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to be wild. And if this week's oral arguments and the obstruction of justice case are any indication of things to come about, the insurrection and its protests lots to get to on that. Then for this week's deep dive, we're going to get into minority rule, which happens when the minority of the population controls the levels of government, so that basically the rest of us, the majority, live under the control of a small minority. Is this what

the Framers intendant? And is this the kind of democracy we're living under? Also, it is Black Maternal Health Week. Black mothers face disproportionately high rates of maternal and infant mortality and these are absolutely preventable deaths, which is why it's so important that we talk about them. We all know that politics are everywhere, and this week it is all about women's salaries in sports. College basketball star Caitlin Clark and some of our phase Angel Reese and Camilla Cardoza.

We're just strafted into the WNBA and folks are surprised, maybe horrified, even outraged at how much, or rather how low women's salaries and sports still unfortunately are, and then commemorate along with my co host Tiffany Cross. We will not blaze it up like we did last week. No, we didn't. No, I'm messing with you. I'm talking about last year's episode. But we do want to ensure that

you know that politics of cannabis are indeed everywhere. Stick around for some great questions and comments from our native Lampod fam and of course our calls to actions from each of the hosts. Stay tuned. Everybody is gonna be a good one. Trump's trials continued this week. He's facing charges in New York for hush money payments that he made during the twenty sixteen election cycle to adult film

stars Stormy Daniels. It's the first time in US history that a former president is being tried on criminal charges. Jury selection began on Monday, and the case that's expected, I don't know, disrupt. Maybe some might argue help Trump during this presidential contest, as he is going to be on trial at least we believe for the next month or two. Now, y'all, I understand yesterday, or rather earlier this week, seven jurors were chosen to serve as part

of the official trial. They were sworn in. They make up only four men, three women. Among them are two lawyers. There are eleven more jurors to be selected. Thirty four counts of falsifying business records altogether is what is involved in this trial. And as I said, jury selection did begin earlier this weekend. It's expected to be over by the end of this week early next week, with statements for opening beginning on Monday. Now, y'all, Trump could not

help himself. We heard earlier in the selection he was batting his eyes, maybe giving them a little bit of a rests throughout the process. But we know he was alive and in effect during the break. This is what he had to say when he was able to step out of the courtroom.

of course, in New York. A lot of this could get put on hold based on what we talk about next in the Supreme Court, what they end up deciding in that presidential immunity case. A lot of this could end up being of no consequence when we get to where they land in June or July, when those decisions come out in summer.

guy my lawyer. And of course the allegation here is that he paid his lawyer to pay Stormy Daniels to endorsement.

She was an adult film star. She's very clear this was not a me too situation. She had gone to the bathroom and when she came out, he was on the bed propositioning her, and she just looked like Bloch. She said, you know, this was not something that she wanted to do. Milanya had just given birth to their son, just like maybe two or three months prior. He was offering her, asking her would she be willing to be a contestant on The Apprentice. Stormy Daniels is an adult

film star. She is no fool. She actually ran for Senate. I want to say in twenty eighteen. She's been a well known adult film star but also has dabbled in politics and has been very well aware. This sixty year old man, before he was president, when he was having sex with her, did not wear a condom with her. So I think these things are important to note for this quote unquote conservative right wing self described pro life

party that they are uplifting. This is your president. So outside of whatever moral or ethical issues you have, I am not here to make that judgment. I'm just putting out the story. But aside from these moral ethical judgments that people have, then you have the legal issue Andrew, which you just pointed out Michael Cohen paid her, and yes, very keen observation that he just came out and admitted it. What he didn't say is what he paid her for.

So while that might not have been illegal, but certainly it's something that the American body politics should be reminded of. Because our attention span for such things is very short, and because there's been fifty eleven trials and updates and minutia e today on his legal troubles, people have a tendency to forget what this was actually all about. We can just reduce it to the hush money trial, but let's remember the actual details of it. I have to

say what discussed me. To be honest, we have not learned our lesson. And I look at cable news and the anchors and the executives salivating and tripping over themselves to carry this wall to wall coverage. It's like, yes, we have our new you know, courtroom drama that we can you know, blanket our coverage with. And I do yes, and it's like we get to have our cable ratings

boon again. We can have all these you know, people tune into the breaking news banner constantly, and just this week alone, and most people unfortunately do not consume papers. So just this week alone, I think of all the news that was not reported, that was overlooked. We're on the brink of, I dare say, perhaps another Third World war, and we don't get to deep dive and dissect those

issues because we're looking at the reality TV show. Former president turn our media industry and are electorate into another reality TV show. So I just get really tired and kind of checked out when I see it. I know it's important, but when I look at it, it's huge history time.

him to skate on something. Frankly, that would be yes precedent setting, but I think would up end a lot of people's faith and the Supreme Court and in our quote unquote system of justice and accountability. And what I'm referring to is the fact that there is a case that was argued before the Supreme court this week around whether or not two of the four charges that were bought by Jack Smith, the special prosecutor here against Trump,

are likely to be dropped or not. And because we've got a how do I say, incredible attorney right here, as one of our co hosts, Angela, I love if you could take a minute just to break down into dissectible and understandable ways what the implications are from this week's oral arguments. And obviously it's later decision which will come from the court we believe in a month or so.

Fisher's side, their entire argument over this particular clause. Whoever corruptly alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so with the intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in an official preceding or And they go into other examples of obstruction. Fisher's lawyer is trying to argue that this

statute is supposed to be about documents. However, if you go down and notice I said or in law school you learn a difference between an and or or there are other places where you learn a difference between a and or I don't know, first, second, third, fourth grade. Right, So there's a or here. It says or otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official preceding, or attempts to do so. Right.

So that second part, that two, and not the one, but the two is what is at issue here with all of the folks who went to Capitol Hill at the behest of Donald Trump and his senior advisors to try to stop the still as they called it. The still was the election, them certifying the election in Congress, which is an official proceeding, which is absolutely obstruction. It's obstruction of justice, is an obstruction of an official proceeding. And they said, say, they also are arguing corruptly, Well,

can they argue corruptly? Yes? Because Donald Trump, who was the leader of this movement, was trying to get folks to go to Capitol Hill to stop the still. Meanwhile, that's exactly what he was trying to do. Still. So

that's what is is what is at issue here? And what you saw the justice mostly arguing about is what happens when you are on the outside of this statute, when the when you're really close to those parameters, and you can you all can start to imagine if this case was for something else, something that we were in favor of, if we were concerned, you know, that something else was going on, that they were about to pass a law in Congress that was going to be super

harmful for us, and we're protesting it, which is going to get us to our next case tiff. What happens? What are the parameters there? So? How far are they going to go here? And it's really unclear where they're going to land because there were arguments and questions from the more progressive justices as well as the super conservative ones. I don't know where they're gonna land here. Is very fascinating. Might be real frustrated if this dude escapes culpability yet again.

I think we're gonna keep watching this. But the oral arguments, if you want to hear them, maybe we'll be able to try and post them somewhere on our account. But I know Tiff on the on the Deray peace, Yeah, you've got.

you know, never before really swam in. But that's what happens when uh never before had right, I was going to say, that's what happens when you elect a clown to the highest office of the land. You turn our country into a Circus and we're seeing that happen right now. But you've brought up the point about Supreme work bar that d Ray McKesson. So the Supreme Court refused, I want to be clear, the Supreme Court refused to hear this case, so it got kicked back down to the

lower court, the Fifth Circuit Court. Angelill correct me please if I say anything wrong legally. So I just want to really quickly try to say what is at issue here. So in twenty sixteen, d Ray McKesson, you guys know d Ray McKesson and the blue vest and activist. He was helping or was invited to organize or help participate in a protest near police headquarters in Baton Ruge. This was after police there shot Alton Sterling, a thirty seven

year old black man. They'd already immobilized him, pinned him to the ground, but shot him six times, murdering him. And during that protest, we don't know who. During that protest, someone threw a rock and injured severely injured a police officer. The police officer then to deray or deray rather, I keep saying Deray like the comedian Deray. And I want you all to hear directly from Deray what exactly happened that evening from his perspective, take a listen.

The police were like on ten thousand. It was just like a whole thing. And the police at one point were like get out of the street, and I'm like cool, I just started this job. I was achieving him in the capitol for the school system. I told the superintendent I wouldn't get in, like I'd sort of like lay low, let me get out of street. So I videotaped him. He's I got out of the street. I showed like the

line where like the street is. I'm like, I'm out the street cool, and the next thing I know, people are running. So I get caught in like this Russia people running. I fall that a big deal. I go to get up and I can't get up, and I'm like dag. I'm like really, I'm like pinned down in a sup of people. And I realized that the reason I can't get up is actually the police are holding the like pressing my shoulders down.

bricks to throw, inciting, encouraging violence. And so it's really interesting to see what will happen that the Supreme Court decided not to take up this case, which was essentially, I think making a statement that will impact how we all protests. And it comes down to, yes, you have the right to assemble and protest under the First Amendment, unless you are black. Now, when you look at what

happened on January sixth, this is exactly what happened. Donald Trump incited a riot, he encouraged people to go, and certainly those police officers were injured by people he encouraged. So people like Harry Does who's now running for Congress, he was an assaulted. Can he now sue Donald Trump. Well, according to the law, he cannot because what Donald Trump is being accused of, I think there is obstruction of Congress, not negligently inciting a riot. What I ask is the difference.

So I think this is an interesting case and I just thought the parallels between the two were quite striking. But be sure to read Elie Mastaal's piece in the Nation because he does a great job.

it back to the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit said already that the police officer can sue deray because while the right to assemble and the right to protest are constitutionally protected, and whether or not you get sued for what happens on the other side of that, whether you can still be sued for a tort, it's something entirely different. I think you'll be vindicated overall and probably win the civil suit. But this is this is it is worth a discussion, and certainly see the hypocrisy.

will win out. But but I'll just say, regardless of the outcome and what happens in Deray's case and those that are similar to it, let's not mistake what this is. This is a shot over the bow. This is a if you want to try us, let me tell you to the fullest extent of the law, all the parameters

and what's allowed, we can take this thing. So, if you Angela Rie, Tiffanycross, Andrew Gillim want to use your platform to promote I don't know, a rally in Baltimore in defense of the former state attorney, and something goes left for the law enforcement officers, who by the way, sit at the epicenter of the issue regarding Marilyn Moseby, that we can all of a sudden decide that we're gonna we're gonna come for you and we're gonna use the instruments of the law to do so.

it on the books through a citizen vote. But what he touches on, and I know it's touched on by many other authors as well, is whether or not this country is frankly truly acting as a democracy.

one vote, one person, one vote. I also think about authors like you just mentioned before, the Mayflower, Laron Bennett sixteen nineteen Project, Nicole Hannah Jones, Black af History, our good brother and friend, Michael Harriet. All these people are our family, by the way, And I just think that we often don't give credit to the fact that we know what we poured into this country, literally our blood shed.

Crispus addicts, right in the Revolutionary War, we know what we built, and yet we still don't have because there were It was always designed to be for a select few. I hate the concept of founding fathers because founding fathers in and of itself is very exclusionary. It is a small group of men that came together, white men, that came together and said, how can we reenact the thing that we tried to escape ourselves? And then how can we put ourselves in power and make sure that that

power stays in the hands of a select few? And then as time went on, they continued to morph this thing, to evolve this thing, to say, and how can we get people who look like us, who don't have what we have, but will be in position mentally to keep us with a little bit of power because they know that there's something to aspire to. They can dream to our status, even though they'll never reach it because this

is not for them. But if we can convince them that they're better than everybody else who they're similarly situated with, we are going to continue to keep this power in the hands and select you. That is I think why Donald Trump appeals to them in that way. It is he is the American dream to these white folks that are carved into the side of a mountain. They also don't own and just colonize. So there's all of that. And when I think about what democracy really is, we've

talked about it on this show a gazillion times. I also think about the fact that we've never really had what we rightfully deserve. It's never really been one person, one vote. It's been one person, one fight for the vote that you may or may not get. It has been You're gonna have to fight to secure legislation and rights just to survive in this country. Don't even worry about thriving yet. Sis like, there are so many barriers that exist to our true free existence and liberation in

this country. And it was built that way by design.

in this country. And yet this very small population of people have a stronghold the Congress last year or one hundred and eighteen, Congress, because it was such gridlock, only passed thirty one bills, I believe, making it the least effect of Congress since the Great Depression, to put that in perspective, So it's a lot of things that get left on the table. As of January of this year, Republicans control twenty eight or twenty nine, twenty eight state

legislators state legislatures. Democrats control twenty one. And Andrew, you've made the point so many times that people say the Republican Party in Donald Trump as though they are two separate things. They've merged into one. So when you consider that these maga right wing zealot extremists are controlling most of the state legislatures, where a lot of this shitty policy bubbles up to federal policy that should concern us all. They are out of step with the American people by

and large. They're out of step with the American people when it comes to reproductive health. They're out of step with the American people when it comes to gun laws. They're out of step with the American people when it comes to racial divide, They're out of step with the American people. When it comes to criminal justice reform. They're out of step with the American people when it comes to climate change. So I don't know what to do

about it, you know. I mean, obviously we keep saying voting, voting, voting, voting, But I'm a little concerned because I think that, you know, at some point this country is fractured, and the civil war doesn't start with the first, you know, the blow that's struck. The civil war starts long before that. And so that's why I say. Some people say that's dangerous,

language is hyperbolic. I don't think so. I think right now we are seeing this country fracture, and not only is it threatening our livelihood here, it is threatening our place and global diplomacy as well.

right plus v ferguson right. And so we have Supreme courts. But what Ari and so many others, Michael Herriott and Nicolhanna Jones, many of those who are keepers of record, our grios, if you will, are saying, is these institutions were established as way by design, and they're only effectuating. They're only doing what they're designed to do. The fact that every single state, regardless of population, has two US Senators, and the majority of those little small states get to

decide he sits on the Supreme Court. The fact that when I told students that their direct vote on election day didn't equal electing a president, they were baffled that because we're a democracy, yes, when I go vote, I elected president. Said nah, there's another special meeting that's going to happen in December here at the state Capitol where the electors for the state of Florida are going to come. It's very little talked about, very little rigamarocas.

me a bill that bans the study of reparations. Let's sear the sound.

want to study. But here's what we also know. They don't want to study so much that they're taking history books out of class rooms. They don't want us to learn this for free or for pay. They don't want us to learn by their taxpayer dollars or our taxpayer dollars. There's no surprise here and again to the point, to the point of Tiffany's book, TI. If you want to shout out your book.

we expect. Of course, they're not trying to go backwards and look at what they owe us and what was done wrong and what is owed to a people that have given everything to this country. They don't want to give us what we deserve today. There's no surprises here. You want to talk about a wage gap, there's a wage gap, and I'm trying to pay what they owe us and paychecks today. Of course they're not trying to

look at what went wrong back in the day. Now, Reverend ear Oh, you know that that does not mean I'm not gonna support the petition. I have posted it twice on my stories. I'm gonna stand with you, good brother, But I ain't got a lot of hope. Folks got

to go to the polls. And it's hard to get folks to go to the polls when we're talking about democracy and the ways, in the many ways in which our votes have been suppressed, not counted, and tried to be taken over by Donald Trump and Kanye West publicists.

the federal. But when it gets down to reproductive health, which was federally decided.

Court justices. He remade the court during his tenure, moved it decisively to the right, and paved the way for the Dobs decision in twenty twenty two that ended the constitutional national right to an abortion and return the issue allowed states to come up with their own laws, like the one in Arizona.

more important, which is less. But the argument is still fundamental, which is who in the world gets to decide for the majority of us what issues stand for the day. We've had two presidents in the twentieth century so far who were both elected sworn in without achieving the national popular vote. Yeah, Arizona is now a swing state and has been thrown back to before the Civil War was settled, Before the Civil War was.

on the lower courts. During Donald Trump's reign in office, he appointed over two hundred judges to lifetime appointments, predominantly white men, and many of whom were completely inexperience for the jobs. Some of these people had never even been on the bench before they were attorneys. Right now we have an actual handmaiden on the court, Amy Cony Barrett was a literal handmaid. You can look it up and

google it if you don't believe me. But even when you look at these folks, I mean, we all remember what happened with the justice, the frat boy whose I like beer Kavanaugh. When we saw his testimony, we could never, would never. And then when you look at what they're upholding at the federal level of government. So I think it's a lot of consequences. And again, this is an example of what you call my anority rule, Andrew. This is a tiny amount of people enacting laws and policies

that run contrary to our interests. And I think the question is what do we do about it? How do we stop it? And a lot of this, unfortunately in our lifetimes we may not see. But I think a lot of this has to be reimagining the Supreme Court. And people talked about expanding the Supreme Court, yes, but also just reimagining democracy. That might be a good Evergreen Andrew just reimagining a democracy that serves us.

it has everything to do with what's happening now. Minority rule through lifetime judicial appointments, Minority rule through being able to buy your way into elected office at every single level. Minority rule through burrowing into career but level positions on the state, local, and federal level, government paid positions that y'all's tax period dollars are paying for. That is how the minority continues to rule through strategy, through money, and

by occupying all of those seats. That is how so if we don't take that over through our act, our Jesus activism is all I'm trying to get out of my mouth. If we don't take it over, that way. I don't know that we can outpace them from a funding perspective. We fight to get our folks to see, hey, this America first legal thing that Steven Miller is doing, the stuff that Ed Bloom is doing, we need our own version of that. Not to counter those attacks, but

to have some proactive attacks. We will not be able to win on a lot of those cases because minority rule has found itself into lifetime appointments in the judicial branch. We have to start planning for these things in a lot more strategic way, and it's very difficult to do when all we're trying to do is live when we interact with the police officer, and when all we're trying to do is make sure that we can make ends meet,

when our wages aren't the same as everyone else. When all we're trying to do is make sure that on the other side of a rape situation or an incest or or a mistake one bad night, people aren't stuck with a lifetime of a decision. Because whatever anyway I'm down.

and robust way to reach the black religious voter. And I think it can just be frustrating because anytime we talk about faith, we're kind of lumped in with white evangelicalism, even when it comes two different views. Even such things as abortion. I think black people we have more of a moderate view of abortion that is not necessarily aligning with the Democratic Party and not necessarily aligning with the

Republican Party. So what do you guys think that we can do to address this address these types of voters. Have you guys seen this?

Can you stop shooting us? Can you allow us the freedom to breathe and thrive and take care of our children and pay our mortgage and all the things that the rest of mostly white America gets to do. When it comes to the conservative part of the black vote, I think the media narrative has gotten a completely wrong, suggesting that there's this drove of black men voting for

Donald Trump. I don't think that's true. I think there are people who go to church every Sunday who probably don't believe in gender some of the same loving gender policies out there. I have a challenge with that. I don't believe in that, and I don't support that kind of discrimination. But certainly there are black folks who feel that way. There's certainly a high pocket of black folks

who don't support marijuana legislation. I've seen a whole lot of preachers in the pulpit talk about you know why you want to support a law at a dulo mind and make you think things. I think these things are out of step with society, and I think that they are out of step with the way most of America goes. But there are people in my own family feel some of these things. So I'm happy to get the question because I think it shows that there is a wide

swath of people. The Democratic Party has to be a big tent of folks and punctuates the point that we have to have more than a two party system. I would hope that this man can continue to vote in the interests of the greater good. That's where we as black folks, don't have the privilege to say I like this person they speak directly to me. We have to

always think community. I might not agree with every single thing this person says, but in the interests of my community, I'm going to vote in this particular party or for this particular candidate.

issue that's also very very close to you. Building upon this theme of us caring after all of those in our community, what would be the charge as we close out this acknowledgment, this recognition of Black maternal health and infant mortality.

I know we have a clip from doctor Cleopatra Campervine who speaks about the prejudice brain and why it's so important to care about black maternal health.

mental shortcuts called schemas to quickly process information. This allowed our ancestors to survive, but today it divides us into us versus them, and when they become less human in the eyes of us, it leads directly to the tragedy of lives lost, of mothers who could have been saved, mothers like my own mother, who I lost at birth. I know it's tough to hear, and I promise you it's even tougher to live. That's why we need urgent systems in place that actively counter the human brain's natural

tendency toward prejudice and bias. Our color me mommy toolkit, the mom Nebus built. These are not just initiatives, they are actual lifelines.

brown individuals. I'm wanting to know y'all's opinion and advice on how we keep the very important agenda in front of our legislators to improve these rates in a way that is fresh and relevant so that they won't forget it and they won't think that it's no longer a problem or an issue.

deaths occur. Just simple belief. If someone is telling you they're in pain or something doesn't feel right. This woman has lived in her body her whole life. You should probably listen to her. So this bill as well as many others, works to protect Black women and their birthing experiences shouldn't be traumatic. It should be the most joyful time of their lives. I know, I'm working to become a mom. The fertility journey's been a brutal one for me.

And I'll tell you the truth. I'm like, okay, after we can get an embryo made and it implants, and I just hope that I can have a safe birth. A dear friend of ours, Stephanie Young, recently gave birth to a beautiful baby. And even hearing about some of Steph's complications, you know, you hit forty and the things just it gets really challenging. Thank god she has a healthy baby. Thank god she's healthy. But all along the journey there are different things. They just hit us differently.

So we need to be made aware and shout out to all of the folks who work so diligently to create Black Maternal Health Week.

you know, take some toallet On, It'll be okay. And days later if that the woman perishes and nobody has as inexplicable reason as to why have had it happened to classmates, to friends, to others, kids who have been orphaned while their mothers lay, you know, practically on the delivery table. So the our need to give voice to this is important and I appreciate you lifting this up.

As we close out Black Maternal Health Week. This out of be a topic that's three sixty five, So y'all keep the conversation going and speaking of women and their value. I don't want to be out of tune by making this connection. But when we talk about what is being paid offered women for their work, it doesn't just happen

in corporate places. It's not just happening in chains. It's happening in some of the most high profile environments that you and I know, the w n B A let's hear from w NBA star Kelsey Plumb, who explains how the NBA and the w NBA players are paid so differentferently, you know.

So in twenty twenty five, that's our new you know, opportunity to renegotiate or opt out. So there are definitely future opportunities coming. But I will say that it's one of those things that we are not asking to get paid what the men get paid. We're asking to get paid the same percentage of revenue shared.

And I thought this was such a poignant point because I get so tired of hearing the men talk about you know, well they don't make as much money, or not even just the men, but people make the point that they don't make as much money as the men, so why should they get paid. I love how she broke this down. It is all about collective bargaining, the collective bargaining agreement the CBA. This is a union issue. They the w NBA has a players association, just like

the NBA does. Somebody who goes to the bargaining table and set these contracts. As we know, Caitlin Clark at no point in her contract will make six figures. Now, her endorsements will carry her over. She'll be fine. But that's one player, Angel Recent That's one player. There are hundreds of players in the w NBA who will never

make that much money. I have to say too, even though I completely support Kelsey Plump's point, the other challenge I will make is to consumers viewers, women in particular, I'm calling on you watch the w NBA. Get into it. I, despite being a sports expert, don't always watch every single game. And I've been into it. We Angel our group chat, we are in it. We were watching the draft. We were talking about what people were wearing, who was going

to what team. It was so exciting. Watching the playoffs at the college level was so exciting for me. And I have to say I think any made this point too. I kind of feel like the women's sports arm of this is a lot more interesting in the than the w n b A. I look at the coaches on the sideline watching Don Staley coach. I mean that is watching magic. I'm getting so excited watching it. Women watch the watch the sports more excited than the w n b A. I just wanted to fix it. What did

I say? You said the w NBA, that's still women. I just think, why get so excited we talk about sports because I'm so passionate about this subject. So I may have missed spoke, but really, if you if you want to see these women make more money, one thing you can do is watch the WNBA. And I personally am looking for a team. And I said, wherever angel Reese went to play will be my team. And she's going to Chicago, so that might be my team. I'm not fully committed yet, but that might be my team.

They tuned.

But you know that you're buying Lamello sneak, but you ain't never picked up a Stewey sneaker, Like what are we even talking about? So I think that you got to understand the role that we also play in this. We go to the polls, we also got to go to the courts and go to the courts for the girls. To tips point, I was making the argument and the numbers reflect the same. The Final four NCAA Final four championship for the women outpace the men. So let's just

be very it really. Yeah, it's amazing more viewers because it was a it was anyway, it was a way more exciting game. And I also think that we have to understand that that has to translate over to the w NBA. I love the folks talking about salaries. It is not an issue that we know, again that's exclusive to the w NBA. We have pay disparities across the board, but this is one where we could really run the court on no pun intention to ensure that that.

I threw a map up on the screen here which just shows that the overwhelming majority of states have already legalized some form of medicinal use of marijuana. And for those who get it confused and think you gotta clutch your pearls. When we mentioned this, I got a couple of aunties and uncles and stuff who are on the gummies that help them sleep and rest. So don't judge too quickly because we don't know what's in your medicine

box yet. Then they're right outstanding. Part of this is not necessarily the medical or the recreational catching up, but really the federal government catching up with states with states and what they are already doing to reduce the stigma around medical marijuana. Now, Tiff, I think your shirt applies whether we're talking about medicinally or recreationally. But tell us where do you stay?

on speed dial. But now just as the Andrew pointed out that most of the country has legalized the drug. It's a multi billion dollar industry. So while some of us are certainly enjoying one kind of green, there's a whole other group of people pocketing another kind of green. And what's worse is marijuana laws still devastated communities. They still put are ensnared a bunch of black people into a very unforgiving criminal justic system, which we talked about

on this show. According to the a c o U, marijuana arrests wants accounted for over half the drug arrest in this country. So think about that. And while people are still building wealth, there are people who are still in jail today because of laws having to do with marijuana. So if you want to sell we legally today, which I think is a really big issue in the black community. Shout out to Andre Iguadala, Out Harrington and other people out there who are trying to get into the dispensary game.

But you need a license to sell. That can cost you up to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars if not more. Now go in legal fees, insurance, rental fees, marketing taxes, and your costs can literally balloon into the millions of dollars. And with the wealth gap, I don't have to tell you guys about that, Black folks are far less likely to get loans to support this kind of business. So in some regards we are left out of the rotation. There are some programs intending to address this,

but they have a long way to go. So, as you're doing your puff puff pass, however you're celebrating four to twenty, before you roll up those backwoods, just put a lot more thought and energy out. Invite you into the kind of green you can pocket, not just the kind of green you can inhale.

don't just complain about it. Go buy a ticket about it.

whole group to go together. I'm down to go to Seattle, but I want to see where everybody else has said. My call to action this week it's a very niche so I apologize for the people this doesn't apply to. It's a call to action and a shout out. I want We've shouted out to Nicole Hannah Jones a few times on this episode, but I want to shout her out again. I attended an event that she did last

night at Howard University with her journalism students. There were probably two three hundred people there, and her students love her like everyone in the I think the Comms apartment who are learning from her. And it made me think, because I get so much outreach from students when I meet people when I'm out. I just did an event at the gathering spot shout out to the gathering spot

by the way where I broadcast from. I did an event at the gathering Spot in Atlanta, and so many people will come up to me and say, I want to do what you do. I want to be a journalist. And when I start asking those questions, what papers do you read every day? What niche are you interested in? Who are some of your favorite bylines? They can't answer.

So my heart was full last night watching these students really study the craft, really understand what it is to be a journalist, understanding she's teaching them about sourcing, about fact finding, about reporting. I think some people conflate that a lot of you guys out there who ask me what you know that you want to do?

young people, I beg you take it seriously. Get into a great JA school, learn how to do it as an art to sharing information, to fact finding to a fact checking learn it, understand it, study it, take it seriously, and then enter the profession and honor it as it should be because it has such credo in the black community about bearing witness and coming back and reporting what you've uncovered.

to go get it done well? My CTA, y'all one join me in finding a constructive way to celebrate four twenty. It will be my first time trying to do that in real form. And then I want to reiterate a CTA that was I think issued last week or the week before. I would love, love, love to keep hearing from you all about the kinds of ads you want

to hear in the political season. I think it's just so Angela Rift real strong on, I thought was an ideal ad from someone putting you know, their circumstance centerfold and then letting that power through commercial speak for themselves. Put at the epicenter of the issue of I don't know, black inclusion, the folks who have been left out. I gave the example of my kids who never had a black teacher, and so it mattered to see a black

person in the front of the classroom. I just saw the cast of a different world getting their roses while they're here. If I could tell them myself, I would say they are the reason I went to college. I tried to go to Hillman, but I didn't know it was fake. I learned that in the process of sending my SAT scores out and I couldn't find the code

for heal Men, so it didn't go to Hillman. But whatever that might be, that thing that brings you in, that reels you in, that story that you hear that says, man, they are walking down my street, keep sharing those with us because you don't know who we know. It might end up in an ad somewhere. You may end up in an add somewhere. So keep giving us those ideas that you think might be good to move, motivate and

inspire you to get to the polls. And before we wrap this episode, y'all, we can't leave without asking.

Tiffany Cross and Andrew Gillum Welcome home, y'all. There are approximately, if not exactly, two hundred days until election day.