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Park, Annabel - Founder
THE TEA PARTY AND I LOVE COFFEE. WE ARE AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT WE FOCUS ON CIVIL DIALOGUE THAT HELPS PEOPLE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES THAT. GUEST: WE OFTEN
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Park, Annabel - Founder
MEETING COFFEEHOUSES. WE USE A CIVIC SPACE WHERE WE CAN APPROACH THINGS AND GET READY TO WORK AND HAVE THE ENERGY TO FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES THAT ARE...
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| 00:01:53 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN? GUEST:
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Park, Annabel - Founder
SOME OF THIS IS INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGISLATED. WE HAVE TO CHANGE SOME LAWS SO WE INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COOPERATE INSTEAD OF STRUCTURE. THE CAMPAIGN...
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| 00:02:46 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ON FACEBOOK? GUEST: YES, I WAS
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| 00:02:51 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
FRUSTRATED WITH THE OBSTRUCTIONISM AROUND HEALTH CARE AND THE RHETORIC AND UGLINESS THAT CAME OUT AT THAT TIME. WE NEED AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS. WE CANNOT...
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| 00:03:20 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY? GUEST: YES,
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Park, Annabel - Founder
WE HAVE A BIG RALLY. WE WILL BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CAPITAL WHERE THE INAUGURATION TOOK PLACE. DESPITE THE BAD WEATHER, WE WILL BE OUT THERE, HUNDREDS...
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| 00:04:08 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IS TAX REFORM PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE TAX CODE. WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE? GUEST: IF ALL GOVERNMENT
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Park, Annabel - Founder
IS BROKEN, IT IS IN PART BECAUSE OUR TAX CODE IS BROKEN. IT IS JUST NOT FAIR AND IT IS VERY COMPLICATED IT IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS TRUE...
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| 00:04:57 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU'RE SUPPORTING A TRANSACTION TAX? GUEST: IT IS ON WALL
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Park, Annabel - Founder
STREET TRANSACTIONS. EVEN IF WE LEVY A SMALL AMOUNT, NOT EVEN 1%, WE WOULD PRODUCE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT WOULD HELP WITH THE INCOME AND INEQUALITY...
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| 00:05:32 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
END TAX BREAKS TO OIL AND GAS COMPANIES -- >>
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Unidentified Speaker, -
AND CAPITAL GAINS. THE REASON WHY WARREN BUFFETT PAYS LESS THAN HIS SECRETARY IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE IN TEXAS IS BECAUSE OF CAPITAL GAINS. WE HAVE TO...
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| 00:06:42 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING SOME THE RHETORIC FROM THE 1% TO THE 99%. GUEST: THERE
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Park, Annabel - Founder
ARE SOME WHITE PEOPLE IN THE 1% THAT NO THIS IS UNFAIR. ANYBODY WHO CARES ABOUT FAIRNESS OR CARES ABOUT THE STABILITY OF OUR ECONOMY AND GETTING US...
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| 00:07:44 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
FOR THE RALLY CALLED CITIZENS INTERVENTION.COM. WE WILL CONFRONT WASHINGTON WITH THESE PROBLEMS. WE THINK IT IS A SICKNESS. IT IS LIKE A FAMILY SUFFERING...
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| 00:08:32 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
UP FOR YOU PRETTY FIRST CALL IS FROM MASSACHUSETTS, DEMOCRATS CALLER:: GOOD
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CALLER:, -
MORNING. WE NEED MORE CITIZENS TO ACT AS A PATRIOT. S. THE REPEAL OF GLASS STIEGEL IN 1999 WAS CRUCIAL AND NEED TO REINSTATE THAT. THEY SCREAMED ABOUT...
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| 00:09:55 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO INVESTMENT-BANKING FROM COMMERCIAL BANKING. PART OF ENDING TO BIG TO FAIL -- IT IS NOT COMPLETE BUT THE IDEA...
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| 00:11:12 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CAPITOL HILL? GUEST: WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
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| 00:11:14 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
DO IS APPROACH THIS IN AS MUCH OF A NON-PARTISAN WAY AS POSSIBLE. STARTING ON MONDAY, WE HAVE LOBBY DAY WHERE WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS MADE WITH PEOPLE...
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| 00:11:57 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: REPUBLICAN MIND. MARK, GEORGIA. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I CERTAINLY LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS ANNABEL IS SAYING AND I THINK SHE HAS A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. ONE THING SHE SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES IS SUSTAINABILITY....
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| 00:13:12 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
THAT. BASICALLY WE NEED A BIG RESET ON THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. IT IS SYSTEMIC FAILURE. IT IS POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL. YES, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BASICALLY...
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| 00:15:23 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OF TWITTER -- GUEST: IT
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| 00:15:30 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT I WANT MORE TAXES. IT IS MORE LIKE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OF THE TAX CODE. WHY DO WE HAVE SOME OF THE TAX...
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| 00:17:25 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ARE -- VIEWER TO DO ABOUT ENTITLEMENTS?
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Park, Annabel - Founder
GUEST: CORPORATE ENTITLEMENT?
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. GUEST: THE FACT
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| 00:17:35 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
THAT WE HAVE SUBSIDIES FOR BIG OIL, AREN'T INCORPORATIONS GETTING ENTITLEMENTS, PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS? THINGS THAT THEY GET THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE DO NOT...
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| 00:18:11 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FLORIDA. ANNABEL PARK OF THE COFFEE PARTY. RON, GO AHEAD. CALLER: I
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CALLER, -
AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WWW.MYBETTERAMERICAPLAN.COM IS A PLAN TO GET AMERICA OUT OF THE ECONOMIC MESS IT IS IN. ON THE WEB PAGE...
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| 00:19:02 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
QUESTION FOR OUR GUESTS? CALLER: HOW COME
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CALLER, -
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOES NOT REORGANIZE ITSELF SO THAT IT DOES NOT GIVE OUT STUFF FOR FREE, AND INSTEAD, GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK...
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| 00:19:20 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
AT THAT? GUEST:
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| 00:19:22 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
IN PART I AGREE WITH YOU. ACTUALLY DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR CAMPAIGN, BUT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ACTIVELY INVEST IN OUR FUTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE SO...
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| 00:21:15 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
IMAGINE -- HOST: AND JUST TO
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| 00:21:22 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MENTION, PRESIDENT OBAMA ABOUT RAISE THEM ALL BY A LOT. GUEST: YOU KNOW
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| 00:21:26 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
YOU HAVE TO RAISE MONEY. THE GAME WE ARE PLAYING, WE HAVE ACCEPTED THIS GAME. IMAGINE IF WE PLAY THE GAME AND THERE IS NO MONEY INVOLVED. YOU RUN ON...
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| 00:21:48 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TRAVEL, ADVERTISERS OF, PUT MONEY OUT. GUEST: THE MAJORITY
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| 00:21:52 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
OF THE MONEY THEY RAISE GOES INTO ADVERTISING. IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO RUN ADVERTISING. AND MOST OF THE ADS ARE MISLEADING, IT IS NOT FALSE, AS WE...
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| 00:22:32 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE PARTY ENDORSED A CANDIDATE? GUEST: NOTE, WE
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| 00:22:35 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
DID NOT WANT TO ENDORSE CANDIDATES -- NO, WE DO NOT WANT TO ENDORSE CANDIDATES BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO RUN ON ISSUES. WE WANT TO MAKE THESE ISSUES, DEFINITIVE...
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| 00:23:27 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ABOUT A THIRD PARTY? GUEST: I DID NOT
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| 00:23:30 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
SEE HOW A THIRD-PARTY FITS INTO THIS UNLESS WE RESTRUCTURE OUR POLITICS SO OUR PRIMARIES ARE RUN DIFFERENTLY. GERRYMANDERING IS STOPPED. THERE ARE SO...
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| 00:23:55 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NEW JERSEY. REPUBLICAN LINE. FRED IS NEXT FOR ANNABEL PARK. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING, AN ADULT. PART OF YOUR -- I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY TAX REFORM. IS PART OF THE TAX REFORM -- THE 47% OF AMERICANS THAT PAY NOTHING, AND...
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| 00:26:10 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: RENO, NEVADA. DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER: THE REASON
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CALLER, -
I AM CALLING FROM THE WEST COAST, IT IS 5:00 IN THE MORNING, IS BECAUSE I WAS UP ON NOT -- ALL NIGHT WORRYING ABOUT MY BILLS. I WORK IN THE STATE OF...
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| 00:26:59 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. AND I REALLY FOR YOU -- FEELING FOR YOU. REALLY HANGING ON THE BALANCE WITH GOVERNMENT BASICALLY...
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| 00:29:31 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: GREG, INDEPENDENT LINE FROM SARASOTA.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS START SOMETHING PRETTY SIMPLE. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SO YOU ARE NOT A -- JUST A GREASE SPOT BY...
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| 00:30:31 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
NO-CONFIDENCE IS THE PERFECT PHRASE TO USE. THERE IS NO CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT. THERE IS NO CONFIDENCE IN OUR ECONOMY. AND SO, WITHOUT THAT CONFIDENCE...
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| 00:31:34 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE SAME THING ABOUT THE TEA PARTY? GUEST: THE TEA
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| 00:31:38 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
PARTY COMES FROM THE SAME PLACE OF DISCONTENT. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. THAT IT IS BASICALLY SICK AND DYING. SO WE NEED TO BASICALLY...
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| 00:32:41 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
INDIANA. BOB, REPUBLICAN LINE. THANKS FOR WAITING. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. JUST A FEW THINGS HERE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION IT SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT FAIRNESS? AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MANY LOBBYISTS...
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| 00:33:15 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
LIKE YOU, I DO NOT WANT TO SEE LOBBYISTS GOVERNING THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE. WE DID NOT CONSENT TO A GOVERNMENT RUN BY LOBBYISTS OR CORPORATE...
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| 00:35:11 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TEA PARTY USA WILL HOLD A RALLY ON THE WEST LAWN -- THE COFFEE PARTY USA WILL HOLD A RALLY ON THE WEST LAWN OF THE CAPITAL TODAY. USING IT MORE INFORMATION...
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| 00:35:28 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
GUEST: BY OUR MEMBERS. WE HAVE NO CORPORATE SPONSORS OR MAJOR DONORS. WE HAVE BASICALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GIVING US ABOUT $20 AT A TIME. HOST: NO FOUNDATION
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OR OUTSIDE MONEY?
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| 00:35:40 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
GUEST: NO. NOT YET. WE ARE NOT AGAINST THEM. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MONEY FROM FOUNDATIONS OR GEORGE SOROS OR KOCH BROTHERS IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT...
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| 00:35:58 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU RAISED? GUEST:
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| 00:36:05 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
ABOUT $200,000. HOST: WILL THE RALLY
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| 00:36:07 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TAKE PLACE GIVEN THE WEATHER? GUEST: RAIN, SNOW, AND
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| 00:36:13 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
SHINE, WE WILL BE THERE BECAUSE WE WILL SHOW OUR DETERMINATION. THIS IS A TEST -- WASHINGTON OR GOD -- BUT WE WILL SHOW WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED THAT...
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| 00:36:25 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: MASSACHUSETTS. LORETTA, DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. HOST: YOU
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ARE ON. GO AHEAD. CALLER: HELLO, AND
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CALLER, -
A BELL. I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THE COFFEE PARTY MORE THAN MAYBE TWO OR THREE TIMES, AND I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR SENSIBILITY AND FOCUSING ON WHAT...
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| 00:37:24 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
YES. ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE FOCUS SO MUCH ANYWAY ABOUT THINGS LIKE INCENTIVES AND INTENTIONS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO GET ALL OF WASHINGTON...
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| 00:39:29 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CALL FROM COLORADO. TOMMY ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU,
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CALLER, -
C-SPAN, AND ANNABEL. I HAVE BEEN A C-SPAN VIEWER FOR 30 YEARS AND POLITICAL JUNKIE FOR 40 AND I JOINED THE COFFEE PARTY A FEW YEARS AGO AND I AM AMAZED...
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| 00:40:28 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TIME. WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENTS? CALLER: JUST COMMENTS ABOUT
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CALLER, -
HOW THE MEDIA IS SUPPRESSING ALL THE VOICES -- INCLUDING C-SPAN. HERMAN CAIN THE OTHER DAY. HOST: YES -- YET, WE HAVE
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| 00:40:49 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GIVEN 45 MINUTES TO DISCUSS. GUEST: THIS
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| 00:40:53 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
IS HOW GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENTS LOOK LIKE. IT STARTS OUT WITH AN IDEA AND A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT, A LOT OF IT I THINK WAS SUCCESSFUL...
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| 00:42:21 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE DAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE? GUEST:
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| 00:42:27 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
IF EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM IN THIS COMING ELECTION, ABOUT HOW LONG AND DEVASTATING THE CITIZENS UNITED WILL WIN IS FOR OUR...
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| 00:42:55 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE FOUNDER OF COFFEE PARTY U.S.A., AND I HAVE A RALLY TO TAKE PLACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHAT TIME DOES IT START? GUEST: 11:30 A.M.,
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| 00:43:08 |
Park, Annabel - Founder
IT WILL BE FUN, WITH MUSIC AND HIP-HOP AND GREAT SPEECHES. HOST: IN OUR LAST
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| 00:43:14 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SEGMENT, STARTING AT 9:15 A.M., WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT DICTATORSHIPS IN AFRICA. BUT UP NEXT, ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PROPOSALS THIS WEEK, ON THE TOPIC...
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