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Happy Birthday Michael!

Added 2024-08-13 01:18:10 +0000 UTC

The Majority Report asked me to select a clip for their show tomorrow honoring Michael on what would have been his 41st birthday on August 13th. They also asked me to write a little bit about why I selected the video I did and I wanted to share that writing as well as the full video with you all. So here goes.

There are so many videos of Michael laughing so hard that he can barely speak and I'm grateful to have every single one of them. When I watch them I love to see the joy on his face and it feels like we are hanging out, cracking each other up. But the videos I might cherish the most are from the last year of his life. They are the recording of the Mill Series he hosted at Lafayette College, the event that his “it’s not complicated" clip is from, and his last live stream from July 16, 2020. In these two videos I feel his deep love and compassion as he talks to his audience. And I see the even more clear and confident man he was growing into. He feels unstoppable in the videos to me. And his words, especially at the end of the last live stream, which is the clip I selected for today, make me feel safe. Like he has a plan and all of this human inflicted hell and suffering will end and we will all be ok. I love you Michael! Happy birthday! Free Palestine!

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