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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On today's jam packed episode of democracyish Wajahat and Danielle delve into the Michigan primaries and the 100K ballots cast for "uncommitted" by Muslim Americans angered by the Biden Administration's full throated support for Israel without showcasing the same empathy and compassion for Palestinians. We also discuss Aaron Bushnell's extreme act of protest against the war and the media blackout. Then to round out the show we chat with investigative reporter Mosi Secret about his new 8-episode podcast series on Imam Jamil Al-Amin, the FBI and cointelpro.

Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali

Executive Producer: Adell Coleman

Senior Producer: Quinton Hill

Distributor: DCP Entertainment

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0:00.0	Welcome to Democracy-ish. I'm Danielle Moody.
0:13.0	And I'm Mujat Ali.
0:15.0	And wash. What a week we've had already. My God.
0:20.0	But I think that it is important to do what mainstream media seems to not be doing,
0:28.7	which is really, truly unpacking the Michigan primary results,
0:36.3	which had over 100,000 people cast ballots as uncommitted in the Michigan
0:46.7	primary. There was a campaign organized to send a signal and a message to the Biden campaign that you can't afford to
0:58.4	ignore the Muslim community, the Arab community in Michigan because it can cost you the election.
1:08.4	Now, I'll say this before you jump in. Nina Turner was on CNN.
1:14.6	Saw that. With Anderson Cooper and others. And they're talking about this in real time as the
1:22.2	numbers are rolling in. And Nina Turner brings up the very issue that is at the heart of this uncommitted protest vote,
1:33.3	which is Gaza.
1:34.7	And the war that is ravaging this area, the Palestinian people, over 30,000 are dead, half of which are children. This is the
1:51.7	reason why the Muslim community in Michigan said, you know what? It's time you start paying
1:58.6	attention to us. When she brought that up, Anderson Cooper was like, we need to be talking about politics.
2:09.8	This isn't, you know.
2:11.1	We don't need a lesson.
2:12.4	We don't need a lesson, he said.
2:15.2	Clearly, you fucking do.
2:20.1	So watch, take it away. I have things to say.
2:34.6	So first and foremost, about that Anderson Cooper clip, can we imagine for a second that if any of that, any of those panelists were to spend, I don't know, like 90 seconds, giving context as to why Israelis are in pain as a result of the October 7th Hamas massacre, right?
2:40.0	Giving that context, would Anderson Cooper ever interrupt them be condescending and say,
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