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<v Speaker 1>Pank Shinkoff is with us, and you know Germane did

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<v Speaker 1>this conversation, Hank. If there's one thing that is the

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<v Speaker 1>poison pill, the cyanide pill that the Democrat Party has swallowed,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been the pivot that they went from being an

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<v Speaker 1>anti illegal immigration party to a pro illegal immigration party.

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe it got them some votes, maybe it got

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<v Speaker 1>them some wins here and there, but to me, this

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<v Speaker 1>was the syinide pill they're swallowing at the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't know the morning, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>it's a cyanide pill, but I make the following argument

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<v Speaker 2>that it reflects what they think is the future, which

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<v Speaker 2>is a change in country that is no longer European derivative.

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<v Speaker 2>That is, that's kind of you know that it comes

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<v Speaker 2>from South America, that comes from Asia and is much

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<v Speaker 2>more likely to kind of feel more comfortable with what

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats are talking about as applied to immigration. But

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<v Speaker 2>that not the case. You wouldn't have the DSA people

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<v Speaker 2>talking about abolishing and ice or running around complaining about

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<v Speaker 2>US enforcement. And that is a great tragedy because they're

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<v Speaker 2>in position to do damage to the nation by being

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<v Speaker 2>the new Democrats in significant numbers, and it's getting worse.

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<v Speaker 1>Every day, Hanks shein Coff. Earlier this week, John Fetterman proudly,

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<v Speaker 1>proudly met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ninsanya, who called

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<v Speaker 1>himself the conscious of the party, says he doesn't understand

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<v Speaker 1>why they've turned on Israel, but Hank, I have to say,

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<v Speaker 1>one voice among other people who are good but quiet,

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<v Speaker 1>is a conscience. One voice among people who are violently

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<v Speaker 1>evil is a hostage. And I think John Fetterman is

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<v Speaker 1>a hostage.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's entirely true, and that's a good analogy.

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<v Speaker 2>John Fetterman's made a decision about where he thinks his

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<v Speaker 2>conscience ought to be. He understands international politics a lot

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<v Speaker 2>better than most of the Democrats do. He understands that

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<v Speaker 2>for the present situation of the United States finds itself

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<v Speaker 2>in the Middle East, particularly with the respect Israel. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a position that Harry Truman's taked out frankly in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>forty eight with the Truman Doctor, without mentioning Israel at all.

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<v Speaker 2>But he knew that in order to protect the market interests,

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<v Speaker 2>he had to have access, onset of access, and control

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<v Speaker 2>to setstead of the Mediterranean Basin. That's why Truman propped

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<v Speaker 2>up Greece in Turkey. The United States in a similar

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<v Speaker 2>position today. If it loses the military power and control

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<v Speaker 2>of that portion of the Mediterranean Basin, Israel disappears. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>ten years down the road, the Americans will be lucky.

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<v Speaker 2>We can find food. I mean, the danger coming out

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<v Speaker 2>of the Muslim world, not all of it, but some

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<v Speaker 2>of it's certainly in North Africa historically is in the

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<v Speaker 2>Middle East is very significant, and I don't think the

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<v Speaker 2>Americans want to even begin to think about that.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a mayor here. You know, we were talking

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<v Speaker 1>off the air, Michael Cohen, John Casmantiiti's and I before

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<v Speaker 1>the show began, and to different degrees, we agreed. It

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<v Speaker 1>feels like a line has finally been crossed by this

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<v Speaker 1>mayor in the last ten days or so where there's

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<v Speaker 1>some awareness of whatever swing vote there is. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the people who are always going to vote

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<v Speaker 1>from always not going to vote for him, but I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like in the last ten days or so, either

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<v Speaker 1>with this pieditary attacks or with the attacks, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the anti Semitic attack on the Jewish Fast Day ten

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<v Speaker 1>days ago, or so it feels like we've reached a

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<v Speaker 1>he's crossed over to a point now where I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's in big trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you agree. I think it's too early to declare

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<v Speaker 2>him in big trouble. You know, anti Semitism is a

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<v Speaker 2>fine thing. You know, people don't mind what you do ultimately,

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<v Speaker 2>and New York is an unusual place. He's We've al

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<v Speaker 2>we've always tolerated within a bigotry among our groups. In

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<v Speaker 2>this city's dynamic, it's populated dynamic, it's economic dynamic, and

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<v Speaker 2>much of it is changing very rapidly. He's a mayor

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<v Speaker 2>in trouble. He's loved for his attacks on landlords. He's

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<v Speaker 2>loved for his attacks on the Jews by certain portions

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<v Speaker 2>of the population. Nobody sees him in a way that

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<v Speaker 2>we see him right now. He's a bigot. He's an

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<v Speaker 2>anti semi. He's always been that. His obsession with liberation theory,

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<v Speaker 2>which says that anything related to Europe in any way

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<v Speaker 2>must be extinguished outside the United States or even in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States itself. It implies colonialism. It's something that

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<v Speaker 2>he learned from his father and from people like Rashid

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<v Speaker 2>Khaledi and Edward said and other screwballs. So you have

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<v Speaker 2>his father's written a book by the way, that there's

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<v Speaker 2>axtole to some extent that idiot mean who was a killer,

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<v Speaker 2>well known and murdered thousands, maybe millions for all we know.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're talking about someone as a particular viewpoint in

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<v Speaker 2>the world that's not going to change very wrap, very

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<v Speaker 2>very easily, if at all, And it's hiding who he

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<v Speaker 2>really is in some of his daily behavior. If you

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<v Speaker 2>look at the DSA platform, he's tried to run away

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<v Speaker 2>from it, but that's where he comes from. The DSA

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<v Speaker 2>platform multiply calls for the creation of a polet Burero

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<v Speaker 2>in the United States, where you abolish the Senate, you

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<v Speaker 2>abolish the Supreme Court, you get rid of the Secretary

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<v Speaker 2>of Defense, you open the prisons, you get rid of it,

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<v Speaker 2>you open the get rid of cops. Then the pole

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<v Speaker 2>Buro then is that people's assembly that will effectively then

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<v Speaker 2>do what every other pol heuro has ever done throughout history,

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<v Speaker 2>which is kill everybody they get their hands with. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's what we're heading unless he stopped.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, isn't that Another argument I'm making, Hank Shinkoff, is

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<v Speaker 1>that it isn't about a policy or a political change

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<v Speaker 1>that they're looking for. It's actually the means are the end.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he's already won, Mom, Donnie by frightening older

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<v Speaker 1>people with these messages about getting attacks, by frightening the

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<v Speaker 1>Jewish community. Here the resentment, the pain, the violence. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Communists won in Russia, not when they took over

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<v Speaker 1>and created a pola Buro, but when they killed the

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<v Speaker 1>czar and they killed his wife and his children, and

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<v Speaker 1>his nieces and his nephews. That's what they want. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not about a policy, it's about the violence and the killing.

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<v Speaker 2>The policy is a cover up. You're right, to some

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<v Speaker 2>extent what they wanted, but the Russians there was Communists

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<v Speaker 2>didn't win until frankly, they were able to start murdering people,

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<v Speaker 2>and they murdered the first way of supporters, and Stalin

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<v Speaker 2>did it very well. Lenin started it. You murder those

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<v Speaker 2>who brought you the power. Hitler did it in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>thirty four at the Knight of the Long Knives when

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<v Speaker 2>he killed Ernest Rome and the heads of the stormtroopers

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<v Speaker 2>who had brought into power. That's what the future holds,

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<v Speaker 2>and less Americans begin to wake up, because that's who

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<v Speaker 2>these people are. He is the friendly face of a

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<v Speaker 2>new fascism.

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<v Speaker 3>So, hey, I got to ask you this. I gotta

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<v Speaker 3>ask you this. So DSA seems to be expanding throughout

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<v Speaker 3>this country. It's not just mom Donnie. Yes, as a

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<v Speaker 3>New Yorker, we understand Mam Donnie. But it's all over

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<v Speaker 3>the country. Now, this DSA movement is rising. How do

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<v Speaker 3>we stop it?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the problem is, you know, Michael, it's an important question.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a national phenomena. You have a generation of

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<v Speaker 2>people who have not put a callous on their hands,

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<v Speaker 2>who have no idea what it means to really be

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<v Speaker 2>without They're the most over educated mhm generation they've in history.

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<v Speaker 2>They've eaten more regularly than anybody else in history. They yes,

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<v Speaker 2>the housing is an issue, no question about it. But

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<v Speaker 2>they're housed right at tremendous costs and that needs to

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<v Speaker 2>be dealt with. And they they have no sense about

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<v Speaker 2>the future whatsoever they have they have. They are aggrieved

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<v Speaker 2>for halls to reasons, some of the agreements, some of

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<v Speaker 2>the a grievances. They have a right. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 2>tax system stinks. It needs to be fixed one way

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<v Speaker 2>or another.

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<v Speaker 3>Tax system has always stun I'm not arguing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not arguing that. I'm telling you what is right now.

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<v Speaker 2>They have a beef about that that's legitimate. They've been

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<v Speaker 2>educated to believe that anything again, that is that that

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<v Speaker 2>any human being who is that all pigmented skin is

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<v Speaker 2>somehow more superior than others because they've been wounded by

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<v Speaker 2>by history and by colonialism, and they don't They've never

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<v Speaker 2>had a tough day. I mean, they've never have never

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<v Speaker 2>borne a burden to protect this democracy. I mean, what

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<v Speaker 2>have they done? Too much?

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<v Speaker 1>Too much complain and see Hank Schinkoff. Thanks for joining us.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen.

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<v Speaker 1>We're never going to have a perfect meritocracy, but lots

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<v Speaker 1>of luck living in a society that says we're not

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<v Speaker 1>even gonna try.

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<v Speaker 2>What the heck is going on here