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Let me return to
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the attack on you,
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because this is something
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that we know from other times,
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in other places.
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I mean, it's not just,
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you know,
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something that the Trump
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administration does.
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That attacking the messenger,
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attacking the journalist,
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attacking the institution
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of journalism,
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attacking The Atlantic.
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This is a way,
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this is something that autocrats
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and dictators
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do in other countries
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in order to be able
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to create their own reality.
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Right?
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I mean, they want to say, Nothing,
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don't believe anybody except me.
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You know, ignore Jeff Goldberg.
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He's a, he's
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a scumbag
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and a loser and a sleazebag.
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You know, only listen to our,
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into what we are saying.
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Do you think that by publishing
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the texts,
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you injected
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that little dose of reality
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into the conversation?
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Their goal, the goal of people
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who are authoritarian-
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minded is to force compliance,
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right?
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They can only do
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what they want to do if no one
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fights them,
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if no one argues with them,
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if no one counters it.
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And so if you have a,
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if you have a dose of reality
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that you can inject
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into the system,
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into the cognitive system
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of the United States, well,
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then you should,
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you should do it,
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because they're counting on people
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not doing it.
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So Mike Waltz
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calls you a loser on TV.
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Implies that you're,
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you know, that you've
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somehow mysteriously made
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your phone number
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appear on his telephone.
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Yeah, it was using my brain waves.
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That's right, that's right.
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Yeah. You know. So.
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So how does that
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work in your brain?
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So you're accused of these
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very bad things,
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and, and
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you're meant to be intimidated,
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and you're meant to say,
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You're right, your Honor.
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We won't publish anything.
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Yeah, well, I mean, he could.
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Mike Waltz can call me a loser
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if he wants,
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but at least I know how to text.
