 Well, folks, I'm sure that most of you were already having a bad day given the news that we got yesterday about the Supreme Court Which will be a returning Roe v. Wade. It'll be official in a few months or so But I've got even more bad news. So if you don't want your mood to be sourd even more To not right now because we have some election results from the state of Ohio now I'm gonna work my way backwards from The least important to the most important so we'll start with the Republican primary for the Senate JD Vance who was endorsed by Donald Trump has won after previously not liking Donald Trump and Saying that Trump could be America's next Hitler He was endorsed by Donald Trump accepted that endorsement and he won with 32.2% of the vote He defeated Josh Mandel who got 24.1% and then Matt Dolan came in third with 22.9% of the vote now in terms of who I was rooting for in this particular race Well, no one because they're both absolutely insane. So either way they I Mean, I don't I don't know what to say These are Marjorie greens that are trying to get elected to the Senate and it seems as if JD Vance is the one who's gonna take on the Democrat That's the more important question for me. Who's the Democrat that will be taking on JD Vance? Well, we've got bad news here as well because I was rooting for Morgan Harper somebody who actually cared and She lost because the corporate Democrat Tim Ryan won in a landslide with 70.1% of the vote Morgan Harper came in a distant second with 17.5 percentage points Tracy Johnson came in third with 12.5 percentage points Now, I'm not sure why people would vote for a Tim Ryan after he has proven to be a liar He co-sponsored Medicare for All as a member of the House of Representatives and then when he was running for president He argued against it and said he would vote against it So, I mean he basically admitted that he's a liar and he just says and does things to get elected But now he's gonna be the one to take on JD Vance. Good luck. I hope he beats JD Vance I genuinely do but just if given the opportunity between somebody who cares like Morgan Harper and Tim Ryan Democratic party voters overwhelmingly always choose the corporate Democrat And then they complain that the country is continuing to go in this bad direction because they elect people who aren't Inspirational who don't really care who just go along to get along and then they complain I mean, this is why the country's in bad state. You keep electing Democrats like this corporate Democrats fraud Democrats like Tim Ryan But again, I prefer him to JD Vance. I hope that he defeats JD Vance But who knows what's gonna happen. So, um, you know, the cuckoo Republican will take on the corporate Democrat Good luck. Now getting to the race that I care about the most between Sean Selbrun and Nina Turner There was hope in my opinion that she could win because Cory Bush, she actually Lost and it was by like 20 points in 2018 to Lacey clay and then in 2020 she beat him So I thought, okay, Nina Turner can do this. It's a new district Um, you know, there's there's a lot of issues with chantel brown with regard to corruption conflicts of interest But unfortunately, no, it's a little bit early 53 of reporting right now But it's been called for Sean's help brown with 63.4 of the vote to Nina Turner's 36.6 of the vote This is something that the democratic party establishment once again worked really hard to accomplish and unfortunately progressives Have failed Nina Turner. I mean, I'm really thankful that Bernie Sanders decided to endorse her Um, I guess I'm thankful that aOC endorsed her A few hours before the election Thanks better late than never But you know other members of congress Cory Bush, Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal They abandoned Nina Turner. They didn't endorse her. They weren't there for her and you know, it's frustrating because If you get into congress and then you close the door Behind you and you don't help to leave that open so other progressives can get elected Then you're gonna continue to be Useless in congress your numbers will continue to be small if you don't help others get elected So, I mean when progressives say, oh well, we need more People like us in congress. You're not really making that easier. Are you? I mean, you know these candidates They're fighting they're fighting so hard taking grassroots donations and what they need is your support And you weren't there So, you know uh shame on All the progressives in congress with the exception of aOC I guess For coming out at the last minute you all failed Nina Turner. Now. I'm not necessarily sure You know what the specifics are there's probably going to be some post election analyses that will be really useful for us In terms of learning and growing But I mean the voters in this district at least most of them because the district has been changed a little bit But most of them they had the choice twice to choose someone who actually cares and they rejected that They rejected Nina Turner in favor of a corporate democrat who is under an ethics probe for conflicts of interest So, uh, she's delivering for her donor. She's proven that and she's also Claiming she's a progressive but she's part of the new deal new democrats coalition rather. So, I mean You elected a corporate democrat Don't be surprised or angry when things continue to deteriorate in this country because you keep electing democrats who don't Actually care. Nina Turner has made it very clear. She's hungry She wants to get in there and and fight But you all chose the corporate democrat. So That's the state of american politics. Um, I've got to say, you know, not to get everyone too dumberpilled But it feels like nothing is going to be conducive to change, right? What avenue is there currently, you know, that is actually going to Demonstrably have an impact because electoral politics clearly seems like it's a dead end The democratic party isn't going to change progressives in congress are too weak to fight Um, and you know, if you want to go the third party route, that's sound sounds great, right? But we need electoral reform and nobody's really fighting for that to reform the system And you can't get electoral reform unless you get more democrats in congress like Nina Turner who actually wants electoral reform To make it a more proportional system. So the electoral round, you know, um, avenue just seems a little bit Like a dead end. But then there's the uh grassroots What do you do there because the george floyd protests showed us that you can be in the streets for months You can catalyze a global movement have, you know, people marching in every single city In the globe uh around the globe in solidarity and what happens fuck all So it's just a matter of us waiting to be consumed By climate change get engulfed by the flames of climate change It's just, you know, hopefully things won't get that much worse until then but that's that's kind of where we're at And it's really, you know, I'm just kind of Freestyling it right now for lack of a better word, but I mean, I mean, how can you not feel demoralized and I get it, right? You know, I always tell myself just keep going and I'm never going to quit Because that's what the democratic party establishment wants. They want to beat us down. So we check out The entire political establishment wants to beat us down. So we check out. That's what they want But it's hard to not give in it's hard to not give in because Nothing changes in this fucking country. I mean look at the way the democrats are responding to abortion vote We did that we did that in 2020 and you're all not fighting Do you think that republicans if they had the uh slim majority that democrats Have right now that they would be putting up these excuses about the parliamentarian or procedural hurdles? No, they would just Accomplish what they want to accomplish by any means necessary. So we've seen a fascist takeover of the united states with this Minority imposing their will on the majority and democrats are just unwilling to fight What was biden's response to abolishing the filibuster not ready to have that conversation yet or something to that nature It's just the situation is it feels so hopeless. I get why people want to check out I understand why young voters have no interest in voting see for me Not voting never an option. I live in Oregon. It's super simple. They mail me my ballot I could take as much time as I need to fill it out. I could research each and every single candidate But if you live in one of these states like a red state where there's voter suppression And you have to drive an hour away potentially if they reduce the number of polling stations And then you have to wait in line for hours I I don't know that I would Do it given these circumstances just being honest I mean, I would certainly try to force myself to do that But you know voting it seems like more and more each year it gets more difficult And there's no change to accommodate this right voting rights was killed Biden said he's going to fight after cinema was like no We're not getting rid of the filibuster even though I did carve outs for other things But nope not getting rid of the filibuster and bad and it's like oh We're gonna fight and then we never heard about it again and cinema saying the same thing Oh, I think that abortion is a sacred right, but we're not getting rid of the filibuster I mean our political system It just feels as if there's nothing left that will actually catalyze change besides it completely collapsing Which is scary because as much as you all want a revolution I don't want a revolution Knowing how much power the fascists have because we're much more likely to have a fascistic authoritarian revolution Than we are to have a socialist or anti-capitalist revolution of that nature So I just I we're locked in to this death spiral and it feels like we can't Escape it. So in this circumstance, we're all going to have to do some digging deep within and ask ourselves What can we pull out to try to find Something to keep us going We're gonna have to dig deep because giving up is obviously not an option But I get how demoralizing the situation is currently you have feckless democrats in control They're the one opposition to fascist republicans And they don't want to fight republicans are very hungry and eager to fight and take way more of our civil rights and civil liberties And so I just I don't know what to do You know Sometimes it feels as if I I'm supposed to because I have a platform come out here and be a leader But like all of you I feel just as helpless. I'm fighting depression. I'm fighting You know the desire the overwhelming desire to just give up and say Fuck it all but I'm not I'm not going to do that. I'm going to try to find something I'm going to dig deep to keep me going but god damn is it hard God damn is it really difficult in this moment? It feels as if nothing is going to get better in this godforsaken country Even when there's a glimmer of hope, biden's going to cancel substantial amounts of student debt Oh my god, will he cancel 50,000? No, he tells us to eat shit the next day. There's just no Hope it's all doom. It's all gloom. The situation is rapidly deteriorating And it just feels as if that's what the future will be for the rest of our lives It's it's so frustrating and I genuinely I don't want people To get depressed or bogged down or doom-pilled because of what I'm saying But I I just want you to know that I empathize with you I understand this feeling of hopelessness that you feel as well. It's overwhelming I can't shake, you know, this feeling of dread that I feel every single morning when I get out of bed It's very tough. This is what all of us are dealing with currently So the reason why I'm telling you all of this is because I want you to know that you're not alone There are other people who feel the same way. We're all feeling this together. You're not suffering alone We're all experiencing this currently collectively So that's one thing I guess to hang on to that we're all in this together and that's incredibly corny But it's true. There are more of us than there are of them. We just have to find some way To change the goddamn trajectory of this country And I was gonna say before it's too late, but it might already be too late. I just I don't know