 Well, folks, it is now time for our most prestigious award of the year, our MVP of 2021. Now, I've got to admit, this category is becoming a little bit stale and I'll let you know why in a moment here. But the way it works is I make four nominations and then I ultimately put it up to a vote and then my viewers will decide who our official MVP of the year is. Now, this year, I actually struggled because it was a tough year. I didn't really know who to nominate. So honestly, I was grasping at straws here. I mean, there are people out there, but in terms of like what I talk about with regard to American politics and Congress, not not a lot slim pickings. But nonetheless, I do believe I've narrowed it down to some really good choices. The first, of course, is Bernard Sanders, because even if at times I feel disappointed in him, even if at times I feel as if he's not fighting as hard as he should be. There's no question Bernie Sanders is still fighting for us. And out of every single person in Congress, I have no question in my mind that he cares the most and he will do everything in his power to help us out. Even if I disagree with his methods and I don't think strategically he's making the correct choices, I know Bernie Sanders to his core is fighting for us and doing what he thinks he can do to help Americans. And for that, you just you don't see that a lot in American politics. So even if it's redundant to nominate Bernie Sanders year after year after year, I think that just kind of tells us that we need more people to step up and be like Bernie Sanders because love him or hate him. You can't deny the fact that he cares and he's fighting. Even if you disagree with him, I mean, to see Bernie Sanders fight relentlessly for Americans, you know, time and again, that is commendable. So the next domination is Mehdi Hassan. Mehdi Hassan is perhaps the only person on mainstream media in all of cable news that actually does his job. He asks people in power tough questions. He holds politicians accountable, unlike perhaps everyone else in this industry. And it's really important if everyone did what Mehdi Hassan does on a daily basis, then I think the country would be much more educated. I mean, time after time he's gone viral for calling out John Bolton to his face over war crimes, confronting Joe Lieberman. And it's just it's nice to have someone in the mainstream media who isn't a hack, who's consistent, who isn't afraid to call out politicians in the Democratic Party on MSNBC, which is really unique. So I had to nominate Mehdi Hassan. Now, the next person that I've nominated is the great Mike Gravel, who unfortunately passed away this year. And you already know how I feel about Mike Gravel. Nominating him is my small way of honoring him. He's someone who dedicated his life to fighting US imperialism, fighting against the war machine and trying to elevate this issue to the American public, trying to get them to actually care about these issues along with other issues, democracy itself, civil liberties. And for that, you just you have to commend him. That's why I had to nominate Mike Gravel. Now, of course, the next is a bit of an amorphous group of people, but it's the Manchinema hecklers, the individuals who followed Kristen's cinema into the bathroom, the folks who followed Joe Manchin to his yacht and called him out for the donations that he's taken. These folks have consistently gone out of their way to hold these two corrupt ghouls accountable. And I don't know their names. I don't know what they look like. But whoever they are, I know that they're heroic and they are worthy of being nominated in this category. So that's why, of course, I nominated the Manchinema hecklers. Now, we have some honorary mentions that I wanted to point out. Nina Turner, who almost made it to Congress, she was so close, but ultimately she lost. And even if she lost, she still is a source of inspiration. She still is a huge leader on the breast of left. And that is valuable. India Walton for coming out of nowhere, defeating an incumbent Democrat in a primary, only to see them turn out every trick imaginable to defeat her. She showed that if you organize, you can win. But sometimes you just can't defeat big money when they really go guns blazing against you. But either way, India Walton is an inspiration and I wanted to nominate her. Also, Gigi Sohn, an FCC nomination made by the Biden administration, which is surprising. She cares about consumer rights and she deserves an honorary mention. Corey Bush, who in her first year in Congress staged a three day protest and actually pressured the Biden administration successfully to extend the moratorium on evictions now that later expired. But she bought people crucial time that they wouldn't have otherwise had if she didn't step up. That really is an incredible thing to do. Stephen Donziger for exposing the crimes against humanity by fossil fuel giants and being penalized for it. Abby Martin and Mike Preisner for consistently confronting ghouls who are in powerful positions. Nancy Pelosi at COP26. Mike Preisner calling out George W. Bush for the war crimes that he's committed. All really great people worthy of honorable mention. Now, before we get to the results, I want to take some time to look at the history of the MVP award. It's a bit boring because in the seven years now that we've been doing this, Bernie Sanders has won every single year. So really, the only variation is who the runner ups were. In 2015, Bernie Sanders won. Malala Yousafzai was the runner up in 2016. Bernie Sanders won. Jill Stein was the runner up in 2017. Bernie Sanders won. Jessica Rosenworcel was the runner up in 2018. Bernie Sanders won. AOC was the runner up. Same in 2019 and 2020. Bernie Sanders won again. Michael Brooks was the runner up. It's a little bit of a boring category right now because I mean, let's face it, folks, Bernie is the MVP in all of leftist politics. But let's see, let's get to the results and we'll see if somebody else was able to win this year. So on Twitter with 389 total votes, Bernie Sanders is the decisive winner with Mike Ravel coming in second place. Manchinema Heckler is coming in third and Mehdi Hassan coming in fourth. On Patreon, once again, Bernie Sanders won with 18 total votes. We have Mike Ravel coming in second place. Manchinema Heckler is coming in third place and Mehdi Hassan coming in last place on YouTube, where the most amount of votes were cast. 8.4 K. We have Bernie Sanders, again, unsurprisingly, winning overwhelmingly with 61 percent of the vote. You have Mike Ravel coming in second. Manchinema Heckler is coming in third and Mehdi Hassan coming in seventh place. So to nobody's surprise across all three platforms, everyone in the Humanist Report audience agrees that Bernie Sanders for the seventh year in a row is our MVP with Mike Ravel being this year's runner up. Now, getting to some feedback here, Mr. Anderson says on Patreon, the work Mike Ravel did in his lifetime and the work done by the Ravel Institute alone this year is absolutely inspirational, and I think we all could learn a lot more by taking a long look at his life. He was a positive force in the world and should be memorialized as this year's MVP. Christian LaSalle on Patreon writes, it was a super close call, but I ultimately went with Mehdi Hassan for being a legitimate left-leaning voice on mainstream media. That kind of presence is sorely lacking, and we should support them when they show up. K-001 Daddy on Patreon writes, Bernie never stopped fighting. More than I can say about myself. Gilden Stack on YouTube writes, Bernie has been the left's MVP for a decade and counting. Yeah. Bloodfire Gaming on YouTube writes, hecklers, as they're the only ones that stand their ground this year. Juan Love on YouTube writes, I picked Mehdi. I like to think that he's breaking through the MSM groupthink with his Peacock show. CNN should give him the prime time slot recently vacated. Big up Mehdi. Algorithm abuse on YouTube writes all of the above. Well, there you have it, folks. Bernie Sanders is the MVP for the seventh year in a row. And at this point, I'm convinced that he's going to continue to sweep every single year unless I just don't nominate him. But I can't not nominate Bernie Sanders even in years where I feel as if maybe he made some missteps or let us down. Again, he is our MVP. He is the one who catalyzed a nationwide and international movement. To an extent, he is the one who is leading all of us. So without him, I honestly feel as if the left would be more lost than they already are. So Bernie unquestionably is the MVP. And I think he deserves it.