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Pod Save the People

Present Not Permanent (with Amb. Susan Rice)

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Twitter banning political ads, Harvard's reparations, Native peoples' adoption opportunities, and the oppressive National Vetting Center just created by the Trump administration. DeRay talks to Ambassador Susan Rice about her new book "Tough Love" and her work in both the Clinton and Obama administrations. https://www.propublica.org/article/border-agents-can-now-get-classified-intelligence-information-experts-call-that-dangerous https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/11/09/tribal-families-get-priority-native-american-adoptions-an-appeals-court-will-decide-whether-thats-fair/ https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/30/20940587/twitter-political-ad-ban-election-2020-jack-dorsey-facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/06/harvard-law-school-antigua-barbados-reparations/#click=https://t.co/TlexwkTN7M https://www.grove.co/welcome/mmcdcad-hiw/?offer=savethepeoplepod19&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=or&utm_campaign=acq-savethepeople&utm_term=savethepeople&utm_content=2770

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Drey.

0:04.0

I'm welcome to Potsy with the People.

0:05.0

In this episode we have the news is me, Brittany Clinton, Sam, as usual.

0:08.0

And they were joined by former National Security Advisors, Susan Rice,

0:11.0

who will talk about her time at the Clinton Animal Farm Administration,

0:14.0

and importantly her new book, Tough Love.

0:17.0

And the word for this week, you know, is organized as we often think about the problems that we face as present, but not permanent.

0:23.0

Hunger is present, not permanent.

0:25.0

Poverty is present, not permanent.

0:27.0

Police violence is present, not permanent.

0:29.0

So part of our work is to acknowledge that things exist the way they do,

0:33.0

but also remember that they don't have to be this way.

0:36.0

And there's a great phrase that organizers say all the time,

0:39.0

and it is don't watch the polls, shape them.

0:41.0

That instead of sitting back and saying, oh, this is happening, this is how people feel, this is the way public cinema is going,

0:46.0

you actually have the power to shape public cinema.

0:49.0

You have the power to shape the way people think about the world, the way that people think about what is possible,

0:54.0

and part of our work has to be to exercise at every step that we get.

0:58.0

That it's our job to help people think about what they are worth,

1:02.0

think about the world that we all deserve, and to find like that at every step of the way.

1:06.0

Let's go.

1:11.0

Hey y'all, it's The News.

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