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00:02 Mo Facts for August 12, 2019. This is episode number three. It's Mo Facts with Adam Curry. How you doing, Mo? I'm doing great. How you doing, Adam? I'm doing good, man. It's, uh... The weeks just seem to fly by. I know I look forward to Monday every, uh, Monday of every week. The first Monday of every week, like the second Thursday or something like that. Yeah. Right. Um, I have a couple of, first of all, uh, apologies about the, uh, the iTunes, uh, for the show being available on iTunes. I submitted it, the RSS feed and really weird. Somehow the account is so old. I haven't updated a podcast since, uh, I think since no agenda started.

00:55 11 years ago, and so somehow it was linked to a Dutch version of my Apple account They got really confused so I have to resubmit that it should be searchable in the in the iTunes directory Sometime this week so that's on me Also, you can find the RSV me RSS feed at mo facts.com. Yes We add it's been added to the web page So go check that out as well. Definitely and I got some good responses on the last show. How about you? I got good responses and then I also got some I was a little being a little hard on The females so I hope to bring some balance to the show not done on this episode. Yo, what did you do? What did you do wrong?

01:43 Um, I just told what told the truth, but I think they saw it as one-sided But I just wanted to dedicate the majority of the show just focusing on how they're how they're doing Identity politics and with that you have to focus on their groups that are being targeted. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, indeed This was the whole conversation about how political parties are trying to split black American men and women Correct. And really almost pit them against each other. The feedback I got is a lot of people who had no idea about the man about the house rules, the 68 welfare. A lot of people were very, they said, wow, that was eye opening. They liked that a lot.

02:27 Right, and I just think that was just a knee-jerk reaction thinking it was going to be one-sided, but that was just the first show that we went into identity politics. So on this show, we hope to bring a little balance to show how the elite are targeting the black community on both sides of the gender argument and using the bullet both male and female. Okay, well I'm ready. Let's get the journey started. Alright, so just to finish off where we were headed last week, just showing with Kamala Harris, and I'd like to say first of all me and Kamala Harris will always be tied at the hip

03:10 Of each other because she kind of got me into this whole podcasting slash speaking out because as you know, I started out on the star report with star on his YouTube channel. Everybody should go check that out. And one of the first call-ins shows was the whole Jussie Smollett case. Ah, which was which was had ties to a lot of Chicago elite, but also to Kamala Harris. Exactly. So that's how I got started because I've actually a month ahead of time, I pointed out her connection with the alleged, let me say that alleged connection with the whole anti-lynching bill that was time, you know what I'm saying, time just so perfect with his actions. Which Cory Booker was also a part of.

03:59 Right, correct. So and what struck me with that was with her tweet. It came out so fast. Usually politicians are very measured when they put their support behind people. But immediately those two came out and said, this looks like a modern day lynching. So in hindsight, we know that that was a poorly timed tweet. And I would like the first clip going to NBC panel mocks Kamala Harris for that tweet. Alright, amid new revelations in the case involving the alleged attack on Empire actor Jesse Smollett, Democratic presidential candidates appear to be backing away from their initial statements. On January 29th, Senator Kamala Harris called the alleged attack on Smollett an attempted modern-day lynching. Here's what she said about that tweet yesterday.

04:54 Which tweet? What tweet? About saying that it is a modern day lynching that... Sorry. Just a small one. OK, so I will say this about that case. I think that the facts are still unfolding. By the way, I just got to stop this. When any politician says, I'll say this about that, they're stalling for time. Like, I got to put the story together. It's great. Sorry. Just a small one. Okay, so I will say this about that case. I think that the facts are still unfolding and I'm very concerned about obviously... Can we just say it? Because that's what we used to do on this show. Okay. Can we just say it? Just say it. We would just run tape. I don't know if I want to. No, no, just talk about first instincts. Okay.

05:50 She looked like she actually didn't know about the tweet. And now, and like she was looking around at his staff member going, what did we tweet that? I'm not making any excuses for whatsoever. It's the box. Can we stop right there? Can we stop? Sure. He says we're not making any excuses for, but makes the excuse that she didn't see in the tweet. Oh yeah. Well, what he's saying is it looks like a staffer did the tweet. Right? And that's why I chose this as the intro clip into this whole segment of the show that we're going to talk about how the media has been handling Kamala with kid gloves and protecting her. The title of this actual clip on YouTube is MSNBC panel mocks Kamala.

06:39 But as you continue to listen, they defend Kamala by saying, some staffer did it, but you can continue with the clip now. that tweet was going out there. Are you kidding me? Yeah, I gotta say though, you're correct. It's her responsibility. It's what it feels like. We don't know. If she did as well as you can do with a hum and a hum and a hum in a moment. I mean, the turn to get more time and the laugh. Are you kidding me? We cheated that? As a former Senate staffer, I would really

07:23 throw the staff under the bus here because you know that's one of those moments where the senator was asked a question and she looks at the staff and it's like hey boss you know. Okay but you really think these candidates are tweeting 24-7? No they have people tweeting for them and let me just tell you stop Only tweet when you're tweeting. It's not going to work otherwise. You have people tweeting for you, oh, it's not helpful and something like that will happen. If she did tweet that, she's going to have to completely roll it back and take ownership for it because we don't know what happened. Just like with many other cases we're talking about in this country where there are allegations, that's what they are.

07:58 Accusations. We don't know what happened. And this is a problem. Everyone thinks mob rule is where we're gonna go. It's not gonna work in the elections. It's not gonna work for Democrats. Just for background, the name of her bill, the bill she had with Cory Booker, was Justice for Victims of Lynching Act. Legislation that would criminalize lynching for the first time in American history. The motion was passed in the House. And that this article is from February 14th, 2019. So that was a pretty fresh bill. I don't think it had passed at that point at that time. No, it hadn't passed at the time. And I think this just I know we're going back a little ways, but with this podcast, we haven't covered this issue, but it's very important. With Jussie Smully, for people that don't know, he left the noose around his neck. Yes.

08:55 as a symbol of lynching. And she, I don't know if she knew about this or if she didn't know about this, but she took that opportunity to say, look, see, this is a modern day lynching in her tweet that now the MSNBC has said that her staffers allegedly must have written. So it's like, and like I said, going back, the title of this video says they're mocking her. But it seems like they're defending her and the reason why I wanted to use this as the jumping off point is, like as I said before, we've seen the media protect her over and over again and we even saw this with Tulsi Gabbard. Yes, yes, the media immediately was happy to comply with her messaging which was, oh yeah, well you work for Putin.

09:52 Right, so let's go get into Tulsi attacks Okay, so let's talk about the debates last night because you had quite a moment With Senator Kamala Harris calling out her record as a prosecutor. I want to take a listen to what you said Senator Harris says she's proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she'll be a prosecutor president But I'm deeply concerned about this record. I There are too many examples to cite, but she put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence. She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California. And she fought to keep the cash bail system in place that impacts poor people in the worst kind of way.

10:48 Congresswoman, did you get the answer that you were looking for from Senator Harris? I got no answers, but more importantly, the American people, voters, got no answers. Senator Harris said very clearly on the debate stage last night that she's proud of her record, yet she failed to answer these very pointed questions about these parts of her record where when she was in a position of power and responsibility where she could have been a champion for the people, instead she was the exact opposite. She was perpetuating the worst part of our criminal justice system that disproportionately impacts our black and brown brothers and sisters, poor people in California. And I'm concerned about the kind of leadership that she'll bring to the White House because she's built her whole presidential campaign around being a champion for minorities, being a champion for the people. But once again, when you look at her record,

11:39 And I'm not talking about a record from 30 years ago or 15 years ago. We're talking about her record in the very last job she had just a couple of years ago as attorney general in California. My understanding is we actually can't look at her record as her record has been removed from the California district attorney website. Surprise, surprise. You wonder why. And to be honest with you, if we were able to look at the record, It has just been poo-pooed as she's just doing her job. Yeah, she was just it's her job to lock up people you understand as you know as a top cop of California. But you can't be pro police reform and have the record that she does and I would like to bring attention to something else that she has in her her closet of many skeletons. Her first campaign she ran on she used a fire

12:35 Of it could have been a black or brown person looking at as a gang member with tattoos and holding a pistol. So. She has been very pro-police, which I mean, that's her choice. I mean, I have no issue with that. If that's where you stand, my issue with her is that she goes back and forth. She wants to be tough on her record, but then say, oh no, I wasn't really tough on my record. So what we see here in this next clip of the post-debate fact check is we start to see even local news spinning it to protect Kamala Harris. KPX 5 political reporter Melissa Cain has a look at the facts.

13:20 Senator Harris says she's proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she'll be a prosecutor president, but I'm deeply concerned about this record. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard did not hold back at last night's debate, taking aim at Senator Kamala Harris' record as California's Attorney General. But we wanted to know, were Gabbard's claims true? She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. Did Harris put 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations? Well, as Attorney General, she would not have personally prosecuted drug cases. That 1,500 number was reported by the Washington Free Beacon. They claim that based on numbers from the Department of Corrections, at least 1,560 people were sent to state prisons for marijuana-related offenses between 2011 and 2016. That's when Harris was the Attorney General.

14:13 And did Harris laugh about her own marijuana use? Well, here's a radio interview from February of this year. Have you ever smoked? I have. Okay. And I inhaled. I did inhale. Gabbard also seemed to refer to the case of death row inmate Kevin Cooper. that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. It is true that as Attorney General, Harris refused to allow advanced DNA testing that could free Cooper. He's on death row for murdering a family in 1983. Governor Gavin Newsom ordered a full DNA testing earlier this year, but we don't know the results yet, so we can't say Cooper is an innocent man. In 2018, now Senator Harris changed her mind and did endorse the DNA testing.

15:02 Now Tulsi Gabbard also accused Kamala Harris of fighting to keep California's cash bail system in place, which is true. But since becoming a senator, Harris has also introduced legislation to end the cash bail system. Look forward to September's debate. Oh yeah, absolutely. Fewer people on stage, more fun. Wow, they basically gave no information. That was good. Exactly, it was a whole bunch of talking and it was nothing. Yeah, well she didn't try the cases herself. I mean, I think everybody knows she went standing up in the courtroom and tried every one of those 1500 cases. It's that she oversaw the system that locked these people up. But as you see, even down, and that's why I wanted to use that clip, was even down to the local news,

15:53 They're protecting her. And I think this is coming from a high place that they really want her to be the candidate. Now, how does that work with, is Joe Biden then just there as a placeholder? I mean, he certainly seems like it, but is he just a placeholder? I believe so. I think they think, this is just my personal opinion, I think they think that Joe will gap himself out. Eventually he's gonna drop the gaffe of all gaffes and he'll remove himself and he has the same track record with her as far as the criminal justice system is concerned because he helped write the 94 crime bill. Yes, the super predators bill and there's a lot of other stuff. Right, so he has the same negatives as her and if they can get it down to those two on the

16:44 the stage. Yes, in the final elimination round. Right. But the problem is when you have people like Tulsi coming in and lobbing, you know, these attacks that she lobbed at her, these hit hard. So What I went ahead with this is one of the big mistakes she made was laughing about smoking weed. And where she did that was, was the breakfast club. And you brought up Charlemagne Tha God. Yes, on the last episode, I think. On episode one. Oh, one, yes. And I started digging, like, whenever you start this with me, this is something you had to know about me.

17:22 Whenever I start, like something gets in my brain, I have to get to the bottom of it. So you asked me about Sholem Anegad. He is in a very powerful position. And let's figure out why the Breakfast Club is a required stop for presidential candidates. The hosts admit they have an agenda, but they don't always have the same agenda. Do you feel like white candidates get treated differently than black candidates in here? Absolutely. Yeah, I can say that. How do you figure? I don't necessarily think so. I can say that because I'll tell you straight up. I'm not looking to elect any more white males, especially for president. You know, I like somebody like Mayor Pete, but when it comes to those old white guys, they're not even going to be here to see the future. So why should they dictate policies on the future? And I don't trust them. It's hard. I think that white

18:18 Male entitlement and privilege has been a super detriment to this country. So yes, when these old white males come in this room and you can see the entitlement on them and you can see the privilege on them, yes. I do feel a different way about this. And I would likely say I feel more of a connection with women and with people of color when they come up here. I'm looking for somebody that's going to run this country the right way. I don't care if you old, I don't care if you're black, if you're a woman, I just want you to run this country the right way. Look, they've embraced the Breakfast Club. Democratic Party has embraced the Breakfast Club. Have they embraced the issues that the Breakfast Club listeners want to embrace? Have they embraced black issues?

18:56 I think that this is the first time we've heard this many candidates talk about a black agenda, this many candidates talk about reparations. I think for a long time they have been ignoring their most loyal fan base, which is black people. And I think that a great question that is being asked is, you know, why do we continue to vote Democrat? You know, just because. Wow, there's a lot that's loaded with stuff there. First of all as an older white male, fuck you. All right, so I got it. Not wanted. I'm not as old as Joe. I think that answers your question about Joe Biden.

19:35 Yeah, oh that totally answers it and I even heard look I don't even mind that the person's old, person of color, a woman, anything but white. That excludes Joe because he's the combo is bad. But yeah, I've only heard Charlemagne talk about you know actually only about Kamala Harris and then it's interesting that he says or I don't know if it was his co-host Oh yeah, well this is, you know, the, we need, candidates are talking about black agenda. Well, really? Kamala Harris isn't really talking about a black agenda. She's not really talking about reparations. And I had a clip slip. And if anybody wants to create a jingle for that, I had a clip slip. Because she was interviewed by the Grio.

20:25 And it's a very important clip and I'll bring it or even link it somewhere. But she was asked, are you going to do anything specifically for black people? And she said, no. Wait, she was asked on the Breakfast Club? No, on the Griot. The Griot interviewed her post-nomination, announced her nomination, and what she was doing, was she doing things specifically for black people? She said no, and I gotta hate, I don't have that clip. I don't know, I might have to go grab it. I'll take your word for it. I'm sure she did it. But yeah, what pisses me off is,

21:04 Charlamagne knows this. He didn't ask her anything about reparations. He didn't ask her anything about a black agenda. And then he lets her come on his show and float this BS bio of hers. The bio. Now for those who may not know let us know a little about yourself you're from the Bay Area right? I was born in Oakland okay and I went to Howard I went out of Howard to law school in California I started my career in the DA's office in Oakland California And then I was elected the first black woman to be elected a district attorney in the state of California, San Francisco. I was there for two terms and then I was elected Attorney General of California, making me the first woman and the first African American ever elected as an Attorney General. And she's Jamaican too. Yeah, man. I got to throw the Jamaican out there then, I guess. Right. And she used

22:04 First black, first African American and for the untrained ear. All right, let me give you some, this is where I come in with the inside baseball. The way she shaped her bio on this show was so disingenuous because she said, I was born in Oakland, Oakland being predominantly black. It has a lot of historical black importance. You know, you have the Black Panthers that was, sure. uh, Laura, I mean, he was in that community and even he asked her about being affiliated with the Black Panthers. It wasn't really clippable, uh, because there was a lot of over-talking, but she was like, oh yeah, they inspired me. I'm like, whoa, hold on, you're the top cop and the Black Panthers? Well, but Mo, this was also the interview where she, uh, she said, oh yeah, no, I, uh, I would smoke weed while listening to, uh, to, uh, Tupac.

22:56 Right, Tupac hadn't even released his album when she was so apparently smoking weed. Right, and they even the whole Breakfast Club came out with a an excuse saying well I asked her one question and she said yes to another question that Charlamagne was asking her some some BS. But back to the inside baseball the way she shaped this was I was born in Oakland Then I went off to Howard, Howard University for those not knowing is a HBCU. It has a very rich... Historically black college and university. Yes, historically black college and university. It has a very rich history. But the way she shaped that is she lived in... This is what will be heard when she said that. I lived in Oakland all my life.

23:46 It's not true. to fight for civil rights. Yeah. Well, that's it's yeah, that's I guess that's kind of true all my life. I was just living somewhere else for a while, wasn't it? She right. Well, if I don't what is not true about this statement, if I as a black person was to take that as she stated, what would be the problem with that statement?

24:26 What, with the, I lived there all my life but then I came back? Yeah, with her bio. Yes. When she came back, where did you come back from? Where you were all your life in Oakland? Right. First of all, she didn't live in Oakland all her life as she tried to make it seem. She lived in Canada for, I'm saying, for a major chunk of her life. Yeah. Second of all, she lived with her mother only who was Indian. So she wasn't bathed in the blackness. And honestly, I think that Howard was a very, this is just me being cynical, was a very calculated move by her if she had political aspirations to say, you know, I checked this off my black card. So that's where we're at with that. But with Charlamagne, he has not been

25:17 He's been openly supportive of Kamala Harris and the fact that he will vote for her as you see in this next clip. If I had to vote for somebody right now today, it would definitely be Kamala Harris. And the reason it would be Kamala Harris is because I was liking Kamala before she even announced she was running for president. She was on Breakfast Club last year. And I had been following her for the past two or three years. And I just was intrigued by Kamala Harris for some reason. I know people question her record as a prosecutor, but it was a lot of the things that she was doing in that space that I thought was very progressive, like the Back on Track program and making her officers wear body cameras. Stuff like that had me engaged, like, wow, who is this Kamala Harris? And of course, she's a black woman, so I was definitely intrigued by that. That's just natural. That could be my sister. That could be my

26:09 you know, aunt, that could be my, you know, my daughters, you know what I mean? My friend, like, of course, black women. So it's like, I'm intrigued by that. I was like, yo, she could be president. I always thought that. If you go back and watch our first interview, I told her, like, yo, if you run, you know, we'll support you. Now, I just had to have some questions about her record as a prosecutor, but she's a prosecutor. prosecutors do yeah I'd have to say that when he says you know I'm as much a black woman as Kamala Harris is in the way he's like no this is this slippery slope of what is black blackness yes right and and this is why the term ADOS has been so powerful because now you can't just use this blanket term of black you know and and cloak yourself in it

26:59 Uh, and he said a lot in that statement. Um, he said that, uh, I would, I would have questioned her, um, her record. Why didn't you, you had her on your show twice and you never questioned her record. And then you go on to say, well, she did some good things too. But as Tulsi Gabbard says, she did these things up until, um, And her last job. I may be jumping ahead, but what you're clearly laying out before us here Moe is that Charlemagne Tha God is compromised in some way. Charlemagne Tha God is very compromised. Let's go to, this is him defending her post the Tulsa Gabbard situation. Out front now, Charlemagne Tha God.

27:43 And I know we played that moment before. It was an important moment. You talked about how genuine she seemed. And now, obviously, you were talking about legalizing marijuana during that exchange. Congresswoman Gabbard has come out and put forth, oh, well, these people that she put behind bars for marijuana. What did you make of that moment in the debate last week? I didn't think it was a genuine moment simply because if you want to attack Senator Harris for, I guess, contributing to putting people in jail for drugs, then why wouldn't you attack Joe Biden, too? If your purpose was to combat somebody for the war on drugs, I mean, duh. Author of the 94 crime bill and 88 crack laws was sitting right there in front of you So I just thought it was kind of low-hanging fruit to go after senator Harris for that But yo, nobody everybody should be questioned on their record. Yeah. Yeah, sure Wow, not only not only shilling for Kamala but torpedoing Joe it

28:32 Exactly and everybody should be questioning on her record on their record except Kamala. Yeah, except when she's on my show we don't have to do that. We don't ask about weed. And that's what the Breakfast Club is supposed to be about asking tough questions. But Mo, how twisted is it That and I I'm sure you're gonna show us how Charlemagne is compromised that the guy who was actually there to push her defend against others Discredit Joe Biden is the one who messed it up and had this ha ha funny moment about the weed Which is now being used as the main bomb against her right that I think there's karma. I think that's just I mean

29:13 When you don't take things seriously and you're light and loose, those kind of dumb questions come out and ask themselves. And her laughing about it, that was bad. So let's listen to him defend her a little bit more. You know her, Joe Biden on that stage, where the big guns, so everybody was coming up against them. And Gabbard, I can't even pronounce her name, Gabbard? She is at 0%. So you like the swagger? You like that I don't mean to be— Is this the truth? 0% is a talking point that Kamala Harris raised herself right after that debate. You like that I don't mean to be immodest? Yeah, it's the truth. Even though she should have had that swagger on the stage last night, because she did. She was terrible on the stage last night. Okay. All right. Is she still your favorite or? Yeah, she's still my favorite simply because our current president is a criminal, and who better to go up against a criminal than a prosecutor?

30:08 That is the campaign talking point. Wow, Charlemagne's read in perfectly. He has it all and as I call him now his new name is Charlemagne the Guard. That's his name. Because that's what he does. He is I'm gonna say this, I honestly believe that Charlemagne the guy is her protect her her attack guard and he's gonna protect her with everything and that makes me believe that Charlemagne is part of the Boule aka for those who don't know B-O-U-L-E, Boule which is nothing but the black skull and bones. That's not my statement, that's the author of the book that wrote the book on Boule

30:50 that's what they like to turn themselves as, which we all know, or most of us know, is Skull and Bones is one of the groups linked in with the Illuminati. And I don't really like using that term because it's been so trivialized, overused, trivialized, and watered down. But let's just hear Charlamagne talk about the Illuminati. Hip-hop's obsession with the Illuminati is the fact that they can't figure out how to say when their own people are successful, black people in general. A black man in America can't just be successful without, you know, and this is amongst other black people. Other black people will say, oh, he must be in the Illuminati, or oh, he sold his soul.

31:31 Oh, he must be gay. You can't just be talented. You just can't work your ass off You can't just be smart It has to be something else connected to your success because people want to try to justify their own failures Yeah, that's not just with with the boulay that's with all entertainment all entertainment is that way you've got to walk the ladder and So this is where you come in, you're the expert on this topic. I don't want to get too sidetracked, but is being in that industry totally off a talent? I mean, you've been at the height of heights in the entertainment industry.

32:09 Well, let me answer that. Yes, because I have not been at the height of heights because I never played the game. I just wanted to do my job. I never went to parties. Actually, eight years MTV, no one ever offered me drugs. Well, weed, but nothing other than that. I never played with anything. And did I get invited? Was I asked to go places? Yeah, but I just never did it. So I never got any further than VJ, which believe me is pretty much, before we had podcasting, the lowest rung on the show business ladder. So, okay. But yes, I've seen many people ascend and I've...

32:50 I've always seen the company they keep and understand pretty well how it works. It's never been for me. Right, so as you say on the No Agenda podcast, the truth always wants to come out. Yep, it does. Right, so let's listen to part two. Nobody black would be in the Illuminati. We just not in their class. Sorry. Unless they use us for influence, which I could see, you know, I could see them using us for influence to influence, you know The youth and put certain images and things in our mind I can see that but other than that no and once again There is no there is not if it is it's the most It's the most terrible kept secret ever if it's if it's a secret society Oh, well, yes, and the images we put into the music videos is exactly what was done

33:46 and the way he shapes the political narrative on his show every day. He just went there and he just clearly stated what he's doing now. Literally what he's doing, yes. You're right. Well, I can see using him for influence. Yeah, I mean, I could see that. Now let me ask you a question. The boule, you say it's skull and bones. Skull and bones was Yale. Correct. And I believe Kamala went to Yale, did she not? I'm not sure she went. I'm not sure that. I thought she was at Yale Law School. She went from Howard, I think some school in California. I think USC, I believe if I'm not mistaken. I thought she was a law degree. I think that was Obama you're thinking about. He was going to bond up. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay. All right. All right. So let's listen to part three.

34:41 And you know, this is the last thing I'm going to say. When you look up the word Illuminati, all it means is the enlightened ones. That's all the definition of Illuminati means. It means the enlightened people of our society. So these are the people that are enlightened. What's wrong with being enlightened? You know what I'm saying? Like, what's wrong with having knowledge, having wisdom, having understanding? What's wrong with just being an enlightened person? If there is something in the Illuminati and that's what it is, is to enlighten people, yes, I want to be one of the enlightened people. That's what I read books for, to try to be one of the highly enlightened people of my society. Like, yes, every day I strive for knowledge. I want to be a better person. Like, what's wrong with being enlightened? So basically, on the record, Charlemagne is saying that he wants to be in the Illuminati.

35:26 If there was an Illuminati and it is of the enlightened people, why wouldn't I be? Why wouldn't I want to be? Why wouldn't I want to be where all the knowledge is at? Why wouldn't I want to know the world's secrets? Why wouldn't I? Why wouldn't I? Well, just do your best, son, and you'll be leveled up to the appropriate knowledge. He's he's I think that was his application. Yes, he was submitting his application like hey, you know I got influence. Yeah, I can influence young minds I got this huge platform if you need me, you know use me and so he had um, what was the farmer bro? I can't pronounce his name. Uh, the one who was raising prices. Uh, Skrilli, Martin Skrilli. Right.

36:09 He was on the Breakfast Club, and I want you to listen to his inner exchange they had between him and Charlamagne. Yes, I was sir, I know people too yeah, okay, that's that's some Illuminati right there don't worry about me, okay? You totally changed every like my blew up my brain I gotta sit

36:52 Gotta take a different attitude now. Hey, I should be listening to this Charlemagne show. This is on the air? Yes, this is on the air. So Bridger Capital is some huge, maybe you know more than I do, I couldn't find much about them, but it's this huge... Hedge fund. Hedge fund and when he said he was there the the farmer bro, this one McCallum Really like what the hell are you doing there? Well, you know He's been involved in a lot of weird stuff. So it wouldn't be out of character for him to be with other weird people

37:33 Right, so I'm just saying the fact that that was unprompted that he even associated him with the Illuminati quote-unquote Illuminati, but As Charlamagne said the enlightened what did he say about it? What do you I couldn't quite hear it. He said something about two million dollars. I Oh, so okay, a little background on this. He brought him on the show because the former bros, how you say his name again? Skirelli. Skirelli, okay, Skirelli bought this Wu-Tang album. There was only one copy of it for two million dollars. Right. And so he was perceived as being disrespectful to one or a few of the members of Wu-Tang and that's why Charlemagne had him on and right from the beginning Charlemagne laid into him and this is Charlemagne's style so the contrast of how he's handling Kamala to how he usually handles guests I mean usually he's like up front like right on it. Yeah cutting people down sure sure. Right so

38:33 And then the exchange happened that he said, Oh yeah, I was over at Bridger Capital. And the dude was like, you should have seen his face. He's like, his eyeballs got all big and he was like, what? What were you doing over there? And he's like, Oh, that's some Illuminati crap right there. You know? So all that to say, you remember that white privilege? Yes. What, what, what did, uh, Charmaine called it the old white man privilege? Yes. Um, Charlamagne has been the recipient of this old white man privilege. The reason why I say that is and this climate of me, too He has his own allegations in this next clip Charlamagne the gods rape allegations resurface and we have an exclusive interview with his alleged victim. Hey guys

39:25 Hey guys, it's Ali for Hollywood Life and Charlemagne the God's rape accuser, Jessica Reed, wants the case reopened 17 years after he was arrested for allegedly having sex with her when she was just 15 years old. Here are the details. Charlemagne was charged for sexual misconduct and he ended up pleading guilty to a lesser charge at the time. Well, the victim, Jessica Reed, tells us how this all allegedly happened, revealing she met Charlamagne, who was in his 20s at the time, in 2001 through a mutual friend and a DJ. A few days later, Charlamagne called her and expressed his interest in her, but she told him she wasn't interested, and they agreed to just be friends. According to Jessica, Charlamagne invited her to his cousin's birthday party, apparently playing it off as his own to convince Jessica to pass by.

40:12 Charlamagne reportedly picked her up and a friend and drove them to a party filled with guys and only two other women. Jessica alleges that at the party Charlamagne spiked her drink with something and she ended up passing out in the bathroom. While she was unable to move after she fell down, Jessica says she could see and hear Charlamagne and his friends laughing at her. She claims that Charlamagne's friends took her upstairs where they allegedly violated her. Then, she alleged, Charlamagne later came in the room, took his clothes off, got in bed with her, took her clothes off, and proceeded to have sex with her. Jessica and her friend got help from a stranger and she eventually went to the hospital. Jessica tells us she felt betrayed by Charlamagne and was encouraged to speak out after seeing him trying to discredit the situation when he was speaking to DJ Akademik.

40:57 As of this recording, Charlemagne's reps responded back to us with a statement from his attorney Michael Weinstein of Lavely Singer. Charlemagne was accused of a sexual assault. He never had sexual relations or any physical contact with the accuser and even provided DNA to prove it. At the time of these claims, Charlemagne cooperated fully with authorities and after the investigation, this charge against him was dropped. Charlemagne has spoken about this many times over the years in public, including in his book. While Charlemagne has empathy for all sexual assault victims. He cannot take responsibility for a crime he did not commit. But all right, as this story continues to develop, you guys can click right up here to get all the latest updates. Okay. Adam, have you had, you heard of that story before you heard it here? Uh, I don't think so. It's a 17 year old story. Um, I don't, I don't remember this at all, but it spiked back up doing the whole me too thing. Right.

41:55 But it got no traction at all. And so that got me to wondering, hmm. And you'd think that, you know, a guy with eight million listeners to his morning radio show, this would be an interesting target to take down. Very interesting. Especially that he's been, he's been very politically incorrect. He's not, you know what I'm saying? He has stories about him using Spanish fly. I mean, this is not the only thing that you're saying he said out of the way. So like you said, he seems like a very big target to take down. But nothing. He's got some bulletproofness to him. Why? And the question is why? When you see certain people not being going on, being taken down, why? In my personal opinion, I think he has a job to do. He

42:52 The way he carries himself, he's seen as a quote unquote real guy. You know, he was on the show, Guy Code on MTV. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So he has this he's not one of these like, he wouldn't be seen as a panderer. So if his support for Kamala, if he supports Kamala, it's seen as coming from real black men. Going back to what we talked about before in the previous shows, where are Democrats hurting it with their numbers? Black male voters and black voters overall. So he's a very valuable piece. Yes, he's an asset that is meant to keep the black men in line with the messaging.

43:36 Right. And to promote, in this case, the right quote-unquote black woman for them to lean towards. Right, and then he could attack Joe as well because it's not seen as like some kind of feminist movement, you know, attack. Quite honestly, anyone could attack Joe with both hands behind their back. There's so much to attack. Right, so in investigating Charlemagne Tha Gard, I came across, or The Guard, you understand? I came across an interesting panel and you were talking about last week about these think tanks. Yes. So on this panel was Charlemagne Tha Gard, a reporter from Forbes magazine whose name is Zach O'Malley Greenberg.

44:27 It was T.I., rapper T.I., Tip Harris, and David Groves. Oh, I know that name. I knew you would recognize that name. Yes, I do. I do. Would you like to explain to us how you recognize that name, Adam? Yes, I have a weird habit of when someone is lauded by any group, certainly if they die, I always look into what they were doing. And it's kind of weird, but I, you know,

45:06 I've been hearing stories about, oh this rapper, this hip-hopper, etc. And then I go look at the lyrics and like, what are you defending this guy for? And that's how it initially started. When Nipsey Hussle died, I knew nothing about Nipsey Hussle. I knew one little thing about him and that was because he was involved in a cryptocurrency initial coin offering in Amsterdam around the same time I was involved in the crypto community in Amsterdam. So I knew that he was in and these things are basically kind of scamish. where you get, and we've had Snoop with some crypto stuff and that market is kind of dead now, but the idea is you get someone of some fame to endorse it, you release your crypto coin, people see the celebrity, they buy the coin, everybody is already in the coin, so it starts to go up, then everybody massively sells it, dumps out, and then they've made their money.

46:04 I don't know if I don't think their coin actually ever launched, but that's my new Nipsey Hussle and as I started looking into it I'm like this is why are we why is everyone celebrating this guy what they had a whole little what was the the venue in LA they? Staple Center like holy crap so I started looking into the guy and then I see you know all these claims when people make blanket clamps I'd listen to it Well, you know, he was really doing stuff for his community. And I start looking into it and I'm like, doing stuff for his community? It seems like he was actually working with a bunch of, well, this Grohl guy and these big real estate developers and they were taking over stuff. And when I saw that they intended to buy the strip mall where his shop is, where he was gunned down,

46:53 It wasn't to build affordable housing, it was to build new retail and new apartments and residential units. And I'm like, hold on a second. So I start looking a little further and it seems like this is something that's going on with a number of people. DJ Khaled, I think Jay-Z's name came up and then they're all looking to buy the you know a Viceroy property It's a very upscale hotel. I'm like, and this seems like the guys either being used or is in some cabal And that's how I know the girl name. Okay, so At the same time you were doing your investigation, I was doing my own independent investigation. We didn't know each other at all. We didn't have any connection whatsoever. Well, as you said, whenever somebody is put on a certain level, and let me say this first of all, I have to say this disclaimer. This is not anything against Nipsey Hussle. You know, he was tragically, I'm saying taken. But we have to look and see why

47:56 They stopped broadcast television to show his funeral. Only certain people are put on that level. It's been stated that he was given the Michael Jackson funeral. You're right, very similar. Right, very, very similar. So I started digging and at the same time I was listening to your show, I was like, we're on the same path because you brought forward the same facts that you just laid out there. So right after that, I think the word was starting to bubble under the surface and Jay-Z comes out and convinces people via freestyle that gentrifying your own hood is a good thing. Oh yeah, it's like we might as well do it before the white man does. Right. So this is what this panel, this think tank, and that's why I say I'm going to show you balance. This is what the male boot side of the boulé looks like.

48:59 They're trying to convince people that coming in, bringing big capital into the hood is a good thing. So the L-shaped plans that you spoke about, that him and David Gross bought, For a couple million dollars. I first found this article when I was doing my digging Forbes magazine and the title was inside Nipsey Hussle's blueprint to become a real estate mogul. And this was written on February 20th. This is prior to his as untimely death in there.

49:41 They state that they bought the plaza and they were gonna tear it down. And within 18 months or so, they were gonna knock everything down. This is quote the article, and rebuild a six story residential building on top of commercial plaza where a revamp marathon store will be anchored, or will be the anchor tenant. And I actually made a video about this on my YouTube channel titled Jay-Z and Gentrification. And I go into this whole article, Jay-Z saying we should use eminent domain. But on that panel, let's listen to T.I. explain justification.

50:28 At a certain point in time, there's a strategy by the powers that be that sit in ivory towers and look down at all the poverty that exists and says, we'll just let that go on for so long. Okay, well then we'll tear down the projects and we'll push people out to the outskirts and then we'll get enough people to come in and invest our money on things like stadiums and domes. And because most of the stadiums and domes are right across the street from poverty stricken areas. So once they build these stadiums and domes and billions of dollars are being ingested into this community, well then there's nothing left to do but come by and buy all of the blighted property in the area and fix it up and before you know it, you got white people walking their dog down the street. You know what I'm saying? And that's when you know your property just went up.

51:21 Now, isn't this exactly what Jay-Z did with the Nets? This is exactly what he did in Brooklyn. They used him as he was the blueprint. They put him up front for the Brooklyn Nets. Which which is I think if you asked anybody on the street, they'd say oh, yeah Jay-z owns it But I think he owns like zero point zero zero one percent or some really small. I think it was like point two five percent Yes, but they used him. They set him court side. Yep, like he was called in the shots They used him because he was from Brooklyn in a similar fashion how they use Nipsey and um and

52:03 and Crenshaw. This is actually very important in my mind, is the way, and it's entertainment people in general, it's not a black or white issue, you know, people have perceived success and wealth and a lot of that is controlled by others much higher on the literal pyramid. And they'll use that ultimately for their gains, but it's disingenuous and it happens across the board where people think... The Kardashians I think is a very good example. Kylie, she's worth a billion dollars. You ask anybody, yep, she's worth a billion dollars. No. No. She's rich. She ain't that wealthy. And it's because people who are really running the show really own the properties.

51:21 Now, isn't this exactly what Jay-Z did with the Nets? This is exactly what he did in Brooklyn. They used him as he was the blueprint. They put him up front for the Brooklyn Nets. Which which is I think if you asked anybody on the street, they'd say oh, yeah Jay-z owns it But I think he owns like zero point zero zero one percent or some really small. I think it was like point two five percent Yes, but they used him. They set him court side. Yep, like he was called in the shots They used him because he was from Brooklyn in a similar fashion how they use Nipsey and um and

52:03 and Crenshaw. This is actually very important in my mind, is the way, and it's entertainment people in general, it's not a black or white issue, you know, people have perceived success and wealth and a lot of that is controlled by others much higher on the literal pyramid. And they'll use that ultimately for their gains, but it's disingenuous and it happens across the board where people think... The Kardashians I think is a very good example. Kylie, she's worth a billion dollars. You ask anybody, yep, she's worth a billion dollars. No. No. She's rich. She ain't that wealthy. And it's because people who are really running the show really own the properties.

52:54 Right. So and this is what they do. They take not only can you advertise for a product, but you can advertise an idea. Yes. And this idea has been Jay-Z was the first to do it as far as using a black face to bring gentrification in because if you use the businessmen to do it, you'll get pushback. But the way they shape it is these guys are giving back to the hood. Now, who will be living in that six-story apartment building that Nipsey Hussle and his business partner was building? One small fact, when you go look at the paperwork,

53:38 Guess whose name is not on the paperwork? Nipsey Hussle. Exactly. Yeah, that figures. It's proven and it's so much so that David Gross has been getting death threats. over this because people feel like he used Nipsey Hussle. Why, you know, when it's so obvious that this happens, why do people still buy this? They not care? Especially people who are living in the neighborhood that is about to be gentrified and Jay-Z admits it, says it, says, hey, we got to do it before and he's in the process of doing it in Brooklyn. It's not the people that live in the neighborhood that are for it.

54:22 It's you shaping popular opinion of the people outside. That where the people that you sell your products to, as we know, rap music is not majority bought by black people. It's bought by teenage white girls. Exactly. So with that the case, they got to make sure they keep it real quote unquote, keep it real so that you don't seem like you're selling out. So you keep your fan base all the while pushing these capitalistic ideas that will victimize the people that live in those neighborhoods. And that's what they do. So let's listen to why they use Nipsey Hussle. I think one of the things I want to point out, and you've seen it woven through the discussion today, but there's a lot of concern about the opportunity zones.

55:13 that money will come into the community and overwhelm the community and push people out. The great thing about our opportunity is that it identifies the players and the value in the community and tries to get the money behind them. And so, we take someone like Nipsey Hussle who's been demonstrating his skill, his value, what he can bring to the neighborhood, and it gets the resources behind him so that he can own Slauson Plaza. And let me just point out Slauson Plaza. The Olympics are coming to Los Angeles in 2028. Every person that takes mass transit from LAX has to make a train stop at Slossin Plaza. Every single person, bar none. So that's the kind of information we try to, again, pair together and say, this is an opportunity. Now remind me, who is this speaking? That is the councilman of that district.

56:14 Wow. Wow. I didn't know this about that being the stop. That's fantastic. Right. So I covered that in my video if you guys want to go check that out. And they even mentioned it in the article. This is not new. It says, in the meantime, a light rail line is rising to link Crenshaw, which is crucially qualifies as a tax advantage opportunity zone to Los Angeles International Airport. So this thing is sitting on a gold mine. Wow. a gold mine, especially with the 2028 Olympics coming. Now to be fair, if, and I don't know anything about the area other than the strip mall, yeah, it would push people out, but it would by default also bring a lot of money into that very neighborhood. I mean, I can see how you can turn around and say, yo, yo, yo, but it's going to bring money in. It's just, you'll have to move back a little bit, but I can see where that would work.

57:13 If you look at my video, you'll see how they use the rail system to put people out of business that were, you know, the mom and pop shops in that community. That's called progress, Mo. Right. The other thing is that you cover on the NOA Agenda Show is where do these people go? Crenshaw was the last stop for a reason. Yeah. After that, you're living in RVs, tents, you know, so it's Once you take the last refuge for poor people, and like I said, I'm not anti-capital, I'm not anti-moneymaking, but my problem is the hypocrisy. Because there's one thing I said in this statement that I just read, tax advantage opportunity zone. Are you familiar with that?

58:03 I know, but I can surmise that it means if you commit to putting money into a certain area then you will have no tax or tax breaks, maybe even a refund based upon what you're doing. Happens all the time. It's similar to Amazon coming into New York and getting all kinds of tax breaks. Correct, and I'm gonna get to the punchline here, but let's first, let's listen to T.I. on the war on drugs. You know, it's given us a chance to pass on more to our kids than just trauma, you know? And I think that, you know, we come from environments where you have people that are dealing with a lot of pain and they're dealing with a lot of hurt. And I think the environment plays a big role in that. You know, the conditions that you grow up in play a big role in that. A lot of these brothers and sisters are just products

58:54 of their environment. So I think when you're creating something like Our Opportunity, where you're keeping the money in the community and you're providing opportunities for the community, you're making people feel like better versions of themselves. And if you feel like a better version of yourself, if you truly love yourself and you truly value yourself and appreciate yourself and appreciate your community, then you'll love, value, and appreciate your brother and sister. And I think that's how you stop these generational cycles of pain. Because I think that all we end up doing is redistributing pain to people that look just like us. And I think this is just one of the ways to break the cycle. I agree. And I don't think there is enough consideration given to the effects of

59:32 the so-called war on drugs, the crack epidemic, mass incarceration, and the project systems that have plagued these communities that are now seemingly investment dreams for people who didn't have to withstand the conditions of these environments. Thanks for paving the way, now get out. The problem with that statement is a couple issues here. On one side of the conversation you have Shaleman the guard, he's protecting a woman that supported mass incarceration. He's done it twice, two times in a row. He was pro Hillary Clinton in the general election 2016, which we all know her role in mass incarceration.

1:00:28 If you want to go conspiracy theory, we know what the function of MENA Arkansas was. Yes, that's where the apparently the drugs were flown and the arms were flown for the but the drugs came in for the Iran Contra. deal and then were sold on the streets of Los Angeles. Correct. And both of these guys are diehard Democrats. On the other side of the conversation, you have Mr. T.I., who is one of the founders of what you call trap rap, which is nothing but glorifying the selling of drugs, the killing of young black men.

1:01:04 And I want to say this I enjoy rap music just like everybody else you look you listen to it like you watch a mob movie or anything else, but when you Perpetuate it like a lifestyle to be achieved after that's the problem I have and then you want to say oh we need to blame the war on drugs, dude They were they were kicking down doors to take out people like you right you you're saying your music is the one that was Supporting this lifestyle so much so this guy even opened a trap music museum That looked like a trap house and what people don't know what a trap house is the same thing as a crack house and so you had You got the stove with them cooking crack up and all these things and you're monetizing this this

1:01:49 negative behavior in our community that tore it down. But then you want to turn around and profit off the results of it. So where is TI in this? I mean, what side of the fence is he on? He's on the side of the money. He's gonna be the face of Atlanta. I mean, what they did was they found these different hubs. You have Jay-Z in New York, you have Nipsey in California, you have TI in Georgia, I'm sure they have somebody in Miami or Florida or somewhere. All these opportunity zones. Now, you know what? I've killed that horse. I don't wanna keep going down the, but they were on drugs, like I said.

1:02:31 Dude, you're the one that glorified this lifestyle, that these young men go out, and we talked about how the men were taken out of the household, and these young men without fathers look up to these rappers. and you've profited off this lifestyle. And let's just to be honest, T.I. has been very, he's benefited from some windfalls from the justice system as well. He was caught with a ray of guns being a convicted felon and got like two years, a year or two years time. Come on. So I mean, when we look at these people, we gotta start asking why are they getting off? And then they turn around and push these political

1:03:12 motives. So the first thing I'd ask is who was the district attorney where he was convicted of the weapons charge? That's a good question. And why was he given such a lenient sentence? Well, I don't want to see anybody locked up, but then when you get out, now you become this political voice. So much so, I'm going, I skipped over something. I just want to go back. The word opportunity's on. Now you laid out, you said it seems like a tax break, right? It is a tax break. And guess where it came from? Trump's 2017 tax plan. I would drop my mic if it wasn't, you know what I'm saying, on this thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It would break if you did it. Right. Wow. Okay. So these guys are out here benefiting

1:04:09 off of track Trump's opportunity zones at the same time they're anti-Trump. You're saying speaking to the masses, but they're getting rich off of his, you're saying off of his tax cuts. It's like, you have no moral standing. And that's why I'm so animated about this because it pisses me off so bad. Let's just listen to TI listen and talk about Donald Trump, if you support Donald Trump. Okay. Sorry, this one. I've seen you taking some shots at Trump, making a statement. Take no shots. Well, you know what I mean. You're telling all your fans, don't mess with him. He misuses and abuses his power to the point where he uses his money and his influence to tell people to do things that are harmful to my people.

1:05:05 I just want him to know how frowned upon that is in my community. Start with me. If I stand on a certain platform and I use my money and my influence to tell other people that follow me, hey, guess what? You go and hurt those people, I will pay your illegal fees. I will take care of you. If you do this for me, I will make sure that you're straightened out. If I do that, that's no different than how they view the leader of some of the organized crime syndicates. So what he's doing is really illegal. If a Trump supporter was a fan of yours, would you let him buy your album?

1:05:43 Would you say I don't want your money I mean if he supports all of his actions man right and wrong I mean he's put all his actions I understand knowledgeable of how he feels I don't want to buy my music I really didn't because I just don't think that that's not the road that I travel down. Some things are more important than money to me. Huh well of course we've got to denounce the evil orange man, but at the same time take full advantage and it sounds like specifically targeting the use of the tax break opportunity zone. And did you hear what he said? He said if you use your platform, this is going to affect my people. You know, dude, you're using your platform to affect our people negatively. What are you talking about?

1:06:32 These people live in these poor neighborhoods because they have nowhere else to go. Now let me ask a question. Let me ask a question. I want to understand these opportunity zones. I never really looked into the Trump tax breaks too deeply because I don't think I qualify for the good stuff. Are these mal-intent, these opportunity zones? Or is the idea good but being misused? Or what do you know about them? I'll let Trump explain opportunity zones to you. We want all Americans to share in our great economic renewal. That's why governors in all 50 states and the territories have designated 8,700 neighborhoods as opportunity zones. Hard to believe. 8,700. Household income in these communities is 37% less than the median income

1:07:27 in a state as a whole, so it's 37% down and we're catching them fast. In order to revitalize these areas, we've lowered the capital gains tax for long-term investment in opportunity zones all the way down to a very big, fat, beautiful number of zero. Zero. All right, all right. Please tell me then that these opportunity zones are that the rich real estate developers are not eligible directly

1:08:03 to do something, but the intent was to have the community themselves develop and then it would make sense that these Opportunity Zone leeches want to get someone from that community to be their figurehead. Is that how it fits together? That's how it fits together. Damn. That is cynical. That is cynical. And right. And the thing is, if you want to be capitalistic, if you want to make money, that's your thing. But you can't say you're for your people and turn around and use Trump's tax cuts who you say is the boogeyman, who is a bad guy. You don't tell black people how to take advantage of these things until they're all sold up. I mean, all the property, I mean, all the properties, I mean, we're in 2019 now when they start talking about these things. The tax bill went through in 2017. Two years later, all the good property's been bought up. So it's just,

1:09:03 It just drives me crazy. I just want to make sure. Do you know the stipulations about these opportunities? What I'm worried about now that I hear this is that these opportunity zones were always meant for rich developers, i.e. Donald Trump's in other cities to go around and gentrify everything or do you know if there were stipulations that you know you couldn't just do that as a regular developer I mean do you know any of the background of that? No it's the wild wild west if you got money and you want to invest in the opportunity zones and like um let's just go not all opportunities are on the credit equal.

1:09:44 Yes, Scott on the one hand you've got places like Puerto Rico basically the entire island is an opportunity zone And they are clearly in need of fresh investment on the other hand you've got places like the affluent DC suburbs right outside of Washington the neighborhood where local officials are trying to lure Amazon's hq2 that is also an opportunity zone so that A report from Brookings found that of the 8,700 opportunity zones across the country, 11% have poverty rates that are actually below the national average. College towns like the one around Texas A&M and the University of Southern California, they also qualify. So the report questions whether this program will really direct money to distressed communities or whether it's just another tax haven for the rich.

1:10:29 Now, the Treasury Department says that it intentionally gave states a lot of flexibility to choose which neighborhoods make the cut. And supporters argue they had to strike a balance and look for places that need the investment but also have market potential. Guys, investors are just now starting to raise money and understand how this program is going to work. 2019 will be the real test of whether the cash gets to communities that need it. Back over to you. Okay, so regardless the smart way the smart money to shield themselves from criticism got a lot of these guys and brought him in and said okay. Here's your Here's your cut and now let's it's all you and you're great for your community and let's go and do it Yeah, that's how it works. And the other thing is if you if you listen closely in that clip, I

1:11:17 Only 11% of the opportunity zones are in poor neighborhoods. Oh, yeah, so And this is why I get pissed it was that was the governor's choice if I understood the clip properly but this is where I get a little Trump and uh and um Ben Carson right and Carson would be involved in that is Wow What they did was they took the easy way out and said, States, you pick where the opportunity zones are. We won't push back. So everybody's, you know what I'm saying, absolved of any blame.

1:12:00 And nothing goes to help the majority of what this has been labeled as helping poor people. And the poor people that, the poor neighborhood that actually help, the people will be displaced. So it's just going to be totally negative for poor people. So, I mean, like you said, if there's nothing there, They won't call it an opportunity zone and then the money won't flow there. And this is where I get pissed at back at Jay-Z and TI and these people. Only 11%? I'm big on percentages.

1:12:37 It goes with the reparation thing. You can't give me 10%, you understand? I'm not gonna take the kind of cut. You can't say this is opportunity zones and only 11%. And I know why they use 11%. So you can say over 10%, you know, it's talking points. I know how this game works. That's a weird number to use 11%, but this money is not gonna flow where it needs to help. So it was always a failed program to start with. It was a vehicle for when Trump allowed, you know what I'm saying, the rich to bring their money back on shore. Right, right, right. They needed a tax shelter. And they said, hmm, what tax shelter can we create?

1:13:23 Great idea. Opportunity zones. The left, not the left, but the guys that's supposed to be anti-Trump love it because it's a great word, opportunity. They're throwing this word opportunity around like, you know, like change in 2008. It's like, oh yeah, opportunity, opportunity for everybody, yeah. No, this only benefits people with capital gains. And I had a conversation with one of my friends, he's in the real estate, he's an entrepreneur. And he doesn't make enough capital gain to take advantage of this. And if he wanted to take advantage, I wouldn't have a problem with him because he's not out here preaching in the streets about being a social justice warrior and a change agent. He's trying to make good on his investments. I don't have any problem with that. It's the hypocrisy I have a problem with.

1:14:12 And somehow I got a feeling that hedge fund that Charlemagne was talking about may be involved in some of these opportunity zones. Am I feeling that right, Mo? And you don't even have to invest. Here's the other thing, and you'll see this in my video. You don't even have to invest your money into the zone itself. They create what's called an opportunity fund. So it's a fund is created and you invest your money into that fund. And then the thing, here's the kicker, only 30% and now look at this, listen to these percentages. I know I'm a little animated today, but it just, I mean, this really gets into my skin. So 11% of all opportunity zones are in poor neighborhoods. And then 30% of your business only has to take place in an opportunity zone.

1:15:02 I'm laughing but it's so cruel. Right. Who are we helping here? And you know what, I don't even know if it's a good thing or bad thing if only 11% because Jesus Christ if it was 50 or 60% you'd have homeless people everywhere. Yeah. Wow. Okay. All right, so let's look at the concerns of Opportunity Zones. This intersection overlooks much of the Kalina del Sol neighborhood here in the City Heights area. It's a part of San Diego that Zillow says is ripe for new housing. It's been expensive to live here, but it's expensive to live anywhere. Tommy Barnett has called Kalina del Sol home for the past nine years. The price like everywhere else going up, it's starting at 12 or 13 for one bedroom. Still, the government designated this area as an opportunity zone, or as the IRS puts it,

1:16:13 economically distressed. Our region has about 30 of these zones, most in the city of San Diego's inner core. There's nothing around. There's no areas for you to be able to buy or place any new building on it. That now appears to be changing. The Opportunity Zone program, part of 2017 tax reform, offers tax breaks to investors who inject their dollars into these neighborhoods. But instead of making life more affordable, Zillow says home prices in Opportunity Zones grew 20 percent in a year. There are still as many questions as there are answers out there. Eric Tilkemeyer does economic development in City Heights, also in Opportunity Zone. He's working with policy makers to make sure the new investments benefit the community. We're park deficient, our sidewalks

1:17:01 are deplorable in a number of neighborhoods, the walkability is not what it should be. The challenge is all of those same improvements tend to cause gentrification. In other words, keeping residents like Barnett from being priced out of their own neighborhoods. John Horn, 10 News. So I looked up, I live in Austin, Texas. Opportunity zones in the city of Austin. There are 21 census tracts designed as opportunity zones in the city of Austin and this is something that you may not know but when an Austinite reads the majority of zones are located to the east of Interstate 35, which is where I live, and I see what's going on here, bingo! Makes total sense.

1:17:50 And just to bring it full circle, now you see why I am hesitant when people say government programs. Yeah. When they talk about reparations. No. Right. You could even fold this into a reparations assistance program. Exactly. And this is how just now we're back where we started. This is when Kamala Harris, Black, what was it? The housing program she had? You covered it. that was gonna help black people that she spoke about, the Essence Festival? Oh, oh, it's the... Yes, it's the... I know I caught you flat-footed, I'm sorry about that. No, no, no, it's okay. It was the low-income something, but it turned out it was like a combined under... had to be under $100,000 of income, and that would be, I think, to help people purchase first homes or... I'm a little...

1:18:46 a little shaky on it, but I do remember the bar was set very high at $100,000, which would mean no way is that just for poor people. So what you have is two college graduates just coming out of college or one college graduate that's, you know what I'm saying, gainfully employed that falls just under that bar. Yep. And they'll come in and buy a condo in these gentrified areas. You've talked about it before how the people are okay with living with next to nothing, these micro apartments, open air, Open-air dorm rooms. Oh my god. It's right in South Austin on Congress Avenue. They're building micro apartments It's it's and it's you know, right near the the main hub of the city. They're gonna be I think something like 400 square feet or something, right? And I covered that in my video. Like I said, I've been on this beat for a minute, but it's just funny that it popped up on

1:19:42 Charlamagne is on this panel, this think tank, and this is what the boulé looks like, folks. We have politicians, entertainers, media, uh... and you have white backing money, Forbes. Forbes is one that hosted it. And for the females, you had politicians, media, they didn't have any entertainers, but they showed you how important the entertainers were when they said that Beyonce and Oprah and them replaced Jesus and MLK. So you see these, and it was backed by the Brookings Institute. So you see these large,

1:20:20 majority white groups funding how black people should think. And I'm not, this is where I, what gets me. This is not for your everyday working class black person. No, this is to get us in line to vote the way they wants to vote, to think that way they wants to think. While the top 10% Boo Boo Lay Talent 10th, whatever you want to call him profit off of steering us the way they want to go. And this is this is why I do this show Adam. This is why I do this show because it gives me a platform.

1:20:58 to one, break down the media. I've learned a lot from you and John on how to do this. To take what the media does and turn it around on them and really break it down. And two, to make people show people they have power if you know how they're going to come at you. And you really blew my mind with this one because I, if there's anything I follow very closely it's chronic unhoused. I don't like saying homeless because a home, if you look in the dictionary, has nothing to do with a shelter. It is literally your community, your people. So you can be living under I-35 and that can be your home. But the unhoused, and I've been to San Diego, I've been to San Jose, I've lived in San Francisco, I've lived in Los Angeles. It appears to me now, taking all this information into account, that a lot of the chronic homelessness we're seeing, to use that word,

1:21:56 is, could possibly be from these opportunity zones. They're economic refugees. And looking at some important dates, there's a December 31st, 2019, which I guess is phase one of the opportunity zone. And then there's 20, 21, 2026, 2028. Wow. That's mind-blowing. So, in almost directly this tax cut could be fueling people living in cars and vans and RVs. You know what? Although they're not white in Austin, they're not black in Austin, the unhoused are predominantly white. This is a poor...

1:22:48 And this is another reason for this show. We have to get past, and I know I'm not living in a colorblind society. We've had this talk before. We need a need for black people. We need a need for white people. We don't need to be this homogenous society. I like you're saying pockets of different cultures and we all contribute what we bring to the table. But we have to realize we have a common enemy and the common enemy is the elite. They look at us as an inconvenience and anytime they can make a dollar or a one-tenth of a percent, you're saying more profit, it doesn't matter who it impacts. You know, move is how you look at it, you know, pack up and move.

1:23:34 And where it really hits home at is if you have, say, in my case, if my parents owned a home and they left it to me, they willed it to me, and it was $100,000, and now it's Opportunity Zone drives it up to $250,000. Would I sell? I don't know. But when you do when you sell that or you have an apartment building, you know, it's in this and you know You're doing section eight in these programs When you sell it, where do those people go? These these neighborhoods where there's white or black is the last stop and and me and my friend I know we might be going a little long, but I just want to make this one last point. It's like Monopoly, you know, I mean how the board is set up and

1:24:20 And the first two stops on Monopoly are the dark purple pieces. But when you get hotels on those, you have nowhere to stay. If you're poor and up in the Monopoly game, you just play. It's a great analogy for life, isn't it? Right, you just pray that you don't land on anywhere you can't afford but there's nowhere to land. Except jail or free parking. That's it. Wow, how that mimics life is just frightening. Frightening. Mo, thank you so much for opening my eyes to that. I gotta spend the rest of the day looking at these opportunity zones and where they are. This is blowing my mind. It really is.

1:25:02 I appreciate every Monday we have, Adam. Yeah. It's an opportunity. Yes. Well, we got our own Opportunity Zone and we'll do it again for you next Monday with the next installment of Mo Facts with Adam Curry. Thanks, Mo. Talk to you next week. All right. See you next week, Adam. All right. Bye-bye, everybody.