Trump's busted economic boom, tumbling stocks & trade wars, BLM Plaza demolition, DC $1B budget cut

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Speaker 1 (00:16):
Folks. Today is Tuesday, March eleventh, twenty twenty five, coming
up rolling unfilchre extreaming live on the Black Star Network. Hey,
where is that busting economy that the twice impeach criminally
convicted fellow in chief Donald the Khan Trump promised all
of us. He is destroying the economy, leading us straight

(00:39):
into recession. Stock market another massive drop off. Today, we'll
talk with the economists Morgan Harper to explain what the
hell is going on? And oh my goodness, Donald Trump
essentially filmed a commercial today at the White House for Tesla.
Why because poor Elon's company has lost fifty percent of

(01:03):
his stock value. He's lost one hundred and thirty two
billion dollars and now he's crying because folks don't want
to buy his little car. Wait until we show you
what the grifter in cheap did today with his drifting
co president Elon Musk. It is shameful and despicable, speaking

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with shameful, despicable Magna. Republicans want to cut the DC
budget by a billion dollars. We'll talk with the city
council member who'll explain how these cuts will impact the
city and Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garland Gilchrist and noways he
is running for governor of the state. Will show you
his video. Plus the third suspect allegedly involved in the

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off campus Omegasi five fraternity hazing death or twenty year
old Southern University student, has been apprehended. Folks, It's a
lot we want to talk about. It's time to bring
the bunk filter on the Black Side network. Let's go.

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Inst What the hell happened to the economy? For the

(05:34):
second time this week, stock market tumbles in a huge,
huge way. Donald Trump is throwing out tears when it
comes to steal all sorts of stuff. Now folks are
talking about recession is on the way, Inflation is hitting hard,
prices are still up, He's laying off people, contributing to
unemployment claims. But I thought he was supposed to be

(05:57):
so brilliant, so smart, and it's so amazing he was
doing so much better on the economy than Vice President
Kamala Harris. Well, guess what hashtag we tried to tell you?
And these idiots with the Trump administration, they say all
of the pain that we're enduring is part of this
so called detox period to reset the economy. Literally, yesterday,

(06:22):
Trump told reporters that a recession would be an unfortunate
but necessary step to an all out depression. Benyika House
Speaker Mike Johnson standing Mike Trump, insisting that this is
really just a strategy.

Speaker 11 (06:39):
I believe that the policies that we're putting forth are
going to improve the economy and bring down coster people.

Speaker 1 (06:44):
It takes a little while.

Speaker 11 (06:45):
We're gonna transition period between Bidenomics and the disastrous economy
that the previous administration left us, and it takes a
while for these policies to be ingrat We're going to
codify this with the reconciliation process, the bills coming forward.

Speaker 1 (07:02):
Well, Democratic House Leader haw King Jeffrey says, we're absolutely
headed for a Republican recession.

Speaker 12 (07:11):
I think they distinguished a general lady for her tremendous
leadership and for yielding. I don't really understand the fatal
attraction reference, because if anyone is dealing with fatal attraction,
it's between President Trump and House Republicans. As soon as
he says jump, your only answer is how high. It
doesn't matter whether you are hurting the American people. That's

(07:33):
why House Republicans are marching the country on a track
toward the largest Medicaid cut in American history. Your hurt children,
hurt families, hurt Americans with disabilities, hurt seniors, close nursing homes,
and closed hospitals. When Donald Trump says jump, extreme maga

(07:54):
Republicans say how high. That's the fatal attraction that's hurting
the people of the United States of America. And by
the way, the core promise that you made last year
was about lowering costs. All you talked about was how

(08:16):
you were going to lower the high cost of living.
Democrats believe that America is too expensive. Housing costs are
too high, Grocery costs are too high, childcare costs are
too high, utility costs are too high, and insurance costs
are too high. America is too expensive. We believe that

(08:38):
that in fact is the case. But Republicans have done
nothing to lower the high cost of living. No bill,
no executive order, no administrative action. That's the broken promise.
We were told by President Trump that costs were going

(08:59):
to go down on day one. Grocery prices haven't gone down,
They've gone up. Inflation is up. You know what's going
down the stock market because President Trump and House Republicans
are crashing the economy in real time and marching us
to a possible Republican recession. That's what's confronting the American people.

Speaker 1 (09:29):
Well, folks, critics say, skyrocketing prices, trade war tensions, job
losses hitting the nation left and right is causing the problem.

Speaker 13 (09:40):
But this idiot Trump, he just keeps blaming.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
Joe Biden for this economic catastrophe and promising to make
America for the affordable gain. Morgan Harper, Director your Policy
and Advocacy at the American Economic Liberties Project, joined us
right now, Morgan, this is hilarious, but it's also shameful.
So if I'm wrong Trump, when the stock market was
going up under Biden, Harris, Trump took credit. Now it's

(10:08):
going down.

Speaker 13 (10:09):
Now he's blaming Biden for that.

Speaker 1 (10:12):
No, it's his policies, his actions that are absolutely taking
the economy.

Speaker 14 (10:20):
Yeah, it's pretty undeniable at this point that a lot
of the uncertainty that he's injected into the economy with
changing trade policy, overnight changes that in typical times might
take you know, a couple months to work through a
few months, and not to say that longer is better,
but some of this stuff is complicated and understanding all
the impacts of it takes time.

Speaker 6 (10:42):
He's not really operating like that.

Speaker 14 (10:43):
He i think just today introduced and rolled back a
new tariff on Canada in response to their retaliatory tariff.
So this is creating a perfect storm of uncertainty that
is impacting the stock market directly. Like you noted, we
see companies that are now predicting that they are not
going to have very strong growth or a lot of

(11:06):
consumer demand over the next few months, because what.

Speaker 6 (11:09):
Are consumers doing too? In addition to businesses.

Speaker 14 (11:11):
Kind of looking at all of this, and it's like, uh,
I don't know if I want to make any moves
at all, because we have no idea how much our
assets might be valued at if you are in that position,
even if you're on Medicaid, for example, if you're going
to be continue to be covered by that, and let's
be real, a lot of people who are working are
also on Medicaid, and so there's just uncertainty abounds, and

(11:32):
this is a really bad situation for the economy and
the country overall in terms of the impacts.

Speaker 1 (11:38):
Of this, and again, Morgan, what is unbelievable is that
they've repeatedly tried to blame Biden for it, and they
act as if the tears don't matter. I'm sorry, the
Phantom Reserve was projecting that we were going to see

(12:02):
a three percent increase in GDP because of Trump's actions,
the massive cuts, what Doge is doing, the crazy actions
of Elon Musk, these ridiculous tars okay, and him trying
to convince us like it's unbelievable. We're gonna play a
clip for you of an Associated Press reporter asking White

(12:25):
House Press Press Secretary of the idiot Carolyn Elevitt about tars,
and he literally is trying to convince us no, no, no, no,
no tares, they're gonna pay. We're gonna make billions trillions
off of trors. I mean, it is the dumbest thing,
and these mac Republicans are falling in line knowing it's

(12:49):
a lie.

Speaker 6 (12:53):
Go ahead, Thanks Caroline, here, welcome.

Speaker 7 (12:56):
If we could just step back for a second.

Speaker 15 (12:58):
President Trump lasted us the BRT.

Speaker 7 (13:00):
When he was on the campaign trail, his big push
was on tax cuts. He's going there today as he's
proposing tax hikes in a form of tariffs, and I'm
curious why he's prioritizing that over the.

Speaker 16 (13:13):
Tax cuts he's actually not implementing tax hikes. Tariffs are
a tax hike on foreign countries that again have been
ripping us off. Tariffs are a tax cut for the
American people. And the President is a stunt advocate of
tax cuts. As you know, he campaigned on no taxes
on tips, no taxes on overtime, no taxes on Social

(13:34):
Security benefits. He is committed to all three of those things,
and he expects Congress to pass them later this year.

Speaker 7 (13:40):
I'm sorry, have you ever paid a tariff? Because I
have that they don't get charged on foreign companies, they
get charged on the importers.

Speaker 16 (13:47):
And ultimately, when we have fair and balanced trade, which
the American people have not seen in decades, as I
said at the beginning, revenues will stay here, wages will
go up, and our country will be made wealthy again.
And I think I think it's insulting that you are
trying to test my knowledge of economics and the decisions
that this president has made. I now regret giving a

(14:08):
question to the Associated Press Mary Gog that's crazy.

Speaker 14 (14:15):
So yeah, well, there's a lot to unpack here. I mean,
like I've said a couple of times, Roland terriffs are
an important tool to make sure that we have balanced trade.
Tariffs when part of an overall economic policy strategy that
includes things like domestic investment in industrial policy, in building
up incentives for domestic manufacturing to have companies want to

(14:38):
build things in the US, can be a very successful strategy.
What we're seeing here is not that it's very scattershot.
It's changing all the time, like we talked about, and
it is importantly not paired with any sort of industrial
policy strategy that is not even on the table. I
mean it appears it's not on the table because it
conflicts politically with where where this administration wants to be

(15:01):
landed on an environment where they're really trying to advocate
for more government spending. But regardless of what the motivation is,
the reality is, when not paired with any sort of
industrial policy, it's a recipe for increasing prices. Now, that
is not to say though that teriffs is a tool
wholesale are bad. The other thing I would note is,
you know, this idea that we're going to somehow make

(15:22):
back all of the revenue that might be lost due
to an extension of the tax cuts through tariffs is
not something that I think a lot of folks agree with.
I mean, continuing the tax fut the tax cuts is
going to lead to a big reduction revenue. We have
a lot of people, like we've talked about, that have

(15:44):
unpredictable job situations right now. We have a lot of
uncertainty in the economy. So somehow this idea that by
putting these tariffs on companies, this is going to generate
the revenue, even if which is possible that they do
absorb some of the increase of the tariff costs themselves
actly without passing on to the consumer. It's possible, it's
just unlikely to be a complete wholesale equivalent there with

(16:07):
the tax cuts that are to come. So, you know,
this trade policy stuff can be kind of complicated. There's
a lot to sort through, but the bottom line is
chaotic trade policy is no recipe for bringing down costs
for Americans or supporting American manufacturing and workers.

Speaker 6 (16:24):
There is a way to do that, but.

Speaker 1 (16:26):
This is not it. Well, and again, as we sit
here and examine all of these actions, you take what
they're doing to the irs.

Speaker 13 (16:41):
Republicans were opposed.

Speaker 1 (16:43):
To the hiring of additional RS agents to target wealthy individuals,
and so elon musk Indulge, they are firing many of
those auditors.

Speaker 13 (16:54):
Guess what that's going to lead to? Less revenue.

Speaker 1 (16:58):
And again, these idiots keep saying they want to put
money in the pockets of Americans. Well, when you want
to obliterate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, guess what that means. Oh,
you're taking money out of the pockets of regular ordinary
people and just handing it over to corporations who are
simply going to just do more stock buybacks. When Donald

(17:19):
Trump and the Republicans pushed through this tax cut four
years ago. He was like, oh, no, these companies are
going to be using that money for wages. The companies
are like, no, we're not. They made it clear they
were going to be using it for stock buybacks. It
added eight trillion dollars to the deficit. So I don't
know where any of these people went to school. This

(17:40):
ain't even triggeronometry. This ain't geometry, it ain't algebra. It's
just basic ass math.

Speaker 14 (17:49):
Yeah, and you know, I mean, I'm glad you mentioned
the CFPB because that's a great example again of what
you know, even if you were trying to, you know,
believe in, oh's be doing these things through Congress and
not rule making. Let's take, for example, like the CFPB
rule to limit overdraft fees. You know, this is a
fee that often gets slapped on consumers when they over

(18:11):
you know, they try to withdraw more money than their
bank account has available. Banks financial institutions have made a
lot of money off of those fees over the years,
and this past CFPV under the Biden administration did implement
a rule to limit just how much those fees could be.
There's a loophole in the law, and the Congressional Republicans

(18:31):
have now introduced what's called a CI Congressional Review Act
to roll back that law or roll back that rule.
I should say, they're not introducing any sort of companion
bill that would make that policy of final and permanent
if you believe in.

Speaker 6 (18:47):
Oh, this should just be the authority of Congress.

Speaker 14 (18:49):
They're just taking away the rule that provided some protection
to consumers. That's another thing that could raise prices. Another
example out of the CFPV. I mean, there's a lot
of examples unfortunately preventing the cf from being able to
prosecute payments companies, online payments companies they might be engaging
in fraudulent activity in losing consumers' money. Similarly, trying to

(19:11):
roll that back in Congress. Every Congressional Republican except for
one so far, it's only been on the Sense side
except for one voted for that.

Speaker 6 (19:19):
And there's no plan for covering that market.

Speaker 14 (19:22):
So there's a lot of vulnerabilities that are being created
through this policy making. Again, if there was sincerity in
trying to actually solve problems, then we would be seeing
some bills introduced, but that has not been happening, and
it's it's very concerning, and so where we go from
here is pretty unpredictable. But there are a lot of
signs that are pointing to a bad economic situation or

(19:46):
further weakening in the economy, and a bad economic situation
for a broader swath of Americans.

Speaker 1 (19:52):
Don't you also find it just utterly ridiculous?

Speaker 13 (19:55):
Morgan?

Speaker 1 (19:56):
Where Trump now all of a sudden, How they're now saying, well, no,
you know what, I think we have to yeah, go
through this pain. We must, we must because we need
to do this reset. There was just too much government
spending and so this reset is necessary. Uh, what the
hell are they talking about?

Speaker 14 (20:16):
Well, look, yeah, I mean again, they could there's a
way to go about making the government more efficient. And
I've been a government employee, a lot of folks who
have worked in government.

Speaker 6 (20:25):
I think that we could all put our heads together
and think about some ways to make things more efficient.

Speaker 1 (20:30):
Ps.

Speaker 14 (20:30):
Probably a lot of people who have worked at large
corporations could say the same thing.

Speaker 6 (20:33):
But you know, that's a whole other conversation. This isn't
about doing the thing that's most efficient.

Speaker 14 (20:38):
It's it's been a lot of scattershot and fast moving
decisions that are just stripping away the ability for the
government to really do its job to protect a lot
of Americans and enforce the law, like the IRS for
example that you mentioned again going back to CFPP, they've
withdrawn cases that were going after companies that were breaking
the law taking consumers money. And so this does seem

(21:01):
more of an ideological exercise, but I will say in
a political exercise. But I will say I mean is
there are real problems to solve. There is a need
to take a hard look at the American economy and
think through what does it look like when so many
people in our country are vulnerable to just missing one paycheck?

Speaker 6 (21:19):
What does it look like?

Speaker 14 (21:20):
You know, we talk about the stock market as an
indicator that there's a lot of people that don't even
have the ability to dream of investing in the stock
market because they have no extra money to be able
to look at that.

Speaker 6 (21:30):
So these are real problems. They are problems that we.

Speaker 14 (21:32):
Need to solve having a long term strategy for our
country economically, including a trade policy that's going to make
sure that companies don't just get to import cheaper goods
and not pay higher wages to American workers.

Speaker 6 (21:47):
Those are real problems, but this doesn't look to.

Speaker 14 (21:50):
Be a coherent strategy to actually solve them and make
sure that we're building for the long term here and
a stable financial future for Americans.

Speaker 1 (22:01):
Yeah, because this strategy we're talking about here is, oh,
let's just invest billions of a US money into crypto.

Speaker 13 (22:10):
Uh, let's just sit here and keep whacking away.

Speaker 1 (22:13):
And uh, let's just stop the lawsuits against companies in
the Department of Justice, at the SEC, at the CFPB,
you had one Chinese national who just, oh, let me
just go ahead and buy you know, a bunch of
of you know, millions or billions in and the Trump coin.
And guess what, this case magically goes away. What we

(22:34):
are seeing is we are seeing major corporations. There was
even one report that companies are paying five million dollars
for sit down meetings with Trump and mar Largo. These
people are grifters. They are literally trying to just steal
from the government and screw everybody else.

Speaker 13 (22:54):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (22:54):
And you've got these workers, Uh, you got veterans. It's
gonna be big protests happening on Friday. To your point,
how is just willy nilly? I mean, they fire our
people the National Weather Service, and now they're trying to
hire them back. They fire workers with the Centers for
Disease Control, now they're trying to hire them back, and
so it's just nonsensical. And so they are creating the

(23:15):
chaos that we are now seeing in the markets. And
you've got companies like yo, what the hell we can't
do any sort of quarterly or yearly or planning for
every two years with the kind of just nutcase economic
policy we're seeing coming out of the White House.

Speaker 7 (23:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 14 (23:34):
Absolutely, I mean there's no how could you possibly predict
how you're going to spend or build your company if
you don't even understand the legal framework that you're operating
in or whether laws.

Speaker 6 (23:44):
Will be enforced.

Speaker 14 (23:45):
And you know, to our earlier point, I mean, that's
the larger risk not just for companies, but for all
of us that are living in the US right now
and are in across.

Speaker 6 (23:53):
The globe who are watching this.

Speaker 14 (23:54):
So yeah, I mean, I think I think the important
point though, too, to make care rolling is you know,
we're going to spend a lot of time, I imagine,
over the next few months critiquing what's happening right now
in this administration some of the corrupt action that's happening.
But we also those of us who know that government
does have a role in this country in supporting things

(24:16):
like strong manufacturing and supporting people being able to lead
stable lives and access healthcare and be able to have
families and support them, that we need to be presenting a.

Speaker 6 (24:27):
Plan for what that looks like and making the case
for why.

Speaker 14 (24:31):
Government is important, because there's clearly a lot of people
in our country that don't have a strong understanding of that,
and until we solve for that problem, then I do
think we're going to continue to be at risk for
these types of moves that are again not about actually
helping anybody, but it seems to be enriching a lot
of the folks that are attached to this administration.

Speaker 1 (24:54):
Indeed, Morgan Harper, we're still appreciate it. Thanks a lot
for joining us, Thanks for having me. Folks, Gotta go
to a break. We come back.

Speaker 13 (25:04):
We'll tell our panel about this.

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at the White House where literally literally Trump was a
operating as a used car salesman, plugging Americans buying Tesla.
So I guess screw screwed GM, screw Ford, screwed the
other American automakers. It's all about buying Tesla's. Oh by

(25:30):
the way, is this the same guy who shuttered the
EV power stations in government buildings who also wanted to
get rid of the EV credits from Biden Harris as well?
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If y'all want to see what a government sponsored commercial
looks like, this is what happened today at the White House.
Let me set this whole thing up because Elon Musk
is an idiot, and because people are sick and tired
of his antics. The Tesla stock is down almost fifty percent.
He's lost one hundred and thirty two billion from his

(29:18):
net worth as a result. Now he's moaning and whining
and crying. And before I get to that, this was
Elon last night in an interview with Larry Kutloud on
Fox Business. This is wonderful for labs. Watch this? All right?

(29:50):
Do we have that clip?

Speaker 13 (29:55):
Okay?

Speaker 1 (29:55):
All right, so fine we have Do we have the
clip of Elon and the Tesla's at at White House today?
All right? Roll that one, Oh President Trump, are you're
looking to buy?

Speaker 7 (30:09):
Well, I'm gonna buy.

Speaker 22 (30:11):
And I'm gonna buy because number one is a great product,
as good as it gets. And number two because this
man has devoted his energy and his life to doing this.
I think he's been treated very unfairly by a very
small group of people. And I just want people to
know that you can't be penalized for being a patriot.

(30:31):
And he's a great patriot. And he's also done an
incredible job with Tesla. And I mean, nobody else has
a car company started up in the last thirty years
that's been successful. I don't think so and not only successful,
but super successful. And because he's able to find billions
and billions and billions of dollars of fraud and waste

(30:53):
and all of the things. I mean, our country is
going to be very strong, very soon because of a
lot of the things that he's done and a lot
of the things that I'm doing. And there's no better team,
but there's no better for what we're doing. There's nobody
like this, and he shouldn't be penalized. And when I
watched the other day, I said, I can't believe it.
It should be the opposite. People should be going wild

(31:15):
and they love the product. But because he's finding all
sorts of terrible things that have taken place against our country,
they want to penalize him in an economic sense, and
I just think that's very unfair. So I just wanted
to make a statement.

Speaker 1 (31:30):
I'm gonna buy one. Now here's the bad news.

Speaker 22 (31:33):
I'm not allowed to drive because if I haven't driven
a car in a long time, and I love.

Speaker 5 (31:37):
To drive cars.

Speaker 22 (31:38):
But I'm gonna have it at the White House, and
I'm gonna let my staff use it. I'm gonna let
people at the place use it. And they all are
all excited about that I'm not allowed to use it.

Speaker 5 (31:48):
Can you believe it?

Speaker 7 (31:50):
One of my great things in life is.

Speaker 22 (31:52):
That I can You know, I like to drive cars,
but I'm not allowed to.

Speaker 1 (32:06):
Y'all know. Damn well, he ain't buying no tesla. Oh
my god, it's a great product. We don't have to buy.
We don't want to. Okay, y'all want to see the
Elon Musk Tesla cheers. This is from Fox Business in
an interview with Larry Kutlole, who previously was one of

(32:26):
Trump's economic advisors.

Speaker 13 (32:27):
The first time this is a joke called the Action.

Speaker 23 (32:32):
You're feeling you're hearing a call to action. Yeah, you're
giving up your other stuff? I mean, what do you
How are you running your other businesses.

Speaker 15 (32:42):
With great difficulty?

Speaker 13 (32:49):
Yeah?

Speaker 23 (32:49):
I mean that there's no turning back. You're saying, I'm
just here.

Speaker 24 (32:57):
Trying to make government more efficient, Uh, eliminate waste fraud, and.

Speaker 23 (33:04):
So far we're making good progress.

Speaker 1 (33:11):
Uh I'm sorry. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him? Mustafa?
And here's the other deal.

Speaker 17 (33:21):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
Environmentalists loved the product because it's electric vehicle. So you're
Elon Musk and you chose to align yourself with somebody
who previously was on the record hating electric vehicles, who
loves fossil fuel. So you're Elon, you piss on your

(33:43):
customer base. That's the cook bet you're gonna have a problem.

Speaker 7 (33:51):
Yeah, you know, I have to laugh because you know
I know this stuff inside out. And you know, Musk
turned his back on his base, on the folks who
rode with him when.

Speaker 25 (34:00):
His product was new and still needed to continue to
develop and evolve, and then aligned himself with someone who
is a climate denier, somebody who has been very intentional
about trying to strip away the resources that are necessary
to be able to build out, you know, a clean
energy infrastructure.

Speaker 7 (34:19):
A part of that infrastructure is charging stations and also
the dollars that have gone to development and research that
are critical to make sure the batteries continue to have
longer and longer ranges. You know, Trump also has put
climate deniers in his administration. He's stripped away science, He's
done all these things that you know, make no sense

(34:41):
if you now say that you want to be supportive
of Elon Musk and his electric vehicles. The other part, too,
is the unfairness, right, the other car companies that are
out there that have been you know, catching up and
passing Tesla and relationship to their development, they don't have
this same access, the same marketing that the President is

(35:02):
doing for Elon. So there are ethical violations and relationship
to what the president is doing. There's also just not
understanding long term why he should be investing in cleaner
energy infrastructure. And you know, Elon brought this on himself.
He had the opportunity to be a to not only

(35:22):
be a visionary, but also to be someone who is
focused on helping to uplift people. And he's made the
choices that he has. He's allowed to do that. But
then also the consumers also have the right to take
their dollars elsewhere.

Speaker 1 (35:38):
Yeah. I mean, I'm sitting here just cracking up laughing,
and I'm seeing these like this idiot grant cardon supporting
Elon by a Tesla.

Speaker 13 (35:48):
I pick one up for my daughter and another another
for my wife.

Speaker 1 (35:53):
Well guess what, Randy, it's a whole bunch of these
gaz govling guzzling file so few loving Red state folk
who guess what if them dumbasses go out and buy
a Tesla, they ain't gonna be able to plug it
up anywhere. See, that's what is so alawable. What Eli

(36:13):
has done is he has trashed the very cities and
the states where his car was doing well, that is
the basis of his net worth to align with Trump
and MAGA and the Red State people hate electric vehicles.
This is literally one of the dumbest economic moves you

(36:34):
have ever witnessed.

Speaker 26 (36:37):
This is a man who's walking around using his child
as a prop. You know, he has fourteen kids, so
there has to be a babysitter somewhere. So I don't
know why the kid is always there. But that's besides
the point. He doesn't think things through. Even the child
is a marketing effort. The car he doesn't care, Like
doctor Ali was just saying, he doesn't care about saving

(36:58):
our environment.

Speaker 5 (36:59):
He cares about making money.

Speaker 26 (37:01):
And because he's a narcissist, an obvious narcissist, he thought
that people would still buy.

Speaker 5 (37:08):
His cards, cars and adore him.

Speaker 26 (37:10):
Although like you said, he has gone against the very
people who are for cleaning up this environment, who are
about electric cars his base, their base. The MAGA people
are not about the about saving the environment, and just
like you, said there, I could tell you I was
just deep down south. There are not electric ports everywhere

(37:31):
for them to be charging these cars. But they didn't
think it through, just like they don't think anything through.
But they're narcissistic. Bravado just makes them think that they
can make moves and they're not going to be repercussions,
and there certainly aren't going to be repercussions on them.

Speaker 5 (37:45):
But they're romance. I mean, I am so disgusted watching
them just fawn.

Speaker 26 (37:50):
All over each other and scratch each other's backs. They
are not working for the government, they're not working for
the people. They're working for each other and their cronies
to make as much money they as they can in this.

Speaker 1 (38:01):
Time, Larry, how despicable is it to watch an occupant
of the Oval office literally film a commercial for Elon
Musk because, oh my god, he's losing sales and people

(38:22):
are sorry.

Speaker 9 (38:23):
Hey, I thought these people love choice, I thought they
loved talking, they love cancel culture. Well guess what if
people don't want to buy his sorry ass car, they
don't have to buy it. Hey, it's called Republicans love
the free market. Well, the free market is speaking and
they say Elon Kickrocks.

Speaker 27 (38:47):
So this press conference today is everything they thought they
would get with a.

Speaker 15 (38:51):
Black president, but they didn't.

Speaker 27 (38:54):
I think that's first second of all this you're watching,
this reminds me of up like one o'clock in the
morning on the weekend and you get a really cheesy
infomercial with some guy you never heard of. So basically
that's the vibe you get. And it's just a reflection
of where, you know, where we are as a country
in terms of you know, who occupies the Oval Office,

(39:16):
and not only in terms of you know, you know
what their economic policies is. And we talked about obviously
with the recession likely to come here in the next
couple of months. But like you said, Roland, if you
believe in free market economy, then you shouldn't highlight, you know,
this particular company when you have so many other companies
like you mentioned for a, GM, etcetera, who've been around

(39:36):
for a much longer time, and obviously those you know,
corporations have more better reputation of investing in American workers.
We still also highlight that Tesla has been sued multiple times,
particularly when it's come this discrimination for relating to black workers.
So once again we talk about these ideas and opinions
about what it means to be American and who should

(39:57):
be invested in. Tesla, a company with history or racial discrimination,
gets the free infomercial on and free ad, you know,
advertisement on television carried by major networks. Where are some
of the other corporations once again, who have pay a
higher wage and have a better reputation of hiring you know,
black executives. You know, they don't, they don't get a
shot out on TV. But this is just another cheesy event,

(40:18):
cheesy example of try to you know, sell these cars.
And you know, look, the bottom line is he's a
businessman and as you said, he made a poor business decision.
The people who will really invest the best and buy
these cars are not doing it anymore, and they're not
likely to start buying them just because of this cheesy infomercial.

Speaker 1 (40:34):
At the White House, they trying to pull up that
photo of Donald Trump's notes. I thought this was hilarious, Mustapa,
Can y'all pull the photo up?

Speaker 13 (40:46):
Please?

Speaker 1 (40:46):
So they handed Donald Trump some notes and it says
Tesla pricing full self driving Model X one hundred and
twelve thousand, four hundred and ninety Silver CT one hundred
and fourteen thousand, in gray Model ASS one hundred eight thousand,
nine hundred and ninety blue Model Y fifty nine thousand,

(41:07):
nine hundred and ninety. And then then it says Tesla
give me purchased as lowest two ninety nine a month
or thirty five k. All cars have self driving, just
needs to be turned on for a fee. Yeah, I'm
sure Maga is sitting here like, Yeah, I'm gonna buy
one hundred and fourteen thousand dollars car or I'm gonna

(41:29):
buy an ugly ass cyber truck.

Speaker 13 (41:31):
This is a joke.

Speaker 1 (41:32):
And guess what, Mustafa, I am elated every day to
see the Tesla stock go down and to see his
net worth go down. And my girl Eberdy Hilt, doctor
Eberdy Hilter, had this great tweet. She said, if they
offered this Tesla buy one, get one free, I still
wouldn't buy that raggedy ass car.

Speaker 7 (41:53):
Well, there's a whole lot of folks, both in this
country and outside of this country who would agree with
that statement. Right now, you know, there are you know
there there are positives and negatives for our actions. And
you know, Elon has decided to hitch his wagon to
you know Trump, and when you do that, you know,
it's a very volatile market, just that we saw the

(42:15):
stock market. So you now have other countries that are
speaking out against his products and saying, you know that
the vast majority of our citizens are not going to
purchase it and actually putting some blocks in place with that.
But then when you come back home, I think Randy
really hit it on the head. You know, I'm all
over the place and there's lack of infrastructure. So why

(42:39):
would I make the investment if your charging stations are
not going to be in the locations that I need. Now,
let's be honest. You know, the Body administration actually made
significant investments to build out the charging networks across our country.
But when you know Trump came in, he decided to
rescind and to move away from that and to snatch

(43:00):
that was so critical. So you know, it just doesn't
People will have to make the best decision for themselves
if they want to support companies and the individuals who
own those companies who are doing oppressive actions, who are
taking away jobs from hardworking Americans, and therefore those hardworking
Americans could never afford one hundred thousand dollars car because

(43:22):
they're trying to put food on the table and keep
the lights on and pay the rent. So, as my
grandmother says, when you know better, do better. Elon Musk
really should start doing better if he wants to find
some possible way of reclaiming his humanity and finding people
who might be interested in any of his products, because
it's not just Tesla, but I know we're focusing on that.

Speaker 1 (43:46):
And the reason this is laughable Donald Trump's General Services Administration.
They disconnected charging stations, they're looking to off load the
government's new fleet of electrical vehicles, and he also has
paused the three billion dollars that was marked for electric vehicles. Again,
stupid is as stupid does. All right, gotta go to Bret.

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(48:25):
on Black Lives Matter plazas day two of the demolition
five years ago. Of course, black Lives Matter was painted
on this. This is sixteenth Street. It is a street
that actually leads up to Lafayette Park that dead ends
into the White House. Well, Republicans demanded that this be

(48:48):
demolished or they were going to cut transportation funds for
the city for Washington, d C. Well, guess what in
their continued resolution, they still want to cut one billion
dollars from the budget of DC. Mayor Muriel Boulger decided
to remove the miural created to protest police brutality and

(49:09):
racial injustices. Of course, it was put up in sum
of twenty twenty. This is what it looked like. This
is literally just outside of our Black Star Network studios.
Meghan Bayliff is the CEO and president of Equal Striping,
the pavement marketing company that originally painted the letters. She
called the dismantling of the plaza historically opt scene. She

(49:31):
joined us right now, Meghan, glad to have you here.
Somebody posted something on Twitter that I thought was stunning,
and they said it took more than one hundred years
and we are continuing trying to bring down Confederate statues
in this country. Yet five years after less than five

(49:52):
years after the death of George Floyd, this particular monument
is already being destroyed in the nation's capital because Republicans
have ordered it to be getting to order DC to
get rid of it.

Speaker 5 (50:07):
Yes, it's very sad.

Speaker 31 (50:08):
I know that pressure has been on Mayor Bowser from
the very beginning when she did this, and I do
want to clarify because it doesn't seem to be clear
in a lot of the reporting that this isn't The
structure that they're destroying now is not what it was
in the very beginning. She did that interesting gorilla effort

(50:32):
that spread around the world.

Speaker 5 (50:35):
But what they then proceeded to do was put.

Speaker 31 (50:37):
In a permanent and I agree with you monument that
I thought was the newest monument in DC and one
that my company was very proud of being involved in.
I think if you could see behind me, that's the
framed plans of our work that we did on that
spectacular thing, and it is really sad to see it

(51:01):
be taken away in just a blink of an eye.

Speaker 1 (51:05):
So what you're talking about is so Yeah, initially it
was painted black Lives Matter plaza, but what ended up happening,
and then there were lots of events that would protest
all sorts of things but the problem is businesses along
the street were complaining because they were like, hey, how
long is this street going to be blocked off? I

(51:26):
mean essentially the two blocks from sixteenth and K all
the way to La Fiette Park were blocking. So what
they then did was, if y'all could freeze the video,
you see right there those black pipes or whatever you.

Speaker 13 (51:41):
Want to call them.

Speaker 1 (51:42):
So what they eventually put those in the street that
allowed for traffic to then be able to go in
both directions on sixteenth Street. And so then what happened
was so you see right there, you see right there
where the B and the L.

Speaker 5 (51:59):
Is was more involved than that.

Speaker 31 (52:01):
These these actually are eleventh and square feet of cement
letters that they put in. They built an entire structure
in the street that included that central right path protected
path area, and it was quite impressive, and my company
spent the last three years refurbishing it and making it prepared.

Speaker 6 (52:23):
We thought we were.

Speaker 31 (52:24):
Excited about what it meant as a gathering place for
what will be happening in the city next year, or
may not be happening. If Trump gets his way, we
may not be able to have the kinds of gatherings
that we had there, from its from its outset.

Speaker 1 (52:40):
And the point there what I was saying on whether
it be in the al is that's actually where three
different years we hosted our show on the anniversary of
the death of George Floyd with it and when his
family was in town with Attorney Ben Crump, that actually
came down you see right there. That was one of

(53:00):
the years where we actually broadcast from that spot.

Speaker 29 (53:04):
Yes, and.

Speaker 31 (53:07):
That kind of gathering place, the impact that it had
on my crew being able to have a hand in
putting that in the thought that they had that this
was going to be a generational opportunity for their family,
for them to share with their friends and family about
their impact in creating this space that reminded the country

(53:28):
of the importance of that black lives play in the
whole development of our country.

Speaker 1 (53:37):
Well, it is quite unfortunate, and again the only reason
it is being destroyed is because Republicans demanded it, and
they told the mayor to rename it Black Lives Matter Plaza.
They wanted it renamed Liberty Plaza.

Speaker 6 (53:54):
That is what they're saying.

Speaker 5 (53:56):
I actually spoke to the mayor's office this morning.

Speaker 31 (53:59):
They called me to clarify something that hasn't been clarified
publicly by them. I don't think prior to this to
say that she actually has not agreed for that name change,
that even though that's in the legislation, that isn't something
that they are resisting that particular change to this.

Speaker 5 (54:23):
They are going to take down the ball.

Speaker 1 (54:24):
Well, I could tell you right now, Yeah, I can
tell you right now. For me, I don't call DCA
Reagan Airport. I call it by it's letters DCA, and
I ain't no way in hell I'm ever call that
Liberty Plaza.

Speaker 5 (54:41):
No way, no way. I agree with you one hundred percent.

Speaker 31 (54:45):
When I first was reading the headline, when I first
walked down there to see our work disappearing, and I
read the headline that it was a reconstruction of the
Black Lives Matter Plaza, and the headline that I read said,
you know, turning it into Liberty Plaza.

Speaker 5 (54:59):
I thought all those words together.

Speaker 7 (55:02):
It was just in the press.

Speaker 5 (55:03):
I don't know the source of it.

Speaker 31 (55:04):
I do know that the legislation calls for that renaming,
but it's it's all just heartbreaking.

Speaker 13 (55:14):
Indeed. Indeed, Well, please give your best to your employees.

Speaker 32 (55:19):
Meghan.

Speaker 1 (55:20):
Thank you for your great work, and I am hopeful
that if folk do the right thing in two thousand
and twenty eight, and we throw this bomb and JD.
Vance and others out of the White House, that those
letters will return to sixteenth Street.

Speaker 13 (55:39):
And it will be forever known as Black Lives Metaplaza.

Speaker 7 (55:42):
I agree.

Speaker 31 (55:43):
I did want to add that I ran into a
couple of council members from Savannah, Georgia when I was there,
and the city planner that used to be the city
planner in DC who oversaw the development of that plaza
is now the city planner in Savannah, and they are
in fact going to build a Black Lives Matter Plaza
in Savannah, and I hope that our company has something

(56:04):
to do with that as well.

Speaker 27 (56:07):
Well.

Speaker 13 (56:08):
That would be absolutely awesome.

Speaker 1 (56:10):
And if other cities do the exact same thing, Meg
effects a lot. Thank you, Thank you so very much, Larry.
This is what happens when residents in DC gets screwed
because they're not a state where Republicans, whoever controls Congress
controls the budget of Washington d c UH, and they

(56:30):
get treated like a yo yo, depending on who's in
a White House or who controls Congress.

Speaker 27 (56:37):
Yeah, and you know, Mastafe and I both worked on
the hill. We've seen this numerous times in terms of
like you said, Yo, you go back and forth depending
of it was a democratic or Republican administration. Obviously, the
the DC appropriation the government you know, uh, you know,
a government oversighte committee, et cetera that has you know, overcyitled,
over over you know what happens in logistics and funding
in d C. But Roland this, you know, people have

(57:00):
described these, these anti these efforts as kind of anti
DEI is umbrella. My argument is these are really pro
Jim Crow efforts, and we should really, in terms of
how we communicated, describe it as.

Speaker 1 (57:13):
That because they are real.

Speaker 27 (57:15):
You're trying to reverse every single you know, accomplishment, recognition
of the struggle, the successes of black folks in America,
and for those individuals who supported this administration and any
of these individuals. I know we talked a lot about
that White House event, Black is re Method event a
couple weeks ago. It is actulutely despicable, and I mean,

(57:37):
I believe our answers have to be turning in on
over their graves because how could you support an administration
that is clearly anti black and had it done everything,
it possibly due to a race. And like I said,
any of the successes or challenges that black folks have faced. Listen,
you know the murder of George Floyd was not this
national issue. It was an international movement in terms of

(58:01):
people throughout the country. Obviously throughout you know, throughout the diaspora,
but folks in you know, throughout the world who are
standing with you know, people of African descent and saying
the disportion of rate which black folks are killed is
not acceptable. But how the tithes of turn of the
last couple of years. And once again, this is similar
to what we stay in the history in the United States,
the Red Summer of nineteen nineteen, in other places where
you've seen white resentment as a result of what is

(58:24):
appearance of black progress. But we have to confine the
stand sta F asked against this Roland. This is unacceptable
and once again this is another attempt of a rature
in terms of black folks in America.

Speaker 1 (58:37):
Well, that's exactly what it is. It is absolutely positively
anti black. Randy.

Speaker 26 (58:43):
I don't think that we could deny that there is
an absolute attack on us and even things like.

Speaker 5 (58:49):
You know this are are this monument which we see
it as. They want to wipe it out, and we
need to we need to focus on that. We need
to take it seriously.

Speaker 26 (58:58):
Because we are at are at defense right now. We're
not playing offense, We're playing defense. They want to act
as if our contributions don't exist. They're wiping out any
trace of any history that we've had to this country,
and they want anything that reminds us of where we are.
That we have to remind people that our lives do matter.

(59:19):
They want it taken away. So I mean, the hate
is Paoplepole. It's not something that we can deny anymore.
And I think it's good that we have this warning though.
I think that it is a call for us to unite.
That we don't have time to play around, we don't
have time to be against one another. We need to
rely on media sources like yours, because this is all

(59:40):
we've got.

Speaker 5 (59:41):
I just think it's just very very clear.

Speaker 26 (59:43):
As you know, I'm in DC with you and I've
seen the destruction of this happening. It to me symbolizes
kind of you know, if people weren't getting it before,
now they have a visual representation of what's happening. People
are very clear about how they feel about us, and
we need to act in kind and not act in
the way they necessarily want us to, because I do
believe that they want us to get out in these

(01:00:05):
streets and protests and so he can act martial law.

Speaker 5 (01:00:08):
I really do believe that that is what's going on.

Speaker 26 (01:00:11):
But I believe that we need to react by planning
and becoming stronger and unifying as a people.

Speaker 1 (01:00:20):
Well, but here's the deal, though, folk have to we
talk about stay woke. They gotta frankly wake the hell up, Mustafa.
This is what happens when you sit at home. This
is what happens when you don't vote. This is what
happens when you whine and complain, Oh, Democrats aren't doing this,
aren't doing that. Well, we know damn well what democrats
in this case we're doing and Republicans want to have done.

(01:00:43):
And so I hope all of these people who were
just sitting here just running their mouths and trash and
Vice President Kamla Harris now realize there is a real
difference between a Harris administration and a Trump Musk administration.

Speaker 7 (01:00:58):
Yeah, all that is facts and hopefully folks are waking up.
You know, it's amazing how we wake up and then
we are lulled back to sleep. You know, it's interesting
because Black Lives Matter was about remembrance, right and inside
of that remembrance was actually about how when people come
together and reclaim their power, how they can make change happen.
That doesn't mean that everything gets answered, but it does

(01:01:21):
show folks that it is possible to begin the journey
toward the North Star that many of us have often
talked about. And that scares those folks who have been
oppressors and are used to being able to do, say
and control folks. So the visual of Black Lives Matter,
you know, caused them a lot of consternation. It caused
them fear because they realize that when black and brown

(01:01:44):
folks and indigenous folks and other types of allies come together,
that we can actually move things in this country. There's
still a lot of work that needs to happen, you know.
And when this happened earlier, you know, I had to
write a little bit I'm just gonna hit you with
just real quick thirty seconds of it. It said Black
Lives Matter Plaza. They came with hands heavy with silence,
dragging buckets of erasure, And if paint could swallow a revolution,

(01:02:08):
as if footsteps could forget where they were headed, as
if tongues could be tied after tasting freedom. But we
are louder than pavement. Our breath breaks barriers, our fists
carved echoes in the air. Our words rise higher than
your hush. Black lives matter. Written in the sky, a
love letter scrawled in the clouds. Black lives matter, reflecting

(01:02:30):
in millions of eyes blinking back the sun, unblinking the fight.
Black lives matter not just on the street, but in
the soil. Not just in the paint, but in the pulse.
Not just in a whisper, but a wall, a song,
a storm, not just surviving but thriving, shining, reborn. Black

(01:02:51):
lives still matter.

Speaker 1 (01:02:57):
Well, they indeed do. For what you're dealing with. Here
are Republicans who do not give a damn about black
lives at all. And guess what, all of those black
maga imps who were at the White House just dancing
and shaking their asses at the Black Black History Month reception,
It's amazing how quiet they are. They're real quiet, quiet

(01:03:19):
about this, quiet about them ending the lawsuit in Cancer
Alley impacting black people in Louisiana. Acquired about so many things.
Let's talk about when it comes to the District of
Columbian budget, They've been operating under a congressionally approved budget
for the past six months. However, Republicans say, yaga knock down.

(01:03:40):
Got to cut a billion dollars midway through the fiscal year.
The Temporary Spending Billing owns a continued resolution is designed
to prevent a government shut down by requiring all federal
agencies to operate under their twenty twenty four budgets while
DC usually While DC usually continues operating under its approved
fiscal year twenty five, twenty twenty five budget, this particular,
the proposed budget does not exist the district. Miura Bowser

(01:04:04):
addressed this issue doing the news conference highlighting the disastrous
consequences of slashing the city's budget by this much.

Speaker 3 (01:04:13):
We are not a federal agency.

Speaker 33 (01:04:15):
We are a city, county, state all at once, and
we provide direct services to the people of the District
of Columbia, visitors to the District of Columbia, businesses in
the District of Columbia, diplomats and visiting heads of state
and everyone who works here in the Congress. Our budget

(01:04:37):
was balanced and approved, and if we go back to
fiscal twenty twenty four levels, we would be forced to
reduce spending by one point one billion dollars in only
six months. But here is why we're here today, because
Congress can fix this. They can fix this one point

(01:04:59):
one billion dollar problem that we have brought to their
attention in the draft CR. The Congress can add the
language back to the Continuing Resolution, the same language that's
been there for the past two Continuing Resolutions that authorize
us to spend our locally generated revenue according to our

(01:05:22):
own budget, approved budget, and timeline. And I want to
emphasize the local part of that statement. The District of
Columbia raises and spends its own money, just like every
other state. So remember that the budget we're talking about,
this budget, the approved FY twenty five budget, was introduced

(01:05:42):
by me and approved by this Council. It focuses on
three main areas, public safety, public education, and economic growth.
Disrupting those investments won't be good for DC or our country.

Speaker 1 (01:06:04):
Folks. Joining us now is Robert White. Robert is the
at large Council member in Washington, d C. Robert, glad
to have you here on Roland Martin unfiltered the Republicans
moments ago past this continuing resolution, which with which includes
this massive cut. Now, the only hope d C has

(01:06:26):
is for the Senate to act. Now, of course Republicans
they need Democrats uh to go along with this. And
so what have y'all in d C uh, you know,
City Council? What a y'all know? What have y'all been
saying to Senator Chuck Schumer and Democrats who may very
well vote for this CR to ensure the whole government

(01:06:46):
doesn't shut down.

Speaker 34 (01:06:48):
Look, Roland, we were several of us were on Capitol
Hill yesterday knocking on doors, trying to meet with members
of the House, including the Speaker.

Speaker 15 (01:06:58):
Now we're reaching out to to senators and the message.

Speaker 34 (01:07:01):
We're trying to let them know because not everybody realizes
that even though DC's budget has to go through Congress,
this isn't federal money. This is local tax money that
we are already spending at fiscal year twenty five levels,
and so we're trying to make sure they understand the
impacts we are going to have to overnight cut over
a billion dollars out of our budget. That means there

(01:07:23):
are going to be layoffs from first responders, including police officers, teachers,
the folks who pick up our trash. That this is
going to have a devastating impact on DC. And it's
important that members of the Senate stand with us because
guess what, even though our budget goes through the Senate,
we don't have any senators there to fight for us.

(01:07:43):
So DC is at a severe disadvantage and we don't
want to get mixed up in this federal fight.

Speaker 15 (01:07:48):
This isn't our fight. This is between the federal.

Speaker 34 (01:07:51):
Official who's Congress and the White House, Democrats and Republicans
on the national level.

Speaker 15 (01:07:55):
We're doing our thing in DC. You know, we're running
a city the same way that the folks run the city.

Speaker 34 (01:08:01):
And you can't come in midway through the year and
say you got to cut a billion dollars out of
your budget. That doesn't work for us anymore than it
would work for anyone else in the nation.

Speaker 1 (01:08:12):
And again, I mean, this is what happens. Unfortunately, when
whoever is in control of Congress, they can control what
happens to d C. Typically when Democrats are in power,
that you guys are allowed to run the city as
you wish as the duly elected representatives. But Republicans they

(01:08:36):
use the power of the purse to force DC to
do whatever it is that they want at their own whim.

Speaker 15 (01:08:44):
That's exactly right.

Speaker 34 (01:08:45):
But what's important here for Republicans especially to understand is
that in Republican administrations and Democratic administrations and Republican Congresses
and Democratic Congresses for the past two decades, DC has
been held harmless in these federal budget fights. They've included
language to allow us to keep spending in our current

(01:09:05):
fiscal years since it is DC local money. The other
thing that's really important for the nation to understand, for
the Senate to understand is that because this is local
DC money, this doesn't do anything to the federal budget.
You can't reappropriate this for any federal program, So this
does nothing for them on the federal side. All it

(01:09:25):
does is hurt DC. And the money is still going
to come in because they're not cutting taxes, but it
will be locked in a bank account where we have
to make cuts to vital city services for no benefit
to the nation, no benefit to the federal government. Just
chaos in DC for absolutely no reason. That doesn't make
any sense.

Speaker 1 (01:09:46):
So when y'all made that point, what a Republicans say.

Speaker 34 (01:09:50):
Most of them, Roland, I'll tell you didn't seem to
know that that was the case, that this language had
been omitted, or that it would have this type of
impact in DC. And so the CR that the Republicans
pass the House treats DC like an agency, even though
we are not an agency. We operate like a state,
and folks seem real surprised on the Republican side about.

Speaker 15 (01:10:14):
How it would impact DC.

Speaker 34 (01:10:16):
Obviously, we still couldn't get them to stand with us,
but we are hoping that the Senate will stand with us.

Speaker 15 (01:10:22):
And this is the time where.

Speaker 34 (01:10:23):
DC residents and folks who care about democracy and equality
have to show up. We're going to be in the
Senate tomorrow head of the vote talking to them, and
we need DC residents there. We need folks around the
nation calling Senators telling them you can't treat DC like this,
just include the same language that's been in the CRS

(01:10:44):
for the past twenty years.

Speaker 1 (01:10:48):
Question for my panel must off of you first.

Speaker 7 (01:10:51):
Yeah, well, counsel, it's good to see you. You know,
we've got all of our brothers and sisters and allies
who are here inside of the district, who, of course
are going to make sure their voice are heard. What
would you like to see folks across the country do
to be in solidarity with the actions that you and
others will be taking.

Speaker 34 (01:11:08):
Mussav I appreciate that question. We need allies like anybody
else in the struggle.

Speaker 15 (01:11:12):
We need allies.

Speaker 34 (01:11:13):
So folks across the nation, call your senator, tell them
you heard about what's happening to the District of Columbia.
You don't want to see any of your fellow country
members treat it like this and getting tied up in
this national fight, so urge them to vote no on
the continuing resolution.

Speaker 15 (01:11:31):
Don't include DC in this federal nonsense.

Speaker 5 (01:11:47):
I was wondering, and I just want to make things clear.

Speaker 26 (01:11:50):
When we do have dignitaries visit you know, the great
area of Washington, DC that comes out of your our budget,
right like, they don't give us any sort of funding
to host these guests that require a lot of manpower.

Speaker 15 (01:12:04):
That's right.

Speaker 34 (01:12:05):
When dignitaries visit the inauguration, DC residents are shouldering that
financial burden. That is our police, our first responders, the
same ones that are gonna get lose their jobs because
of this, who are bearing the danger, and our taxpayers
who are bearing the cost. Now we do get some
reimbursement for those, but we don't. We don't get the

(01:12:28):
full reimbursement. So we are carrying that cost, and we've
got to respond in real time.

Speaker 27 (01:12:33):
Right right, Larry, Yeah, Yeah, counselmen, you know, I've lived
in DC for a number of years, don't live there anymore,
but I feel you know, I have a lot of
family and friends who live in DC, so it just
really concerns me. But I want you and I to
be very careful to walk this fine line. Is just
feel like retribution in some respects we talked about a

(01:12:53):
few minutes ago to Black Lives Matter, you know, streeping,
you know, being painted over or removed, and you know
the city you know, historically known as Chocolate City, right,
does just feel like it feels very personal From a
policy standpoint, This is just not you know, one point
one billion dollars, a substantial amount of money which you've

(01:13:14):
articulated in the mayor as yesterday. Does this feel like
this goes beyond what's right for the city and more
personal in terms of like come in some of this
grievance politics we've seen recently.

Speaker 34 (01:13:25):
Larry May make no mistake, DC is being bullied and
there's there's just no way other way to put it.
And at some point we need folks to stand up,
Folks in DC and outside of DC to stand up
and say.

Speaker 15 (01:13:39):
Look wrong is wrong.

Speaker 34 (01:13:41):
I'm a father of two little girls that are in
our schools. I love their teachers, I love their schools.
I don't want to see them go to school next week,
and some of their teachers. Aren't there anybody who has
a loved one if they're in the car of the
District of Columbia, you have a car accident or a
national disaster like the plane crash that happened just weeks
we are there responding. These are the folks who won't

(01:14:02):
be able to show up quickly enough. So DC is
being bullied to our detriment, but also to the detriment
of people who visit here. And because Congress has to
approve our local laws, approve our local budget, we are
always at the mercy of federal folks that we don't
get to vote for to step up and protect us.
And now, more than any time in decades. We need

(01:14:25):
folks to step up.

Speaker 1 (01:14:30):
Well, I certainly hope folks do. Bottom line is DC
is getting screwed by these Republicans and it makes no
sense whatsoever. Counselman White, we certain appreciate it. Thanks for
matter back hold up while here, so just give it
just your thoughts on Frankly DC being fourth our Republicans
to dig up and destroy Black Lives Matter Plaza, which

(01:14:53):
was erected, of course, five years ago. The fifth anniversary
of the death of George Floyd is going to be
made twenty fifth here and again the only reason this
is happening is because Republicans threatened with whole transportation dollar
from the district.

Speaker 34 (01:15:07):
Look, this is Black Lives Matter Plaza. Wasn't just a
street in DC. It was a national icon, a national monument.
And to those of us who understand what those words
mean black Lives matter, why we have to say that affirmatively.
We understand in a visceral way what that plaza meant

(01:15:31):
and what it means to see it being torn up.

Speaker 23 (01:15:33):
Now.

Speaker 34 (01:15:34):
Now, what folks have to remember is that this kind
of bullying, when you don't stop it, when you don't
stand up to it, it comes for you. So even
if you're outside of DC, you are not exempt. Today
it is Black Lives Matter Plaza. But they are coming
to every state, every city, and we've got to make
sure that we are standing firm, standing together and strategizing,

(01:15:54):
because if we're not strategizing and pulling together, we've already lost.
But if we are doing that, than we have already won.
We just got to get to work.

Speaker 1 (01:16:05):
Indeed, in the accountsman White, but appreciate you joining us.
Thanks a lot, Thanks Roller, folks, gotta go to a break,
we come back. Why the hell are maga Republicans in
Tennessee trying to change the name of the Nashville Airport.

Speaker 13 (01:16:23):
In support of Donald Trump?

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Speaker 1 (01:21:11):
Folks. Some of the craziest Trump Maga people are in Tennessee,
and a Tennessee State Rep. Who doesn't even live in
Nashville wants to rename the Nashville International Airport after the
twice impeach crimly convicted felon in chief Donald the Cohn
Trump HB two seventeen, authored by Todd Warner return after

(01:21:33):
being taken off notice. The Naming and Designating Committee inside
the Tennessee House gave it a four to six negative
recommendation to the House Presportation Committee. Now, the debate takes
place back and forth, and State Rep. Justin Jones, who
is the representative for Nashville, was absolutely against this, and
he made it perfectly clear that people in Nashville don't

(01:21:56):
support it and they don't want to spend the ten
million dollars to he named the Nashville Airport, which includes
rebranding efforts, changing airport logos around the property, and adjusting
interstate signage. A Metro's Airport board will be responsible for
the vasket majority of that money, which can be passed
along to Nashville and Tennessee taxpayers.

Speaker 13 (01:22:14):
Okay, this is just idiotic.

Speaker 1 (01:22:17):
And normally when you recognize a occupant of the oval office,
it happens after they left, not while they're actually there.
Do y'all want to see some really stupid stuff? Watch
this four minute in seventeen seven seven seventeen second video.

Speaker 21 (01:22:37):
Bilch, So is this just for local officials or would
it applied to Donald Trump, who was convicted of the
thirty seven felonies? Would he be not able to have
anything named after him under this legislation?

Speaker 36 (01:22:48):
Vice Chaer Fritz, You're welcome to respond to that if
you like.

Speaker 7 (01:22:51):
Thank you, miss Chairman, and thank you Representative Jones.

Speaker 32 (01:22:53):
If you'd read the bill, you'd realize it's just for
local officials.

Speaker 21 (01:22:56):
Great he Is there a reason why we're just putting
this law on local officials and not state officials who've
been charged with felonies as we will be having a
case coming up soon with many of.

Speaker 15 (01:23:05):
Your side of the isle or federal officials.

Speaker 21 (01:23:07):
Is there a reason why it's just local officials and
not if it's state officials or.

Speaker 15 (01:23:13):
Federal officials.

Speaker 36 (01:23:15):
Christ sure Rich you're recognized for a response.

Speaker 13 (01:23:17):
Thank you, Miss Chairman.

Speaker 18 (01:23:18):
Thank you again, Representative Jones for the question I bring
to you the bill that I was offered to carry
for Representative Raper.

Speaker 6 (01:23:25):
Do you live in Davidson County, Reverent.

Speaker 15 (01:23:28):
Of Warner, you may respond, absolutely not.

Speaker 13 (01:23:31):
I live in the Great County of Marshall.

Speaker 36 (01:23:33):
Any follow up, Representative Ben very nice.

Speaker 26 (01:23:36):
And as Donald Trump from Davidson County or lives in Nashville.

Speaker 36 (01:23:40):
Representative Warner, you can answer that if you have the
information necessary to give an accurate response.

Speaker 37 (01:23:47):
No, ma'am, I don't think he does.

Speaker 32 (01:23:48):
Any followed up, we should name the lax or Chicago
or Atlanta. BMA is not big enough to have the
name President Trump. I think that I don't think I
can support this because I think that the airport here
is not big enough to have the Trump name on it.
So I just want to let you know that, thank.

Speaker 36 (01:24:09):
You, Representative Owner, You're recognized well.

Speaker 37 (01:24:12):
Thank you, mister Tairman and Representative Marshall.

Speaker 15 (01:24:15):
I couldn't disagree with you more.

Speaker 37 (01:24:17):
First of all, we don't have the authority to name
those airports, but we do here in Tennessee. You have
the authority to name to rename BNA.

Speaker 21 (01:24:24):
First of all, this bill is a waste of time
and money. This airport is in my district. I represent
the Nationale Airport in House District fifty two. We're over
seventy percent of my constituents voted against Donald Trump from
being president. Secondly, why would we name an airport after

(01:24:44):
Trump at a time where he has made our airports
and are flying more unsafe by firing hundreds of Federal
Aviation Administration employees at a time where air traffic controllers
are understaffed.

Speaker 13 (01:24:57):
This bill is.

Speaker 21 (01:25:00):
Trolling, but is also an attempt to erase the voices
of the people of the Tennessee's fifty second House District
and Thirdly, I can't even take this bill seriously because
Trump has no connection to our community. Trump has led

(01:25:22):
this nation on the path of shame, on the path
of lack of integrity, on the path of recklessness. And Thirdly,
we have thought so hard to remove Confederate monuments across
the state. Why would we erect another one for a
man who has been the grand Wizard in chief in Washington,
for a man who has attacked the people of my district,

(01:25:43):
one of the most diverse districts in the state. And
so I am vehemently against the renaming of this airport.
We had some constituents who wanted to testify about this.
The bill was taken off notice. Now was brought up again,
so they cannot be here. But again I think overwhelming
the people of our district are against this. If if
the sponsor wants to name something after Trump, I might
suggest that the town the city dump, because that's where

(01:26:07):
this vow and this litter and this trash belongs, not
on our airport here in Nashville. And so again I
post this legislation, and I hope that you would focus
on your own district and focus on improving lives of
people and not naming things after people who you idol
you know, idolize and and this this form of idolatry
of political tyrants and and and you know, just one

(01:26:30):
of the most shameful people in this nation.

Speaker 36 (01:26:32):
Thank you.

Speaker 37 (01:26:33):
When he puts America first, it puts Tennessee first.

Speaker 23 (01:26:37):
Okay.

Speaker 37 (01:26:38):
President Trump is looking to get Washington under control, something
that has been led astray the past four years that
we did direct that we.

Speaker 1 (01:26:49):
Just got out of.

Speaker 36 (01:26:55):
Madame mcclerk, please close the vote and announce the vote.

Speaker 15 (01:26:59):
That's chairman.

Speaker 3 (01:27:00):
You have four eyes, six nose.

Speaker 36 (01:27:04):
The bill moves on to the Transportation Committee with a
negative recommendation.

Speaker 5 (01:27:10):
Or whatever.

Speaker 1 (01:27:16):
How are you being with a negative recommendation normally when
this negative damn thing dies. You know, Randy, this is
just the stupid stuff these people do, you know? And
Trump drive Mary, Greater gain America, Greater tends is greater
grand These people are just plain idiots. They are truly

(01:27:38):
cult members.

Speaker 26 (01:27:40):
They are truly cult members, and you would feel sorry
for them. You'd be embarrassed for them if they weren't
so evil. But they don't know how lost they are.
It is it is they bowed down to this man,
the man is currently president, but they want to change
the airport and name.

Speaker 24 (01:28:00):
Now.

Speaker 5 (01:28:00):
I mean, it's so ridiculous, but.

Speaker 26 (01:28:03):
I almost it's hard for me me to even speak
on it because it is really just embarrassing because they
don't have any respect for this country. It really is
about people following one man. They see this man as
their king, their god, and they want to put up
statues to honor him, and they have forgotten that they

(01:28:26):
are supposed to be working on.

Speaker 5 (01:28:27):
Behalf of the American people.

Speaker 26 (01:28:30):
Because Donald Trump is about Donald Trump, but his followers
are also about Donald Trump. And it's scary because it's
like who in charge is thinking about us, the Americans,
And I wish.

Speaker 5 (01:28:43):
Yeah, it's just a shame.

Speaker 26 (01:28:46):
You know, you got to laugh to keep from crying,
because these are the people who are running our country.
What he's worried about is not serving the people in
his district, but erecting a monument for his god in
another district.

Speaker 1 (01:28:58):
Insane idolatry, Larry, that's all this is. But when it
comes to bowing down to their king and the golden calf,
oh what the hell, They'll make at least one hundred
of those.

Speaker 15 (01:29:16):
We're living in some wild times.

Speaker 27 (01:29:19):
That's all I can say. You know, if you were
to write, if you were writing a political comedy, you
couldn't come up with stuff this this bad. And listen,
you saw the back and forth there for the members discussing,
you know this, the current president have any connections to
the region, to the city, to the region, to the state.

(01:29:41):
He has none. And then at the very end of
the state rep Republican talking about, you know, bringing the
country back where the stock markets crash. Undoubtedly, with the
number of jobs as people were hiring is going to down.
We're likely to face a recession, all international you know problems.
It just goes on and on and on, and it

(01:30:02):
will get worse over the next couple of years. So
just there's another example of individuals putting you know, not
the residents of that district or those who live in
a state because it's going to cost money to make
the changes you highlighted earlier. But really, like they said,
it's this idolatry, just focusing on this obsession, like a

(01:30:23):
obsession with one person. But I want to offer our caveat,
and we often say it's an obsession with one person,
It's really not about that. It's really about ideology about
white supremacy. That is the alter that these individuals are praying,
praying to. So we need to be really clear about
what's happening.

Speaker 13 (01:30:41):
LUSTAF.

Speaker 1 (01:30:42):
I love what Representative Jones says. We don't want that
crap up. Call it what it is, call it what
it is. We don't want that crap up, he said. Plus,
how y'all sitting here trap. Normally there is respect for
legislators and what happens in their district. These are because like,
damn that we gonna tell y'all what to do in

(01:31:03):
Nashville and Memphis because we don't control those cities.

Speaker 7 (01:31:06):
Yeah, that's that whole privilege thing. I mean, Larry, you know,
he laid it out for you. But you know, privilege
makes you think you can do and say whatever and
there are no repercussions, and it also blinds you. Right,
they don't really get it.

Speaker 13 (01:31:19):
You know.

Speaker 7 (01:31:20):
It's interesting that these are taxpayer dollars that are going
to be utilized to do this if it moves forward.
And I was waiting to see Larry's face because when
they said, you know that, it was not inde positive
but in the negative, but it's moving forward. I was like, well,
that's different. But you know, maybe it's like that in Tennessee.
But you know, I'm not gonna mess with folks from Tennessee.
Here's the thing is that this is how short sighted

(01:31:43):
these folks are.

Speaker 21 (01:31:43):
Right.

Speaker 7 (01:31:44):
So you got an individual that you want to honor.
My dad, my granddad used to say, do the work.
You know, that kind of stuff will come after if
you actually did something of value. But you know, whiskey
is one of the one main drivers for money there
in Tennessee. The automotive industry is another one of the
main drivers. And now you've got you know, Trump creating

(01:32:05):
these tariffs that are actually going to impact those industries,
so that means you're gonna be making less money. So
that ten million dollars actually is even gonna cost more
than it would have before because you've got these types
of actions that are currently going on from the current administration.
Then you got nih that's there and a couple of
other federal agencies where you're gonna have individuals who are
losing their jobs. Some have already lost their jobs. So

(01:32:28):
that means it's going to be even a greater stressor
on your economy. But yet you are talking about taking
dollars and investing in something that brings no real value
to the folks there in Nashville or to Tennessee. So
it just doesn't make any type of sense to do
these types of things beyond just because you need some

(01:32:49):
type of you know, a big sign that says he
was here even though he was never really there. So
you know, if he actually did something of value, history
will well, you know, we'll make sure that it highlights that.
But of course we know how history is going to
see him in his administration based on not just these
first two months, but everything that they did when the

(01:33:10):
Biden administration was in and even when they were in
power before. So you know, once again, you know, it's
supremacy privilege. All these types of things allow you to
think that bad ideas are actually great ideas.

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Speaker 1 (01:35:32):
Well Folks. Garland Gilcrest is Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. He
has officially announced that he is running to become the
state's next governor. He dropped this campaign atledge at pledging
to solve problems and deliver results while accusing the twice impeached,
grimly convicted felon in Chief Donald Trump of breaking commitments

(01:35:54):
and also attacking Michigan nurs every single day.

Speaker 38 (01:36:01):
I was born in Detroit, raised on a love of Pistons, basketball, Pontiacs,
and honestly computers. After earning two engineering degrees at Michigan,
I became a software engineer at Microsoft.

Speaker 23 (01:36:15):
Then I came home to Detroit and used.

Speaker 38 (01:36:17):
Technology to make government work better because I know that
improving the way systems work improves people's lives. That's why
I became an engineer, It's why I went into public service,
and that's why I'm running for governor of the State
of Michigan.

Speaker 23 (01:36:35):
As your lieutenant governor, I've.

Speaker 38 (01:36:37):
Worked with Governor Whimer to solve problems for michiganers. I
saw too many families who couldn't afford housing, so I
pushed funding into a housing Trust Fund, resulting in fifty
thousand new.

Speaker 23 (01:36:48):
Homes in the last two years.

Speaker 38 (01:36:51):
I saw a criminal justice system holding people back, so
I started the Clean Slate program to help those who
paid their debts get back on their feet.

Speaker 23 (01:37:00):
I saw tech startups leaving, so I.

Speaker 38 (01:37:02):
Launched the Michigan Innovation Fund and turn our state into
the number one startup ecosystem in the nation. We've made
a lot of progress in these past six years, but
there is so much more to do.

Speaker 23 (01:37:14):
As a dad with three kids.

Speaker 38 (01:37:15):
In public schools, I'm committed to building an economy where
every family has what they need to succeed, so our
children can follow their dreams right here in Michigan. My
goal for Michigan is that we leave the nation and
innovation and creating jobs of the future for everyone. Donald

(01:37:36):
Trump and Elon Musk are breaking commitments to our state
and attacking Michiganders every day. As governor, I'll protect our
rights and stand up for the families, workers, and businesses
that keep our economy strong. Real leaders find solutions that
improve the lives of the people they serve instead of
just looking out for themselves. So let's make the dream

(01:37:59):
of health and wealth are reality for every Michigan.

Speaker 23 (01:38:03):
Let's stand tall for Michigan, Randy.

Speaker 1 (01:38:13):
It's going to be a very tough Democratic primary. Joscelyn Benson,
who is the Secretary of State, has already announced she
is going to be running as well. Initially that was
talked about Pete Buddha Judge running. He of course has
now moved to Michigan, but many believe he is now
going to run for the US Senate seat being vacated

(01:38:34):
in twenty twenty six by Senator Gary Peters. If gil
Chris wins, he of course would be the nation's second
black governor as we speak, behind Governor Wes Moore of Maryland.

Speaker 5 (01:38:49):
And I'm happy to see that he is putting his
hat in the ring.

Speaker 26 (01:38:53):
I believe that what people are seeing happening in this
country right now, they see it are adherent as a
call to action, and we need real leadership. And so
while right now the Republican is the one who's the
favored choice, I believe that as days pass and people
see what this Republican government Republican government. Led is doing that,

(01:39:15):
you know, his chances will be bolstered also. You know,
you know, Whitmer said that she's not going to endorse anybody,
but you know, I would think that just the fact
that they work so closely together and gave him a
high profile will also serve him.

Speaker 5 (01:39:30):
Well, I'm happy to see it.

Speaker 1 (01:39:35):
And you also have Mustafa ros Baraka, the mayor of
Newark who's running for governor in New Jersey as well.
And one of the things that and then you know
you have now on the Republican side, you've got that
case Maga, a woman wins some seers lieutenant governor of
Virginia who's running for governor of Virginia. But it's not
like she has an agenda that frankly interests Blackfoot. But

(01:40:01):
you're going to have African Americans running for the highest
office in the land in the several states in November.

Speaker 7 (01:40:07):
Yeah. And you know, helping people that actually understand the
power of governors right to actually be able to transform
what's happening inside of your state is so critically important.
You know, we often focus on presidential races, sometimes senate races,
which of course are important in House races, But it
really comes down to your governors, and you need someone

(01:40:27):
who has all the tools that's necessary not only to
navigate the craziness that will be going on over the
next three years, but to really be thinking about how
do you best position your state with the new sets
of economies that are out there, how do you often
address the gaps that exist, who's been vulnerable and who's
been left behind? And that's why when I see someone

(01:40:48):
like Gilchrest who have followed a little bit to see,
you know, if he was the real deal. You know,
the brother knows his stuff. So that's important because we
often see some individuals who become governors. You're like, how
in the world did this person ever get the job?
But this brother, you know, beyond being an engineer, you know,
he's really thinking forward about what's the next set of jobs,

(01:41:11):
and we know jobs is one of those critical elements
in this last election that people said they care about.
He also understands how to balance a budget and to
make sure that resources are getting to the spaces and
places that are critical. He also understands higher education, and
we know in Michigan there are a number of outstanding
universities and colleges that are there that are going to

(01:41:31):
need someone who can think critically, especially with the administration
that we currently have in Washington, that is going to
look for opportunities to pull dollars away from research and development,
to pull dollars away from colleges and universities that don't
align with what their vision is for the country. So
this is someone that folks should give a real strong
look to because we've got to make sure that the

(01:41:53):
folks are going to be our governors over the next
decade not only have our best interests at heart, and
I hear Randy talk about out that and it's incredibly important,
but also who is thinking about how do we build
the infrastructure that's necessary to be successful in the twenty
first century.

Speaker 1 (01:42:12):
Larry also going to have Mike Dugan, who is the
mayor of Detroit, running for governor as an independent, and
so that could very well split a lot of votes
that could pay the way for a Republican to win
in Michigan. So it's a whole lot that's going to
be riding its riding at stake for Michigan come November. Brilliant.

Speaker 27 (01:42:34):
It just every time you think, obviously we're talking about
Michigan right now, you talk about doing run as an independent,
you think you might have a shot in a state
you know that you know obviously you know, cares real
deiantly about economic issues. He certainly went the university twice,
you know, Alumbum University of Michigan from Detroit and has
is well respected. Not on the state of Michigan, but

(01:42:56):
you know throughout the country. You wouldn't want to see
someone rese as you say, as an independent and then
the Republican get you know, take.

Speaker 1 (01:43:03):
That Senate seat.

Speaker 27 (01:43:04):
But with the Democrats loved the last couple of months,
that would that that's what exactly would happened. But let's
hope it doesn't. But I think Agress is a really
strong candidate.

Speaker 20 (01:43:14):
Uh.

Speaker 27 (01:43:15):
It's going to be interesting because particularly in the Midwest,
Michigan other states there, the politics has shifted a bit
in in the last couple of months. And so let's
hope that people see the you know, uh, the person
who focuses on the economy and mostapa talked about higher education,
et cetera. And he's not forced to pay a black tax.

(01:43:35):
That it has become clear that black folks have to
pass pay. Now whether they are politicians or in corporate
America or education, et cetera. So, but he's he's an
excellent candidate. I think it would make an excellent you know,
you know, if he wins, it would be great for
the state. But you know, like I said, it'll be
very interesting to see how the politics play out. I

(01:43:56):
think what's going to happen with the economy over you know,
between now and that at election is going to really
impact how people view this candidacy. Also want to give
a shout out to the people who cut that that
ad to include the current current current governor to make
sure they were side by side. That's really important to
see because people love Big Gretchel in Michigan, So it

(01:44:19):
was really good to see that that they cut.

Speaker 1 (01:44:20):
That ad that way. Indeed, indeed, aren't folks type of
black and Michigan. Jamaris Kelly disappeared from miss Baton Rouge,

(01:44:49):
Louisiana home on January eighteenth. Seventeen year old has black
hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about Jamarius Kelley
should call the Baton Rouge, Louisiana a police department at
two two five three eight nine two thousand two two
five three eight nine two thousand folks let's stay in
Baton Rouge, where all three suspects involved in the hazing
death of Caleb Wilson, a twenty year old Southern University student,

(01:45:13):
have been taken into custody. Isaiah Smith turned himself in
late Tuesday. He is a member of a Megasi Fi
fraternity and attends Southern University. Reports indicate that his father
owns the warehouse where the alleged FATO hazing took place.
US Marshall's arrested twenty five year old Kyle Thurman on Monday.
He's expected to be transferred to East Baton Rouge Parish

(01:45:34):
Prison in charge with felony hazing. Caleb McCrae was released
on bail on Friday night after being charged with.

Speaker 13 (01:45:41):
Hazing and manslaughter.

Speaker 1 (01:45:43):
Caylen Wilson died two weeks ago after sustaining a blow
to the chest while fraternity members were punching pledges with
boxing gloves, and no further information is available, but also
Southern University announced that they are ending any and all
pledged PRIs is taking place on their campus at least
for this summer, and it could actually last longer. Our

(01:46:06):
panels comprised of two alphas and an aka and certainly
want to get your thoughts on the sheer madness. Uh
that's happening there at Southern University. Larry, I'll start with you.

Speaker 15 (01:46:18):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:46:18):
You know, I saw this one interview where someone said that, well,
you know, uh, if these these uh place processes, if
it can't be regulated, they must be should be banned
from college campuses. Rachel Lindsay made that comment. She's a
member of Delta Sigma Beta. Uh and uh, look, I
mean fraternits and sororities have done all they could in

(01:46:39):
the risk management what requiring people to go through various things.
So the question is, uh, if you have a process,
how do you do it? Uh? You know, what do
you mandate? Do you you know, do you mandate you know,
adults be there, adults who have been cleared by the fraternity.

Speaker 13 (01:46:59):
That's all. Also it could be very time consuming. So
just what are your thoughts on this?

Speaker 27 (01:47:04):
Yeah, Roland, and you know, obviously this hits very close
to home for all of us. And you know, like
you you know, was made undergraduate. So it's a really
complicated issue. In one of our five brothers, brother doctor Parks,
writes a lot about this issue relating and hazing at
the undergraduate level. And so you know, in order to
be involved in the intake process toicularly opforternity, obviously you

(01:47:25):
have to have some you have to be trained and certified.
But this is this isn't a problem that's been going
on for decades, and we have the unfortunate death of
this young man and my heart is as someone has
a son who is a similar age. It breaks my
heart and we have to do a better job in
terms of how we create you know, you know, an

(01:47:46):
intake process. And obviously you know, people involved in illegal
hazing causes a problem. Because this is not the only
death we've seen here. It happens far too often. We
should also know it also happens in white sororities, I
mean fraternities also. So this is this is a this
is an issue in higher education that we have to
really address, but specific Like I said, the divine non

(01:48:06):
organizations need organizations have taken steps. But the problem, the
concern I have roman is that eventually, as it relates
to the insurance that each of our organizations has to pay,
that eventually one of our organizations is going to go
under because of a lawsuit, and considering the long distinct
history of our organizations, all of them at least one
hundred years old, we would want to see that. So

(01:48:29):
we have to continue to make sure we will find
this process and also make it very clear to undergraduate
and graduate individuals, brothers or sisters that you have to
follow this very specific intake process and that we can
have events like this happen when we use a young,
bright mind, and then the impact that has on this

(01:48:50):
family for the rest of our lives, losing someone like
this in this tragic way, and then the lives of
the young men who are involved in a hazy incident
who undoubtedly going to serve a number of years in prison.
But we have to continue to refine this process so
we don't see these kind of tragedies.

Speaker 1 (01:49:06):
Randy, you're an AKA. You went to Tuskegee, and you know,
I've been very clear you got to be. It's really
a shame that a mother and father their son and
lives through, you know, the difficult streets of New Orleans
goes to the HBCUs being returned home in the bodybag.

Speaker 26 (01:49:28):
It is absolutely heartbreaking as a mother of you know,
two sons who you know, one just graduated and one
still in college. You know, my heart definitely breaks for
that mother and father, his friends and family. You know,
we cannot allow eighteen nineteen, twenty twenty one, twenty two
year olds to be in charge of a process by themselves.

Speaker 5 (01:49:53):
And I know that all the Divine Nine have gone.

Speaker 26 (01:49:56):
Through a lot of work to ensure that we do better.
We really and we must own that. But at the
same time, clearly some things are falling through the cracks
and we can't allow this to happen.

Speaker 5 (01:50:08):
We have to change it.

Speaker 26 (01:50:10):
And you know, I have heard a lot of people say, oh, yes,
these deaths do occur also in white fraternities, particularly with
alcohol over consumption.

Speaker 5 (01:50:18):
But you know that doesn't make it right to me.

Speaker 26 (01:50:20):
I mean, we have to worry about what's happening in
our own house and protecting our own children. I remember,
you know, my son's father is a he's a kappa
and was very active, a pole marked dean of Pledges.
But when his kids were in school, he very was
really went back and forth if he wanted them to

(01:50:40):
participate in the process because of things like this, and
there's a fear, and there should not be a fear
with something so honorable.

Speaker 5 (01:50:49):
So I believe that we all agree that something.

Speaker 26 (01:50:51):
Needs to change and that these students and the people
who are leading this process need to be monitored very carefully.

Speaker 5 (01:50:59):
There.

Speaker 26 (01:50:59):
You know, it's interesting, you know we put curfew on
students sometimes when things go wrong, but you know, maybe
there has to be a curfew. I don't know the answer,
but we've got to get together find some answers so
another tragedy does not occur, another life is not lost, Mustapha.

Speaker 7 (01:51:19):
I mean, there's so much to unpack there. You know,
there's all the legal stuff, the impacts that can happen
if you're you know, allowing this to happen in your
house or on your property or another place that you
might own. You know, you have responsibility in that space.
But that's not what I want to focus on, because
I think I do know one of the things that's missing,

(01:51:39):
and that's love in the black community. You know, we
call ourselves brothers or sisters for individuals who are coming
into our organization. Brothers and sisters don't beat each other, right,
you don't brutalize each other. We have still got to
break those chains of slavery that has found its way
inside of pride sesses right, because you know, the brutalization

(01:52:03):
of black folks has been going on for a long
time inside of our country. And then when we begin
to embrace that, or when some folks embrace that as
a way of having a right of passage, that says
something about the lack of evolution inside of our community
and the lack of love that exists. Because if you
love me, you're not gonna put your hands on me.

(01:52:25):
There are ways for you to learn information without that
type of behavior being a part of any process, right,
whether it is in the Divine Nine, or it's in
these military schools, or or a number of other places
that have these processes of breaking folks down and building
them up. You know, breaking folks down should never even
be a part of the process. It is about enhancing

(01:52:48):
the things that will be necessary for you to navigate
life inside of this country and for you to be
able to give back to your community in a positive way.
So for me, it is about finding ways when kids
are young, of helping them to honor themselves and their bodies,
and to make sure that we also understand that we've
got to find ways of infusing more love into our

(01:53:10):
community and refusing to allow anyone to extract that from us.
So there are a number of other things, of course,
that the organizations can do, but we got to get
back to the basics, right, these fundamental things that help
us to understand our self wealth and never allow anyone
to take that.

Speaker 1 (01:53:28):
From you, folks. A member of the National Later Relations
Board who Donald Trump fired has returned to the office
to cheers. This took place on Monday, after a judge
ordered the reinstatement. Of course, Gwyn wilcox ploys were lined

(01:53:49):
up on the sidewalk as she showed up for her
first day at work since January twenty seventh, when she
was illegally removed from office and eliminated the board's quorum.

Speaker 27 (01:53:58):
This is what she had to say.

Speaker 6 (01:54:06):
I've felt wonderful.

Speaker 39 (01:54:08):
It is where I belong. I belong here at the
n LARVA. I am so happy to be here. When
I learned that I was not going to have this job,
I knew that.

Speaker 40 (01:54:28):
The first thing that happened was like, what's gonna happen.

Speaker 5 (01:54:30):
To my staff?

Speaker 40 (01:54:31):
How are they gonna function? You know, we had such
a sense of community among our staff, but among the board,
and so it's so important that we are you know,
able to be back together because that's you know, we're
so dedicated to the work that we do that impacts
everybody in this country. Everyone has a working know someone

(01:54:52):
who's working, or they're actually workers who rely. Was never
about me, It was about the about you all, and
also about the agency as a whole, because if we
can't function and we went down to two board members,
there are people who are waiting every.

Speaker 1 (01:55:06):
Day for our decisions.

Speaker 40 (01:55:08):
So for every day that are decisions not issues, we
are really you know, not doing our jobs.

Speaker 13 (01:55:15):
I don't know who advised you to come out with this, folks.
And this is also in.

Speaker 1 (01:55:24):
The Trump folks have started handing out pink slips to
half of the forty one hundred employees at the Department
of Education. This is how they are going to destabilize
education in this country. By six pm, they will be
getting rid of half of all the employees. This is

(01:55:45):
the kind of stuff that you're seeing happen. This is
going to have a serious impact on special needs students,
on low income students. And again this is they want
to shut it down. And remember the president, the President
Elon Musk, one person doesn't have the power to shut
down a federal agency that takes an Act of Congress.

(01:56:09):
But their way of shutting down the Department Education is
by getting rid of half of the employees. And guess what, Mustafa,
It's going to be a lot.

Speaker 13 (01:56:19):
Of these folks in these maga states, these.

Speaker 1 (01:56:21):
Red states that are dependent upon federal funds, and watch
they start whining and complaining about, oh, how they are
being decimated because of what is going on. So the
Orange tears will be commencing, Yeah.

Speaker 7 (01:56:36):
They definitely will. But these folks need to get together.
I mean, you look at places like we talked about
Tennessee and Kentucky and West Virginia, Louisiana and Mississippi and Alabama.
I mean, you can go around the country where they
need to make sure that the Department of Education is
in place to make sure that their students have the
resources that they need. Now, even though, of course we
know the states play a big role and what the

(01:56:57):
curriculum looks like, you know, the Department of Vege is
critical and especially for those who have been vulnerable, for
those who have been you know, unheard and unseen and
left behind. You know, the Department of Education plays a
very critical role. So these folks need to realize that
they're actually damaging They're damaging their communities, They're damaging the

(01:57:18):
future of the children who live inside of their respective states,
and they're making us less prepared for this global economy. Right,
So all these other you know, countries across the planet
are you know, they're not playing right. They are trying
to make sure that they have the best sets of
folks who are educated to be able to deal with

(01:57:40):
the twenty first century economy. So you know, you can
continue to mess around, but what you're really doing is
you're weakening this country. And I wish folks would ask
the people who are in control in Washington, d C.
What is your plan? What is your plan for making
sure that we have the best education system? What is
your plan to make sure that no one gets left behind?

(01:58:01):
And anytime someone poses even a basic question to them,
they look like a deer in the headlights because they
have no idea what to do.

Speaker 1 (01:58:13):
Trust me, these people who keep playing games, well, they
after around. They about to find out Larry.

Speaker 27 (01:58:21):
They sure are. And you know it's interesting. I want
to kind of flip this a little bit, because you know,
we hear a lot we talked about lot of federal
workers being laid off, and you know, we'll talk about
concerns about relating to dismanly Social Security, Medicare, and it's
mostapical highlight a very important point. It's going to impact
those states that depend the most on the federal government.
But my book, my hypothesis on this rule is that

(01:58:43):
these folks opportunity voted for it. But also what I
think is that the Republicans and these people to vote,
they want the pain right because we already know that,
you know, white folks don't vote in their best interest generations,
and so it's like they want this pain to be
inflicted not only obviously on everyone, but particularly in their
own communities. They are underserved communities, which in many respects

(01:59:05):
will create more white resentment. So we just have a cycle.
Is it like an abusive relationship? These people essentially ask
them to be mistreated, and then they're angry at the
wrong people. We talked about this anti DEI, which is
more pro gym pro policies. Their anger should be focused
on oligarchs, but it's really focused on regular everyday black

(01:59:29):
folks and brown folks who are just trying to live
their lives, take care of their families. So I think
it reminds me of an abusive relationship, that the abuser
is never held responsible and that somehow this anger is
displaced and then focused on communities that are most at risk.

Speaker 26 (01:59:49):
Randy, I couldn't agree more. I believe that they're running
on hate. That is the center of this whole administration.
So I don't even think they're paying attention to who
they hurt, and the people that are suffering don't know
where to point the arrow. They're so enamored with Trump
and his administration and so lost and not even looking

(02:00:10):
at things objectively that they just as they suffer, they
blame the wrong people.

Speaker 5 (02:00:16):
What's going to be interesting to me is that when
people think.

Speaker 26 (02:00:18):
About the Department of Education and we talk about the
children in need, they're also a large portion of people
who have manipulated the system.

Speaker 1 (02:00:28):
You know.

Speaker 26 (02:00:28):
I found it very interesting when I was working in
the system and working in these you know, very high
tax bracket zones that people will use it to get
their kids qualified as having special needs so they have
extra time on tasks. They're qualified as you know, having
a slight disability, so they can make them more competitive

(02:00:51):
when they get when they're in schools, and as they
apply to colleges, so they have longer times on the
SATs and acts and in regular schools. And so I
don't even think those people are realizing that this is
going to impact them to And lastly, I'll just say
that for a you know, a dictatorship to work, you
need to keep your.

Speaker 5 (02:01:08):
People unintelligent and uninformed.

Speaker 26 (02:01:12):
And you know, just as they're attacking the press, they
also want to attack our education system and make us weak,
because we only are as strong as as as we
are able to think and that we're getting information.

Speaker 13 (02:01:29):
Last story, folks, some sad news.

Speaker 1 (02:01:32):
Louisville Junior Bridgeman has passed away. His actually name is

(02:02:24):
Ulysses Bridgeman, but he was called Junior. Bridgeman played twelve
years in the NBA, most notably for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Never made more than three hundred thousand dollars a year
as a player, But once he retired went into business
and he of course became a franchisee for Wendy's and
some other businesses, and then he became a co Cola

(02:02:47):
butler owner of Aluminum Company. Last year purchased a ten
percent equity stake in the Milwaukee Bucks, where they of
course retired his jersey. He of course also played basketball
at the University of Louisville. Today, Junior Bridgman was speaking
on a panel in Louisville when all of a sudden,

(02:03:07):
he clutched his chest. He said, I believe I'm having
a heart attack. Folks jumped on the stage to assist him.
He was taken to the hospital where he later passed away.
He was seventy one years old. I had the opportunity
in Houston, the NBA All Star Game to moderate a
panel with so many different with former players talking about

(02:03:30):
what was needed to of course help athletes save it
and invest their money and go into business. This was
a man who many.

Speaker 13 (02:03:39):
Athletes looked up to.

Speaker 1 (02:03:41):
Charles Barkley said, the greatest success story in NBA history recently,
I mean like literally a month ago. If y'all have it,
please show it. He was on the cover of Forbest magazine,
listed as America's newest billionaire. But Junior Bridgeman is now
dead at the age of seventy one, survived by his

(02:04:03):
wife Doris, their children, eating Justin Ryan as well Adam Silver,
the commissioner of the NBA released this statement, I am
devastated to learn of a sudden passing or Junior Bridgeman.
Junior was the ultimate entrepreneur who built on his impactful
twelve year NBA playing career becoming a highly respected and

(02:04:23):
successful business leader. He served as a mentor to generations
of NBA players and athletes across sports who were eager
to learn from him about what it takes to thrive
in the business world. Junior was a dedicated member of
the NBA family for fifty years, most recently as a
minority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, an investor in NBA Africa,
and as a player who's at the standard for representing

(02:04:44):
the league in our game with class and dignity, who
expressed our heartfelt candulecis to Junior's wife, Doris, their children,
eating Justin and Ryan, the Bucks organization, and his many
friends and admirers in the basketball community. Again somebody who
was unbelievable player who of course led Louisville, was an

(02:05:06):
All American at Louisville, led them to the Final four
nineteen seventy five. Was the eighth pick the Los Angeles
Lakers in the nineteen seventy five draft was traded to
Milwaukee as part of the blockbuster trade that sent Kareem
abdu Jabbar from Milwaukee to Los Angeles. He averaged thirteen
point six points, three point five rebounds in two point

(02:05:29):
four assists in twenty five minutes per game over his career,
where he established himself as one of the best six
men in the NBA. He also served as president the
National Basketball Players Association from nineteen eighty five to nineteen
eighty eight. And again, what's amazing mustafas started with you.

(02:05:50):
He made a combined two point nine five million dollars
in his playing career, never more than three hundred thousand,
and later became a billionaire. Certainly a tragic, tragic news
out of Louisville with the passing today of Junior Bridgeman.

Speaker 7 (02:06:08):
Yeah, well, rest in power to brother Bridgeman. You know,
when I think about him, I think about a green print.
A lot of people talk about the blueprint, what do
you need to follow? I talk about a green print
because he was an individual who was a solid basketball player, yes,
but he had a plan, and you know, you can
take a look at how he moved and emulate some

(02:06:29):
of that. So whether you are a young athlete, you
know about you know, whether you're making money on the
college level now that you can, or becoming a pro.
You need these types of individuals to be able to
help you understand what a north star actually looks like.
And not only you know, was he a great businessman,
but it was also a great philanthropist as well. So

(02:06:49):
you know, it's great to make a lot of money,
but the question then becomes what do you do with it?
And how do you make sure that you're giving back?
So you know, and all that I've learned about him,
you know, he was able to do all of the
things that are necessary to be able to say that
I lived a life well done.

Speaker 1 (02:07:08):
Larry, he was like myself. You and Mustafa a proud
memory of Alpha Ba. Alpha returned to incorporated at one point,
owning four hundred and fifty restaurants. Later, of course, bought
Ebony magazine out of bankruptcies, and I said, invested in
NBA Africa and is he was worth an estimated one
point four billion dollars at his death.

Speaker 27 (02:07:30):
So you know, Junior Bridgeman, I you know remember playing
you know, obviously playing for the Bucks on the big
Foot of his seventy sisters fans, So remember him and
Sidney Montcreef, Paul Prescy and those guys going against my
sixers often in the playoffs. So you know, that's what
initially remember him as my as my as a child,
and then growing up, continue to read the stories in
various you know, periodicals, newspapers about her to be a

(02:07:52):
successful you know, businessman, and I think it's particularly important
to see a black man of his, you know, his
stature is provided athletes with an example a template in
terms of what you can do with your wealth, not
only in terms like you said, in terms of philedographic work,
but also his you know, hiring having these number of
numerous businesses and hiring black people and giving back to

(02:08:13):
the community. But seeing him on the cover of the magazine,
you don't see that very often, and particularly like I said,
athletes that you know, back in the day, they didn't
make as much money as you highlighted investing that money
and being you know, many.

Speaker 15 (02:08:25):
Respects self made.

Speaker 27 (02:08:27):
So and it is obviously as an alpha man is
he And there's omega chapter. I wish all the best
was his family doing this very difficult time. It is
a loss for the Nation certainly a loss for that
that you know him, you know, people of Louisville Milwaukee community,
and also lost.

Speaker 34 (02:08:44):
Alpha Papa.

Speaker 1 (02:08:48):
Randy. Uh. You know he was six to five ball player,
but was a general giant you met him, h he
wasn't He wasn't brash, he wasn't loud, wasn't outgoing, was
was rather quiet, easy going, smile. I last saw him
at invest Fest in Atlanta a couple of years ago,
where we hit an opportunity to sit down and chat

(02:09:10):
and you know, later text message back and forth. But
he was really really focused on trying to help NBA
players and other athletes to really deal with their money.
I remember a conversation we had in Houston the All
Star Game.

Speaker 5 (02:09:25):
There.

Speaker 1 (02:09:25):
I was on the campus of the University of Houston
where there was a Rose Royce dealership and an athlete
came in and bought a second one, you know, and
the owner called Junior and he's like, hey, you know,
I'll sell it to him, but why is Dudy the
second one? And Junior literally called the brother up, is like,
what are you doing? Why are you spending all of
this money on cars? And the guy was like, well,

(02:09:47):
because I can he said, yeah, but what happens when
the money runs out? He really was trying to really
help a lot of these young brothers build generational wealth
and not just blow through the millions they earn in
the NBA.

Speaker 26 (02:10:04):
I think that's so important because we always hear these,
you know, tragic stories about how people blow through their money.

Speaker 5 (02:10:11):
And yes, you know, he was a businessman. And also
he did it step by step.

Speaker 26 (02:10:15):
You know, started out with I don't remember how many restaurants,
but you know, slowly built it. And I believe that's
important too, because social media allows us just to see
the results, and they don't allow us to see people
the hard work people put in prior to getting there
on the cover of Forest magazine. And you know what
I especially loved about him is that he never lost

(02:10:36):
his touch on the community. You know, he was a
brother who wanted to give back and wanted us to
learn the lessons so we can do better and build
build up the community and build wealth. And so that's
what I appreciate most about him is that he just
never lost touch and always tried to give back and
to teach us. So, you know, absolute honor that never

(02:10:59):
got to meet him, but it was an honor to
even just be introduced to his great works and blessings
to everyone who did know him personally.

Speaker 1 (02:11:10):
Indeed, indeed again, Junior Bridgeman is now an ancestor to
the age of seventy one. Mustafa Randy Larry so appreciate
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