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Mizanur Rahman, who became the latest person to be "picked up", detailed the chronology of events that happened on that day.

In a democracy, there should not be a difference between citizens and activists as every active, alert or concerned citizen is automatically an activist

At this point is the play. it's not counter manneding the big lie. americans, we figured that out. we know what it is. now the strategy is, how do you prepare to overcome what's being put in front of you? we can have the lawyers do the legal thing, the challenge in the courts. we can have the legislators try to, you know, block and tackle legislatively. at the end of the day, what is going to be required is citizen activism. it's citizen action. and you have to have -- when you go to the polls on election day, the names of every state legislator, every congressman and every united states senat...

Make us feel together as americans, as citizens. we have done it before. i'm not pessimistic about it, we've been through much worse times. the depression was much worse, world war ii was worse, the civil war was worse, but we had leaders and citizens who are active. the key is that citizens can't sit around waiting for the leader to come, they have to become active. they have to figure out how to awaken themselves and not be spectators anymore. all the changes in our society have come from the iz szing. anti-slavery movement, women's movement, environmental movement. all my guys -- my guys --...

John and we produced a video with mollie fraphapple. more than 4 million people have seen it and gotten active. we've worked to bail out mothers and fathers on mother's and father's day. help people see what's possible. you hear about bail and if you do the time, you do the time. you're better off being guilty and rich than innocent and poor. that's not okay. >> we all know the story about highlighting the eye about being able to come up with a small amount of became that can leave. you have made it clear that the idea of citizen activism, getting out on the streets, using social media, it act...