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Where the clock is ticking down. the picture thats presented to middle america is you are about to get portland in your backyard, so you need to do something now. so that is bringing people into the movement. the way that we talk about this is this militia funnel, that on the top level of this funnel, there are a lot of mainstream issues to bring people into the movement. guns is a huge one. people are concerned about their second amendment rights. mainstream white suburban anxiety. but you go t...

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>> my last question is going to be like why are moms leading this, but you just answered that question. because moms are thinking about all the levels of it. >> all the levels from "a" to "z." we thought of everything. thats what moms do. >> mm-hmm. >> were taking care of a thousand different things where men are just like, okay, i can do five. so thats why we do what we do is because moms are going to get shit done. o-no please please no. ♪ i never needed anyone. ♪ front desk. yes, hello......

Going on in portland in the early days of the protest. as a white guy, he didnt really have to worry about the cops. but all that changed in july 2020 when after weeks of mostly people protests, donald trump flooded portland with federal agents who protect federal buildings, unquote. >> who are you? what is going on? >> many didnt wear badges and yanked protesters off the streets in the unmarked vans. >> we cannot have secret police abducting people. this is a democracy, not a dictatorship. >> t...

Unrest. >> we can either keep on spending money fixing problems after they happen, or we can invest in the soil and get this thing started. >> america has two places where things get better, in the courtroom and in the streets. it is often a combo of both. we either get laws changed or new names. this is how democracy in america as always worked. while the current battle is about backlack lives, at this pt in time were fighting for our whole identity, fighting to protect our fundamental rights a...

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Black people in america. and the fact that they could not turn away and could no longer deny what was happening here. thats why this is different. >> so i need you folks to come around in a circle here. our poem are known for war hooping. anybody not know what a war hoop is? all right. well, youre going to get a lesson right here. so on the count of three, one, two, three! with plant-based cleansers... ...and moisturizers. for healthy and hydrated mens skin. relax your body and mind. shower with...

Particular protest, putting themselves in between their sons and daughters and the federal authorities, it just simply erased the presence of black women. >> behind the scenes, questions were being asked. where were all the black moms in this wall? because lets be real. black moms deal with injustice at the hands of law enforcement way more than black moms do. >> not just a woman of color. and that was initially started and then it fell through. it literally unravelled. not unravelled. it explod...

Through a park editing a picture i had just taken and they shot me across the street. i dont know who shot me. it could be anybody. >> this is real. >> maybe live stream, and i have to wear a ballistic helmet. thats really where were at. >> were talking about something that many americans associate with third world countries or dictatorships and its happening here. >> this is really a situation where we have people that dont live here beating us up because we want a change in our local budget. t...

Are we going to do to figure this shit out? were talking about how can we do this together? my mom is 83, and she said this moment feels different. she lives through the 60s. does >> yeah. >> sometimes i have to ask the dumb questions so you can give a good answer. >> of course. theres sort of this relentlessness about it, and us thinking about it a lot and personally thinking as a legislature, dont stop now because if you give up this energy right now nothing will change. so the momentum is abs...