#RolandMartinUnfiltered - Louisiana's Redistricting Maps, Countdown to Shutdown, Montgomery Riverboat Brawl Curriculum Guide

Episode Date: September 30, 2023

9.29.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Louisiana's Redistricting Maps, Countdown to Shutdown, Montgomery Riverboat Brawl Curriculum Guide Federal judges in Louisiana are giving the state more time to redraw new congressional maps, adding a second majority-black district.  The hearing set for next week to draw up congressional boundary lines has been blocked.  I'll talk to the State Organizing Manager, Black Voters Matter Fund, to find out what that means for voters.  We are hours away from possibly the largest government shutdown in history.  Those who hold the livelihoods of millions will still get a paycheck if Congress does not get it together.  The oldest current Senator has died.  We'll look at who California Governor Gavin Newsome is looking at to fulfill Dianne Feinstein's term.  The first of the Georgia 19 has fallen.  Find out who was the first to cop a plea in the  2020 election interference case. Las Vegas Police arrested a man for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shukur.   In our Education Matters segment, two black Alabama professors created a unique way to spark dialogue by creating the Montgomery Riverboat Brawl Curriculum Guide.  We'll have some of those questions and find out why they thought it was important to develop a curriculum.  Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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for Black Voters Matter Fund to find out what all of this means. We are hours away from possibly the largest government shutdown in American history. Those who hold the livelihoods of millions will still get a paycheck if Congress does not get their act together, but the federal workers will not. The oldest

current United States senator has passed away. We'll look at who California Governor Gavin Newsom is considering to fulfill the unexpired term of Dianne Feinstein, who passed away today at the age of 90. The first of the Georgia

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You know he's Roland Martin now. Martin! Well, Republicans may soon get their wish. We are close to a government shutdown. They have been unable to move on bills in Congress to actually fund the government. Republicans are holding out. You got a lot of infighting. They're targeting Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, looking at Democrats to save them. Now, here's what's crazy.

McCarthy is saying, hey, I'm not going to negotiate with the Democrats on a deal. Guess what, dude? You're not going to have a deal. We are looking at one of the largest government shutdowns in history. Lawmakers have until the end of the day on Saturday to reach a deal to keep much of the government open. If they fail to come to an agreement, 3.5 million federal workers will not be paid. Millions of women and children could lose nutrition assistance and child care, and national parks will close. Some federal workers are considered essential, such as active

duty military and air traffic controllers, they will stay on the job, but they have to continue working with no pay. They will receive back compensation once the government shutdown ends. While millions of families will suffer during this shutdown, those members of Congress,

nope, they're going to keep their paychecks. That's how that works. Michael Imhotep, host of the African History Network, show out of Detroit. You know what, Michael? Here's the thing that's just constantly crazy to me. You see what's happening on the Republican side. I mean, this Freedom

Caucus is doing everything they can to hold Kevin McCarthy hostage. And you've got Hakeem Jeffries, who's a Democrat, is a House minority leader. He's like, hey, player, we ain't going to help you out. In fact, a little bit earlier today, Hakeem Jeffries actually spoke, and I'm going to play this in a second, what he had to say. And it was just interesting again. And he's literally trying to say to McCarthy, hey, man, we're here. If y'all want to talk, let's talk.

But they don't want to have any conversation whatsoever with Democrats. They want to try to do this thing all on their own. Let's see how that goes. Yeah, it's going to go very poorly, Roland. And this is something that I warn people about. Like I said last Friday, during the 2022 midterm elections, I said Democrats have to maintain control of the House of Representatives because we know that Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution, the power of the purse, the ability to tax and spend belongs to Congress. So even though the White House, even though the president submits the

annual federal budget, comes up with the annual federal budget, it's approved by the 12 subcommittees, the 12 appropriation subcommittees in both the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. So now you have these coup plotters and the Freedom Caucus led by Matt Gaetz, who's a loyalist to Donald Trump, who has a vendetta against Kevin McCarthy, you have them blocking the stopgap. You have them holding up a actual budget, and they are trying to get severe budget cuts implemented to actually pass a budget. This is the other thing that's taking place, OK? So because they don't like the budget that Joe Biden put forth because they couldn't get their way. Now they're trying to do it on the back end and hold America hostage at the same time.

So this is an example of how elections have consequences. The last government shutdown in December 2018, January 2019 lasted 35 days. It was very severe. And as I said last Friday, 18 percent of African, 18 percent of federal employees are African-Americans. So this hurts us directly. This is a speaker. This is a hockey representative, Hocking Jeffries, yesterday after the Senate actually passed their bill. We've seen this horror show before, short in the 1990s, when the Republicans shut the government before. We saw it in the 1990s when the Republicans shut the government down because they wanted to slash Medicaid. We saw it in 2013 when the

Republican extremists shut the government down because they wanted to repeal the affordable care act. We saw it in 2019. Beginning in December of 2018. When for 35 days Republicans shut the government down

because they wanted the American taxpayer to waste billions of dollars on Trump's medieval border wall. We've seen this horror show before. And it's playing out again. An extreme mega-Republican shutdown. And so we have a simple request And it's playing out again, an extreme MAGA Republican shutdown. And so we have a simple request of the Republicans in the House. When a bipartisan continuing resolution comes over from the Senate today, tomorrow, this weekend, put the bill on the floor for an up-or-down vote so we can end

this MAGA Republican nightmare. And if you don't, you own this government shutdown. That was yesterday. Well, this was Jeffrey's today. That we support the continuing. House Democrats met earlier today. And we are unified in the position.

That we support the continuing resolution that is working its way through the Senate and prepared, ready, willing, and able to vote for it the moment it crosses over to our side of the Capitol. We just need House Republicans to do the right thing by the American people and put the bipartisan continuing resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives for an up or down vote. What is the alternative? They tried a partisan continuing resolution and they failed. And there was no way out of their Republican civil war. The only path forward is to partner with House Democrats in a bipartisan way. And we're prepared to do just that.

Again, we're going to see this shutdown because the GOP, they continue to be obstinate. Xavier Pope is an attorney. He joins us right now. Xavier, what do you make of the Freedom Caucus and the nuttiness going on there? I mean, they're fighting Matt Gaetz. I mean, who the hell's even running the show? Is it Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, or Kevin McCarthy? Kevin McCarthy clearly is not in control of what's going on at all. That's been from the very beginning.

This is pretty much what has been telegraphed to what they would do to Kevin McCarthy, wouldn't put him in a situation where they could use him to potentially bully him out of that space. And so this has not been an idle threat by them. I think that Republicans, they're getting a dose of their own medicine, but this is the bet they laid in dealing with MAGA Republicans and being out of control and putting the American economy in jeopardy and in jobs and in a process. And this is not a game. This is this is people's lives that they're having to deal with. And it's unfortunate to see what's happening right in front of our faces. But the reality is they don't care, Xavier. This is who they are. As we played the clip from Fox News where Karl Rove was kind of like,

yeah, y'all can blame the Republicans because they're the ones that keep shutting the government down. They're good at it. They shut it down when Trump was in there. In the first two years. Absolutely. Xavier, go ahead. Yeah, I mean, this is what they do. I think that using this bully pulpit

and using the lives of real people in terms of how they attempt to govern that will harm other people, I think it's something that's to remember about the Republican Party. Wanting to... This is not something that's just about political gamesmanship. That's something for people, citizens, Americans,

to recognize when talking about the so-called patriots of the GOP and the actions that they take. And I think that they don't care. Cruelty truly is the point in how they operate. And the loudest of those voices seem to be the cruelest of them all. There was a vote today to keep the government funding through October 31st. It failed 232 to 198. 21 Republicans did not vote with McCarthy.

And their whole deal is fine. We'll shut it down. Final comment before I go to a break, Michael. African-Americans have to understand that this is about self-preservation. This is not about a D or an R. It's about whose policies are most beneficial to us in stopping the threat of those who are trying to policies are most beneficial to us and stopping the threat of those who are trying to do the most harm to us. And right now, those doing the most harm to us are Republicans. They have to be stopped. Oh, absolutely. Hold tight one second. We come back later in the show. We're going to talk about the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein,

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before folks in Louisiana cast ballots for gubernatorial and other state races. Early voting begins on Saturday. A federal judge has planned to hold hearings next week to draw up congressional boundary lines given Louisiana, a second majority black district, was blocked in a two-to-one ruling. The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, very, very right-wing. In fact, out of the 25-plus judges on that court, only three were appointed by a Democrat. The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal judges said Baton Rouge-based U.S. District Judge Shelley Dick

was moving too quickly and must give the state more time to consider a new map. Okay. The maps, they actually were passed by the Republican-dominated legislature, including only one mostly black district. That's the one held by Congressman Troy Carter. They were passed over the objections of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards,

who agreed with voting rights advocates, who said a second majority black district is needed in a state where the population is roughly one-third black. Louisiana has six U.S. House districts, five represented by white Republicans, and just one Democrat. Joining me now from Shreveport is Omari Jose, the state organizing manager for the Black Voters Matter Fund.

Okay, so first of all, glad to have you on the show, Omari. I'm confused here. Didn't the legislature pass this map early 2022? There was enough time after the federal judge declared it unconstitutional to redraw them for the 2022 election. Supreme Court goes, hold on. They got to stay in place. Here we are, September, almost October 2023,

and the Fifth Circuit said, oh, they need more time? That's right. That's right. And honestly, you know, we are disappointed. We are disappointed, but we are not surprised by what the Fifth Circuit Court just did. You know, as the facts, if you just look at the facts, and I think you laid it out really well, Roland, there's 33% of the Louisiana population is Black.

We have four white Republicans, one Black Democrat, and the census has showed us, the population has showed us, that the maps that we just voted on in midterms were unlawful. And by this legal maneuvering, it seems that they are trying to slow it down, slow this process down so much so that in 2024, we might again be voting on more unlawful maps. Right. I mean, and the Fifth Circuit, let's be real clear, the Fifth Circuit is extremely conservative. And so it probably drives them crazy if Supreme Court has made their decision regarding Alabama. And this Louisiana case mirrors Alabama to the T.

Yes. I mean, look, we are very excited about the precedent and the decision that the U.S. Supreme Court made. But, you know, from a community level, right? Because I'm not a lawyer, right? We have our legal team that is helping to support that. But on the community level, when we see as community members, as organizers, as advocates, that the courts are able to maneuver, that the defendants, the GOP, is able to do all of this political maneuvering to keep us from our voting power to dilute, delay, and defer, what type of hope does that send on the ground, right? And so it has been an additional investment as an organizer in Louisiana to continue to rally our folks and say, yes, what you're seeing is a continuation of voter suppression,

but you still have to get out and vote. And so a part of the work that we're doing starting tomorrow, because as you mentioned, we are in the midst of an election, early voting begins on Saturday. We want the community to recognize that the legislators who are saying that they need more time, despite the fact that they've had since 2021 to review maps, those same legislators are asking us to vote for them in this election, October 14th. And so what we are doing is what we call Black resistance. This is our Black resistance part two, because I think an additional groundwork we have to lay when we're talking about Louisiana is the myriad of issues groundwork we have to lay when we're talking about Louisiana is the myriad of issues that Black people have to contend with, from environmental injustice

to gun violence now, voter suppression, and the utilization of the courts to keep us from our voting power. So that leaves us with no other option than to mobilize, educate, and register our Black electorate and let them know what is going on in the courts and, furthermore, to connect the decisions that were made by legislators who want you to vote for them tomorrow. It is really important that we continue to do that, and that's why we are waging this Black resistance campaign. We won't black down on a national level with Black Voters Matter

because these types of things, these types of delays, they draw the hope out of people, right? People who are already disenfranchised from the ballot now, they get this new information, and what is it that we do with it? So we as Black Voters Matter, we as organizers

in Louisiana, we want to let folks know that despite this political maneuvering, we have precedent. The facts are on our side when it comes to the congressional maps. The population of Louisiana, 33 percent Black. So it's just almost a waiting game. But I do want to say, I do want to lift up that Friday, they still will have their oral arguments. The judgment from the district court by Judge Shelley Dick still says that the maps are illegal. The congressional map that they have offered up is unlawful. And so with that fact on the table, that is not something that they can refute. And I think it is important for us to inculcate, to incorporate and to include

this political and popular education into everything that we do as we mobilize folks for this election, as we prepare for 2024, but also when we're in these chambers, when we're at the legislature, during this legislative session in May of next year, we want to make sure that we are continuing to hold the people that are responsible accountable for what they've done. You know, now, while all that is happening,

and I definitely want you to speak to this here because Gary Chambers talked about this last year when he was running for the United States Senate. The black voter turnout in Louisiana is just awful. What are you seeing on the ground there to get people to understand that y'all are fighting, people are fighting, they're suing to get a second district,

but if we turn out with our numbers, black people can actually determine who the leaders are in Louisiana. Trust me. Trust me. Look, can I be real with you, Roland? Yeah. When people are seeing what's happening in the courts and they decide that they don't want to participate in a process that has already disenfranchised them, that there is a group of people in this state that is going above and beyond to dilute their power, what is it that they're really holding on to to go out and vote? And so our organizing has been to, number one, affirm the fact that people aren't crazy, that there has been a clear lack of representation of our issues.

And you mentioned Gary, you know, just the other day, he was down at the Baton Rouge City Council fighting around this brave cave issue and that there are people that we elected that look like us that may not have said anything about that issue that impacts us. Right. And so these are the day to day thingsday things, from police brutality to environmental injustice to gun violence. These are the experiences from lack of housing that Louisianans are dealing with, right, from day to day.

And so a part of our conversation has been to connect that issue with the decision-maker, with the ballot. That has to be in every conversation. It has to be on every level, right? And that when I talk about Black resistance, I'm talking about from the media, right? These conversations we're having in the media

to the one-on-one conversations we're having with people to really understand what is it that's going to drive people to the polls. Is it the court decision? Or is it the fact that who they elect can make sure that they put dinner on their table? That who they elect is actually going to say a darn thing about the fact that there is 250 chemical plants between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that is literally killing people, right? That we are going to elect somebody that will stand up for us. We have to, I don't want to use the word convince, but we have to demonstrate

that our people have the power not only to go to that ballot box and elect somebody who will represent and change their situations, but we have to show people that their power extends beyond the ballot box, right? And that accountability looks beyond election day. It looks in between elections when we're at those chambers, right, when we're having meetings with our legislators, when we're doing these marketing campaigns. That's what accountability looks like. And so I think as we have these conversations and overcome these very real concerns around, does my vote count? Will my vote count? Will the person I elect actually represent me? While we're contending with those concerns, we also have to be educating our people on the connections because that is how people are

empowered. And we have to show people that this work, this work is 365 days a year. So yeah, if we just do an election day or right before an election, how can someone really mathematically and strategically believe that we can change things? This is a 365-day movement of black resistance and accountability and really being able to decipher what is really happening and how does it impact my life? Questions from panel. Xavier Pope, you're first. Yeah. I don't really talk about the low turnout, but what are ways do you instead of just just information, obviously, gathering to voters? What are different ways are are connecting to those voters or potential voters to to to let them know that their vote truly does count, unique ways to bring them to the ballot boxes,

even as their votes are being steamrolled by a white supremacist state legislature in the state that you represent so many of our people? Yeah, no, that's a really good question. I think, like, one of the first things that we really try to focus on is defining our own wins. We can't keep letting the broader system define a win for us. Right. And I think that's really important. And I think sometimes those wins are smaller sometimes.

OK, so if our overall black voter turnout in the state of Louisiana might continue to look low, let's look deeper at our precinct level turnout, right? Because that is where our partners are, our grassroots partners, our authentic messengers, the folks that people really look to and trust when it comes to making decisions and saying, you know that famous question that comes even in the C3 space, people will ask, well, who should I trust? Who should I vote for? And it's not necessarily going to be Omari at Black Voting Matter that can say that, speak to that, but it will be a grassroots partner or that person on the block or that faith leader who is, again, their 365 days that can really demonstrate for them how they can utilize their power. But redefining wins is a huge thing. Spending some quality time with our people in community is another big thing.

Again, when we show up the day before, the week before, even a month before an election, people know what to expect, right? But when we're always there and when we're talking about more than just voting, we're talking about how you're doing, right? Your health care. We're talking about your child care. We're talking about how you're doing, right? Your health care. We're talking about your child care. We're talking about food and the quality of your food. We're talking about the air you're breathing. And we start to really build that relationship with people

because it takes relationship to build the type of movement we need to shock and activate Black voter turnout. But what I do want to say, the numbers may say our voter turnout is low, but as we've gone from community to community these past two months and over these past three years since I've been in Louisiana, we are building an infrastructure of grassroots organizations that can over time, over time, they're not going to know what came at them because we've been building quietly. And that, I think, is a huge touch point. Build your institutions, build your groups.

And from there, you start to see that change. Michael. Hello, Omari. Thanks for coming on today. Love the passion. Love those Ankh earrings also. When we look at the history of Louisiana and we look at the Louisiana State Constitution of 1898, it imposed poll taxes, literacy tests, and property ownership requirements to suppress the African-American vote. In your information in

which you teach people to understand the power of voting and how all aspects of their lives are impacted by politics. What do you also teach about the Louisiana state constitution? I'm just curious. So I think that your question is very interesting and very timely because the past two years we've been fighting around our slavery exception clause in our state constitution, right, that allows hard labor here in the state of Louisiana. And there has been a movement nationwide to remove these exception clauses. And so when it comes to the Louisiana state constitution, over this particular campaign of removing that exception language that allows for

people to, you know, like places like Angola, they're picking cotton, that allows for that to happen in our state, I think it's important. I think more people are changing their view and seeing the power of the state constitution as it relates to that particular issue. But I think that overall, we don't want to get lost in the minutia. We want to stick to the bigger picture and the larger picture and then come down from there. Right. And so when it comes when we say things like, you know, slavery is still legal in Louisiana. The question then becomes how then we can point to that Louisiana state constitution and say, hey, this is how this is the language that that that makes slavery permissible in the state of Louisiana. And these are the specifics. And we're able to relate this large issue that people already care about with the documents,

the foundational documents that help this to be a reality. Right. We've been fighting in our legislature, legislature, and we we've been able to track how we actually change land in our state constitution. And it's been a very informative issue. It takes me all the way back to one of my first points. Accountability. There are legislators that are allowed to stay in our state constitution

and that's where the fight is. The people who are allowed to happen. All right then. Well, look, keep up the fight. It's critically important to have boots on the ground who are doing the work. Omari, we certainly appreciate it. Thanks a lot. Thank you, Roland. All right,

folks, going to go to break. We'll be back right here on Roland Martin Unfiltered on the Black Star Network back in a moment. Next on the Black Table with me, Greg Carr. An hour of living history with Dr. Richard Mariba Kelsey, thinker, builder, author, and one of the most important and impactful elders in the African-American community. He reflects on his full and rich life and shares his incomparable wisdom about our past, present, and future. African genius is saying that my uncle was a genius,

my brother was a genius, my neighbor was a genius. I think we ought to drill that in ourselves and move ahead rather than believing that I got it. That's next on The Black Table, here on the Black Star Network. Hatred on the streets, a horrific scene, a white nationalist rally that descended into deadly violence

white people are losing their damn lives there's an angry pro-trump mob storm to the u.s capital we've seen we're about to see the rise of what i call white minority resistance. We have seen white folks in this country who simply cannot tolerate Black folks voting. I think what we're seeing is the inevitable result of violent denial. This is part of American history. Every time... I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun?

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In a big way. In a very big way. Real people, real perspectives. This is kind of star-studded a little bit, man. We got Ricky Williams, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner. It's just a compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves. Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne from Brothers Osborne. We have this misunderstanding of what this quote-unquote drug ban.

Benny the Butcher. Brent Smith from Shinedown. We got B-Real from Cypress Hill. NHL enforcer Riley Cote. Marine Corvette. MMA fighter Liz Caramouch. What we're doing now isn't working and we need to change things. Stories matter

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rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills to speak for themselves. Find resources for breaking through barriers at taylorpapersceiling.org. Brought to you by Opportunity at Work and the Ad Council. People of color have made progress. Whether real or symbolic, there has been what Carol Anderson at Emory University calls white rage as a backlash. This is the wrath of the Proud Boys and the Boogaloo Boys.

America, there's going to be more of this. There's all the Pr boys, guys. This country is getting increasingly racist in its behaviors and its attitudes because of the fear of white people. The fear that they're taking our jobs, they're taking our resources, they're taking our women. This is white people. Bye-bye, Tampa. Hey, what's up, y'all? I'm Devon Franklin. It is always a pleasure to be in the house. You are watching Roland Martin Unfiltered.

Stay right here. This week, Vice President Kamala Harris stopped in Florida where she continued her tour of college campuses across the country. It was a conversation she had with rapper Fat Joe and others. Here is that discussion. Thank you to Vice President Harris, Fat Joe and others. Here is that discussion. Thank you to Vice President Harris, Fat Joe, Anthony Ramos for choosing FIU and for choosing to fight for our freedom. With the election approaching upon us,

we understand how important and how pivotal it is for our voices to be heard and for our votes to be casted. Our thoughts turn into words. Those words turn into actions. And those actions dictate the fate of this country, which is why I ask, what strategies can we, the people, employ to empower and engage marginalized communities to ensure voting rights are respected and that our voices are heard? Thank you very much. All right. All right, Iswaldo. First of all, you will make a difference in this world. I have no doubt about that. And that is true for your classmates. And of the many ways that you can and will make a difference

one of those ways is to vote it is to vote and so I will shamelessly plug a government website vote.gov where you can go online and see if you are registered to vote and then easily register to vote I would encourage you to have your family members and friends do the same thing because it does make a difference. And I'm going to take you back to 2020 during the height of a pandemic when people there was extraordinary loss of life. People lost their jobs, loss of normalcy, but people didn't give up hope. And they turned out to vote in record numbers. Young voters turned out in record numbers. And because you did, in fact, can I see a show of hands who voted in 2020? Right. And because you voted, Joe Biden is president of the United States and I am vice president of the United States.

You voted and you said, deal with this climate crisis. on the streets of America over the next decade to invest in resilience, to adaptation, to invest in environmental justice and equity to deal with this issue. We have dealt with the issue that y'all demanded that we deal with when you voted, which is the fact that so many of our families don't have access to high-speed internet or cannot afford it. The pandemic made that clear, the disparities. And so we are on track to put high-speed internet in the home of every family in America and make sure that it is affordable. You said let's deal with the issue of lead pipes, because in far too many of our communities, our children are drinking toxic water out of lead pipes. And this is having an

impact on their ability to learn and their health. And it is disproportionately affecting immigrant communities, communities of color and low income communities. We are in the process of removing all lead pipes. Y'all voted and said, let's deal with the issue of student loan debt. And so we had an initiative to forgive up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, of which the majority of Latino students are Pell Grant recipients. Sadly, there is a political agenda to undo what we are trying to do, and we're going to have to still have that fight fight and we are continuing to fight. But because you voted, we were able to implement the policy in the first place. Elections matter.

The other point I will say is this. It's not as simple as vote and your vote will matter. You also got to know that there are people right now who are intentionally trying to make it difficult for you to vote. One of the things that was a byproduct, I believe, of the extraordinary young voter turnout in 2020 is that you saw in states around our country them trying to pass laws to make it more difficult to vote in Georgia. Passing a law to say that it would be against the law, illegal to give people food and water

if they're standing in line to vote. The hypocrisy abounds because what happened to love thy neighbor? Here in Florida, a law was passed that would not allow people who have served their sentence for a felony to vote. One million people now in Florida, the largest number of people who have done their time, are being prevented from the ability to exercise their civic duty and the full rights of citizenship. And let me tell you, it does not have to be this way. In the majority of states, it does not have to be this way. In the majority of states,

people who have served their time have the right to vote. And again, the hypocrisy abounds. What happened to the concept of redemption? Come on. Come on. Come on. So understand that not only is it an extension of your ability to make a difference, not only is it about you expressing your voice in the many ways you can, but also understand what you're up against in terms of some people that are scared when you exercise your voice and therefore try to make it more difficult for you to vote.

And I say we are up for the challenge and we will not allow anybody to silence us. And voting is one way to make sure that you reduce those numbers who are trying to do just that. Folks, it is going to be quite a battle today. We're leaked at Robert Kennedy. He plans on running as an independent. He's angry, Michael, because he said that Democrats are, his words, rigging the election. I saw this, Joe Concha, who's with Fox News,

is one of the dumbest political commentators out here. It was a pure idiot. He goes, oh, this is great news for Trump. It's going to kill Biden. A lot of other people disagree that a Robert Kennedy independent run is somehow going to hurt Biden. Thoughts? No, I don't think it's going to hurt Biden, but also people have to understand math. And unfortunately, in 2016, a lot also people have to understand math. And unfortunately, in 2016, a lot of people didn't understand math. Some African-Americans did not. It takes 270 electoral college votes to become president-elect. No third-party candidate has won a single electoral college vote since 1968. You win electoral college votes by winning the popular

vote in the state. So anybody telling you that the popular vote does not matter is lying to you, and they have not read the U.S. Constitution, because the U.S. Constitution created the electoral college. So Jill Stein, we know, like for instance, won Michigan by 10,700—I mean, Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes in 2016. Jill Stein got 50,000 votes out of Michigan. Lastly, Ralph Nader, who many people blame for Al Gore losing to George W. Bush in 2000,

Ralph Nader is supporting Joe Biden this time around. Ralph Nader realizes democracy is on the line and a third party candidate is a loser. The thing here that is always interesting to me, Xavier, when you start looking at and breaking down all these different people, I mean, look, Robert Kennedy is a crank. He's a conspiracy theorist. His own family says he's a nutcase. And so, frankly, anybody who's following him likely would not have voted for Biden anyway.

Yeah, I think there is a certain section of the electorate that does not like Joe Biden, but aligns himself politically with many of the different things that the Republican Party stands for, but want to feel special in that they don't support either side. And I think that there is a space for them. They're Americans. You have the right to have whatever political opinion you so choose. But I think there is behind it a profound ignorance about their true civic duty to be able to preserve the system that they're calling themselves independent from.

And so I think that that is something that they fail to recognize. And that's why I see the danger of someone like that to maybe even people not even support him, just not vote at all. So it does put a lot of disinformation out there, a lot of confusion. And some of the work from your guests earlier talked about there are many in the African-American community that do share a lot of conspiracy theories about the system of one party is no different from the other. And they maybe not necessarily support something that Robert Kennedy would say, but would listen to him and say, I agree with a little bit of that, or some of the silly things that Joe Rogan says. And that keeps them out of participating, out of voting at all. And so those are the voters you really have to convince. But other than that,

this guy doesn't have a chance in any way, in shape, or form in terms of the 2024 presidential election. All right, folks. Hold tight one second. Got to go to break. We'll be back right here. Roland Martin unfiltered on the Black Star Network. Lots more news to cover and break down for you folks.

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is real good fertilizer. And that's what has been so beneficial to us. But you also were not afraid of the pivot. Well, and I'm a black woman in business. Come on, I don't care how I dress up. I don't care who I'm speaking with.

I don't care what part of the world I am in. I still am a black woman in business. Being afraid of the pivot, being fearful of change is not what got me here. Respectful of change, not what got me here. Respectful of change. Respectful of pivot. Yeah. Fearful?

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Me Sherri Sheppard and you know what you're watching, Roland Martin, unfiltered. Să ne urmăm în următoarea mea rețetă! Folks, today the United States Senate in California lost one of their leaders. Senator Dianne Feinstein passed away at the age of 90 at her home in D.C. She'd been in failing health for quite some time, really started in 2018. She missed a lot of time earlier this year with the shingles. She did return. In many ways, she was being helped by her staff with some of the most basic tasks. She also, of course, was battling even her family when it came to the execution of her late husband's estate. Tributes poured in from around the country, including, obviously, the state of California. Vice President Kamala Harris, who served as a U.S. senator there as well, had this to say about the

passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein. Senator Dianne Feinstein was one of the greatest public servants that California and our nation has ever known. As the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco, and the longest senior woman to serve in the United States Senate and the longest-tenured woman to serve in the United States Senate. Dianne Feinstein broke barriers and inspired generations of women to run for office and improve the lives of millions of Americans through her vision,

courage, and leadership. From her work to help pass the assault weapons ban in 1994 to her work to safeguard California's public lands and her longstanding advocacy for reproductive rights, marriage equality, and LGBTQ plus rights, Senator Feinstein helped build a better America. For years I witnessed Senator Feinstein's leadership when the cameras were on and when they were off. In 2008 when I was re-elected district attorney with San Francisco was Senator Feinstein who swore me in. As a United

States Senator it was my honor to serve the people of California alongside Senator Feinstein. That, of course, was Vice President Kamala Harris with her tribute to Senator Dianne Feinstein. Also today, President Joe Biden, he was speaking at the retirement. First of all, he was speaking at the retirement of General Milley. I'm going to play that in a second. But this was today on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Senate majority leader chuck

schumer. Earlier this morning, we lost a giant in the senate. Senator diane feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the senate, who ever graced the country. She had so many amazing wins. She had so many amazing wins. was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate,

who ever graced the country. She had so many amazing, wonderful qualities wrapped up in one incredible human being. She was smart. She was strong. She was brave. She was compassionate. But maybe the trait that stood out most of all was her amazing

integrity. Her integrity was a diamond. Her integrity shone like a beacon across the senate and across the country for all to see and hopefully emulate. So a flower was replaced on her desk as well as her country for all to see and hopefully emulate. So a flower was replaced on her desk as well.

Her family was in attendance as well as the entire congressional delegation when those words were spoken. This right here, even Senator Mitch McConnell had some words to say about Dianne Feinstein. The Republican leader. You know, we all refer to each other as my friends from whatever state it is. Honestly, frequently that's not true. But Elaine and I were actual friends of Dick and Diane. Elaine served on a corporate board with Dick for a number of years. When they were in town together, we would frequently have dinner together.

Elaine and I got married shortly after the 92 election. And I remember that Diane gave us a small depiction of the Capitol. I looked at it this morning, because it's still on the wall, and remembered our dear colleague as a truly remarkable individual as the majority leader. Folks, a lot of folks, obviously, again, when you look at the moments here, and then when you think about her past in terms of the role that she played, this one right here took place when she, let's just say, had a few words to say to Senator Larry Craig of Idaho. So the gentlelady from California needs to become a little more familiar with firearms and their deadly characteristics. And I say that because it is...

A personal privilege for a moment, please? Yes, certainly. I am quite familiar with firearms. I became mayor as a product of assassination. I'm aware of that. I found my assassinated colleague and put a finger through a bullet hole trying to get... I proposed gun control legislation in San Francisco. I went through a recall on the basis of it. I was trained in the

shooting of a firearm when I had terrorist attacks, with a bomb at my house when my husband was dying, when I had windows shot out. Senator, I know something about what firearms can do. Senator, I am not accusing you of not knowing. What I'm accusing you of is not broadening the issue to understand the debate. That was one of those moments. And so remember, this is the same as seeing Larry Craig. Wasn't he busted for having sex with other men in a bathroom in Idaho? That's the same Larry Craig. So he's sitting here trying to give lessons. Yeah, that's the same one.

So you might want to listen to that. Tributes did not only just take place in the United States Senate. This is Congressman Donald Payne of New Jersey, member of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaking about Senator Feinstein in the House. Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. House will be in order, please.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Take the in order, please. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Take the conversations outside, please. The gentleman from New Jersey will continue. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. As a senator, she served the people of California for 31 years and she was the longest serving female senator in American history. Senator Feinstein was a true trailblazer. She was the first woman elected to the San

Francisco Board of Supervisors. She was the first woman elected to serve as San Francisco's mayor and as a senator, she was the first woman elected to serve as San Francisco's mayor. And as a senator, she was the first woman to chair the powerful Senate rules and Senate intelligence committees. That was Congressman Donald Payne Jr. there in the House. You heard Senator Feinstein there talk about her history with guns. She was a member of the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco, and it was she who had to announce to the city, the state, and the world the deaths of the assassination of the mayor of San Francisco as well as one of the other members of the Board of Supervisors,

activist Harvey Milk. President of the Board of Supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. Oh, Jesus Christ! The... All right, get him! Get him! Hold it! Hold... Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! The suspect is Supervisor Dan White. What was so stunning about that, she talked later,

for a number of years she never talked about that particular moment. But it was several years later, she talked about Supervisor Dan White, who had been fired. He was trying to get his job back. He literally walked past her office. She spoke to him. And then moments later, she heard the gunshots where Moscone, as well as Harvey Harvey Milk were gunned down in their offices. Already people are talking about who's going to replace her. But last year, Governor Gavin Newsom said that he was going to appoint an African-American woman to replace Dianne Feinstein.

But then the race began for the folks running for what she now she was going to run for reelection. And so many people thought early on that one of those folks was going to be Congresswoman Barbara Lee. But she's now running for the seat against Congresswoman Katie Porter and Congressman Adam Schiff. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, still Congresswoman, is supporting Schiff in a huge way. And so then Newsom

announced he was not going to appoint Lee. And so therefore, she's been taking a lot of shots at him as a result. And so he said he's going to appoint somebody solely on the interim basis. This, of course, leaves the Senate in a very precarious situation. Democrats have a very slim majority. It calls for New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez to resign. And so Michael Gavin Newsom is going to have to move real quickly to appoint someone to replace Dianne Feinstein because this stops a lot of the business, such as confirming Biden Harris's federal judges because he was she was a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Yeah, Roland, you know, this, you know, today's a sad day as well.

Dianne Feinstein was a giant. Gavin Newsom has to appoint an African-American woman. He has to appoint a black woman. And, you know, I was looking at coverage of this. He doesn't have to, but I understand your point. Well, yeah, he needs to. First of all, he said he would. Two, there's going to be heat on his ass to appoint a black woman.

And according to the article from NBC News dot com on the passing of Dianne Feinstein, when Senator Kamala Harris became vice president, Kamala Harris, Dianne Feinstein suggested to Gavin Newsom that he appoint Alex Padilla, who became the senator. While you had African-Americans saying it should be a black woman, Senator Dianne Feinstein told Gavin Newsom it should be Alex Padilla. So this time around, Gavin Newsom needs to get it correct. Xavier? Xavier? Yeah, we all agree that this was a giant of a person and part of American history. And a lot of young women look to her to get into politics.

I think that is a precarious situation that Gavin Newsom finds himself in. But he has to act pretty quickly so that business is done on judges. Because as we're seeing, they are impacting a lot of things that are happening on the ground for citizens of this country. That's the most important part. This is a sad day. It should be mourned by many, celebrated by both sides of the

aisle, but the business of getting things done in this country, we've seen two senators right now, those positions being precarious in terms of where they are, need to move forward. It is, you know, again, that was a lot of heat for the last year, really the last couple of years, Michael, on Senator Feinstein to resign. She, of course, had lots of issues there. She relinquished the ranking position on the

Senate Judiciary Committee because Democrats wanted somebody who was a lot more stronger, had more vigor to fight Republicans on that. She held on as long as she could. And many people were saying that, frankly, she should have not run for reelection or retired even four or five years ago, because really for the last four or five years, her staff actually did the job. Right. And there were even stories where she was even as, you know, they were really voting for her. Go ahead. Yeah, I agree.

And unfortunately, you know, I've seen different stories about, especially when it comes to the Senate. Senate is different than the House of Representatives. There are only 100 U.S. senators. There are 435 members of the House of Representatives. And sometimes people don't know when to hang it up. It could be the Senate. It could be boxing.

It could be NBA basketball. But sometimes, from my understanding of this, people get so used to the title of senator. They get so used to the way that they're being treated. A lot of times they don't know when to retire. OK. And yeah, she should have retired a few years ago. Mitch McConnell is another one who should have retired as well. So, you know, but here, Gavin Newsom is going to move quickly to fill that seat. And this could also strengthen Bob Menendez defiance in saying he's not going to step down because he said, well, wait a second. You can't lose two Democratic senators. You know, so we'll see how this plays out.

But Gavin Newsom needs to nominate a black woman. Somebody get that message to him. President Joe Biden spoke today at the retirement ceremonies of General Milley, the four-star chief who was head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He did make some remarks about Feinstein. Before I begin, I want to say a brief word about Senator Dianne Feinstein. I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no.

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and the Ad Council. Who passed away this morning. She was a historic figure, trailblazer for women, and a great friend. Diane made her mark on everything from national security to the environment, gun safety to protecting civil liberties. The country is going to miss her dearly and so will Jill and I. I have more to say about her later today. Vice President Harris, our second gentleman, Secretary Austin, members of Congress, leaders of the Department of Defense, both current and former, friends and officials from around the world. Thank you for being here today.

Those were the comments there of president Joe Biden. Speaking of general milley, he, of course, was serving under that capacity when Donald Trump was in the oval office. He, of course, has talked about really the role that he played

in terms of fighting for this country and really battling the idiotic fool who was sitting in the Oval Office and how crazy he was. I mean, they actually had a plan to keep that fool from starting a nuclear war. That's how nutcase Donald Trump was. And in his remarks today, in his retirement remarks, Milley made perfectly clear he didn't use any names, but it was real clear who the hell he was talking about when he said this. To a country.

We don't take an oath to a tribe. We don't take an oath to a tribe. We don't take an oath to a religion. We don't take an oath to a king or a queen or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We don't take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution and we take an oath to the idea that it's America and we're willing to die to protect it. Every soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, guardian and Coast Guardsman, each of us commits our very life to protect and defend that document, regardless of personal price. Xavier, who's he talking about? Milley got illy with that one.

He said that with his whole chest rolling. And you know he was talking about Donald Trump calling him a wannabe dictator. He made sure to let you know. Not a wannabe dictator. He was fired up. He said that with his entire swole up chest. He's letting you know exactly what he's talking about. Donald J. Trump.

I thought that was that was pretty strong there, Michael. Yeah, it was strong. And, you know, Milley went on, you know, he called out Trump without calling his name. Trump is probably posting on fake social about it in retaliation. But also over the past few days, the information resurfaced that it was General Milley who talked Donald Trump out of using military troops against George Floyd protesters as well. You know, so this shows how deranged, using one of Donald Trump's words he likes to use with Special Counsel Jack Smith, this shows how deranged Donald Trump is. He can never be allowed to come back into power in any shape, form or circumstances.

Indeed. And of course, in his remarks, Lloyd Austin, who is the Secretary of Defense, who was a, of course, retired four-star general, he remarked about the man who is going to be replacing General Milley, and that is General Brown, who has been confirmed as the next head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Here's what Austin had to say about him. When I was commander of Central Command, General Brown was the commander of my air component. And he led forces in combat during the air campaign against ISIS

and rallied our allies and partners to help destroy its terrorist caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Now, General Brown also has a superpower for teaching. He did two stints at the Fighter Weapons School where he taught the Air Force's most elite airmen. And wherever he goes, he sets a powerful example with his quiet confidence and his deep integrity and his constant compassion.

Now, General Brown would not be where he is today without his wife, Shireen, and their sons, Sean and Ross. Shireen has served right alongside CQ through 20 moves. She has helped shape DOD's exceptional family member program so that more families with special needs can get better resources and support. So to Shireen and the entire Brown family, thank you for all that you do to strengthen our military community and for supporting General Brown as he takes the helm of our joint force. General Brown, I know that you'll make us all proud as a chairman. All right, then.

I can't wait to see my alpha brother in that role. It says something also, Michael. Two top, the top civilian and the top military leader, both African-Americans for the first time in history. Yeah. Yeah, it does. And it happened under President Joe Biden. And you may have some who say, oh, well, African-Americans shouldn't be in the military. This doesn't matter. But one of their jobs is going to be to deal with the white supremacy or the white supremacist views or the white supremacists in the military.

OK, and you're going to need people like General Brown to you're going to need people like General Brown to deal with this. And at the same time, you know, this this reminds me of of people who protest against the police, but don't realize there's a nationwide shortage of police officers. And we have the ability to acquire power right now to stop a lot of this nonsense that's taking place. So this is, I think, an important opportunity as well. Indeed. Hold tight one second, folks. News of an arrest in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. We'll give you those details when we come back right here on Roland Martin Unfiltered on the Blackstar Network.

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We're about to see the rise of what I call white minority resistance. We have seen white folks in this country who simply cannot tolerate black folks voting. I think what we're seeing is the inevitable result of violent denial. This is part of American history. Every time that people of color have made progress, whether real or symbolic, there has been what Carol Anderson at Emory University calls white rage as a backlash. This is the wrath of the Proud Boys and the Boogaloo Boys. America, there's going to be more of this. There's all the Proud Boys, guys. This country is getting increasingly racist

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It's time for skills to speak for themselves. Find resources for breaking through barriers at TaylorPaperSealing.org, brought to you by Opportunity at Work and the Ad Council. Women, this is White Beat. Hello, I'm Marissa Mitchell, a news anchor at Fox 5 DC. Hey, what's up? It's Tammy Roman, and you are watching Roland Martin Unfiltered. All right, you knew it. They were going to start flipping the first of the Georgia 19. That is the 18 folks indicted along with Donald Trump in Georgia by D.A.

Fondley Willis has flipped Scott Hall, a bail bondsman, has cut a deal with the district attorney there. He is a bail bond in Atlanta. He pled guilty on Friday afternoon. He was involved in commandeering voting information that was the property of Dominion Voting Systems from Coffey County. Judge Scott McAfee sentenced Hall to five years of probation, a $5,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. And he has agreed to testify against the other defendants. Xavier, you knew somebody was going to flip. These are folks saying, I am not trying to go to prison for no damn Donald Trump. Well, we've seen over time that in that state, slowly but surely, no one wants to go to jail for this clown, Donald Trump.

And it just goes to show you that, you know, I think that there's been a disconnect in the beginning from a lot of people that once supported him. And so I have seen over time that he really doesn't have their back in terms of support with legal fees and any of those things. And now that's where we are now. Michael, again, to sit here and watch all of this play out, look, there should be no shock. I think others are going to flip as well. And you're going to see people saying, I'm not going to risk two, three, five, ten years of jail time because of that dude. Absolutely. A lot of them are going to flip. And Scott Hall was facing five

misdemeanor charges. Some other ones who are facing felony charges, who don't have the money to pay for the legal fees. Those who Donald Trump is not going to pay for their legal fees. Oh, my correction. Donald Trump's stupid ass supporters not paying for their legal fees. They're going to flip as well. They're not going to prison for this fool. OK, and let me tell you, Rudy Giuliani is going to Rudy Giuliani is not going to go to prison for Trump either. Trump owes Rudy Giuliani last I heard three million dollars in back legal fees. I know he did a fundraiser for him.

Maybe they raised a million dollars. Rudy is not going to go into prison for Trump either. So it's going to be a whole lot of them singing like Alicia Keys and Beyonce when all this shakes out. Absolutely. All right, folks, let's go to Las Vegas where authorities there have arrested a man

in connection with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. Dwayne Keith D. Davis, one of the last living witnesses for Tupac's fatal drive-by shooting, is facing murder with the use of a deadly weapons charge. In his 2019 tell-all memoir, Compton Street Legend, Davis admitted he was in the Cadillac on September 7th during the drive-by, where Shakur was gunned down,

the rapper was in a BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Mary and Suge Knight in a convoy of about 10 cars. They were waiting at a red light when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them and a gunfire erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died a week later. I don't know what the hell he was thinking, Michael, by putting in the book that he was in the car when the killing took place.

Last I checked, Xavier, murder has no statute of limitations, correct? Well, F-A-F-O is is always going to win undefeated because why would you admit to being in that situation? I don't I don't understand that. Maybe I don't know what you're bragging about it. But I wonder why it still took after that amount of time for them to connect him to the facts in that case and ultimately make that arrest. So that's what my, that was my initial reaction. If we, if they knew this was the guy and just connecting the facts to the fact now he's now arrested. But a long time.

I mean, people, some people were even on the internet, okay, how can he be arrested for something if Tupac is still alive? Some of the city, there are people that really believe that Tupac's still alive, bro. It is still, that still blows my mind. Well, I just, it sort of, Michael, reminds me of the people who commit the crimes in rap videos.

They public. They want to blame the prosecutor. They public. Well, not only that, then you have people who want to blame the prosecutor for prosecuting the person when the evidence lines up with what they rapped about as well. OK, so but here in this situation, the New York Times has a good article on this. Mark DiGiacomo, the chief deputy district attorney in Clark County, he said what was lacking here was admissible evidence that they can use in court. So this appears to be connected to the search warrant that was executed a few months ago in regards to the murder of Tupac Shakur. And apparently within those few months, they were able to acquire admissible evidence in court. So here we have this today. We'll see how this

plays out in court, where it's not what you think you know is what you can prove, but this is huge news right here. I don't know, Xavier, you're an attorney. This took place 27 years ago.

Did my man have this took place 27 years ago. What? What? My man, did my man have like, did he have like the clothing and everything like mounted in a case or something? I mean, I mean,

if they find, if they find some evidence, like 27 years later, you got to be one of the dumbest criminals I've ever seen. Yeah. Probably so. He might be one of the dumbest criminals

he's ever seen, but many cities across America have the clearance rate is ridiculous in solving crimes of young black men. Yep. And so that even men like Tupac Shakur.

So many go unsolved murders. And so I still go back to why it takes so long. I understand about admissible evidence. Yeah. But we have to look at how the work is done to be able to put men behind bars who kill people and openly brag about it. Absolutely. All right, we're talking about dumb.

I'm going to go back to Georgia to show you dumb. A Georgia state senator who's been ripping fellow Republicans because he wants to replace D.A. Fannie Willis. His ass now suspended. The Republican Senate caucus got sick and tired of homeboy lying. And so they just finally said, you know what? We're just going to go ahead and suspend you.

Colton Moore of Trenton again has been attacking his fellow Republicans, calling them rhinos for opposing his plan to impeach Willis for indicting Donald Trump. The caucus said it was indefinitely suspending Moore because of his willfully misleading people and causing tension

and hostility within the state legislature. Moore is still a member of the state Senate and still affiliated with the Republican Party, but he may face challenges to pass legislation without the support of the majority caucus. I mean, you know there's got to be something right there where Republicans are like, you know what, we about sick of

your ass. I think what's fascinating... You suspended. Go ahead, Xavier. Yeah, I think what's fascinating in that state is that you just see a splinter in Republicans in that state that just flat out don't want to deal with the baggage of Donald Trump and seeing the change in the political narrative of that state, wanting to be able to protect themselves, and just flat out just want to move past Donald Trump in that state.

So if you're riding with the MAGA train, it's a losing bet in the state of Georgia right now. And Republicans have pretty been demonstrative about that. But the infighting, we started, we led the program with it. In the Republican Party, there is a faction of radical Republicans, and not necessarily radical Republicans of the history, we don't. And the quote-unquote attempting to be

as mainstream as possible is what we know as modern politics going on, and we see that big time in the state of Georgia. Absolutely. Michael, go ahead. Yeah, you know, the broken clock is right twice a day here.

Republicans are correct to suspend Senator Colton Moore, who had the audacity to want to impeach District Attorney Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis for indicting Donald Trump. OK, so once again, you know, this is a MAGA death coat. Let's just call it what it is. It's a MAGA death coat. And these people have to be held accountable and have to be taken out of power. You can't let stupid-ass people have power. All they're going to do is something stupid with it.

And it's a whole lot of stupid there. Also, y'all folks, a Tennessee judge has ended the conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Orr and a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school. Shelby County Probate Court Judge

Kathleen Gomes terminated the 2004 agreement allowing Sean and Leanne Tuohy to control Orr's finances. Orr signed the deal when he was 18 and living with a couple as the colleges were recruiting him as a star high school football player. The story is the subject line of the movie The Blind Side, which earned Cedric Bullock

an Oscar. Although the conservatorship is ending, the dispute over financial issues will continue. This is still a strange, strange story to me, Xavier, that this is 19 years later after signing this. This man went to the NFL, was a pro there, one of the best offensive linemen, and this conservatorship was still in play. Many people first really begin to learn about this conservatorship when Britney Spears went through her battle with her family, her dad, her mom as well. But this Orr one is crazy because, again, anybody who watched the movie,

they claim that they had adopted him. Now they came out and said they actually, that was never their intention to adopt him. He's like, yo, y'all been getting paid off of me making all of this money. I haven't benefited. This story is all kind of twists and turns. Roland, this is where it is

with the original agreement. Michael Orr's understanding was he knew of the conservatorship, but how it was represented to him was fraudulent. The family, Tui family, and this is how we are all family. We're connected together, and this effectuates us being a family.

So Michael Orr, not having one, took that to believe that this was cemented, this familial relationship, not as some sort of fiduciary for him to act on his behalf to be able to take care of his legal and financial affairs. That's not how he understood it. So a lot of people criticized him writing in a book. He knew what it was, but he didn't describe it in the legal organization of what it actively actually does. And so it's really terrible to see how he was taken advantage of at such an early age. And people look at, oh, he's young, he's, yeah, I mean, he was in a very vulnerable position regardless of what his age and majority might

have been, and so there are plenty of adults are taking advantage of all the time in fraudulent conservatorships, so this is what happened to him, and it's terrible that it's taken this long, but they need to pay up. I think it's, their image, the great white savior, I mean. I think it's their image, the great white

savior. I mean, I didn't watch the movie and I didn't watch the movie because I knew something was shady about what happened. So now we're saying it happened all these years later. Michael. Yeah, Roland, you know, I did watch the movie and it did have a great

white saviorship taint to it. I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. Across the country, cops call this taser the revolution. But not everyone was convinced it was that simple.

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Find resources for breaking through barriers at taylorpapersilling.org. Brought to you by Opportunity at Work and the Ad Council. I think there's going to be a sequel to this movie to deal with this other information as well. But I've heard things going back and forth on this. And the family said that Michael Orr knew that the adoption was just not a legal adoption, but just this is what they called it. So we'll see how this plays out in court once again. But when I saw the movie, it just didn't make sense to me. I'm sorry. It just didn't make sense to me. OK, so it seemed like there was a lot more to this that was actually being being told in the movie.

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Joining us on the show right now, which, of course, is quite interesting, if you will, because you talk about, man, an actual curriculum surrounding this. Please welcome to the show for our Education Matters segment. Right now, Dr. Linda Holloway, Associate Professor of Counseling, Alabama State University. Dr. April Berry, Ed. Professor, University of South Alabama. All right. Glad to have

you. So whose idea was this? It was collectively, but I would say I initiated it. Okay. And so you initiated it. And so but why? What was it about this where you said, you know what, we can actually teach around this?

There are a multitude of reasons as to why there's not one single reason, because as an academician, when I approach something in a counselor educator, it's from the perspective of how can I use this in my classroom? So we want to build students to so that they have critical thinking skills. And we did not want them to walk away after all of the TikToks, after all of the laughter and all of that to just simply, that's it. But to have a conversation around the historical psychological aspect of this.

For example, you see the guy, he's at work. So let's talk about, because I teach career counseling, let's talk about violence in the workplace. But violence in the workplace against a Black male or Black people, that did not start on August 5th. And so with having those questions and creating a safe place in the classroom will allow students to have those kind of

intellectual stimulating conversations. So how has this been received? Very well, very well, because one of the things that we try to do is have it in such a way that is user-friendly. You can select those questions that are most appropriate to you. And if you want to change and modify, give you an example. I had a faculty member from Tuvalu University, Dr. Wendy White, to call me. She teaches a class on race, ethnic, and medical. And she wanted to use some of those questions as discussion questions from a medical perspective. April? Yes, I would say so. It's been received really well. Also, one of the things that we really wanted to do was to allow for everyone to have a voice in critical discussions such as this.

I think a lot of times we in the moment can have our own personal reactions, our own personal reflections, but how often is it when we can all come together in perspective places and have these more critical dialogues? And so specifically for my role as the clinical director who supervises other mental health professionals, I wanted to make sure that our clinicians were able to have safe spaces among the staff to talk about these issues, but also the clients that we serve who are coming in who may have mental health challenges, who've experienced microaggressions and different oppressions, that our clinicians are prepared to talk about these issues and create that safe space for our clients.

For the both of you, April, I'll start with you. Were y'all even surprised at the visceral reaction, how people responded with such glee to what took place? I would say that I was a bit surprised just because I feel like, you know, oftentimes these issues are going on in our society and, you know, people are always talking about them. So I didn't expect such, you know, reaction to the curriculum. But then at the same time, Dr. Holloway and I are both creative and innovative in how we approach different topics. And so I

really felt that our creativity and our innovation around this curriculum could potentially spark some great dialogue and people talking about it. So in that regard, I think that I wasn't surprised. But initially, you know, just trying to get something out there, especially around such topics as this, I was, you know, trying to figure out, is this going to be something that takes off? And indeed it did.

Lynette? I want to add to that, the incident itself, in terms of being shocked and surprised, being that I am actually here in Montgomery, Alabama, working at the Alabama State University. I was indeed surprised because oftentimes when these events happen, people are just standing around just using their cameras and we post it and then we move on to something else. But this really was a moment in time that people collectively came together and said, you know, no more. But it has happened, you know, in other areas. But ideally, the surprise was broad daylight. You got numbers of people out there and just seeing white privilege on display. Because oftentimes when these things happen, we share them and they said, oh, that was back in 1618, that was a long time ago, that this does not happen today.

And so to see it happen right there in front of our eyes and it was not somewhere like a Trayvon Martin, where the person is isolated, running while black or any of those things that they could collectively come together to support their coworker. All right. Questions from the panel. Michael, you first. All right. Sister professors, thanks for coming on, sharing this information with us. What how do you connect history in this course with what we saw on August 5th? We know Alabama is a former Confederate state. You have the Alabama state constitution in 1901 and imposed poll taxes and literacy tests and codified segregation and codified white supremacy in their state constitution, as

well as the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. So how do you connect history to what we saw take place August 5th? April, Dr. Berry, it's on me. Okay, so how I connect history is, if you think about where did this incident happen, it happened at a place where slaves were actually brought in. So I'm connecting history right there in the moment right there. Okay, what are some other things that have occurred historically? So one of our questions deal with the summer of 1919.

A lot of people don't know about that summer. It's called the hot summer. The red summer. The red summer, yes. The red hot summer. It's called the hot summer. The red summer. Yes. The red hot summer. Thank you. And so you have this young male, black male who's 14, who is out swimming. There's really no line of deparkation that say black or white swim, but he drowned. And after that, there's a lot of rioting. So we're connected. Okay. Another aspect would be a lot of people like that. But we

were really rooting for the young man when he swam the cross and everything. But what is really, we want to peel back the layer. Why is it that black people cannot swim? So we have a video in there that actually talks about that because there's time when blacks are swimming, they throw acid in the pool. So there's a lot of history around that.

But I know you talked about specifically just Alabama history, but we look at it from a more global perspective. But if there's something to be related specifically about Alabama, then obviously it will come out. Okay. All right. Thank you. Xavier?

Dr. Holloway, Dr. Berry, thank you for your contribution to our conversation. I think that one of the interesting questions that was on your guide was about African Americans generally felt as a collective community pride about what happened. And asking why did black people feel a sense of pride in that? What made you, first and foremost, ask your connection to the pride in that sense and your experience with that and gathering that information to show that African-Americans did show a sense of pride in that? And why do you feel that overwhelming pride seemingly didn't get as much pushback as other racial incidents

that go viral and memes shared about the conversations themselves? That's a great question. I think for me, when I look at the black pride here, I feel like, you know, as a collective, when black people come together, we see that there is strength in numbers. I mean, that that dates back to our history. We talk about Alabama's history. We talk about, you know, the Montgomery boys caught bus boycott and all of these different things. When black people came together, that signaled a message. And so I think for me, like I really value the fact that we can come together, though we may not do it as often as we should. And it takes incidents like this for that to happen. But yet when we do come together, it shows our collective strength. And I think that

that was definitely on display in this particular incident where everybody is sitting here looking at someone who is being attacked on their job, who's just doing their job, and how we were able to come together in that moment and say, hey, we are not going to stand here and allow for violence to happen when this person didn't do anything at all. And we wanted to show the world that there is strength again in our numbers. All right. First of all, good luck with this. How many, first of all, how many students are participating? Well, I teach a class in counseling, diverse population. So that class usually run anywhere from 15 to 20 some students in that class. I teach cultural competency, usually somewhere around 30 undergrad students. All right. Well, we surely appreciate it. Thank you so very much for joining us.

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And, um, you and President Biden worked to pass historical gun safety legislation. What else can be done to address gun violence in our communities? I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. Um, Pulse nightclub, um, Parkland. I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. Pulse nightclub, Parkland, not to mention what we see in terms of everyday gun violence in cities and neighborhoods across our country.

So yes, because folks voted, we are proud that we were able to pass the first meaningful gun safety legislation in 30 years, but there is still more work to do. I'd like to start with asking the students here if you would indulge me and raise your hand and hold it up if you had to have, between kindergarten and high school, an active shooter drill at your school. I would ask the older adults to look around, and I would ask the media to take note. And you can lower your hands, because I don't think that people really understand what you

all have been through. You know, in having this conversation with young people and young leaders in our country, I can't tell you—I'm telling the majority of people who know because you've been there—the kind of fear that our young people, that our children are living with. The exposure to trauma just knowing that it might happen, much less when it actually happens. I had a conversation with this student, and we're talking about this, and the student said to me, yeah, I don't like going to fifth period. I said, well, why sweetheart? Because in that classroom, there's no closet to hide in.

And so, again, I say it doesn't have to be this way. When it comes to the issue of what makes for good laws and policy, here's the thing. First of all, some people are trying to push us, a false choice that suggests you either are in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone's guns away. That's not what we're saying. I'm in favor of the Second Amendment. And we need an assault weapons ban and universal background checks and red flag laws. Assault weapons designed to kill a lot of people quickly.

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