James O'Keefe
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Those FBI agents were saying to themselves, they could be just deceiving me, but their faces seemed to indicate they thought what they were doing was unconscionable. But they did it anyway. And my message to you, the moral of the story is you might be in a position in your life one day where you're one of them. And what are you going to do? Well, I've got to feed my family.
Those FBI agents were saying to themselves, they could be just deceiving me, but their faces seemed to indicate they thought what they were doing was unconscionable. But they did it anyway. And my message to you, the moral of the story is you might be in a position in your life one day where you're one of them. And what are you going to do? Well, I've got to feed my family.
Well, you're going to do evil things to feed your family. And how will your children look up to you? You have to do the right thing. And I still haven't been – the FBI still has my devices. They still have them. Raiding a journalist. Wow. And the American Civil Liberties Union came out against this.
Well, you're going to do evil things to feed your family. And how will your children look up to you? You have to do the right thing. And I still haven't been – the FBI still has my devices. They still have them. Raiding a journalist. Wow. And the American Civil Liberties Union came out against this.
And my message to the FBI agents who did this is may your children forgive you.
And my message to the FBI agents who did this is may your children forgive you.
I mean, I've done investigative work in the offices of these rhinos, or what would you call them, just weak people.
I mean, I've done investigative work in the offices of these rhinos, or what would you call them, just weak people.
I mean, I just catch them on tape saying the opposite of what they say publicly. Do that.
I mean, I just catch them on tape saying the opposite of what they say publicly. Do that.
How about some reform of the IRS? Would you like that? And we always hear theories about the IRS are targeting me because of my politics. What if I actually was able to show you some evidence of it? And what if the people in charge were like, you know what, we're going to have that person's back. Just hint, hint, hint. Stay tuned.
How about some reform of the IRS? Would you like that? And we always hear theories about the IRS are targeting me because of my politics. What if I actually was able to show you some evidence of it? And what if the people in charge were like, you know what, we're going to have that person's back. Just hint, hint, hint. Stay tuned.
So how do we remove their sort of... Well, I mean, just two hours ago, there was a guy from Disney that came on Charlie's stage. Brave guy. Disney. That's like, by the way, do you see how ABC is owned by Disney and Stephanopoulos? They give a $15 million judgment in libel. How do you unveil the wrongdoing inside corporations? One person. That's right. Very good answer. You did it. One person.
So how do we remove their sort of... Well, I mean, just two hours ago, there was a guy from Disney that came on Charlie's stage. Brave guy. Disney. That's like, by the way, do you see how ABC is owned by Disney and Stephanopoulos? They give a $15 million judgment in libel. How do you unveil the wrongdoing inside corporations? One person. That's right. Very good answer. You did it. One person.
One person. It just takes one person. I know it's a cliche. One person with courage makes a majority. Done. You need someone who's going to be willing to make a sacrifice. You can't do this unless you have skin in the game. People want, and this is honestly like 99% of people. It's just human nature. Well, I want to, it's like I get, Charlie probably gets 10 times the DMs.
One person. It just takes one person. I know it's a cliche. One person with courage makes a majority. Done. You need someone who's going to be willing to make a sacrifice. You can't do this unless you have skin in the game. People want, and this is honestly like 99% of people. It's just human nature. Well, I want to, it's like I get, Charlie probably gets 10 times the DMs.
Every day, I get 1,000 people, I want to do something. And you know what I say back to them? What are you willing to give up? And then 99% of people don't respond. So you're either going to give up some money or you're going to give up some of your reputation.
Every day, I get 1,000 people, I want to do something. And you know what I say back to them? What are you willing to give up? And then 99% of people don't respond. So you're either going to give up some money or you're going to give up some of your reputation.
And by the way, I'm not a psychotherapist. It doesn't count. I'm not your therapist. I'm not here to listen to you complain. I'm not qualified as a psychotherapist. People treat me like I don't have time. I have to move on to the next person. I'm serious. So it takes one person with courage inside the company who's witnessed something wrong.
And by the way, I'm not a psychotherapist. It doesn't count. I'm not your therapist. I'm not here to listen to you complain. I'm not qualified as a psychotherapist. People treat me like I don't have time. I have to move on to the next person. I'm serious. So it takes one person with courage inside the company who's witnessed something wrong.