Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Sleeps on House Floor; Agents Flood D.C.; Black Breast Cancer Trial
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 20 August 2025
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8.19.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Sleeps on House Floor; Agents Flood D.C.; Black Breast ACancer Trial
Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier refuses to back down, she's even sleeping on the House floor--- to fight Republican power plays and she's joining us live.
More federal officers are flooding Washington, D.C., but with the DOJ investigating claims that low crime numbers were manipulated, or is this just a way to justify the federal takeover?
Black women face higher breast cancer mortality, coming up, we talk to Ricki Fairley about a life saving trial.
And don't miss tonight's Marketplace segment with international travel chef Joanne Thomas bringing global flavors to your table.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. Folks, today is Tuesday, August 19, 2025, coming up on Roland Martin, Unfultered, streaming live on the Black Star Network. |
| 0:37.1 | Texas Republicans literally hold a black state legislator hostage, |
| 0:43.1 | refusing to allow her to leave the Texas House until she signs a permission slip |
| 0:48.7 | that she will be accompanied everywhere she goes by a state trooper. |
| 0:54.7 | We'll talk with state rep Nicole Collier right here exclusively from the Texas House floor, |
| 1:01.4 | which is essentially, has been her home for the last 24 hours. |
| 1:05.9 | Also, another black state legislator says she was out of her morning walk |
| 1:11.0 | and the state trooper threatened to arrest her |
| 1:14.9 | because she was walking too fast. |
| 1:17.0 | I told y'all these Republicans are out of their mind in Texas. |
| 1:23.3 | The U.S. Marshals, they have a tip line |
| 1:30.4 | that says you can get 500500 for reporting a crime. |
| 1:40.8 | I think we should all use that QR code and tell them to go arrest Donald Trump, all those thugs at 1,600 Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| 1:46.7 | Breast cancer, a huge issue of impacting African Americans. We'll talk to a nonprofit leader about that. Also, our marketplace segment, we've got a chef with one of a new |
| 1:51.5 | product. We'll be debut talking about that as well. Lots to break down. Plus, my Spike Lee interview |
| 1:57.7 | about his new movie with Denzel Washington. It's time to bring the funk on Roland Unfilcher. |
| 2:03.3 | On the Black Star Network, let's go. |
| 2:05.5 | He's got, whatever the piss, he's on it, whatever it is, he's got the scoop, the fat, the fine. |
| 2:13.0 | And when it breaks, he's right on time And it's rolling Best believe he's knowing |
| 2:18.1 | Putting it down from sports |
| 2:20.5 | To news to politics |
| 2:21.8 | With entertainment |
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