Census legislation fails; Biden $280M ad buy, will Black media get $? COVID hit Black biz areas hard
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 6 August 2020
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8.5.20 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Census legislation stalls in Congress; Rep. Barbara Lee breaks down just how important an accurate count is for African Americans; Rep. Brenda Lawrence sends letter to Donald Trump about mail in voting; Primary election update; Biden announces $280M ad buy, will Black media get any of the funds? Congressional candidate Desiree Tims is here to talk about her race against Republican Congressman Mike Turner; Fed study shows that Covid-19 overwhelmingly hits counties with the most Black businesses hard; Black biz owner using material from Nigeria to make face masks + Wildin' Out Wednesday with comedian Cynthia Johnson
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. Today is Wednesday, August 5th, 2020, coming up on Rolla Martin Unfiltered. |
| 0:32.7 | The census, will black people, the other men artists, be undercounted? |
| 0:36.5 | We'll talk with Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California about that. |
| 0:40.8 | We'll also talk with Michigan and congresswoman Brendan Lee. |
| 0:43.3 | She sent a letter to Donald Trump about mailing voting. |
| 0:45.8 | She's here to tell us what was said. |
| 0:48.2 | Also, five states held their primaries on yesterday. |
| 0:50.7 | You give the results, including a major upset in St. Louis. |
| 0:55.5 | Joe Biden plans a $280 million ad buy across 15 states. |
| 1:02.3 | How much is that money is going to black media? |
| 1:04.9 | Speaking of Joe Biden, he is not going to be in Milwaukee for the Democrat National Convention. |
| 1:10.2 | Who will? Plus, Ohio congressional candidate |
| 1:12.9 | Desiree Thames is here to talk about her race against Republican Congressman Mike Turner. |
| 1:17.9 | A recent fair study shows that COVID-19 overwhelmingly hits counties with the most black businesses, |
| 1:22.8 | and you meet a black business owner who's using material from Nigeria to make face masks. |
| 1:27.4 | Plus, we have a new batch of anti-Trump ads to show you. And, of course, as well as that Wednesday, comedian Cynthia Turner, aka Solowade, is here. Is she a little loud? It's time to bring the funk. I'm rolling the mark on the filter. Let's go. He's got it. Whatever the piss, he's on it. |
| 1:45.0 | Whatever it is, he's got the scoop, the fat, the fine. |
| 1:48.0 | And when it breaks, he's right on time. |
| 1:50.0 | And it's rolling. |
| 1:52.0 | Best belief he's knowing. |
| 1:54.0 | Putting it down from sports to news to politics. |
| 1:58.0 | With entertainment just for kicks he's rolling |
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