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Pod Save the People

Historic Wins

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Sam, Clint and Brittany discuss the overlooked news, including what white, middle-class parents report saying to their children about racial tension, and the Trump administration’s new message on anti-poverty programs. New York’s 14th congressional Democratic primary winner Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins DeRay and discusses what it means to be a Democratic Socialist, the future of healthcare, and her historic win.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Durey and welcome to Potty of the People.

0:11.7

On this episode we have Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who just won the Democratic primary in New

0:16.5

York's 14th Congressional District.

0:18.9

I knew from the very beginning that trying to operate through the traditional channels

0:23.8

and trying to do the things that people, quote-unquote, tell you you should do, go to your community

0:28.6

board, work your way up, visit your local Democratic Club that, at least in my backyard,

0:35.3

that's a bunch of nonsense.

0:36.7

And then we have the news with me, Brittany Clinton, Sam, as usual.

0:40.4

Before we jump in, I have an announcement.

0:42.0

It's an I wrote a book that comes out on September 4th, published by Viking, and it is entitled

0:47.5

on the other side of freedom.

0:49.2

It is a set of essays that are my reflections on the past four years, since the protest

0:53.3

began in Ferguson in 2014, and an offering of where I think we go next.

0:58.8

It's really the first time that I've written about so many things that I've experienced

1:03.1

in the past four years, and I'm excited to share with you.

1:05.8

You can actually pre-order it now at dera.com, d-r-a-y.com, and you can buy it ticket to the

1:11.6

tour.

1:12.6

I'll be in 16 cities, beginning on September 5th, and you can buy ticket now.

1:17.4

Now I'm most excited to announce that a portion of all the pre-order sales up to 20,000

1:24.5

books is going to go to support the work of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

1:28.8

Now, if you don't know the NAACP Legal Defense Fund by name, you definitely know their

1:33.0

work, because they were founded by Thurga Marshall almost 80 years ago.

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