This is going to be a really good show. I'm glad you're here tonight. Thanks for being here.

So this was Washington, D.C. today ahead of a big snowstorm that is rolling into Washington right now.

Tonight, that is a snowstorm big enough that it's already canceled some of the action.

We thought we were going to be watching late into the wee hours tonight on Capitol Hill.

But ahead of that storm, this was Washington today.

Tons of people in the streets.

People turned out just outside the U.S. Capitol Upper Senate Park to protest, to support the

civil service, support the people who work for the government, to protest our government

being dismantled by President Trump and, of course, by his top campaign donor.

This administration maintains that they're going to boost efficiency, but they are doing the

most inefficient things imaginable. And I'm not just saying that quite literally. The most inefficient

thing you could possibly do is take American taxpayer dollars and pay people not to work.

They are afraid of you. Trump and Musk and the oligarchs they work for, they are scared

of your power. But they are betting that you will be

afraid of them. So afraid that you will accept a buyout or comply in advance with their

assertion of absolute power. But we know a president is not a king unless we bow. A dictator is not a

dictator unless we bow. Our knees, your knees are not made

for bowing to power drunk neophasus. We bow only to God. To everybody else, we stand. And speak truth to power.

We stand tall. When they attack workers, we stand. And speak truth to power. We stand tall.

When they attack workers, we stand tall because whenever want to be dictators have tried to take over throughout history, they always start with workers.

Hear me now, they always start with government workers who are committed to a government of the people, by the people

and for the people.

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