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doing science playlist on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Today is Tuesday, July 7, 2026 coming up on Roland Martin Unfilter, streaming live on the Black Star Network. Legal team for Camilla Anthony has filed two motions today, including one requesting a new trial. We'll break down the foulings with attorney A. Scott Bolton. Also, a new lawsuit alleges county and school officials, he'll be able to intervene in the case of a seven-year-old black girl in Long Island who suffered severe abuse and neglect. The family of Nolan Wells, who died over the July 4th weekend in Mississippi, have hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump to investigate the case and represent them.

Remember the seven black Mississippi families were suing after their children were unlawfully strip search or talked to the attorney who was representing the families. Plus, the federal judge shoots down the Trump administration's attempt to obtain the names of all Fulton County, Georgia election workers in 2020. Speaking of Trump, they continue their attack on black. America this time pretty much ignoring discrimination claims we'll talk about that in addition to that folks and we'll hear from Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger about her first six months in office plus and I was shop blackstar

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defended his courtroom rulings, and declared that Anthony received a fair trial. Anthony's attorney said those comments they say make it impossible for Roach to rule on the defense's post-trial motions fairly. This request comes as legal experts continue to point to one issue they believe gives Anthony his strongest chance on appeal. The jury that convicted him did not include a single black juror. During the July, June 11th interview with WFAA TV Channel 8, he acknowledged the dismissal of every potential black juror. You excused, you denied, not denied the defense and dismissing of three jurors who at least identified as African American on their bioforms. What did you make up that moment?

Well, that's not exactly how it works. The defense didn't dismiss them. I'm sorry, the defense raised an objection. They raised an objection, yeah. They raised an objection. Like I told you before, as long as I follow the law, I sleep well at night. And I'm telling you, I follow the law in that case. Did I know what the perception was going to be?

Sure. I knew in the back of my mind what the perception was going to be. But I'm not here to satisfy perceptions. I'm not here to satisfy agendas. I'm not here to do any of those things. I'm here to follow the law, and I did it to a T. And I'm proud of that, very proud of that. Is this your last big trial?

It's my last big trial. The sad part about it is, I will tell you before I leave at the end of the year, I'll try a couple more murder cases, for example. The parking lot won't be full, the gallery won't be full of people watching the case, but we still have somebody who's died and someone accused of doing the killing. it won't draw the attention that this case did. And their death is no less tragic than the tragic death of the young man in this case. And so a big trial, I guess from an outsider's perspective and the social media and the media interest in the case. But crime still happens

in Collin County. And every single person deserves to have as fair of a trial that Carmelo Anthony had. What's your take on Carmelo Anthony? I don't know. I really don't know. You've had a lot of defendants in your courtroom. I have had a lot of defendants in my courtroom. And I talked to Mr. Anthony a couple of times because I'm legally required to go over some things with him. He seems like a nice young man who committed a crime. And he understands today more than any day before today the consequences of committing a crime like he did.

folks the other motion for a new trial claims anthony's constitution and rights were violated arguing courtroom access restrictions deprived him of a public trial and prosecutors backed away from an off-the-record agreement that ultimately laid anthony not to testify in his own trial anthony is serving 35 years for the murder of austin metcalf he maintained he stabbed mcalfe in self-defense attorney scott boland joined us right now scott your assessment of these two new motions from anthony his new legal team. Well, I think the motions are pretty strong. Again, I didn't sit in on any other cases, but their motion for the judge to recuse himself. I just got done looking at the interview that Judge Roach did, and it just makes no sense. This is exactly what the judicial canons of ethics don't want a judge to do. Where he is relishing in the press a big case, but the case is still pending before him. The verdict was rendered by the jury.

There are always post-jurdy, post-verdict motions to be held on to be decided by the court, even if you file an appeal, even while the case is pending appeal, it can go back and it can go back to the trial court. So why is a sitting judge who sat through the whole trial now giving public interviews and writing letters to Fox News relishing or wallowing, if you will, and is newfound quote, celebrity status because he had a big case, just not ready for prime time, but also hasn't really looked at the canons of ethics. In regard to the post-trial, asking for a new trial, those arguments are pretty strong. Doesn't mean it's going to be granted. The lack of access

for his family and the public of the trial is a bit of a long shot, but I think that argument has to be made. The off-the-record agreements that were made between the court. the lawyers which ultimately barred the defendant from taking the stand on a self-defense case. I would never have agreed to that. I don't know how you get that off the record agreement, but more importantly, so many of the proceedings in Carmelo Anthony's trial were conducted in the chambers of this very judge, weren't filed with the clerk's office, if you will, and even now the defense lawyers

as I understand it, don't have access to the full record without reviewing them in the judge's chambers and they can't make copies or take them with them with them in preparation for post-trial proceedings or for the court of appeals. That's unheard of, if you will. So a lot of different and not so good things going on, not just for Carmarlo Anthony, but the integrity of the court and the integrity of the criminal justice system, which is always at issue when you have judges as well as prosecutors acting in this manner. Obviously, this new legal team, what was critically important because many felt that his previous lawyer just did an awful job during the trial.

I still don't understand what the hell the attorney was thinking by after he was convicted only putting on one person in the sentencing phase, and that was his mother. He didn't bring in his coaches, friends, church, pastor, nobody. and I mean, the kid gets convicted. The kid gets convicted. Same day, they have a sentencing phase. The jury goes back and hits him with 35 years. That literally all happened like in a six-hour span.

Yeah, and the defendant at one point was only given 10 minutes to figure out whether he was going to be able to testify or not. I don't know whether there was a ruling that he couldn't testify. That would certainly be reversible error, but just they were moving pretty fast. in this courtroom. And if you read the papers of his new counsel, which is the appellate counsel, a combination of about six lawyers including Ben Crum's firm, it sounds to me after reading the papers that they're setting up an argument at the appellate court for ineffective assistance of counsel, which is very viable here just based on the facts that we know publicly. But there was a lot of fast and loose things going on, not just with the interview, the post

trial interview, but also this off the record agreement between the parties and then the repudiation of that agreement at the end of the plaint, at the prosecutor's case, but the preparation was nullified. That repudiation nullified whether you would even put on a self-defense expert or whether you would put on character testimony. Those are two defenses or two factual pieces that are fundamental to self-defense. Why would you ever agree not to do that? As they say, try the case under the tent. That is, we're going to try the case on the facts and everything that happened at the crime scene. Well, that borders on the nonsensica when this young man was sentenced to 35 years in prison and he was sentenced after a conviction. Why would you foreclose any of that?

So look for an ineffective assistance of counsel being made at the appellate level for sure. And just your thoughts on this six-member team that was announced to take on. I mean, obviously, there was so much controversy discussion, even on social media after the case. If people were like, yo, where are blacks, you know, superstar legal eagles to rise to this young man's defense? And what people have to understand, listen, he's been convicted. Texas ain't the most easiest place to overturn a conviction and get a new trial. Yeah, he's got a dream team now with a former federal prosecutor, a state prosecutor from that county.

All of them are volunteering their rights right now or volunteering their time. Obviously, Ben Crum's firm is involved. I had a couple of attorneys reach out to me in regard to our appellate group, but those six that they ultimately are defending him are really good at the appellate level. for more, quite frankly, to support and participate. A big firm like mine or any other big firm out here will certainly support and has supported Ben in many of his other prior cases, whether it was at the appellate level or at the trial level where the cases were pending. Many of the big firms have resources. And so this young man, we're going to give him, they're

going to give him every shot at getting this reverse, given the inconsistencies and the problems with the case just from a public perception standpoint. point. So look for not just the PR on this, but look for some really good lawyering at the appellate level. And hopefully the Court of Appeals or even the Supreme Court will do the right thing. Good lawyer and we'll help this young man. Explain why or explain for folks who don't really understand the law why a specific expertise when it comes to an appellate team matters. Well, because the

The appeal is about putting together a strong brief, arguing what the law is, arguing what the errors that were made at the trial level, being able to present in a cogent and reasonable and forceful and faithful manner before, let's say three judges or up to eight or nine judges at the state level, whereby you're doing an appellate argument. You're not putting on evidence. You're not putting on witnesses. You're not moving. There's no jury there.

Here you have three appellate judges. You can go and bach many cases at the state level and at the federal level, but they hear your oral argument on the errors that occurred below. The prosecution will be there. They have specialized appellate lawyers who have put together papers, and they will defend what the trial lawyers did. So this is part of the due process. This is part of the criminal justice system and civil justice system.

We have a trial. Many of us know that. We've watched TV. But then you appeal what happens? happened at the trial level. And hopefully it could be de novo where they look at everything or they can be very limited in their review. And in this case, the defense appellate counsel will be trying to get the Texas Court

of Appeals to reverse and send it down for a new trial or send it back for further proceedings. So it's its case is far from over. Another case, following the death of Nolan Wales, his family in Mississippi, his family is now hired Ben Crump's law firm to represent them. Of course, Dola Wells, 18 years old, found dead Monday by Park Ranger on Mississippi's Gulf Coast after he disappeared in July 4th, during a trip to Horn Island with three of his friends.

As the investigation to no disappearance in death leads more questions and answers, Crumper's legal teams say they will conduct an independent review of the case in the statement on the attorney's website. The family's demanding a timely release of all the records, autopsy findings, and witness statements.

As investigators work to determine exactly what happened, also I have seen lots of information, but videos of other people who were actually in the waters. And some people had a video of those white teams arguing with Nolan Wells as well. Of course, the family also has created a GoFundMe financial page to pay for the independent autopsy. It's organized by a laia Dennis. And so that's there now.

And so again, they have been. raising those funds. And so we're going to show you that GoFundMe page in a bit as well. Scott, and this is the thing that we discussed this beforehand, and people have to understand. Ben Crump and his team, they do not prosecute cases. They're there to represent the family.

Explain why, how critical it is to have attorneys who understand media, who understand that process that keeps the pressure on to ensure an investment. investigation is properly done. We've seen examples where families are like we can't get any answers. The attorney is not being aggressive or they're not generating attention because that public attention also keeps that spotlight on those investigating.

Right. And the investigators are part of the government. They may or may not have an interest outside of the vested interest in law enforcement. They may have their own personal prejudices. but somebody knows what happened to this young man in this case. And someone like Ben Crump and his team, they'll not only do an independent autopsy if they can get access to it, but they'll also do an independent review

and then publicize what their findings were, take them to the government and press the prosecutor's office or press for an inquest or press for an autopsy and what the coroner is ultimately going to decide. Listen, and you're there for heart-wrenching knockouts. The world's biggest stage! And breathtaking triumph. In 2026 FIFA World Cup, the knockout stage.

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let's make sure we get that government conclusion, right? It's about accountability. And so it's important that he do his job, ultimately independence, if you will. And so often these smaller communities and these cities, right, everybody's got a political agenda. And most of the time, it ain't a political agenda to help black folks or our community or to have accountability. Somebody knows what happened. Those young people need to be interviewed. If it was an accident, so be it.

If it was intentional, so be it. but that family deserves answers and the public deserves answers. And so we should get those hopefully in the next 60 to 120 days, maybe sooner. All right. Scott Bowden, I certainly appreciate it. Thanks a lot. Good seeing you, man. All right, folks.

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So call chapter right now, 724-264-8-281. Me, Sherry, Shepbred, and you know what you're watching. Roland Martin unfilting. All right, folks, let's talk about this case that is out of Mississippi, which is actually quite, quite strange. We had a discussion about it last night. And we talked about, of course. We'll actually have that case in the second because of the Mississippi, but it's just a very, very strange story

that makes no sense to me. And when you talk about how our kids are being treated, and I hope people understand when all of these cases we talk about them, why it's important to have strong legal representation. It amazes me when I see these stories. People say, oh, you know, I hate journalists, And I hate lawyers.

Well, that's until you need one. And all of a sudden, you hope those folks actually show up. And that's certainly the case in Mississippi with Nolan Wales. That's the case with Carmelo Anthony. And another example. And what we must be doing, and I was having this conversation with a civil rights attorney who said that we really have to understand the power of the law and why we must be encouraging more and more. of our young people to pursue advocacy in law, to pursue being civil rights attorneys.

And so these things matter. And so in the next hour we're going to talk with the attorney for the family suing in that case in Mississippi where those teens were searched when it came to vapes. Then there's a store that's out of New York. Again, this is important when you have strong... legal representation to pursue your interest. So let's talk about that particular story. Seven-year-old kid, black girl,

are suing Suffolk County in Bayport Blue Point School District, claiming officials there ignored repeated warnings before she was murdered on December 29th. Jordan Dukin's family alleges county social service officials were negligent, placing her in an abusive home and failing to intervene despite multiple warnings. 50-year-old Emily Kelly, who is the fiancé of Jordan's father, who was incarcerated, gained full custody of her in April 2025. Prosecutors say Jordan endured prolonged neglect and abuse inflicted by Kelly, her 75-year-old mother, Barbara Renner, and Kelly's 24-year-old daughter, Elisa Seymour.

Suffolk County Medical Examiner's office reported Jordan died from an infection caused by her injuries and was found to have 90 women. on her body at the time of her death. The three women are facing a slew of charters. Kelly is being charged with second of your murder. Heather Palmore joins us right now. She's the attorney for the family. Heather, glad to have you here. This is beyond shocking.

How in the hell does this type of abuse happen? And also, over what period of time are we talking about this abuse took place? Well, let me say this, that as an attorney who has been practicing for 31 years, and a former prosecutor, I've never seen anything like this in my life. How did we get here? We got here because there was a total system failure of an institution and an entity

that is supposed to protect our children. And Jordan wasn't seen, repeated history, marked history of abuse. And let me be clear about something. something that Jordan lived a very good life from the period of time when she was eight months old, all away through her sixth birthday. And it was only a few days that she was going to be permanently placed with a family member that it was determined by the court that Emily Kelly would be her custodian.

The, when we think about this, this family, this is again, unbelievable here. Did they track checks on this child?

How often were they visiting the home check of her well-being? Well, let's say this. During the course of time based upon the evidence that we have, thus far that CPS seemed to be over policing the home that she was in and she was stable, didn't miss any school. And then when she was turned over to Emily Kelly, there was a hands-off approach. And our position is that Emily Kelly was basically given the privilege of being

white in this situation and a lot of signs were overlooked. The fact that Emily Kelly had two children in her care prior to Jordan that died. One was murdered by her then boyfriend. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. The woman who they gave this child to a previous person died allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend, and they they allowed her, they gave her another child? Correct. Correct.

Okay, go ahead. And she had an infant that also died. We don't know the circumstances under which that death occurred, but through the course of discovery, we are going to be diligent in uncovering those facts that are very well known and should have been known to CPS at the time when making a determination as to whether Emily Kelly was the appropriate place

for Jordan to be placed. In addition, she had a recent DWI back in 2023, less than 24 months before she was placed with Jordan. So clearly there may be an indication of a substance abuse problem. And I say that because it was the very same thing that caused the removal from the initial removal of Jordan from her home with her mother,

Portia. And so it's our position that had CPS done the appropriate background check, we certainly wouldn't be here. Okay. The New York Post has a story saying that, first of all, just read the headline here. It says that the mother of the young girl, they're suing, it says they're suing for $250 million, this torture house. Okay. So in this story, in this story, they said that Jordan was placed in. in Kelly's custody at the request of the girl's dad, Derek Dixon, who is currently serving a four-year state prison sentence on an attempted burglary conviction. Despite Portia Duncan's objections, Kelly was given full custody of the girl in April

2025. Why would the mother not get custody of her own child? It's our position that social services and the county went over and beyond to store and prevent Portia Duncan from being a parent to her child. There are a number of people who petitioned in her family to care for Jordan and all four of them were rejected. They were all four black women. All four of them had jobs.

All four of them had safe homes and all four of them lived independently and they were rejected by the court. court and so these are things that we're going to be looking into as we move to uncover what actually happened here and who's responsible it is there's a quote here from the DA prosecutors say she had incurred she dealt with abuse including quote sharp force injuries caused her to miss a total of 40 school days which is a hell of a lot Quote, this was not an alleged single act of violence.

Suffolk DA, attorney Ray T.R.NA said it was months of alleged systematic cruelty and sadistic abuse. Yes, it was. And that is what we are looking to do right now in the course of discovery is finding out who knew what, when, any reporting. There's a report or something out there. And that's why, and I'm so glad that you were. talked about the media and how powerful it is, and especially black-owned media. And there's a report out there that there was no finding a fault by the state for CPS, and that is absolutely not true. There is nothing in that report that says that CPS was not at fault. It does say that they did not conduct any investigations in the year leading to her death. And the family court is very clear that prior to the final placement, she would have to be monitored by CPS for a period of

six months prior to being awarded full custody. That did not take place here. And so our position is on top of the miscues that CPS and the school district violated their own policies in the care of Jordan Duncan, resulting unfortunately in her death. Question for my panel. First off, Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, former Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice of the EPA out of D.C. Mustafa, go ahead.

Yeah, well, thank you for everything that you have done and that you continue to do. You know, we know based upon some studies that New York, New York State has a problem in relationship to the foster care system and children losing their lives and of course dealing with abuse. Based upon where you said, what needs to be done

to better protect our children? I would say that we have to be intentional about electing our officials. We talk about this all the time, how important local elections are. They matter because whoever you elect as your county executive has the power to put the person in place who would be ultimately

in charge of your social services, which is the oversight, the entity that would oversee CPS. So I think it causes us to pause and really start where the center of gravity is, and that would be electing people who are qualified and intentional about making sure that policies and procedures are followed. And we also need laws and statutes with teeth to them that are, that are, that. very clear about what is required in order to make sure that a child is in safekeeping care. Next question. Zabor G., D.E.I.A. Consulting in Employment Specialist, joining us from D.C. Thank you so much for everything that you're doing for this family. So if ultimately what discovery, what discovery finds out, if what you've described to this point, is it due to, do it,

to individual negligence or does it reveal more of the systemic failures within the child welfare system? And how can we as the community really support seeing some kind of policy changes within CPS or on a federal or state level, where would you say we really need to focus our interest in supporting this family? I would say both. We need to hold those accountable for Jordan's death, but we also need to actively engage, reach out to our assembly men and women in the state, our state senators who have the power to create the legislation that would give broader protections for children that are in the foster care system. Let's be very clear that this is a system, right? And in order for this system,

to work, it requires people that are experienced. It begs the question, is that really the intent? A lot of people have made a lot of money off of the family court and our plates within the black family. And so the goal I would hope is to reunite people with their families and give them the resources that they need. And this is not a very easy issue to unwrap. It's layered.

And so where there are times where we fall or life happens, that's why CPS and social services are in place in order to assist. And there was a complete system failure here with respect to this case. Teresa Lundy, principal and founder, TML Communications out of Philadelphia. Well, thank you so much for that well worth of information that was given. I think my question has to do with what are some things and some like things we can look to make sure that this doesn't happen in our own backyard what are some tips and tricks that you can give us i would say just on the ground level the community you know you see something you say something right um school listen and you're there for heart-wrenching The knockout.

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to determine whether or not there were other factors that were missed and incidents that were missed by the school and of course CPS in the county. All right then, well, Ms. Palmore, we certainly appreciate it. Keep us update on what happens next and certainly Codoulos just go out to Jordan's mother portion. Thank you so much.

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for every person who worked during the 2020 election. In April, the Justice Department issued the grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact info of county employees and volunteer poll workers. Trump continues to claim without any evidence. He's just lying that widespread voter fraud in Fulton County caused him victory in the state in the 2020 election. Judge Ray wrote in his ruling, quote, given the low need for the subpoenaed information and the highly burdensome nature of the disclosure of the same subpoena is unreasonable and must be quashed. While grand juries often work with federal prosecutors to investigate alleged crimes,

that does not give the DOJ the right to use the grand jury to do whatever the DOJ wants. Well, unfortunately, Mustafa, Trump treats the DOJ, his own personal attorneys, and he's exacting revenge. And bottom line is he lost, period. Simple as that. He lost. He continues to lose when we go to court in many, many instances, because, you know, the sets of actions that they continue to try and move forward on are not only unlawful in the things that they're trying to implement, but it's nonsensical.

And thankfully, we have judges who are calling them out and not just bending the knee, but actually focusing on the letter of the law and making sure that they are implementing it properly. So the Department of Justice is supposed to be impartial. It's supposed to be looking out for the people of the United States, but unfortunately, it has been weaponized.

But thankfully, there are more talented folks who are on the outside than those who are currently making decisions on the inside. It really is pathetic, Teresa, because continue to see what these fools are doing. But again, he is such a narcissist, and he simply can't handle the fact that Joe Biden kicked his ass in 2020. Yeah, Trump is a real character,

not only as a person who has a president, but, you know, as much as he wants to still invoke that he is changing the past of what has been happening with the previous administration, he also needs to push to, try to figure out what his agenda really is and the wins he's really had. Because all we've seen right now is him pushing, pushing, pushing, trying to figure out what his next message is, what his next deal is.

And we really haven't really seen an actual foundational apparatus on how he's actually going to win for the American people. So we haven't seen that yet. But we definitely still will hear how he's still trying in the last four years trying to write the wrongs of the last. as a ministry. Zabor? Yeah, I totally agree with that. You know, what stood out to me is not the politics, but it's the process.

Even if the government believes it's a legitimate reason to investigate, our courts exist to make sure that those investigations stay constitutional. And when we are just having a DOJ that does whatever it wants and we are making decisions to not follow that constitution, we, you know, this is what Trump does. He just doesn't follow the rules, trying to do things his own way. and we can have a court that follows the administration's goals. That isn't just. That isn't the way our government is meant to be ran.

That isn't the way the Department of Justice is meant to be ran. And we have to make sure that we are continuing to see these situations where Trump lose and understand that these subpoenas are broad. They don't have enough information. They're not strong enough. And, you know, you can't just release personal information of election workers just because you feel like it or because you want the next elections to go the way in which you want to go. We know that this is voter oppression at its best.

They're doing everything in their power to keep people from getting out to vote, to keep people from mailing in their votes, to keep people from being able to really, you know, be diverse and work the election polls. So if we target the election workers, maybe they won't show up. And we know what we've always done as people of color show up and make sure that we are doing our civic duty. you know, can't use the DOJ to do what you wanted to do. Well, unfortunately, what we are seeing from Thug-in-Chief is that he wants to literally cause folks to bend their knee.

The New York Times has this story. Check this out. Administration demands states change voting rules or lose anti-terrorism funds. Federal officials say they would withhold some money on. unless states pursue paper ballot systems, verify citizenship, and conduct costly audits. I mean, this is just the latest stupidity of these people. It says FEMA, part of the Homeland Security Department, has told states that it would withhold 20%

of some terrorism preparedness grants unless they provide, quote, proof of compliance with the election security measures. The grants was totaled $1 billion each year help pay for physical barriers and other security measures as well as planning and drill exercises, and cybersecurity protections. They've been blocked with this nonsense through federal courts, but they're gonna continue doing it

over and over and over and over again, Zabor. Definitely, this is what our president does. He doesn't have proper information. He just attacks things on however he feels. And his goal is to uphold racism, uphold white supremacy, not think about what is actually a legitimate concern and focus on the things that we really need to concern.

And he really just doesn't have the knowledge to do those things. And so if we keep having systems and people and all of these people support his ignorance, we keep getting in these same spots. They're attacking voting rights, not because anything has been proven. Time and time again, we keep seeing that it's actually been the opposite of what he said.

Our elections have been fair. Our elections are doing the things that they're supposed to do, but we're attacking them just because, you know that you're not doing anything to make people continue to support. You see your support dwindling. You see how this attack on voters are really impacting us. And as a woman, and thinking of the same act and thinking of the obstacles that they're doing to try to keep us from voting, it's just really important that we stay vigilant and we really attack them and work hard to ensure that they're not able to dismantle our voting rights.

Well, I mean, look at this one here, Mustafa. Another New York Times story. Justice Department threatens top election officials over non-citizen voting. Look, the letters come amid President Trump's efforts to tighten election rules to prevent a problem that doesn't exist. Widespread non-citizen voting. They sent this idiot right here, Harmeet Dillon, who is literally an evil, despicable person. They sent letters to 11 states threatening criminal prosecution. prosecution if ballots were cast by non-citizens?

Well, let's be clear, so everybody understands that if you are not a citizen, you cannot vote. Existing, existing laws say that. It does. But they want to pretend like it doesn't, and that there is a problem. We know that the only problem is that they have no policies that attract, you know, the vast majority of American. So they try and play around here on the fringes of this. Even the folks who come from their own party, when you look at the state of Georgia,

you know, the heads of the government there have even said that there was no irregularities, there was no voter fraud, none of those different types of things, but they continue to, you know, try and peddle this type of story to folks who don't know any better or who only get their information from one source.

The other part of it is, is that remember he talked about cleaning up the swamp, right? That was his big thing or one of his big things. Now, we're not even going to talk about the reflecting pool and the swamp that he created there. But what he did, the way he thought he could get rid of the swamp was to move the swamp all across the country. And that's exactly what's going on. Now, folks, remember, they are using your tax dollars to go after, you know, this misinformation that they continue to peddle, to go after these non-existent sets of stories and actions that are going on.

So, yeah, these people are devilish in many ways, but they are also affecting your pocketbook. They are affecting programs that these dollars should go to. And the last point that I'll make is that when you, you know, the last two stories here that we just talked about, you know, whether you're talking about terrorism or you're talking about environmental protection, you're talking about the impacts that are going to happen from many of these storms and wildfires, you know, they threaten folks that if you don't do something else over here, that you won't have the dollars that are not. necessary to help folks to be safe and to be able to be protected and to be able to move forward. So we should really be giving that strong consideration when you go to the ballot box. Do you want an administration who cares about you that's focused on the issues that are central to your life, or do you want an administration that continues to follow ghost and to follow these negative disinformation sets of actions that have nothing to do with your everyday life?

This was so crazy. Just unbelievable, Teresa. Go back to my iPad. It says, the letters sent on Tuesday come from Harmeet Dillon, who runs the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. They are largely identical to multiple copies obtained by the New York Times. The seven-page letters detail a host of federal election laws that prohibit non-citizens from voting in elections, laws that have been clear for decades.

You know, the election officials are right back going, duh. You're right. You know, one thing about Trump's administration, they know how to keep people distracted because there are so many things happening internationally right now that he's like, instead of people focusing on that, let's focus on the stuff that's already changed, but we'll make it seem like it isn't changed so we can just have something else to do. I was on social media the other day, probably like two days ago, and I saw something about Trump accounts, right, for young people to sign up.

And I just said, what is our government telling us to do to sign up for a Trump account that we don't know, I guess, if FDIC approved? I guess the other banks aren't doing the same thing, citizen B&C, and where have you. And it's just like a massive distraction campaign that I think they just sit there in their offices. Okay, this is a bigger issue we have to deal with. But how do we distract the American people on something tedious so they don't come protest on something else? So I think this is the ongoing tyrancy that we're seeing coming from this administration, and I'm not sure if we're going to let up anytime soon while he's still there.

Yeah, pretty, pretty crazy. All right, folks. June 27th, we were in Richmond, Virginia, for the Democrats' Commonwealth Gala, had an opportunity to catch up with Governor Abigail Spanberger, as well as Attorney General Jones. as well as other officials, and so we're going to bring a lot of those interviews to you. If you saw a live stream that night, maybe so. And here's my conversation with Governor Spamberger.

Last time we talked, you were in a car, grab that, you were in a car. This is a much better location. Yes, absolutely, it is. You were a member of Congress. You know how that works, but being governor is a lot different. So how is that transition been for the last six months? It's been fantastic. We've had a busy, busy first six months.

Certainly, we worked in partnership with the General Assembly on a whole host of priorities, lowering costs, strengthening our communities, investing in public schools. And also through my administration, we've been focused on making some real reforms within our state agencies. Just this past week, we did a press release and a press conference talking about some of the major overhauls we've done within Department of Corrections to strengthen a system and make sure that we're taking care of all of our community members and fixing some things that are systemically broken. We're off to a strong start and I look forward to the next three and a half years. It's a lot easier to have a trifecta when you control the House and the Senate as opposed to having the opposing party control it. But it also means, though, that there are no excuses about not delivering when the public says, wait a minute, y'all control all of it. That's right. That's right.

And it means that we have to make sure that we're holding ourselves accountable. Certainly the things that I talked about on the campaign trail when I was running for governor and so much of what the 64 members of the House of Delegates who were on the ballot with me, we talked about issues of affordability. We talked about lowering costs in health care. I'm really proud of some of the prescription drug-related legislation that they pushed through. We got signed into law. A number of really innovative, and we heard Senator Warner talk about some of the housing priorities

that we've done here in Virginia, models for the rest of the country. renewable energy? Yeah, I heard him talk about in his seven times, seven times seven speech. When he comes over here, I'm going to remind him at the itinerary says seven minutes. Listen, but I'm just saying. No one can stop Senator Mark Warner, the senior senator from Virginia. But he was on fire, so I was happy to see him go. The thing that I interviewed Congressman Hakeem Jeffers two days ago, and I was talking about

how do you really driving grassroots for African-American voters? and he talked about what happened here in this state, what Speaker Don Scott did, the campaigns that were run here. So I'm curious. Are Democrats in other parts of the country, and I asked Senator Speaker Scott, and he said the answer was no.

Is leadership talking to folks here to say, okay, not only how were you able to take back the House, control the Senate, take back the governor's mansion, but even when it came to the special election with the Supreme Court of the state throughout, and I still don't understand their reasoning, Are they actually studying what happened and listening to our understanding how to replicate this nationally? Not as much as I think people should be.

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We have strong and vibrant black communities in cities and in leadership, and also so much of what you see throughout the South, which is rural agricultural black farmers who for so long have gotten forgotten. So across Virginia, we have so much of what exists at the national level, and what we were able to do in 2025, flipping our three statewide seats, flipping 14, 13 seats in the House of Delegates. And as you mentioned, in the referendum, which was in April, a totally random time for an election, not only did we vote and pass that referendum on redistricting. Now, as you mentioned, the Supreme Court of Virginia overturned it, but just back in 2020, we had 66% of the people voted for our, redistricting amendment. So that speaks to how substantially we made the argument about the urgency of that temporary responsive fix. And I think there's a lot to be learned from Virginia. Of course,

I'm biased as the governor of Virginia, but truly our communities and what we were able to do, it was highly tactical, highly engaged. And we basically, as a coordinated campaign, decided we have to make sure that, of course, there are people who are deeply engaged voters, but it is about reaching people in the places where they are, where they're most comfortable, so that they don't have to come to us all the time. And so, I mean, between the bus tours and the visits to churches and faith centers and community events,

we just did the back to the basics, deep community-driven campaigning. All of us did. Last question for you. As a part of that, when I look at the numbers, when I saw the black turnout, especially in those last few days and on election day significant. And what I've said to numerous strategies, that you can't run an old playbook,

that you're going to have to spend three to four much time, and you're going to spend three to four, three to four times at much money because the model 20 years ago, the Obama model does not work. The Jackson model does not work, and I think in too many cases we have seen the last six elections national, we've seen a decrease in Blackville Attorney, out because strategists are spending their time saying, no, no, we got them. And I'm like, no, you're going to have to talk to them over and over and over again and not just assume that

African-American voters are going to vote Democratic. And the thing where it comes down to is people are busy and life is hard and gas prices are going up and you're worried about your kids, right? And it's about connecting the dots. And so even if you think somebody might likely vote for a Democrat if they get out and vote, it's about. making sure that you're giving them a reason to believe that it's worth it and giving them a reason to know, because you're there, you're showing up,

you're talking about the issues that are mattering to them. And that counts for all voters, but particularly we talk so frequently about the fact that there's turnout efforts for black voters, but what we did in Virginia was a longer-term communication effort to make sure that, you know, yes, the person who's gonna go out and vote, okay, they're gonna go out and vote,

but let's make sure they have the information to talk to their friends and their family. I call it connecting the dots. And yes, and so that not only are, yes, they're going to check that box when they go to the ballot, but they're going to inspire and excite and engage their friends and family to do the same. Absolutely. Well, Governor Abigail Spanberger, glad to be here, glad to see you, and I appreciate you stopping by chatting with us. Are you going to hit the dance floor?

We're Democrats. Oh, I'm always dancing. So I've never called myself anything, but I do call myself a dancer. But I got to do work. So y'all can enjoy it, but I got to do a little bit. enjoy it, but I got to do a little bit more work. And Senator Warner's going to come over here soon, so I'm going to make sure he does not go

25 minutes. Well, good luck with that, my friends. All right, folks. Got to go to a break. We come back. We'll talk with the attorney for the old's families in Mississippi suing over them being body search. Also, Donald Trump falls asleep again

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And this is David Mann. And you're watching, Roland Martin I'm theater. Is the Tala County School District for unlawfully strip searching students at Mac Adams High School for allegedly having vapes. The search found nothing. Well, those families say it's time for y'all to pay up. Keith French is the attorney for the families. Keith glad to have you here.

And so, so you have seven families here. At any point were these families called before these students were strip searched? No, the families weren't called at all. In fact, the children were not giving a meaningful explanation for it at the time, and they were made to believe that they had no real choice. So they were coerced by the school officials involved and told either you submit yourself to the school search or you can endure a suspension. So after that, one by one, they forced each student to enter a room alone.

They weren't exactly sure what was about to happen to them. But when they got there, they were forced to strip out their pants and undergarments, exposed their intimate areas, including their genitals. They were told to bend over and squat while a school official subjected them to degrading and deeply intrusive searches. And, you know, it stripped them not only of their privacy, but their dignity. But no contraband or weapons were found. And when you say strip search, were they, was it clothes off? Or they would, were they stripped naked?

Their underwear, their underwear was, were, were, were, were, taken off. So their genitals were exposed when they were forced to bend over and squat. So they were stripped as if they were prisoners. When people go to prison, they actually have them, they're naked and spread butt cheeks. That's what they did here? That's right. That's right. You know, which, which, you know, really opens the door to this case about a broader issue. You know, we don't have enough evidence to speak to motive in this case, But scenarios like this begs the question, you know, when government officials encounter black children from low-income backgrounds, do they see children first or do they see suspects? This obviously is shocking, stunning.

And so what happened? After it happened, what, these kids came home, told family members what took place? and did they then reach out to the school district? Not exactly. The kids were actually too humiliated and embarrassed to tell their parents. I mean, you can imagine being 16 or 17 years old, having to sit across from your parents and tell them, you know, I went into the room with an adult and had to pull down my underwear. So they didn't tell them.

There was only one student. The kids didn't discuss it amongst themselves. There was one student whose parents called us at the, we had a personal conversation with him. He went ahead and told us the truth. We didn't know whether the other students had been stripped search as well, but I can tell you this, that one of the parents actually went and had a meeting

with some of the school officials, including the officer involved that conducted the strip search. And in a recording, he admitted to strip searching each and every one of the children. Questions from the Pam. First off, Theresa. Yeah, one, I'm discussed it. Here's a question for you.

So where are you at in the process? How is justice being rendered? We found a complaint in federal court. We're attempting to serve all the defendants involved in this case. Some of them are being pretty evasive. But once that happens, you know, a judge will issue a scheduling order and then we can start to get some discovery. and find out, you know, why on earth would a school official do something like this?

You know, one of the things that people are missing about this case is that, you know, the school official involved had a wand. And he has heard on this recording also stating that he could have used that one. In fact, the ones are used exactly for this sort of scenario to check, you know, the kids to see if they had anything on. But he didn't do it. Instead, he took the extra leap to strip surgeon. And so we want to really find out, you know, what's the reason that about this? There's a broader context where black students in Mississippi face significantly disproportionate school discipline rates, especially compared to their white peers.

You know, of course, they're suspended and expelled at far higher weights, but they're also disciplined at a much higher rate, and they receive much more severe punishment. So, you know, federal guidelines to address these disparities in school discipline actually came under President Barack Obama in his 2014 administration. You know, federal officials encouraged restorative justice practices that didn't criminalize students and pushed them to become, you know, a school to prison statistic. But those rules were rolled back by President Donald Trump's administration. And somehow I feel like in discovery we might find out that this might be a regular occurrence because the kids, you know, you know, at first, at first didn't say anything about it. Zabora.

So what really concerns me is I'm just wondering, at what point does a strip search move from being just school, a school discipline issue and become more of a violation of that child's constitutional rights and even raise concerns about child abuse and thinking of sexual assault towards a child? And what legal protections do these minors and their families have in situations like this? Yeah, well, when you read the facts of this case, you know, it's not a large jump or to presume that, you know, there is something perverted about doing something like this with kids. But yeah, we absolutely, that's what we filed our claims are our fourth amended claims for unreasonable searching seizure and 14 amended claims. You know, school searches, they don't require a warrant or probable cause, but they have to be reasonable at.

to start and reasonable in scope. And the search can't be excessively intrusive when you consider the students age, sex, and the alleged infraction. And keep in mind, these students said that they didn't have a vape. You know, they were just in the bathroom and it was a transition between class periods. You know, so there's no real justification for this official to have crossed the line here. And there's plenty of precedent in the Supreme Court in the Fifth Circuit, which Mississippi is in, you know, that says that, you know, reasonable suspicion is not a blank check. The more invasive the search, the stronger and more specific the justification must be. You know, there wasn't any exigent circumstances where there was someone thought a weapon

was around or somebody could have been harmed. Nothing of the sort, you know, but the officer did what he did. So that's what we're doing. We're filing a lawsuit based on the violation of their constitutional rights. You know, the burden is not on the children to resist government authority. The burden is on the government officials who had to act lawfully before conducting an invasive search. So, you know, legally speaking, the children could have actually said, you know, absolutely, no, we don't want to be searched. But practically, you know, these are children and the adults have the power in this scenario. So they felt like they didn't have a choice, especially when you're threatening them with suspension.

Mustafa? I mean, this is just so messed up on so many levels. You know, Mississippi has a long history. Everybody remembers the auction blocks, and they bring people up on those auction blocks, and you be stripped down and have to show your genitalia and your teeth and all this other stuff. You know, the question is, one is you answered about the sexual abuse sort of element of this. The other one is the mental health abuse, because when you go through a situation like this, I have a psychology background.

You know, it can be a lot of therapy that's needed to help you to understand that you still have value and that you're still human. I'm curious what parts of those elements might come into this case. Absolutely right. They're part of the damages. You know, we've had some of the students, you know, there were nine students total. I represent seven of them. We've had some students that, you know, they're scared, they're dealing with a lot of anxiety. One of the students stopped going back to school because here's another big shocker. The officer and school officials involved were allowed to stay on campus for the remainder of the year.

So these students were too scared to go to school. We have one student that went to school, but was too scared to go to the bathroom and use the bathroom. So we have to call his parents so they can come pick him up. You know, one of the, a couple of the students are on medication now. They're all receiving some sort of treatment. And we do know that. Students who are suspended, expelled, or otherwise kicked out of the class from or or receive some severe punishment, they're more likely to have anger issues and

become disconnected from their class mates and the school environment. And then they're more likely to be disengaged from school. That's why these disparities with this sort of disciplinary framing against black children, especially from low-income areas, are so important to prevent and bring awareness to because it's part of the school to prison pipeline. You know, they'll start missing out on learning time and likely have worse academic outcomes, including, you know, worse race of graduation. So of course, across the country, you know, we've debated the limits on government authority

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We'll keep us abreast, Keith, or what happens next? We appreciate it. Thanks a lot. Thank you. Folks, going to a break. We come back. Donald Trump don't give a damn

about black people in unemployment. And then he'll lie about it. We're going to talk about that. And also, should we call him the snoozer-in-chief? He just keeps falling asleep. You're watching Roland Martin Unfiltered on the Black Star Network.

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and MAGA, and you better believe it. Now, last week's jobs report revealed that the black unemployment rate remains double that of the white rate. Now, let's be real clear. In April, it was 7.3% May, June, 6.6%. Okay. Now, however, black unemployment for black, we're unemployed for black men dropped to 5.8%. Black women, it increased to 5.7%. Now, Donald Trump continues just to ignore it. Now, check this out. If you want to see how much of a liar he is, last month, speaking to a group of farmers in Western Wisconsin, you know, the people who he's devastated, he just flat out lied about black

unemployment. This is something that's amazing. African American unemployment is now doing better than it's ever done. And I don't know where that stat came from, but I'll take it. I don't know where the hell that stat kept, but we'll take it. And a short time ago, we were a dead country. We're dead as a doorknail. If you look, go back two years.

We were a laughing stop. Okay. All right. So I just want to be clear. I don't know where the hell that came from, but I'll take it. Play it again. This is something that's amazing. African-American unemployment is now doing.

better than it's ever done. And I don't know where that stat came from, but I'll take it. I don't know that stat came, but we'll take it. And a short time ago, we were a dead country. We're dead as a door now. If you look, go back two years, we were a laughing sock all over the world. We had a president that couldn't walk up a flight of stairs. Oh, really? Okay.

All right. So first of all, let's deal with the lies there. In the first term of Trump, black unemployment went down to a record 5.3%. Record didn't last long because under President Joe Biden, black unemployment hit a record low of 4.8%. That was in April of 2023. So when Trump said that, now put the black unemployment numbers up, y'all said this was last month. So that means that the June in the June jobs report were the main numbers y'all it's right there at 6.6%. In fact, the New York Times even lays out that black unemployment had had gone up above 8% and then it settled back down. It's right here.

Black unemployment reached a record low of 5.3% during Mr. Trump's first term. A record was shattered by President Biden in 2023 when it fell to 4.8%. In Mr. Trump's second term, the rate has increased since he was sworn into office January in 2025 when it was 6.2%. It has not fallen below 6% since then, and it peaked at 8% last fall. So the liar-in-chief, just straight-up lied. And the people are like, oh my God, that's great. I wonder how many black people were actually in that audience.

Western Wisconsin, I doubt none. but you see what's going on here. And so he doesn't care. He doesn't care. But you have to recognize. He doesn't care because when he was saying during the campaign, oh, I care about black unemployment, and these simple Simons believed them, they were stupid.

We knew he was lying. We tried to tell you. And all of his policies, since the moment he was inaugurated, has been to target and attack black America. And so you really had to be stupid to be black and support Donald Trump when everything that they are doing

is about destroying black America. And I keep telling y'all, he will lie about a lie. And he sat there and lied about those unemployment numbers, Mustafa. Yeah, well, that's part for the course for this administration. They continue to put these false narratives out there. It was kind of interested, though, when he talked about the statistic,

I know he would have looked to the side and say, how the hell did that happen? Because that was not a part of our game plan. But then when you really unpack those numbers, you understand. All you have to do is look at the policies that they have implemented. You know, we saw all the black women who lost employment opportunities and got fired or let go. We have also seen black men losing jobs consistently. We also know that they make sure that there's no effort to make sure there's fairness in the hiring process.

And we know who's disproportionately impacted there. So they have no intention of doing anything to help our community, to make sure there's fairness in the hiring process. Then you look at the contracting and subcontracting opportunities that are out there. They stripped away any of the protections that are there. So I'm not sure how anyone could possibly think that they've done anything to help our community. community economically. And here are more lies, Zabor. Go back to my iPad.

Allison Schuster, a White House spokesman and a spokeswoman, insisted that Mr. Trump, quote, has done more for black Americans than any other president in recent history. That's total bullshit. She appointed policies in his first term, which included the previous record low for the black unemployment rate, the creation, the creation of opportunity zones in distressed housing communities, and the long-term funding for historically black colleges and universities. you know, they can't provide any data support, any of that.

Quote, the second Trump administration is building on those tremendous successes of making our community safe and beautiful, stopping the flow of illegal immigrants who were undermining American workers, signing the largest working class tax cut in American history and putting American children on a path toward generation of wealth through Trump accounts, Mrs. Schuster said. All bullshit, Zabor. Definitely. I mean, just in looking at how much cuts we've had on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and accessibility and how the supports that we used to have, like, the work opportunity tax credit.

It hasn't been, it was authorized through December 2025. It hasn't been renewed. That is something where you gave access to individuals that had disabilities, that people that were getting out of the criminal justice system and re-turned to society or individuals that were receiving SNAP benefits and TANF benefits, those tax credits really allowed employers to hire individuals that are not necessarily getting the same access to jobs. So we see these programs are being took away and are not being renewed. So how can you think unemployment rate for those individuals that are already struggling to get employment would increase?

It's no way that it could. You know, you're not, we're not having the protections to provide interpreters for deaf individuals anymore. When I need an accommodation for work, we're not getting those things. So we're watching all of these black women be laid off. All of these individuals with disabilities not be able to get the accommodations that they need in the workplace. And our labor market research is not, all of the activities and the programs that were there to assist individuals that already had or marginalizing employment are being diminished or took away completely. So when you think about unemployment and how a person can say that I don't know where these numbers come from, of course you don't know what these numbers come from. Of course you don't know what these numbers come from.

You don't even know we have seven wonders in the world. You know what I mean? So how can I expect you to understand what the data is and how the data is impacting the everyday black person? You're not. You don't care about that person. You're just talking out your neck and it doesn't even matter. They, he is a liar.

The White House spokeswomen are lying, Teresa. But again, this is what they do. They're experts at lying. You know, the one thing I saw during this 250th century, of America's birth, was Trump on his main stage at the state fair. And I was really interested in what a speech had to say, and I felt like he was trying. And whoever the, you know, spokesperson, the writers are for his administration, they did a really good job, a high-level job of trying to exaggerate what was actually done.

There was no substance. There was no real fact-based truth. There was, it was like the best fluff I've ever seen, circle with. like a whole background of music to help amplify it. So I think what we're seeing again from this administration is, yes, it is an exaggerated fascination of excellence in what they see is getting done. But what we see is just a lot of talk and high-level ideas, but not actually stuff that's getting done.

And that's what also makes a really big difference. And somebody who has never been in this space or feel running and understanding. what the public's needs are and being in public service, but somebody who's just only focused on being in business and trying to get gains versus losses. Yep, they just straight. I mean, he'll just sit there and just lie. He'll just lie and lie and lie.

Like he was, of course, he's overseas. And he made this comment, we've had probably the best year ever had by an American president. We've had the greatest economy we ever had. We have 19.2 trillion being invested in the United States, It's a world record. Y'all, he's a liar. Okay, I just want everybody to understand something.

The United States economy is $30 trillion. The number two economy in the world is China at $19 trillion. This idiot wants you to believe that more money is being invested in the United States than the second largest economy in the world. He's absolutely full of shit. Not only that. So we played that clip about African-American unemployment. So I'm going to play it, but I want to play it in full because he's always trashing Biden.

So let's just play it again. This is something that's amazing. African-American unemployment is now doing better than it's ever done. And I don't know where that stat came from, but I'll take it. I don't know where the hell that's sad camp, but we'll take it. And a short time ago, we were a dead country. We're dead as a door now. If you look, go back two years, we were a laughing stock all over the world.

We had a president that couldn't walk up a flight of stairs. He couldn't walk down a flight of stairs either, you know. And we had everybody, we were a laughing stock all over the world. And I was with the King of Saudi Arabia because I wanted him to invest trillions of dollars into our country. Look at that whole situation now, too. It's very interesting. But he was good, and he said to me, you know, President's amazing.

A year ago, a year and a half ago, we thought you were a dead country, and now you're the hottest country anywhere in the world that we are. We're the strongest, we're the hottest, and we're the most respected country anywhere in the world. First of all, y'all know damn well. The Saudi King. The Saudi King didn't say that. Straight lie. And he always was trashed in Biden, talking.

and talking about, oh, how he was Sleepy Joe and falling asleep and couldn't walk up a flight of stairs. You mean this Sleepy Joe right here? You mean this one right here? Oh, I'm sorry, this was the snoozer in chief, y'all at the July 4th parade. Yeah, this was him. Oh, it gets better. Here they were with world leaders in Turkey today. and this is the video of Donald Trump falling asleep at the news conference.

Roll it. We, we, we've got two-hulled, and saying Trump's this on the point of us, there are also a little bit of and in these to these in the leaders' in terms of the, in the U.S. 35 with

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F-35 onus onus Now, and I'm sure some of y'all may say, oh, he was listening to the interpreter. Now, here's a zoomed-in look at Donald Trump as he was talking. Look at him. Eyes closed. We all, y'all, we all know that look.

We all have used that look in church. We've had that same look sitting in class. Oh, look, look at that. One eye opened, they're still looking. They're still looking to see what I'm like. Like, we know, his ass falling asleep. All right. Now, check this out.

He was always criticizing Biden. His video of his ass just roaming around, not knowing where in the hell he was going. Told the Iranian leaders, whoever they are, I'm staying out of this. Right. And then they got, they rocketed Turkey a couple of times. So now they said, and they said some negative things about the turrets. He needed him the guy. He was like, hey, hey, hey, hey, you're wandering.

You're wandering. You're wandering. So, I mean, Teresa, this is the snoozer in chief. I start gregg it up because I'm just like, I think I probably did that in like one of my college course classes where it's just like, you know, I mean, I woke up with the test. But, yeah, you know, it's very interesting. You know, Trump thinks whatever energy drink he's on that it doesn't happen. I also find it interesting that that clip is from their local media outlet. We did not see that on Fox News.

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So distill a nice pot of tea, everybody, turn down the gas on your Bunsen burner, and slip into your most comfortable lab coat and listen to the stuff you should know doing science playlist on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Is there any other major station? Because I'm sure Trump, you know, was probably going to threaten to remove their FEC license like he is doing everybody else. So, yes, Donald Trump is sleeping. He is not listening to an interpreter because we've seen him listen to interpreters on many occasions and in many rooms.

So he just needs to admit you are sleeping, you know, during an international meeting, which is truly important, especially as you talk about all these wins and games. But again, this is our president. So, yeah. Last month, when G7 leaders were meeting Mustafa, yep, the dotering wandering, wandering Trump. did it again. I mean, here you see, they were taking the picture, then all of a sudden, he's like, okay, I need to go take a nap. So I'll see y'all later. And they were like, no, no, no, no, bring your old ass back. We got more pictures to take.

And he's like, oh, damn, I can't, like, y'all stop me from taking a nap. I mean, it's funny, but it is a serious aspect of this, right? I used to have this older gentleman when I was growing up in my community. His name was Mr. Weyman. Mr. We would fall asleep while he was walking. We just used to have to keep our hands close to him and take care of him, whether he was in church or whether he was just walking down the road. You know, the seriousness of this is that it's very disrespectful on the international level

when you have these top-level discussions and conversations for you not to be on top of your game. Now, yes, he is a man of, you know, over 80 years old now. And yes, you know, who knows? Maybe it's because he's up late night tweeting. I don't know if that's the case you need to stop. Maybe he has narcolepsy. And narcolepsy, you know, you fall asleep. So he needs to address that if that's the case.

Or maybe. And I'm saying maybe. I'm not saying this is true. But when you have early onset dementia or Alzheimer's, it also has some significant impacts where you can just fall asleep in the daytime, of course it could be disrupted at night. So there are a number of things. So I call him Sleepy D because, you know,

he just continues to fall asleep. And he may just be bored. He may not feel that these things require his attention. So he's not properly preparing his body. Or maybe his body will no longer allow him to properly prepare. Well, we know dog on well he's been propped up. That's what's going on. And so again, always trying to sit here,

and you know and criticize Biden at return when he's sit he's just all over the place and he's like oh I don't know where I'm going I don't know what I'm doing but we know he is a flat out awful liar we know he loves to make things up and again what he's constantly doing

is just wandering and then just also just saying absolutely insane, insane crazy things. And that's exactly who he is and what he is good at. And just making stuff up. I mean, matter of fact, here he was in a restaurant making up again, the money being invested. And they can't quantify this money being invested. So remember he said 19 trillion. Listen to this one.

The country is doing well. 18 trillion being invested. And I keep telling you, MAGA's so dumb, they just believe anything. Oh, yeah. 18 trillion being invested, yet these same folks in Wisconsin are the ones who are

filing for bankruptcy because they're losing their family farms. But he keeps just lying about the investment. All right, y'all. Let's go to a break. We, of course, we have an hour I have an hour shop, Blackstone Network

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white man there's no better example than the individual who had to relieve Fox News because he kept messing with women and sexual harassment them. So Bill O'Reilly, this idiot is actually slamming Americans who are struggling with inflation saying, what's wrong with y'all? Get your act together. All his no-spin news podcast, Bill O'Reilly said these people need to stop complaining and just shut up and get to the stock market. Well, thought, record high in the stock market. You may know that. Oil prices coming down, that was easily predictable, and they'll continue to drop. We hope they go below $70 a barrel. Now, the American oil companies will take their sweet time because they want to make

as much money as possible from us dropping at the pump, but it'll happen. But the most important thing is that about 40% of Americans have no stocks, no mutual funds, no IRAs, nothing. Okay, 58% according to Gallup, have stocks. This is how you grow your money in a capital of society. Now, if you don't have any stocks, what the deuce do you think is going to happen? to you when you get older. What do you think that the government is going to provide a comfortable living for you? Is that what you think? You'll get Social Security, but that eeks by. You want to live in a trailer? Stock market is the way to amass capital. And I'm not a speculator. I just tell my guys, I have a financial advisor, and you know you have to have one. By the S&P, the state.

standard imports, that means that buy, and just hold it. My portfolio is doing great because Trump is, his policies, appeal to the big companies. But 40% of Americans don't participate in capitalism and a lot of them are yowling about high prices. Come on. You get 4% inflation here. Live in the real world. So you younger people, you got to get into the stock market. Don't take big risks. Go with the conservative stuff. What a pompous asshole.

Go to my iPad. This is from Forbes. This is an article dating November 7, 2017. Even with the $32 million settlement, Bill O'Reilly made millions last year. And when you go into the article, it says right here, okay, they did a $20 million payout to Gretchen Carlson. And it says discounting the settlement, O'Reilly would have earned $5 million last year. In fact, the former television host who now has subscription-based podcast, no-spin news, and the online video series earned $37 million in the 12

months leading up to June 1st, 2017, landing him a spot on Forbes' annual list of top-earning television hosts and his biggest annual halls since Forbes started keeping track. He made money from Fox News. He made money from selling his books, speaking gigs, a national geographic adaption of one of his books, all of that. So you've got to be pretty arrogant. Is there you need to put your money in the stock market? What extra money?

Housing costs have exploded. See, when you are worth more than $100 million, you don't really care about housing cost. You don't care about gas prices. You don't care about groceries increasing.

You don't care about daycare. You don't care about the cost. of living because you're living on a whole different level than nearly all Americans. This is what happens when you have these rich, pompous idiots who say these things. And see, one of the criticisms that I have of cable news and broadcast news is that the individuals that you're often seeing sitting in those anchor chairs are making millions of dollars living in New York City or Washington, D.C.

Their children don't go to public schools. They go to private school. They go to boarding schools. Their kids aren't riding the school bus. They're being taken to school via car service. And so he dares to say this. Oh, the way you get wealth in this country is in a stock market. Hey, how about actually pensions?

What about that, Bill? Oh, I'm sorry. Companies got rid of that in favor of four. 401ks because it was a way for them to make more money. How about increasing wages? It's a good idea. What about that? Again, this is the arrogance of white conservatives.

Oh, it's been amazing under Trump. It's been just unbelievable. Yeah, for the rich. Trump's beautiful bill? It was for people like Bill O'Reilly. Oh, he's ecstatic. Remember the last time Trump was there? They allowed folk to be able to write off planes and boats and all sort of stuff.

Because that's who Trump cares about. He cares about the super rich in America. This is just unbelievably arrogant, Zabora. Definitely. They're not worried about the little person and the person that, everyday people and what our everyday people needs. Their concern is how do we get to the top? Because they're already there, right? How do we stay at the top? And they don't care about how that affects anyone beneath them. So when I'm thinking and hearing what Bill O'Reilly says,

or I'm listening to Trump say things that is just very dismissive of the individual that has to work to stay in the position they're in. And then they're being dismissed from jobs like all of those black women from the government that did absolutely nothing, but go to work, show up, do a good job, do all of the things that they were supposed to work for years, and then you just let me go with no real reason so that you can say we don't have the budget to fund all of these services that meet the needs of our communities and the people that we really love and are around in are making the world really work that were so-called, what did they call them during COVID?

The people that, you know, we need those people. We need the Walmart worker. We need the person that's online. But when you're cutting programs that impact those individuals, how can you say that those are the people that we really need, but your programs don't flick that? So you cut funding in one era that is focused on those programs, and you increase your programs.

billion dollar bottom line. All of the tech bros bottom line has increased. Trump for as poor of a money manager as he is when it comes to our country, his bottom line and his family's bottom line continues to increase. He studies increases on how many billions of dollar him and Elon Musk and becoming trillionaires and how those things are helping their lives, but they're cutting the funding that helps everyday Americans. And the people that are his support, are the people that are getting impacted more than they even can imagine, but they're blindly supporting racism versus really paying attention to what they need and how their households are being affected from a president that they are die-hard lovers

and they're looking like what are the communists doing or the socialist doing when who are they? You can't identify them. There's no there's no accountability for our president. or the agencies that he has allowed to just control our lives. This food made $25 million a year at Fox News, and he's telling people suck it up. Like, how do you even get the right to say that? You don't even know what it's like to live in place like open. Is Teresa there?

Yes, I'm here. There you go. I was asking a question. I said, here he is. He made $25 million a year. He's having nerves to tell me. people to suck it up, invest in the stock market. You know, I'm not surprised.

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I had a white gentleman who's sitting on the board literally say, hey, you know, everybody owes more money. And so what I need you guys to do, was probably go get a line of credit or a new credit card to pay it. And I literally had to take a step back, and I said, wow, the audacity of these individuals. And I said, you know what, but it stems from the top. And the top comes from our president of the United States. And it also stems down to Bill O'Reilly, who is saying $25 million is what he's getting, but it's telling people who don't have these means to provide in other ways,

which we just don't have the resources to do. Now, if they decided to cut their salary and decrease in their commentary and start, you know, actually producing some results for those families who don't have, I guess, you know, we could figure out a mechanism to figure out how to get out of these situations, but it's always interesting.

Those who make the seven, eight-figure salaries are always trying to tell folks who, you know, only honestly just has to be. means to probably watch what they're saying and to take that type of abuse just even from a distance to tell them something different that what they're living is always just hard to hear. Just beyond pathetic, Mustafa. It is, but it is the paradigm of the haves and the have-nots and the individuals that, you know, have the wealth figure that you must be doing something incorrectly if you don't have the

wealth. You know, it's disingenuous to tell folks that they should just be. be investing in the stock market, if we're not going to make sure that people have the knowledge and the skills, if we don't have a living wage so that folks actually have a few extra dollars because most of the time people are trying to utilize those extra dollars that they might have and just survival. You know, if you don't have a certain price point, if you don't actually make enough money, you actually don't get a chance to invest in the stock market the same way that wealthy people do because they get to come in early. They get to, you know, buy up the things that they think are going to go up.

And then later on, other individuals then get an opportunity to invest. So there is a lot of disparities that exist inside of the stock market. So for him to say that, you know, just continues to show, you know, that they are very, you know, just not connected to what everyday people are actually dealing with. But it's not unusual. But unfortunately, as I close, The reason that these individuals can make these statements and the reasons that the policies that are out there that benefit the rich and not the working class is because we often elect these individuals who have no connection to us, who have never understood what it is to have to go to the laundromat or to have to make some decisions at the grocery store about what you can and what you can't get. So once again, our vote is incredibly powerful and we can change this dynamic.

And that does not mean that folks can't, you know, continue to make money and do, you know, hopefully positive things with that. But we've got to make sure that we're balancing out this system, which is incredibly unfair. And that statement aligns with that unfairness. Yep. It gives a lot of Marie Antoinette, let them eat cake. All right, folks, quick break. We come back. We're going to talk to the company that Blackhom Company and makes golf balls.

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golfers. Joining us now from Atlanta is Kenneth Duncan, the CEO of Renegate Golf Company and renegade golfer Taylor Miller, the first black female golfer to be featured on the packaging of an internationally marketed golf ball box. Glad to have both of y'all here. So first and foremost, let's talk about this ball, Kenneth. So what makes this one here different? Y'all, y'all sit me previously your other golf balls. And actually, I played. So the renegade M-B-U. And so the renegade blueprint is the new one. Yep. So the blueprint is kind of a continuation of just what we started a few years ago. Mbu means first of a line, Nigerian word meaning first of its kind. I mean, that's the first ever black-owned golf ball company.

That was kind of the start of us building out of line. But as you know, no golf company can exist with just, you know, one premium golf ball. Right. So now we're on our fifth golf ball. We released. And this one's probably the most exciting. because it has a lot of meaning behind it. So even just being here with you today

and having Taylor Miller to join us is exciting because the blueprint is kind of more of a message than it is a product system that we put into the market. Now, you previously had, like if you go to shop, blackstar debtor.com, if folks actually go there and look at that,

you'll see on that box was Maurice Allen, the three-time long driving. world champion. And so how did how did you then decide that, I did you decide on Taylor? You know, we had some conversations in the last couple years and we've kind of had a blind spot. You know, people have talked to us and our goal is always to make more golf, more affordable, more accessible, more inclusive and diverse. I met with the young lady about a year ago and she said, you know, I see a lot of men

in your products and black men and I see a lot of juniors. But if you're a golf ball company for women, we're the women. And, you know, we've always, you know, work with amazing juniors like Taylor and we've always tried to represent the future of golf. We've never done a really great job of actually displaying that. And, you know, Taylor Miller, you know, we're fortunate to have her play our golf ball, the ball used reference to Embu for the last few years. And we saw as an opportunity to really display all of the amazing things we have going on in the company and to pivot the blueprint messaging to be something that's more inclusive and even more pushing the limit than what we were doing before.

So Taylor, were you surprised when you got the call? Yeah, I was super excited when my parents had told me that Kenny had talked to them and I was going to actually be on the golf ball box. I thought it was super incredible that Kenny was giving me the opportunity and taking a chance on me. And Taylor, you're based where? Right outside of Chicago, Illinois. And where do you play?

I play at Plainfield East. I'm going to be a junior in the fall. Junior. In high school. Gotcha. All right. Making sure high school college. I have a question for you, Frat.

Have you ever seen a woman on a golf ball box ever? I don't recall. And most of the golf commercials, you're an avid golfer. None of them, you know, they're not focused on women, not focused on high performing players, you know, even in a golf commercial. our black space, you know, many people can't name one professional black golfer that's of color, you know, and we have some amazing ones. Amari Avery, who's playing great this year, is going to get an LPGA tour card. So I think we have an opportunity with this platform,

with our golf ball box, with Taylor, to really reset the messaging in golf. You know, like, there's a hold of the fastest growing group of golfers in the entire world as women. And black women make up a big portion of that. And they're underrepresented because no golf, if these are talking to them but they buy so why don't we kind of break down those barriers exist well and one of the things that you're seeing you're seeing an increase in the attention being paid if you will to to golf there are a number of different groups they're different I know several I follow several different groups on social media sisters who are, you know, playing the game, having different clubs and things along those lines,

introducing the game of golf to lots of folks. And so I take it your goals also to appeal to a lot of those folks. Absolutely. And to bridge the gap between men and women. So, you know, Taylor is not just a female golfer. She's a female. She hits the golf ball probably longer than both of us. You know, her scoring average this year has continued to give lower scoring averaging in the 70s. You know, there's no such thing as a woman's golf ball anymore or a woman-based product. I mean, she plays those horsepower golf ball we have. So I think we have the opportunity to bridge the gap and to change the narrative on what

woman golf looks like and to connect all of us in this amazing game. So Taylor, what is your handicap? Right now I play to a plus two. Play to a plus two. Average driving distance? I carry the ball, $250. Okay. All right, then. Cool, cool, cool. That's without the rollout. People don't ever really count the extra yards.

We have a couple of her clocking at about 285 in the sense. So she can put motor it out there. Well, absolutely, absolutely. And talk about the performance, if you will, of the golf ball compared to, I mean, look, the golf ball market, Taylor, is hugely competitive. Lots of brands out there. Yeah, I'd say I knew that that MbU is a good ball for me as soon as I saw it performing well with my irons. I feel like I'm a really strong iron player into greens. So just getting, being able to have the spin that I need into greens was good. And then when I was testing the ball, when I was hitting driver, the spin was honestly around that like 2,700 to like 3,000, which still getting my perfect 250 carry. and I was still rolling out to like the 280 range.

So having all the numbers line up perfectly with the MBU ball has honestly been amazing for me. All right. Cool, cool, cool. Questions from the panel. Let's go to Mustafa first. Well, congratulations to both of you. I love seeing Black Excellence. You know, my question is sort of similar.

By no means am I, you know, a golf officialado titleist. Callaway, been the balls, the times that I've went out that I've used. What makes these balls different than some of those other names that some folks might know of? Yeah, I mean, our ball, Taylor just referenced it, you know, our performance of our ball is at par, if not better than all of those. And the golf ball is a lot of a personal choice. But really, I think the question is what makes our company different? You know, we are giving back, you know, thousands of dollars into minority communities via golf scholarships.

You know, we represent more than just a golf ball company, but an entire movement in golf to become more diverse as a first ever black-owned golf ball company. And, you know, you've seen East Side do similar things in the space. So we're not just another product. You know, we're not another thing you can go play with. We're really more of a message and a movement that is looking to change the face of golf and change the way that we build our young golfers up from the ground up. Zabor.

I think this is really amazing what you're doing and just bringing in that level of diversity. So my question is, how do you, what is your strategic plan to, you know, just get more young black golfers, especially female golfers, to participate in golf and to just understand what your company is, the balls you have, and how those opportunities are out there for young golfers? That's a great question. Thank you. I think that question really lies in patience and intentionality. And from the patience part, you know, we've been working with Taylor since before she was, no, 14 years old. She's been playing our ball, and now she's performing on the highest junior golf tour in the country. We have another junior golfer who he started when he was 11 playing our ball, and now he's one of the highest ranked junior golfers in his class named Camden Guyton. So there's a level of patience required for us to catch up on the 100 plus head start of some of our white peers,

in Titleist and Calaway, that is. And then other parts in Tensionality, for us to share these stories, for us to share these stories, for us. to be very direct and upfront with our messaging, to be very authentic about who we want to help grow the game with and what we want to do with our proceeds and our revenue and just continue to be very transparent about who we are, what we want to be and where we're going. All right then. And so, again, so right now, how many different golf balls do you have out? Right now we're at three.

We can solid a little bit because we're really focusing on our premium ball, the MBU. the imbu and the blueprint as one is more aligned for beginners. And we do have a premium ball, the imbu tray, which we sent you last year, which is really more for our high, high performing players. But we really just rely on those three balls to kind of carry forward our message. You say it the imbu. So which, okay, so walk us through is the blueprint for the, you know, starting golfer or is that with that and then and the,

the imbu is for what, what would you say for better playing golfers? And then, of course, what's your top line? So I'd probably say the imbu is for that, you know, single-digit handicap and Taylor being plus handicapped. So that's what the entire imbu line is about. The difference between the imbu and the imbu tray is really just a comfort and field thing. Both of those are for high-performing, high-level players, single-digit handicaps.

But some people prefer a ball with more spin, some prefer less spin. So those two balls are very similar, but they are different than the blueprint, which is more of our entry-level beginning golf ball for your everyday player. Gotcha. So I'm a five, my handicap is 5.5. So which ball?

We're trying to get you to play the imbu. We're trying to get you on it in a couple of years now. We're going to get you hooked on a imbu at some point. Okay. All right. Well, well, I did,

no, I actually, so I played Friday in Miami with Alonzoa morning. And I played Sunday in Orlando. with Grant Hill. He was getting ready for the Tahoe tournament. Where you playing inboos,

so? Huh? Were you playing inboos, though? Yeah, I'm trying to think, which I think I played, I think I played the back nine with it. And so,

because I was, I was showing Grant. I'm going to ask you. I played down Orlando with Grant and Vince Carter a couple, and Donna, Donna Howard a couple months ago.

Yeah, yeah. Well, we play at Owlsworth. Vince was supposed to join us, but he was busy. He was busy with the kids and see again, but folks who don't know, see, Mustafa said where he is, you know,

I, you know, then you got some people out there who think they can play like Logan, who works for us, he don't know what the hell he's doing. He ain't got no clue. Terrell ain't got no clue. None of them can actually can play any golf whatsoever. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. No, Grant's going to be in the, uh, in the Tahoe tournament this week. And so I gave him some putting tips. Uh, and see, and see, this is when I, this is when you can tell people. who are not real golfers. So this is literally in my studio. This is literally in my studio. And I've never seen these jahos who work for me

even attempt to practice. So yeah, I got my, yes, I'm serious, I got the same put out mirror at home. And so I'll sit here, you know, I'll come in here and I'll practice some swings, if you will. Of course, getting ready to play. But yeah, see, that's how I would say, you can tell real golfers if they actually practice their putting in things like that.

Yeah, that's true. You got some golfers you're playing with down there in Orlando, though. Vince plays Enbu. Vince Carter plays the Embu religiously. He talked to him a couple days ago, and he's been playing a ball for well over a year now, and he can hit the ball of good ways as well. So that's about the skill level where you're going to find some improvement there. Yeah, well, I saw some of what Vince's handicap was 4.7,

And so I got to see for myself what that's like. So I'm going to need to get, I need to double check. I think I might have a sleeve of the inboos at home. I might have it. Because like I say, I played them, so I need to double check. We'll talk to Carol while making that happen. Carol, we'll have a chat after this. All right.

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Brazil. So we met with a lot of larger farmers, went from Bahia to Tokitans to Madagroso. And he brought a team of executives. They were going to help the country get in on a gold rush. Carbon and its derivatives are going to be really the next great commodity that the globe's going to trade. But back home in Iowa, trouble was brewing. If you live in Iowa, your land, your water, and your voice could all be at risk thanks to a man named Bruce Rastetter. Now, people are questioning if his climate solution have anything to do with climate at all. You got to give Bruce and the guy's credit.

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Folks, go to shop blackstarnetwork.com. Shop blackstar network.com to check out the renegade golf balls. Again, a lot of y'all out there learning the game. You have options, if you will. And so please check it out. Go to shop blackstar network.com. And this is, you know, one of the reasons why we created this to give people an opportunity to learn about these black owned companies,

such as Renegade. And I'm sitting here, and I'm trying to find it, because I was looking on, and I was a subscriber to golf digest, and where in the hell is it? Didn't you guys, your ball was also on the golf digest hot list, correct?

Yeah, so 2024, we're on the golf goddess hot list for the Mbu. We didn't produce a golf ball last year, and we just brought it back this year, but 2024 on the hot list, you'll see the Renegade Embu was awarded one of the top new golf balls in the world. It made it to the golf list silver. So that's a big deal in our first year having golf balls to be awarded as a top ball ball in the world. Absolutely. Absolutely. And so, okay, so Taylor, when I get back to Chicago, we got to tee it up.

I live in Chicago six years. So know those courses quite well. and always out, because wherever I go, my clubs go with me. And so, yeah, we'll be doing that. So we certainly appreciate it. You joining us. Thank you so very much.

Also, Taylor, tell people where they can follow you. You can follow me on Instagram at Tay Miller Golf. Tay Miller Golf? Yes. All right then. Kenneth, we appreciate it as well. And we'll be in Atlanta for a week for the National Association of Black Journal.

journalist convention. And I think that week, I think that Tuesday, October London is having a golf tournament. And then Chris Tucker, I've already, I hit him trying to find out if he's locked his date in for his tournament as well.

So look forward to, then we were just there last month for the War done golf tournament. And so look forward to it. We appreciate it. Thanks a lot. Awesome. See you out there.

All right. Thanks a bunch. Y'all go to shop, blackstar network.com. You know, as we were talking, you know, it was, when was this? When did I go out? Let me double check this date.

So this was, give me a second, y'all. This was, so June 25th, June 25th. So that, wherever that previous Sunday, I play in the golf tournament, Russ Park. My man, Kenan Towns had a golf tournament for man, Russ Park. And the Social Golf Association got together, and they do this once a month. They have a gathering. You go to my video on my iPad. They have a gathering where folks come out.

They got food trucks. They got a DJ, folks who all levels of golf, folks who want to learn the game. They come out there and you can turn the audio up. And so I was sitting out there. They said, hey, man, you need to stop out, not that loud. Bring it down, please. And so they said, hey, man, you need to come on out.

And so they were there from 7 to 10. We finished the show at 8. So I went on out and caught up with them. And they had different golf brands out there. The guys folks with a fairway was out there with their golf products. You had another company that was out there. They are the lab actually was a black own the black own company. They make they make golf clubs and so they were out there as well and so folks were having a good time.

Again folks are all skill level out there. Then they also took a big old group photo and then I actually got them to do a a drop to do a drop for the show. So we're gonna use that on the show. And so this was, of course, everybody going out to the driving range to take it all. And so that's what we did. And as I said, I wanted them to do a drop.

And so here is them doing the shout out for the show. All right, check this out. Go to my other phone. The phone, Anthony. Three. One, two, three. There we go. So, all right, so y'all know how I feel about the game of golf.

It is fantastic, opportunity to really connect with folk in a different way. And listen, man, when you go play, you're spending literally, you're spending a great amount of time around the golf for, four and a half hours with somebody. You really get to know folks. And so an increasing number about folks are playing the game. And just so folk understand, and I'm going to have him on in a week or so, let me try this week, my man, Window, has, because he has an annual golf tournament, the original T Classic, and he's been honoring black golfers.

They also have young golfers out there, brothers and sisters. They have sort of a tournament within the tournament, provides them prize money to help them. And one of the things that, and he does that tournament, because George Grant, who was a black dentist, went to Harvard. He actually is the creator of the golf tee. And so whenever I hear these people say, oh, man, y'all sit there playing the white man's game. They have no idea what the hell they're talking about.

Black people have been playing golf for a very long time. And you've got some brothers who were not for the white-only Caucasian rule. They would have been some of the best black golfers in American history. This is long before Tiger Woods. So look forward to that. All right, folks. That is it for us on today's show. Let me thank Teresa Mustafa and

Of course, Zabora, God, I'm sitting there like, wait a minute, hold it, because I'm looking for, I didn't see her, they were to sign all. Let me think they've been on today's show. Folks, also let me shout out Florida Memorial. I'm rocking their t-shirt today, the HBCU shirt that I'm wearing today. So shout out to the blue and orange, no window.

This is not the New York Knicks blue and orange. This is Florida Memorial. I have my Astros blown orange early in. So he's actually, he's a huge Knicks fan. He's up. And so paying how much, how much to the Knicks at this year's golf tournament. I said, man, don't be giving away no blue and orange crap with the Knicks on it. I want to hear that.

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And times up. I'm going to go over here and I hit a few golf balls and show these wannabe golfers in my control room what a real golfer looks like, especially poor little love. because he keep running his mouth talking about, oh, no, no, I can hit the golf ball. Y'all, that boy can't hit a golf ball to save his life.

And I took the interns last year, and trust me, it was a horrid experience for me having to actually look at that awful swing. It was just rough on the, rough on the brother's eyes. And again, he just keep claiming he can play, and I know he can't. And I told him that if he, that if he, that, and see some of y'all out there, see some of y'all trip as well, but y'all need to understand something.

Those of us can't play. And so we're just going to close the show on this, and I said to Logan, if you really want to see what a real golf swing looks like, then, and if you keep claiming, you know, your golf swing is real, which I don't buy it. Trust me, I don't buy at all. So Logan will never, we'll never have a goss swing like this. Anthony, see, Logan, you will never swing like this here. Never. Look at this.

Boom, down the line, five wood, 220 yards out. Yeah, look at that form. You can't even, Logan, you have no shot. You have no shot. I'm just letting you know. He's letting you know. I mean, you got no shot. So y'all, he thinks he has a gauce wing, but he doesn't.

But y'all know how these little young folks are today. They always run their miles and they think they know what's best. And then sometimes you just got to go ahead and spank them and show them who's the boss. All right. I'll see y'all tomorrow. Roll them on filter. Howl! Hey, this is Chuck from Stuff You Should Know,

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