9.23.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump Skips Shutdown Talks, MD Job Losses, Memphis Band’s Kazoo Protest, Black Family Legacy

Trump chickens out and bails on a crucial meeting with Democratic leaders to avoid a government shutdown, calling their demands "unserious and ridiculous."

Maryland lost another 2,500 federal jobs in August.  Making it the second straight month the state led the nation in federal job losses.

You're going to love this story: A Memphis High School Band gets banned from performing at a football game.  So they show up with kazoos!

We have two authors in the studio tonight.  First, we'll spotlight a groundbreaking new book chronicling the Black family that shaped American architecture. Cheryl McKissack Daniel, author of 'The Black Family Who Built America.'

And author Dr. Lamell McMorris' new book, 'The Power to Persist,' is full of lessons on resilience.

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