Ep 24 | BLM GNF Funding, Gerrymandering, Enes Freedom, Nuclear Fusion, Oscars
Lost Debate
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🗓️ 11 February 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | But there should still be this open area where we can all criticize any form of leadership and authority no matter where it's coming from. |
| 0:07.5 | Right. I think it's really important to remember that free speech is not a partisan issue, and everyone's freedom depends on the ability to criticize the government and to stand up for what they believe is right. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics. |
| 0:26.2 | I'm Robbie Gupta. |
| 0:27.1 | I'm Corey Bradford. |
| 0:28.0 | And I'm Ricky Schlaught. |
| 0:29.6 | Well, Corey, what are we going to talk about today? |
| 0:31.8 | We got a fiery episode today. |
| 0:33.7 | A lot of things we're going to talk about coming up. |
| 0:38.1 | Alabama Republicans will get to keep a gerrymandered congressional map accused of discriminating against black voters. We discussed the national implications of gerrymandering. |
| 0:42.7 | NBA player, Ines Cantor, freedom is advocating for freedom of speech while athletes are |
| 0:47.1 | being silenced at the Beijing Olympics. Should more athletes speak out? Then we take a visit to |
| 0:52.6 | the artificial sign and talk about a breakthrough and |
| 0:55.2 | nuclear fusion power. We'll check in on award season with a quick Oscars chat, such an |
| 1:00.0 | important topic there. But first things first, an article detailing murky finances of the Black |
| 1:06.8 | Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is stoking controversy on social media this week. |
| 1:11.7 | An expose in New York Magazine outlines disparities between the larger well-funded BLM organization |
| 1:18.3 | versus smaller local activists who claim the organization doesn't do enough to fund real change. |
| 1:24.1 | The article also highlights questionable transactions, including unspent funds that total |
| 1:28.5 | up to $60 million and broken promises to support the families of those killed by police violence. |
| 1:34.9 | All right, so I want to be clear that we are talking about a very specific organization here. |
| 1:38.7 | We're talking about the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. This was the first Black Lives |
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