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Basically, we all just had to live in the Trump reality television show, and now we're kind of stuck there for at least four years. Maybe eight.

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
Civil Rights Advocate
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We should tell people we are working to protect our country. We are working to make America stronger for the long run.
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Higher energy costs are unavoidable in all future scenarios.
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We know that urban farms require less fuel for tractors and transport, but community gardens don't plant themselves.
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The message is going to be the same. It's very simple. We're either going to turn to each other or on each other.
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If all we are for is black people and white people who like black people, then I have nothing to say to Trump who is only for white people and black people who like him.
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