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It's that time.

Lock and load.

The Michael Vary Show is on the air.

I mean, the polling would not tell you that our party is in good shape today.

I mean, we are historically unpopular.

And part of that is just, you know, people expressing their frustration about Trump's lawlessness.

It is an honor, of course, to be with you this week as we celebrate Indigenous People's Day, as we speak truth about our nation's history.

Since 1934, every October, the United States has recognized the voyage of the European explorers who first landed on the shores of the Americas.

But that is not the whole story. That that is not the whole story.

That has never been the whole story.

Those explorers ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations, perpetrating violence,

stealing land, and spreading disease.

We must not shy away from this shameful past.

I was going to pick up my daughter from water polo practice, and she's 12,

and she got in the car and she was crying.

And I said, did someone punch you?

Like water polo is a rough sport.

I was like, did someone hit you, did the coach yell at you, what happened?

And she said, Mom, Trump won.

Trump's going to win.

And what if I get raped and I need to have an abortion?

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