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All right. We're here with Michael Fanon. Michael, this one is right up your alley. It's perfect

that you're on. Did you hear what the President of the United States said recently, just recently about protesters will be met with heavy force if they get on and protest his fucking parade?

Yes. So if you come to D.C. and protest his big, beautiful birthday bath where he exploits American military members for his own

personal gratification, you will be met with extreme force. I think that's all the more reason

that, you know, as many people who can, I certainly will be there in Washington, D.C. on the 14th protesting.

I was going to do something local where I'm at in Virginia, but because Donald Trump threatened me as an American citizen,

I'm going to come to his bullshit birthday party and protests.

You think that I should just do it here in New York, or you think that I should, you're a birthday party, uh, and protests.

You think that I should just do it here in New York?

Or you think that I should, you're a target too.

I'm a target.

Um, I'm not worried about protesting.

I'll get out there in protest, but there are some people that may just be, they would want to target us and hurt us just because, um because of who we are. Do you understand what I'm

saying? And I don't want to, I don't want to be in a place that's going to draw the attention

away from the people who need it, and that's the protesters. So I don't know. Should I come to D.C.?

What do you think? I mean, I was hoping that there would be a huge coalition of people, especially coming from the substack community, because so much of what we're about is, you know, entrenched in this moment.

You know, this is 250 years of history in this country that have led to

what we're experiencing right now. And, you know, it is the ultimate test of what, what are we

made of. So I'll be here, Don, and if you make your way down here to D.C., I'll be standing right

next to you. So just let me know.

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