Saturday, 3 August 2019

01: Black Bots

A new political identity emerges as descendants of American chattel slavery demand tangible policy concessions and debt repayment over traditional party loyalty.

By Moe Factz with Adam Curry | 1h 15m listen | 16 chapters
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About this episode

Adam Curry and Mo introduce the premiere of Mo Facts by detailing the rise of the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) movement. Yvette Carnell and Antonio Moore coined the term to distinguish native-born Black Americans from recent immigrant groups like Ilhan Omar, who now occupy spaces in the Congressional Black Caucus. This lineage-based identity challenges the monolithic use of the word Black as a political leveraging tool by the Democratic National Committee.

Democratic primary candidate Marianne Williamson proposed reparations between $200 billion and $500 billion during the July 2019 debates, though she admitted the actual debt for services rendered reaches into the trillions. This financial claim stems from the unfulfilled promise of 40 acres and a mule for four million former slaves. Meanwhile, the legacy of the 1994 Crime Bill and Hillary Clinton’s super predator rhetoric continues to alienate voters who see affirmative action resources diverted toward immigrant groups and corporations. Media figures like Charlemagne Tha God and Joy Reid face criticism for allegedly acting as political operatives who marginalize ADOS activists by labeling them as Russian bots to suppress a voting uprising.

Barack Obama’s 2016 NAACP speech is analyzed as a moment where the former president framed Black voter turnout as a personal favor rather than a policy-driven engagement. The mantra of Cut the Check and the #Tangibles2020 movement signal a shift where the community refuses to save the Republic without specific concessions. This episode marks the beginning of a deep dive into how the rabbit now has the gun in American politics.


CHAPTER 01 / 16 Discussion

Mo Facts Podcast Premiere, ADOS Origins

Adam Curry and Mo introduce the premiere episode of Mo Facts, explaining the show's origin following a series of direct messages and phone calls regarding the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) movement. Mo describes his motivation to fill information gaps left by mainstream media regarding the HR 40 reparations hearing. The discussion establishes ADOS as a specific brand for native-born Black Americans whose lineage traces back to American chattel slavery.

mo facts· adam curry· ados· descendants of slavery· hr 40· reparations

00:00 July 31st 2019 Mo Facts with Adam Curry this is episode number one. Hey Mo. How you doing? I'm doing good man. So there you go I figured out the title of the show. Alright what'd you come up with? Mo Facts with Adam Curry. Yeah you already got the brand on the YouTube channel so and everywhere else

00:37 I appreciate that and I appreciate you being humble to let me lead on the marquee. You have to lead on the marquee. So we're trying something new here. This is a brand new show. This is the pilot, the premiere episode, number one. And a little background, I received an email from Mo, I don't know, maybe a couple months ago, and he's a listener of the No Agenda show. And he said, you know, if you really want to know what ADOS is about, and I think I talked about DOS, descendants of slavery, because I kept seeing that pop up here and there, but I really didn't have a clue as to what was going on. And so we started, actually I was on my honeymoon, that's what it was, and we were DMing back and forth on Twitter, and I was DMing with you, I think all the way back to Texas,

01:38 On the plane, we had Wi-Fi, so we're DMing back and forth and I was like, holy crap, this guy is opening up a whole new world for me. I had no idea this existed. And then we started chatting a bit. And, you know, these phone calls would often last an hour and I'd take some of what I'd learned and take it over to the No Agenda show and finally I said, you know, this is, we should maybe record this. You know, this, if I'm getting something out of it and you're getting something out of it, maybe other people will. You want to tell the story from your side, Moe? Because we never really talked about that. So it was following the HR 40. Oh, right. The reparations hearing. And you were shining a light on it. But one thing that was missing from the story that you did was ADOS, which ADOS is the reason why the whole reparations talk has kicked up. And I think a lot of people don't realize that. And I wanted to bring attention to that. And I also wanted to bring attention to the fact that

02:42 It's not, ADOS is like a brand of what is called foundational blacks, native blacks. There's several different titles or names going around for black people that are descendants of slavery, American slavery. And that's very important because like you said, you brought up DOS, but even after the term DOS came about, ADOS bloomed from that because we need to be very specific If we're talking about getting rights and getting reparations from America. So I thought I would fill in the blanks that were left out by the mainstream media.

03:19 And I think that was the goal was to leave ADOS out of the mainstream media. So I think you guys are correct me if I'm wrong, like a derivative of the mainstream media. And if it's not there and for you guys to pick it, pull it out. Yeah, we can't get it. You're absolutely right. You can't address it. So absolutely. I thought it was my duty to reach out to you and be boots on the ground. And like you said, we DM'd for like, it seemed like days. Sorry, Tina. I'm sorry about that. Like some odd lovers, like, oh, I'm DMing my man. Yeah. Right. So, and I think you were very receptive to, you know, the information that I was giving you.

CHAPTER 02 / 16 Discussion

Black Identity, Mass Immigration Impact on ADOS

The term "Black" has shifted in meaning due to mass immigration from Africa and the Caribbean, leading to the coining of the term ADOS by Yvette Carnell and Antonio Moore. There is a growing distinction between descendants of American slaves and more recent Black immigrants, exemplified by the inclusion of non-ADOS figures like Ilhan Omar in the Congressional Black Caucus. This separation is often unpopular in mainstream politics because the term "Black" is frequently used as a monolithic leveraging tool.

yvette carnell· antonio moore· immigration· black identity· congressional black caucus· ilhan omar

04:01 And you did it justice on the following show. And from there, I thought, you know, I will keep providing you what's really going on that the mainstream media is not talking about. And so as we were as we were talking, then these conversations just kept getting more interesting. And I was blown away because unless you are given a couple of data points, you really wouldn't know that there's been this shift over the years to address I'll just call black people. It's just easier. That's a dos in my mind, but that term or people of color or even African Americans since Barack Obama we know we knew we know that African American didn't really mean any more what it meant because Barack Obama was not African American. He was not strictly a dos correct and that's correct, and I think the term black is

04:56 at one time in this country meant one thing, but over time due to mass immigration from Africa as well as other factors that the term black no longer represents what was once identified as a descendants of slavery, of American slavery. So that's where I have to give credit where credit due Yvette Carnell and Tone Talks, Antonio Moore, coined this term slash hashtag and it really stuck and it gave us a descendants of slaves from America something to rally around. But they're not the only brand in town. So I want to be clear that but I think they have the most popular brand branding of the term. And it's a very unpopular. I mean, I'm just gonna be honest with you. It's very unpopular that we want to separate ourselves from the

05:53 monolithic, you know, a monolith of blackness that the mass media wants to point Pantaceous. And it's not just mass media, it's if you listen to the American government, they really don't even think about this. They don't see the separation. It's more like, yeah, I mean, what we were talking the other day about the Congressional Black Caucus In my mind, it's like, oh great, so we got the Congressional Black Caucus over there, that's all gonna be ADOS, no, no, no. Ilan Omar is in the Congressional Black Caucus. Correct, and it's very, and I want to make it clear that

06:33 There's not there is a rift between ados and some black immigrants But other black immigrants are being supportive and they're termed as allies. Oh What a politically correct term. Oh, right, right, and that's the term, you know if you're for American descendants of slave receiving reparations from America they consider allies but there is another faction that feel like if we separate ourselves from from the term black, then they lose a little bit of, how can I say this? Sympathy is a bad word, but whenever people use the term black, it's used as a leveraging tool.

CHAPTER 03 / 16 Discussion

Marianne Williamson, Reparations Math and Debt

During the July 2019 Democratic primary debates, candidate Marianne Williamson argued that reparations are a debt payment for services rendered rather than financial assistance. Williamson proposed a payment of $200 billion to $500 billion, citing the historical promise of 40 acres and a mule for four million former slaves. While she acknowledges the math actually reaches into the trillions, she suggests her lower figure is more "politically feasible" for the current American climate.

marianne williamson· reparations· hr 40· 40 acres and a mule· democratic debates· debt payment

07:20 in politics. So you know we're gonna address this black thing or that black thing. Yes, yes. Well you mentioned reparations and you're right that that's how we started talking over the HR 40 bill which was really a bill put in place to start investigating the idea of reparations and You know you said a couple of things because I you know reparations is a is a complicated thing But it depends on how you look at it essentially we just had a huge 9-11 reparations bill I mean a really really big one. We're talking 50 60 70 billion dollars And above and beyond insurance and other things and I personally think that might have been an insurance bailout in a way certainly for the airline industry

08:06 But I think the term you use, the phrase that reparations would be payment for services rendered. And I really like that because you can interpret that in so many different ways. Services rendered to the Democrats, the Democrat Party, services rendered as slaves. I mean there's many different ways to interpret it. And you know a lot of people like, oh reparations, yeah, no, we shouldn't do it, maybe we should. It's a lot of discussion. But when you see what kind of reparations have been paid to all kinds, people of all kinds of tragedies, It's very interesting to look at the reparations for ADOS and see that really, I don't know if there's a lot of movement, if people really understand what they want, if there's a real ask. You know, is there a number? Maybe that's what HR 40 is intended to do, is to come down to a number. What do you think ADOS wants? Okay, so there is a number, I mean there's a range of numbers. When you talk about

09:07 The hardcore, what they call reparation pushers or demanders, they're talking in the trillions of dollars. Multiple trillions up to, I've heard numbers as high as 20 trillion dollars. And how do they calculate that? So that's funny that you asked that. If you watched the debate last night... Funny you say that. I have the clip of Marianne Williamson. Let me... You want to play that? Yeah, I do because I've heard her talk reparations before. You and I have discussed her doing, you know, kind of weird stuff in the church which seems a little off message if you're trying to reach a certain group of people. But last... and we're doing this on

09:52 Wednesday, July 31st, of the first of the of the second round of Democratic candidate debates was held and Marianne Williamson finally got it out all in one go. And I have to say even though she is unlikely to have any chance of becoming president, but But maybe she does. Crazier things have happened. I thought this was spot on message and cruising along Twitter today, I didn't see as many people picking up on it the way I guess I did. Here she is, Marianne Williamson. Speaking of reparations, Ms. Williams, Ms. Williamson, many of your opponents support a commission to study the issue of reparations for slavery.

10:29 But you are calling for up to $500 billion in financial assistance. What makes you qualified to determine how much is owed in reparations? Well, first of all, it's not $500 billion in financial assistance. It's $500 billion, $200 to $500 billion payment of a debt that is owed. That is what reparations is. We need some deep truth-telling when it comes. We don't need another commission to look at evidence. I appreciate what Congressman O'Rourke has said. It is time for us to simply realize that this country will not heal. All that a country is is a collection of people. People heal when there's some deep truth-telling. We need to recognize that when it comes to the economic gap between blacks and whites in America, it does come from a great injustice that has never been dealt with. That great injustice has had to do with the fact that there was 250 years of slavery followed by another 100 years of domestic terrorism. What makes me qualified to say $200 to $500 billion? I'll tell you what makes me qualified. If you did the math,

11:32 of the 40 acres and a mule, given that there was four to five million slaves at the end of the Civil War. They're fortified and they were all promised 40 acres and a mule for every family of four. If you did the math today, it would be trillions of dollars. And I believe that anything less than $100 billion is is an insult. And I believe that 200 to 500 billion is is politically feasible today because so many Americans realize there is an injustice that continues to form a toxicity underneath the surface, an emotional turbulence that reparations. Thank you very much. Well there you go, there's your calculation. Right, and that's the funny thing is that whoever's coaching her on this topic has her spot on. Yeah. She has her finger on the pulse of what's being discussed on what you want to call black YouTube, black Twitter, or anything. I'm on gray Twitter at this point, you know, I got some black Twitter coming into my feed, but I didn't see a lot about it, Mo.

12:34 Of course, you're not gonna see a lot about it because first of all, the numbers make people very uncomfortable. And even herself, she has the dollar back and I don't think she can make herself even, not her personally, but her campaign to say the T word, trillion. So they have to say, 500 million, 200 billion. But isn't that interesting? We've got other candidates talking trillions of dollars for health care and for... no one has a problem with the trillion number, just in this specific case they do. Well, just look at the definition of what they're using as reparation. Even Don Lemon said assistance and I'm glad she corrected me on that. Yes, that was good. It's not assistance and this is where I come in. She used the, she says it's a debt to payments owed, I think, but it's kind of similar to what you said, you know, services rendered, it's money that is owed is what she said. Correct, and that's what I want people to fully understand is

CHAPTER 04 / 16 Discussion

Affirmative Action, Misallocation of Diversity Resources

The original intent of affirmative action as a repayment for slavery has been diluted as the program expanded to include women and all immigrant groups. Data suggests that post-slavery immigrants are often overrepresented in elite universities and corporate hiring compared to the ADOS population. This shift is viewed as an insult to the descendants of those who provided the forced labor that built the nation's early economy.

affirmative action· ados· immigrants· university admissions· diversity· debt payment

11:32 of the 40 acres and a mule, given that there was four to five million slaves at the end of the Civil War. They're fortified and they were all promised 40 acres and a mule for every family of four. If you did the math today, it would be trillions of dollars. And I believe that anything less than $100 billion is is an insult. And I believe that 200 to 500 billion is is politically feasible today because so many Americans realize there is an injustice that continues to form a toxicity underneath the surface, an emotional turbulence that reparations. Thank you very much. Well there you go, there's your calculation. Right, and that's the funny thing is that whoever's coaching her on this topic has her spot on. Yeah. She has her finger on the pulse of what's being discussed on what you want to call black YouTube, black Twitter, or anything. I'm on gray Twitter at this point, you know, I got some black Twitter coming into my feed, but I didn't see a lot about it, Mo.

12:34 Of course, you're not gonna see a lot about it because first of all, the numbers make people very uncomfortable. And even herself, she has the dollar back and I don't think she can make herself even, not her personally, but her campaign to say the T word, trillion. So they have to say, 500 million, 200 billion. But isn't that interesting? We've got other candidates talking trillions of dollars for health care and for... no one has a problem with the trillion number, just in this specific case they do. Well, just look at the definition of what they're using as reparation. Even Don Lemon said assistance and I'm glad she corrected me on that. Yes, that was good. It's not assistance and this is where I come in. She used the, she says it's a debt to payments owed, I think, but it's kind of similar to what you said, you know, services rendered, it's money that is owed is what she said. Correct, and that's what I want people to fully understand is

13:34 This is how descendants of slaves, American descendants of slaves look at this. Our great great great great grandparents, depending on how far or how old you are, rendered services to this nation. I mean, by force, but we still rendered services and they were never paid back for that. So it's not an assistance program, it's payment for the hard work they did to get this country off the ground. So when they want to say assistance, That is very insulting because it's not assistance. It makes it seem like welfare or any other governmental program. No. Right. Yes. Words do matter in this case. Absolutely. And like I said, whoever's coaching her or whoever's informing her or whoever's in her corner. Oprah, of course. Right. They have her spot on.

14:27 And I was like blown back. I was like when she first started out, I'm like, okay, you know, she went there She said no and I assistance this is this is you know, and the other thing she said it um Not just talk about it. And that's what HR 40 is about and that assistance is important because as you and I have discussed previously affirmative action which was, as far as I know, really intended for the then unbranded ADOS, has turned into something much, much broader. That's correct. White women, women in general, immigrants of all ilk,

15:05 take advantage of this. And even programs that are set aside for even black people, they factor in African immigrants that came here or Caribbean immigrants that came here after slavery. And I think that's a poor representation because say, I don't know what the exact numbers are, but say if you have 7% ADOS or 8% ADOS and 5% immigrants post slavery, But then you have them overrepresented in colleges, universities, places of employment, scholarship dollars. That's not how affirmative action was set up to work. It was set up as probably as a repayment of

CHAPTER 05 / 16 Discussion

Hillary Clinton 2016 Campaign, Pandering and Fear Tactics

A 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign ad is analyzed for its use of spiritual music and fear-based messaging regarding Donald Trump and white supremacy. The ad's focus on inner-city poverty and violence inadvertently reinforced Trump's "what have you got to lose" pitch to Black voters. Historical tensions are noted, including Bill and Hillary Clinton's own past controversial remarks about Barack Obama during the 2008 primaries.

hillary clinton· donald trump· 2016 election· campaign ads· pandering· david duke

15:50 for what happened during slavery. So I've watched Yvette on YouTube, I've watched Antonio Moore. How big is this ADOS movement do you think and how divided, if at all, is our direct American descendants of slavery on this issue? It's big enough to be a problem for the Democrats. No kidding, you can see that. And that's the leverage point. What we really have to look at is how we got here. I've sent you some clips on that. And how we got here, funny, is because of the election of Donald Trump. And the 2016, the whole campaign process.

16:38 So if you want to play Hillary Clinton targeting black votes, it's a campaign ad. Let me see, is that the first clip you have here? No, no, no, no. It should say ad. I'm getting, oh yeah, I got it here. Okay, here we go. This is the newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan today. The front page story is, Make America Great Again, with a big photo of Donald Trump. Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don't want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election? I don't know anything about white supremacy or white supremacists, so I don't know.

17:24 Trump management was charged with discriminating against African Americans and breaking federal law. If I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black because I really believe they do have an actual advantage. I have a great relationship with the black. Oh, look at my African American over here. Look at him. The man that was, I don't know, you say roughed up, he was so obnoxious. Maybe he should have been roughed up. Why doesn't he show his birth certificate? Why do you have to lose? You're living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed. The violence, the death, the lack of education in these inner cities, it's unsafe. You can't walk to the store and get a loaf of bread, you get shot. Total poverty, drugs,

18:07 and horrible, horrible violence. What do you have to lose? Wait a minute, this was a Hillary Clinton ad? Yes. What? Oh my goodness. That's... Yes. Oh, okay. Well, yeah, break this down because I understand what you're saying here. First of all, if you notice the music choice. Yep. It was pandering to the spirituality of black people, this little light of mine. And this pandering that the Democrats do is struck of nerve and it's gotten to a boiling point with certain factions of black people that has become very noticeable. It's similar to how when they speak with the black minister voice when they come to talk to crowds of black people.

18:54 Also, the fear mongering. It's like, if you don't vote for us, the boogeyman is going to get you. But when you listen to Trump in that ad, a lot of the things that he says are the result of Hillary Clinton and the Democrats' policies. The conditions of the black community, what do you have to lose? Now, I think we brought that up in a conversation. That resonated with black people and black Twitter black I'm gonna say it's not black Twitter and black YouTube and it was a lot of YouTube constant content creators another That term gets at you, but they start even event on Carnell. She made a very Very good videos listen to things what we didn't have to lose. We're at the bottom right now. I

19:43 And that's, I think this was a poor ad because she was very tone deaf how this thing could come back on her. Well in fact, not just a poor ad, but it seems like it would have the adverse effect, reinforce what Trump said, what have you got to lose? With a big echo too, I like that at the end there. Right. So just to break down, One thing, it was a bad idea for her to bring up the Burr-Fuller attack on Obama when her husband was labeled as the racist in 2008. Well, but that's kind of a thing. I mean, I've looked back over the, you know, going back to, well certainly Bush Jr., the president's, certainly white guys are always called racist somewhere.

20:29 Right, but the thing was in 2008 she was that racist when she was running against Barack Obama. Right. Because Bill Clinton quote, this guy would have been carrying our bags. And then a few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee. And then you've got Hillary citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy for her remaining in the presidential when the odds were against her. So what I'm saying is when you juxtapose her record against Trump record, a lot of black America said, what is the difference?

CHAPTER 06 / 16 Discussion

Trump's Appeal, Black Voter Turnout in 2016

Donald Trump's 2016 performance benefited from a "negative vote," where traditional Democratic voters stayed home due to a lack of tangible results during the Obama administration. Despite Trump's occasionally awkward or offensive phrasing, some Black voters found his stances on illegal immigration and economic competition more relevant than Democratic platitudes. The sentiment "what do we have to lose" became a catalyst for the modern reparations movement as a demand for political leverage.

donald trump· negative vote· voter turnout· planned parenthood· illegal immigration· black twitter

21:07 I know, so... And you, and I don't, the numbers are never really clearly explained, but it seems like Trump did get a boost in black votes from that. Yes, he did. He got a boost, and it's the thing that we discussed, I don't think it's Wiley discussed, is the, what I term is the negative vote. If you can make a person stay at home that would normally vote, Especially the turnout that Barack Obama saw in 2008 and 2012 by making people think. I mean, like I said, when he asked that question, I really had to stand and look like, what do we have to lose? We had a president for eight years that was supposed to be for us, and we got nothing out of it, nothing.

21:57 So that was the real question, like what do we have to lose? And Democrats, what are you going to give us? And that was the birth of the reparations. I know it's a long shaggy dog story, but that is how reparations argument came about because it's like, oh, Now we have your attention. Now you need us. Got it. Got it. Yep. Right. So now that's the leveraging. And I know people are like, why are they not attaching the Republicans? Why are they attaching Democrats? Because the Black society, Black community has wholeheartedly voted for Democrats for a very long time. And you want to bring non-citizens here, promise them things. Every other group promised them things, but we're just supposed to turn out.

22:43 and I have other clips that are going to support that, but I'll let you take the lead. Well, I was, and I definitely want to go there. I had two questions. Just one a little off topic. As a black man, when you hear Trump say, where's my African American? There he is. How does that come across to you? How does it come across to me? Yeah, does that come across to you as like an old guy who's just racist and pandering? Does it come across as a guy who was like, I don't know. I mean, that's the question. To me, and I think to a lot of white people, it's like, what a dick. Don't say it like that, you idiot. It's wrong. Right. So how it came across to me is an old white guy.

23:28 Yeah, that's how it came across to me. Did it sit well with me? Not really. But like I said, we have to look at this elections are choice between two people. It's not the perfect candidate is between two people. And Democrats gave us nothing to to go vote for them for. And really, and I'm gonna be honest with you, there's a sentiment in the black community that illegal immigration is harmful to us. Certain think Planned Parenthood is harmful to us. So when you have a guy talking like Trump is talking, you won't openly say, oh, yeah, I support this guy, but it's like, you know what I'm saying, case, sara, sara, whatever will be, you know what I'm saying, whatever will be, will be. That's kind of, you know, when you compare the two.

CHAPTER 07 / 16 Discussion

Charlemagne Tha God, Media Blackout of ADOS

Media figures like Joy Reid and Charlemagne Tha God are criticized for their perceived roles as political operatives who marginalize the ADOS movement. While Charlemagne's show, The Breakfast Club, is a mandatory stop for Democratic candidates, he is viewed by some as protecting establishment figures like Kamala Harris. The discussion highlights a perceived media blackout where ADOS activists are dismissed as "Russian bots" to prevent a Black voting uprising.

charlemagne tha god· the breakfast club· joy reid· msnbc· kamala harris· russian bots

24:21 Well, you know, there's there's such a pushback against Ados in fact, you know It's a certain point. I think that kind of launched on Joy Reid show on MSNBC All these hashtag Ados is now it's just Russian bots and don't worry about it That's really nothing to see here, which was very odd. I mean besides it being factually untrue. I But there's I think you know there is a big certainly in mainstream media There's this just it seems like it's covering up pushing back doesn't exist even though they a lot of mainstream people will use Similar term actually what I'm getting to is I saw and this is I guess the guy who's most again or I?

25:10 a big issue for the ADOS movement. I saw him on MSNBC the other day, it was very odd, in the midday with Stephanie Rule, Charlemagne the God. And Charlemagne the God is a very influential guy amongst black America and The reason why he's influential becomes apparent when you just hear his credits. Joining me now, the one and only Charlemagne Tha God. His radio show, The Breakfast Club, is syndicated in 90 markets across the nation. That means 8 million listeners a month. His audience is 77% African American or Hispanic.

25:49 That makes up nearly one-third of the Democratic Party electorate. This man has interviewed half of the 2020 Democratic contenders for president, and I promise you the other half needn't know that they need to pay him a visit. Charlemagne, I'm really glad you're here with me today. Thank you for having me. So he's got a lot of radio stations. This is a big audience, certainly for radio. I think The Breakfast Club is incredibly popular. But he is, really seems like the op, I don't know what his background is, but he seems very much against this idea. Right, and I think he's becoming a, this is just my personal opinion, I think he's becoming a political operative. The thing is this, and it actually,

26:36 Charlamagne the guy got a lot of pushback because he's like pro Kamala Harris. Yes, and Kamala Harris is not seen as a DOS. Well, she's not she's strictly right. She's Jamaican and Indian That's correct. So what what's happening is I want you to notice a trend here Kamala Harris. She's not very strong on The reparations talk she had to be pulled kind of by her nose into the conversation You have, like you brought up Joy Reid, she's not ADOS. Right. Called us black bots. You know, so you have, excuse me, Russian bots, but I like black bots better. And then you have these media blackout of the word ADOS. I mean, come on.

27:23 You've heard the term Bernie Bros. You've heard the term of these other political factions, but you never have heard once the word ADOS or foundational blacks or even the fact that there's an uprising in the black community saying that we won't vote. Well, so right there, and I want you to get into your clips, isn't that by definition some racist movement? Yeah, I mean it's... But who's pushing it? It's the Democrats. I mean, look, if you're not pro Democrat, you don't have a voice. And this is kind of off the subject, but even Colin Kaepernick felt the wrath. And I wish I would have had this clip available out, but I could tell you what happened. Man, he was like the golden boy, taking a knee, fighting the NFL, everything. But when he came out and said, I'm not gonna vote for neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, obviously,

CHAPTER 08 / 16 Discussion

Barack Obama's 2016 NAACP Speech, Legacy Pressure

A clip from Barack Obama's 2016 NAACP speech reveals a tone described as "talking down" to the Black community by framing their participation as a "personal insult" to his legacy. Critics argue that Obama waited until his final year in office to address issues like mass incarceration while expecting high turnout to save the Democratic Party. The distinction is made between "engagement," which the party avoids, and "activation," which they demand every four years.

barack obama· naacp· 2016 election· voter activation· mass incarceration· legacy

28:21 They basically threw a media blackout on him. Because he didn't say, yeah, I'm all in for Hillary. You have to be all in and you have to be all in for the party choice. You got the same thing with any Bernie Sanders voters. You have to toe the party line because they need us to turn out. And if you want to go to, let's see, let's go to the Obama, a Hillary campaign for black votes. Okay. If I hear anybody saying they're- This is the one you're talking about? Yes, this is it. Okay, hold on. If I hear anybody saying their vote does not matter, that it doesn't matter who we elect, read up on your history. It matters. We've got to get people to vote. In fact, if you want to give Michelle and me a good send off, and that was a beautiful video, but don't just watch us

29:25 Walk off into the sunset now, get people registered to vote. If you care about our legacy, realize everything we stand for is at stake. All the progress we've made is at stake in this election. My name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot. All right. So listen to the tone. Okay, let me give you a little background. This is Obama at the NAACP 106 National Convention pre-election 2016. And I want people to notice, listen at the tone of how he's talking to black people. Oh yeah, he's totally talking black.

30:04 And not only that but listen to the tone how he's talking down to them if I hear anybody say just like what? Are you talking to like this? I mean, this is how this thing was received like she put him out there like oh, yeah work your Obama magic Get him back in line. Everybody had to fall in line and like you said he said, um, I The question is, how has our vote mattered up until this point? We've elected you for eight years, until your last year is when mass incarceration came out of your mouth. I'm gonna go there. This was a sentiment, and I'm gonna give you all the inside baseball, I'm saying it's a black politics. When Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the sentiment was, hey,

30:56 He can't do nothing the first term, okay? You know, he's got to play it cool. Really? Yes. He's got to, brother Barack got to ease in. Right. He got to play it cool, but if we get him in 2012, oh, then he can let the floodgates go. So, you know, that's why you really never heard any criticism of him beside things like Tavis Smiley and maybe Cornel West. I mean they kind of came at him a little bit. Well they got rid of Tavis Smiley now didn't they? Very much so because he wasn't toeing the party line. This is all politics. This has nothing... to do with race per se is in the fact that, oh, what's good for black people is about what's good for Democrats. And that we are a strong voting bloc of 90%. We turn out I think around like 60 somewhere in the 60% of the population, 13 million that turn out and then the key states you gotta look at in the South, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina. These are the strongholds of high ADOS populations.

31:57 But when you say our progress, we're asking what progress. So just back to inside baseball. So we waited for 2012. Okay, okay. He got elected 2012. Nothing. Not one thing. Isn't that interesting that there's a similar sentiment with Trump that he's playing right now? Same idea. Okay, we had all this crap with the Democrats, but you elect me now. Oh, it's gonna happen. Right, we can't drain the swamp right now. That's why I said it's a weird polar opposites that Obama and Trump had. Where you had MAGA was created by Trump, ADOS is the weird polar opposite of

CHAPTER 09 / 16 Discussion

ADOS Lineage, The "Cut the Check" Mantra

The ADOS movement focuses on specific lineage tracing back to American chattel slavery and sharecropping rather than broad racial categories. The mantra "cut the check" emphasizes that reparations are a debt for services rendered, not a social program subject to government oversight on how the money is spent. The hashtag #Tangibles2020 represents a growing segment of voters who refuse to participate in elections unless specific, tangible benefits are offered to the ADOS community.

sharecroppers· lineage· reparations· cut the check· tangible 2020· voter engagement

32:46 of MAGA, the way it's being demonized similar to MAGA. You have these weird things going, but like I said, when we got him back in, not we, but when black people got him back in and they turned out, man, you saw the pictures, you saw the lines going down around the block. We turned out for him. and you pick transgender bathrooms as your heel to die on? Nothing against transgender, I mean I'm not saying that, but this is how it was perceived to black people. This is the heel you choose to die on? Right. Hey where's the Ados hats man? There's the marketing problem. I don't know where the paraphernalia is and I want to make it clear.

33:30 I am not a card carrying member of ADOS the group, but I am lowercase ADOS and what I mean by that is my parents, you see my grandparents are descendants of slaves. I come from a line of sharecroppers. My great-great-grandfather was a sharecropper. I have his books. I mean, he was a very intelligent man. He kept perfect records. I mean, so I want to dispel that myth. You're saying that these people weren't intelligent either. And just to be clear, Ados, you don't have to have both parents descending from slavery, correct? Right, and that's the thing. We're not we, but we're not saying, and I have to say we, but not as the lowercase ados. We're not exclusive.

34:17 We're not excluding people. We're saying if you have one parent or half of one parent, as long as you have lineage going back. And I think that's one of the things that's gonna have to be figured out. How do you split up the money? Who gets what? But that's not the concern of the people cutting the check. And you hear this sentiment, cut the check. Because what people wanna do is get you in this circle argument of who will get the money and where the money come from. Cut the check. That's the mantra. You want our vote and we're talking specifically to Democrats because you're the ones that gotten our vote for so long and came to us empty handed. You only show up the last Sunday before elections to our churches and you say remind us to vote.

35:07 And I want to go into that part two of that clip we just played. Okay, you ready? And after we have achieved historic turnout in 2008 and 2012, especially in the African American community, I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. You want to give me a good send off? Go. Listen to the tone. Listen to the time he said it there, historical voter turnout in 2008 and 2012. And that's what Hillary thought she was gonna get. But the problem is she and I know we're going back in history, but we gotta go back to understand how we're at this point right now, headed into the 2020 election. Because when you have a guy that didn't give us anything,

36:03 for eight years and do you show up right before the election and you talk to us like this? It's a personal insult to my legacy. My legacy, and then he says, he didn't say my community or our community, he said this community. Words matter, words matter. And he didn't make himself inclusive in the community. And then that last line, if you wanna wind it back a little bit, he said, if black people don't activate itself, They don't want us engaged. They don't want engagement. They want activation. They could just turn us on the last quarter or last year out of every four. And then we activate, go vote, and then we understand we lay dormant and you stand docile.

36:47 Hold on a second. In this election, you want to give me a good send-off? Go vote! That part? Or you want to go back further? I'll go back a little bit further. Okay. An insult to my legacy if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. You want to give me a good send-off? Go vote! I always liked this community. You know, whenever I hear someone say the LGBTQ community, the black community, I'm like, there ain't no fucking community. It's a non-existent community. I despise that. But in this case, when we're talking about politics, black politics, it's a monolith. Yeah. Not as thought, but hey, when it comes time, wherever the Democrats pick,

CHAPTER 10 / 16 Discussion

Baltimore Poverty, Democratic Governance vs. Trump

The controversy over Donald Trump's comments on Baltimore is compared to similar remarks made by Barack Obama regarding "danger zones" in West Baltimore and Ferguson. While media figures like Charlemagne Tha God attribute Baltimore's issues to systemic racism, others point to 40 years of Democratic municipal leadership. The discussion suggests that illegal immigration often takes priority in political discourse over the needs of poor Black citizens in cities like Baltimore.

baltimore· elijah cummings· donald trump· barack obama· gentrification· systemic racism

37:34 That's who you vote for, or that's the expectation. And surprise, surprise, we're not there anymore. And just one funny thing, this is a side note. I know we had the whole Trump rat infested Baltimore-. Yes. Thing. I got a quote here from Obama in this same speech. And he says, What doesn't make sense is treating an entire neighborhood as more than danger zones, where we just surround them. We ask police to go in there and do the tough job of trying to contain hopelessness. And then he goes on to say and lift those communities out of hopelessness. And then he especially says, West Philly, West Baltimore, Ferguson. Where was the outrage when he blankly covered

38:19 community like West Baltimore is danger zones and contains hopelessness. Well that's you know that's what the Democrats would call whataboutism and but it's true of course I mean the President Trump says all kinds of things that Barack Obama has said same policies and you know but then that's always flipped back and forth that's American media that's American politics but actually when I heard Charlemagne the God talking about this he brought in something else that just was a real head shaker listen to this so this weekend he goes after Elijah Cummings didn't go after him and say, and here's my new Marshall Plan to save Baltimore and all these other oppressed communities. He pointed the finger and then sat back in the Oval Office. Well, voters say, hold on a second. You've been president. What did you actually do? Absolutely. You're the president of the United States of America. If you think that, you know, Baltimore is a problem, then go fix it. Send some federal aid there. You know, you want to make America great again, then start with Baltimore.

39:19 You know, but once again, it's just systemic racism and oppression. That's the only reason he's having this conversation. But we're letting him distract us from the fact that it started with the conversation about the kids at the border. Like, let's get back to that. Like, don't let him change the subject so easily by talking about Baltimore. Because Donald Trump don't give a damn about those black kids in Baltimore or those brown kids at the border. I thought this was amazing. You know, he takes it right back to another thing that actually hurts poor black people is illegal immigration. Exactly, and that's the thing that irritates the hell out of me. While you have the spotlight on the poor black kids in Baltimore, and you can say, look, their conditions is no better than the ones at the border. No, you want to pivot and say, no, no, no, no, look over there because you know why? Because Baltimore has been democratically ran for almost 40 years. Their representation hasn't done anything to make it better.

40:18 And that's another thing, you're shining a light on a problem that they don't really wanna have a conversation about. And in the black social media sphere, there was like, yeah, Baltimore is a crappy place to live. It is, let's just be honest. That's why people don't wanna live there unless it's gentrified. You get rid of the poor people and then yeah, we can live there. So but it's weird that, Everybody wants to focus on illegal immigration. And like you said, and these things that are detrimental, because I mean, let's be honest, a good portion of black society is in direct competition to illegal immigrants when they come in or immigrants in general, but illegal immigrants, to be specific. And you want to bring more here? And that's not out of hatred, but it's like, hey, we're in line first, and we have the biggest debt.

41:14 and if you got money to spare, hey throw that in on the check for reparations. I mean like it's like me owing you $20, like for 20 years and I you know and I tell you about all the other people I paid back you know instead haven't gave your $20 back. It's very very disrespectful. Yeah it was just it was odd to hear Charlemagne say that and just like man you'd be really being propped up like a puppet in this case. I mean there's a There's a very popular guy, you know, he's dressed like a black American, he's got his crew baseball cap on, he's completely in character and really just seemed like he was telling white people what they wanted to hear, which would make sense for that show at that time. Right, and then he has all the, he's had all the presidential candidates come on his show, The Breakfast Club. Yeah, it's an obligatory stop now.

42:05 And he throws them softball questions like asking Kamala Harris does she smoke weed? It's black people. Come on, that was funny. It was funny, but it's like, yeah, you have a guy, you have a guy or woman in front of you ask a serious question. But no, that's not what you get. You know, we get this and it's very, They don't take us serious, but they will. They will take us serious once they realize that in another term, everybody can Google, is tangibles 2020, or tangibles in general,

42:46 The black portion of people that's withholding their vote will not turn out until they see something tangible offered. Tangible 2020 you said? Right, tangible 2020 is one of the hashtags that you can follow if they don't come up with something to the table. And I just wanna go back a little bit. Even Mary Ann Wilson was uncomfortable with saying the trillion word. I wanna make that very clear to people and the listeners that she couldn't even bring herself to say black people are asking for a trillion dollars. No, she had the softball and like, yeah, 200 billion or 500 billion. Yeah, she did walk it back. She did walk it back. That's true. She did walk it back. Right. Because if you talk about, and even she said, if you add up, you know, if we were promised 40 acres and a mule, this is her words, 40 acres and a mule, if you do the math, that's trillions of dollars. So just say $2 trillion if she said plural trillions.

CHAPTER 11 / 16 Discussion

Super Predator Rhetoric, 1994 Crime Bill Legacy

The "super predator" label used by Hillary Clinton in the 1990s to support the 1994 Crime Bill is revisited as a point of political betrayal. Although progressive media outlets like The Young Turks used this history to support Bernie Sanders in the primaries, they eventually pivoted to supporting Clinton in the general election. This cycle of criticism followed by forced party loyalty is cited as a reason for the current ADOS pushback against the Democratic establishment.

super predators· hillary clinton· 1994 crime bill· bill clinton· bernie sanders· young turks

43:43 So now you're asking us to take a 90% hit on what we're owed? Right! It's the American way, man. Come on, shut up. We'll make you a hole on the back end. Don't worry about it. I just want to go back to Charlemagne because I just, you know, I find him so iconic. And here's what he said about voting one party or the other. Because, you know, if America is in danger, like who do you think is going to be impacted the most? by whatever racist policies, you know, whatever policies that are... By the way, he's pretty sure Trump's a racist, just in case you hadn't noticed. ...press, whatever policies that marginalize, like who's next to be in concentration camps in America? It's not going to be white people, I don't think. So if we know what's good for us, we would definitely go out there and vote.

44:31 But I don't think it's anything wrong with making sure that the Democrats have a black agenda. We've been loyal to the Democrats for a long time and what have Democrats really done for us in a real way. So I don't think there's anything wrong with asking Democrats to have a specific black agenda. Don't hit us with the whole rising tide, lift saw boats, because we know black people's boat has a hole in it. So it doesn't rise with the rest of America. Now he's saying what you're saying. Yes, he's saying what I'm saying, but at the end of the day, whoever gets selected, even if it's Hillary Clinton again, just say she comes out of retirement. It will be suck it up, vote for her. I'm just going to another clip, a super predator.

45:23 Super predator, yes. In 1994, Bill Clinton wanted to pass a crime legislation and it was three strikes bill. So if you have... This is what, Young Turks? This is Young Turks, yes. This is during the 2016 primaries. Three felonies, you get a life sentence. Hillary Clinton was the first lady and aggressively lobbied for it. She gave a speech in 94 defending this piece of legislation. Now, she had many different defenses to it and some of it were good parts of the bill including community policing. And here in this clip, she's going to be talking about gangs, not just all kids, not just black kids. But when they talk about super predators, they almost always meant young African American kids.

46:09 And so here's Hillary Clinton talking about what should be done with them. Not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called super predators. No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel. Bring them to heel. Very rarely was the term super predator ever used in reference to white kids. Perhaps sometimes in reference to the Columbine kids, but almost always when talking about black kids in inner cities who are in gangs So I'm giving you the full context. It wasn't just that she was talking about super predators, and it wasn't just that

46:47 regular old kids walking down the street. But was it racially used that term? Yes, it most certainly was. It was used over and over by Republicans, adopted by the Clintons to scare everybody. Watch out for the super predators. They have no conscience, they have no empathy. We got to bring them to heel. All right, so the reason why I wanted to play this clip was, this is during the primaries and you know the Young Turks were backing Bernie Sanders. So this was an attack ad or attack piece against Hillary Clinton. But once Hillary Clinton was selected as the nominee, they come back to black people and say, yeah, all this stuff we said about her, forget about that, vote for her. So I brought that up just to bring up the fact with Charlamagne tha God.

47:36 He'll talk all this talk and they'll say, oh, well, we asked him for something. At least we got a hearing to talk about what we could talk about in terms of reparations, a meeting to plan a meeting. But when it really talk about getting something delivered, oh, well, we did what we could, but go vote Democrat. This is what we get. And it's like, no, you're gonna have to promise us something big. Until you do that and you come out and not be mealy mouth about him, well, we're gonna do something, we're gonna take care of you, give you program. No, pay us for debt rendered, I mean services rendered, and then we can talk. And that's a real sentiment among a large enough population of black descendants of slaves and their allies to withhold our vote and be very damaging to the Democratic Party.

CHAPTER 13 / 16 Discussion

Trump's Unorthodox Politics, Hospitality Approach

Donald Trump's political style is described as that of a "hospitality guy" who tries to give different factions whatever "mint on the pillow" they want. His actions, such as intervening for rapper ASAP Rocky or passing criminal justice reform, make him difficult for critics to categorize. While he is unlikely to take on reparations, his unorthodox nature has created a space where traditional political alignments are shifting.

donald trump· asap rocky· mass incarceration· hospitality· unorthodox· base

53:25 Even when somebody is doing well, then they have to back themselves up because how will be received. But I don't see that with illegal immigration people come here. And like I said, I get it. If I could cross the border illegally and live a 10x better life, who's to say I wouldn't? I understand it, but for politicians to seriously say, yeah, come here. And we're gonna give you everything that the bottom rung of citizens have or more because you were Good at breaking the law. I don't get that you know, but then when People of my ilk ask for things that we feel we deserve. It's like oh no, we can't do that, right? Yeah, I understand the frustration which is the whole fascination I have which has led to this show. I mean this is stuff that Just don't think about and to be honest. I don't see any of this talk coming out of Trump and nothing

54:25 reparations wise, and I doubt it will ever happen under a Trump presidency. So here's what I think. I think Trump has hard enough time, and I'm not a Trump apologist, you know what I'm saying? I understand how he can be viewed as being problematic, but he has hard enough time holding his loosely held together base because his base is made up of many different factions of people that he can't Even if he wanted to he can't take this on But as a jab to Obama once he's and that's kind of weird thing like I said about the 2012 thing Who's to say what Trump will say once he's reelected? I mean we saw what he's done with Mass incarceration. Yeah, nobody I mean he's trying to get rappers out of jail in other countries I mean if you follow the ASAP Yeah, it's like so it's like

55:27 You really can't get your head around Trump. I mean, because he's so unorthodox that you think you can put him in a box over here, but it's like that doesn't line up with that thought process. Yeah, good point. Good point. I think just not again on a tangent, but I think he's a hospitality guy. And what do they do? They give you what you want. Such a good point. You want a mint on your pillow? Okay, got it. You know what I'm saying? You want, you know... Welcome to Trump country. Yeah. Right. Mint on the pillow, sir. He's everything to everybody. I mean, and it's that we're, you know, that's why I think he's carving out his base out of

CHAPTER 14 / 16 Discussion

Destruction of the Black Family, No Man in the House Rule

The decline of the Black two-parent household is traced back to the "No Man in the House" rule associated with the 1968 AFDC program under Lyndon B. Johnson. This policy required men to be absent from the home for families to receive public assistance, effectively making the state the father figure. This historical context is used to critique modern liberals, echoing Malcolm X's warnings about the "fox and the wolf" in American politics.

patriarchy· lyndon b. johnson· afdc· welfare· black family· malcolm x

56:11 out of many different groups. And you think he's carving out a black base? You think he has support? Like a real identifiable support? We talked about this off-air, and this is a real sentiment. Donald Trump breathed life back into the black patriarchy. Because the way patriarchy as a whole was suffering, the fact that you know and if I'm gonna say it like this but men could let their nuts hang again you know I mean because like they had to rescind it you know it's like I can't say that you know I can't do that. You can't say any of that either but okay I love it on the show. I'm sorry but that's how it was like man like I mean

56:58 Yeah, we don't have to like... So the patriarchal hierarchy within black families is demonstrably incredibly hurt. There's a lot of kids growing up who do not have an established father figure around all the time. I mean, that's a fact. Correct. And now let me ask you a question. Why do you think that is? Not to put you on the spot, but I just want to get an honest answer to why you think... It's not a right answer, but why do you think that is? You know, historically there's so many different explanations for this and I've never really taken a position on why, but I would say certain welfare programs I think were misguided. Yes. Go ahead, fill me in. It started there. It started there and you know, there was a thing called no man in the house rule.

58:01 That's where if you wanted public assistance the man had to be removed from the home. Ah That's the CSE. I knew I was close right so you I just wanted to see you saying Why why are we here now where it's acceptable? 75% of black children are born in a single-parent household most of them being led by women. How do we get here? Because when you say you can't have a man in the household if you want your kids to eat, that's a governmental, you know what I'm saying? That was a government funded and supported. What was this called again, Mom? What was the? No man in the house rule, if I'm correct. Okay. Yeah. I did a show about this, the destruction of the black family.

58:52 And this was a real rule, and then you factor in housing projects, basically welfare became the father, the state became the father. This was set up in 1968? Right. If you go back, at one time, black two-parent households were higher than white two-parent households. Yeah, so this was 68 and it was the AFDC program, Aid to Families of Dependent Children. And there you had the man in the house rule that you were not ineligible if there was a man in the house. What was that under, was that Johnson? Mm-hmm, yes. And he's a what?

59:40 A Democrat. Thank you. Yeah, gotcha. Ding! I need to get a bill. And he was super racist. There's lots of evidence of how racist he was. Not Johnson! No! Yes he was! What are you talking about? I'm being very... You're being facetious on me now. I'm being very... very... But if you listen to people talk, oh, and I got attacked. I think I sent you the... the interaction I had with the guy that called Ados, what was it, weaponized ignorance? Yes, yeah, yeah, the professor. Right, the professor, you know what I'm saying? He's a professor of black history and other topics. Yeah, he called Ados weaponized ignorance, but his favorite president was Lyndon B. Johnson. Yeah, right, exactly. So that's when all of these things

1:00:36 We're a weird place because with the internet, with all the information that's being brought to the surface, when you have Malcolm X being against liberals, saying be careful of liberals and the people they bring in front of us as being puppets. Well he was very clear he didn't like anybody, especially white people, but he said the liberals are worse. Right, he called it the fox and the wolf. Yes. And the thing was with a wolf you know what a wolf is about. You know, he's gonna eat you. But if you're like a fox, it'll sneak around. So when you have these things resurfacing,

1:01:19 and reshaping the way people look at things, the luster has been worn off of what the Democrats had. You know, the spell has kind of been broken. And that's why you have a segment of society being called ADOS and their allies. They're saying, you know what, foundational blacks, I want to make sure, I don't want to piss anybody off by not giving their term any love. But, you know... The foundational blacks term? Right, that's another, like I said, Ados is just a brand, it's like Tupperware. We all call every plastic bowl Tupperware. Even if it's not made by Tupperware. Got it. Or a copper machine, we call it a Xerox machine, but you know, it's kind of like the term. But what you have is a group of black people say, you know what? We're not falling for it anymore. You do it without us. And the Democrats know they can't. So they're between a rock and a hard place. Got it. What else you got here to play?

CHAPTER 15 / 16 Discussion

The Rabbit Has the Gun, Black Voter Leverage

Data from the 2016 election shows that a drop in Black voter turnout from 66.6% to 59.6% was a decisive factor in the Democratic loss. This "negative vote" demonstrates that the community holds significant leverage over the party's future success. The discussion emphasizes that the "rabbit has the gun," meaning the community no longer feels a blind duty to save the Republic without receiving specific policy concessions.

north carolina· early voting· voter turnout· 2012 election· 2016 election· leverage

1:02:25 Just one last set of clips and that's from Fox News. It was just talking about the importance of black voter turnout. In early voting, you can actually tell who is voting, not which way they voted, but who's doing it. In states like North Carolina, the black vote is down 16% from 2012. Listen to President Obama urging black voters, get out there and vote, please. I hate to put a little pressure on you, but the fate of the republic rests on your shoulders. The fate of the world is teetering and you, North Carolina, are going to have to make sure

1:03:11 that we push it in the right direction. If Hillary wins North Carolina, she wins. When I said the fate of the Republic rests on you, I wasn't joking. Pretty strident stuff there. Joining us now, Stacey Washington, host of Stacey on the Right. I think, can I say this? I'm looking at a headline in the Financial Times out of Britain today. It says, Obama rallying cry to black voters as polls show Trump making gains. Now, it seems to me that maybe black voters hold the key to the entire election. Is that right? Is that right? And there you have it. Yes, it is. For a very long time, as they say, the rabbit has the gun. The rabbit has the gun. So what are they going to do? And the thing is, we don't have our, and I don't want to speak for all of any group,

1:04:09 But we don't have any loyalty to any political party. Whoever would step up and show they want to really help our community, we'll listen. This is not—this is the thing that we just have the most leverage with the Democrats. But is this really true, Moe? I mean, and why is it different now? Because, you know, for the—since You know, blacks vote for Democrats. It's just the fact of life. You grow up, it's like you will vote Democrat. Is it different now because of the internet, because of different channels of information? Will it really be different? Are we just sitting here blowing in the wind? Do you really feel this? So the percentage won't change of who votes and how they vote. What will change is the percentage that turn out.

1:05:03 And in 2012, it was at 66.6%. And in 2016, it was 59.6%. And that's even before the term ADOS and these reparation demands even begin to happen. So it's not about the percentage of, like I said, you're always going to have 90, high 80s, 90% of who votes, vote Democrat. What you're going to not have is, If that thing drops under, say, 55%, 50%, the Democrats will never win another election. And that's just the numbers? That's just the numbers. So it's pretty close. We're within a point or so of that. Right. So like I said, in 2016, it dropped down to 59.6, and they lost. And that's why I'm talking about the negative vote.

1:05:58 Now, when you talk about start swinging those over to the other side, I mean, when you hear a question about reparations being axed at a major political debate, that lets you know the climate that we're in. Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of sad though. It's not saying foundational blacks, ADOS, will Vote for this candidate who has their best interest at heart, but they're like they're not gonna vote They're not even gonna vote or vote for some or vote You know for the for the rents too high guy or something like that But it's it's not really voting for someone they want to stand behind, but it's voting against the established pattern Right and the problem that we had was this when you tell me I mean when and I had this argument slash discussion with my dad he tells me

1:06:55 You gotta vote. Your grandfather stood in line and that gave you the whole spiel. It's not the minimum law, but you gotta vote. All right, dad, so I'm gonna listen to both candidates. You can't vote Republican. So it's like, what choice do I have? I mean, I thought voting was a choice. So now I don't have a choice? So this is where we're starting to see people push back. Like, no, you won't. force me to make a choice. Treat me like you do everybody else, don't activate me, try to entice me with what you're gonna offer me. I mean, farmers get it, dairy farmers get it, LGBT gets it, illegal immigrants get it, they're all enticed by what they're gonna get.

CHAPTER 16 / 16 Discussion

Gender Wars, DNC Strategy to Target Black Women

The Democratic National Committee is observed shifting its strategy to focus specifically on Black women as the "backbone" of the party to compensate for the loss of Black male voters. This is viewed as a modern iteration of the "man in the house" rule, designed to divide the community along gender lines for political gain. The episode concludes with a plan to further discuss the influence of elites and George Soros in future segments.

tom perez· black women· dnc· gender war· essence festival· malcolm x

1:07:50 What they tell us is what you heard throughout these clips. It's your duty to save the republic. You know, the whole world's going to end. It's like, what? Why are you putting this kind of pressure on me? Right. And without nothing to give us back? No, no, no, that's not going to work. Interesting. But there is an interesting thing that's happening now. I'll broad up the patriarchy. So what you have now is, and you saw this with the at the Essence Festival, which is a historically, it's not on Black on or Black ran anymore, but the Essence magazine is the Essence Festival. Oh yeah, I love Kamala at the Essence. What you have now is, and this is a real problem that the Democrats have. If they have any chance of winning, they either have to have a black

1:08:43 candidate for president are no less than a female or black female candidate for vice president. It has to happen because what they're trying to do now is say, okay, the men, yeah, they're with this whole patriarchy thing. So we start to separate black men and black women. Right, and the proof I have of that is the Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez called black women, black women specifically, not black people, the black backbone of the Democratic Party. And that was after Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore in that special election they had down in Alabama. So now you're starting to see there have a specific

1:09:27 pandering like, black woman, you can say this, even though there's no, it's feeding into this ongoing gender war. That's not just, that's across all races of color. We're seeing that they're trying to spark up a gender war. So they're gonna feed into that, and say, try to make up that 6, 7% number by activating, their word not mine, black women more. So it's really in a sick kind of way. It's back to man in the house rule That's exactly what it is because that works so well. We just need to do a new version of it. Exactly It's a dirty game man Think people are sitting around a table and actually talking about this stuff like this. Yeah, I know we can do yeah Yeah, we'll get him me personally. Yes, I do believe that for the same reason I purse this is my personal belief that

1:10:29 to destabilize the black community as a whole. And I'm not a person that says that white supremacy doesn't exist. It just doesn't exist in the way we think it is. We think that all these harmful words is white. No, there's a system that is focused on keeping a group of people at the bottom. You have to have a bottom. You have to have a bottom. So it's like, Who fits that role? Right. Yeah, it's and I think there is a big difference between racist policies, which clearly they're racist policies, and bigotry, which is really ignorance, I would say. I'm ignorant about a lot of stuff, certainly when it comes to black people. The hell do I know? I'm learning, but it's... am I bigoted? Sure. Am I racist? No. But bigoted, yeah, I have all kinds of preconceived notions that you don't even realize. Like, oh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:11:28 So what drew me into listening to you and John's show is, so once you get out of the whole focusing on one group of people trying to hold other group of people down, it's the elite. Yeah, always. It's the elite. You know, it's like, you know, we're going to give this guy over here a stake and this guy over here nothing, and we'll let them fight over that stake and they won't ever come kill us for the rest of the cow. It's like, what? I mean, that's what we're dealing with. And I think when people zoom out, when we have conversations like me and you have the magic conversation, but when we have open dialogue and say, you know, we're suffering just like the people on the other side are suffering.

1:12:17 But then the media punks is like, yeah, this coal miner in West Virginia, he's getting a couple more dollars an hour than this guy over here. It's like, but you guys are the one cutting the check and making the wage. Why is he getting that? So it's this weird dividing conquer strategy and we're starting to see it. Entra the black community. I mean, we've seen it before, but we're starting to see it. Like I said, pointed out now it's all black women, right? Millennials against the boomers. I mean, you have all these divides, man. It's like, it's a weird place right now. Like I said, you had the millennials against the boomers. Yeah. Man against woman, uh, liberals against concert with us. It's not political there.

1:13:08 It's that, as you, I think you pointed out, I'm not, I don't want to, you know, attribute this to you, but black people are some of the most conservative people. Yes. On certain topics. Yep. And so when you start trying to bring this new age, new way of thinking in, that's a natural divide. That's why I brought up with Mary Ann Williamson, that she's going to have a stomach, even though she's speaking excellent, excellent reparations, it's besides her number. when people start to dig into her and her whole spirituality thing, that's not gonna fly. I mean, because as you heard before, this little light of mine, they know Black people are spiritually based. And not all, but a good amount. And when you start playing with that, it's not gonna work. But like, just to go back, this weird divide, but it's happening on a larger scale as well. And when I start listening to you guys show,

1:14:12 It's like, oh it's not just us. Yes. And I think this may be a good point to stop Mo. I want to pick this up in the next episode. And I think we should talk about the elites and the Soros sisters and all that stuff and this apparent strategy to divide black men and women. to get black vote I think is an interesting place to pick that back up or whatever else happens in the meantime. Right, sounds good. Alright, Moe, I think we should make a show out of this. I'm here for the ride. Alright, it's Moe Facts with Adam Curry and we'll see you next time. Distinguished guests, brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, friends and enemies, Malcolm X, no sellouts,

1:15:20 Malcolm X.