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speech:
we all we all um have busy lives and
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it's hard to make ends meet and it feels
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a little desperate here in the United
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States today whether you're just
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starting your life like so many young
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people or are holding on for dear life
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as so many older folks are doing here
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now i think that's the way a lot of
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people all over the USA are feeling
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right now we're holding on for dear life
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that's the way the immigrant families
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who are being torn apart are feeling
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that's the way the businesses who rely
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on those immigrant families for
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workforce or for customers are feeling
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and that's the way the blue collar folks
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all over the country are feeling that's
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the way the moms who are doing the
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grocery shopping are feeling and that's
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the way the families who love people who
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are sick and ill or dying of cancer or
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in the hospital worried that their
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insurance is going to be cancelled are
feeling
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i know that's how I feel
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when I look at my phone or the news at
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the world around me
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we're holding on for dear life
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and what's dear to us about being alive
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what's dear to me is a feeling of calm
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and peace and safety what's dear to me
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is my health and my family and my
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friends and my work and my neighbors and
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my community and all the different
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beautiful people of this country that's
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what's dear to me that's what's dear to
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us you might have forgotten that
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and what's dear to me is this democracy
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and this feeling of togetherness and
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unity and brotherly and sisterly love
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and respect and care for one another
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that this movement is engendering in all
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of us today
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i'm here because no matter how messy the
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founding fathers of this nation how
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messy the founding fathers fathers of
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this nation may have been when we got we
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got one thing right we wanted a nation
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for the people by the people that made
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each man woman and child equal no matter
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what race or religion or anything else
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used to divide us as people
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and that we would rule by the belief and
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trust in one another
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that we didn't want to be ruled by a
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king or a monarch or a dictator or a
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supreme leader or some crappy ass CEO
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that sucked
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we hated that that's why we came to
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America
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we literally started a whole new country
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based on the simple idea of no kings
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and it was that that that idea that
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brought most of us here unless you're an
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American native or a Mexican to this
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country
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we built this country strictly on the no
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kings rule my country my body or my bank
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policy
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that and the simple notion that you
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can't be arrested and tossed into a
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dungeon or a detention center or a
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concentration camp or some damn basement
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without a fair trial
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we don't with that
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sadly today Donald Trump and the
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administration of billionaires crackpots
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and ice brigades
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have taken over
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we have a king and his court and his
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beige henchmen and their trampling on
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our rights and our laws and our freedoms
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making themselves richer with taxpayer
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dollars and making us less safe with
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their love of other kings and dictators
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and the likes of Putin and Netanyahu and
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King Jong of the world
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[Music]
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while Trump today is blowing $45 million
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of our tax money on his kingly dictators
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military birthday bash in our nation's
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capital we are gathering here by the
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hundreds of thousands in locations of
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thousands around the USA and the world
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in the spirit of our founding fathers in
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the spirit of our founding fathers and
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our brothers and sisters of the Boston
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Tea Party
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we're patriots and we're lovers of
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democracy 
6 min vid CC
yt
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>> I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE
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TODAY WHO HAVE NEVER DONE THIS
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BEFORE.
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>> THE BLESSING OF THESE KINDS
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OF MOMENTS FOR ANY GROUP OF
PEOPLE IS THAT IT OPENS YOUR
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EYES. IT FORCES YOU OUT OF YOUR
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COMFORT ZONE. IT MAKES YOU
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APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT WE
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HAVE, THAT WE CHERISH, THAT WE
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LOVE, AND THOSE THINGS ARE EACH
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OTHER. THOSE THINGS ARE OUR
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COMMUNITIES. THOSE THINGS ARE
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THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS.
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>> INCREDIBLE EXPERIMENT.
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>> IN DEMOCRACY WORK. THAT'S
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WHAT. WE GET. TO EARN FROM THESE
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TERRIBLE TIMES. TRUMP IS. TRYING
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TO TAKE OUR FREEDOMS AWAY, SO.
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>> WE HAVE.
>> TO BE REMINDED OF WHAT THOSE
FREEDOMS ACTUALLY ARE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S.
>> GOING TO BE LIKE FOR PEOPLE
TO EXPERIENCE THIS PARADE IN DC
TONIGHT? WHAT MESSAGE IS IT
SENDING TO AMERICANS TO SEE
THEIR MILITARY USED IN THIS WAY?
:
>> IT'S A.
>> MESSAGE THAT THIS PRESIDENT.
DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ANY OF OUR
FOUNDING FATHERS PRINCIPLES. ONE
OF THE REASONS WE SEPARATED THE
MILITARY FROM THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH WAS BECAUSE WE WERE
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LEAVING COUNTRIES WHERE
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DICTATORS WERE USING THE
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MILITARY AGAINST THE PEOPLE.
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WE'RE SEEING AN ALREADY
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HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS
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SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE
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AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THE
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CONSTITUTION MEANS NOTHING. AND
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IT'S SPITTING, LITERALLY
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SPITTING ON OUR MILITARY MEMBERS
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AND THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY,
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WHICH.
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>> HAS BEEN TO.
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>> FIGHT FASCISM.
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>> AND DICTATORSHIP.
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>> THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING.
>> OF A MOVEMENT
IT'S A REIMAGINING OF WHAT THIS
COUNTRY MEANS TO PEOPLE, WHAT IT
SHOULD MEAN. THEY'RE POINTING
THE GUNS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
IT'S NOT THE IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE
TAKING ANYTHING. IT'S NOT THAT
THERE ISN'T ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE
IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S THAT
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THERE'S A FEW VERY, VERY, VERY,
VERY WEALTHY, POWERFUL PEOPLE
WHO ARE TAKING TOO MUCH. IT'S
THE BILLIONAIRES, AND IT'S THE
PEOPLE IN POWER THAT ARE TAKING
FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH
IS LEAVING US FEELING DESPERATE.
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THIS IS THE ANSWER TO THAT. THIS
IS THE REIMAGINATION OF AMERICA
AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF OUR
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET
ALL THE TIME, AND I KNOW STEPH
GETS ALL THE TIME AS A REPORTER
IS, YOU KNOW, WELL, WELL, HOW DO
WE REALLY KNOW IF WE'RE AT THE
PRECIPICE? WHEN DO WE KNOW THAT
NORMALIZATION HAS CREEPED IN?
HOW DO YOU WAKE UP AND KNOW
AUTHORITARIANISM IS HERE?
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:{:{>> WHEN A US SENATOR IS TACKLED}:
BY QUESTIONING THE HEAD OF
HOMELAND SECURITY IN A PRESS
CONFERENCE. PRESS CONFERENCE.
OKAY. WE'RE NOT IN THE HALLS OF
CONGRESS NOW. WE'RE IN A PRESS
CONFERENCE FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. WHEN A US SENATOR IS
TACKLED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE
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REPRESENTING HIS CONSTITUENCY
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WITH THE QUESTION TO THE
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HOMELAND SECURITY, WHO HAS
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INVADED THAT STATE WITH A
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MILITARY PRESENCE? YOU KNOW,
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YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS
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DICTATORSHIP. THAT'S A TURNING
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POINT. YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SEE
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MORE OF THAT HAPPEN. THIS THIS
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ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE TO
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OVERREACH, AND THIS WILL BE THE
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RESPONSE. WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE QUIET. WE
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LOVE EACH OTHER, AND WE REALIZE
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THAT WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY SO
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MUCH THAT WE'RE LEAVING OUR
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HOMES TODAY IN THE RAIN TO
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EXPRESS OUR FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE
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FOR THE PEOPLE HERE WHO MADE
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THIS PLACE. AND UNLESS YOU'RE A
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NATIVE AMERICAN OR A MEXICAN,
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YOU'RE AN IMMIGRANT. WE MADE
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THIS PLACE.
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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW
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YOU'VE BEEN DYING TO GET BACK
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OUT THERE WITH EVERYONE. I AM,
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SO I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO.
5:46
>> THANK YOU.
5:46
>> GOD BLESS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
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VOICE. THANK YOU.
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trying to take our freedoms so we need to be reminded what they are
we split for uk bc mil used vs ppl
reimagine what cty meaNS
GUNS PT IN WRoNG DIRECTIION, RICH TAKE TOO MUCH, leave us feeling desperate
reest dem primciples
how know coup? when us sen is tackled, heading fo dictator, only will see more
love cty so much leave homes in rain; NA or Mex, immigrants, we made this place god bless
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-we-re-not-going-to-be-quiet-actor-mark-ruffalo-joins-no-kings-protest-in-nyc-241670213578}:
Mark Ruffalo is invoking Marvel superheroes during demonstrations against Donald Trump.
At a protest in Bryant Park in New York City on Saturday — one of thousands of countrywide "No Kings" protests opposing Donald Trump's policies — the Hulk actor called on his fellow Americans to stand up for their beliefs.
"We're going to have to be brave if we want to be free," Ruffalo said during a speech at the protest. "Being brave for what we hold dear — our freedoms, our democracy, and each other — it's on us, guys. Literally, together, we're the Avengers now. No one's gonna come and save us, man. Americans unite."
“We're holding on for dear life and what's dear to us about being alive,...What's dear to me is the feeling of calm and peace and safety. What's dear to me is my health and my family and my friends and my work and my neighbors and my community and all the different beautiful people of this country."
Ruffalo added that he believes the United States was founded on the principle "that we didn't want to be ruled by a king, or a monarch, or a dictator, or a supreme leader, or some crappy-ass CEO," seemingly in reference to Trump's Wall Street career and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's recent influence on the federal government. "That sucked," Ruffalo said. "We hated that."
The Spotlight actor also called for Americans to uphold "the simple notion that you can't be arrested and tossed into a dungeon, or a detention center, or a concentration camp, or some damp basement without a fair trial," alluding to the escalated ICE raids and deportations under Trump's second administration. "We don't f--- with that," he added.
"Sadly, today Donald Trump and the administration of billionaires, crackpots, and ICE brigades have taken over," Ruffalo said. "We have a king and his court and his beige henchmen, and they're trampling on our rights and our laws and our freedoms, making themselves richer with taxpayer dollars and making us less safe with their love of other kings and dictators and the likes of [Vladimir] Putin and [Benjamin] Netanyahu and Kim Jong Un of the world."
The actor explained the inspiration for the protests' timing. "While Trump today is blowing $45 million of our tax money on his kingly dictator military birthday bash in our nation's capital, we are gathering here by the hundreds of thousands in locations of thousands around the USA and the world in the spirit of our founding fathers and our brothers and sisters of the Boston Tea Party," he said. "We're patriots, and we're lovers of democracy."
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no kings
celebs
- Mark Ruffalo
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Glenn Close
- Marisa Tomei
- Kerry Washington
- Ayo Edebiri
- Sarah Silverman
- Natasha Rothwell
- Susan Sarandon
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an 7 24
A controversial campaign tactic is backfiring on former President Donald Trump as powerful celebrities warn of an imminent authoritarian regime that could put an end to "recreational sex" as part of a "fascistic game plan," according to a new political analysis.
Actors Taraji P. Henson and Mark Ruffalo, and Last Week Tonight host John Oliver have managed a novel political feat this summer with warnings about Trump's potential return to the
White House: they've made millions of Americans care about campaign platforms, Salon reported Friday.
"Swing voters and people who aren't sure yet if they're going to vote are starting to hear about this 'Project 2025' — and they do not like it," writes columnist Amanda Marcotte.
"Trump's campaign likely went with scary-sounding names on purpose, both to thrill their sadistic foot soldiers and to cause liberals to react fearfully. But those monikers also make them memorable enough to break into the consciousness of people who aren't paying close attention."
Project 2025— a platform crafted by the Heritage Foundation whose president this week delivered veiled threats of bloody revolution — is described by Marcotte as "a laundry list of the far-right's most politically toxic ideas" that includes a nationwide abortion ban, mass federal firings and the dismantling of the Education department.
It was unusual for Trump's campaign to come forward with so blatant a policy shift, but not that surprising, writes Marcotte. She likens MAGA to a man who pinches a woman's butt at a bar then calls her hysterical when she reacts.
"Authoritarian thought leader Christopher Rufo is the most prominent example," says Marcotte. "He frequently speaks loudly of his machinations, such as boldly announcing on Twitter that the right is trying to take away birth control, claiming women should not have 'recreational sex.'"
The benefit, Marcotte argues, is that it fires up Trump's base while making his nay-sayers sound deranged — and she points as proof to one of the former president's favorite phrases: "Trump derangement syndrome."
There's just one problem, argues, Marcotte: It only works if Americans don't pay close attention.
"However, there are promising signs that people who aren't political junkies are starting to hear about Project 2025," writes Marcotte. "Even better, those folks aren't immediately dismissing it as progressive theatrics but may be genuinely alarmed."
Marcotte credits Henson and her viral speech at the BET Awards last weekend for the sudden focus on Trump's policy promises.
"The Project 2025 plan is not a game," Henson told viewers. "Look it up!"
Ruffalo shared Henson's speech on X and added, "Project 2025 is not a game, it’s white Christian nationalism. It is the Sharia Law of the “Christian” crazy people who aren’t Christian at all but want to control every aspect of your life."
The fact-checking team Snopes reports it has received a "flood" on inquiries about Project 2025 — which has begun to surge on Google Trends.
"One of the most telling signs that this is beginning to backfire on Trump, however, is the way the MAGA forces on social media are starting to freak out," Marcotte writes. "As Democratic activist and researcher Will Stancill pointed out, the MAGA people who pretend to be leftists to sow confusion online are busy at work trying to pretend Project 2025 is, uh, a Biden thing."
The freak out stems from the fear that Project 2025 could prove fatal to Trump's campaign, Marcotte concludes.
"Trump cannot win without a large percentage of voters backing him under the false belief he's 'not so bad,'" she writes. "The more they find out about what he intends to do in office, the more will have second thoughts about risking another Trump term."
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still no fed law, trump admin threat veto; mark ruffalo movie Dk waters
does not brk down in nature or ppl thus massive liability
FEBRUARY 15, 2020
Exposure
Environmental lawyer Robert Bilott chronicled his 20-year legal battle against DuPont.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?468718-10/exposure
pfos
https://www.invisiblehandfilm.com/
INVISIBLE HAND is a “paradigm shifting” documentary about the creation of ‘Rights of Nature.’ The defining battle of our times where nature, democracy and capitalism face off in rural America.
SHORT SYNOPSIS
Produced by award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo, INVISIBLE HAND takes you behind the curtain of the global economy where ‘Rights of Nature’ becomes “capitalism’s one true opponent.”
In the fall of 2014, for the first time in United States history, an ecosystem filed to defend itself in a lawsuit claiming its ‘right to exist' in Grant Township, Pennsylvania. For attempting such a radical act, Grant’s rural community of 700 people were sued by a corporation, then by the state government, and are now locked in a battle to defend the watershed they call home through civil disobedience. The water they drink, the Rights to Nature laws they've passed are all on the line in this exclusive story.
In Toledo, Ohio an earth-shattering vote was passed to enact the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR), granting personhood to international waters.
Half a continent away in Standing Rock, North Dakota, the same industry threatening Grant Twp. is using militarized force against indigenous tribes and allies fighting to protect Mother Earth.
Activists leaving Standing Rock are rejoined on the Pennsylvania and New York border where the Seneca Nation of Indians aligns with communities in the Triple Divide to stop radioactive fracking waste from entering Ohi:yo’ waters. Terry Pegula, owner of Buffalo Bills and Sabres, threatens to sue INVISIBLE HAND filmmakers and whoever continues to speak out about his oil and gas company and their efforts.
The four, Grant Township, Lake Erie Bill of Rights, Defend Oh:yo’ and Standing Rock, are joined in an international fight to protect more than just water. They fight for their community, democracy, and for Nature as a living entity unto itself.
In the end, "Who will speak for Nature?"
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https://www.investigativepost.org/2018/05/08/pegula-back-fracking-and-violating-regulations/
no lnx audio
Pegula back fracking – and violating regulations
By Jim Heaney
120 bernie gaining ground in Iowa? corp press ignores? nader et al see corp dem bias to ctr?
https://www.ecowatch.com/bernie-sanders-fracking-ban-2644992555.html
While Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has been in Washington this week for the impeachment trial, he has put forth two bills to help the environment.
On Tuesday, he pushed forward a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as The Hill reported. The bill, titled "A bill to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes," will go to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for review.
While the text of the bill is not yet available, Sen. Jeff Merkley from Oregon is a co-sponsor of the bill. On Thursday, Sanders tweeted that he also worked on the bill with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Darren Soto (D-Fla.), as The Hill reported.
"I don't mind if @MarkRuffalo spoils his own movies. But please, don't ruin the surprise of our new legislation with Rep. @AOC, @SenJeffMerkley and @RepDarrenSoto. I don't want the dirty fracking industry CEOs to know what hit them," wrote Sanders in his tweet, which embedded a video of the actor and activist, Mark Ruffalo, touting a potential federal ban on fracking.
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he bill drew support from several environmental activist organizations.
"Senator Sanders' bill names the problem and provides the only solution," Natalie Mebane, Associate Director of Policy at 350.org, said in a statement. "In order to avoid the worst of the climate crisis, we must rapidly transition off of fossil fuels, and end fracking and the dangerous pipelines that come with it."
The ban on fracking that Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren advocate has democrats concerned that such a policy could push Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state, to President Donald Trump in November.
"In Pennsylvania, you're talking hundreds of thousands of related jobs that would be — they would be unemployed overnight," said John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, to The New York Times. "Pennsylvania is a margin play. And an outright ban on fracking isn't a margin play."
Sanders not only introduced a ban on fracking. On Wednesday, he, along with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Ma), introduced The Preventing Future American Sickness (PFAS) Act, which takes aim at 'forever chemicals' polluting waterways, as The Hill reported.
As EcoWatch reported, a recent study from the Environmental Working Group found that toxic forever chemicals, or PFAS, are far more prevalent in drinking water than previously thought.
"As hundreds of communities across the country are dealing with toxic PFAS contamination in their drinking water," Sanders says in a statement put out by Food and Water Watch, "it is unconscionable that huge corporations like DuPont have, for decades, concealed evidence of how dangerous these compounds are in order to keep profiting at the expense of human health. Congress must pass this legislation to put an end to corporate stonewalling and criminal behavior and tackle this public health crisis. It is not a radical idea to demand that when people in the world's richest country turn on their taps, the water they drink is free of toxic chemicals."
The legislation would ban the chemicals from food packaging and ban the incineration of PFAS firefighting foam. It would also direct the Environmental Protection Agency to designate PFAS as hazardous under both the Clean Air and and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act — commonly called CERCLA or Superfund, as Common Dreams reported.
Labeling the chemicals as hazardous substances would force manufacturers to foot the bill for cleaning them up, according to The Hill.
"Every American—regardless of the color of their skin, their zip code, or their income—has the right to be free from exposure to a slew of carcinogens and hazardous chemicals," said Merkley, as Common Dreams reported. "But millions of people are ingesting dangerous PFAS chemicals against their will through the air they breathe, the water they drink, and the food they eat. Congress needs to come together to put the health of our communities above the wish lists of American's biggest polluters, and that means establishing and enforcing chemical standards that protect Americans from PFAS substances."
Both bills face an uncertain future in a Republican-controlled senate. Even if they did get through the Senate, Trump has said he would veto them, as Common Dreams reported.
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http://ecowatch.com/2015/06/12/mark-ruffalo-jon-stewart-renewables
Mark Ruffalo was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. The interview kicked off promoting his latest movie, Infinitely Polar Bear.After a funny debate about a hypothetical battle between Hulk and Superman, Ruffalo took the opportunity to discuss some other things that are on his mind.
Ruffalo, who was been an environmental champion for years, helped to ban fracking in New York state and is a huge advocate of renewable energy. So, he took some time on The Daily Show to talk about his organizations Water Defense and The Solutions Project, and how he is backing Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson in his campaign to ditch fossil fuels and go 100 percent renewable by 2050 in every state in the U.S. The 50-state plan is posted on The Solutions Project website.
Check out the interview here: