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For this is Rumble with Michael 
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trying to find some duck music 
songs about ducks. 

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In honor of the lame duck 
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over, but there's the best I 
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I did find some good duck calls,
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Lots of good. 
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want to go look for it. 
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that here in just a couple 
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What the Senate and the house 
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remaining 43 days or so, where 
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when you're voting on a bill or 
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called Mike's midterm tsunami. 
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website, Michael more.com, it's 
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We want to get through the 
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though I feel very confident 
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be re-elected, he needs our help
people of Georgia, need our help

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and we need to do everything we 
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So you know all the methods, all
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Now in terms of phone calls, 
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sending them a check. 
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what you can do. 
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Tired, the election is over, but
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December 6th and the state of 
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now, but we don't want to go 
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here, right? 
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gave stepping down as the leader
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She's going to stay in the 
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Very, beautiful speech. 
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Not all of it because again of 
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raise the minimum wage, we 
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with Paid Family. 
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that we still hope to do 
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We believe me, you know, where 
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A lot of it, It historians. 
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that no president in their first
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of what took place yet. 
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behind and this week just days 
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going to actually control the 
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from New York and the Democratic
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Senate. 
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talking behind the scenes with a
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Republicans to join the 50 
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Supreme Court decision, making 
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happened, back in the Supreme 
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never took it up and never 
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of the land. 
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decisions is a court decision, 
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it. 
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that, you know, they won't be 
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the process of doing that. 
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period of time between the 
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later, and in this case, it's 
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until the 118th Congress, is 
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where we have a majority of the 
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majority of the House Seats. 
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Rings of power here, which means
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Consign. 
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It's legal and it's been done by
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through our history. 
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last six weeks to months to get 
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And what I want to do to hear 
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at at the bills that I think 
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passed in the next 40 plus days.
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117th Congress, because once 
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I had to be reintroduced and 
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Some incredible legislation and 
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the Senate. 
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difficult time on doing this 
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the new congress with these few 
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barely in charge of the house. 
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to pass a bill President Biden 
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She's not allow any of them to 
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us right now and we should act 
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Now, our history is, you know, 
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Democrats, whatever our history 
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takes work. 
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Republicans getting angry and 
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everything. 
And so what we legally, hold all

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the power right now, and we 
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And most of already been passed 
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go through all hearings and 
everything that they've been 

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passed. 
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in a line over on the Senate 
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or down on, whether or not to 
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land, and I say, that's what we 
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That's how we spend these 43 
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Let's do this. 
Now, why put it off, why risk 

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it? 
some of these take like I said, 

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60 votes to pass in the Senate 
because we've got the stupid 

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filibuster but Why not give it a
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If we'd listened to all the 
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shot at preventing the Red Wave,
the Republican Landslide of 

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2022. 
We never would have done any of 

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the work we did to stop that 
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So while we're on a roll, let's 
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Let's keep this going. 
So I realize some of these 

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things on this list. 
There are a long shot but call 

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me crazy. 
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If we do, the Chuck Schumer way 
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that he did over the past week. 
Getting same-sex marriage, 

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Making it the law of the Lamb. 

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Why not do the same for some of 
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And I know there's a long wish 
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things that didn't get passed in
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don't you just get past it? 
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something through at least one 
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good, not good when you only 
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So we put the wishlist away to 
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in charge again. 
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The Equal Rights Amendment has 
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required. 38 States. 
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Biden to tell the national 
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emblazon, it in the United 
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That's something that Biden has 
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that. 
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That's not going to happen in 40
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episode, I'm really talking to 
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house and vice-president Heroes.
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column, which is where you find 
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about a lot of people here. 
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a senator, or if you are a 
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Everybody else is going to And 
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to call you or email you or stop
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please. 
Please right now pass these 

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bills and do just what Chuck 
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formal legalization, of same-sex
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We can legally do it now and 

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it's done all the time every two
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some very important things. 
So I'm going to, I have a little

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list, it's not a long list but 
it's a list that I think you can

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get and I'll bet you there are 
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that are going to say you know 
what just like with the the same

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week that they're going to go, 
you know what Medicare should 

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a really good short list here of
what we can have as law by 

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If we all buck up and make this 

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Humble, Okay, so there are a 
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Pelosi and the Democrats in the 
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two years. 
They then send them over to the 

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Senate and they have just sat 
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waiting for the Senate to bring 
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Now, you know, yes, some of this
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the 60 votes. 
Not 51. 

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Some of it's difficult because 
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senators who have been 
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have the votes for most of Of 
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Let me just tell you what we've 
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It seems like the easiest one 
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here. 
The easiest one should be able 

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to pass because they already got
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yes to same-sex marriage. 
Get to stop and think about that

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for a few minutes, right? 
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you wouldn't find a republican 
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same-sex marriage. 
Anyways, so the equality Act was

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And the equality act gives the 
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the civil rights. 
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that's mostly benefiting people 
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discriminated against and it's a
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civil rights to the lgbtq+ 
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civil rights to the same ones. 
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Everybody else gets. 
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people because they are not of 
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You look at any of the polls, 
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very large majority, they 
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This should be a no-brainer. 
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others of you, now, you know, 
the various people in the Senate

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have had time to call their 
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listen to what Michael Moore 
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Because it seems like he may be 
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millions of people. 
So so anyways, this is it, this 

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is all you have to do sometime 
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that extends civil rights to the
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No brainer. 
That should be the law of the 

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land before January 3rd, and by 
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to take notes while you're 
listening to this, I will be 

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have this list. 
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stack site and maybe we'll have 
just a little cheat sheet right 

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here on the podcast site. 
So don't worry about having to 

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write this down now. 
Okay, let me give you a few 

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more. 
These are already passed by the 

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house. 
Sitting in the waiting room in 

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the senate for somebody to just 
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HR 1 and HR for that's house, 
resolution 1 and house 

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resolution for already passed by
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And what do they do? 
These are the two great bills 

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that will fix our election 
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HR 1 has a lot of things we did 
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our constitution. 
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polls and passed constitutional 
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everything. 
I'm from outlawing 

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gerrymandering voter 
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It allows for same-day 
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mail-in ballot. 
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Which it should be in a 
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This is a very that's why they 
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passed overwhelmingly. 
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Senate. 
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does law of the land. 
Imagine how far this can go to 

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stopping the racist 
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carve up the map. 
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the Democrats didn't win was 
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gerrymandering. and the way the 
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election, HR for is What's 
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think 2012 the Supreme Court 
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the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
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Provisions. 
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protects people's right to vote 
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Rights Act, there is no excuse 
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the Republicans May throw a cow 
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What do you throw? 
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guess you could throw a fit in a
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They're going to say, oh no, the
the you got to have 60 votes for

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this filibuster, filibuster 
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of the parliamentarian of the 
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could change the rules. 
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filibuster, isn't in the 
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They have the votes, just just 
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change it in some way that 
allows bills like this that have

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already passed. 
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Senate. 
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these two pieces of voting 
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going to suffer again in 2024. 
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get away with this, Number 
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So they finally passed a cap on 
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people here. 
So can't charge Pharmacy. 

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Nobody can charge more than $35 
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If you're on insulin because you
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thing to help the elderly. 
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was for everybody because the 
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like nothing. 
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These pharmaceutical companies. 

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This is again not the way it 
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It's already been passed in the 
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extended. 
The Senate can say a thirty-five

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dollar cap on the monthly 
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this country. 
Anybody $35. 

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Kind of help that that gives a 
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middle-class family, it means a 
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And all you have to do senators,
who are listening to me right 

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now is just vote. 
Yes, you got the 50 votes. 

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And you've got the vice 
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vote. 
Why hasn't this been done 

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already? 
I know you thinking these guys 

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this way. 
Mike, you're already giving them

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three things to do. 
It's too much. 

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And they are not inclined to do 
it unless they hear from us. 

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And they, here are the 
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Then they start to think olive 
oil, you know, those who weren't

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up for re-election this year, 
like mansion and Cinema are 

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going to be up in two years in 
2024. 

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So they might want to listen to 
us number four, immigration 

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reforms and DACA protections. 
Doc, is that, you know what? 

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They call the kids who were who 
were kids. 

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They came here, they are not 
legally citizens, but they've 

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grown up here since they were 
babies and Obama to get 

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something passed to protect 
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But it was a permanent and the 
permanent protection and we need

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other immigration reforms. 
And there is a really good bill 

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that Nancy Pelosi and the 
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Congress here in these last two 
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And it's sitting there in the 
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Why not do that? 
Protect the docket kids. 

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Again, that's just the Humane 
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And by the way, if I could just 
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can't stand the idea of 
immigrants, all of a sudden, 

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even though this country other 
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enslaved, human beings, or the 
original peoples that were here 

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on this land, everybody else is 
the product of an immigrant. 

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There are currently 
approximately 11 million jobs 

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that are not filled in this 
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know, one of the people to fill 
them Isn't this the time when we

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should be encouraging 
immigration? 

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Don't we need help? 
The lovely million jobs, not 

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filled. 
Just saying DACA and 

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immigration. 
Okay, here's an easy one. 

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Extend the child tax credit. 
Now, the child tax credit, this 

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is an interesting one which 
started back with the pandemic 

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began and it became very popular
for working families. 

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That, you know, it's not cash 
being sent to them, it just 

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allows them when they claim 
their deductions, they get a 

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little extra help during this 
time that we're in the child tax

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credit Act. 
It was passed by the house as 

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part of the build back better 
act and of course, as you know, 

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that failed in the Senate and 
the house Democrats right now 

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they're fighting to get this 
included in the, you know, usual

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end of the year tax bill that, 
before the end of every year, 

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has to get past, they're working
to insert that in there right 

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now. 
We should support them in doing 

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that horse. 
If they do that, then we'll be 

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looking at mansion in cinema 
again, but they said they only 

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had a problem. 
If there wasn't a way to pay for

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it. 
Well, we know how to pay for 

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these things. 
Make the rich, pay their fair 

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share of taxes. 
Alright. 

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This they need to be convinced 
by President Biden in the same 

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way. 
You convince them to vote for 

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these other bills. 
To vote for, to extend the child

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tax credit act. 
That's number five. 

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Okay. 
Here's numbers. 

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Here's an easy one. 
Number six, expand Medicare to 

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cover hearing aids, dental, and 
glasses that got cut out of one 

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of those bills. 
I don't know why as a sort of a 

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consolation prize before the 
election, they did vote to allow

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hearing aids down to be sold 
over the counter. 

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You know, it doesn't A 
prescription they don't have to 

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be these things that cost 
hundreds and hundreds of 

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dollars. 
But if they don't need to cost 

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hundreds of dollars than little,
why don't we do this? 

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Like other democracies, they 
have true, universal healthcare 

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and just make these inexpensive.
But fine, hearing aids, glasses 

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and the dental work that will 
what are the three things that 

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old people need the bones too. 
If you just stop and think about

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it, right? 
I mean, as you get older, you 

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have lots of things that go 
wrong and the body starts to, 

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you know, come apart. 
But All agree that helping the 

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elderly to here to see and to 
chew. 

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Why does that take any 
convincing? 

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Who are we the richest country 
on Earth? 

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And we don't provide the help. 
That our parents and 

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grandparents and 
great-grandparents need so that 

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they could hear and see and eat.
Come on let's make this happen 

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but I don't even know why I even
need to plead this case they're 

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going to dig this podcast up 
like a hundred year. 

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So they're going to go, they had
this guy Michael Moore he was 

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like having to beg Begged, the 
liberal so-called Liberal Party 

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to please find the time in the 
next Forty. 

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Three days to let old people see
here, and chew, Boy, he really 

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where he was quite a demanding 
fellow, wasn't he? 

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All right. 
Number seven, only have three 

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left here number seven, the 
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And the Senate have both 
introduced something called the 

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trade adjustment assistance act.
What this does is it helps out 

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workers who've lost their jobs 
because the jobs have been 

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shipped overseas. 
It's to provide money for in 

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those Industries, help to 
retrain them, in other 

453
00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:32,400
professions other careers and 
just general transitionary Three

454
00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:34,200
fund to help them get through 
to. 

455
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,100
They get their next job. 
It also helps a lot of the 

456
00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:41,200
cities that have been wrecked by
are the industrialization in the

457
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:47,600
movie of jobs overseas places, 
like Detroit, Gary Indiana east 

458
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,700
st. 
Louis, the places around the 

459
00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:52,400
country that have really 
suffered as a result of job 

460
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,100
loss. 
The trade adjustment assistance,

461
00:27:56,100 --> 00:28:00,600
act helps both the workers and 
the communities, who have. 

462
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,400
They've seen some pretty dark 
times lately. 

463
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,900
Number 8, I already mention this
one earlier and the filibuster, 

464
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,400
it's a rule. 
That's all it is. 

465
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:13,800
It's a senate rule. 
It's not in the Constitution, 

466
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,800
it's not the law. 
Get rid of it, it has nothing to

467
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:22,000
do with democracy. 
People voted for democracy in 

468
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,500
the selection, and they should 
listen to People. 

469
00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:28,200
Get rid of the filibuster, it's 
anti-democracy. 

470
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,400
We need to get rid of the 
Electoral College or find a 

471
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,000
different way to count the votes
where the president is decided 

472
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,500
by the popular vote. 
That's democracy. 

473
00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:41,200
The way we do it now. 
Not democracy Democrats. 

474
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,100
Come on. 
Have the courage and the 

475
00:28:43,108 --> 00:28:46,900
filibuster The last one, number 
nine. 

476
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:50,400
Then I'd like to ask your help 
on this is sort of a personal 

477
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,500
one. 
So I'm asking it as a favor and 

478
00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:59,600
I'm asking for a friend but many
friends who suffered as a result

479
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:04,200
of when General Motors went 
bankrupt back in 2009 and 

480
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,500
President Obama and Joe Biden 
came to the rescue not of the 

481
00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:11,700
workers and out of the Union. 
But I'll General Motors, they 

482
00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:15,500
saved General Motors and 
Chrysler which Yes, of course, 

483
00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:19,800
they provide the jobs but as 
part of the deal, the union had 

484
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:24,100
to agree to cut the wages, quite
drastically of all new 

485
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:27,000
employees. 
Any new hires would maybe making

486
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:32,500
a lot less money and they also 
this is especially for people 

487
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,400
who were near retirement, they 
cut their pension, they got rid 

488
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,400
of the pension that they've been
paying into all those years, 30,

489
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,300
40 years of working in the 
factory. 

490
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,700
There went the pension in order 
to salvage the company to get 

491
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:49,100
them out of bankruptcy. 
They threw, the older workers 

492
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:53,900
pensions under the bus and this 
was for actually only one 

493
00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:57,400
specific division of General 
Motors that this happened to, 

494
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,800
and it's the Delphi division. 
Delphi used to be called AC 

495
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,200
spark plug, then it was called 
ACDelco. 

496
00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:08,800
And then, it was finally changed
to Del Phi Del Phi, makes the 

497
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,100
parts, especially the smaller 
parts that go into the General 

498
00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:15,100
Motors parked cars like the 
spark plugs and the dashboard in

499
00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:17,900
the other instruments, the 
lights, things like that. 

500
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,000
We reason why this is personal 
it's just, this is the factory. 

501
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:25,300
My father worked in the Delphi, 
the AC spark plug Factory that 

502
00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:27,800
was in Flint. 
I mean, they have factories all 

503
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:32,400
over the country, but this was 
his job for about 35 years, you 

504
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,000
know, of course, he long retired
and was not affected by this and

505
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,100
no longer with us. 
Sadly, but but all the people he

506
00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:43,200
worked with They all had their 
pensions taken away from them. 

507
00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:46,700
That's their money. 
They paid into that they 

508
00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:48,900
bargained for it with the 
company. 

509
00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:53,300
So, in the company, through all 
of their stupid mistakes, that 

510
00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:56,000
made them go bankrupt. 
The workers have to suffer. 

511
00:30:56,300 --> 00:31:00,800
So there's been a bill passed by
the house to say, you know what,

512
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,900
we need to make up for this. 
For those who are still alive, 

513
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,400
who didn't get their pension 
because of a deal. 

514
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,900
We the United States government 
made with General Motors, You 

515
00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:12,300
know, we should have protected 
them. 

516
00:31:13,700 --> 00:31:16,500
That money essentially was 
stolen from these workers. 

517
00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:21,100
So that's a bill that sitting in
the Senate waiting room, waiting

518
00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:24,100
to be passed. 
All the Democrats, all these 

519
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,800
pro-union, Democrats in the 
United States Senate. 

520
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,700
All they've got to do this week 
next week. 

521
00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:34,600
The week later stand up on the 
floor of the United States, 

522
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,900
Senate, and say yes, to this 
bill, that's already been passed

523
00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:45,300
in the house. 50 volts plus the 
vice president, takes care of 

524
00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:48,700
these elderly people whose 
pension was taken away from 

525
00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:50,400
them. 
When the government cut, the 

526
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,200
deal with General Motors to save
General Motors. 

527
00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:56,900
That's it. 
That's the my number 9. 

528
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,700
Okay, I know that is a long 
list. 

529
00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:04,000
I said I was going to be a short
list, but it's shorter than what

530
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,300
I mean, there's so many more 
bills that Pelosi in the 

531
00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:10,600
Democrats passed in the house in
these last two years that are 

532
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:16,100
just, you know, sitting there 
becoming stale and old and some 

533
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,800
of the probably already 
vaporized by now. 

534
00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:23,100
But for those of you listening 
to this, if you could just drop 

535
00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:26,900
a note to your Senator or make a
phone call, and just say, hey, 

536
00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:31,600
you know, there are some bills 
waiting to be passed in the 

537
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,300
Senate that have already passed 
the house and you can legally 

538
00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:38,900
pass them. 
Now, before January third, These

539
00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:44,300
could be the law of the land. 
The equality act, extending 

540
00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:47,000
civil rights to the lgbtq+ 
community. 

541
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,500
The child tax credit act 
extended. 

542
00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:56,800
Come on, let's make it easy on 
parents with kids, expand 

543
00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,900
Medicare to include hearing 
aids, dental work and 

544
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:05,900
Eyeglasses. 
An end to gerrymandering. 

545
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:13,100
Protection for the DACA kids, a 
35 dollar cap on insulin for 

546
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:18,300
everyone. 
End the filibuster and help out 

547
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:21,400
the men and women used to work 
with Mike's, dad in the factory 

548
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,300
there in Flint and anywhere else
where the Delphi factories are 

549
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:28,900
across the country. 
Give them their pension back, 

550
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,200
their money. 
You can't steal it from them. 

551
00:33:34,900 --> 00:33:37,200
That's why the house passed this
as a bill. 

552
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:44,400
Make it the law. 
Right, senators or Senate staff.

553
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,700
Who are listening to this? 
Do this? 

554
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,800
Thank you for getting the 
same-sex marriage decision by 

555
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,200
the court. 
Now, codified in the final vote,

556
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,200
coming up this week, thank you 
for that. 

557
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,400
But damn, if you could do that 
in just days after the election,

558
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,900
You could do some of this too. 
I know. 

559
00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:06,700
Maybe you can't do all of it. 
I under you know, Christmas and 

560
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:11,300
Thanksgiving and I am, I get it.
All right, we're in the fight of

561
00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:16,000
our lives here right now, with 
the other side, and they're 

562
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:21,500
coming in with Cruel Intentions.
The very least of the Democrats 

563
00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:25,800
can do right now is simply pass.
These bills to help make it 

564
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:31,199
easier on the elderly on those 
who are not white on children. 

565
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:35,400
The ones that we can make 
happen. 

566
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,500
Let's make them happen. 
Let's do it. 

567
00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:41,000
Now let's do a quick. 
Let the Republicans whale and 

568
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,500
moan and complain and whatever. 
Who cares? 

569
00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:49,699
They haven't even seen the fight
that's in us yet. 

570
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:52,199
What they're going to face in 
these next couple of years. 

571
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,800
Let's give them a little Coming 
Attraction. 

572
00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,000
Help me out here. 
Call these Senators offices. 

573
00:35:00,900 --> 00:35:03,800
Drop them a note. 
Push push push. 

574
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:08,700
Yes or Spirits are lifted by the
fact that we stop the Red Wave. 

575
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,300
The Republicans feel embarrassed
and humiliated. 

576
00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:14,300
They bragged about how many 
seats. 

577
00:35:14,300 --> 00:35:17,600
They were 50 60 seats. 
New seats in the House. 

578
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,800
You're trying to scrape by with 
six or seven. 

579
00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:26,700
Okay, they got the message, some
of them. 

580
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,700
And perhaps some of them will 
realize they better do some good

581
00:35:31,700 --> 00:35:35,400
things, you know, make 
themselves look good to try to 

582
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:41,300
get reelected. 
Let old people see and hear and 

583
00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:42,800
chew. 
How about that? 

584
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,700
You want to be known for 
something help yourself get 

585
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:51,500
reelected. 
We hold the power in our hands. 

586
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,000
When you hold the power and you 
want to do good with that power,

587
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,400
You want to help your fellow 
Americans? 

588
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:03,600
Why wouldn't you use that power?
You owe it to us. 

589
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,800
That's why you're there to serve
us. 

590
00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:09,500
We know what you've done in the 
past. 

591
00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:13,300
In just even the last 10 or 20 
years, some of the awful, 

592
00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:17,400
things, you've done, 29 of you 
Democratic senators, voted to 

593
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:21,800
support Bush and sending troops 
to invade Iraq. 

594
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:26,800
Under the guise of Saddam 
Hussein had something to do with

595
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,500
9/11 when he had nothing to do 
with it, or they have weapons of

596
00:36:29,508 --> 00:36:34,800
mass destruction, which he had. 
None of a war, like many of our 

597
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,700
Wars built on a lie, a lie 
supported by many, many 

598
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:45,000
Democratic senators and we can 
take that charge to you all the 

599
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,600
way back to Vietnam. 
I'm not going to get into that 

600
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,200
right now. 
I'm just saying we're paying 

601
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:56,400
attention. 
You have a newly activated? 

602
00:36:56,500 --> 00:37:00,900
Electorate. 
Many new voters, many people 

603
00:37:01,700 --> 00:37:06,400
you're going to want their votes
in 2024, show them the courage 

604
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,300
you have right now to come 
forward and say yes, say yes to 

605
00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:12,500
these nine pieces of 
legislation. 

606
00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:18,300
What better thing to do during 
this holiday season. 

607
00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:24,500
Then to stand up for those who 
are the least Among Us, who have

608
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:29,700
it, the hardest. 
At the very least I think it 

609
00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:34,300
might make you feel good. 
Might be a good way to bring out

610
00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:40,400
this old year. 
That's it for today. 

611
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,500
Thanks everybody for listening. 
Please do your part in 

612
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:48,700
convincing, our Democratic 
senators, to act like Democrats 

613
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,900
and make these various bills, 
the law of the land. 

614
00:37:54,300 --> 00:38:00,400
In their lame duck session. 
Lame ducks can fly. 

615
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:11,400
Just saying, well, sad mother 
duck went out one day, over the 

616
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:17,900
hills and far away. 
Mother duck said quack, quack, 

617
00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:24,800
quack, quack, and all of the 
five little duckies came. 

618
00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:40,500
Thanks to my producer and 
editor, Angela, Barros and 

619
00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:43,500
everybody else, who helps me in 
supporting this podcast, it's 

620
00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:46,600
much appreciated. 
And if you're in a little State 

621
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:50,400
of Shock because I've done two 
podcasts in the last four days. 

622
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:55,600
Or so, I love this podcast and 
I'm sorry I had to, I'd Focus so

623
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,100
much of my time and attention on
getting out the vote. 

624
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,000
Vote. 
And then I got covid-19 couldn't

625
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,300
do everything, but I'm good. 
Now we're good. 

626
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,500
We did something good here on 
the river 8, but there's more 

627
00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:12,100
work to do and we can do it and 
we can have fun doing it. 

628
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,600
Thanks everybody. 
I'll talk to you soon.