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Hey! What's going on, everybody?
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Welcome to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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I'm Trevor Noah.
Today is Thursday,
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the 10th of December,
which means Christmas
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is now only 15 days away!
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Yeah! And if you haven't done
your Christmas shopping yet,
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just do what I do:
wait until your loved one
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is opening someone else's gift
and then say,
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"Oh, that's from me, too!
We both went in on that.
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We went halfsies.
Merry Christmas!"
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Anyway, coming up
on tonight's show--
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Facebook and Instagram
might be getting a divorce,
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we look back on why you were
in the streets this year,
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and we've got Bryan Cranston
and Rachel Maddow
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joining us on the show.
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So, let's do this people.
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Welcome to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's couch
in New York City
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to your couch
somewhere in the world,
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this is The Daily
Social Distancing Show
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with Trevor Noah.
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Let's kick it off
with a holiday story.
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If you've been listening
to the music in the background
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of any store over the past week,
you know that this is
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the most wonderful time
of the year.
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But it's still 2020.
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Which means even the holidays
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are a little less jolly
than usual.
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Online shopping
instead of going to the mall.
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Zoom parties
instead of real ones.
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And now this.
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NEWSMAN:
Say it ain't so.
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The makers
of Pepperidge Farm cookies say
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there may be a shortage
of cookies this holiday season.
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-NEWSMAN 2: No. -And they
blame it on increased demand
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and a labor shortage,
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both results
of the pandemic, of course.
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A recent survey shows cookie
consumption has increased
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by 25% since the start
of the pandemic,
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with one in five Americans
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eating three or more cookies
a day.
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Okay, you know what?
That's not cool.
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Like, I don't know
why the news is now reporting
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on the number
of cookies I eat.
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Yeah, I eat more than three.
Why is that news?
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What am I supposed to do?
It's a pandemic.
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Do you just want me to cry
every day?
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Now, apparently, this crisis
is not just being caused
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by increased demand.
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It's also a labor shortage.
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Which I assume means that
the Keebler Elves are on strike
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to protest their
dangerous working conditions.
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If you've ever had a crunchy
cookie, that's elf bones.
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So look, I understand
why there's a shortage,
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but still, man,
this is so messed up.
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Christmas is the cookie season.
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This is like Trojan announcing
that they have a condom shortage
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on Valentine's Day--
if I can't buy condoms,
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how am I supposed to impress
the guy at 7/Eleven
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before I go home
and play video games by myself?
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And I know, I know
some of you people are saying,
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"But, Trevor,
you don't need to buy cookies.
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You can just bake
your own cookies at home."
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No! No, no, no.
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That was the first three months
of quarantine.
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I'm done
with that baking shit now.
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And... this is gonna be
real bad news for Santa Claus.
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You think he's gonna travel
around the world for a pear?
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I wouldn't even walk
across the room for a pear.
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This man needs cookies
to keep up his energy
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so that he can give presents
to all the kids
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and then have Christmas sex
with all our moms. (laughs)
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Let's move on to some news
out of Great Britain.
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It's the country
with the non-Beyoncé queen.
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During
the coronavirus lockdowns,
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many Brits have gotten
so desperate for entertainment
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that they have taken up
gardening.
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And some of them are being
rewarded for their efforts
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with more than a new flower bed.
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Now proof that gardening
can be beneficial
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in more ways
than you might think.
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A family from the New Forest
discovered this hoard
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of gold coins
while doing a spot of weeding.
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The British Museum says
it's one of a string of finds
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reported during the
first lockdown in the spring.
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It's thought the coins would
have been worth-- wait for it--
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the equivalent of 14,000 pounds
in today's money.
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How good would that be
to discover that in your garden?
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Whoo!
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Imagine finding a hoard of gold
coins while you're gardening.
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I'll tell you what,
that's the end of gardening.
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Man, forget these rhubarbs.
I'm rich!
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But, you know,
this is just one of the benefits
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of living in the UK.
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Because anytime
I dig for treasure in New York,
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I just end up in my downstairs
neighbor's apartment.
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Sorry, Jerry.
Looks like I did it again.
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Also, there's just so much more
buried treasure in Britain,
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because it's an old country
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with thousands of years
of civilization.
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Gardeners in America
would be like, "Wow!
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"A can of New Coke from 1985!
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The history books speak
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So, congratulations
to that British gardening family
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for their find--
although they should be careful.
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The original owner
might be coming back
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for that money, you never know.
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Next week,
the dad'll open the door
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and see an ancient knight
standing there.
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Whither is my treasure?
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You're looking at it.
I got myself a butt lift.
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Damn!
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I hate to lose my coins,
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but I love to watch them leave.
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Meanwhile.
Back in the United States.
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Do you guys remember the,
um, 2020 presidential election?
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You know, it was the day
when you voted for a president,
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and a bunch of local races
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that you had to google
from inside the voting booth.
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Well, one of the stories
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we thought we'd never have
to hear about again
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once the election was over
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just came roaring back to life.
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Hunter Biden,
the President-elect's son,
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says the U.S. Attorney
in Delaware
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is investigating
his tax records.
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Sources tell CBS News
the FBI Has been looking into
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Hunter Biden's taxes since 2018.
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Under Justice Department policy,
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law enforcement
didn't actively pursue the case
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during the weeks
before the presidential election
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to avoid politicizing
the investigation.
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That's right, people,
apparently, Hunter Biden
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is under investigation
for his taxes.
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And Donald Trump
must be furious right now.
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Did you guys see that Hunter
Biden is being investigated
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for tax fraud?
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I'm so angry!
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Sir, are you angry
because you wanted to use it
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against his dad
for the election?
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No! I'm angry
'cause tax fraud is my thing.
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How's he stealing my thing?
Criminals.
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And I'm not gonna lie,
Hunger Biden announcing
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his own investigation-- whew!--
that is a pretty gangsta move.
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I mean, usually you see pictures
of people covering their faces
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when they run into court.
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You know, they're trying to hide
that there's an investigation.
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But Hunter's like a guy
coming home late at night like,
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"Uh, babe, you're gonna want
to go through my phone."
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Honestly,
I think that in the end,
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this kind of scandal
will be good for America.
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Because we just spent four years
with scandals 24/7.
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We can't just go down
to zero scandals cold turkey.
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And Biden's family
is gonna help us taper it down.
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Like, right now, Hunter
has a tax thing, you know?
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But this is just a tax scandal.
Maybe next year,
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Joe Biden asks
the Ukrainian president
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for something inappropriate,
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but it's just the answers
to a crossword puzzle.
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Just ease us off, ease us off.
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Right now
we're addicted to scandals.
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Now, look, we don't really know
what, if anything,
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this Hunter Biden story
will lead to,
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but if he
has done anything wrong,
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my advice would be
to ask President Trump
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for a pardon before he leaves.
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And I know
that may seem unlikely,
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but based on how Trump
has been making it rain,
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anything is possible.
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The clock is winding down now
on this Trump presidency
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with growing signs he's planning
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what many see
as a potential pardon avalanche.
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Axios,
which often reports directly
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leaks out of the White House,
says Trump telling an advisor
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he's gonna pardon: "Every person
who ever talked to me."
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They're saying Trump isn't
just accepting pardon requests,
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but blindly discussing them
like Christmas gifts
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to people
who haven't even asked.
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One source felt awkward
because the president
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was clearly trying
to be helpful,
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but the advisor didn't believe
they had committed any crimes.
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(laughs)
I'm sorry, guys, I'm sorry.
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I just love this story.
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Because the way the story's
reported, it makes it sound
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like Trump is just whistling
down the hallway like...
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(whistling)
I pardon you. I pardon you.
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Morning, Steven.
You're pardoned.
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Hello, break room doughnut.
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You're pardoned,
but I'm still gonna eat you.
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Num, num, num, num.
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? Pardoned doughnut
in my belly. ?
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But yeah, that's right,
apparently, Trump is saying
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he's gonna pardon every person
he's ever spoken to.
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Which, first of all,
is too bad for Eric.
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And second, of course Trump
is gonna give out pardons
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as Christmas gifts--
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he doesn't have to spend
any money on them.
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But what I do love is
that some of his advisors
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are trying to avoid
getting pardoned.
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Because, get this,
they know that a pardon
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would make them look bad.
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And so now they're trying
to explain that to Trump.
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Uh, Mr. President,
I don't really need a pardon,
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because, like,
I didn't do anything.
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I'm not guilty of anything.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down!
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What does "not guilty" mean?
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And finally,
today's big tech news
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is about Facebook.
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You know, the site that helps
you and your high school friends
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connect with violent extremists.
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It's one of the most powerful
companies in the world,
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but it might
just have met its match.
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46 states have joined
the government's
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groundbreaking legal challenge
to Facebook.
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Two antitrust lawsuits accuse
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the world's biggest
social network
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of illegally shutting down
the competition.
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NEWSMAN: The Federal
Trade Commission is asking
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for a federal court
to force Facebook
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to sell off assets
like Instagram and WhatsApp,
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arguing that in acquiring
those competitors,
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Facebook
illegally created a monopoly.
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On Wednesday, a bipartisan group
of attorneys general
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from nearly every U.S. state
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filed its own lawsuit
against Facebook,
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accusing the company
of predatory behavior.
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NEWSWOMAN: New York's
attorney general, Letitia James,
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is leading the lawsuit
by the states,
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alleging if companies...
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(reading):
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Some people believe
that, uh, Facebook is free.
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It really isn't free.
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The fact is is that they use
your personal data,
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and they monetize it,
and they sell it to advertisers.
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And as a result of that,
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your data, your privacy--
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those protections
are compromised.
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Okay, guys, this is, like, huge.
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46 states
and the federal government
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are suing to break up Facebook.
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That just shows you
how widespread the feeling is
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that Big Tech
has gotten out of hand,
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because
it didn't used to be that way.
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Remember how back in the day,
we all had that cousin?
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You know, that cousin
home from college who was like,
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"I'm not giving the corporations
my private photos."
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And most of us were like,
"Man, we get what you're saying,
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but you're also a vegan."
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But now, more and more,
the rest of us are like,
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"Huh, maybe I shouldn't
have given Big Tech
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"a perfect scan of my face
so that they can recognize me
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wherever I go on the planet."
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Although, personally,
I'm not too worried
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that Facebook
knows everything about me
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and can manipulate me
into buying stuff I don't need.
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I mean, some people
might fall for that, but...
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Oh, snap. Wow.
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I don't have a hoodie
in that color.
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Yeah, I'll buy one.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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Oh, sorry.
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Uh, yeah,
that doesn't work on me,
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those ads and things.
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And can I just say,
I am very impressed
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that so many
government officials
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are willing to come out
against Facebook,
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especially when you consider
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how much Facebook knows
about them.
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I mean, at the next hearing,
some judge could be like,
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"Give me one good reason
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why we shouldn't break up
Facebook and Instagram."
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"Well, we've given everybody
so much joy, Your Honor.
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"In fact, let's just look
at all of the messages
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that you've sent
all of these Instagram thots."
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"Ok-Okay, okay, case dismissed.
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Let's move on."
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What's amazing to me
is that even though America
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is so divided right now,
almost every state agrees
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that something needs to be done
about Big Tech.
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And look, whatever the merits
of this particular lawsuit,
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the fact
that it was brought at all
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should be a warning
for Facebook,
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because if what you're doing
is so egregious
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that you're bringing California
and Mississippi together,
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you done (bleep) up.
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All right,
we're gonna take a quick break,
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but when we come back,
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Dulcé Sloan looks back
at all the protests of 2020,
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and Rachel Maddow
is joining me on the show.
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Stick around.
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DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
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DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
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2020 IS ALMOST OVER, AND I THINK
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WE CAN ALL AGREE IT HAS BEEN THE
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DOPEST YEAR EVER.
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EVERYTHING WAS GREAT!
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AND FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH,
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WE’LL BE REMEMBERING ALL OF THE
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YEAR’S TOP MOMENTS.
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TODAY, DULCE SLOAN LOOKS BACK AT
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ALL THE PROTESTS OF 2020.
♪ ♪ ♪
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DURING 2020, WE WERE EITHER
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DURING 2020, WE WERE EITHER
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STUCK INDOORS QUARANTINED OR WE
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WERE OUTSIDE PROTESTING.
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THERE WAS NO IN BETWEEN.
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IN FACT, SOMETIMES, I COULDN’T
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SEPARATE THE TWO.
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I’D BE HOME GOING, "WHAT DO I
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WANT?
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BREAKFAST!
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WHEN DO I WANT IT?
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NOW!"
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IT SEEMED LIKE THE YEAR OF
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EVERYONE SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
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AND TAKING IT TO THE STREETS.
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LET’S START WITH THE BIGGEST
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MOVEMENT OF THEM ALL, BLACK
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LIVES MATTER.
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IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD’S
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MURDER, AMERICANS TOOK TO THE
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STREETS TO TELL COPS, "HEY, WHAT
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IF YOU STOP KILLING THE PEOPLE
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YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT?"
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BUT IN RESPONSE THE PEOPLE
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ASKING COPS NOTO THE BEAT THEIR
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ASSES, A LOT OF COPS STARTED
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BEATING ASSES.
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HE KEPT HITTING ME AND HE
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EVENTUALLY HIT MY HAND AND BROKE
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IT.
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I NEEDED TO STAY AS CALM AS
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POSSIBLE.
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I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THESE GUYS
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WERE CAPABLE OF.
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THESE COPS ARE SO STUPID, NOT
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BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING TO BEAT
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UP AN UNARMED MAN BUT IF A HIT A
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MAN THAT HARD WITH A BATON AND
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HE JUST STOOD THERE, I WOULDN’T
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KEEP HITTING HIM.
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I WOULD BE LIKE, THIS MAN IS A
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TERMINATOR, RUN!
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SOME PROTESTERS SHOWED US THEIR
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WHOLE ASS.
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SHE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION
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OF AMERICANS WHEN SHE STAGED A
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FULL-FRONTAL PROTEST.
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I SAID, "I WANT TO BE NAKED."
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SOCIAL MEDIA IS CALLING THIS
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GOOFY BITCH NAKED ATHENA.
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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
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THESE 2020 PROTESTS RAN THE FULL
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SPECTRUM FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER
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WHERE PEOPLE WERE FIGHTING FOR
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THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE, TO THE
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PROTEST AGAINST LOCKDOWN AND
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FACE MASK WHERE PEOPLE WERE
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FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHT TO DIE.
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AND WE’VE ALL SEEN THE CLIPS OF
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COVID KARENS LOSING THEIR SHIT
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IN TARGETTOR WHOLE FOODS FOR
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HAVING TO WEAR A MASK.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS
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PROVED NOT EVERY KAREN WAS A
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WOMAN.
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THE MASK WARS RAGE ON.
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A DAD LOSES IT IN A STORE AFTER
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BEING TOLD TO COVER UP.
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THE MAN’S SON LITERALLY PICKS
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HIM UP AND CARRIES HIM RIGHT OUT
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OF THE STORE.
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I’LL BEAT THAT ( BLEEP ) MASK
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OFF YOUR FACE AND ( BLEEP ).
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( BLEEP )!
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YOU’RE ALL A BUNCH OF PUSSIES
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WEARING MASKS!
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YOUR OWN SON CARRIED YOU OUT.
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YOU CAN’T CALL SOMEONE ELSE A
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PUSSY WHEN YOU’RE BEING CARRIED
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OUT BY THE PERSON WHO CAME OUT
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OF YOUR BALLS.
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EVEN NAKED BITCH KEPT THER MASK
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ON.
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LOOK, I CAN UNDERSTAND NOT
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WANTING TO COVER A BUL,
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SYMMETRIC FACE.
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I MEAN, LOOK AT YOUR GIRL.
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BUT THERE’S A DEADLY GLOBAL
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PANDEMIC RAVAGING THE COUNTRY.
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PLUS IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO A
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BEAUTY ROUTINE UNDER A
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VENTILATOR.
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SO EVEN IF I SURVIVE, I’D LIKE
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ASHY AS ( BLEEP ).
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IN WHICH CASE, WHAT WAS POINT?
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PROTESTS HAVE BEEN SUCH A HUGE
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PART OF 2020, THAT AFTER THE
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ELECTION, AMERICANS STARTED
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PROTESTING STUFF THAT DIDN’T
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EVEN HAPPEN.
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SO THE TRUMP STANDS TOOK TO THE
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STREET DEMANDING THEY STOP THE
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COUNT.
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STOP THE COUNT!
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OR COUNT ALL THE VOTES.
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COUNT THE VOTES!
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OR COUNT SOME OF ALL THE
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VOTES THEN STOP THE COUNT-- YOU
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KNOW IT REALLY DEPENDED ON WHO
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YOU ASKED.
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IT WOULD BE LIKE BLACK LIVES
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MATTER GOING, "STOP KILLING US,
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EXCEPT FOR DESEAN, HE AIN’T SHIT
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ANYWAY."
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BY FAR MY FAVORITE ELECTION
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PROTESTER WAS THIS DUDE.
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THE MEDIA IS COVERING UP.
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THE BIDEN FAMILY STEALS THIS
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ELECTION!
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THE MEDIA IS COVERING IT!
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THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY IS
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STEALING THE ELECTION!
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ALL RIGHT, THAT GUY NEEDS A
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CHILL PILL AND SOME SLEEVES
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BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE ONLY
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RESULTS HE LOOKS FIT TO DISPUTE
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ARE A WET T-SHIRT CONTEST.
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IF YOU WANT ME TO BELIEVE YOU
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WHILE YOU’RE INTERRUPTING A
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PRESS CONFERENCE I HAVE TO
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BELIEVE YOU CAME TO INTERRUPT
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THE PRESS CONFERENCE NOT THAT IT
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WAS A SIDE ERRAND ON YOUR WAY TO
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PICK UP CHEWING TOBACCO.
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IT WASN’T ALL BAD AS A PROTEST
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IN 2020.
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THERE WAS THAT ONE SATURDAY WHEN
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TRUMP OFFICIALLY LOST, AND FOR
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ONCE THIS YEAR, WE SAW PROTESTS
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INSPIRED BY HAPPINESS.
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PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS FOR
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SOMETHING GOOD, AND I WASN’T
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READY.
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I HAD A BRICK IN ONE HAND AND A
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MOLOTOV COCKTAIL IN THE OTHER.
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SO I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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SO I JUST MADE A KISS.
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AND ONE GUY GOT SO EXCITED, HE
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EVEN CELEBRATED IN TWO
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LANGUAGES.
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AND I THINK FRANCE IS
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BEAUTIFUL!
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ESCAR GO?
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I LOVE A CROISSANT.
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WE’VE COME FULL CIRCLE
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BECAUSE THIS FEELS RACIST
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AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE.
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ALMOST.
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FRENCH PEOPLE ARE WAY MORE THAN
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JUST ESCAR GO AND CROISSANTS.
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THEY ALSO LOVE BAGUETTES.
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SO YEAH THIS DUDE WAS BEING
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MILDLY RACIST, BUT HE’S GOT A
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NICE TORSO AND HE’S HAPPY ABOUT
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BIDEN WINNING.
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SO IF YOU’LL EXCUSE ME, I’M
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GOING TO SHOW HIM MY ANGER WITH
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A NAKED PROTEST OF MY OWN.
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Trevor: thank you so much,
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Dulce.
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GO GED YOU SOME, GIRL.
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WHEN WE COME BACK, RACHEL MADDOW
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IS JOINING ME ON THE SHOW AND
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WE’RE TALKING ABOUT POLITICS AND
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BRYAN CRANSTON IS JOINING ME ON
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DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
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EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH EMMY
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AWARD-WINNING MSNBC HOST, RACHEL
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MADDOW.
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WE TALKED ABOUT HER NEW BOOK ON
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A NIXON ADMINISTRATION SCANDAL
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THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD
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ABOUT.
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CHECK IT OUT.
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RACHEL MADDOW, WELCOME TOED "THE
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DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
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TREVOR, IT’S GREAT TO SEE
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YOU.
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THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
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IT’S NICE TO JOIN YOU IN YOUR
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HIVE AND FRY HIVE.
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Trevor: this has been an
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an interesting experience for
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everybody in this world because
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we’re doing a thing we do in a
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way away don’t do it.
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TODAY WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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YOUR BOOK, IF I TOLD PEOPLE
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RACHEL MADDOW IS ON WITH A BOOK
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ABOUT A CORRUPT PRESIDENT, IS
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EXTREMELY DIVISIVE AND USED HIS
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WHITE HOUSE FOR HIS OWN ENDS.
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PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE DONALD
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TRUMP.
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AND YOU WOULD BE LIKE, IT’S
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RICHARD NIXON.
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NO, YOU’RE STILL WRONG.
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IT’S SPIRO AGNEW.
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LET ME ASK YOU THIS: IS IT GOOD
514
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OR BAD THAT AMERICA HAS SEEN
515
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SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS
516
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BEFORE?
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I THINK THERE IS A BIG PIECE
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OF IT THAT CAN HELP, WHICH NOT
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THAT AGNEW WAS A CORRUPT,
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UNBELIEVABLY CORRUPT SORT OF
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MONSTER IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
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LIKE, WE’VE SEEN THAT.
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WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
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THAT’S KIND OF DOG BITES MAN AT
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THIS POINT.
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THE PART THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD
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IS THE GOOD GUYS IN THE STORY.
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WE NEED TO TELL EACH OTHER
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HEROIC STORIES ABOUT PUBLIC
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SERVICE AND CITIZENSHIP AND
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CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY THAT MODEL
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GOOD BEHAVIOR.
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AND IN THIS CASE, THE
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PROSECUTORS AND THE REPUBLICAN
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NIXON-APPOINTED U.S. ATTORNEY
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AND THE REPUBLICAN
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NIXON-APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL
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WERE ALL, LIKE, PARAGONS OF
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NONPARTISAN RESPONSIBILITY.
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AND THEY’RE THE REASON THAT
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AGNEW NEVER BECAME PRESIDENT,
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WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A
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CATASTROPHE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
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IN THE ABSTRACT, AND ESPECIALLY
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RIGHT IN THE WAKE OF WATERGATE,
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WHICH IS WHEN IT WOULD HAVE
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HAPPENED.
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00:19:12,070 --> 00:19:14,027
IT’S THE GOOD GUYS I FEEL LIKE,
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AH, THAT’S THE PART.
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00:19:15,570 --> 00:19:17,395
THOSE ARE THE GUYS WHO NEED TO
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BE FAMOUS.
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00:19:18,221 --> 00:19:19,653
THAT’S THE PART THAT COULD HELP
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00:19:19,654 --> 00:19:20,296
US NOW.
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00:19:20,297 --> 00:19:22,095
Trevor: one of the lessons
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I’m learning right now that is
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different, even reading your
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00:19:24,844 --> 00:19:26,888
book, it feels in previous time
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00:19:26,922 --> 00:19:28,591
the politics was more in the the
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political world.
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EVEN WITH NIXON, IT DIDN’T FEEL
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00:19:30,863 --> 00:19:32,973
IT WAS IN THE STREETS LIKE IT IS
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00:19:32,974 --> 00:19:33,323
NOW.
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GRANTED, I WAS JUAN AROUND FOR
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00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:36,983
IT SO I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S HOW
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00:19:37,017 --> 00:19:38,042
I’M READING IT.
566
00:19:38,076 --> 00:19:39,582
BUT THIS FEELS LIKE IT GOES DOWN
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00:19:39,616 --> 00:19:40,247
TO THE GROUND.
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THE MAN ON THE STREET IS
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INVOLVED IN THIS LEVEL, IF THAT
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00:19:43,232 --> 00:19:43,735
MAKES SENSE.
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00:19:43,736 --> 00:19:45,097
IT IS NOT A POLITICAL THING, IT
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00:19:45,099 --> 00:19:47,279
IS JUST A THING NOW.
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AND I SOMETIMES WONDER, I GO,
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COYOU THINK WE’VE GOTTEN TO THE
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00:19:51,187 --> 00:19:53,261
POINT NOW WHERE YOUR REALITY IS
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00:19:53,262 --> 00:19:54,320
ONLY BASED ON YOUR POLITICAL
577
00:19:54,322 --> 00:19:54,522
AFFILIATION?
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00:19:54,523 --> 00:19:55,465
AND THAT’S WHAT I STRUGGLE WITH
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00:19:55,499 --> 00:19:56,251
IN AMERICA.
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00:19:56,252 --> 00:19:57,555
YOU GUYS JUST HAVE TWO POLITICAL
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00:19:57,589 --> 00:19:57,905
PARTIES.
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00:19:57,906 --> 00:19:59,666
I’M NOT USED TO THAT.
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00:19:59,668 --> 00:20:01,913
HERE YOU JUST HAVE IT’S BLUE OR
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IT’S RED.
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00:20:03,051 --> 00:20:04,416
I’M LIKE WHAT ABOUT PURPLE?
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00:20:04,418 --> 00:20:05,511
WHAT ABOUT GREEN.
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00:20:05,546 --> 00:20:07,014
AND THEY’RE LIKE IT’S BLUE OR
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RED.
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YOU’RE ONE WHO THINKS ABOUT THIS
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00:20:08,803 --> 00:20:10,654
AND YOU CONVEY STORIES AND
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00:20:10,655 --> 00:20:11,683
PEOPLE RESPECT YOU.
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I WONDER IF YOU GRAPPLE WITH
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THAT PARADOX THAT AMERICA IS
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00:20:14,153 --> 00:20:15,761
RIGHT NOW, WHERE IT’S THE UNITED
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00:20:15,795 --> 00:20:17,336
STATES THAT IS NO LONGER UNITED
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BECAUSE IT’S LITERALLY SPLIT
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00:20:18,122 --> 00:20:19,093
DOWNTOWN MIDDLE.
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00:20:19,128 --> 00:20:21,820
YEAH, AND WHERE WE DON’T HAVE
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00:20:21,855 --> 00:20:23,764
AN AGREED-UPON SET OF FACTS OR
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00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:23,958
WHERE--
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00:20:24,193 --> 00:20:25,820
Trevor: yes, definitely.
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ONE SIDE BELIEVES WHATEVER
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00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,495
THE FACTS ARE, WE DON’T CARE.
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00:20:29,529 --> 00:20:30,906
WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE FACTS.
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00:20:30,907 --> 00:20:32,351
WE WOULD RATHER LOOK AT THINGS
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00:20:32,385 --> 00:20:33,841
THROUGH OUR OWN LENS.
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00:20:33,842 --> 00:20:35,578
THOSE ARE THE ONLY LESSONS WE
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00:20:35,580 --> 00:20:36,035
LISTEN TO.
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00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:37,974
THE THING ABOUT HISTORY IN THAT
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00:20:38,008 --> 00:20:40,045
POINT, IN THE CASE OF AGNEW IN
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00:20:40,046 --> 00:20:42,982
"BAG MAN," THERE’S THIS MOMENT
612
00:20:42,983 --> 00:20:45,071
WHERE AGNEW GOES TO A REPUBLICAN
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00:20:45,105 --> 00:20:45,978
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE IN SOUTHERN
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00:20:46,013 --> 00:20:47,577
CALIFORNIA, AND NIXON HAS TOLD
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00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:48,616
HIM TO RESIGN.
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00:20:48,617 --> 00:20:50,137
AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
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00:20:50,139 --> 00:20:51,193
TOLD HIM YOU’RE GOING TO BE
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00:20:51,228 --> 00:20:51,505
INDICTED.
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00:20:51,539 --> 00:20:52,898
AND HE KNOWS HE IS ON HIS WAY
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00:20:52,933 --> 00:20:53,471
OUT.
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00:20:53,472 --> 00:20:55,719
AND HE GOES UP BEFORE THIS
622
00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:57,100
AUDIENCE OF KIND OF RABID
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00:20:57,134 --> 00:20:59,575
REPUBLICAN WOMEN, AND HE SAYS,
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00:20:59,610 --> 00:21:02,712
"I WILL NOT RESIGN IF INDICTED!
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00:21:02,713 --> 00:21:04,584
I WILL NOT RESIGN IF INDICTED."
626
00:21:04,585 --> 00:21:06,219
AND HE STARTS SCREAMING ABOUT
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00:21:06,220 --> 00:21:07,749
THE TERRIBLE-- THE MEDIA AND HOW
628
00:21:07,784 --> 00:21:08,949
THE MEDIA CAN’T BE TRUSTED.
629
00:21:08,984 --> 00:21:10,330
AND THE WOMEN IN THE AUDIENCE,
630
00:21:10,331 --> 00:21:11,422
SOME OF THEM START SCREAMING AT
631
00:21:11,424 --> 00:21:12,082
THE REPORTERS.
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00:21:12,083 --> 00:21:13,656
I DON’T THINK THEY CALLED THEM
633
00:21:13,657 --> 00:21:15,402
"THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" BUT IT
634
00:21:15,404 --> 00:21:17,405
WAS THE EXACT SAME THING YOU GET
635
00:21:17,406 --> 00:21:18,566
WITH TRUMP TELLING HIS
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00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:19,426
SUPPORTERS TO SCREAM AT THE
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00:21:19,427 --> 00:21:19,755
MEDIA.
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00:21:19,756 --> 00:21:21,141
AND THIS IS 1973.
639
00:21:21,176 --> 00:21:23,016
SOME OF THOSE WOMEN AT THAT
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00:21:23,017 --> 00:21:25,247
EVENT BROUGHT THEIR OWN TAPE
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00:21:25,249 --> 00:21:27,464
RECORDERS TO THE EVENT SO THEY
642
00:21:27,465 --> 00:21:29,281
COULD RECORD AGNEW, BECAUSE THEY
643
00:21:29,282 --> 00:21:30,796
KNOW THE LAME-STREAM MEDIA WOULD
644
00:21:30,830 --> 00:21:31,832
TAKE IT ALL OUT OF CONTEXT.
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00:21:31,867 --> 00:21:33,325
Trevor: wow.
646
00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:36,103
SO THERE’S BEEN A THREAD OF
647
00:21:36,104 --> 00:21:37,335
THIS THROUGH AMERICAN POLITICS
648
00:21:37,336 --> 00:21:38,349
THAT ISN’T NEW.
649
00:21:38,350 --> 00:21:41,270
AND THAT PEOPLE I THINK WHO ARE
650
00:21:41,304 --> 00:21:42,728
THE MOST SORT OF DEMAGOGIC HAVE
651
00:21:42,730 --> 00:21:43,943
EXPLOITED FOR A LONG TIME.
652
00:21:43,977 --> 00:21:45,776
Trevor: your show is not
653
00:21:45,810 --> 00:21:47,064
just the most successful it’s
654
00:21:47,098 --> 00:21:48,260
been, but it’s the most
655
00:21:48,261 --> 00:21:49,953
successful show eye don’t even
656
00:21:49,987 --> 00:21:50,804
know how it’s measured
657
00:21:50,839 --> 00:21:51,189
sometimes.
658
00:21:51,224 --> 00:21:52,932
THEY GO, LIKE, WEEKLY FOR THESE
659
00:21:52,967 --> 00:21:53,878
PEOPLE-- LONG STORY SHORT,
660
00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:55,476
RACHEL MADDOW IS NUMBER ONE.
661
00:21:55,477 --> 00:21:56,338
THAT’S ALL I KNOW.
662
00:21:56,372 --> 00:21:56,516
CONGRATULATIONS.
663
00:21:56,550 --> 00:21:57,423
THANK YOU.
664
00:21:57,424 --> 00:21:58,935
Trevor: what I would
665
00:21:58,969 --> 00:22:00,137
thereof know from your
666
00:22:00,171 --> 00:22:02,787
perspective, as somebody who is
667
00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:04,968
truly a giant in broadcasting is
668
00:22:04,970 --> 00:22:06,696
as Rachel Maddow, what do you
669
00:22:06,698 --> 00:22:08,837
think some of the tips and
670
00:22:08,839 --> 00:22:10,389
tricks are that liberals don’t
671
00:22:10,390 --> 00:22:12,040
have that conservatives do have
672
00:22:12,042 --> 00:22:13,658
that they use really well?
673
00:22:13,660 --> 00:22:15,603
BECAUSE THERE’S NO DENYING THAT
674
00:22:15,604 --> 00:22:17,336
FOX NEWS ARE REALLY ENGAGING AND
675
00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:18,727
REALLY GOOD AT CONVINCING PEOPLE
676
00:22:18,762 --> 00:22:20,507
OF THINGS.
677
00:22:20,541 --> 00:22:23,051
AND NOW, NEWSMACK AND O.A.N. ARE
678
00:22:23,085 --> 00:22:24,769
OUTFLANKING THEM ON THAT SIDE
679
00:22:24,770 --> 00:22:26,611
AND GOING, "YOU GUYS ARE LIBERAL
680
00:22:26,646 --> 00:22:27,994
IN THAT WAY."
681
00:22:28,028 --> 00:22:29,847
NO, THEY’RE NOT LIBERAL.
682
00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:31,862
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT LIBERALS
683
00:22:31,896 --> 00:22:33,168
AND DEMOCRATS ARE MISSING IN
684
00:22:33,202 --> 00:22:34,263
AMERICA IN LEARNING HOW TO
685
00:22:34,264 --> 00:22:34,936
COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE AND
686
00:22:34,970 --> 00:22:36,072
CONVINCING THEM OF IDEAS?
687
00:22:36,106 --> 00:22:37,808
IT’S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD
688
00:22:37,809 --> 00:22:38,763
QUESTION, AND ONE THAT I HAVE
689
00:22:38,797 --> 00:22:40,038
THOUGHT ABOUT A LOT.
690
00:22:40,039 --> 00:22:42,307
I WAS ALSO PART OF THIS
691
00:22:42,341 --> 00:22:44,274
EXPERIMENT WHERE LIBERALS TRIED
692
00:22:44,275 --> 00:22:47,013
TO DO A.M. TALK RADIO WITH AIR
693
00:22:47,048 --> 00:22:48,918
AMERICA RADIO FOR A LONG TIME.
694
00:22:48,952 --> 00:22:50,377
AT THAT POINT, A.M. TALK RADIO
695
00:22:50,378 --> 00:22:52,834
WAS BASICALLY IN A FOREIGN
696
00:22:52,835 --> 00:22:54,612
LANGUAGE OR SPORTS OR CHURCH OR
697
00:22:54,613 --> 00:22:55,110
RUSH LIMBAUGH.
698
00:22:55,145 --> 00:22:56,327
THAT WAS IT.
699
00:22:56,362 --> 00:22:58,907
THE IDEA THAT YOU’D, LIKE, YOU
700
00:22:58,909 --> 00:23:00,950
KNOW, TUNE IN TO HEAR SOMEBODY
701
00:23:00,984 --> 00:23:02,492
WAX POETIC ABOUT THE VOTING
702
00:23:02,493 --> 00:23:04,110
RIGHTS ACT, AND IT DIDN’T WORK.
703
00:23:04,111 --> 00:23:05,590
WE TRIED, AND IT DIDN’T WORK.
704
00:23:05,624 --> 00:23:06,925
SO I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A
705
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:07,199
LOT.
706
00:23:07,201 --> 00:23:08,904
I DO THINK THAT THERE IS
707
00:23:08,939 --> 00:23:11,454
SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT
708
00:23:11,455 --> 00:23:13,038
MAGIC ABOUT THE RIGHT-WING
709
00:23:13,039 --> 00:23:14,887
MEDIA, THAT THE LEFT-WING MEDIA
710
00:23:14,888 --> 00:23:16,111
WILL NEVER DO, AND I THINK
711
00:23:16,145 --> 00:23:17,514
LIBERALS AND CENTRISTS WILL
712
00:23:17,548 --> 00:23:19,562
NEVER DO, WHICH IS THAT THEY
713
00:23:19,563 --> 00:23:21,408
TELL THEIR AUDIENCE, "YOU CAN
714
00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:22,561
TRUST NO ONE OTHER THAN ME.
715
00:23:22,562 --> 00:23:24,436
THERE ARE NO FACTS OTHER THAN
716
00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:26,099
THOSE I AM GIVING TO YOU."
717
00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:27,371
Trevor: ahh!
718
00:23:27,372 --> 00:23:29,665
YOU ACTUALLY SEE THAT RIGHT
719
00:23:29,666 --> 00:23:31,110
NOW WITH THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO
720
00:23:31,111 --> 00:23:32,642
DISCIPLINE FOX NEWS, SAYING FOX
721
00:23:32,643 --> 00:23:33,765
NEWS IS NOW GIVING YOU FAX NEWS,
722
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:34,325
TOO.
723
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,760
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THESE MORE
724
00:23:36,761 --> 00:23:38,333
PURE-- LIKE THAT WILLINGNESS TO
725
00:23:38,335 --> 00:23:40,526
HIVE OFF WHAT YOU’RE OFFERING
726
00:23:40,527 --> 00:23:41,946
FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT’S-- I
727
00:23:41,948 --> 00:23:43,646
WILL NEVER DEVELOP THAT MUSCLE.
728
00:23:43,681 --> 00:23:45,253
YOU KNOW, MY SHOW WILL ALWAYS BE
729
00:23:45,287 --> 00:23:46,316
OF "THE WASHINGTON POST" JUST
730
00:23:46,317 --> 00:23:47,213
REPORTED THIS, AND THE
731
00:23:47,214 --> 00:23:48,428
ASSOCIATED PRESS JUST REPORTED
732
00:23:48,462 --> 00:23:49,476
THIS AND FOX NEWS JUST REPORTED
733
00:23:49,477 --> 00:23:49,711
THIS.
734
00:23:49,745 --> 00:23:50,825
Trevor: right, I trust
735
00:23:50,826 --> 00:23:51,581
other source other than myself.
736
00:23:51,582 --> 00:23:52,257
YES.
737
00:23:52,259 --> 00:23:53,721
I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISM.
738
00:23:53,722 --> 00:23:54,947
I BELIEVE IN THE FACT-BASED
739
00:23:54,948 --> 00:23:55,301
WORLD.
740
00:23:55,336 --> 00:23:56,754
SO, THEREFORE, I’LL NEVER TELL
741
00:23:56,756 --> 00:23:58,087
YOU TO SHUT IT OFF AND ONLY
742
00:23:58,088 --> 00:23:59,064
LISTEN TO ME.
743
00:23:59,098 --> 00:24:00,531
THE RIGHT HAS THE OPPOSITE VIEW
744
00:24:00,565 --> 00:24:01,440
OF THAT.
745
00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:03,326
AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY THEY’VE
746
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:04,964
LOCKED UP SO MUCH OF THEIR OWN
747
00:24:04,966 --> 00:24:05,275
MARKET.
748
00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:07,217
BUT I THINK IT ALSO EXPLAINS WHY
749
00:24:07,251 --> 00:24:08,201
THEY DON’T SPEAK TO THE WHOLE
750
00:24:08,235 --> 00:24:08,663
COUNTRY.
751
00:24:08,698 --> 00:24:10,463
THEY ONLY SPEAK TO PEOPLE WHO
752
00:24:10,465 --> 00:24:12,201
THEY’VE ALREADY CONVINCED TO
753
00:24:12,236 --> 00:24:13,012
TURN OFF EVERYTHING ELSE.
754
00:24:13,046 --> 00:24:15,587
Trevor: if there was a way
755
00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:17,641
to go, like, what are those
756
00:24:17,676 --> 00:24:19,225
shows called in America?
757
00:24:19,226 --> 00:24:20,422
"WIFE SWAP," "SPOUSE SWAP" TYPE
758
00:24:20,423 --> 00:24:21,347
OF THING.
759
00:24:21,349 --> 00:24:23,799
WOULD YOU EVER DO A WEEK ON FOX
760
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,112
AND TALK TO THEIR VIEWERS.
761
00:24:25,114 --> 00:24:26,694
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD EVER
762
00:24:26,729 --> 00:24:27,794
CONVINCE ANY OF THEIR VIEWERS OF
763
00:24:27,829 --> 00:24:29,746
A DIFFERENT REALITY?
764
00:24:29,747 --> 00:24:32,617
I-- TREVOR.
765
00:24:32,618 --> 00:24:35,477
( LAUGHTER )
766
00:24:35,478 --> 00:24:38,306
UHM, COULD I, LIKE, WEAR A LATEX
767
00:24:38,307 --> 00:24:39,321
FACE OF ANOTHER PERSON?
768
00:24:39,355 --> 00:24:40,135
Trevor: no!
769
00:24:40,169 --> 00:24:41,578
THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
770
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,056
AS RACHEL MADDOW, DO YOU THINK
771
00:24:43,057 --> 00:24:44,888
YOU COULD TALK TO THEM AND SAY
772
00:24:44,922 --> 00:24:47,116
TO THEM, "HEY, I KNOW YOU DON’T
773
00:24:47,151 --> 00:24:48,536
LIKE ME, BUT LET ME LAY OUT MY
774
00:24:48,538 --> 00:24:48,848
CASE."
775
00:24:48,849 --> 00:24:50,207
DO YOU THINK YOU’D BE ABLE TO DO
776
00:24:50,208 --> 00:24:50,519
THAT.
777
00:24:50,553 --> 00:24:52,264
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE
778
00:24:52,298 --> 00:24:54,059
ME WHEN I SAY THIS, BUT I SORT
779
00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:55,639
OF FEEL LIKE I DO THAT EVERY
780
00:24:55,674 --> 00:24:58,236
NIGHT IN WHAT I’M DOING ANYWAY.
781
00:24:58,237 --> 00:25:00,000
LIKE I DON’T ASSUME THAT MY
782
00:25:00,001 --> 00:25:01,614
AUDIENCE ALREADY THINKS ALL THE
783
00:25:01,648 --> 00:25:03,403
SAME THINGS THAT I DO OR THAT --
784
00:25:03,437 --> 00:25:04,138
RIGHT, RIGHT.
785
00:25:04,173 --> 00:25:05,250
HAS THE SAME PERSPECTIVE ON
786
00:25:05,251 --> 00:25:05,670
IT.
787
00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:08,216
I FEEL LIKE I’M ALWAYS TRYING TO
788
00:25:08,218 --> 00:25:09,383
CONVINCE PEOPLE WHO DON’T
789
00:25:09,384 --> 00:25:10,614
OTHERWISE COME FROM THE SAME
790
00:25:10,648 --> 00:25:11,636
PERSPECTIVE THAT I COME FROM,
791
00:25:11,637 --> 00:25:12,722
THAT WHAT I’M SAYING IS
792
00:25:12,723 --> 00:25:13,628
SOMETHING TO OFFER.
793
00:25:13,662 --> 00:25:15,454
LIKE, HERE ARE THE FACTS.
794
00:25:15,456 --> 00:25:16,953
HERE’S MY TAKE ON IT.
795
00:25:16,955 --> 00:25:18,596
HERE’S WHY I MIGHT BE WRONG.
796
00:25:18,597 --> 00:25:19,874
HERE’S AN EXPERT WHO CAN TELL ME
797
00:25:19,908 --> 00:25:20,851
IF I’M WRONG.
798
00:25:20,885 --> 00:25:22,816
YOU MAKE OF THIS WHAT YOU WILL.
799
00:25:22,850 --> 00:25:24,087
I FEEL LIKE I’M APPROACHING THAT
800
00:25:24,121 --> 00:25:24,347
ANYWAY.
801
00:25:24,348 --> 00:25:25,604
THE REASON THIS IS HARD TO
802
00:25:25,605 --> 00:25:27,057
IMAGINE IS BECAUSE I’M JUST
803
00:25:27,059 --> 00:25:28,323
TRYING TO-- I’M JUST TRYING TO
804
00:25:28,357 --> 00:25:29,484
IMAGINE, LIKE THE MOMENT OF
805
00:25:29,485 --> 00:25:33,141
WALKING INTO THE FOX STUDIOS,
806
00:25:33,143 --> 00:25:36,556
AND THE FOX EXECUTIVES BEING
807
00:25:36,590 --> 00:25:38,284
LIKE DO-DO-DO-DO.
808
00:25:38,318 --> 00:25:41,029
IS THIS PERSON GOING TO SELL
809
00:25:41,063 --> 00:25:42,213
ERECTILE DISFUNCTION PILLS TO
810
00:25:42,214 --> 00:25:43,897
OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT?
811
00:25:43,898 --> 00:25:45,679
THIS MIGHT NOT WORK, BUT MAYBE.
812
00:25:45,713 --> 00:25:46,080
ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE.
813
00:25:46,081 --> 00:25:47,553
Trevor: you never know.
814
00:25:47,554 --> 00:25:49,345
AND IF THERE’S ANYONE WHO CAN BE
815
00:25:49,346 --> 00:25:50,350
AS CONVINCING IN THE OPPOSITE
816
00:25:50,384 --> 00:25:53,164
WAY TO THE PEOPLE ON FOX, I
817
00:25:53,165 --> 00:25:54,787
THINK IT COULD BE RACHEL MADDOW.
818
00:25:54,821 --> 00:25:56,154
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET READY FOR
819
00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:56,910
YOUR SHOW.
820
00:25:56,911 --> 00:25:59,356
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
821
00:25:59,390 --> 00:26:00,717
THANK YOU FOR WRITING AN AMAZING
822
00:26:00,750 --> 00:26:01,086
BOOK.
823
00:26:01,121 --> 00:26:02,671
MOST OF HISTORY IS BORING TO
824
00:26:02,706 --> 00:26:04,192
READ UNLESS IT’S WRITTEN WELL.
825
00:26:04,226 --> 00:26:04,910
CONGRATULATIONS ON AN AMAZING
826
00:26:04,912 --> 00:26:05,317
STORY.
827
00:26:05,351 --> 00:26:06,676
I HOPE EVERYBODY GOES OUT AND
828
00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:07,296
GETS IT.
829
00:26:07,331 --> 00:26:08,729
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN
830
00:26:08,731 --> 00:26:09,667
PERSON SOON.
831
00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:11,722
TREVOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
832
00:26:11,724 --> 00:26:12,678
YOU’RE GREAT, MY FRIEND.
833
00:26:12,679 --> 00:26:15,261
Trevor: Rachel Maddow, I
834
00:26:15,263 --> 00:26:15,721
appreciate you.
835
00:26:15,722 --> 00:26:18,114
THE BOOK "BAG MAN" IS AVAILABLE
836
00:26:18,115 --> 00:26:18,656
NOW.
837
00:26:18,657 --> 00:26:22,230
AND DON’T FORGET TO WATCH RACHEL
838
00:26:22,231 --> 00:26:23,766
MADDOW’S SHOW WEEK NIGHTS ON
839
00:26:23,767 --> 00:26:24,030
MSNBC.
840
00:26:24,064 --> 00:26:25,624
ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK
841
00:26:25,659 --> 00:26:27,261
I’LL BE CHATTING WITH BRYAN
842
00:26:27,263 --> 00:26:29,058
CRANSTON, NOT JUST ABOUT HIS NEW
843
00:26:29,092 --> 00:26:31,137
SHOW BUT WHAT IT’S BEEN LIKE TO
844
00:26:31,138 --> 00:26:32,517
HAVE COVID-19 AND WHY HE CAN’T
845
00:26:32,551 --> 00:26:34,196
TASTE ANYTHING ANYMORE.
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS.
846
00:26:35,425 --> 00:26:37,193
Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
847
00:26:37,227 --> 00:26:38,695
Earlier today, I spoke
848
00:26:38,728 --> 00:26:41,297
with award-winning actor
Bryan Cranston.
849
00:26:41,331 --> 00:26:43,833
We talked
about his new Showtime series,
850
00:26:43,867 --> 00:26:46,970
his bout with coronavirus
and so much more.
851
00:26:47,003 --> 00:26:49,339
-Dad.
-Alibis fall apart, Adam.
852
00:26:49,372 --> 00:26:51,374
I see it all the time.
853
00:26:51,407 --> 00:26:53,610
They almost never hold up.
854
00:26:53,643 --> 00:26:55,345
If you want to give yourself
a fighting chance,
855
00:26:55,378 --> 00:26:57,046
it has to be very close to true.
856
00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,549
Okay, but...
857
00:26:59,582 --> 00:27:01,584
being here, doing this...
858
00:27:01,618 --> 00:27:04,454
Look, from now, if you're ever
asked where you were,
859
00:27:04,487 --> 00:27:07,490
what you were doing
on October 9,
860
00:27:07,524 --> 00:27:10,326
you'll have the muscle memory
of what you did.
861
00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:14,130
You won't have to construct
the lie, because you lived it.
862
00:27:14,164 --> 00:27:17,667
Bryan Cranston, welcome to The
Daily Social Distancing Show.
863
00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:21,171
(laughs) Thank you, Trevor.
It's great to be on with you.
864
00:27:21,204 --> 00:27:22,672
It is wonderful to have you on.
865
00:27:22,705 --> 00:27:24,741
I have always been a big fan
of your dimples.
866
00:27:24,774 --> 00:27:26,676
As a fellow
dimple-haver myself,
867
00:27:26,709 --> 00:27:29,212
I have followed your career
avidly.
868
00:27:29,245 --> 00:27:31,047
I subscribe to Dimple Weekly,
869
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,916
and we are all proud
of your achievements.
870
00:27:32,949 --> 00:27:35,485
Um, so, welcome.
Welcome to the show.
871
00:27:35,518 --> 00:27:38,988
How have you been holding up,
by the way? How are you?
872
00:27:39,022 --> 00:27:41,658
Well, isn't that an interesting
question-- how are you?
873
00:27:41,691 --> 00:27:43,626
It used to be where you say,
"How are you?"
874
00:27:43,660 --> 00:27:46,463
"Fine, thank you. How are you?"
"Very good." And you move on.
875
00:27:46,496 --> 00:27:50,700
-Yes. -Now, 2020,
it's like, "Ooh, how am I?"
876
00:27:50,733 --> 00:27:52,302
How am I?
877
00:27:52,335 --> 00:27:55,038
It's kind of
this existential question now.
878
00:27:55,071 --> 00:27:56,506
The answer is, good.
879
00:27:56,539 --> 00:27:59,309
I-I mean, you know,
we're-we're adaptable beings.
880
00:27:59,342 --> 00:28:01,211
I'm-I'm saddened
881
00:28:01,244 --> 00:28:05,849
that we... we don't have
any, uh, current leadership
882
00:28:05,882 --> 00:28:09,419
that is taking what
we're dealing with seriously,
883
00:28:09,452 --> 00:28:13,456
and-and, you know,
3,000 people are passing away
884
00:28:13,490 --> 00:28:15,859
at a... on a... on a...
on a day now.
885
00:28:15,892 --> 00:28:18,228
And I think back in March,
886
00:28:18,261 --> 00:28:22,899
when I contracted COVID-19,
and how lucky I was.
887
00:28:22,932 --> 00:28:27,804
My symptoms were very mild, and
I had some aches and achiness,
888
00:28:27,837 --> 00:28:30,607
and a little dry cough
and-and...
889
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,109
uh, and just absolute lethargy.
890
00:28:33,143 --> 00:28:35,779
-I couldn't sleep enough.
-Right.
891
00:28:35,812 --> 00:28:38,314
It knocked me out that way.
Yeah.
892
00:28:38,348 --> 00:28:42,218
And then, I lost my, uh,
sense of taste and smell
893
00:28:42,252 --> 00:28:44,087
for months and months.
894
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,822
Well, are you being serious?
895
00:28:45,855 --> 00:28:47,390
Yeah.
896
00:28:47,423 --> 00:28:48,958
What is that experience like?
897
00:28:48,992 --> 00:28:52,629
Well, to this day,
I don't have it back 100%.
898
00:28:52,662 --> 00:28:56,166
It's about 75%, maybe,
something like that.
899
00:28:56,199 --> 00:28:59,302
If I walked into a kitchen
and someone was brewing coffee,
900
00:28:59,335 --> 00:29:01,137
-I can't smell it.
-Wow.
901
00:29:01,171 --> 00:29:04,007
So I have to open up
the bag of beans, and I go,
902
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,442
"Oh, yeah,
that's-that's coffee,"
903
00:29:05,475 --> 00:29:07,410
-or stick my nose in it.
-Oh, wow, man.
904
00:29:07,444 --> 00:29:08,912
Yeah.
905
00:29:08,945 --> 00:29:10,647
And do they... do they have
an idea of when it comes...?
906
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:14,617
Or is it just, you just
play it by ear, you see?
907
00:29:14,651 --> 00:29:16,920
Well, what's interesting,
my wife was reading up on this,
908
00:29:16,953 --> 00:29:19,989
and she said, um,
neurologists will tell you
909
00:29:20,023 --> 00:29:24,594
the way to retrain the senses is
to do exactly what I do--
910
00:29:24,627 --> 00:29:26,696
open up that bag
of coffee beans.
911
00:29:26,729 --> 00:29:31,000
It reconnects the-the senses
in-in your brain.
912
00:29:31,034 --> 00:29:34,037
Um, so anything--
pungent cheese.
913
00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:36,005
Right, right, right.
914
00:29:36,039 --> 00:29:39,542
You have to teach your brain
to smell again and taste again.
915
00:29:39,576 --> 00:29:41,544
-Yeah.
-Wow. Okay.
916
00:29:41,578 --> 00:29:43,179
Well, I'm glad
it's you and not me.
917
00:29:43,213 --> 00:29:45,115
And I'm glad
that you are healthier now.
918
00:29:45,148 --> 00:29:46,749
I-I do not wish that experience.
919
00:29:46,783 --> 00:29:48,585
I love the taste
of things too much.
920
00:29:48,618 --> 00:29:51,621
And I like knowing who smelled
it 'cause I know who dealt it.
921
00:29:51,654 --> 00:29:53,556
I mean, these are
important things in life.
922
00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:56,993
Um, I would love to talk
about your brand-new show.
923
00:29:57,026 --> 00:29:58,928
You're playing a judge
in a very sticky situation.
924
00:29:58,962 --> 00:30:01,898
A judge who has a son
who's involved in a hit-and-run,
925
00:30:01,931 --> 00:30:04,000
and then he has to make
the very tough decision
926
00:30:04,033 --> 00:30:08,938
between following the law
and following his family.
927
00:30:08,972 --> 00:30:13,009
As tough as that decision is
for any parent,
928
00:30:13,042 --> 00:30:16,546
um, my character, Michael,
does the right thing
929
00:30:16,579 --> 00:30:20,283
and says to his son,
"You need to turn yourself in,
930
00:30:20,316 --> 00:30:23,086
"uh, and-and be responsible
931
00:30:23,119 --> 00:30:25,588
and accountable
for-for your actions."
932
00:30:25,622 --> 00:30:27,557
And I convince him
to do the right thing.
933
00:30:27,590 --> 00:30:29,125
We go to the police station.
934
00:30:29,159 --> 00:30:33,596
I'm about to turn him in,
When I notice a grieving couple
935
00:30:33,630 --> 00:30:35,999
who are the parents of the boy
936
00:30:36,032 --> 00:30:38,234
that was killed
in this car accident
937
00:30:38,268 --> 00:30:40,170
-earlier in the day.
-Right.
938
00:30:40,203 --> 00:30:42,505
I don't know who she is,
but I know him,
939
00:30:42,539 --> 00:30:46,776
and he is a vicious,
violent criminal.
940
00:30:46,810 --> 00:30:49,546
And I know
beyond a shadow of a doubt
941
00:30:49,579 --> 00:30:51,247
that if I continued on
942
00:30:51,281 --> 00:30:53,616
and turned my son in
to the police department,
943
00:30:53,650 --> 00:30:56,152
and, thereby,
into the judicial system,
944
00:30:56,186 --> 00:30:59,622
he would get to him somehow,
and he would kill my son.
945
00:30:59,656 --> 00:31:03,226
So, all of a sudden,
animal instincts take over.
946
00:31:03,259 --> 00:31:05,562
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
-And it's like, that's it.
947
00:31:05,595 --> 00:31:09,599
We're leaving. I-I'm making
this impulsive decision.
948
00:31:09,632 --> 00:31:12,035
Uh, and away it goes.
949
00:31:12,068 --> 00:31:14,170
I feel like
you have this amazing ability
950
00:31:14,204 --> 00:31:17,974
to play characters where
you-you're a good person
951
00:31:18,007 --> 00:31:19,776
who is not doing
the right thing,
952
00:31:19,809 --> 00:31:21,744
but we want you
to not do the right thing
953
00:31:21,778 --> 00:31:24,848
because we-we... we're in touch
with the humanity
954
00:31:24,881 --> 00:31:27,484
of the person that we...
we are... we are watching.
955
00:31:27,517 --> 00:31:29,519
When you're playing
these characters, like, how...?
956
00:31:29,552 --> 00:31:31,387
I really want to know how
you get into doing that.
957
00:31:31,421 --> 00:31:33,456
How do you...
how do you learn to love them
958
00:31:33,490 --> 00:31:35,391
so that we can love them
and their flaws
959
00:31:35,425 --> 00:31:36,960
and then start supporting them
committing crimes?
960
00:31:36,993 --> 00:31:38,928
'Cause you-you let...
you make us support people
961
00:31:38,962 --> 00:31:40,330
who commit crimes.
That's what you do.
962
00:31:40,363 --> 00:31:43,700
I... That's what I do.
That's my stock-in-trade.
963
00:31:43,733 --> 00:31:45,201
Um, yeah, it's true.
964
00:31:45,235 --> 00:31:48,204
You know, I learned
early on, uh,
965
00:31:48,238 --> 00:31:50,907
that when... when a...
you're going through maturation,
966
00:31:50,940 --> 00:31:52,942
-and you're in middle school
or high school... -Mm-hmm.
967
00:31:52,976 --> 00:31:56,279
and someone does something
embarrassing or humiliating,
968
00:31:56,312 --> 00:31:57,881
you laugh at them. That was...
969
00:31:57,914 --> 00:32:00,283
Because you-you're glad
it wasn't you.
970
00:32:00,316 --> 00:32:02,819
But beyond that,
when you mature,
971
00:32:02,852 --> 00:32:07,223
human beings are really lovely
at heart.
972
00:32:07,257 --> 00:32:09,559
The foundational sense
of a human being.
973
00:32:09,592 --> 00:32:13,696
If they see someone humiliated
or embarrassed or vulnerable,
974
00:32:13,730 --> 00:32:15,532
they don't want
to laugh at them.
975
00:32:15,565 --> 00:32:17,100
They want
to wrap their arms around them.
976
00:32:17,133 --> 00:32:18,768
They want to protect them.
977
00:32:18,802 --> 00:32:23,173
And so that's the beauty of-of
portraying someone like this,
978
00:32:23,206 --> 00:32:25,775
or Walter White,
or someone who is trying
979
00:32:25,809 --> 00:32:28,578
to do the right thing,
but is flawed.
980
00:32:28,611 --> 00:32:32,282
So an audience, knowing that
they are imperfect themselves...
981
00:32:32,315 --> 00:32:35,485
-Mm-hmm. ...casts that
upon the character, saying,
982
00:32:35,518 --> 00:32:37,720
"My God, I don't think I would
have done anything differently.
983
00:32:37,754 --> 00:32:40,423
-I would have done something
like that." -Right.
984
00:32:40,457 --> 00:32:42,792
So they instantly relate to you.
985
00:32:42,826 --> 00:32:45,095
And then... I hope that they do.
986
00:32:45,128 --> 00:32:47,130
I take them by the hand,
and I say,
987
00:32:47,163 --> 00:32:48,231
"Let me take you for a ride.
988
00:32:48,264 --> 00:32:50,433
Come on. I'll tell you a story."
989
00:32:50,467 --> 00:32:52,602
And you go and you take them
on a journey
990
00:32:52,635 --> 00:32:55,572
that sometimes
they want to shake loose of,
991
00:32:55,605 --> 00:32:58,274
but they cannot...
992
00:32:58,308 --> 00:33:01,244
They're compelled
to continue on that journey.
993
00:33:01,277 --> 00:33:04,581
My-my only criticism
of the show, if I may,
994
00:33:04,614 --> 00:33:06,883
is that it's a miniseries.
995
00:33:06,916 --> 00:33:09,185
We're in a pandemic,
Bryan Cranston.
996
00:33:09,219 --> 00:33:12,055
Why would you not make
a full, long show?
997
00:33:12,088 --> 00:33:13,890
Why do you do this
to us, Bryan Cranston?
998
00:33:13,923 --> 00:33:15,325
We're your fans.
Why would you do that?
999
00:33:15,358 --> 00:33:17,327
I do it to help you, Trevor.
1000
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,730
I don't want you to-to have
that instant gratification
1001
00:33:20,764 --> 00:33:22,398
seeped into your soul.
1002
00:33:22,432 --> 00:33:25,635
I want you to develop a sense
of restraint
1003
00:33:25,668 --> 00:33:29,105
and an appreciation
for things that take time.
1004
00:33:29,139 --> 00:33:31,908
Look, would you drink
a cheap bottle of wine
1005
00:33:31,941 --> 00:33:34,177
that was made last week? No.
1006
00:33:34,210 --> 00:33:35,678
You would wait. Let it wait.
1007
00:33:35,712 --> 00:33:37,347
Turn it. Let it mature.
1008
00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:39,082
And then open that bottle.
1009
00:33:39,115 --> 00:33:41,251
In the pandemic,
I will finish that...
1010
00:33:41,284 --> 00:33:42,752
I have finished that bottle,
Bryan Cranston.
1011
00:33:42,786 --> 00:33:45,488
I will not wait for anything
during the pandemic.
1012
00:33:45,522 --> 00:33:48,124
It's 2020. Needless to say,
I think it's a fantastic show.
1013
00:33:48,158 --> 00:33:49,559
You've done an amazing job
again.
1014
00:33:49,592 --> 00:33:51,094
Thank you so much
for joining me on the show.
1015
00:33:51,127 --> 00:33:52,429
Trevor, appreciate it.
1016
00:33:52,462 --> 00:33:54,664
Hopefully next time,
we can do it in person.
1017
00:33:54,697 --> 00:33:56,332
Always, my friend, always.
I'll see you around.
1018
00:33:56,366 --> 00:33:58,635
-Be well.
-Thank you. Bye.
1019
00:33:58,668 --> 00:34:00,870
Don't forget, Your Honor airs
Sundays
1020
00:34:00,904 --> 00:34:03,173
at 10:00 p.m. on Showtime.
1021
00:34:03,206 --> 00:34:04,841
All right, we're gonna
take a quick break.
1022
00:34:04,874 --> 00:34:04,941
But we'll be right back
after this.
1023
00:34:07,843 --> 00:34:09,444
Well, that's our show
for tonight, but before we go,
1024
00:34:09,478 --> 00:34:12,281
I wanted to remind you
again to please
1025
00:34:12,314 --> 00:34:15,050
support your local restaurants
if you can.
1026
00:34:15,083 --> 00:34:17,419
I know not everybody can
afford to, but if you can,
1027
00:34:17,452 --> 00:34:20,622
order some food in because
these restaurants are struggling
1028
00:34:20,656 --> 00:34:23,192
to stay open during the pandemic
and all their employees
1029
00:34:23,225 --> 00:34:25,527
are gonna be suffering
and the restaurant won't be open
1030
00:34:25,561 --> 00:34:27,462
for you
when the pandemic is over.
1031
00:34:27,496 --> 00:34:29,731
If you want to help
beyond just getting the food,
1032
00:34:29,765 --> 00:34:32,734
then please consider a donation
to the James Beard foundation's
1033
00:34:32,768 --> 00:34:35,904
Open for Good campaign, which
helps independent restaurants
1034
00:34:35,938 --> 00:34:38,106
survive this pandemic.
1035
00:34:38,140 --> 00:34:40,676
Until next time,
stay safe out there,
1036
00:34:40,709 --> 00:34:42,578
wear a mask and remember,
1037
00:34:42,611 --> 00:34:45,581
if you find gold coins
in your garden,
1038
00:34:45,614 --> 00:34:48,317
do the right thing--
bury them again,
1039
00:34:48,350 --> 00:34:51,787
water them, then you wait for
that money tree to grow, baby!
1040
00:34:51,820 --> 00:34:54,590
(laughs)
Wait, that's not how it...?
1041
00:34:54,623 --> 00:34:56,592
Now here it is,
Your Moment of Zen.
1042
00:34:56,625 --> 00:34:58,260
What do you mean
that's not how it works?
1043
00:34:58,293 --> 00:35:00,362
? ?
1044
00:35:07,169 --> 00:35:09,972
Is it true as I was told by our
producers that you, in fact,
1045
00:35:10,005 --> 00:35:12,207
have a Red Sox mask
that you wore
1046
00:35:12,241 --> 00:35:14,676
-to this live shot this
morning? -Y-Y-Yes, I do.
1047
00:35:14,710 --> 00:35:16,612
-And here it is, see if
you can get it. -Um, that is
1048
00:35:16,645 --> 00:35:18,447
a fantastic mask,
Senator Hassan.
1049
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,149
-It is. -I appreciate
your fashion choices.
1050
00:35:21,183 --> 00:35:23,318
And I appreciate you being
with us this morning.
1051
00:35:23,352 --> 00:35:25,087
Thank you very much. Go Sox.
1052
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,723
Yeah, absolutely.
Got to get a pitcher.
1053
00:35:27,756 --> 00:35:27,823
All right.