MAGA Targets Black Votes: Texas/La. Fight Back, Job Market Woes, Deportee Returns, Booker-Cruz Clash
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 8 June 2025
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6.6.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: MAGA Targets Black Votes: Texas/La. Fight Back, Job Market Woes, Deportee Returns, Booker-Cruz Clash
We've been telling ya'll - these MAGA maggots are coming after our votes! We'll show you how lawmakers in Texas and Louisiana are fighting back!
Our job market is sending mixed signals. While the numbers suggest growth, millions of working families continue to struggle to make ends meet. We'll have an analysis of May's job report with economic justice advocate Morgan Harper.
The 29-year-old Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador is now returning to the U.S to face federal charges.
We'll show you the heated exchange on Capitol Hill between Senators Cory Booker and Ted Cruz during the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on threats against federal judges. We've got the highlights.
And--we'll tackle the growing mental health crisis among Black males, both young and old. A licensed psychotherapist joins us to discuss key factors and offer guidance on how families can support their loved ones.
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| 0:54.7 | Today is Friday, June 6, 2025, coming up on Roland Martin on Filtern. |
| 0:56.6 | Streaming live with the Black Star Network. |
| 1:03.3 | I keep telling y'all these MAGA nut cases are trying to do all they can to steal the vote from us. |
| 1:08.9 | We'll show you what is happening in Tarrant County, Texas, where Fort Worth is, where they're trying to read draw the lines. And they wouldn't even have the folk who the county is paying for to redraw the lines |
| 1:16.3 | testify in public. |
| 1:18.8 | The Black County Commissioner that went off on them. |
| 1:21.7 | They'll be going to show you what happened in Louisiana, |
| 1:23.5 | where they were talking about redistricting there, |
| 1:25.2 | where this white Republican just got embarrassed |
| 1:29.8 | by this black state rep. |
| 1:31.8 | Oh, it's delicious. |
| 1:33.7 | I can't wait to show that. |
| 1:35.0 | Plus, Senator Cory Booker goes off on Ted Cruz, and we got that for you as well. |
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