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8.11.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump Seizes D.C. Police, 800 Guard Deployed; TX Dems Block Quorum; VA Axes 400K Union Contracts Donald Trump has done something no president has ever done before.... Putting D.C.'s police force under federal control and sending in 800 National Guard troops. The mayor calls Trump's actions "unsettling and unprecedented." We'll talk with Markus Batchelor from People For the American Way about what this means for democracy and civil rights in the nation's capital. Meanwhile, for a second straight week, more than 50 Texas House Democrats remain out of state, blocking Republicans from reaching the quorum needed to push through a controversial mid-decade redistricting plan. We'll bring you the latest on this high stakes political standoff and what it means for voting rights in Texas. And in a sweeping move affecting hundreds of thousands of workers, the Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated union contracts for over 400,000 employees. We'll break down which unions are impacted and what this means for VA staff nationwide. #BlackStarNetwork partner: Fanbasehttps://www.startengine.com/offering/fanbase This Reg A+ offering is made available through StartEngine Primary, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC.  This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. You should read the Offering Circular (https://bit.ly/3VDPKjs (https://bit.ly/3ZQzHl0) related to this offering before investing. 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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It's Monday, August, it's Monday, August 11, 2012, I am Dr. Omecongo, Dabinga, filling in. for Roland Martin today. Here's what's coming up on Roland Martin unfiltered, streaming live on the Black Star Network. Donald Trump has done something no president has ever done before, putting D.C.'s police force under federal control and sending an 800 National Guard troops. The mayor calls Trump's actions unsettling and unprecedented. We'll talk of Marcus Batchelor from People for the American Way about

what this means for democracy and civil rights in the nation's capital. Meanwhile, for a second straight week, more than 50 Texas House Democrats remain out of state blocking Republicans from reaching the quorum needed to push through a controversial mid-decade redistricting plan. We'll bring in the latest on this high-stakes political standoff at what it means for voting rights in Texas. And in a sweeping move affecting hundreds of thousands of workers, the Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated union contracts for over 400,000 employees. will break down which unions are impacted and what this means for our VA staff nationwide.

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Rolling with rolling now. Yeah. He's funky, fresh. He's real the best you know he's rolling martin now. Twice impeached and criminally convicted felon in chief, Donald Trump is seizing control of Washington, D.C.'s police force and deploying 800 National Guard troops, declaring it Liberation Day, and vowing to take our capital back. Trump used an emergency power in the D.C. Home Rule Act to temporarily put local police under federal command, saying the cities facing a public. safety crisis. That's despite crime hitting a 30-year low last year. And we're here for a very serious purpose, very serious purpose. Something's out of control,

but we're going to put it in control very quickly like we did on the southern border. I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse. This is Liberation Day in D.C. and we're going to take our capital back. We're taking it back under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States. I'm officially invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is? And placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control, and you'll be meeting the people that will be directly involved with that. very good people, but they're tough, and they know what's happening.

They've done it before. In addition, I'm deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order of public safety in Washington, D.C., and they're going to be allowed to do their job properly. And you people are victims of it, too. You know, you're reporters, and I understand a lot of you tend to be on the liberal side, but you don't want to get mugged and raped. shot and killed. And you all know people and friends of yours that happened. And so you can be anything you want, but you want to have safety in the streets. You want to be able to leave

your apartment or your house where you live and feel safe and go into a store to buy a newspaper or buy something. And you don't have that now. The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogota, Colombia, Mexico City, some of the places that you hear about. You about as being the worst places on Earth, much higher. This is much higher. The number of car thefts has doubled over the past five years, and the number of carjackings has more than tripled.

Murders in 2023 reached the highest rate. Probably ever, they say 25 years, but they don't know what that means because it just goes back 25 years. Can't be worse. Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people, and we're not going to let it happen anymore. We're not going to take it. Meanwhile, the D.C. Police Union, representing over 3,000 officers, has voiced support for the

administration's actions despite recent declines in crime. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called Trump's move unsettling and unprecedented, stating, given some of the past rhetoric, We are not totally surprised. We know, however, as most have heard from the president's press conference, that he has prerogatives in DC unlike anywhere else in the country, including his authority given by our home rule charter to require the mayor, to require me to supply services of the Metropolitan Police Department. and he also has control and the ability to deploy the National Guard. But let me be clear, as our rule charter is also clear, and the president's executive order restates. Chief Pamela Smith is the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department

and its 3,100 members work under her direction. The Home Rule Charter requires the mayor to provide the services of MPD during special conditions of an emergency, and we will follow the law. Though there's a question about the subjectivity of that declaration. In fact, the chief has already provided a high-level liaison and point of contact with the federal government, and made those initial contacts. The executive order is also clear that the president has dedicated his authority to make requests of us to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

I have reached out to Attorney General Bondi and hope to schedule a meeting school soon. Joining us now to discuss this escalation is Marcus Batchelor from People for the American Way. Margus, thank you so much for joining us tonight. Thanks for having me. Absolutely. What is your initial take to what has transpired today in Washington, D.C.?

Well, I'm outraged by it. I think, and all of America should be outraged by it. What we saw is the president rant and rave and used the authority, test the authority of his power to take control over a city where over 90% of the people, people didn't vote for him or his values three times in a row. I think it is D.C. now, but everyone should be concerned that it will be their communities tomorrow.

This president has demonstrated both in a hyper-local sense here in D.C., but also nationally, that he's willing to test the limits of his authority to demonstrate and to just make a point. But when he takes authority over a local police department, that puts people's real lives in line. And what we've seen is that the president has always made people in the District of Columbia less safe. Whether you think about him sicking troops on peaceful protesters in 2020, whether you think about him sicking a mob on the United States Capitol in our neighborhoods in 2021, when you think about him partnering all those people convicted under local and federal law for those crimes when he reentered the White House earlier this year,

Donald Trump has only made people in D.C. less safe, and all residents in D.C. are very concerned about this order today. Now, Mark, as you talked about all residents, when I look at this order, when I look at what he's talking about, and when I hear the language, it doesn't seem like this is something that he's interested in for all D.C. residents. He talks about tourists who are coming in. He's talking about people who work in the White House and the federal government where the rest of us, I lived in Southeast for 15 years, where the rest of us, many of us who are black, it seems like we're the ones that they're trying to protect us from, but it doesn't seem like there's real support or care for the rest of the citizens of D.C. How do you see that?

Yeah, that's absolutely right. I think you caught the red flag in this whole press conference that he is so embarrassed about these crime rates that he's pulling out of thin air from years and years ago in terms of D.C.'s He's weaving all of these hyperbolic narratives about how he has to get it under control as a symbol for the nation. But again, he is projecting because, unfortunately, he has to see the manifestation of all his lack of investment, of all his lack of work on things like public safety, on things like housing, on things like crime, the things that bother him on his drive to his golf course, but don't bother him enough to do anything about.

So what he wants to do is lock up the people that he says are a problem for his eyesight. What he wants to do is displace the unhoused people who are disturbing his view on his way to his golf course instead of solving those problems, but that has real material impact for the people here in the District of Columbia. Well, Marcus, when you talk about the homeless part and kind of weaving into what you were just talking about, he says that the homeless people or the unhoused people need to leave D.C. Last time I checked if you're unhoused, you don't have a place to go. when you talk about the work that you're doing with people for the American way,

you're having conversations about what needs to be happening for the unhoused people, as well as the services that need to be applied to young people within the city so that they are not involved in crime in the first place, which doesn't seem to be something that Trump has cared about. Am I correct? Absolutely not.

But if we think that Trump actually cares about public safety in any sense, but especially public safety in the District of Columbia, I think we're just feeding into that. that lie. Donald Trump could care less about public safety in the District of Columbia. This is exclusively about power. This is demonstrating to his base to the rest of the country that he's willing to, again, test the limits of his power. And it's also a test for us. It's a test

on local autonomy, right? This is, the mayor is right, an unprecedented attack on local home rule in the District of Columbia. And it's a test of his limits. how he can replicate this across the country. The District of Columbia wasn't the only city he mentioned in today's press conference. When the press asks him if he's willing to do more, he said, yeah, Chicago and Oakland and Baltimore, I think we should all point out that all of those cities are also led by black mayors as well. So this is a power grab on black power across the country, and this should be a warning sign. And this is an open and salvo and what I think is going to be a national campaign.

Before I bring in the panel, one other thing I want to talk about, just I'm really paying attention, as I mentioned, to the language. I hear him say people being mugged, raped, shot, and killed, people living in bloodshed, bedlam and squalor. He talked about armed gangs running through the city. It almost made it sound like it was like, you know, Mogadishu, you know, back in the 80s or something to that effect. And when I was listening to another commentator earlier today, they were talking about how the language he was using is reminiscent of when he was talking about the Central Park. 5. And it seems like he's just bringing that rhetoric back up to try to foment more anger from people to justify what he's doing today. Yeah, I mean, it's old racist rhetoric. You know, Trump might be a new character in this long

line of history, but he's using very old rhetoric. He knows how to dehumanize black people. He knows how to dehumanize poor people and house people so that he can, or immigrants so that he can do what he wants. And he knows how to typecast certain types of people and certain types of leaders, which is why you also see him only call black leaders in Congress and in big cities, low IQ. He knows what that means, right? How that signals to people about black people. And I think that we should be very concerned about that.

And in a plurality, black city, where he doesn't just have, right, a little bit of fame. and, you know, the ability to buy a newspaper, right, in the sense of the Central Park Five. He is now the president of the United States with over 12 federal agencies at his disposal, the D.C. National Guard, and the military beyond that. What can he do, right? He destroyed five lives with a little bit of fame in a newspaper. What can he do to hundreds of thousands of black lives as president of the United States? What to bring in my panel?

I have Kelly Bathia, J.D. Communication Strategist out of Washington, D.C., as well as Joy Cheney, found of J.O.I. Strategies, also out of Washington, D.C. So we're all living in here right about now. Kelly, your question for Marcus? Oh, a question. I had a comment. But I guess, considering that we are in a black space right now, being the four of us and most of us who are watching this programming, considering that We did all that we could do, right? We voted. We campaign.

We've marched. We've protested. We've boycotted. We've screamed. We've silenced. We have done all we can do. What else, right? What more can we do?

Because frankly, I'm still in this resting period, right? Because when you have. have exhausted all that you can do. What else is there for us who are in the same boat? Yeah, well, we've got to build the biggest boat possible and get as many people in it so that we can take turns rowing. I think the president's strategy in this second term, and they've been, you know, really plain about it, is to flood the zone, to flood you with as much controversy. with as many problems as possible so that we do feel overwhelmed by it. But I think what today's announcement shows is that we have to remain vigilant,

that we have to remain active in these fights because, you know, who runs our local police department we never thought, right, in a million years that we would have to, you know, fight the president of the United States for control over public safety. And again, that's D.C.'s fight today. But he is on a rampage. And so we've got to, you know, make sure as many people as possible can fight that we take our breaks when we need to. But Donald Trump is clearly counting on our silence.

It's counting on us and getting tired enough to be complicit. And we see some of our leaders in D.C. doing that, saying, all right, well, we're just going to, you know, figure it out. No, this is an affront to democracy. This is a threat to public safety. And we've got to treat it like that. And as many people as possible have to get in. that fight. Joy, your question. Okay, well, you know what? I'm not even going to pretend with the question here because I know we're going to engage you in a conversation. Here's the deal. If you

are a funder out there, this is the time. We need you to get off your ass, whatever has been happening, your planning meetings, your long time thinking. It's time to get boots on the ground, money on the ground and in the hands of the people who can use it, non-profit organizations who are struggling right now. We need that. We need you to fund people for the American way and others as well. I'm just going to start there because I think that's a conversation that needs to be had if we want to really fight back. We also have to make sure lawyers are tooled in this moment. If you are a lawyer, you're at a law firm, you ought to be beating down the door of the District of Columbia, trying to say, what can we do to be a part of the

effort to defend this city against what will be encroachments on Home Rule? To be clear, please, this is a question. Can you just remind everyone what the Home Rule laws say about how long Donald Trump has for this emergency designation because it's not indefinite. And I think what the mayor was saying today was we're going to hold him to it. That's right. So, yeah, Section 470 of the Home Rule Act, which gave 50 years ago the residents of the District of Columbia, local home rule, says that the president on a temporary basis can federalize the metropolitan. I'm Noah. I'm 13. And as you might have seen from the news, I got a podcast. And I explain those fake headlines like your uncle would, like your cousin would if he actually did the research.

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But to your point, there's a second stage of this fight, and we need to make sure that we're urging members of Congress to come back to Washington, ready to hold a check on the president so that he doesn't extend this power indefinitely and doesn't inflict further damage on the residents of the district. Now, Kelly, I know what I came to you and asked what your question was for Marcus, but you also stated that you had a comment, so I wanted to make sure you got that comment in before we went to our break.

Please, let us know what's on your mind. The comment is that this is all bullshit. That's the comment. You know what I'm saying? And I hate saying it so succinctly, but it really is because I go back to just the previous administration being Biden when, if I recall correctly, his granddaughter got robbed in D.C. And he had, if he was going to exercise full nepotism, had every right to declare an emergency for his grandbaby and bring in the National Guard and track down the monster. that hurt his baby, did not do it, right? Did not do it.

So when you talk- No, go ahead, Kelly, finish your point. Then we'll go to a break. We're going to come back with the discussion as well afterwards. So go ahead, finish up, your point. It's just like, I'm tired. It's the conflation of bullshit that this administration has to do in order for it to do what it wants to do.

It is extremely frustrating. And frankly, all of this could have been avoided if you had voted for the black lady. no i hear you this is a discussion that we're just getting started you all we're going to go to a quick break and come right back with more of this conversation you're watching roland martin unfiltered right here on the black star network next on the black table with me fred the united states is the most dangerous place for a woman to give birth among all industrialized nations on the planet think about that for a second that's not all black women are three times more

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an even bigger 35%. So the numbers are clear violence is going down but Trump's out here saying crime isn't really falling even talking about some quote unquote phony numbers investigation

Marcus I'm coming back to this phony numbers investigation because I'm thinking about Bureau of Labor Statistics and it seems like his mindset of don't bring me no bad news if it's something that he doesn't like he's going to make up numbers

to justify what he wants to do and it seems like working to occupy D.C. after he tried it in Los Angeles is the latest example of this. Absolutely. And the president has a long history of coming

after D.C. again, since his first term, he is repeated rhetoric that the federal government should take over D.C. He said it on the campaign trail last year and we should, again, take his word for what he says he wants to do.

will find whatever work around he can, again, just to prove his point. And now he's found this opportunity, obviously, to also distract the rest of the country from the Luma Epstein scandal that he's going through. But, you know, it also is a good opportunity for him to, quote, unquote, flex his muscle. And yeah, if he can do it standing on top of some fake numbers about how Washington, D.C. is the worst city on the planet. He's willing to lie and obfuscate to do that. But to your point, the numbers don't lie. We are not a perfect city, but local leadership has worked very hard, and local leaders on the ground have worked very hard to wrap our arms around folks struggling in our community,

to get them in housing and get folks off the streets to put young people into productive programming. And I think he's only disrupting the work that we've been doing over the last several years. And, Joy, I want to come back to you. I know you had a comment to make, but I also want you to speak on the optics of the fact of them turning over so much of this authority to Pam Bondi and taking away the responsibilities and authority of the black women

leadership here in Washington, D.C. I want to get your thoughts on that in addition to what you were about to speak on earlier. Well, a couple of things. Let's be clear. The mayor has been clear. They have not taken away her authority. They've layered her, to be sure. But the metropolitan police department

is still in charge of the police here. The reason of these things are so important is that we have to continue to keep follow the law. There are certain things D.C. is complied, you know, required to comply with. There are other things that they are not required to comply with. Think we don't want to give Trump more credit, more power than he's already taking. So it's really important to hold that because if he violates it, she will have some rights to sue. So we want to make sure we're keeping the line straight.

And, of course, the attorney for the district of Columbia is already looking at this. So I just think that when you see her muted response, it's because she's saying, I'm going to follow the law, and you better follow the law too. Her chief is still in control of their department. What the federal government is doing is different, and they'll have to partner together. I think that's just important, a small tweak. The other thing is that, you know, we have to continue to rely on the numbers. The fact of the matter is crime is down in D.C.

But that does not mean it's perfect. It is not perfect anywhere. What this is Donald Trump trying to make a play so that he can take over not just D.C. But other cities as well. Obviously, it's easier here in D.C. because it's not a state, which I thought the mayor was very right in saying, if you are a Democrat in Congress, who believes the D.C., you know, who's grieving what's happening to D.C. right now, you have no one to blame but yourself. Because when you had an opportunity to prioritize D.C. statehood, you did not do it.

One thing we can say for Donald Trump, he uses every opportunity in his disposal. He has always wanted to take over D.C. He's using a moment where he needs a distraction to do it. That's what this is, you know, about. Right, right. We don't always use the moments when we have them. That's the real problem here. But I will wrap up just to say that with respect to this, we're going to have to be mindful of him.

As soon as that 30-day mark is, we have to make sure he's going to Congress. If he doesn't do it, the longer he does it, the more it invalidates the notion that there is an emergency. We have to continue to ask, what is he looking for? The mayor said that today. What is the president looking for in order to declare that this is no longer?

and emergency. We know it's BS, but we have to play it a little longer. And while we are waiting, if there are additional federal resources that we can use to make D.C. safe for the people who live here, for the people who live here, use it. Use the moment. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I mean, yes, Marcus, go ahead. Yeah, I was going to say, I for sure think that there is some practical application on the ground for cooler heads for some of the leaders, of the leaders in our city who have to manage this relationship, I don't think that should be an instruction for any Democrats around the country, right? We don't need to watch them play this out. We need them to stand up for us right now. You're absolutely right. Democrats missed an

opportunity to protect the residents of the District of Columbia from this onslaught by not granting them statehood. But we have to know that every day, every hour that President Trump, Trump and his cronies have this increased authority over the lives and freedom of black people in the District of Columbia is a day and hour of danger that we must keep preventing. So we have to pour into our communities, but national Democrats need to stand up right now, right, and become the alternative, present the alternative, present democracy for the District of Columbia. It's going to be an uphill battle, and we've got iterations to this fight, but God damn it,

Somebody needs to stand up right now and say that this is not about public safety. It is a power play, and we need to resist that power play that Trump is having on an all-black city because it will be somebody else's black city next. And finally, to you, Kelly, you know, when we saw some of these ice raids and people said, oh, you know, Latinos didn't care, many of them voted for Trump, and now they're finding out and so on and so forth, many of us here at the Black Star Network were saying, be careful because once they start coming for one group, they're coming for everybody.

What I'm noticing, Kelly, is that some of the people who are also going to be on these streets patrolling in addition to the National Guard are also going to be ICE agents. And so if you black, it seems like they could be, if they take you off those streets or if they take somebody who's unhoused off those streets, you're not necessarily going to the D.C. jail.

You might end up being deported to Rwanda or some of these other places. Can you talk a little bit about the moment that we're all about to find out how much this is problematic for all of us and not just one particular community? Sure. I mean, I want to push back on that sentiment a little bit in that just because we said this particular group is going to find out is not to say that we didn't know that we were also going to find out.

But I think some of us didn't think that we were going to find out. But I agree that many of us didn't feel that way. But some of them are like, oh, we didn't know this was going to be us too. But go ahead. Oh, see, it was an us issue from John. for me. There was no separation. I was upset with the Latino community who voted for Trump because they thought they were othered from us. Right? That's right. Like, we are all minorities to racist white people. They don't see, they truly don't see color. They just see black and white,

which ironically are neutrals. They're not technically colored, right? But I digress. But when it comes to this situation and how we're about to find out in this situation, Frankly, it is just disheartening. Now, especially in D.C., voted against this, right? Like, if you look at the numbers of how the votes broke down in D.C. And the surrounding DMV area, we did not choose this. So this is truly oppressive for those of us who live here. I live in D.C. proper.

and I am from D.C. proper. I did not vote for this. I did not choose this. My family did not vote for this. My family did not choose this. And I'm still going to find out. I'm Noah. I'm 13.

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This is about everyone's freedom of speech. Nobody expected to popes from the, American continent to stories about our cultures and our identities. When you do get a trans character like Imita Perez, the trans community is going to push back on that. Colorism, all of these things that exist in Mexican culture and Latino culture. You'll hear from people like Congresswoman, AOC. I don't want to give them my fear. I'm not going to give them my fear.

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For a second straight week, over 50 Texas House Democrats remain out of state, blocking the GOP's quorum needed to advance a controversial mid-decade redistricting plan pushed by Governor Greg Abbott and urged by Trump to help Republicans hold on to power in next year's elections. Attorney General, Ken Paxson, is escalating legal threats and even probing who's funding the Democrats

stay away. But the Democrats are unfazed by their threats. Meanwhile, former El Paso, Congressman Beto O'Rourke vows to keep raising money standing firm of Democrats in this high-stakes standoff. They're all bending the knee. And so this guy thinks Donald Trump that he's absolutely unstoppable.

He really believes that he's the king that these kneebenders tell him that he is. And so he comes to our state to grab even more power in the form of these five congressional dishes, including Mark VCs, right here. He thinks that we are going to take it right here, but he doesn't understand in Texas, our knees do not bend. That doesn't work here. We're going to fight these motherfuckers for as long as it takes with everything we've got. We're never giving in. We're never giving up. And we're never bending the knee.

Are you with me? This guy and these Republicans are running scared. They're in full panic mode. That is why Greg Abbott is trying to remove these House Democrats from office. That's why he's threatening to charge them with second-degree felonies. That's why he's threatening to hunt them down with state troopers. Now with Cash Patel, who was busy covering up for Donald Trump's involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, now sending the FBI to go try to find these folks in Illinois or wherever they may be right now.

But listen, I don't think he understands what he's up against here in Texas. Not only is it the folks who are here right now, not only is it those 54 brave Democrats who broke quorum to deny them the numbers to redraw these maps, but it is everyday Texans in every single part of the state. And perhaps the last place that they'd expect to see us coming is Tarrant County, Texas, right here in Fort Worth. Well, Donald Trump, here we are. You have met your match. And we're going to fight him each and every day with everything that we've got. Let's get off of the back foot, onto the front foot, off of defense, onto offense. Let's take this to every fucking county in the state of Texas, every state in the union, everywhere we have to go.

Meet him on every front. Fight until... This isn't the first time Texas Democrats have had to take a stand. by breaking quorum. In 2021, more than 50 courageously stood their ground by leaving the state for D.C. to block a sweeping Republican election bill that threatened voting rights.

They used a protest tool enshrined in a Texas Constitution and minorities' right to be heard when the majority shuts out public input. Chief Justice Blacklaw confirmed quorum breaking is lawful and necessary to protect democracy. Yet Governor Abbott calls it, quote-unquote, holding hostage, pushing to end

one of the last remaining legal checks on its unchecked power. Justice Blacklock wrote Article 3, Section 10, enables quorum breaking by a minority faction of the legislature. Right. Carefully chosen word.

No, what, no, carefully chosen word. Enables. Yeah, okay. So what's the difference now? What do you hope they come out? The way the Constitution is constructed, if it does enable them. He didn't use the word empowers them, okay?

There's a huge difference between the two. The way that the Constitution is worded is because it allows them to escape. He didn't say, very importantly, he did not say, nor did the court say, that the writ that I have to the Supreme Court, which is, quote, Warento, they did not say that is disallowed to be able to be brought. So the issue that I'm bringing is an issue of first impression for this court that the court did not decide at all, top side to bottom, in 2021. It seems like your goal is to end the practice of quorum breaking once and for all.

We have to understand this consequence. If quorum breaking is allowed to succeed, then one-third of House Democrats would be able to dictate what the rule of law is for 100% of all Texans. They could break quorum any time the budget came up. They could bankrupt the state by refusing to pass a budget unless every leftist whim is capitulated to. As governor, I will not let that happen, and I believe the Supreme Court will agree that one-third of Democrats in the Texas House don't have the power to completely run the table of the state of Texas. What is the role of the minority in the legislature, then?

I mean, it's up to them to decide, but it's not quitting and leaving. Let's be clear about something. Quitting and leaving is the most un-Texan thing there is. Texas began at the Battle of the Alamo, where they didn't cut and run. they fought to their death to fight for what Texas was all about. These Democrats, they're the antithesis of what a Texan is.

Oh, the going got tough. Let's not fight. Let's flee. These are quitters. They are cowards. And their cowardice will cause them to get kicked out of office. You see this as your Alamo moment

over redistricting. This is continuation of ensuring that we are going to fight for Texas. And we're not going to be held hostage by a few leftist progressive Democrats who are trying to turn Texas into the blue states like what the Democrats have fled. Talk about revisionist history.

Wow. We all know ending quorum breaking won't strengthen democracy in Texas. It will silence dissent and remove the last guardrail against authoritarian rule. And that's just simple. I want to return back to the panel on this. I also want to bring in Eugene Craig,

CEO of X Factor Media Incorporated out of Baltimore. Eugene, we're in. week two of this, how do you see this playing out? And also your thoughts on Governor Abbott's comments right there as well. I mean, look, we're in a situation where these Texas Democrats are doing what they need to do. They're upholding the line. And look, fighting looks differently in 2025 than it did in the 1800s, right? And what he has to understand is that, you know, there wouldn't be a need for this if he wasn't trying to cheat and gain the system for Donald Trump. And, you know, so that's the thing. You know, Texas,

Democrats, they used a quorum break a couple of years ago. This time around, they're much more prepared in a lot of different ways. And, you know, National Democrats for health and Governor Prisker for giving them the resources they need to be able to fight this battle the way they want to fight it. And at this point, Governor Abbott, you know, he needs to make a decision. Does he want to rig the game against Texans or does he want to actually have an effective working government? Absolutely.

And Joy, I want to take this also out to the national level. One of the things I'm seeing as Ken Paxon is investigating Beto O'Rourke's organization. I am not, you know, I'm not reading everything. I'm not seeing every new story, but paying attention to it like the rest of us are. I'm not seeing a lot of these big celebrity, you know, the Clooney types of the world, you know, get rid of Biden bringing Kamala. And then, you know, it seems like after the election, they completely disappeared. Where's the financial support that's supposed to be happening for these Texas Democrats?

Beiro organization seems the only one that's being targeted. I know that Bernie Sanders is having his, you know, stop the oligarchy tour, but the money that's raised goes through his website. I don't know if any donations are happening. It seems to me that these Democrats who have fled Texas, with the exception of some governors who have embraced them, are kind of being abandoned nationally financially. I mean, I don't know if they're being abandoned financially.

have not looked into, you know, how they're being funded. I know one thing is certain they're not having their salaries paid. So wherever they are, they're doing so at great cost to themselves with respect to, you know, these super Democrats, super delegate, these or super influential wealthy donors, I think there's a whole conversation we can have about their complete abandonment, not just of the Democratic Party fine if you want to abandon them, but to abandon the people who are doing the work on the ground to hold off this administration. I mean, you at least ought to be supporting them so that we have a country to fight for and then be supportive of the Democratic Party. And these Democrats,

the Americas have been crying out for people who are fighting. And these Texas Democrats are doing that. So, yeah, I mean, we need to see. If you had your big mouth open last summer. We need your big mouth to open this summer and we need your big wallet opened. And it's not so much about paying their way. It's about drawing attention to what they're doing. And in reality and also funding the organizations that will be there to defend them and to keep them going. That is really how, you know, we need to be doing this. We need to be flooding the people who are supporting them. And let's be clear on what the plan is for these Texas Democrats. Their plan, they know that ultimately they're going to lose this battle

and then the fight will go to Democratic states who will try to do the same. But what these Republicans are doing is buying some time to raise awareness so that there can be a groundswell of people around them. And I do think they've been getting that kind of support. We need to be, see people on the ground marching in Texas. If you are a Caucasian purpose and in Texas and you don't like it, don't do it behind your computer. We need you on

the ground, on the streets, loudly, you know, screaming, yelling, protesting, showing up at these people's homes. Peaceful. I'm Noah. I'm 13. And as you might have seen from the news, I got a podcast. And I explain those fake headlines like

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But doing so, letting them know that you are watching what they are doing. That's what the Democrats are giving you time for. Time to mobilize. And Eugene, as they're mobilizing, we're seeing that, you know, Cornyn is reaching out to the FBI to get assistance. And these Democrats are saying, you don't need the FBI to track us down. You know where we are. And it kind of plays into our last story about Washington, D.C. and Trump,

how do you see this playing out as it relates to the FBI, the federal government getting involved at a deeper level because ultimately all of this is to please Trump, who is the one who went to Abbott and said, I need five more seats. And do you feel like the Democratic response outside of Maryland has been sufficient,

outside of Texas, has been sufficient? I think so. Two things. The first is that Republicans, you know, be such as small government people, are always gitty at weaponizing law enforcement in these types of situations, right? The warrants that have been issued by the Texas House are criminal warrants.

There are civil warrants that can only be enforced within the state lines of Texas. So it doesn't make any sense to try to get the FBI involved because those warrants are not valid anywhere but inside the state lines of Texas. Secondly, you know, they know exactly where they are. So you don't need to even waste those resources. But one more time, hey, good luck getting them outside of the state of Illinois. Governor Prisker has already made it clear he's going to use every resource policy. to protect those Democrats, including from, you know, the abuses of law enforcement from their home state. And Kelly, I'm a little bit concerned because I feel like I see people like Governor Newsom and other leaders talking about, well, if the Republicans are going to do this in Texas,

then we're going to pull the trigger on this redistricting in our state. But while that's happening, other red states are actually looking at ways that they can do this as well in a way that may get, them, net them double-digit seats. And so some of us are saying, don't wait, Kathy Hokel, don't wait Governor Newsom, don't wait, Governor Prisker. And, you know, also, you know, calling out on people like Governor Moore to get in on the action as well. Don't wait for them to see what they're going to do. Do it now because they are going to figure out some other types of shenanigans

to make sure they can control the House in 2026. I can absolutely see that happening. My issue with the Democratic Party as a whole is that we are now very reactive and then we we play into the victimhood that is what is happening to us right it's and it's really frustrating and I keep saying that word but it really is frustrating when you see what is happening you have the time to plan the time to act and yet you don't or at the very least it appears that you don't because again I'm not in the room where it happens all the time right so I can't say that nobody's working but when you see

this law, this, this almost silence in media and outreach regarding what is happening and what to do next, the conclusion drawn from that, it is, it is implied that you're not doing anything, right? So to your point, it is, it is imperative that some type of proactivity needs to happen in order for, frankly, the base to be riled up and trusting in the party enough for something to happen. Because right now, at least from my point of view, the Democratic Party trust is eroding by the day because we have all this evidence and receipts, rather, of time and time again, things that we could have done, things that we could have said, things that we could have enacted, but didn't because we didn't want to seem like a bully, because we didn't want to seem like the oppressor, or we didn't, like, you know, just walking on eggshells within the own party in order to get something done because you want everybody to feel happy and euphoric. And that's not what politics is. And the Republicans know that, right? To this day, we don't have an answer for Project 2025, and it's 2025. And that happened. When did Project

2025 get ridden almost five to 10 years ago and we still don't have an answer for that so we are already behind the ball on strategy and it feels like there's nothing we can do about it but we can if people just do something as something I'll stop there no absolutely and that's what we're calling on we're calling for everybody who has the power to do something whether it's financially whether this politically to absolutely do something because this is the fight to end the progression of authoritarian rule in this country. And we're going to continue to stay on that on the Black Star Network to make sure that we're keeping you all informed. Other people may lose attention to this story, but we know how crucial this is. So we're glad that you're rolling with us

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Candidate Zohan Mandani is hitting the streets this week with his five boroughs against Trump tour. Calling out what he says are the ways Donald Trump's agenda is hurting the city. He kicked things off Monday in Manhattan with support from prominent Democrats, including former Manhattan Borough President, Roof Messenger, citing cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and housing programs as proof that every New Yorker is feeling the impact. Mamdani says he's honored to have Messenger's endorsement.

My name is Roof Messenger. Among other things, in the ancient past, was shortly after the dinosaurs run the Earth. I was privileged to be Manhattan Borough President and served the public of this borough for eight years. You know Manhattan, home and playground of the rich and the very rich, but also home to almost two million people who live in Washington Heights, Tarlin, Loisida, Hills Kitchen, and many other wonderful neighborhoods. People just like the people in Windsor Terrace and Stapleton and Bell Harbor and Fordham. All New Yorkers, all proud New Yorkers,

doing everything they can to make it here, and hoping that their city government will support them. I work today with many of our newest New Yorkers, men, women, and children who have come here in the last 24 months to escape oppression and pursue opportunity. And I do this work for many reasons, one of which is that my maternal grandfather was born here to a newly arrived immigrant family,

140 years ago, and he became a public school principal and taught English to Yiddish-speaking parents of the children in his school. He and his pupils and their families built this city over the last century. If we work collaboratively and comprehensively with our community organizations and our houses of worship, we will help all of our New Yorkers new and not so new to get the education, health care, housing, and services they need, not just to survive, but to thrive and to continue to build New York City for all its neighborhoods and all its people.

My great-grandson is starting public school next month, and I get to walk into school every day. In New York, we do not need a mayor who conspires with the federal government, to lock people out, to deport recent arrivals, to instill fear in everyone, as the Assemblyman said, or to deny services. We do not need a mayor who is secretly negotiating for support from a president whose budget will take health care and education funding away from the New Yorkers who need it most.

Instead, we need a mayor who sees the city in its glorious complexity, who spends less time catering to the rich and more time making services available and affordable to those who are our future. We need a mayor who will promote affordability here and fight authoritarianism, which is threatening us from much too close by. For those reasons that I am proud to support Dora Mambani, who will be just such a mayor, and will ensure the future of New York, Zohran will ensure the future of New York against those who espouse any immigrant sentiments, and those who collaborate with the president been on deporting new arrivals and cutting funding for city services.

Zerong will be a mayor who invests in the services that everyone needs to continue to build this fantastic immigrant city for its future, for my children, your children, my grandchildren, your grandchildren, my great-grandchildren. You don't have those yet, but who will be there for all of New Yorkers. And that's where I am proud to endorse him for mayor.

The Democratic nominee is casting himself as the racist strongest anti-Trump voice, blasting rivals Andrew Cuomo, Eric Adams, and Curtis Sliwa as too cozy with the former president. He slammed Cuomo's recent phone call with Trump as disqualifying. New York's mayor's elections race is in November. And Joy, one of the things I have to be mindful of is that he has somebody who, is a powerhouse not only within New York there, but within the Jewish community as well, winning a mayor of primary in 1997,

and people have attacked him so much for being anti-Israel, and she's urging people to look past these past views. What do you see as the coalition that Mamdani is building, especially with a strong endorsement like that, and do you think that this could ultimately propel him going forward? I think that Mr. Mamdani is going towards. towards a win. I really do.

I have not seen the excitement about this person in a long time, a candidate in a long time. The fact of the matter is he has a joint coalition of people across demographic, across boroughs, that he's taking the time after the primary. He's thought to, you know, politics is about addition, adding people who were not with him before or didn't know him before, adding them to his coalition.

For the most part, this threat that Jewish people wouldn't support him has been a failed one. He has gathered Jewish support. He had some. And now he's gaining more as people actually hear him. And they realize, you know what, he's not anti-Semitic, right? And also at a time where Israel is becoming less and less popular. This is also someone who seems focused on what the needs of New Yorkers are. are people in New York City in the boroughs, not talking about a bunch of national, you know,

issues. Donald Trump is a very present issue in New York, right? To be clear, right? For him, that's a, for, so Trump is local there. He's not talking about general things. He's talking about what impacts the citizens of New York City. And that kind of language is so important, and it's what's ought to be repeated everywhere. Not his message, because that's for New York. but focusing on what the people that elect you care about and then focusing on those topics that bring the most people together. He has used this strategy effectively.

And even where there are differences, he talks about the things that people have in common. He does not focus on what's divisive. He focuses on what unites us. This is a pattern we should repeat. And I think it's why we're going to see a successful outcome for him in the fall. Now, Kelly, I hear what Joy is saying,

But when we talk about building this coalition, I feel like somebody's missing, like a whole group of people is kind of missing. I haven't seen the Democratic Party come out and endorse Mom Donnie. And are they salty because the Democratic Socialists didn't endorse Kamala Harris? Are they concerned about backlash from various groups, the apex of the world and the like? But I've seen people like Representative Jeffries and Schumer talk about we've met, we've talked, we've had good conversations, conversations and the like, but I'm not hearing any ringing endorsements. What's that about? And do you think that actually is going to change?

I mean, my first gut reaction to that is follow the money, specifically who has funded what for which campaign and, you know, follow that trail. I think that would make the most sense to answer your question because behind closed doors, it would not surprise me if everybody's behind Mom Donnie. The issue is who's going to say it with their chest out loud after those contributions

have already been cleared. Those checks have been cleared. Right? So that has been a consistent issue within the Democratic Party having... I'm Noah. I'm 13. And as you might have seen from the news, I got a podcast

and I explain those fake headlines like your uncle would. Like your cousin would if he actually did the research. Honestly, adults don't ask the right questions. Now you know with Noah DeBarroso is a show about influence. Who's got it, how they use it, and what it means for the rest of you. It's not the news. It's what the news should be if someone Gen Z or Gen Alpha made it.

When I'm watching everything. The majority of the youth, 18 through 24, say they trust Republicans more than Democrats to differ on the economy. You kidding me. Politics is wild and I'm definitely not here to payment, but I'm here to make sense of it. Just what's happening, why it matters, and what it means for us.

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So what does that mean? It means that he's kind of the mirror to these people who felt like they had to do something. You know, it's a reckoning, if you will. And it does not surprise me that we're not hearing from people in New York who, you know, we know are from New York and we know our Democrat, right? So all I got to say is follow the money, and you might get your answer. So while we're talking about money, Eugene, I've seen some of the Democrats who have been hesitant to endorse him, like Alyssa Slotkin, Senator, Alyssa Slotkin, as an example, they would say things like, well, he's a Democratic socialist, and, you know, I am a proud capitalist, and my family came up and, you know, they had no money, and then they built this. A lot of people share that story.

Other New York, Richie Torres, you know, has said similar things. but when you look at the Democratic policies, Joe Biden, Harris, the Democratic Party now, so many of their policies are very much in line with what Mahdani is talking about. A lot of these things that became popularized when Jesse Jackson was running for office back in the day. Why does it seem that Democrats are afraid

to embrace some of his policies when many of these policies are mirror images of what the Democrats have pushed forward for people across the country that Republicans have actually called socialist and communists, not even knowing what those fully mean in their words when they use it. So let's know, I'm going to qualify this

with saying that I am a Republican that sometimes steps in a Democrat business. I'm only going to dip like a toe when it is. Step in it, jump in it, hop in it. I'm only going to dip like a toe in it. All right? So what I see here,

I'll find looking at it somewhat in time looking at it. is a situation that sometimes we deal with in the Republican Party, right? Where you have a group of individuals that, you know, may be active within the party. And then, you know, when you actually meet them, you know, they're, oh, hey, Kamala should be doing this on Palestine, and we're going to sit out because she's not talking about the way we wanted to talk about it, da-da-da-da-da-da, right? And then guess what happens? next year you're guys now

the nominee for a particular office and now you're sitting back turning around looking like but where's the party at the supporters? When the party last cycle was like hey we need every vote and everybody on board

and you guys gave the party's finger so I'm not necessarily shocked especially folk like mandamini who were very vocal more in the last election about some of these things and some of the vote you know sitting

out and whatnot, not getting the institutional support from institutional Democrats that are now fighting the court administration tooth and nail every single day. Now, one more time, I'm Republican. That's only giving my toe into this business. But, you know, that's, you know, policy aside. But I think that's also something that's pandemic when it comes to, you know, these Democrats, socialists, right? We look at a Bernie Sanders who will talk about everything, but that's what the big R word race. People will talk about working class, we won't talk about black and brown working class.

It's just what happens. And then, you know, wonder why, hey, you can't win a Democrat primary outside of the only white states. But hey, I'm going to take a step that because I'm a Republican that sometimes comes to the Democrat business,

and I'm only sick and able to win it if I'm a gas car. Can I jump in just to say this? In defense of Democratic, mom, Donnie is relatively new on the scene, right? So many of them did not have a relationship with him prior. Doesn't mean you can't do the job, doesn't mean he's not, he absolutely is. So, I mean, the Democratic Party, some of the folks that you have named people who are leaders in the party or whatnot, they don't typically get out in front.

They follow where the people are. And why we have seen more Democrats rally around him, including, you know, more conservative Democrats, moderates, et cetera. I believe him McClobuchar endorsed him or is supportive of him.

We're seeing that because the people are there. So stop waiting and looking for a Democratic leader to be the first to endorse,

right? Be looking at the numbers of Democrats who are increasing their support of him. We have Jerry

Nadler doing. So these are people who have been leaders in the party, right? who are building support for him there and they will continue to do so.

But that is what always happens when you have someone who's new on the scene because in the past, someone who considers themselves a democratic socialist, they have actually not been able to get things done. Right? So my colleague is right.

So we love him, but he has to deliver. He has to deliver. And in the beginning, he didn't have black votes he didn't have votes in lots of parts of New York City and you need those votes to win he didn't have some moderate votes

you need those votes to win all the Democratic Socialists voting doesn't make a win okay so the rest of us you have to wait and see I get you so Eugene I know you talk about you know dip and toes in but I'm gonna just push you in I mean like

you know many of us who don't role Republican. One of our critiques of the Republican Party is that, or maybe it's not a critique, maybe it's just what it is, is that Republicans fall in line and Democrats wait to fall in love.

Given your view of the Democratic Party, whether you're, you know, think Mom Don will win or not or anything like that, do you feel like this should be a Democrats need a fall in line type of moment given that everything that we're dealing with in the country, anti-Trump agenda. He's on this anti-Trump tour right now.

Do you feel like this should be a fall in line moment for the Democrats, similar to what Republicans do all of the time? Well, I don't necessarily think it's a fall in line moment. I mean, my existence is, you know, literally the intensity of the right. You know, myself and others, you know, probably, you know, still with Vice President Harris last cycle. You know, I chair a black Republicans in Harris. I'm very active in Republicans for Harris.

What I think the misunderstanding is that Republicans, Republicans fall in line. What was I say fall in line? Republicans are beat into line. You know, Matt McKibby, who was the former CEO of Freedom Works during his heyday, used to have a saying, right, to say that, hey, to the super accident, we say, hey, a lot of times we have to beat the Republicans before we can think about fighting the Democrats.

And what you're seeing right now is literally a decade plus of more institutional, traditional the Republicans getting beaten to submission. You know, the Freedom Caucus, you know, the foundation for Donald Trump, who's now, you know, potentially using the Freedom Caucus as the tools on the Hill. And you're seeing this agenda implemented as a fusion agenda of both of those subsidies.

That's not necessarily Republicans getting in line. You know, that's them being beaten into submission. And what you saw, what people that decide at that, we were going to stand up to Donald Trump, a la Mark Sanford, you know, for a very long time as a political powerhouse within his own right, right? Even, you know, going to stand

and come back, getting elected to the House of Representatives and, you know, standing up for actual principle, you know, hey, they just said, look, what's the primary are you? But Republican are going to say again in line, but they are typically beaten this in one way or the other. Democrats, you know, don't have much of an iron grip

on their members as Republicans typically do. But that's also okay because, hey, you know, members aren't elected to go serve party interests. They're elected to serve their members, thank you. I mean, they're a constituent. No, absolutely. You all bring up so many great points, and this is such a fascinating story that's

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Hexeth, who attends a church tied to Wilson, reposted the interview on X with the phrase, all of Christ for all of life. Wilson's vision is a country where only Christians can hold office, same-sex relationships are criminalized, and public expressions of other faiths are banned. Take a listen

to what Wilson has to say about women. Women are the kind of people that people come out of. So you just think they're meant to have babies, that's it? They're just a vessel. No, it doesn't take any talent to simply reproduce biologically. The wife and mother, who

is the chief executive of the home is entrusted with three or four or five eternal souls. I'm here as a working journalist and I'm a mom of three. Good for you. Is that an issue for you? No. No, it's not automatically an issue. Josh and Amy Prince, along with her four kids, moved here from Washington State. Do you see Amy as you're equal? Yes and no. In the sense that we're both saved by grace, we're absolutely on equal footing. But we have very different purposes. God given. But do you see yourself as the head of the household, as the man? He is the head of our household. Yes. And I do submit to him. So like moving here was ultimately your decision. Yes. That's a great example. Wilson says in his vision of a Christian society, women as individuals

shouldn't be able to vote. His fellow pastors, Jared Longshore and Toby Sumter, agree. In my ideal society, we would vote as households. And I would ordinarily, be the one that would cast the vote, but I would cast the vote having discussed it with my household. But what if your wife doesn't want to vote for the same person as you? Right. Well, then that's a great opportunity for a good discussion. There are some who have gone so far as to say that they want the 19th Amendment repealed. I would support that. And I'd support it on the basis that the atomization that comes with our current system is not good for humans. And Wilson, a veteran himself, is unapologetic about his view that women shouldn't be in certain leadership or combat roles.

Looking at the leadership page for Christ's church, it's all men. Do you accept women and leadership roles in the church and government? In the church, no. Why? Because the Bible says not to. Wilson is part of a broader Christian nationalist movement making inroads with the Trump administration, with a newly created faith office led by evangelical pastor Paula White Kane, and people seen right outside the White House entrance praying and speaking in tongues.

We are standing on the soil of the White House, and we are declaring your word. And now there's a monthly prayer service at the Pentagon, initiated by Hegg Seth, Wilson's highest level connection to the administration. It's not organizationally tied to us, but it's the kind of thing we love to see. For his part, Heg Seth has publicly praised Wilson. Now we're standing on the shoulders of a generation. later the Doug Wilson's and the others. You know, one of the things I wish people could see

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Just take it, take it. Come on, give us what's going through your mind As someone who has gone through your mind. As someone who has grown up in the church Specifically a mega church That was conservative and predominantly white for many years this just doesn't make sense. Biblically, there were women leaders in the Bible for crying out loud that we revere.

You know what I'm saying? Like, Deborah, both marries Esther. This goes on. And it's just, I am speechless right now, and I usually am not, but that, it just, it just takes. the cake for how insecure these men are because that's really what it boils down to you don't want women to have power because you yourself don't think you are worthy of the power that you have and in order to preserve the power that you have you must quell any threat that you see fit even if that's your wife or your mom or your daughter it is very well

weird to me that that is that is a school of thought that men can just do what what they want i'm sorry we hemorrhage once a month hemorrhage and still get stuff done you catch a cold and you're out for five weeks and you think you are the stronger sex you think you can get stuff done, right? Like, president's wives have on record, like, historical records

been the reason why this country has moved in the way that it does, and you think that it was just because of men? And this isn't a man-bashing post? That's not what I'm saying, but it takes two to tango

on a lot of this stuff. And you're thinking that only men can rule the world is the reason why the world is the way it is right now, and it sucks. So, like, I don't, that was bizarre to me. That's just bizarre. Well, Joy, you know, of course, we can talk about this being bizarre,

but it's also hypocrisy on full blast. So we have, this is a man, HECF, who came into the Defense Department, who originally said women shouldn't be in the military, and we've heard other views that he's espoused about women. I feel like even if this video, these interviews came out before his confirmation, hearings, he still would have been approved because ultimately this is the view of Trump and so many of the evangelicals

even though Trump is the least devout Christian person. Obviously he serves as their avatar but is this not hypocrisy on full blast for a man who changed up to say that women should be in the military just so he can get approved? Look, to be clear,

this is not, it's bizarre to me. I don't understand this but it's not bizarre in that no one believes this. There are a good number of people who believe this and that's okay for them to believe it. That's their business, their religion. I'm not involved in that. What's the problem is when we put these people in positions of authority and power. And their thing isn't to just do it in their home as to then migrate it to our federal policy, our state policy, our local policy. Pete Heggsath, he can believe

whatever Wackadoo thing he wants to believe. But when he tries to put it on the military, as a case, maybe here or in some other agency, that is where the issue lies. That is what we need to be talking about. And it is so important that we make sure folks know who's out there. And then we can say, look, we're not crazy. And if you are a white woman who is observing this, you know these people are out here because they're in your family.

And some of us, black ladies, we know we got a few of them, too, in our family. It's not the majority of men, and so we don't want to overestimate that. But we do have to say this is what we're fighting against. This type of belief is encroaching itself into our policy, and that's what we have to ward off. Donald Trump isn't supportive of this,

but he'll use it if it gives him a greater handle on power. He's not going to get everyone else, but he's looking to get white men and perhaps some other men who believe in this foolishness. They want to build their lives and their success off the backs of women and they see our advancement as, you know, they're undermining. We know that's out here. And this is why we need white women to be more engaged.

Most white women are not that woman that was standing next to her husband. And God bless her. She has every right to feel that way. But they should not be in positions where they make decisions for the rest of us. And so, Eugene, I want to tie this into the last segment when we talked about Namdani because so many people have called him an anti-Semite because of his phrase, Globalized the Intifada, which he has not used again, has walked a little bit back. But so many people have used that and him saying that he'll arrest, if he was mayor,

he would arrest Netanyahu because of the international warrant for his arrest. he would enforce that law, and they're using that to call him an anti-semi and a religious extremist. And we've seen people from all sides of the political aisle come out with various Islamophobic comments about Mamdani. But here we are seeing religious extremism with going off a joy's point within the government. This is the head of the Department of Defense who tweets out all of Christ for all of life. Someone said in the confirmation hearings that he wants to use the Defense Department as the flaming sword of Christ. This is a man who said that when he was out in the club one night

talked about killing all Muslims. Can you talk about the hypocrisy and our people will go after Mamdani for a comment he doesn't even use anymore and has no strong history that we know of anti-Semitism with a man who is promoting religious extremism? He shared this interview on his actual feed. Can you speak to that hypocrisy?

If you see it as hypocrisy as well? Yeah, it's definitely hypocrisy, and the thing is that's right, you fundamental, right-wing fundamental Christian, Christianity is more of a threat than probably any other religion in America. And because the issue is that, you know, Christianity is always going to be a justification, right, or brother in those aims and those goals. The thing is the other, the bigger issue is that the way that these people view the role of women is absolutely disgusting. To say that, hey, you want to eradicate the 19th Amendment to take away a woman's right to vote is absolutely disgusting. One of the underbelly fights is rising up lately is that the fight between Republican men and Republican women actually being led by NPD on how Republican men handle Republican women and the lack of leadership roles and opportunities for Republican women. And I think that, look, all this ties them together, you know, you're going to see going forward, especially with this Trump administration and their folk Christianity, right, and how they decide to interact with different states and whatnot. You're going to see more of this extremism.

But the thing is this, you have the secretary that had the promise that he wouldn't drink one of the job because he has issues to take a problem with other people more failings. I wouldn't expect anything different. in hypocrisy. And can we also just say shame on Republican women, to my colleague's point, for not speaking out against it? Dr. Blackburn doesn't believe this. She's about to run for governor.

Okay? No, I hear you. No, I hear you. No, I hear you. She's the equal of Secretary Haxath. So the chief of staff of the president is a woman. The head of the faith office is a woman,

but they have remained silent here. Right, and I think that some people I feel like many people call this out and call our Republican women as they rightfully should and one of the things people also talk about is that this shouldn't be platform because

it's promoting these, but we need to know what's going on, we need to be aware of the people who are influencing the people who are running our government because it really is telling and so even though people may talk about there's division, this man's church is on the rise and people like Hexef promoting him is only going to make them grow bigger. And so

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and more are losing collective bargaining protections they've had for years. The move comes after a March executive order from President Trump, citing national security and a court ruling clearing the way. Effective immediately, staff unions like the American Federation of Government Employees and National Nurses United have lost their bargaining power. Joining us now is the American Federation of Government Employees, AFTE, National President, Everett Kelly.

Everett, thank you so much for joining us tonight. Thank you for having me tonight. Thank you. So when we share stories like this and we're talking, I'm sharing 400,000, I'm naming various professions. So many people who aren't aware of what's going on, this is just numbers to them. Can you talk about the real effects of what's happening with people on the ground from what you're seeing?

Okay, thank you so much. You know, for AFG, we represent 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers. And we are faced an unprecedented attack, not by our choosing, but by the reckless attacks of this administration that is determined to silent federal workers. And weaken our unions and dismantle the various structure that uphold public service and accountability, such as workers in the view. Now, when you start taking away the rights of workers in the VA, it's going to adversely affect the veterans that they're service every day. You know, the protection of unions has been good for the VA. I would say that because you think about a workplace where an employee has to deal with an employer that screams and yell and holl at them all day and then expect them to be able to perform in an effective manner.

It doesn't happen. And with a union, you know, you give that opportunity for an employee to be protected, you know, from those type of tax. You know, just think in terms of a veteran that need help, right? But a person that has been scolded, a person that has been discriminated at, against, rather, you know, they have to continue with that. And therefore, when the veteran come in for service, you know, they might not get the very best care of their best service because of the trauma that's going on the side of that employee's head.

But the union has protected employers from that days in and day on. And we will continue to do that. A lot of people think that the union is gone. But before we had a contract, we had a union. and we will have this union. It will stand here. It will fight for its members, you know, until there is no fight left. And so what is the fight looking like right now?

This executive order is something that came in March, and now they have this abrupt termination. What has the fight been looking like? Because we want to know what's going on out there and how we can support what you're doing. What kind of shape is the fight in right now? Well, you know, of course, you know, we have been winning in the district courts.

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and we still have an opportunity to present that case you know before uh and in the legal system and i believe that ultimately we will prevail mr kelly how are you seeing the support from the american people because to be quite honest this is not a story that i am seeing on the mainstream news every single day but my is that so many people have union within their history that maybe these stories are getting to them. But is this a story that is not reaching the attention of the national audience as it should, or is it reaching the national audience in ways that we're just not seeing?

Well, we've been seeing it really reached the national audience. Is it enough? You know, I will submit to you that it's never enough. I will submit to you that we need more and more people like you that will bring forth these issues. But we have been on major media outlets, you know, explaining the story because people don't understand, really, who federal employees are. They are characterized as being bureaucrats, has been lazy, but let me just tell you who these federal employees are. They are the people that take care of our veterans. When our veterans go and fight in the wars and they come back and need services, it's these employees that service them.

They are the people that make sure that the air that we breathe is good air. The food that we eat is good food. Make sure that the air that we sky in, fly in, are safe to fly. These are the people that make sure that our students get a quality education that are being called bureaucrats, that are called lazy and are being, you know, humiliated, you know, by this administration. I want to go to the panel for their questions. Eugene, your question for Mr. Everett Kelly.

Hey, sorry, you know, Mr. Kelly. I'm a former two-time VA employee, two summers, this guy. Right, too. You know, worked on fee bases and risk management back a long time ago. I guess my question is, what can everyday Americans do to help this fight? Because, you know, at the end of the day, if the employees aren't, you know, being treated, right then the service to the actual veterans is going to not be you know where it needs to be so what can you know um because this administration and every administration that reelected love to

wrap themselves up and the and the flag of the veterans right and not like not the flag but you know love themselves and uh veteran care for veterans so what can everyday americans that are watching right now do um you know help protect the work the people that are essentially taking care of those that take care of us protect the rights. Okay. Well, thank you for that question. There are several things that fellow Americans can do. Number one, you know, we have rallies across the country, you know, to bring light to what's

happening. I ask fellow Americans to join in. When they hear about these rallies, you know, join in, you know, participate, you know, to show the administration that the American people are paying attention. Matter of fact, we're going to be doing one in Los Angeles this Friday coming. You know, it's called the AFL-CIO bus tour. You know, people can join in with that. Secondly, you know, people can call their members of Congress and members in the Senate

and tell them that they do not appreciate the fact that services that America deserve and need is being dismantled by this administration, and you expect them to stand up and do something about it. about it. Now, we also have a bill in the House, and the Speaker refuses to bring it for a vote because we think we've got enough to pass these votes that will restore the bargaining rights and the rights of federal workers. So there is a dispart discharge petition right now, and I'm asking every fellow American, you know, to make the phone call to their congressional personnel, regardless of what district you're in in this United States of America,

you know, call and pressure them to ask, matter of fact, to sign on to the discharge petition so that they won't have a choice but to bring it forth for a vote. They're trying to hide the ball, but we need to bring it out, and it's going to take the American people to do that, and especially from the Republican Congress. Now, I'll just be quite honest. The Democrats have signed this petition. ready to bring it to the floor for a vote because they think that democracy is everybody's right, you know, and I believe that democracy is everybody's right. I believe that every worker

have a right to voice that concerned in the workplace. You know, as a veteran myself, I cannot imagine what's going to happen when they privatize all of these veteran services, okay? I don't want to think that I can't pick up the phone and call the crisis line and get somebody to take care of my issues. If they privatize these services, guess what? You're going to be put on the whole list for three weeks, a month, two months, before anybody contacts you. So that's a problem that we're going to have to deal with if these services are ultimately privatized as this administration wants to do. Kelly, your question. Sure. So with Virginia being just one state over, and they are certainly the most impacted by this decision-making.

Can you talk about specifically the hypocrisy of the decision-making, being that this is concerning Veterans Affairs, the whole point of Veterans Affairs is to help veterans, and the fact that they are dismantling unions that have worked towards this common goal of helping veterans, how that is being dismantled and any other intricacies of the hypocrisy that you see. Well, you know, and thank you for that question. That's why, you know, I'm working to make sure we get another Attorney General in the state of agenda because the present Attorney General have not even spoke a word in defense of these workers that are being demoralized, okay?

We have to make sure that every community understands what's happening across America. Now, excuse me, but it's not just in the Veterans Administration. You know, although last week we received a notice from the administration that they were going to take away the rights of these employees to be a part of the union, but that didn't just happen in the VA. That happened also in EPA, you know, and these are the people. that make sure that, you know, we breathe freely. We can we can have clean water and those type of thing.

So it's an attack on all federal agencies, and the services that they provide are going to soon cease to be or it's going to be privatized to a private company where the people that have actually contributed to these campaigns are being paid back through the services that show. be provided by individuals that have no interest in the scenarios. So we have to continue to fight back. And we will. AFGE will continue to fight back. This is the other piece that we have to understand.

Before there was a union contract, that was a union. And we're going to continue to be that union. And we'll fight until we get every contract back one by one. Joy, your question. Can you say to me and to the American people, anyone watching, exactly what the ending of this contract will do to their benefits, if they have a family member, as do I? Okay, thank you.

That's a good question. That is a very good question. Because people don't think that when you start talking privatization, they don't think about what that really mean. But when you start privatizing an agency, say, if you take the VA, for example, these employees right now are under contract. They have great benefits, right?

They have health insurance. They have a right on the job. They have a right to speak, you know, on the job, you know, against issues that are unsafe and those types of things. When you become a private contract, and guess what? The first thing that happens is you'll pay is reduced, okay, because they're about making a profit rather than providing a service. Okay, not only your pay reduced, but also health benefits and all of the benefits that,

you know, the union, because you're a union worker, have worked hard to achieve, you know, all of those things are out the door. So it's vitally important that union representation and unionism stay alive in America. is the springboard that has caused us to be a part of the working class, you know, but this administration won't, those that have a lot, which is the rich billionaires and millionaires, and those that have nothing. Mr. Everett, Kelly, president of AFGEE, thank you so much for joining us, and please keep us posted so we can continue to amplify what's going on of AFGE and unions overall.

Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thanks for having me. No doubt. We'll be right back of more Roland Martin unfiltered right here on the Black Star Network. This week on the other side of change, Diaspora Wars. The internet has been sworn. Who has a right to blackness and black vulture, who is overrepresented, underrepresented.

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and you're watching Roland Martin Unfiltered. Reverend Joseph Darby Jr. A faith leader and notable civil rights activists in South Carolina has died. Darby's family confirmed he passed away on August 8th just one day after he. his 74th birthday. The Darby's did not disclose a cause of death, but his loved ones did note that he has suffered from a long-term illness.

Darby was a leader in civil rights in the state being the first vice president of the Charleston branch of the NAACP and former first vice president of the South Carolina NAACP. His 48-year tenure as a faith leader included his role as a presiding elder of the Beaufort District of the AME Church. Before his death,

he also served as pastor of Nichols Chapel AME in Charleston. Congressman Clyburn shared some words on Twitter regarding Darby's passing. I'm deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my good friend Reverend Joseph Darby Jr. Clyburn continued by saying Reverend Darby was an extraordinary and gifted man, a community leader, servant, and a faithful man of God. His career has been marked by selfless service to others that comes not only from his dedication, to ministry, but it's innate passion and compassion. And it seems, Kelly, that every single day we're losing more of our legends,

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else's story a little bit easier to walk. And how do you see that, Eugene? And we talk about legacy, especially with the legacy of a man like Reverend Darby Jr., it seems like as we lose more, as more people become ancestors, sometimes when this library's closed and, you know, Kelly talked about that recipe, if we don't really pay attention and read the stories and understand the stories of legacies like his, it seems like we can't get that guidance, even when they're gone. Look, the thing is this, right? Legacies are built, and then they're built upon, and then they're built upon.

You know, Hove has a line. He has, says, a middle of a giant can see much more than a giant. So I guess, so the thing is, so the thing is this, right? It's our job to stand on the shoulders of these giants

and, you know, take things to that next level. You know, these recipes aren't being lost. They're actually being passed now and then reworked and remixed and then reapplied to the field. And, you know, that's the best thing that we can do for Reverend Darby. And, you know,

those that came before and that will go after him, is to make sure that we're doing what we can to build upon the legacy that they left us. And Joy, when I think about his legacy, I also look at the way that he fought in the religious space and also in the social justice space in terms of the organization, being part of the NAACP, being part of AAME.

And it seems like nowadays that kind of connection, I don't know if it's being revived, but at least for a long time, it seems like people who represented what Reverend Darby Jr. represented, it seems like we kind of moved away from that space. How do you see it? So I'm so glad that, you know,

we're bringing this back because we just talked about a white male Christian nationalist version of religion. And in many respects, we've sort of ceded religion to these Uber conservatives and these folks that we were talking about before

with Pete Hegg-Seth or to the right of normal conservatism. They're off, you know, they're off the cliff somewhere. But the truth is, I think that we shouldn't make fun of the role of religion in people's lives and how important it is. And I say that as a person who's not known

for being particularly religious, but I understand how important it is in people's lives. I don't think it's wrong for folks to come together on the basis of faith. I just don't think it ought to make its way into policy where then you tell other people they can't have their own faith and their own beliefs, and everyone has adhered to your views. But I think it's really important for us to say, if you are a religious leader, we need your

voice in this moment. We need you to draw the connection with our history, with our modern times, with what the biblical text, what faith says about the moment we're in. People need that about what it also says about what we have to do moving forward. the real lesson two of the pastor is that he did something he had impact in people's lives too many of us you know are not having tangible impact and if anything the democratic party I think got away from is that it stopped having tangible impact in people's lives it became about complaining and not about doing and showing what you did and saying you know what we want results today. It's not enough to tell people it's going to take a long time. No,

they got to see and feel what you are doing today. And they have to believe that you, you know, are people of your word. And so I think that that is something that these leaders who've gone before can teach us. People of their word, being honest about their faith, where they're coming from, what drives their work, and then actually being tactile, touching people, people, being on the street with them, having impact with them, when they don't know, saying they don't know, et cetera. We've gotten away from that and it's to our peril. It's not enough to be on social media.

It's not enough to just be having a good time. It's not even enough to be resting at this point. People need to feel you. They need to know you're standing with them. They need to know, they need to understand what you're doing for them and why supporting you is going to benefit them. No, absolutely, and Reverend Darby Jr. represented that, and now he's an ancestor, and we just pray that he rests in peace and power forever.

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