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In this episode of Connecting the Dots with guest former Governor L. Douglas Wilder, we cut right to the chase: forget the polls, the hype, and identity politics—what really matters in the 2024 race is what the candidates have done and what they're going to do. Former Governor Wilder doesn't hold back as we dive into the hard truth: track records and real actions are what voters should care about. From public safety to education, we tear through the noise and focus on what's truly at stake. If you're not asking what these candidates have delivered, you're missing the point. Buckle up for a no-nonsense conversation that flips the script on political analysis Find me and the show on social media. Click the following links or search @DrWilmerLeon on X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Patreon and YouTube!   Hey everyone, Dr. Wilmer here! If you've been enjoying my deep dives into the real stories behind the headlines and appreciate the balanced perspective I bring, I'd love your support on my Patreon channel. Your contribution helps me keep "Connecting the Dots" alive, revealing the truth behind the news. Join our community, and together, let's keep uncovering the hidden truths and making sense of the world. Thank you for being a part of this journey!     Dr. Wilmer Leon (00:00): The 2024 presidential race is shaping up as we sit here in early September. The Hill reports Harris v Trump polls Harris has a 4% lead based upon 162 polls. If you're a Harris fan, that's great for the popular vote, but the number that matters is 270. What's behind these numbers? Let's find out Announcer (00:31): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Dr. Wilmer Leon (00:39): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon, and I'm Wilmer Leon. Here's the point. We have a tendency to view current events as though they occur in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historical context in which most events take place. During each episode, my guests and I have probing, provocative and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between these events and the broader historic context in which they occur. This enables you to better understand and analyze the events that impact the global village in which we live. On today's episode, the issue of force is what's the layout of the domestic political landscape and for some invaluable insight into this and some other issues. Let's turn to my guest. He continues to be one of the most astute political minds of our time. He's the 66th governor of Virginia, the nation's first elected African-American governor, former mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and he's the founder of the l Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. And a man that I am very proud to be able to a governor L. Douglas Wilder. Welcome to the show. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (01:56): Thank you Wilmer, and it's always good to be with you and always learn from you as well and share opportunities for us to spread to others who would look to what we say for guidance or correction or whatever it is they feel. I'm always privileged to be with you. Dr. Wilmer Leon (02:19): Well, sir, the privilege is mine. Thank you so much for those compliments. Before we get to your analysis of the upcoming election, talk a little bit about the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU. It's my opinion that of all of your historic and significant accomplishments, this one is historic and significant. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (02:43): It is, and we have an excellent dean, Dean, Susan Gooden, who understands the importance of what we call government and public affairs. They understand what government is and as you and I discussed and have discussed on any numbers of occasions, that government, which is closest to the people is that which most affects the people at local government. Yes, we're concerned about who's going to be president, but who's going to pick up the trash, who's going to provide housing, and so we connect those dots between national elections, national government and local government and we involve the issues. We have a measure that she calls rise, a research Institute for social equity and it's very important, and that's distinguished from DEI talking about America and Wilmer. I don't have to tell you, you have no idea how many people are not aware of the history of America. Not just black history, but American history, which improves all of America's people. That's what we try to do at our school. We're critical, we're analytical and we hope to improve. Dr. Wilmer Leon (04:07): Your point about people not being aware of American history, and I'm going to get to the Wilder bite in just a minute because you did some surveys on some of those issues, but just the overall idea of teaching government in school, that is becoming harder and harder to find middle schools and high schools that are going to teach government in school. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (04:36): You'd be surprised or maybe not surprised to know that our governor, governor Glenn Young requested Syl from our schools as well as a couple of other schools in Virginia as to what is being taught relative to this history. The governor of the state of Virginia most will be able to approve himself singularly, not the boards of visitors, not the people who are the historians, but he wants to do it and we projected it. People have rejected it, and I think one of the reasons is people want more of a corrective history. Tell it all the good, the bad and the ugly, and then we can improve upon it. We can see what it is we may have done wrong. When I ran for office, I never ran as a black person. I ran as a person entitled to run because I fulfilled the obligations of the need to run for office age, residency, et cetera. And then I never have considered myself a black governor. The vast majority of people in this state are not black. Matter of fact, Virginia, when I ran, was the lowest concentration of black voters or black population of any of the southern states, but for whites voting for me overwhelmingly to the extent that they did not overwhelming in terms of the numbers, numbers but overwhelming in terms of precedent. I wouldn't be here talking to you today as the former governor or the former mayor or the former. Dr. Wilmer Leon (06:27): One of the things that I find incredibly invaluable is I get that you have a publication Wilder Policy Bites (06:36): And the most recent, which I think was released on the 25th of August is entitled Commonwealth Poll. Most Virginians agree, history of race should be taught in schools. One of the issues of education, I'm sorry, on the issue of education, 75% of respondents think the history of race should be a subject In K through 12, there were three bullets. That's the first one. The second one is about Gaza and Israel's military action. 39% said Israel was justified in taking action in Gaza. And the third point, a high percentage of Virginians agree that VCU President Michael Rouse should provide public accounting of money. I highlight those three because that's quite a diverse area of information and polling that you all are doing with your Wilder policy bites. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (07:33): Well, thank you very much. And policy bites put on by our school Dean Gooden and Dr. Robin McDougall handles the polling that we have put forth, but what you just cited was the illustrative of what the governor obviously doesn't know. The people want the things that you just described. They want to know about education, they want to know about the history. They want to know about what should or should not be taught. They're not asking the governor to tell teachers what to teach. Let the teachers who are trained to do the instruct our youngsters to let them know who we are as a people. And so in policy base, we also want to, and our polling, when you see the numbers of people, we, as I said, are not a purple state nor a blue state or a red state. We're a people state and that's why I've always been a little weary of polls because I wonder why no one ever call me. I thought of a poll and yet involving now with policy base and polling and knowing how fair that this poll is being conducted. Listen to the people and they'll tell you what you might not want to hear, but they'll tell you the truth. Dr. Wilmer Leon (09:07): I said, now let's turn to the current landscape. And I said in the open that the Hill has reported that Harris now has a 4% lead based on 162 polls, and we understand polls are no more than just a snapshot in a moment of time. But I also said that said, if you're a Harris fan, that's a very encouraging number, but the number that matters is two 70. So just give me first of all your overall thoughts of the political landscape as it stands before us right now. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (09:50): Well, as you know, there are those who vacillate from day to day in terms of what this group says, what this person says, as I see the political landscape now, it's a turnout election. By that I mean not notwithstanding what the poll says. Who's going to vote, who's going to get up, who's going to feel motivated, who's going to feel inspired? That's why even in our state, our last poll showed plus or minus three to four, and that was with Harris leading. But are those people going to get out? Are they going to go out? Are they going to vote supposed it rains? Suppose you're not having childcare, suppose any numbers of the things, how important is it for early voting (10:48): Were going to do that, so I wouldn't pay any attention to those polls as it relates to being comfortable. I would consider them in terms of being inspired to say, look, we can win. This is what I think it takes to win and go to the people. And I think in this case the debates do matter and this next debate or this first debate between Trump and Harris, it's going to be very telling. It depends on which one of them is going to be appearing to be presidential, which one speaks for a voice for the future and which one speaks for the people. Dr. Wilmer Leon (11:30): I was asked a couple of days ago for my opinion about the upcoming election and my answer was, well, we have two troublesome candidates. We have a former president with a well-established and horrible record. We have a sitting vice president with very little to show for her efforts up to this point, neither side up to this point is really articulating substantive policy. Trump continues with his personal attacks and invectives and running on this project 2025 agenda that he now wants to run from, and there's still no policy tab on the Harris-Walz website. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (12:12): It's one thing to tell us what you're going to do, but I say this to all of the people who tell me they want to run for office or that they want to be promoted further in office. What have you done? What have you fought for? What is your unfinished agenda? What will you continue to fight for? What is it that would make me want to vote for you? Give me some idea of the things that you tried to do that you haven't been able to get done, but that if you got elected you feel that you need more favorably inclined to do so because you'd have a greater following. Those are the kinds of things the public wants. They don't want to help get any sound bites of people coming out, I support this person or that person. What will you do to make me say that I can support you? That has to be an individual decision and that's why those who are running office, particularly this election, this is going to be a very trendsetting election because as you pointed out, you've got a history maker in the process with Kamala Harris and you've got a troublemaker who has been the president of the United States, which means don't take anything for granted, don't take these polls for granted because the only one that counts is the one that's taken on election day. Dr. Wilmer Leon (13:38): So the takeaway, one of the takeaways that I have from what you've just articulated is the fact that Vice President Harris is an AKA part of the Divine nine, which both of us are. The fact that she went to Howard, which both of us have done, and the fact that she can do the electric slide, which I can't do, but I know you're a pretty good dancer, none of that really should matter. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (14:06): No, the introductory, the question is the same thing we've been talking about here. What have you done? What are you trying to do? What will you be able to do that is of an interest to me and mine? What about public safety? What about housing? What about health or what about the expenditure of money, the high cost of living, the economy and all of those things? Tell me where you stand on those issues so that I can determine what's best for me and mine. And once that happens, then I'm in a better position to say, I've got to only vote for you, but I've got to get out and get others to do so too. See, enlisting my vote is one thing enlisting me to encourage others to vote is something else. That's what has to be done. Dr. Wilmer Leon (15:06): And this issue around Project 2025, a 900 page document, I read that about 140 people tied to the Trump administration helped to write the document and the former president wants to throw up his hand and say, Hey, I don't know anything about this. I don't know where this came from. This has nothing to do with me, and we know the power of the Heritage Foundation, so now all of a sudden, these 900 pages don't mean a thing. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (15:44): Well, it doesn not only not pass the smell test, it doesn't pass any test, and so I would think that disclaimer on behalf of the president would be something that he would be better advised to forget. Don't disclaim it if you claim that up to this point. Best thing you need to do is to say the things within that that you would change even now that it's been criticized or that you would stick to now that it's been criticized, but the disclaimer is not going to work. Dr. Wilmer Leon (16:19): One of the things that I've been saying about this document, because in some circles it seems to have just come up out of nowhere, I say to those who want to run around with their hair on fire, it's old wine in new bottles For the most part. It's not new. You go back and read Newt Gingrich's contract with America, go back and read Bill Clinton's reinventing government as we know it. The Democrats have played a role in a lot of this as the Republicans have, so I don't say that to diminish how horrific the document is, but history is very important and I think people need to understand the reality in which this document has come from. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (17:14): I agree with that, but I go back again to what I said earlier. People wan't plain and talk. (17:23): They're not interested in documents or treatises or platitudes or slogans, plain talk. They don't need what you are going to do about immigration. What are you going to do about the high cost of living? What are you going to do about our economy? How threatening is the situation in to immigration as it relates to what could happen to American interests in the Middle East? What is the status of America's continuing pouring money into the Ukraine when we don't see the results that we would like to see? These are not questions that need to be documented to death. They need to be answered simply. Dr. Wilmer Leon (18:16): I wrote a piece a while ago called You're with Her, but is she with you? And the point of the piece, and I say this very clearly in the piece, it has nothing to do with Kamala Harris and everything to do with us. What are we demanding of her and up to this point, again, all I get is she's an AKA, she went to Howard and she can do the electric slide, but we aren't demanding policy, and I've even had people tell me, policy doesn't matter. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (18:55): Well, again, I agree with you and I hate to keep saying that. Dr. Wilmer Leon (18:59): I don't mind it. Go ahead. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (19:00): I like saying it because it's good to hear somebody finally make some sense. Your question really is not what you're going to do for me or for you. What are you going to do for the people? Where have you derived that impetus? Where have you gotten what I would call the thriving interest to say change has to be made? What needs to change? What do you see as it relates to what you did as mayor of the city or what you did as senator? Rather what you did and what you're doing is vice president. That's another thing that Ms. Harris has got to be very careful of. You are a sitting vice president with a sitting administration. What has your administration been successful in doing? Yes, you've made some tie breaking hopes, but in breaking those ties, what have they done and accomplished to the extent that they need enrichment, they need restructuring or are there more things that need to be put on that table? Forget to pass as it relates to what has been done in terms of what you promised. Fulfill those promises. Show us what you can do, and if you had my support and support of the people in Virginia and support of people in all of the states, it could make a difference. Dr. Wilmer Leon (20:34): What do you say? Going back to the fact that there's not even a policy tab on her website, and I've had some people tell me, well, it's too early for that, that the sooner that she articulates policy, that gives the Trump side more time to attack it, to which I've said, well, if you articulate policy, if you understand the policy that you're articulating, then you should be able to defend what you've stated. You should welcome that attack because that'll give you the opportunity to expand the conversation. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (21:18): Couldn't agree more, couldn't agree more. Whenever I've taken a position as to an issue that I stand for, I prepared to defend it. If I had taken any one gun a month, we passed in my state and I was told I was crazy. We couldn't get it passed. We got it passed. We reduced crime, we reduced this proliferation of handguns, and even though I was criticized, we got it done and we set a model for the rest of the nation, those kinds of things. Second chance giving people who went to high school didn't get that degrees, give them a chance to come back to high school even though they might be 35, 40, come back and get your degrees. Those are the kinds of things that people see that make a difference. And don't try issues in sound banks or highfaluting language. Make it simple, make it plain, make it understandable, and if it is not defensible, then you shouldn't put it on the table and the sooner you put it on the table, they'll attack it. That's what you want, so you can defend it and defend it to the extent that it is a counter attack. They'll have to keep defending, defend Dr. Wilmer Leon (22:40): And in your defense of it, then if you are on your game, that enables you to expose them for what they, especially somebody like Donald Trump who doesn't understand power. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (22:54): Well. What it does further is to say, since you've attacked what I've said on this issue, Dr. Wilmer Leon (23:01): What are you going to do? Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (23:03): Where do you stand? Where have you stood? Then why are you all of a sudden now going to do something when all of this time you haven't? Dr. Wilmer Leon (23:14): You mentioned one gun a month in Virginia, and that brings me to the most recent shooting Appalachia High School. Colt Gray, a 14-year-old murder is accused of four counts of felony murder from a shooting in his school, and it's now reported that his father has been arrested and for having purchased the firearm for him, and the Republicans primarily still stand on these, to me insane opposition to simple common sense gun legislation. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (24:06): Well, some Republican representatives might feel that way, but I think the people in the communities, Republican, Democrats, independents and all, they want sensible legislation. They want reasonable controls. They want the right to defend themselves, and I think government constitutionally has to afford people that, right, but this doesn't mean you open the flood gates. There is no excuse in the world for this 14-year-old to have done what he did without the knowledge and the consent of his parents, and that's why the father is in court and he should be. Dr. Wilmer Leon (24:56): You just mentioned the people want sensitive, sensible gun law. An overwhelming number of Americans want the genocide in Gaza to end. An overwhelming number of people in the United States are tired of their hard earned tax dollars being wasted in Ukraine, but the legislators don't seem to be listening to the people Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (25:27): Couldn't agree with you more. That's why it's very important for those people who are in office, and that's why Ms. Harris, she has a difficult problem in dealing with that issue because the president of the United States is her partner. (25:48): She is his partner to that extent. So whatever is going on in Ukraine, whatever's going on there, look how we got out of Afghanistan, $85 billion worth of property. We left, left it. We left Americans. We didn't do it right. Now, having said that, if you didn't do that right then what makes people believe that you still have the expertise or the willingness to do what's right as it relates to those same issues in that part of the world? That's why Ms. Harris has got to step it up. It's difficult because she's inheriting a problem that has to be resolved. Dr. Wilmer Leon (26:36): One of the issues or one of the influences that many will say that she has particularly as it relates to Gaza, is APAC and apac. There was an article in the New York Times, I say it was around April that said they were boasting about committing $100 million to influencing the outcome of the primary elections. They were going to invest money to ensure that they deemed to be progressive Democrats. They that took anti-Israel policies for stances would not be reelected. Jamal Bowman fell victim to that and co bush fell victim to that. I didn't hear anybody from the cbc. I didn't hear anybody from the NAACP crying foul on the front end. Now they want to cry foul on the back end, and I say, you can't compromise for political expediency on the front end and then try to clean moral high ground on the back end. Your thoughts, sir, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (27:54): I think you need to go where the problem is. Go to Israel, look at the demonstrations that are taking place there. Look at what people are saying in Israel, Toya, we don't like your policies. They must change. Now, it's very difficult for us to sit back in America and to say, we're going to support this, that, or the other. When the prime minister of Israel is saying, we don't care what you say, I'm going to do what I want to do, even with some of his cabinet officials, sometimes more than just a handful of them, when you see the people in Tel Aviv, when you see them in Jerusalem, when they're saying, we cannot continue along the path, we're gone because this continuing unrest, this continuing wall, this continuing lack of safety is something that we cannot abide, and so that has to be resolved in Israel, but to the extent that we support the lack of resolve is not fatal, Dr. Wilmer Leon (29:10): And that point about how much we are contributing to the effort, and then Netanyahu tells us that, well, he's basically ignoring what's being said. My dad used to say, son, you can't ask me for my money and then ignore my advice. If you're going to take my money, you got to take my advice. And I just thought I'd, that just reminded me of something that my father would say to me, all smart man. There are a lot in the community that when we try to have a conversation about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump or Jill Stein in the Green Party or Dr. Cornell West, a lot of folks will say, well, if you don't vote for Kamala Harris, that's a vote for Donald Trump. I wrote a piece a while ago, the dangers of binary thinking in the African-American community that we've got to start to broaden our analysis and broaden our perspective. What do you say to those who will say, A, don't challenge her now because all you're doing is opening up the opportunity for a Donald Trump victory and to those who say, oh, well if you don't vote for her or if you're challenging her, then you're obviously for Donald Trump. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (30:36): Well, I've always looked at it as I've tried to describe today I vote for issues. I vote for who's the best on this, who's the best on that? (30:50): Who's the best on public safety? Who's the best on housing? Tell me not what you're going to do. Tell me what you have done. What have you tried to do? If you failed, why did you fail? What did you need more support for? You cited the losses of some of the people who've articulated certain issues, and yet by the same token, when they were articulating those issues that sometimes they were considered popular and they were victorious. They were leading the pack, but the Pack sometimes turns, and that's what we see on a regular basis in politics, so it's not a surprise, but you can never lose if you stay with the people, listen to them. It's a continuing thing. You don't listen today at election time and then again, until reelection time, listen and respond on a regular basis. Dr. Wilmer Leon (31:57): We seem to have lost an understanding of the idea of elected representative That seems now people don't seem to understand what the word representative means. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (32:14): Yes, they do. In too many cases it means represent yourself and that's what they are doing. In too many cases, I cite the example. In Virginia, particularly when I ran for the state Senate, the salary was $1,500 a year. We had no office, we didn't have a secretary, and we got I think $50 a year for stationary. That's changed Now in the representatives themselves, they can raise millions of dollars for their campaigns and put millions of dollars in their own pockets through artifacts, through indirect means, but all legal and so many people run for office for that reason to become further bettered or enriched personally and lacking the concern of the people. That's why I keep going back to it. I know it's like an old song. Listen to the people are ahead of leaders (33:32): Because they know where the rubber history road, they know where it doesn't hit the road. The rising cost of healthcare, the tremendous amount of money that's wasted in drug research, the amount of time it takes for the government agencies to approve drugs, and it is huge. It's big. It's money, money, money, and we finding that out. And so when you start saying Medicare for all, you're talking about a whole bunch of money and some people who will benefit from it and might not just be the people, it'll be some of those others who could say, I've got your Medicare in my pocket. Dr. Wilmer Leon (34:19): To your point in talking about the people, I think it was a French politician led Rollin, Alexandra drew Rollin who said, there go the people I must follow them for I am their leader. Yes, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (34:42): I thought it was. It made it very well been Dr. Wilmer Leon (34:45): Okay. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (34:46): The crowd charging the Bastille, Dr. Wilmer Leon (34:50): Right, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (34:50): And he said, where are those people going? After all, I'm their leader. Dr. Wilmer Leon (34:59): You also mentioned, you said you want to know from someone that's running for office. What have you done and what have you tried to do? And for me, in many instances, it's the tried to do that can be as important if what were you willing to fight for? I say that about Barack Obama all the time. People tell me, oh, well, Wilmer, you don't understand what he was up against. Wilmer. You don't understand all the opposition. I said, well, wait a minute. What did he go to the bully pulpit and demand? What was the hill he was willing to die on? I never understood that. I don't know that that was ever clearly articulated. Am I off base? Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (35:53): Well, I think to the extent that you don't try to do things just because you're going to be successful in doing it. It took me eight years, eight long years to get a national, to get a state holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Virginia was the first state in the nation to have a legislative holiday set aside for Dr. Martin Luther King. It wasn't New York, Dr. Wilmer Leon (36:28): The Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia, the bastion of the Confederacy. They told me I was minute, lemme throw out one more data point. I think the largest slave holding state in the country. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (36:40): Exactly. Dr. Wilmer Leon (36:41): Okay. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (36:42): Okay. Presidents of Virginia owned slaves. Dr. Wilmer Leon (36:46): Well, presidents of the United States own slaves. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (36:48): Yes, presidents of the United States, right own slaves, but they were from Virginia. Right, right. (36:57): People said, when I put that bill in, they said, well, we didn't elect him to do that. No, you didn't. But I felt I was elected to do what I considered that was right and now old people, they cited all the time. Virginia was the first state to have a legislative holiday for Dr. King, and as I said, it wasn't the northern states, it was Virginia and I didn't do it. What would I benefit from it? What do I get from it? But King sacrificed so much he spoke to the need for people to come together to recognize that their differences could be set aside. And one of the things that I always remembered about him, he said, adding additional numbers is one thing, but you must remember in the column numbers will eventually end up at zero and you have to go to the next column. Dr. Wilmer Leon (38:02): Give me a little background on the process for the King holiday because I know for example, former congressman, the late Congressman John Conyers, he put a bill in every year to get a federal holiday for Dr. King. Did Congressman Congress come to you? Did you just decide for yourself, Hey, I'm going to do this? How did that process? Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (38:26): I did this on my own. Dr. Wilmer Leon (38:28): Okay. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (38:29): King and I separated by two days and birthday mine's the 17th, he's the 15th, and we separated in Age by very little, and I was just so impressed in terms of reading the kinds of things that he had done and what he was doing that I said, I'm going to put it in. So when I put the bill in, it said I was crazy. I would get the bill passed in the Senate and I said, wow. And then the House of Delegates would kill it. I then would get it passed in the Senate and the house a governor vetoed. I had to wait two years because you got to wait until another session before session that the Senator comes in. I got it passed in the Senate and the House again and another governor, Vito, that King holiday bill was vetoed by two governors in Virginia and all of this was taking place when I was a state senator. Yet I got it done because the people wanted it and now that we've got it, I don't want credit for it, but understand what King was involved with and what he meant. Not just parades and marches, but betterment of mankind and the lifting of the veil of ignorance and making certain that we had a better life for all. Dr. Wilmer Leon (40:08): As we wrap up this conversation, and thank you, you are always so gracious for me when I call you understand we're spiraling closer and closer to the 5th of November. What are the three most important things stand out in your mind about this upcoming election? If someone walked up to you as you're stepping out of ECU today and said, governor, I'm not going to vote in November. What are the three most important things? Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (40:45): Well then obviously you don't consider yourself a citizen. You don't consider yourself worthy of being considered a citizen and whatever's going to take place, you deserve it notwithstanding what happens to you. So you should never be in a position to complain about anything and so that extent don't vote. You're not doing me a favor. If you don't vote, you're not doing anyone else a favor. If you do vote, you do yourself a favor if you vote, if you don't understand that now you might know. Dr. Wilmer Leon (41:31): We're very fortunate in this country to where the transition in government doesn't result well, except for the last time with Donald Trump in the 6th of January usually doesn't result in public unrest. The transition of government is usually calm, so folks will say, well, my trash is going to get picked up. The stoplights are still going to work, and there's going to be milk at the grocery store when I go to get it. So there are those who say, it doesn't matter. It doesn't impact my daily life. And this is the last question. Your response to that mindset. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (42:08): You just described the three reasons why you should go. How does your trash get picked up? People have to make a decision and to put all those in place to pick your trash up food in the grocery store. How does it get there? Somebody has to decide that the store can be located there and zoned there for you to get invited and the other things spoke. Of the third one, the same thing local government is that which is closest to the people. National government is that which forms and shapes the local government. But if you don't vote, you hurt yourself. Dr. Wilmer Leon (42:51): Well, with that being said, sir, governor L. Douglas Wilder, thank you again. You are always so gracious. I greatly, greatly appreciate your joining the show today, Gov. L. Douglas Wilder (43:04): Wilmer I'm always glad to be with you I count you as my friend. Dr. Wilmer Leon (43:08): Thank you, sir. Thank you folks. Thank you all so much for listening to the Connecting the Dots podcast with me, Dr. Wilmer Leon. Stay tuned for new episodes every week. Also, please follow and subscribe. Leave a review, share the show, follow us on social media. You'll find all the links below in the show description. 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Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP, Northside Hospital is joined by Hung-Fat Tse, Sr., MD, University of Hong Kong and Glenn Young, MBBS, Royal Adelaide Hospital to discuss the effectiveness of the PRECISE-DAPT score with the CHA2DS2VASC score in predicting thromboembolic risk in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) before AF ablation. 428 patients were analyzed, with 60 in the thrombogenic positive group and 368 in the thrombogenic milieu negative group. Multivariate logistic regression revealed that the PRECISE-DAPT score independently predicted thrombogenic milieu presence (OR: 1.145, CI: 1.083–1.211, p < 0.001). The study concluded that the PRECISE-DAPT score is a valuable predictor of thromboembolic risk in AF patients undergoing TEE before ablation procedures.   https://www.hrsonline.org/education/TheLead https://jafib-ep.com/journal/february-2024-volume-17-issue-1/original-research-the-predictive-value-of-precise-dapt-scores-for-thrombogenic-milieu-of-the-left-atrium-in-patients-awaiting-af-ablation/   Host Disclosure(s): D. Varghese: Nothing to disclose   Contributor Disclosure(s): H. Tse: Research: Abbott Medical, Medtronic Inc., Boston Scientific, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, Pfizer/BMS, Amgen, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi, Conoraria/Speaking/Teaching: Abbott Medical, Medtronic Inc., Boston Scientific, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, Pfizer/BMS, Amgen, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Biotronik G. Young: Nothing to disclose This episode has .25 ACE credits associated with it. If you want credit for listening to this episode, please visit the episode page on HRS365     https://www.heartrhythm365.org/URL/TheLeadEpisode72

On Thursday January 19th,2023 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review and discuss the 2016 book "The Ba'al Theory of Christianity" by author Glenn Young. This book is subtitled: "Exploring the Impact of Human Sacrifice on Western Religion." This subtitle and Young's insistence on equating Carthaginian child sacrifices with Palestinian Phoenician ritual practices is our only real complaint about this otherwise well-researched  and strongly presented book. The author touches all the bases in explaining the differences between Yahwehism and the original worship of El and the Elohim. He describes Ezra's rewrite of the Bible and even mentions Joseph and Moses as the possible leaders of the Hyksos. Although he is wrong in assuming that Sidon and Tyre practiced child sacrifice in Classical times he may be correct in assuming that Carthaginian practices might have influenced the Druids and the Nordics and later the witchcraft persecutions. It is unfortunate that he fails to consider that even though the Carthaginians were originally Phoenician they, like the ancient Egyptians, were also African. This will be a very thought provoking and controversial subject.

Show Notes and Transcript Matt Strickland, a veteran from Virginia, returns to Hearts of Oak to share his journey of challenging COVID mandates for his restaurant despite facing legal battles and political persecution.  He discusses running for office against corrupt politicians and the challenges faced during the primary election, emphasizing the battle for freedom and justice in Virginia.  Matt highlights the need for more veterans to join the fight for national values and freedoms, advocating for grassroots movements and citizen involvement in pushing back against oppressive mandates and corrupt systems.  His determination serves as a call to action for others to stand up for their beliefs and fight for freedom and justice in their communities and beyond. At the age of 17, Matt Strickland joined the United States Army to escape the gang violence of the neighbourhoods where he was raised. Inspired by his grandfather, who served as an Infantryman under General Patton in World War II, Matt enlisted in the Army in 2001. After completing basic and advanced training, Matt received orders to his first duty station, 25th Infantry, at Ft. Lewis, WA. He reported to 25th Infantry on September 10th, 2001, not knowing the next day, life as we once knew it would change forever. Matt knew he had a full life ahead of him, but he was ready to give it up in defence of his country. Matt spent most of the next ten years in Iraq & Afghanistan defending his country. Matt's service to his country includes multiple deployments as a private military contractor as well, serving on Blackwater's Counter Assault Team until 2010 when he decided to accept a position as an Intelligence Analyst back in Virginia. In 2014, when ISIS began sweeping through Iraq, Matt could not sit back and watch, so he deployed once again to join the fight against The Islamic State. In 2016, after fighting ISIS for two years, Matt hung up his combat boots. The previous two years allowed Matt to reflect on the legacy outside of combat that he wanted to leave for his children. Cooking has always been one of Matt's hobbies and biggest passions, and owning a restaurant was always his ultimate goal. Matt opened his first food truck in 2016 which quickly became a success, and he and his wife, grew from one truck to three trucks in just over a year. Two years later he sold the food trucks and opened the doors to the restaurant version, and it continued to grow in success. Everything was great until 2020 when the government began using the Coronavirus as an excuse to control society. Matt continued to open without restrictions, regardless of the consequences, he and his wife opposed the unconstitutional mandates and the restaurant was filled with Patriots from open to close. Despite numerous threats and attempts to shut them down by the state and federal government, he remained open and stood with the people. The Attorney General of Virginia sued Matt in an attempt to shut their doors, but he won, restoring his hope for the country's future. Through his fight against the tyrannical government, Matt realised there was a void in Virginia politics and that catalyst sparked his interest in running for State Senate and with him being a fifth-generation Virginian, his state and his country mean everything to him. Connect with Matt... WEBSITE             mattforva.com X/TWITTER         twitter.com/mattforva FACEBOOK         facebook.com/mattforva YOUTUBE           youtube.com/channel/UCFArRLx6n7UTbOBN0EYjn7w Interview recorded 7.5.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        twitter.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com and follow him on X/Twitter twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin  Transcript (Hearts of Oak) I'm delighted to have Matt Strickland back with us again from Virginia. Matt, thank you so much for jumping on today. (Matt Strickland) Thank you for having me, Peter. It's always good to be with you, brother. Always great. And if anyone is in the Virginia area, if they're in Fredericksburg area, then there's no better establishment than going to Gourmeltz for atmosphere, for great food, great drinks, great prices. It's all good. Good so make sure and check it out all the links will be in the description, but Matt obviously people can follow you @Matt4VA on Twitter or X but maybe I can ask you first you're you're a little bit of your background I know we had John donkeys ago. It seems like a lifetime ago, whenever you're running for state legislature there for the the senate in Virginia and you had a whole backstory of how you oppose the the lockdown mandates in your restaurant there and maybe just give us a quick overview before we get on to the latest persecution that you're facing. Yeah well, I'm a veteran you know, I joined the military at 17 years old spent a lot of time overseas both Iraq and Afghanistan and 2016 I was done with the serving my government, you know, as I I realized how corrupt it was while I was working as an intelligence analyst. So, I wanted to jump into the private sector and I wanted to be a small business owner. So, I opened a food truck in 2016 and it took off, grew to two trucks, three trucks. And in 2018, I opened the first restaurant version of Gourmeltz here in Fredericksburg, Virginia. And that was going well until March of 2020 when COVID happened. And long story short about that, I realized very early on that those COVID mandates were more about control than health and safety. So, I felt it was my duty to fight back, you know, because I had been fighting dictatorships in other countries for years and I was not going to allow a dictatorship to rule in my country. So, I fought back. And because I said these COVID mandates make no sense and I'll take no part in removing my customers' constitutional rights from them. The health department in the state of Virginia, they took away my health department license, my license to serve food, and which in the state of Virginia, that automatically suspends your ABC license, which is your license to sell liquor. So, I lost both of those licenses the same day. And what I did from that point on is I said: "well, hey, listen, if the Constitution means nothing to you, then your licenses mean nothing to me." And I continue to operate and I continue to sell food. I continue to sell liquor without those licenses. And when my story became public, the community just came out in droves to support me, and it was very heartening. I mean, I had people flying from across the country just to come to my restaurant and shake my hand and thank me for what I was doing. And it was at that point that I knew I was doing the right thing. And I was standing up for those that didn't have a voice, you know, because small business owners, we did have a voice to stand up and fight back. And I was disheartened that more small business owners didn't do so. But I did. And because I did, so many people supported me. One of the things that happened is a lot of people in my community came to me and asked me to run for office, they said: "hey Matt, we need somebody that's willing to fight against the establishment the Uniparty, the globalist," whatever you want to call them and that is willing to fight against both parties because both parties are corrupt the republican establishment is just as corrupt as the democrats are and we need somebody to run for office that is going to fight against both of them. So at first I wasn't interested. I had never been interested in politics and or politicians. In fact, Peter, the first time I ever voted in my life was in 2020 for president Trump. And the reason why I never voted before that is because I got to meet a lot of these politicians when I, when I got out of the military, I worked for a company called Blackwater and I was on the counter-assault team with Blackwater. I was a medic. A medic on Blackwater's counter-assault team. One of our jobs as Blackwater downrange was to protect all of the politicians that came downrange from congressmen on up to the president when they would come visit in country. And the medic on the team always stays with the person that you're protecting, the principal, because in case something happens, they want the medic to be right there. So as the medic, I got to meet all of these guys and they were all fake. They were all full of shit. And in fact, they would all say the same thing before they leave. Hey guys, what do you need down here on the ground to successfully accomplish your mission? I'll make sure you have it once I get back to DC. And it got to a point where we'd have a list form. Hey, we need this to accomplish our mission. And same thing every time, no matter if it was a Democrat or Republican, we never hear from them once they got back to DC. So, I just left a bad taste in my mouth and I didn't trust any politicians. But, I'll tell you what changed for me in 2020, is while I started my food trucks and my restaurant, I was still working as an intelligence analyst for the military as a civilian, because when you first open a business, you're not making money. So, I had to do something to provide for my family. And as I was working as an intelligence analyst under the Trump administration, a couple of things happened that really made me come out and realize I need to support President Trump. And I'll tell you, the first thing was, if you remember, Iran shot down one of our drones back in 2019. And that's an act of war. And all of these neocons up in D.C., they have been fiending to go to war with Iran forever. And so this was their opportunity. And I got to see these things behind the scenes. And all of all of Trump's senior military advisers were asking him, you know, to to declare war on Iran. They say, hey, listen, this is our opportunity. This is what we've been wanting. Let's do it. Let's finally, you know, make make it happen. There was one day, I think it was the day after the incident happened, and I remember it vividly. I was at work working as an intel analyst and I got off at about five o'clock. And I remember seeing the op water that came through that day. And we had missiles trained on five different strategic military targets within Iran. And of course, there was going to be some collateral damage if we hit those targets. And I remember getting off that day at 5 p.m. thinking thousands of people are waking up this morning in Iran, not knowing this is the last time they're going to be waking up. Thousands of people are going to be killed in just a few hours, and I know this and they don't. It was an eerie feeling. So, I forgot what time, U.S. time it was supposed to happen, but I remember checking the news at that time and nothing. So I said, well, Michigan must have been delayed. And I checked a couple hours later, nothing. Kept checking, nothing. So, I got off of work the next morning, turned on the news, nothing. So, I got to work that day and Trump came on national television and he said: Last night, we had missiles trained on strategic targets within Iran, and all I had to do was give the go-ahead, and those targets would have been obliterated. But I didn't. And I didn't because I didn't feel that killing... I didn't feel that you shooting down an unmanned drone warranted me killing thousands of people. But make no mistake about it. If it happens again, I won't hesitate next time. And he caught my attention and he caught my attention, because it was about that time that I started to realize that these Iraq and Afghanistan wars were absolutely, totally corrupt. And we were there for this. We were there for money. And that was it. Of course, people had to die in those countries, but we could have accomplished those missions in just a couple of months, not 20 years. And I started to realize that about that time. And that's why when Trump said that, it caught my attention. I said, well, this guy isn't the neocon, the warmongers that were used to having in this seat. And I started paying attention to him and I started to support That day. And then what really got me and what really made me say to myself, this man has earned my vote. He's going to be the first person I ever vote for is, if you remember, just a couple of months after that, General Soleimani was killed. And the reason why General Soleimani, the Iranian general, was killed is because he was the mastermind behind a weapon called EFPs, explosively formed projectiles. And what EFPs are is they're an IED that form into a cone when they detonate, and they can penetrate just about any armour. And they killed hundreds of soldiers in Iraq. So, he was the mastermind behind that weapon and getting it into Iraq. So, that's the reason he was killed. And so we killed a top Iranian general. So Iran called us, called Trump and said, hey, listen, you just killed one of our top generals. I have to respond. If I don't respond, I'll have a coup in my country. And Trump's message to him was, yeah, Roger that. I know you have to respond. However, if... One U.S. soldier is hurt or killed, I will obliterate your country. And if you remember, in response to us killing General Soleimani, Iran lobbed 17 missiles into Al-Assad air base in Iraq, if you remember that. I think it was 17 that they sent over, only 13 hit inside of Al-Assad. But out of 13 rockets, guess how many U.S. soldiers were killed? Zero. And zero were injured. I know the media reported a hundred and something injuries, but those were, they were not injuries. There were concussions and those were subjective injuries. You know, people just said, oh, I've got a headache from the explosions, but that's a whole other story anyway. O of 14 rockets or 13 rockets landing in Al-Asad, there were no casualties. And it was at that time that I said, this man demands, he commands respect on the international national stage. And this is a guy that deserves to lead this country, and from that day forward, I 100% threw my support behind Donald Trump. And that's when I started to really pay attention to politics. And then so when everybody started asking me to run, at first I wasn't interested, didn't want to be a part of it. But what changed my mind is I started looking into who these people were locally that were representing us. And I started digging into to specifically the Republican politicians, because if you support Democrat politicians and if you consider yourself a Democrat and you vote that way, at this point, there's nothing I can say to you that's going to help you. But I was digging into these Republican politicians, because I suspected there was also some corruption coming from the people that I feel I align with. And there was a whole lot. And specifically from my Republican state senator. And there were a bunch of things I found out about this guy that were straight up lies. He lied to me, to my face. And I won't go into those details. But so anyway, I decided, OK, Roger that, I'll run. And I asked everybody: I said, hey, what seat do you need me to run for? You know, school board, president of the United States, where do you need me? And the ironic thing is the vast majority of people said, we want you to run for state Senate against this guy, the same guy that I uncovered all of these things about. So that's what I did. I jumped in and I ran against this state senator. And not even a week after it became known that I was going to jump in this race to run against him, a guy came into my restaurant who I had known because he had came in there previously. And he asked, can you sit down and talk to me? So I did. And he said: hey, I heard you're going to be running against this guy. Why are you doing so? And I said, well, because he's absolutely corrupt. And I showed him proof of the corruption. And he said, OK. At that point, he knew he wasn't going to convince me not to run against him. But he said: you know, if he can guarantee you a seat as a delegate instead of a state senator, would you not run against him? And when he figured out that I wasn't going to fall for it, it turned into threats. He said, well, listen, if you run against this guy, he's going to dig up every piece of dirt on you. I said, listen, man, I joined the Army at 17 years old. I've been overseas more than I've been in America since I've been an adult. And I've got a TSSCI clearance, man. So, there's nothing to dig up on me. Dig away. And he said, he'll have you followed. He'll have your family followed. And at that point, you know, I started to piss me off, you know, because I started to realize he's threatening me. I said listen you let him know that the first time anybody follows me or anybody in my family, it will be the last time they follow somebody, and you can let them know that, and you can let them know that all these things you're telling me is the reason why I'm coming for a seat, and I will win. And not more than a week after that redistricting happened here in Virginia and this state senator had a guy on the the committee that redrew the lines and, I know the guy very well and I was redrawn out of his district by less than a mile. If you look at my neighbourhood it was carved out of his district I mean I could throw a rock into his district. So absolutely corrupt, anyways so I'm in this new district which is an open seat, there's no state senator filling. So I ran in this district right here and I started heavily going after the Republican establishment while I was campaigning. I started calling out all of the corruption from the lowest level to the top level to the governor here in Virginia. And the reason I was doing that is because when Governor Glenn Youngkin here in Virginia and the Attorney General Jason Meares were campaigning for their seats, they came to my restaurant. And they came to my restaurant because they wanted to garner the support of the support that I had for fighting COVID mandates. They knew that the community supported me and trusted me. So, they wanted to garner that support. And, you know, being naïve, I hosted them at my restaurant. I supported them, and they told me the same thing. They said: hey, listen, if we win, not only are COVID mandates gone, but we're going to ensure that no other businesses are prosecuted for these COVID mandates. I mean, these guys, I got a voicemail from Glenn Young and praising me for fighting these COVID mandates that I still have on my phone today. Jason Meares made a video that's still on social media right now saying how unconstitutional it was, what was happening to me at my restaurant. So anyway, these guys win, and guess what happens? They continue to prosecute me for those COVID mandates. And Jason Meares, the guy that made a video saying how unconstitutional these things were, not even a year after that he made that video, was in court prosecuting me for those same COVID mandates. So, I started blasting these guys on social media. And as a Republican candidate, when you're coming after the Republican party, they're going to fight back hard. And that's what they did. And so I started uncovering and unravelling and screaming from a mountaintop, all of the corruption that was going on. And I'll give you one quick example. There was a guy that came to my restaurant who lives in my district and he was on dialysis on a daily basis at this point, right after Glenn Young had took over. So, this guy tells me that UVA called him and said, we've got kidneys for you. Come on down. We just need your COVID vaccine card. And he tells them, hey, listen, I didn't take the vaccine because my immune system is already compromised and I'm just not comfortable with the vaccine. Plus, I've already had COVID, so I'm good to go. I got the best vaccine there is. And UVA Medical Center told him, if you don't take this vaccine, you don't get these kidneys. So, they were going to let a man die for not taking a vaccine. It's just counterintuitive, isn't it? So, he reaches out to every elected official here in the state of Virginia, including Glenn Youngkin, and he shows me the emails where he's getting no response from them. So I told him, I said, hey, listen, I'm actually holding an event here at my restaurant for a congressional candidate. And supposedly Youngkin is showing up in support of her. I said, let's ask him to his face. Let's bring this to him to his face so he can't deny lie that he didn't see these emails. And so we did so. He met him in person at my restaurant, told him his story. And Glenn Youngkin's response was, had no idea, didn't get those emails, but I'll get right on it. Anyways, long story short, man, he ignored him once again, never reached back out to him. He allowed this man to be kicked off of UVA Medical Center's kidney transplant list, which is a state-funded hospital, to die because he wouldn't take the COVID-19 vaccine. I was wondering, it just blew my mind. I wondered why. So, I started looking into Glenn Youngkin and who actually funds his campaign and who actually funds his PAC, Spirit of Virginia. And hundreds of thousands of dollars, millions of dollars from Pfizer and other big pharmaceutical companies. So, it made sense. So, I started blasting that from a mountaintop. And as soon as I did so, Glenn Youngkin, his PAC, Spirit of Virginia, and the rest of the so-called, quote unquote, quote, conservative organizations, they spent over a million dollars to beat me in my primary. Republicans spent over a million dollars to beat a Republican candidate in a Republican primary. Totally unheard of, It's never happened in the state of Virginia before. But they did it for a reason, and they did it because they knew I was not going to be a shill for the establishment. And I was actually going to come represent the people. And that is not what they want in a political candidate. They want somebody that can be controlled. So once they realized that I couldn't, they made sure I didn't get across that finish line. They took that billion dollars and they put commercials on TV that said, I'm in support of transgender ideology in schools, and I want to over-sexualize children. And I'm actually a Democrat. And obviously, total BS, total lies. I'm the one that's at these school board meetings fighting against transgender ideology in schools. But what they know is that majority of voters are uninformed. They don't do their homework. If they see a commercial on Fox News that says things like that, they're going to believe it like it's gospel. And Glenn Youngkin put his face on every single one of my opponent's campaign signs. It was like I was running against Glenn Youngkin. He was sending mailers to my people in my district's house saying Glenn Youngkin needs your vote on June 20th, Glenn Youngkin needs your vote. I didn't know I was running against Glenn Youngkin. So anyway, I ended up, even though, and I only accepted campaign contributions from people, and I beat every candidate in the state of Virginia, delegate and state senate candidates, in the number of low-dollar donations, so donations from people. And I raised $180,000, but $180,000 versus over a million, you're going to lose every time, and that's just how it is. So I did, so I lost. And they kept coming at me from all different ways when I did lose. So, I told you that my health department license was suspended at my restaurant. My ABC license was suspended. Well, I went to court first for my health department license and I won. I was able to prove in court that those COVID mandates were indeed unconstitutional. So, then I went before the ABC board to get my liquor license back, because the only reason they took my liquor license was because the health department took my health department license and those two are connected. So, we went before the ABC board and we said, hey, listen, I won my health department license back in court, proved it was unconstitutional for them to take it from me. So in turn, now you have to give me my ABC license back. And they said, no, actually, we're not going to give it back to you because you continue to operate without it. And I said, yes, I did. But I only had to because you unconstitutionally took it from me. And they said, well, we don't care. We're means nothing to you. Your license means nothing to me. And I continue to operate without an ABC license. So, at this time I had a health department license. I can sell food, but still no ABC license. And Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, is my governor. Jason Meares, a Republican, is my attorney general. And so what happened is one day out of the blue, 25 Virginia state police raid my restaurant, And they take every drop of alcohol that was in my restaurant, take all of my kegs, all of my liquor bottles, tried to take my POS system so I couldn't even operate. I stopped them from doing that. And I live streamed that when it happened. And that live stream went absolutely viral. And people were asking me, hey, Matt, was this two years ago, you know, during the height of COVID? And I said, no, this was yesterday. And they said, how? Glenn Youngkin's your governor. How do you allow this to happen? And of course, I knew the answer was because I was exposing him. But I said, great question. Why don't you ask him? Because I can't get an answer from his office. So at that point, people from across the nation just started pounding his office with emails and phone calls and social media posts. And they were asking him, what's going on with this? Why are you allowing a man's livelihood to be stripped from him for not following COVID mandates that were already proven unconstitutional? So, long story short with that one is the only thing that these politicians respond to is political pressure. So, he finally responded and and I won. They had to give me my ABC license back and they brought all of my alcohol back and that fight was over with, but they still weren't finished with me. I want to take you up to where you are today, because that that fight has continued, think actually it's gone away you've won in court, you've got Glenn Youngkin, but he's lost that, But it seems though you're being hounded by officials for being pro-Trump, pro-America First against these anti-government imposed mandates. And I've seen your tweets about having to go and answer for your crime of loving freedom. Tell us about that, about that quasi-court that you have to go and answer for people promoting your campaign. What is that? Yeah, you're absolutely right about that, Peter. If you align with President Trump, if you align with the MAGA movement, with the America First movement, these establishment politicians, the globalists, whatever you want to call them, they will come down on you and use all of the resources you pay for against you. And that's what happens. And people think that this is only happening to Trump, but this is happening at the lowest levels. There's stories like mine across the nation that you'll never hear about because how will you? The media will give us no attention. So, I appreciate shows like yours that do, but they're politically persecuting us at all levels. It's not just happening to Trump. So, what happened with me and what my latest political persecution story is, is once I lost that primary, I had a lot of people who supported me in that primary race that came to me and they said: hey, Matt, we saw the corruption that happened to you in that race. And it awakened us to who these Republicans really are. And no longer will we just vote for somebody because they have an R behind their name. We want to write your name in on that ballot, because we can't in good conscience vote for somebody we know is corrupt and that's going to work against us. So I said, well, you have my blessing if that's what you're asking for, go ahead and vote, write my name in. And a couple of folks started a write-in campaign for me. Now, I knew there was going to be some kind of blowback and they were going to try to come after me in some way for that, because I knew it would gain some steam. So, I intentionally stayed away from the rioting campaign for those reasons. And there were no doors knocked. There was not one penny spent on the rioting campaign. There were no mailers sent. Nothing. It was just a word of mouth. People were telling people, hey, write in Matt Strickland's name for state Senate in the general election. Don't vote for the Republican candidate, and I received a lot of write-in votes. I received a ton of write-in votes without even actually running a campaign. So, that scared these politicians here in the state of Virginia. And actually, they just submitted legislation that says now in the state of Virginia, if you run as a primary candidate, the citizens, and you lose, the citizens are no longer allowed to write your name in in the general election. They're trying to make that a law here in Virginia. Isn't that crazy? So, this latest political persecution that I'm dealing with is, because citizens said that they can no longer support somebody just because they're a Republican and they saw the corruption that happened in my primary and they cannot in good conscience vote for the Republican candidate. In it, they came to me and said they wanted to run a writing campaign for me. And I gave them my blessing to do so. But, I intentionally stayed away from that writing campaign, because I knew the state of Virginia would somehow come after me for that. So I intentionally stayed away from that writing campaign. I didn't get involved in it whatsoever. And for that writing campaign, not one door was knocked, not one mailer was sent out, not one penny was spent on it. The only money that was spent on it was people spent their own money to buy their own signs to put in their yards that said, vote for, write in Matt Strickland for state Senate. That's it. So, this is basically a groundswell of public desire for you Matt Strickland to be elected to a position that what this is, this is not your campaign, this is the public saying we want this person and rising up and saying we want him putting up yard signs. So this is pure grassroots. Exactly. 100. And that's what people did. They bought their own signs, they put them in their yard that said right in Matt Strickland for state senate and there was a Groundswell of support and we got a ton of votes And is scared the establishment. So the establishment actually submitted legislation that says If you run as a candidate in a primary and you lose that primary, Then citizens are no longer allowed to write Your name in in the general election. They actually are trying to pass a law that says that right now. But because people bought signs with my name on it and put it in their yard, the state of Virginia, led by Glenn Youngkin. Tried to fine me $75,000 for those signs. $75,000. $75,000. And the reasoning they said was because, they said that those signs didn't have a disclaimer on it that said paid for by my campaign. Well, they shouldn't have had a disclaimer on it because one, my campaign was over, I lost. But two, they weren't paid for by my campaign. They were bought by individuals with their own money. And three, I had nothing to do with it. And so and they knew that. And so I had to go before this another administrative board, the Board of Elections here in the state of Virginia. And I explained to him, I laid out exactly what sections, what articles of the Constitution they were violating by trying to prosecute me and fine me for this. You must have pissed them off. Oh, I pissed them off. And actually, so there were like maybe like 15 other people there that were there for campaign violations. And each of them all begged for mercy. Each of them apologized. And they all got like $25 fines. And then I was up and I handed their ass to them. And I explained to him how they were violating the Constitution. And the representative from Jason Meares' attorney general's office that was there, one of the assistant attorney generals, he didn't even know if I was right or wrong in how I was saying they were violating my constitutional rights. They had to research it. So, what they did is, they kicked the can down the road and they continued my case until the next month. So, I had to come back before them the following month. And the following month, they reconvened and they dismissed those charges against me. And I won once again. I've been dragged in front of countless administrative bureaucratic boards into the court system here in Virginia. I can't even tell you how many times throughout this fight. And I've won every single time. The punishment is in the process, Peter. So they don't give a damn if I was found guilty or if the fines were handed down to me, or they don't care if I won or lost before these boards are in court. The punishment is in the process. The fact that I had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to clear my name, and I had to spend countless hours, days, weeks, months in courtrooms, in front of boards defending myself. That is the punishment. And that is exactly what they're doing to President Trump. It's happening to many other people across the nation. Especially when you have a political candidate, especially when you have a Republican candidate that's running, that is anti-establishment, that is willing to fight against these globalists that are actually running this country now. And it's actually the administrative bureaucratic system that runs this country. So, when you have a candidate that's willing to fight against that, then the establishment will put as much money as necessary in that race to beat you. And I mean they're doing it right now to a congressional candidate down in Florida, her name is Mara Macy. She's running down in Florida and I hope like hell that she wins, because we need at least one person that loves this country that is in DC, you know, that's really going to fight for for us and there's another candidate here in my congressional district his name's Cameron Hamilton and I truly believe that he'll go up to DC and he'll fight for us as well. So, when you find these candidates that are willing to fight the establishment and take all the arrows that will be slung at them for doing so, we got to get out and support these people, Peter. We have to. We have to get off the couch, man, because people are, they're just content with living in the comforts that we have in today's day and age. And that's the biggest problem with this country in particular, but throughout the world as well. I mean, you guys over there in the UK as well. The problem with the UK, the problem with the US is people are comfortable. They're not willing to give up a little bit of comfort in the near term, you know, for prosperity in the long term. And one of the I think one of the one of the most strategic things that the government has done is they have employed so many people and they have so many people dependent on them. The majority of people here in the U.S. are either they're dependent on the government in some way, whether they're dependent on them for government assistance or they work for the government, either directly or indirectly. The government was very strategic in that, because they know that those people will not dissent. Because they don't want to lose that pay check every two weeks and they don't want to lose those benefits. You'd be surprised how many times I've heard, man, I would love to fight back and do what you do, Matt. But, you know, I don't want to lose my job. I've heard that so many times. And it was very strategic. My hat's off to them. They, you know, they're very good at what they do. That's for sure. But Americans need to stop being scared, because if you continue to be scared and live for those creature comforts today, all you're doing is handing this fight off to your children tomorrow. And by the time your children are old enough to fight this fight, it's going to be too far down the road. We need to fight this fight right now, today, and give up whatever comforts we have to in the short term to do so. Matt, tell me, you're obviously very high profile. You've stood up for freedoms. After fighting abroad for freedoms. You've come back, you've realised you don't have the freedoms you thought you had and you've been vocal, you've stood for elected office, you've got involved in your community, you're fighting for your local business in your community. What about others who actually have been abroad with you? What about that, I guess, range of veterans who come back and find the country is not Is their appetite to push back? Are you unique? Are there others? I mean, give us an insight into that. I think a lot of people that I fought next to have the mentality now that the systems have just been too corrupted at every level and that it's not a winnable fight. So, I think a lot of their mentality now is I'm just going to make sure my household and my family is protected. And, you know, I'll be honest, I get it, but we can't take on that mentality. It is winnable. This fight here for America is absolutely winnable, because we are the majority, the vast majority. I mean, we're allowing a group of people that can't even fight their way out of a wet paper bag to rule over us in a tyrannical manner. That is not the American spirit. That is not what we do. But, I think that a lot of them are just waiting for the right signal, the right time to get them motivated once again to realize, 'oh, this is winnable,' and I do need to jump back in the fight in this way. I think they're just waiting for that. But not enough of them are fighting. I mean, there's more than me, obviously, you know, veteran-wise that are fighting against this, that have, you know, risked a lot of their livelihood and put it on the line, but not enough. Tell us, I guess, who's behind the witch hunt? I've kind of learned a little bit about Virginia politics, but is that the Uni-party, the rhinos in Virginia that are opposed to anyone who is pro-Trump? I mean just end on on that, because that doesn't just affect those who have served abroad affects every single person in the state and wider because this is not just a Virginia battle. I am sure that there are individuals who are just like yourself actually who are in other states and are fighting a similar battle with the Uni-party that seeks to actually restrict freedoms and seeks to oppose the MAGA agenda and how dare you have America first. So, what you're facing, I am guessing, is replicated across many states, across the U.S. It is, it absolutely is. And what people have to understand is that this fight to you and me, us realizing what's really going on, seems like it's overnight. But this is decades in the making for these people. They have taken over the government from the local level on up to the White House. So that's why here, even at the state level there's so many hard fights going on between the establishment and those that have the MAGA mentality and the MAGA spirit and the America First agenda at the forefront. And so, I mean, they have these institutions in place, these administrative bureaucracies that are very well funded and ironically funded by us. You know, they're using our own money to fight against us. And they make sure that these establishment politicians, even at the local levels, are protected and installed into these seats. And, I mean, for example, Glenn Youngkin. I mean, this guy, you know, his background is he was a CEO of the Carlyle Group, another private equity firm that is just as corrupt as Vanguard and BlackRock and all those other ones, one and the same. And that's where this guy came from out of nowhere. And he's proven to us that he's willing to accept publicly all of this corrupt money. And what has he done as the governor of Virginia? He's done nothing. He has the power right now today, just as every other Republican governor in the United States, to declare an invasion against illegal immigration and send all of his National Guard troops down to the border and close it without any federal permission or federal involvement. He can do that today. So, why won't he and every other Republican governor do so? Because they don't want to, because their donors and the people that control them don't want them to. And that's it. Of course, it's Biden and the Biden administration's fault that the border's wide open, but it's also these Republican governors' fault as well. They can stop it today, but they won't because the same people that installed them installed Biden and the rest of them. The Uni-party is absolutely real. And the reason why the fight is so strong against folks like me and you and the rest of the people in the MAGA movement and the rest of the people that support President Trump and support an America First agenda is because we're derailing their train that's on the track to global dominance. And they know that there is a very strong chance that we win this fight. And that's why they have to fight so hard, even on the local levels, but it's up to us. I mean, the only way we lose this fight as the MAGA movement and as the America First movement, and even you guys in the UK to take your country back, the only way we lose this fight, Peter, is if we allow them to win. They can't beat us. They cannot beat us. The only way they win is if we allow them to win. And I'm doing my part to make sure that they don't. And I just hope many, many more people step up like you are, you know, like Steve Bannon is and like so many other America First patriots are and fight with us. Matt, thank you for coming on. I know you've used your restaurant. I know you had Robert Malone there recently and you've used your restaurant as an area for like-minded people who love freedom to meet. And I think you talk about faith, family and flag. I think you could add freedom, firearms, fitness and food onto that and many other. But Matt, I really appreciate what you do. Obviously, I will not even touch on about your viral tweet about the immigration issue with Afghan immigration and what that means for actually culture and freedom and people accepting what it means to be American there. We're having the same issue here. But people can obviously follow you @Matt4VA and track that, follow that, and see your many posts. So, I do appreciate you coming along, Matt, Gourmeltz is the place to be for anyone in Fredericksburg, Virginia. And yeah, thanks for giving us your time today. Well, thank you, Peter. Just like these globalists have a movement for a one world dominance, you know, our brothers and sisters over there in the UK, we're actually in a global fight together as well for our sovereign nations. We want the same thing as well for our specific countries. We want our countries to, you know, to be preserved and our values, the values that these countries were built on to be preserved and brought back once again. So you guys over there across the pond, man, we're in the fight with you, brother. And I appreciate you.

In this episode, Matt and Brad welcome on their good friend Glenn Young, Zman National sales manager, onto the show to talk about Zman's fully released lineup on new baits for 2024. Buckle up because its a long one but a good one! Sponsored by Darkhorse Tackle Use promo code THECATCH5OFF to save $5 off your first monthly subscription to the weekend warrior box. Click the link below, https://darkhorsetackle.com/collections/subscription-products --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-catch-pod/support

John Soukup is a giant of a man who looks like he'd be just as comfortable in a WWE ring with The Rock as he would be in a boat chasing bass. John Soukup is one of the great young anglers who will be competing on the Bassmaster Elite Series for the first time this year. Soukup's path to the Elites is an extremely interesting one. In addition to competitive fishing, John Soukup owns The Bass Tank, a tremendously successful nationwide electronics dealer. Please listen to a great guy who we think is going to have a lot of success in the coming year.Glenn Young, the National Sales Manager from Z-Man joins us to talk about their new panfish micro-baits and heads.Dan Johnston from St. Croix is with us to talk about reel speeds. No, not real speeds, reel speeds! How fast you retrieve means so much. The right reel speed can make your fishing so much easier and effective.

On Thursday January 19th,2023 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review and discuss the 2016 book "The Ba'al Theory of Christianity" by author Glenn Young. This book is subtitled: "Exploring the Impact of Human Sacrifice on Western Religion." This subtitle and Young's insistence on equating Carthaginian child sacrifices with Palestinian Phoenician ritual practices is our only real complaint about this otherwise well-researched  and strongly presented book. The author touches all the bases in explaining the differences between Yahwehism and the original worship of El and the Elohim. He describes Ezra's rewrite of the Bible and even mentions Joseph and Moses as the possible leaders of the Hyksos. Although he is wrong in assuming that Sidon and Tyre practiced child sacrifice in Classical times he may be correct in assuming that Carthaginian practices might have influenced the Druids and the Nordics and later the witchcraft persecutions. It is unfortunate that he fails to consider that even though the Carthaginians were originally Phoenician they, like the ancient Egyptians, were also African. This will be a very thought provoking and controversial subject.

John Soukup is a giant of a man who looks like he'd be just as comfortable in a WWE ring with The Rock as he would be in a boat chasing bass. John Soukup is one of the great young anglers who will be competing on the Bassmaster Elite Series for the first time this year. Soukup's path to the Elites is an extremely interesting one. In addition to competitive fishing, John Soukup owns The Bass Tank, a tremendously successful nationwide electronics dealer. Please listen to a great guy who we think is going to have a lot of success in the coming year.Glenn Young, the National Sales Manager from Z-Man joins us to talk about their new panfish micro-baits and heads.Dan Johnston from St. Croix is with us to talk about reel speeds. No, not real speeds, reel speeds! How fast you retrieve means so much. The right reel speed can make your fishing so much easier and effective. 

Glenn retired after 35 years of educational experience as a District Curriculum Coordinator, Department Head, Athletic Director, Teacher, and Coach in the largest school district in British Columbia serving 101 elementary schools, 20 secondary schools, 73K students, 8-10k teachers. He has been a sessional lecturer at all 3 major post-secondary institutions in the Metro Vancouver Region working with both practicing teachers in post-degree diploma programs as well as pre-service teachers. Currently as an Educational Change and Healthy Living consultant, Glenn has shared his expertise as a curriculum specialist consulting with schools in Washington DC, Shenzhen, China, South Los Angeles, Denver, Montana, Oregon and North Vancouver. He has developed resources and tools for the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Surrey School District, North Vancouver School District, BOKS Canada, PHE Canada, viaSport, Chicago Run, Laureus Foundation USA, and MeshEd, NYC. Glenn has also presented at numerous local, provincial, state, regional, and national conferences across Canada and the United States. He firmly believes that how we move and feel impacts how we learn.

Matt and Brad host Glenn Young, Zman's sales manager to talk about their latest and greatest innovations and products they have recently released. They talk about their award winning kicker crabz and terminal tackle hook Diezel eye jighead. The hellraizer has gotten a lot of attention lately and in this episode it gets even more! Zman also has released a Midwest fineese jig, micro ned rig system, a new swimbait for fineese jigs, and new colors of the river famous jackhammer. Tune in to what what all the buzz is about surrounding Zman!! https://www.zmanfishing.com/cms/index.php https://instagram.com/fish_rockstar?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/zmanfishingproducts?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://icastfishing.org/new-product-showcase-2022-winners/ Dale Hollow Lodging- www.eastport.info Fantasy Kayak League- www.paddlenfin.com/fantasy Waypoint TV- https://waypointtv.com Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/paddlenfin Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/paddlenfin Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Yak Gadget- www.yakgadget.com Pelican Professional- www.pelican.com Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn: Author, historian and disability activist. By using the skills he learned from radical politics in the fire of 1960s America, he rose to become the national expert on learning disabilities in adulthood for the U.S. Government. His own diagnosis came at the age of thirty when he was also diagnosed with ADHD. As a result of his work, he became well known nationally and internationally as a lecturer on learning difficulty issues. Glenn was the inspiration for the emergence and success of the Dyslexia Foundation in 2001-2 and continues to mentor the CEO of The Dyslexia Foundation to this day. This podcast is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and Epic Projects. Head to www.epicprojects.org to learn about the valuable work they do in South America supporting community education, human rights, promoting peace and ecological farming. www.dyslexiafoundation.co.uk

Mystics are not just people who are religious hermits or people who live in monasteries. Mysticism can be cultivated by all in our everyday lives. Listen as we hear from Glenn Young, Assoc. Professor of Theology and Religious Studies. He will explore the history of mysticism through the voices of ancient mystics and give an overview of some of the principles of mysticism.

Kristine Fischer winner of the 2021 Hobie Bass Open Tournament of Champions. Glenn Young sales manager for Z-Man Baits called in to surprise and congratulate Kristine on her victory. Chad Gierlich gave us some fishing tips on how to fish HookUp Baits for both stock and native trout. Troy Linder representing electric outboard motor producer Pure Watercraft commented on how a grant from General Motors is going to affect the electric outboard motor industry.

On this week's episode Josh and Brad host return guest Z-Man's Glenn Young to talk about their recent bait releases. It's always a super informative podcast when Glenn joins the show, so be sure to tune in! Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/paddlenfin Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/paddlenfin Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Yak Gadget- www.yakgadget.com 153 Baits- www.the153anglers.com Pelican Professional- www.pelican.com Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com

On March 26, 1924, Charlie Birger is found guilty on several bootlegging-related charges and sentenced to a year in prison. Meanwhile, Carl and Earl Shelton ambush S. Glenn Young and his wife and take part in a Herrin shootout.

Coolaney/Mullinabreena manager Glenn Young praised the efforts of his players following their six-point loss to county champions Tourlestrane at Kilcoyne Park on Saturday in the Homeland Sligo SFC.

Glenn Young of Z-Man Fishing Products is back! He sits down with Brad and Josh to talk about the history of the Ned rig and some good rigging options! Another great episode! Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/paddlenfin Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/paddlenfin Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com TRC Covers- https://trccovers.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com Ketch Products- https://ketchproducts.com Recycled Plastics Recycling Program - Mail to: 316 Pinewood Dr. Camp Hill,PA 17011 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Josh and Brad host Zman sales manager Glenn Young in this episode to talk about all things chatterbaits. In depth conversation about the history and make up of the chatterbait. Sit back and enjoy! Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com   Loveland Canoe & Kayak- https://www.lovelandcanoe.com Hammered Lures- https://hammered-lures.myshopify.com Fish Mob Lures-https://www.facebook.com/officialfishmoblures/ TRC Covers- https://trccovers.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com Recycled Plastics Recycling Program Mail to: 316 Pinewood Dr. Camp Hill, PA 17011 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Glenn Young, national sales manager for Z-man Fishing. Captain Ron Baker updated us on what he’s been up to this past year. Shaun Bailey relived what it took to take first place in the WON Bass Arizona Open this past week. Lori Byron-Sachua from Turner’s Outdoorsman San Marcos and Bo Morman from Big Rock Sporting Goods talked about an upcoming fundraiser for Sunny Trent.

In this episode, Matt and Daryl interview Glenn Young, educational change and healthy living consultant who helps with physical education curriculum for schools in New York, Washington, California, Colorado, Montana, British Columbia and China to name a few. He helps to paint the landscape on the current state of physical education in schools and what steps can be taken to correct the downward trajectory.

Glenn Young is a former Vancouver, BC PE teacher and district coordinator who is an advocate for physical literacy although he is not a huge fan of the term “physical literacy” (PL).We discuss Glenn’s background and he became an evangelist including his being involved in the early discussions in Canada. We get into the history of the term “physical literacy” starting around 2000 with the obesity and inactivity crises in Canada.Glenn shares his definition and explains why getting hung up on a definition can be detrimental to implementing PL.Glenn reminds us that the kids in the PE class are the clients and a stakeholder.We discuss how physical activity, education and literacy differ and how he worked with non-PE teachers in schools to get kids physically active. He shares his thoughts on Teaching Games for Understanding.You can follow Glenn on Twitter @ glennyoung_PE and is email is glenn.young@gmail.com.Here is an article I reference in the show from LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/developing-physical-literacy-glenn-young/

Author and historian Glenn Young has been a radical since way back. Supporting causes against racism and discrimination, as well as pioneering government programs for the treatment of handicapped citizens, Glenn has helped to make life better for a number of Americans. Through his book The Invisible Empire Strikes Back, Glenn explains the background of his earlier book, No Sense of History, in order to explain the background of the Ku Klux Klan in America.  We will learn about how he demonstrates a continuation of power over the decades of the Klan that would, according to Glenn Young, be the Klan of Donald Trump’s father and of Trump himself. No matter which side of the political spectrum you reside, the podcast as well as Glenn’s provocative books are going to leave you thinking.

Retired Physical Education and Athletics Coordinator for the Surrey School District, Glenn is a curriculum specialist with significant understanding of teaching and learning in physical education. He has been a sessional lecturer at Douglas College working with practicing teachers in post-degree diploma programs as well as teaching the Physical Education Teacher Education methods course for secondary students at UBC and also working with practicing teachers at SFU through their Field Programs. Through 35 years of educational experience as a Department Head, Athletic Director, Teacher and Coach, he firmly believes that all students learn best through movement and can be physically educated. Glenn is passionate about speaking of the importance of Physical Education and how it prepares the brain and body for learning and ultimately develops Physical Literacy. Checkout ABC Fit on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSuuY_07Ugw

“When we look at sports in a high school setting, unfortunately it’s about banners and championships and all-stars, and it’s wrong. It’s all about the result and it’s not about the process.” With over 35 years of educational experience, specifically with elementary, middle, and high school athletics, Glenn Young has a wealth of knowledge on the importance of Physical Education and how it prepares young students for learning. Glenn finds his mission in kids who don’t have inherent athletic ability, or who only attend PE classes because they are mandatory. Glenn discusses enthusiasm about public school athletic education, the role of physical education, and the divide between public school coaching and teaching. Glenn's Twitter (https://twitter.com/glennyoung_pe?lang=en) Glenn on the Quality Coaching Collective (http://qcoachingcollective.com/) Get your FREE copy of "5 Tips for Parents", an outline of the most important takeaways for ensuring that your child stays in love with their game and has fun all season. (https://www.fortheloveofthegame.ca/p/5-tips-for-parents)

We are skipping ahead to episode 10 where we spoke with Glenn Young - Educational Change Consultant who believes the gateway to wellness is through the physical dimension. Glenn shared his 20+years of experience in Phys Ed program development and activation as well as his systems for implementing and assessing movements to increase healthy populations. Learn more from Glenn and two other highly recognized educational leaders on November 9th as they host a digital summit called "Can We Play a Game Now?" register here - www.qcoachingcollective.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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