Where America Stands

make any predictions whatsoever because we don't know. But what I will say, first off, I want to thank each and every single one of you for listening to this show, for supporting truth, for supporting independent media, for however long you've been listening to WOKF. I started WOKF as a response and a reaction to the Donald Trump presidency, and over the last god forsaken years, I have tried my best to spread the truth and to enlighten people to

their power. We have to understand that, regardless of whether or not you live in the quote unquote battleground states, that our work, our engagement as Americans across this country matters. What we do, how we engage at our state, local,

and federal level matter. I think that if there is anything that we can take from the last nine years of MAGA is that Donald Trump would have never been able to happen if people paid attention to our democracy, if it wasn't just a foregone conclusion that a criminal would never become president of the United States, or that an outright racist and misogynist in modern day times would never become president of the United States, or that democracy

wasn't something that we needed to protect like our lives depended on it, that we didn't need to be vigilant because the assumption was that this project would just continue whether we paid attention or not. I think that the best thing, if I can say this, that Donald Trump did for America is open our eyes. I think that a lot of people have been sleepwalking through their lives and just paying attention to what is happening in front of them, as opposed to paying attention to what is

happening around them. While America has been built in this idea, and I think it's a false notion of rugged individualism. It's not we don't get anywhere by ourselves. We get to where we are because of our families, because of our communities, because of our teachers, because of nurses and doctors. We get to where we are in life because of other people. And so we should care about how other people are treated, how they are living right, because that is a reflection of who we are and who this

country is. I have always believed that you treat the most vulnerable among you the best because it shows your character as a country. So for far too long, it has just been a me me me, over consumption, overstimulated, hyper consumed group of individuals. And I think that over the last nine years, dare I say that, there have been so many inflection points that have brought people together to demand better not just for themselves but for everyone.

And I believe that if we function as a collective, then forces that have been at play before Donald Trump and after Donald Trump won't take hold in the same way because the people are finally woke. You see people in power, the Republican maga set in power, whether we're talking about the judiciary, whether we're talking about Congress. These are people that do not care about the rest of us. They care about themselves, They care about their own pockets,

they care about their own power. And they've been able to stay in power because of gerrymanderin, because of lawlessness, because of lies, and because of too much money in politics and I think finally Americans have started to wake up and say, wait a minute, it does not have to be this way. We shouldn't have to live a life of struggle. We shouldn't have to prepare, as Elon

Musk has said, for necessary hardship. This coming from a multi billionaire that is used his power and influence to disparage, discriminate, and to destroy any fabric of what could possibly bring us together in online spaces. Imagine having that much power and choosing to do everything that is anti American, anti humanists that you can. Over the last several months, the last years, really, I feel like we have been battling

day in and day out. It's why today I can say to you, as I record this on election Day, that I am so oh utterly exhausted, Like I got out of bed this morning and every part of my body hurts, And it's just my body's reaction to stress, to holding on for so long hoping that people wake up enough to change this country for the better, that we recognize that our power just doesn't come around every

four every two years. It's an every year endeavor to make this project of American democracy work better than it did the day before. I hope that that's what we can take from this. I don't want to go back to normal. I don't want to go back to a time where people bury their heads in the sand and don't actively participate in the world around them. I don't want that. I want this to be a lesson to future generations jen Alpha that will vote in the next

selection about the possibility that comes from collective power. I want them to look back on this election and say they fought for us, and so we will continue that fight. I'm filled with so many emotions today, as you can hear my voice cracking, because I don't know what happens, but I do know that I believe that this campaign, the Harris Walls campaign, did everything that it could possibly do. I think that they knocked on every door. I think

that they spoke to every community. I think that they created plans and not just concepts, of a plan to reimagine America for all Americans. They created a very clear dichotomy between Donald Trump's American carnage and Kamala Harris's American possibility.

You know, I'm encouraged right now by the lines that we are seeing for people who are voting today, I voted early for the very first time because I knew that I was going to want to spend the next several days with my family, and I'm very fortunate that I have one a family that I want to spend time with that makes me feel safe and sane, and I believe that that's what we all need right now to get through the coming weeks, because it's going to

be incredibly contentious. What I saw today as I was getting ready to record were buildings in Washington, d C. Being boarded up as if we are anticipating some type of hurricane. And I guess, to some extent, they are trying to anticipate what we didn't anticipate in twenty twenty, which was Donald Trump going to tell his followers to go and take their country back by any means necessary. I think that sadly that Washington, d C. And America is bracing themselves at this moment, and I don't want

this to become our norm. This should feel outrageous that we are seeing buildings boarded up in Washington, DC as opposed to just lines of people getting ready to vote. It is a sign of the times in a very dark way, you know, America is not immune to political violence. I mean, we have had assassinations galore that have happened that have taken presidents and civil rights leaders, so we are not immune to this. But I think that what MAGA has unleashed is this kind of zero sum idea

of who America is. That it isn't a place for sharing, It isn't a place for collaboration. It is winner take all, and that means stamping out your opponent. I mean listening to Donald Trump over the last week alone has been absolutely insane. Listening to the things that have come out of Donald Trump's mouth. If nothing else the last nine years, but the last week has just shown you the hoods

are off, the hats are off. He's getting off of his plane and playing the Undertaker music, a funeral march. Is that supposed to inspire people? Is that supposed to make people want to make America great again? No, it's an intimidation tactic. I'm here, I'm coming right like a big monster that is about to take hold of this country and break it. Because that's what Donald Trump does

to everything that he touches. He destroys it, whether it's people's careers, like Rudy Giuliani who continues to fucking campaign for this man who because of him, you've lost everything, but you learn nothing. Megan Kelly, who's out campaigning for Donald Trump, who said that she was bleeding from her wherever.

These people have lost their fucking minds. It's extraordinary. My hope is that we win, and that there are case studies that are done on the brilliant and flawless campaign that Kamala Harris has run, and that we begin to build a pipeline for future generations so that she is the first but not the last. I believe, which is why I put it on my shirt, that the future is woke. Once you wake up to injustice, once you wake up to your power, you don't go back to sleep.

And that has been my work here friends, for the last millennia. It is what I believe that my purpose has always been to try and educate, to try and illuminate, to try and excite and engage people. So today I hope that you are still gathered as you listen to this with family, with friends, that you are providing yourself and those around you with grace and with kindness, because we're all going through it. No one person has it

harder than the next. And I think that that is the mentality that we need to have, which is what would it take to just assume the best as opposed to assume the worst in people, you know, let them show you who they are are, rather than us concocting

narratives about who they are. There was a video that I saw and it was this white guy, working class guy, delivery guy, think being interviewed, white beard, blue jeans, probably looked to be, you know, in the middle age, and he was asked who he was voting for, and he's like, I'm voting for the future. I'm voting for Kamala Harris,

like I'm voting for workers' rights and workers protections. And even the reporter that asked him, right, and I think there was Don Lemon was shocked because he's like, do people assume because of how you look that like you're a Trump supporter? And he's like all the time, but I sure as hell i'm not, because I believe in this country. And that's what I want us to take away, Like, let's not assume unless you see somebody wrapped in maga

regalia like that. Donald Trump hasn't shown himself to be a selfish, petty small man that other men are looking at with disdain. I saw another cartoon today as I was recording that showed a white man at a booth, you know, voting booth, and his daughter is behind him and she says, Daddy, who are you voting for? And his response was you, because that's who the vote is for. The vote isn't just about us. It is about the future.

It is about future generations that should inherit a clean earth, that should inherit possibility of owning a home and a car and having work that inspires and engages them, and that they can and afford to live on. The American dream has slipped away from so many people. Donald Trump's seven trillion dollar deficit with tax breaks to the one percent, added to that burden, and sadly, if he is elected, it will get far, far, far worse. But we cannot

be discouraged, We cannot be deterred. We need to rest, recharge after this cycle and get to work. The work may look different depending on who is in office, but the work needs to continue. Nonetheless. Again, dear friends, I want to thank you. I want to thank you for knocking on doors, for making phone calls, for donating. I want to thank you for showing up. I want to thank you for sharing. So many of you post these episodes and share and tweet and DM me, and it

means the world. Honestly, I want you to know that the work, this work sometimes is harder, you know, some days, and less hard other days. But the past several years have been fucking difficult. But I show up because of all of you, and so whatever our future holds, just know that you are appreciated, you are seen, and I believe in your power and your commitment to a better, brighter America. Let's do this, my friends. The Danielle Moody Show is live five pm Eastern every Monday through Thursday

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make it live. The comment sections are always incredibly lit, so I encourage you to head over there as always, dear friends, Power to the people and to all the people. Power, get woke and stay woke as fuck. See you on the other side, Friends, be well.