Thomas Drake
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874 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 11 Sep
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Because in all of this, it comes back to who we are as we the people, and that even extends globally.
because democracy is in retreat right now.
There's no question, and there's been some pushback, and Hungary is a good example of that, I have to say that, where people were just so fed up, right, that they decided, you know what, we've got to reclaim at least some part of our own agency.
So they were able to do that.
It's very difficult in the end, especially when you're really, really squeezed, you have nothing left.
to give, when you basically have no Fs to give, what do you do, right?
What do you do?
So if you have nothing to lose, because I've been asked that myself, I said, well, it wasn't just for me, it was for everybody else, right?
What happens if we lose, if we don't take a stand here, then when?
If not me, then who?
I mean, this is where it's sort of the fundamental questions.
You know, it's...
It's at the core of our personhood, right?
It's at the core of our identity.
How dare anybody sit there and define what that is or define what I can or can't do based on a definition that the state imposes.
That was one of the main reasons, even though it was a protected class, but it extended to everybody, although it had restrictions, when we declared independence from the crown 250 years ago with the Declaration of Independence.
To me, it's one of the most extraordinary documents
in human history.
I think, you know, I would argue, I would argue the first 10 amendments, which remember two years came two years later,
And by the way, anything that was not delineated in the Constitution goes to the states and then to the people.
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