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12.2.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: IBiden's Angola Visit, Biden's Pardon Flack, Verdict Watch: N.Y. Chokehold Death, Trump's FBI Pick President Joe Biden is the first American leader to visit Angola.  During a powerful speech standing in front of the  National Slavery Museum, Biden talked about the importance of not forgetting the ugly legacy that originally defined relations with Africa...

11.26.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump’s Tariffs to raise prices, Walmart ends DEI, Black-owned skin care line Trump's proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico could lead to price hikes for everyday goods. Economist Morgan Harper will explain how those increases will shrink your bank account.  A Florida judge sentenced a white woman to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting her black neighbor thr...

11.22.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Defining Financial Success,Trump Sentencing Postponed Indefinitely, Rep. Jasmine Crockett Chronicles A new study examines how generations view financial success. I'll discuss the huge disparities between generations with economist Morgan Harper.  The orange convict's sentencing is postponed indefinitely, and he may request that his conviction be overturned.  Tru...

11.21.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump's Picks & The Black Community, Matt Gaetz Withdraws, Jussie Smollett Conviction Overturned With every Trump administration appointment, we are seeing Project 2025 taking shape.  Janai Nelson, the president and director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, is here to explain how Trump's picks may impact the Black community. Matt Gaetz couldn't take the he...

11.20.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered Exclusive: Fmr. TSU Pres. Talks Financial Crisis, Rep. Crockett Blasts "Oppressed" MAGAs Tennessee State University's financial crisis is being blamed on former president Dr. Glenda Glover.  In an RMU exclusive, Dr. Glover will tell her side of the story and explain why the school is drowning in debt.  In our Crockett Chronicles, Congresswomen Jasmine Crockett an...

11.19.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Head of FEMA Questioned, Fired FEMA Worker Responds to Hearing, Trump's Cabinet & Project 2025 FEMA's administrator faces questions from the House Oversight Committee about the federal government's hurricane response and allegations from fired FEMA worker Marn'i Washington Milton, who said she got orders to skip hostile homes that happened to have Trump sign...

11.18.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: TSU out of money, Saint Augustine board probe, $5.9M  Palm Springs reparations approved Tennessee State officials say the state's largest historically Black university is out of money.  We'll tell you how much the state had to give the HBCU to keep the institution financially viable. North Carolina's State Attorney General is investigating allegations against Sa...

11.15.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Remembering Music Legend Quincy Jones  We are paying Homage to musical legend Quincy Jones, who died at 91 from pancreatic cancer. Tonight, we have a special show dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of his life's work with special guests like Howard Hewitt, Patti Austin, Gerald Albright, and more. Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Andr...

11.14.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: DOJ Finds GA Jail Violates Inmate Rights, Tulsa's 1st Black Mayor, Trump Selects RFK to Lead DHHS The Justice Department says the conditions in Georgia's Fulton County Jails violate inmate rights.  You'll hear what Kristen Clarke, the  Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, had to say about their findings. We'll talk to Atlanta's NAACP Pres...

11.13.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump returns to White House, MAGA cabinet appointments, GOP takes House, Blacks flee X for Fanbase President Joe Biden opened the White House to the man who didn't have the decency to do the same in 2020.  I have a lot to say about Biden's meeting with the convict-in-chief.  The Orange clown is announcing his cabinet members.  The circus tent will be full!  We'...

11.12.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Economic Anxiety & 2024 Election, VP Harris Returns to White House, Trump's Sentencing Delayed Democrats continue to Monday Morning Quarterback Vice President Kamala Harris' loss.  We'll look at why some blame economic anxiety.  Black Votes Matter Co-founder Cliff Albright is here to explain how that reason is just an excuse.  Vice President Kamala Harris wa...

Chapter 12 chronicles the demise of our fictional magazine, Capital Monthly. The pressure from the White House, from advertisers and from Social Media algorithms kills the independent journalism that was documenting what life was like under Donald Trump's second term guided by Project 2025.   This is the last episode of Trump's Project 2025: Up Close and Personal we have been presenting as special...

11.11.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Exclusive: Fired FEMA Worker Speaks, Trump Blocks Judicial Appointments, Processing Election PTSD The Federal Emergency Management Agency fired an employee accused of instructing Florida relief workers not to go to homes with yard signs supporting Trump. She says that's not what happened.   In an RMU Exclusive, Marn'i Washington will explain what really happened...

11.8.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump Criminal Cases, Trump's No Fluke, Trump & Higher Education Finances  Folks believed that Trump's 2016 presidential win was a one-off, a fluke. Elie Mystal will explain how Tuesday's outcome proved that the country is much more right-wing than we thought.  Now that Trump is returning to the White House, what's happening with his criminal election interfe...

11.8.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump Criminal Cases, Trump's No Fluke, Trump & Higher Education Finances  Folks believed that Trump's 2016 presidential win was a one-off, a fluke. Elie Mystal will explain how Tuesday's outcome proved that the country is much more right-wing than we thought.  Now that Trump is returning to the White House, what's happening with his criminal election interfe...

In Chapter 11, set in November in Tallahassee, fictional Florida, Governor Buck Bryce confidently addresses the press regarding Hurricane Timothy, initially predicted to be a manageable Category 1 storm. However, the hurricane unexpectedly strengthens to a devastating Category 4 upon landfall, causing widespread destruction and significant loss of life. The governor, previously assured by Washingt...

11.7.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Biden On Trump's Win, Latino Men Showed Up for Trump, Jane Elliott Explains How Racism Elected Trump President Joe Biden spoke for the first time since election night, asking the country to unify and promising a peaceful transition of power. We'll show you what he said.  Journalist Eric Garcia of The Independent says he knows why Latino men helped re-elect Trump....

11.7.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Biden On Trump's Win, Latino Men Showed Up for Trump, Jane Elliott Explains How Racism Elected Trump President Joe Biden spoke for the first time since election night, asking the country to unify and promising a peaceful transition of power. We'll show you what he said.  Journalist Eric Garcia of The Independent says he knows why Latino men helped re-elect Trump....

The first part of Chapter10 introduces the fictional character Dr. Joy Brewer, a dedicated researcher focused on studying cancer clusters affecting Black Americans. Joy learns from her colleague, Dr. Matthias Kunz, that all federal grants linked to race or gender are being canceled, jeopardizing her life’s work. Despite her attempts to advocate for her essential research, the political climate for...

11.6.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: 2024 Election Recap: Harris Concedes, Trump Wins: Now What?, GOP Controls Senate Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the 2024 presidential election. We'll show you her concession speech, which she gave at Howard University a while ago.  We did make history last night by electing a convicted felon as commander-in-chief.  We'll explore what will happen to Trump's...

11.5.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Votes Matter Election Night 2024 | #BlackStarNetwork  Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox  http://www.blackstarnetwork.com The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" f...

11.4.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Roland on the Road in Battleground Pennsylvania, GA Early Vote Lawsuit, Black Voter Project Poll LIVE in Pennsylvania on election night eve, counting down the hours before polls open across the nation to pick the next commander-in-chief.  We'll show you Vice President Kamala Harris' last-ditch effort to get folks to the polls here in Pennsylvania. Black Voter Pro...

The story follows fictional Private Troy Marquis, who attends a tense early morning briefing at a military reserve base in Philadelphia. Troy is told that a radical group, Antifa, has invaded the city, prompting a second-term President Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.   US law currently prohibits the military from operating on US soil. However, the Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president...

Project 2025 proposes to eliminate the Department of Education and divert federal education funding into universal school voucher programs, allowing public money to be used for private and for-profit schools.  This would result in cuts to critical services and programs at public schools, including mental health counseling, school resource officers, after-school programs, reading/writing specialist...

11.1.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Oct. Jobs Report, Shomari Figures, ProPublica Exposes Ad Targeting Election Officials, VP Wis. Rally LIVE  in Mobile, Alabama, at the 2nd Annual Port City Classic Business Expo, where I participated in two panels.  Here's what's coming Up on Roland Martin Unfiltered streaming live on the Black Star Network. October's job report was well below expectations.  The o...