  Chomsky
• 37:18
  given
• 37:18
  an
• 37:19
  interview
• 37:20
  back
• 37:20
  in
• 37:20
  the
• 37:20
  day
• 37:20
  where
• 37:21
  somebody
• 37:21
  was
• 37:21
  like,
• 37:22
  somebody
• 37:22
  had
• 37:23
  asked
• 37:23
  him.
• 37:23
  The
• 37:23
  interviewer's
• 37:24
  like,
• 37:24
  you
• 37:24
  once
• 37:24
  said
• 37:25
  that
• 37:25
  every
• 37:25
  US
• 37:25
  president
• 37:26
  after
• 37:27
  World
• 37:27
  War
• 37:27
  II
• 37:28
  would
• 37:28
  get
• 37:29
  charged
• 37:29
  under
• 37:30
  the
• 37:30
  Nuremberg
• 37:31
  Laws
• 37:31
  for
• 37:32
  war
• 37:32
  crimes.
• 37:33
  Can
• 37:33
  you
• 37:33
  defend
• 37:33
  that?
• 37:34
  Can
• 37:34
  we
• 37:34
  just
• 37:34
  go
• 37:34
  through
• 37:34
  the
• 37:35
  list
• 37:35
  of
• 37:35
  all
• 37:35
  the
• 37:36
  US
• 37:36
  presidents
• 37:36
  since
• 37:37
  World
• 37:37
  War
• 37:37
  II,
• 37:37
  and
• 37:37
  Noam
• 37:38
  Chomsky
• 37:39
  goes
• 37:39
  through
• 37:39
  every
• 37:39
  single
• 37:40
  president
• 37:40
  since
• 37:40
  World
• 37:41
  War
• 37:41
  II
• 37:41
  and
• 37:41
  lists
• 37:41
  all
• 37:42
  the
• 37:42
  war
• 37:42
  crimes
• 37:42
  they've
• 37:42
  committed,
• 37:43
  all
• 37:43
  the
• 37:43
  democracies
• 37:44
  they've
• 37:44
  overthrown,
• 37:45
  all
• 37:45
  the,
• 37:45
  you
• 37:46
  know,
• 37:46
  all
• 37:46
  the
• 37:47
  atrocities
• 37:47
  they've
• 37:48
  supported
• 37:48
  or
• 37:48
  manufactured
• 37:49
  abroad.
• 37:51
  And
• 37:51
  it
• 37:51
  just
• 37:52
  makes
• 37:52
  it
• 37:52
  really
• 37:53
  hard
• 37:54
  to
• 37:54
  trust
• 37:54
  anything
• 37:55
  that
• 37:55
  the
• 37:55
  government
• 37:57
  that,
• 37:57
  that
• 37:57
  government
• 37:57
  would
• 37:58
  also,
• 37:58
  you
• 37:58
  know,
• 37:58
  if
• 37:59
  that
• 37:59
  government
• 37:59
  is
• 37:59
  promoting
• 38:00
  narratives
• 38:00
  about
• 38:01
  democracy
• 38:01
  and
• 38:01
  at
• 38:02
  the
• 38:02
  same
• 38:02
  time
• 38:02
  overthrowing
• 38:03
  democracies
• 38:04
  with
• 38:05
  financing
• 38:05
  or
• 38:06
  directly
• 38:06
  supporting
• 38:06
  coups
• 38:07
  in
• 38:07
  this
• 38:07
  or
• 38:07
  that
• 38:07
  country.
• 38:08
  Like,
• 38:09
  what
• 38:09
  are
• 38:09
  they
• 38:10
  actually
• 38:10
  saying
• 38:10
  on
• 38:10
  the
• 38:10
  radio
• 38:11
  about
• 38:11
  democracy?
• 38:12
  That
• 38:12
  would,
• 38:12
  that
• 38:13
  would
• 38:13
  be
• 38:13
  where
• 38:13
  we
• 38:14
  would
• 38:14
  need
• 38:14
  to
• 38:14
  go.
• 38:15
  That's.
• 38:16
  That's
• 38:16
  a
• 38:16
  lot
• 38:16
  of
• 38:16
  deep
• 38:17
  dive
• 38:17
  to
• 38:17
  actually
• 38:17
  get
• 38:17
  into
• 38:18
  those
• 38:18
  radio
• 38:18
  programs,
• 38:19
  what
• 38:19
  they've
• 38:19
  said.
• 38:20
  Yeah,
• 38:21
  it
• 38:21
  was
• 38:21
  interesting.
• 38:21
  Like,
• 38:22
  where
• 38:22
  my
• 38:22
  head
• 38:22
  started
• 38:23
  going
• 38:23
  with
• 38:23
  that
• 38:23
  is
• 38:23
  like,
• 38:24
  it's
• 38:24
  difficult
• 38:25
  when
• 38:25
  you've
• 38:25
  got,
• 38:25
  like,
• 38:26
  this
• 38:27
  thing
• 38:27
  that
• 38:28
  most
• 38:29
  Americans
• 38:29
  probably
• 38:29
  have
• 38:29
  no
• 38:30
  idea,
• 38:30
  like,
• 38:30
  about
• 38:31
  Voice
• 38:31
  of
• 38:31
  America
• 38:31
  or
• 38:32
  what
• 38:32
  it
• 38:32
  does,
• 38:32
  or
• 38:33
  even,
• 38:33
  like,
• 38:33
  have
• 38:34
  never
• 38:34
  listened
• 38:35
  to
• 38:35
  it.
• 38:35
  And
• 38:35
  yet,
• 38:35
  you
• 38:35
  know,
• 38:36
  we're
• 38:36
  spending
• 38:36
  money
• 38:36
  to
• 38:37
  push
• 38:37
  this
• 38:38
  overseas.
• 38:38
  It's
• 38:38
  almost
• 38:39
  like
• 38:39
  two
• 38:39
  different
• 38:39
  things
• 38:39
  I'm
• 38:40
  thinking
• 38:40
  about.
• 38:40
  Or
• 38:40
  like,
• 38:40
  you
• 38:41
  could
• 38:41
  make
• 38:41
  the
• 38:41
  argument
• 38:42
  around
• 38:42
  Voice
• 38:42
  of
• 38:42
  America
• 38:43
  in
• 38:43
  general.
• 38:43
  Like,
• 38:43
  should
• 38:44
  we
• 38:44
  have
• 38:44
  a
• 38:44
  state
• 38:44
  sponsored
• 38:45
  media
• 38:45
  apparatus
• 38:46
  globally?
• 38:47
  But
• 38:48
  then
• 38:48
  the
• 38:48
  other
• 38:48
  argument
• 38:49
  that
• 38:49
  I'm
• 38:49
  thinking
• 38:49
  of
• 38:50
  is
• 38:50
  more
• 38:50
  just
• 38:50
  like
• 38:51
  taking
• 38:52
  that
• 38:52
  from
• 38:53
  a
• 38:54
  supposedly
• 38:55
  independent
• 38:56
  organization
• 38:57
  and
• 38:57
  turning
• 38:58
  it
• 38:58
  into
• 38:59
  a
• 39:00
  deliberate
• 39:01
  propaganda
• 39:01
  arm.
• 39:02
  Like,
• 39:02
  that's
• 39:03
  like,
• 39:03
  I
• 39:03
  don't
• 39:04
  know.
• 39:04
  You
• 39:04
  said
• 39:04
  mask
• 39:04
  off
• 39:05
  earlier.
• 39:05
  The
• 39:05
  same
• 39:05
  thing.
• 39:06
  Like,
• 39:06
  I
• 39:06
  guess
• 39:06
  it's
• 39:06
  like.
• 39:06
  It's
• 39:07
  just
• 39:07
  not
• 39:07
  even
• 39:07
  like,
• 39:07
  trying
• 39:08
  to,
• 39:08
  like,
• 39:08
  hide
• 39:08
  anything
• 39:09
  anymore.
• 39:09
  There's
• 39:09
  no
• 39:10
  subterfuge
• 39:10
  here.
• 39:11
  It's
• 39:11
  like,
• 39:12
  this
• 39:12
  is
• 39:12
  Voice
• 39:12
  of
• 39:12
  America
• 39:13
  and
• 39:13
  we
• 39:13
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• 39:13
  to
• 39:13
  align
• 39:14
  it
• 39:14
  to
• 39:14
  the
• 39:14
  administration's
• 39:15
  goals.
• 39:15
  Right.
• 39:16
  Like,
• 39:16
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• 39:17
  kind
• 39:17
  of
• 39:17
  where
• 39:17
  my
• 39:17
  head's
• 39:18
  going
• 39:18
  with
• 39:18
  that,
• 39:18
  if
• 39:18
  that
• 39:19
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• 39:19
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• 39:25
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  be
• 40:08
  ours.
• 40:09
  Veritas
• 40:10
  Press
• 40:10
  is
• 40:10
  a
• 40:10
  proud
• 40:10
  partner
• 40:11
  of
• 40:11
  Liberty
• 40:11
  Institute.
• 40:12
  Alternatives
• 40:12
  subject
• 40:13
  to
• 40:13
  abrupt
• 40:13
  redaction
• 40:14
  includes
• 40:14
  trace
• 40:14
  amounts
• 40:15
  of
• 40:15
  nostalgia
• 40:15
  and
• 40:15
  brain
• 40:16
  melt.
• 40:23
  Anything
• 40:24
  else
• 40:24
  we
• 40:24
  want
• 40:24
  to
• 40:25
  talk
• 40:25
  about
• 40:25
  today?
• 40:26
  As
• 40:26
  far
• 40:26
  as
• 40:26
  this
• 40:26
  stuff
• 40:27
  goes?
• 40:27
  No.
• 40:28
  That
• 40:29
  guy
• 40:29
  who
• 40:29
  fell
• 40:29
  as.
• 40:30
  Who
• 40:30
  claims
• 40:30
  to
• 40:30
  have
• 40:31
  fallen
• 40:31
  asleep
• 40:31
  for
• 40:32
  this
• 40:32
  vote.
• 40:33
  Someone
• 40:34
  claimed
• 40:34
  to
• 40:34
  fallen
• 40:35
  asleep
• 40:35
  for
• 40:35
  the
• 40:35
  vote?
• 40:36
  Yeah,
• 40:37
  yeah,
• 40:37
  he,
• 40:37
  like,
• 40:38
  missed,
• 40:38
  like,
• 40:38
  is
• 40:38
  some
• 40:39
  Republican
• 40:41
  House
• 40:41
  guy
• 40:41
  and
• 40:42
  like,
• 40:42
  oh,
• 40:42
  I
• 40:43
  fell
• 40:43
  asleep
• 40:43
  for
• 40:43
  the
• 40:43
  first
• 40:44
  vote
• 40:44
  and
• 40:44
  I
• 40:44
  missed.
• 40:45
  You
• 40:45
  know,
• 40:46
  it's
• 40:46
  just
• 40:46
  like
• 40:46
  such.
• 40:48
  You
• 40:48
  got
• 40:48
  one
• 40:49
  job
• 40:50
  just
• 40:50
  to
• 40:50
  vote
• 40:50
  on
• 40:50
  shit.
• 40:51
  Yeah.
• 40:52
  Only
• 40:53
  two
• 40:53
  Republicans
• 40:54
  sided
• 40:54
  with
• 40:55
  Democrats,
• 40:56
  you
• 40:56
  know,
• 40:56
  and
• 40:57
  voted
• 40:57
  no.
• 40:58
  Went
• 40:58
  from,
• 40:59
  what
• 40:59
  was
• 40:59
  it,
• 40:59
  like
• 40:59
  24
• 41:00
  down
• 41:00
  to
• 41:00
  down
• 41:01
  to
• 41:01
  2.
• 41:01
  Something
• 41:01
  like
• 41:02
  that.
• 41:03
  Okay,
• 41:03
  well,
• 41:04
  that
• 41:04
  will
• 41:04
  close
• 41:04
  it
• 41:04
  out
• 41:05
  for
• 41:05
  the
• 41:05
  week.
• 41:06
  Coming
• 41:06
  up
• 41:06
  on
• 41:06
  Thursday,
• 41:07
  we
• 41:08
  will
• 41:08
  have
• 41:08
  our
• 41:09
  part
• 41:09
  four
• 41:09
  of
• 41:11
  our
• 41:11
  disinformation
• 41:12
  deep
• 41:12
  dive
• 41:13
  series
• 41:13
  to
• 41:13
  close
• 41:14
  that
• 41:14
  out.
• 41:15
  So
• 41:15
  we'll
• 41:15
  finally
• 41:16
  get
• 41:16
  that
• 41:16
  to
• 41:16
  you
• 41:17
  and.
• 41:18
  Yeah,
• 41:18
  I
• 41:18
  think
• 41:18
  that's
• 41:18
  it.
• 41:25
  That's
• 41:25
  it
• 41:25
  for
• 41:25
  this
• 41:26
  week's
• 41:26
  episode.
• 41:26
  Thanks
• 41:27
  so
• 41:27
  much
• 41:27
  for
• 41:27
  listening
• 41:27
  and
• 41:28
  hanging
• 41:28
  out
• 41:28
  with
• 41:28
  us.
• 41:29
  If
• 41:29
  you
• 41:29
  enjoy
• 41:29
  the
• 41:29
  show,
• 41:30
  help
• 41:30
  us
• 41:30
  spread
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• 41:30
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• 41:31
  Leave
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• 41:33
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• 41:33
  friends,
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  family,
• 41:34
  or
• 41:34
  anyone
• 41:34
  you
• 41:35
  think
• 41:35
  would
• 41:35
  get
• 41:35
  something
• 41:35
  out
• 41:36
  of
• 41:36
  these
• 41:36
  conversations.
• 41:37
  Your
• 41:37
  ratings,
• 41:38
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• 41:38
  and
• 41:39
  shares
• 41:39
  help
• 41:39
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• 41:40
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• 41:40
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• 41:40
  And
• 41:40
  the
• 41:41
  more
• 41:41
  people
• 41:41
  listening,
• 41:42
  the
• 41:42
  harder
• 41:42
  it
• 41:42
  is
• 41:43
  for
• 41:43
  Propaganda
• 41:43
  to
• 41:44
  win.
• 41:44
  So
• 41:44
  until
• 41:45
  next
• 41:45
  time,
• 41:46
  stay
• 41:46
  aware,
• 41:47
  stay.
• 41:47
  Safe,
• 41:48
  and
• 41:48
  remember,
• 41:49
  Propaganda
• 41:50
  loves
• 41:50
  you.
• 41:58
  Sam.