8.17 DCN kicks off; Trump blames Dems for USPS chaos; Did Trump steal 2020? NFL hires 1st Black prez
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 18 August 2020
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8.17.20 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: DCN Convention kicks off; Trump blames Dems for USPS chaos; Poor Peoples Campaign had their Moral Monday Digital Direct Action keeps the pressure on Mitch McConnell; NFL has hired it's first black President; Meet Melba Pearson, she's running to be the first African-American State Attorney in Miami; Man sentenced to life after stealing hedge clippers gets a possible shot at freedom; Journalist Greg Palast talks 'How Trump Stole 2020' + Fitness trainer Mocha Lee joins us for this week's installment of Fit Live Win
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. I'm I'm going to be. I'm going to be The Today's Monday, August 17th, 2020, coming up on Roland Martin Unfiltered. |
| 1:17.2 | Democratic National Convention kicks off tonight. |
| 1:19.6 | We'll tell you what to expect. |
| 1:21.9 | And is it white, female, Republican night at the DNC? |
| 1:27.0 | Hmm. |
| 1:27.9 | Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for the Postal Service chaos. |
| 1:31.3 | Congressman Kwizem Fume, a member of the House Committee Oversight and Reform, |
| 1:35.6 | will be here to talk about the Postmaster appearing before Congress a week from today. |
| 1:42.4 | Speaking of today, the Poor People's Campaign, |
| 1:44.0 | after a more Monday Digital Direct Action targeting |
| 1:46.6 | U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. |
| 1:49.1 | Reverend William Barber will break it down for us. |
| 1:52.0 | And the NFL has hired his first black team president. |
| 1:57.1 | ESPN sports journalist Howard Bryant will talk about that. |
| 2:01.0 | And while he says, sure, it's a historic achievement, but one we should not be that excited about. |
| 2:07.8 | We'll also hear from Melba Pearson, who's running to be the state's attorney in Miami. |
| 2:13.6 | Plus the man sentenced to life after stealing a hedge clippers may get a shot at freedom. |
| 2:18.5 | A parole hearing has been scheduled in Louisiana. |
| 2:22.5 | And a Colorado Springs police chief defended not firing a white officer who regularly commented |
| 2:29.3 | about killing Black Lives Matter protesters on social media. |
| 2:36.8 | Plus, Greg Pallas will join us to talk about his new book, |
| 2:39.4 | How Trump Stole the 2020 Election. |
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