#RolandMartinUnfiltered

10.13.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jailed Black Mailman’s Death Sparks Lawsuit, Day 14 Shutdown Pain, Crockett vs GOP, NOLA Makes History A Minnesota police department and county are being accused of ignoring clear signs of a medical emergency involving a jailed Black mailman, which ultimately led to his death. We'll be speaking with one of the attorneys who filed the wrongful death lawsuit...

10.9.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Letitia James Indicted, Day 9 Shutdown Stalemate, Dems Press Johnson, Voting Rights at Risk Letitia James, the New York attorney general who successfully convicted Trump, has been indicted by the Justice Department on fraud charges. On the 9th day of the government shutdown, the Senate once again failed to pass a funding bill to get federal employees back to work...

10.8.2025 #RolandMartinUnifltered: Shutdown Hits Wallets, Trump Targets Chicago Leaders, FL Kirk Bill, The Root’s Black Ownership Many are seeing their pockets getting empty due to this administration's tariffs and policies.  We'll talk to an economist about how this shutdown will affect your bank account.  Washington Congressman Adam Smith will be here to talk about the eight...

10.6.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Day 6 Shutdown Standoff, Jeffries Challenges Johnson, Judge Backs Trump Guard Order, GA Case Risk We are on Day 6 of the government shutdown, and the Senate will hold its fifth vote on the spending bill aimed at reopening the government. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is challenging Speaker Mike Johnson to a primetime debate. A federal judge has decided no...

10.3.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Diddy Sentenced, National Guard in Memphis, Trump Shutdown Day 3, Zohran Mamdani Speaks, Farmers Aid Nearly 100 arrests have been made by the newly created---Memphis Safe Task Force since its deployment. Attorney General Pam Bondi calls it a win but are Black communities paying the price? Congressman Justin Pearson joins us live. Plus, day three of the government...

10.2.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump Threatens Layoffs in GOP Shutdown, Troops in Cities, Bad Bunny Super Bowl Fight Turns Political It's Day Two of the Republican-led government shutdown, and federal workers could start receiving termination letters as soon as tomorrow. We'll talk to an organization suing the Trump administration over the threat of mass federal layoffs. Federal troops have no...

10.1.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: GOP Blames Dems for Shutdown, Pew Poll Slams Trump, Crockett Responds, Bad Bunny Super Bowl Fire Day one of the GOP-led government shutdown, and guess who Republicans are blaming? That's right, Democrats. My Congresswoman, Jasmine Crockett, is here to set the record straight.  A new Pew Research Center poll shows Americans view Trump, Vance, and congressiona...

9.30.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Gov't Shutdown Looms, Jeffries Responds, Hegseth’s Military Policy Shift, GOP PA Rigging Claims We are just hours away from a government shutdown. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will be here live with the latest on what Democrats are doing to try to stop it. Also, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is rolling out big changes to military standards and gen...

9.29.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump, Dem Leaders Met as Shutdown Looms, Biden-Era Grant Program Ends, Montell Jordan Health Battle Top congressional leaders met with the twice-impeached, criminally convicted felon-in-chief, Donald "The Con" Trump, in a last-ditch effort to prevent a government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Education is shutting down a Biden-era grant program designed to in...

9.26.2025 #RolandMartinUnifltered: ICE Officer Tackles Woman, Shutdown Looms, UN Walkout on Netanyahu, Assata Shakur’s Legacy An ICE officer is off the job after a disturbing video goes viral. It shows him tackling a woman to the ground inside a New York immigration courthouse while her two little kids watched. We will show you what happened.  Plus, we're just five days away from a gove...

9.25.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: DOJ Sues Over Voting Data, As Shutdown looms Jeffries & Clyburn  speak out, Political violence Rise The Justice Department is suing six states for refusing to hand over their statewide voter registration lists. Congress is less than a week away from shutting down the federal government.  Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries calls out the Republica...

9.24.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: TSU Students Stun MAGA, Loomer’s Racist Attack on Crockett, GA Blackface Outrage, Justice in Boston At Tennessee State University, MAGA demonstrators attempted to stir up trouble, but students shut them down. We'll show you what went down. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is once again the target of racist attacks -- this time from far-right MAGA influencer L...

9.23.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump Skips Shutdown Talks, MD Job Losses, Memphis Band’s Kazoo Protest, Black Family Legacy Trump chickens out and bails on a crucial meeting with Democratic leaders to avoid a government shutdown, calling their demands "unserious and ridiculous." Maryland lost another 2,500 federal jobs in August.  Making it the second straight month the state led th...

9.22.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Kirk “Conservative Revival,” Ilhan Omar Claps Back, Kimmel Returns, Trump Targets Reporter Thousands gathered, and millions more watched, at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, the racist conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA. Former Illinois Republican Congressman Joe Walsh is here to discuss the memorial, which is being c...

9.19.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: MAGA Lies on Black Cities, Dems Slam Kirk Vote, Crockett vs GOP, Record $150M HBCU Gift MAGA Republicans say Black cities are more violent, but is that fact or just racist fear-mongering? Michael Harriot brings the receipts to flip that narrative. The House voted to honor White Supremacist Charlie Kirk, but Democrats pushed back hard.  You'll hear AOC's take...

9.16.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: FBI’s Patel & Booker Clash, Trump’s Memphis National Guard Move, Fashion With Purpose FBI Director Kash Patel and Senator Cory Booker go toe to toe in a heated Senate showdown. We'll show you the exchange and what's next for the Bureau. Plus, Donald "The Con" Trump sends the National Guard into Memphis, even though nobody asked for them. Represent...

9.15.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Kirk Killing Fuels Blame Game, MO Map Attacks, Black Pastors Call Out Rising Fascism The political finger-pointing continues since the murder of white Supremacist Charlie Kirk, even though the suspect is a white right-wing man. Former GOP congressman Joe Walsh will help break down the Left versus Right blame game. Missouri's new congressional map faces multiple a...

9.12.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Kirk Shooting Suspect Revealed, DOJ Voter Database Report, Crockett Slams GOP Over Minors Surprise, surprise, surprise!  It was a right-wing, straight, white, Trump-supporting male who allegedly fired the shot that killed Charlie Kirk. Where are all of those MAGA folks blaming the liberals for murder? I have a whole lot to say about that.  We'...

Vice President Kamala Harris unleashes in her new book “107 Days,” exposing how the Biden White House failed to protect her while Fox News launched relentless attacks. In the excerpt of the upcoming book, Harris recalls being thrown under the bus by her own team, castigated for a Selma speech that went viral, and left to fend off negative narratives about staff turnover and chaos. VP H...

Bomb threats have forced multiple HBCUs into lockdown, a crisis leaders describe as part of an escalating antiblack agenda. Calls are growing for the FBI and Department of Justice to treat these incidents as domestic terrorism, warning that Black institutions and students are being viciously targeted. The climate of intimidation reflects what speakers called a historical escalation, with Black Ame...

9.11.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: HBCUs & DNC Hit with Threats, State Dept. Warning After Kirk’s Death, 9/11, Crockett, Paramount Deal Five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the Democratic National Committee headquarters receive terrorist threats. The State Department says it will bar entry to foreign nationals who publicly downplay or mock Charlie Kirk's death. Yes, you...

9.10.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Kirk Shot, Rep. Frost & Rep. Higgins Clash, Jeffries Rips Trump, Lisa Cook Ruling MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk is dead after getting shot in the neck while speaking at a Utah college event.   It got hot during today's congressional committee meeting over proposed bills to increase federal control of D.C.'s criminal justice system. Democrat Maxwell F...

9.9.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: MO GOP Map Targets Black Voters, Pressley Demands Powell Answer on Black Jobs, Pastor vs. MAGA Missouri Republicans have passed a proposed congressional map that could expand the GOP's razor-thin majority in the U.S. House. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke will join us to discuss the racist efforts aimed at undermining Black and minority representati...

9.8.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump’s City Threats, Missouri Dems Sit-In, SCOTUS Racial Profiling & Jeffries Jan. 6 Panel Picks In Missouri, tensions are high as House representatives debate a new, controversial congressional map, but Democrats aren't having it; they've staged a sit-in on the House floor.  I'll talk to one of those state representatives. The twice-impeached, cri...

9.5.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Tarrant Jail Deaths Outrage, Black Jobless Rate Rises, Tabitha Brown Sparks Debate, RMU 7th Anniv. More than 70 people have died while in custody in the Tarrant County, Texas, Jail since 2017.  These unanswered deaths are sparking outrage, and the Sheriff is refusing to appear before the commission to explain what's going on.  His reason...Commissioner A...