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Welcome to Episode 247. Let’s cut through the theater, expose the machinery, and get to the work that makes our people free.

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Quote of the Week: Zora Neale Hurston, “Dust Tracks on a Road”

Unmasking the News: 

• The Roberts Court as a Political Actor: 
• The rot is inside the house: 
• When the “sanctuary” is the crime scene: 
• Building profit with purpose: 

Strategies for Black Power: Black Unity not Uniformity

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20170216/html.php
• https://marylandmatters.org/2025/06/30/judge-gives-administration-until-tuesday-to-put-birthright-citizenship-plans-in-writing/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-uneasy-trumps-moves-expand-presidential-power-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-09-11/
• https://www.wrdw.com/2025/09/10/stolen-name-stolen-benefits-new-details-alleged-cult-fbi-raid-mansion/
• https://www.blackenterprise.com/elevating-your-excellence-jamauri-bogan-community-developer-2/
• https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/black-power/#utm

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 Quote of the Week: Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots.”

Strategies for Black Power: Nation-Building the Nation Within a Nation

 Unmasking the News: 

• First They Come for Us: 
• Who is winning the Game: 
• All in the Family: 
• Not a Sacrifice, a Strategy: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: Heaven Can Wait:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/message-to-grassroots/
• https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1966/weapon-theory.htm?
• https://freedomhouse.org/article/find-authoritarian-just-follow-scapegoat
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-kate-shaw.html
• https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/greater-grace-world-outreach-abuse-eric-anderson-arrest-L3BO4FTOMBAQTK2OEZRIPSS3AA/
• https://www.ebony.com/black-in-business-chef-bobby-andersons-non-profit-f-bites-kids-restaurant-biz/

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Quote of the Week: Dr. Amos Wilson

Strategies for Black Power: Designing the Afrocentric Individual Operating System: 

Unmasking the News:

• Democracy Watch: Personal Rule Comes to Washington: 
• Poll Rage Isn’t the Story. The Story Is Personal Rule with a Soft Floor: 
• Holy Rackets, SECULAR TRUTH: 
• A 6-Year-Old’s Grind Meets Shaq-Sized Generosity: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: Two People, Six Days, and 6,000 Years?:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://ourtimepress.com/17653/
• https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-warning-sign-for-america-about
• https://www.thedailybeast.com/fuming-donald-trump-lashes-out-at-embarrassing-polls-in-bonkers-rant/
• https://www.fox13news.com/news/fbi-investigation-underway-church-owned-mansion-avila-neighborhood
• https://afrotech.com/shaquille-oneal-offers-shoe-deal-to-6-year-old
• https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/how-did-scientists-calculate-age-earth/

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Quote of the Week: Angela Davis

Strategies for Black Power: Designing Our Own Operating System:

Unmasking the News: 

• Democracy Watch: “Democracy” with an Asterisk: 
• Democrats Finally Drop the High Road. Good: 
• It’s Not Christian Hypocrisy. It’s the Bible: 
• Black-Led Wellness as Power: 

Bible Study with an Atheist:  One God, Many Gods, and a Three-Person Contradiction:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-worry-democracy-danger-amid-gerrymandering-fights-reutersipsos-poll-2025-08-21/
• https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/newsom-trump-twitter-troll-20826613.php 
• https://medium.com/the-dove/christian-hypocrisy-in-a-world-of-conflicting-values-29ec4abc2149
• https://www.blackenterprise.com/nina-westbrook-nebbi-app-check-wellness/

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Quote of the Week: Yaa Asantewaa

Strategies for Black Power: The Feminine Side of Black Power:

Unmasking the News: 

• Democracy Watch: A Coup Happening in Daylight: 
• Now they Balk: 
• A Criminal, back in the Pulpit: 
• Good News: Young, Gifted, and Black: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: Epicurus Reloaded:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://jis.gov.jm/information/heroes/nanny-of-the-maroons/
• https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/13/trump-dc-police-congress-00507359
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czjwIqWoCNI
• https://mychristiandaily.com/houston-pastor-released-from-jail-after-3-6m-fraud-case-returns-to-megachurch/
• https://www.fox9.com/news/youth-run-bipoc-business-creates-healthy-desserts-north-minneapolis

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Quote of the Week: Frantz Fanon

Strategies for Black Power: The Rebel’s Clinic: Strategic Prescription for Black Power:

Unmasking the News: 

• Democracy Watch: Trump's Authoritarian Playbook in Action: 
• From Reagan to Ruin – The GOP's Fall into Authoritarianism: 
• Another "Family-Values" Fraud Exposed: 
• Good News: Operation HOPE: 

Bible Study with an Atheist:  Resurrection: The Biblical Walking Dead:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Closing/Outro: 

Sources:

• https://newafrikan77.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/quotations-of-fanon-frantz-fanon-decolonize/
• https://4columns.org/frere-jones-sasha/the-rebels-clinic?
• https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-lawmakers-in-swing-states-are-still-working-to-suppress-voting/?
• https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trump-2-0-bracing-for-criminals-corruption-and-constitutional-crises/? 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chi-alpha-texas-abuse-allegations-christian-missionary-sex-offender-rcna220069 
• https://www.blackenterprise.com/elevating-your-excellence-john-hope-bryant-is-a-champion-of-financial-literacy/ 
• https://scielo.org.za/pdf/ote/v24n1/01.pdf

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Quote of the Week: Frantz Fanon

Strategies for Black Power: Phenomenal Blackness:

Unmasking the News: 

• Democracy Watch: Texas Cartographic Coup: 
• Genocide in Gaza: 
• Retribution Disguised as Justice: 
• Good News: Seeds of Rebellion: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: The Problem of Evil Revisited:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://newafrikan77.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/quotations-of-fanon-frantz-fanon-decolonize/
• https://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/julius_l_jones_reviews_phenomenal_blackness/
• https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3lv5gd2b3zc2v
• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israelis-committing-genocide-in-gaza-with-us-complicit-geopolitical-expert/3647636
• https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article311492658.html
• https://www.blackenterprise.com/ufarmx-bridges-gap-african-farmers-tech/

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Quote of the Week: Audre Lorde

Strategies for Black Power: Lessons from Black Philosophy:

Unmasking the News: 

• Democracy Watch: Trump’s Name is on the List? No Sh!t:  
• Hunter Biden is mostly right: 
• Twisted Logic: 
• Good News: Redemption and Hope: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: Absence of Soul:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://www.shsoutherner.net/blogs/73daysletters/2016/12/10/your-silence-will-not-protect-you-healing-with-audre-lorde/
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-told-bondi-appeared-multiple-times-epstein-files/story?id=124014441
• https://www.rev.com/transcripts/hunter-biden-interview
• https://www.christianpost.com/news/man-indicted-for-crucifixion-style-murder-of-beloved-pastor.html
• https://thegrio.com/2025/07/01/redemption-bank-just-became-the-first-black-owned-bank-in-the-rocky-mountains/

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Quote of the Week: Malcolm X

Strategies for Black Power: Lessons from Black Organized Crime:

Unmasking the News: 

• Democracy Watch: A Wildfire of Idiocy Trump Can't Extinguish:  
• Stacy Abrams is Right: 
• The Moral Bankruptcy of Organized Faith: 
• Good News: How to Support Black-Owned Business: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: The Fallacy of Faith:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://learn.nrm.org/media/1249/malcolm-x-speech-to-peace-corps-workers-excerpt.pdf
• https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/blackstone-rangers-black-p-stone-nation-el-rukns-c-1957-c-2000/
• https://apnews.com/article/trump-epstein-conspiracy-theories-bondi-bongino-fbi-a143076353acbc1193cb9697e7fc4a90
• https://wbhm.org/npr-story/stacey-abrams-warns-of-autocracy-and-voter-suppression-doesnt-rule-out-another-run/
• https://trinityfi.org/investigations/documentary-series-the-religion-business-exposes-corruption-in-megachurches-and-ministries/
• https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/business/2025/07/12/consumer-advocate-bbb-tip-how-to-support-black-owned-businesses/84495905007/
• https://medium.com/deconstructing-christianity/faith-is-simply-the-rationalization-of-bias-b0373e33da43

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Quote of the Week: Audre Lorde

Strategies for Black Power: America Under Siege:

Unmasking the News: 

• Update on Democracy: Trump’s Authoritarian Overreach:  
• Here’s the play book: 
• Sacred Lies: 
• Good News Story: Baking in Success: 

Bible Study with an Atheist: Idiotic Cosmology:

Reflections and Call to Action:

Outro: 

Sources:

• https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/politics/2025/07/09/trump-brennan-comey-justice-department-investigations-cia-fbi
• https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-the-democrats-can-win-in-the-2026-election.html
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-church-leader-charged-beating-192452105.html
• https://heragenda.com/p/famous-amos-empowers-black-entrepreneurs-with-50000-in-funding-plus-resources/

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