1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Native lamdpod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Hello, everybody, 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: Welcome home, y'all. It is Angela Riie with Native lamppod. 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: I am your host today. This is a solo pod 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: on something that is very near and dear to my heart. 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: It is on people power, particularly when it's time to 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: go to the polls. As you all know, we look 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: at November in the general election in this country. There 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: were a lot of folks who voted, certainly participated, and 10 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: there were so many more who stayed home. When you 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: look at a three way race from November, the entity 12 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: that had the greatest victory was the couch. It was 13 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: not Kamala Harris, it was not Donald Trump. It was 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 1: actually the couch. And so when we talk about the 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: ways in which we engage in the political process, there's 16 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: a holistic view that we should talk about, but often 17 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 1: we talk about it through the lens of voting. There 18 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: is something in our democracy, at least the way that 19 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: it is right now. Don't know how much longer we'll 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: have it this way, that when democracy comes to bear 21 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: in this country, there are two entities that have the 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: greatest amount of power around election cycles. It is the people, 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: those of you who get out and go vote, And 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: it is also the check the folks who write checks 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: to candidates. We talked about it at nauseum on the 26 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: last Native landpod show. We talked about how much and 27 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: actually it was two shows ago we talked about how 28 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: much people's checkbooks, entities, corporations packs checkbooks impact the way 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: that politicians vote on the Senate floor, the House floor, 30 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: and all throughout government. And so we know that money 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: plays an outsized role in politics. And one recent example 32 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: of that is rooted in an election that will take 33 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: place is taking place currently taking place in Wisconsin today. 34 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: It is a Supreme Court election seat where spending records 35 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: are broken. They have outspent every other Supreme court race 36 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: in that in that in the country, and it is 37 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: the most expensive supreme court state Supreme court. Might I add, 38 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: because you know, on the federal level they are appointed 39 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: by the president, but on a state supreme court it 40 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: is supposed to be a nonpartisan entity. But it is 41 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: a very hotly contested race between two candidates, uh and 42 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: these folks. One is a pretty conservative Republican Brad Schimmel. 43 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: He is a I don't even know how to pronounce 44 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: this county Wellcousha County judge, Brad Schimmel. And then there's 45 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: another candidate who's backed by Democrats. Her name is Susan Crawford, 46 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: and it is a hotly contested race. Brad Schimmel's funding 47 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: has outpaced Susan crawford spending. And I want to bring 48 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: one central figure into this where you might be asking, now, 49 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: what does he have to do with the Supreme Court seat. 50 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: Let's roll this clip. 51 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 2: Let me first hand out two one million dollar checks 52 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: in appreciation. You know, the reason for the checks is 53 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 2: that it's it's really just to get get attention. It's 54 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 2: it's like we need to get attention. And and it's 55 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: somewhat inevitably when I do these things, the you know, 56 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: the sort of uh it causes the legacy media to 57 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: like kind of lose their minds, and and and then 58 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 2: and then they'll they'll run it on every news channel, 59 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: and I'm like, I couldn't pay them to the it 60 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: would cost like ten times more. Or you know, it's 61 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: it's to get the kind of coverage that we get. 62 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: So so I want to play this because it's important 63 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: for us to understand. One. This is the same country 64 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: where there was a hotly debated conversation around whether or 65 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: not it would be a would be breaking the law 66 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: in Georgia to give people who are standing in line 67 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: bottles of water so they can can continue to stand 68 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: in line. Elon Musk has told people that he could 69 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: pay twenty dollars per vote, and somehow they figured out 70 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: a way to make that be acceptable and not really 71 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: be in the public discourse. There have also been conversations 72 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: about this million dollar check. So he gave two one 73 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: million dollar checks in Wisconsin, so he spent twenty million 74 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: dollars from America pack It's twenty two million dollars if 75 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: you count these checks. And I just have to say, 76 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: it is alarming to me that the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 77 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: the very seat that this is about. Right there's a 78 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court that sways can sway 79 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: the balance of power around redistricting, around many other cases 80 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: that are central to the public discourse right now, and 81 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: he is offering a million dollars. He said it was 82 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: as a gift of gratitude to thank people for their 83 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: engagement around this race. But really we know what this is, right, 84 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: if black voters matter, if the NAACP IF collective pack, 85 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: if any other entity offered a black voter or a 86 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: black constituency money for ingratitude, for their support of this race, 87 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: for paying attention to this race, and right before the election, 88 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: do we really think there would be no conversation about this? 89 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: Do we really think there would be no charges pressed? Like, 90 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: let's be for real. And I think that that's what 91 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: we really have to discuss here. I talked a little 92 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: bit about Elon Musk and his paying members of Congress 93 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: through campaign contributions who have written articles of impeachment to 94 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 1: oppose judges, to impeach judges who have ruled against the 95 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: Trump administration. This is the same type of not just 96 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: fraudulent activity, but it is. It looks like extortion, it 97 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: looks like bribery, it looks like quid pro quo kind 98 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: of behavior. And I'm trying to understand where the great 99 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: area for them is when we're talking about water going 100 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,799 Speaker 1: to voters and someone just giving blank checks, a million 101 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: dollar checks at that to voters and people who are 102 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: organizing voters. So that is what I am questioning right now. 103 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: So Wisconsin is one thing, but now I want to 104 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: turn our attention to another very important race. So Wisc 105 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: Consin is going on today. So you all know there 106 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: are two congressional seats open in Florida right now, one 107 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: vacated by Matt Gates, and I can't think of who 108 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: the other one is vacated by. But these two races 109 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: are not likely to be closed. I don't think that 110 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: Democrats are going to prevail in these races today, but 111 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: we'll see. I think that miracles happen every single day. 112 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: And if people get out and vote, even in districts 113 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: that Trump, you know, won in twenty four by double 114 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: digit margins, you know, maybe so that's sick of Matt 115 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: Gates and don't want anything like it. I don't know, 116 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: but I think that what we have to understand here 117 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: is money play a role here as well. These are 118 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: very expensive special elections, and people got to get out 119 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: the vote and turn out and we'll see what happens. 120 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: But I think that it would be truly a miracle 121 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: if Florida were to pick up some seats for Democrats 122 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: in this special election today. Now that said, there are 123 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: miracles that happen sometimes, and I think one of the 124 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: latest examples of a miracle happening is in Louisiana this 125 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: weekend where there was a special election on four amendments 126 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: to the state constitution. So there's someone who decided to 127 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: weigh in all four of these constitutional amendments were defeated, 128 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: by the way, But there's someone who a lot of 129 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: us will recognize, who does a lot of stuff in 130 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: terms of putting black people on on air, on TV, 131 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: on movies, and film on TV shows, who has business 132 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: now in Louisiana, and he was encouraging the black community 133 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: and others in Louisiana to vote against their interests. 134 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 3: Let's roll that as election day looms tomorrow, Curtis fifty 135 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: cent Jackson throws his support behind Louisiana Amendment two. 136 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 4: But some question the timing. 137 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: NBC six is Lynn Vance shares our time. 138 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 2: Sorry tonight. 139 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 4: I'm hoping that reporters are smarter than that. 140 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 3: Residents and Tree were taking to social media saying they 141 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 3: received text messages and emails with Curtis fifty cent Jackson 142 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: asking them to vote yes for Louisiana. I'm in two. 143 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 5: I want to see more jobs and prosperity in the 144 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 5: state of Louisiana. This is why I support the amendment too. 145 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 5: On your ballads the side of it. 146 00:08:55,720 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 3: But one state representative questions fifty cents timing as well 147 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 3: as others coming out in support of the amendment right 148 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 3: before the election. 149 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 4: If it's strangers or somebody who've never heard before and 150 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 4: havn't heard how this particular organization feels about it. It's political, 151 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 4: I mean, and we don't have time for that kind 152 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 4: of politicians. 153 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 3: NBC six has reported on several city council members and 154 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 3: cattle commissioners speaking out against Amendment to. This week, just 155 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 3: like fifty Cents, Shreeport's Chamber of Commerce came out in 156 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 3: support of the amendment. 157 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 5: It gives teachers permanent pay raise, a doubles senior citizens 158 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 5: tax deduction. This August Stuff. 159 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 3: Representative Phelps says it does much more than what fifty 160 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 3: speaks of in his video. She claims the way the 161 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 3: amendment is written is misleading to voters. 162 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 4: Saturday's election is really really important to the state of 163 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 4: Louisiana because again, we're changing our constitution, things that have 164 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 4: been protected, things that have been best thus far for 165 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 4: the state of Louisiana. 166 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 3: Lynn Vance, NBC six. 167 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: So I was trying to find another video. Hopefully we 168 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: can find it before we go off today. But fifty 169 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: put up a video and I want the full video 170 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: to run. So if we couldn't grab that, you all sorry. 171 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: I don't know why I thought that the video I 172 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: pulled earlier was that video. But if we can grab 173 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: that video instead, and you could just cut me off 174 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: and play it while I'm talking, because I do think 175 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: it's important for people to see the full remarks from 176 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: fifty cent. Now, there were four constitutional amendments on the 177 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 1: ballot this past weekend in Louisiana, and what I think 178 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: is important here is that they were championed by their 179 00:10:54,679 --> 00:11:00,079 Speaker 1: current governor, who is a Republican governor, Jeff Landry. They 180 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: were associated with crime, with the courts, and with finances. 181 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: As you all can see from the clip before. They 182 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: packaged things in very unique ways, and I think we 183 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: have to be mindful of how things are communicated to 184 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 1: us when they are on ballots. You know, we are 185 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 1: told like I remember in Washington State when they were 186 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: challenging affirmative action work. Connorly was a black Republican who 187 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: was going around throughout the country with Pete Wilson in 188 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: California when they did Proposition two on nine, and we 189 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: followed behind them and before Michigan on something called Initiative 190 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: two hundred. Well, they called Initiative two hundred on the 191 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: Washington State ballot the Civil Rights Amendment. If you're not 192 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: reading the fine print right, you are going to assume 193 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: that the thing called the Civil Rights Amendment is not 194 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: about to take away your opportunity and access to higher education, 195 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: to contracts. And that's not what you're thinking is going 196 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: to happen. But that is exactly what happened in Washington State. 197 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: And I would say that in Louisiana it's no different. 198 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: But what happened here is nothing short of a miracle 199 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: because voters came out in droves. There was a thirty 200 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: seven percent increase in black voter turnout, which was significant 201 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: and very well could have made the difference. I'm gonna 202 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: check really quick, do we have that fifty cent video 203 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: or do I need to keep going? Okay, we don't 204 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: have it. So these are the four amendments that I 205 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: that I want to call to your attention. Making it 206 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: easier to charge minors as adults. That was one of them. 207 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: The other amendment was liquidating education trust funds to support 208 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: permanent teacher pay raises. This would have liquidated trust funds 209 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: to pay off two billion dollars in public school system debt, 210 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: and then they would use the savings on interest payments 211 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: to boost teacher salaries by two thousand dollars a year. 212 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily permanent and not necessarily the type of 213 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: rays you want to see as a teacher, especially when 214 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: it ends up impacting your retirement and other things that 215 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: reduce savings for teachers. It said it received some bipartisan support, 216 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,479 Speaker 1: but that the real issue is that there was significant 217 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: amounts of transparency lacking when you're talking about taking savings 218 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: and different education funds. There was also this idea to 219 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: restructure the court system. The Louisiana legislature was seeking to 220 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: broaden power of specialty courts handling cases like veterans affairs, 221 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: drug abuse, and only ensuring that those cases went to 222 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: specific judicial districts. And so there were a number. I'm 223 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: trying to see, Oh there was something else, I miss one. 224 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: I miss one. There was a tax reform measure, and 225 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: that is the one that fifty Cent has been so 226 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: vocal about so I want to make sure now that 227 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: we go to this fifty cent video so you can 228 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: see that sometimes when it comes to what is in 229 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: our best interest, our skin folk don't always move like 230 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: kim folk. Let's roll that fifty cent video. 231 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 5: You might know me as fifty cent. I have a 232 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 5: special message for the people in Louisiana. As you may 233 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 5: have heard, I'm now a proud Louisiana property and business 234 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 5: owner working hard to bring film and television industry back 235 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 5: to Louisiana. I'm working because I have an opportunity to 236 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 5: use my influence and make real change in the communities. 237 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 5: I want to see more jobs and prosperity in the 238 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 5: state of Louisiana. This is why I support the amendment too. 239 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 5: On your balance the side of there, you should too. 240 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 5: Don't let anyone confuse you about the amendment too. It 241 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 5: gives teachers permanent pay raise, It doubles senior citizens tax 242 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 5: deduction is all good stuff. Voting and fatal Amendment two 243 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 5: makes common sense and this is a bipartisan effort. Every 244 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 5: Louisiana State Senate Democrat voting to get the Amendment too 245 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 5: on the ballot. This one is about the people coming together. 246 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: So yes, this is something where you know, you listen 247 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: to it on its face, an increase for teachers, you know, 248 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: making taxes more affordable for folks, tax deductions for citizens 249 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: over sixty five. There are all these things any here 250 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: that sound very, very favorable. But the challenge comes in 251 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: when it's it's not always what it says on its face. 252 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: It's also what you have to read between the lines. 253 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: And I think that I think that what we what 254 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: we have to understand is it is always work to 255 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: be civically engaged, you have to understand what is all 256 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: at stake. And I think that while this is the 257 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: first opportunity for Louisiana's to demonstrate to the governor, look, bro, 258 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: were not on your side like that, and they've done 259 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: that not by voting down amendments that he suggests supported 260 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: to the Constitution. The other thing that I think is 261 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: important and worth noting is he was recently in a 262 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: press conference with Speaker Mike Johnson, who is who represents Louisiana, 263 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: but he's also the Speaker of the House of the 264 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: United States Congress. He was in this press conference with him, 265 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: and he's essentially saying that there's not broad support, but 266 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: that they are banking on low voter turnout. Y'all be 267 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: very concerned and wary of people who are banking on 268 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: people not showing up. That's not what democracy is supposed 269 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: to be about. When we talk about people power. The 270 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: power of the people is not in the smallness of numbers. 271 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: The power of the people is when a majority of 272 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: us feel like we're seen enough in the process to 273 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: continue to participate. So what I think is important here 274 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: again is that two thirds of Louisiana's voted down these amendments. 275 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: The amendment to which was also voted down, this is 276 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: the one that fifty cent was talking about supporting. Says 277 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: it would have lowered the maximum income tax rate the 278 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: state could enact, and restricted annual state budget increases, and 279 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: would have made it more difficult to enact new tax breaks. Allegedly, 280 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: but it would have moved hundreds of millions of dollars 281 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: in tax revenue from state savings into Louisiana's general fund, 282 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: and that is where Governor Landry and state legislators legislators 283 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: could spend that money more easily. That does not mean 284 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: that's in the best interest of taxpayers. So with that, 285 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: I want to pause here and get any questions or 286 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: comments to react to. I think the thing that is 287 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: most pressing to me is Louisiana is a place where 288 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: we can look at it as a recent victory. I 289 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: think the victory is and the fact that the people 290 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: spoke up for themselves, they participated. Of course, we want 291 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: to see voter participation rates going up. Wisconsin, Mississippi, and 292 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: Florida have an opportunity today. It is an election day 293 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: in this country, and I think this is why we 294 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: often talk about they're not every two years, they're not 295 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 1: every four years. There are special elections all the time 296 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: that impact your daily life in more ways than some 297 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: of these major elections. And that doesn't mean to choose 298 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: to pick or pick and choose between which one you're 299 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: going to participate in. It actually means making sure that 300 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: you participate in all of them, and that you know 301 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: what's coming up. I didn't say, and I want to 302 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: make sure I get to that too. Today Mississippi has 303 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: on its ballot It's a municipal primary where local leaders 304 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: decide on policies like public safety, housing, and education. And 305 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 1: that's what is at stake here. So we want to 306 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: make sure that we're paying attention to what is happening 307 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: on the ground in Mississippi today too. So with that, Lolo, 308 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 1: you have any questions comments, Oh, maybe she's not on Okay, 309 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: so I gotta read it. So what are the Dems 310 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: or others going to do about this? Okay, I don't 311 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: know what this is, but I'm gonna tell you what 312 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do about this. I am going to make 313 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: sure that every opportunity I have to tell y'all about 314 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: what's going on, I do that. So we are in 315 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: unique times. We are in a time where I think 316 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: more more of us than not are concerned about what 317 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: our future looks like and what is at stake, And 318 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: so I want us to continue to engage even while 319 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: we are thinking about if our votes actually matter, if 320 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: they are gaming the system. When you look at someone 321 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: cutting a million dollar checks like Elon Musk and Wisconsin 322 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: for a Supreme Court race in the state, you gotta 323 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: wonder why is it so important that they would try 324 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: to pay people to think their way right? That is 325 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: what is really really important. We got to think through 326 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 1: that in Mississippi. I want to go back to this 327 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: really quick today is a primary, so it's the primary 328 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: for mayor. It is the primary. My friend Choqui Lamamba 329 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: is the current mayor, aldermen, councilman and more for the 330 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: next four years. This is the primary. Polls opened in 331 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: Mississippi at seven am and they close at seven pm Central. 332 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: Any voter that's in line by seven pm can still 333 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: cast their ballots. So make sure that you all get 334 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: out to vote in Mississippi today. We did talk about 335 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: those Florida races already, but I'm gonna go back into 336 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: the Florida polls for today and what we who's on 337 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: the ballot. These are people who are running to replace uh, 338 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: Matt Gates and Michael Waltz. That's who it is. These 339 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:21,719 Speaker 1: are in two GOP you know, heavily leaning districts right now. 340 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: Why this is so important is because Democrats hold two 341 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen seats. There are two recent vacancies, of course, 342 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: one being after the death of Sylvester Turner from Houston, Texas. 343 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: And then Republicans have two hundred and eighteen seats, which 344 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: is the the minimum needed to keep the majority. And 345 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 1: so these two seats today in Matt Gates Old District 346 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: which is the first congressional district in Florida is there's 347 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,239 Speaker 1: two candidates running. One is Republican Jimmy Patronis and then 348 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: Democrat Gave Vallomont. Valamont is a gun control activist. And 349 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 1: then there's Congressional District six, which is Mike Waltz's old seat. 350 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 1: There are there's a Republican state Senator Randy Fine, who 351 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: is running for that seat, and then Democrat Josh Well 352 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: who's a public school educator. And so these are again 353 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: there're Republican districts, but it's important for us to understand 354 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: that again, things can change. I know that some folks 355 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: were surprised to see the results in Louisiana. Somebody asked 356 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: about the Corey Booker philibuster. I will tell y'all as 357 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: a teaser. We're going to talk about this on the 358 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 1: podcast tomorrow. But I do want to know if you 359 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: all think that Elon Musk is playing too heavy handed, 360 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: like he got Doge and everything that Doge is doing, 361 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: including making some massive mistakes in the federal government, he 362 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: is benefiting significantly from Doje's overreach with the number of 363 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: contracts that he has in the federal government. And he's 364 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: taking that same outsized influence that he used to the 365 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: tune of two hundred million plus dollars with the America 366 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: pack I believe is how much they spent. Maybe two 367 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: ninety I think it was. I put it in my substack. Oh, 368 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: I got to say about my substack. But just hold that, 369 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: hold that thought. You hold that thought for me. We 370 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: have him playing an outsize role in the federal government 371 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: with the election in November, paying all that money into 372 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: the process and making sure that he wrote his ticket 373 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: to be able to run the Trump administration, which he 374 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: is doing through an agency that is not congressionally approved. 375 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,679 Speaker 1: DOJE is not congressionally approved, y'all. That's something they made up. Okay. Now, 376 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: the other thing that I want you to understand is 377 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: he's taking that same outsize influence into the Supreme Court 378 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: contest in Wisconsin today. They have spent so much money 379 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 1: on this race, y'all. We gotta pay attention to these 380 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: things at some point if we don't stand up and say, 381 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: you cannot continue to write your checks and think that 382 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: your checks are as meaningful as our votes. And the 383 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: only way we can do that is as a collective. 384 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: So tomorrow we will talk about Corey Booker's filibuster, why 385 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: is it too little, too late? We will talk about 386 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: if it's if all the senators need to be joining in. 387 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: We will talk about what the House can do. I 388 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: talk about in my new substack post. It's my first one. 389 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 1: I hope y'all subscribe. Angela t Rye. Tea is for 390 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 1: Teresa Angela t Rye on substack. Please subscribe today. Know 391 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,360 Speaker 1: that I took a moment to really think about what 392 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: we needed to do differently in this very important time. 393 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: So I have five ways to meet the moment. It 394 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: is in my substack. 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