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KVLA Talk 1580. Good morning. Hello. God bless. I'm Dominique DiPrima.
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The show is called First Things First. And my first
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thing is prayer, always prayer, giving thanks to God, giving praises,
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asking for the blessings of the ancestors and the elders.
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And then I stir the pot. That's what I do,
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stir the pot. Open the mic. Open the phones. You
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are welcome in. You are invited. You are part of
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this delegation now. 809-20-1580 is the number. 809-20-1580. That's the
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bat phone if you want to say a thing about
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a thing. It is a wealth-building Wednesday. That means that
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we put the spotlight in hour two. We put the
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spotlight on a socially innovative, black-owned, BIPOC-owned, or locally-based small
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business or even a medium-sized business. And if you want
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to get yourself in that spotlight, just email me, deprimeradio
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at gmail, deprimeradio is D-I-P-R-I-M-A. Or hit me up on socials,
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any of the socials, KBLA 1580 on every platform, except Facebook,
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because I'm locked out of those comments. I don't even
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know how to go there. But look, I'm in the
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DMs on Instagram. I'm in the DMs on Twitter, TikTok,
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et cetera, et cetera. You can also... Hit me up
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through the station, of course, KBLA 1580 on every platform.
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I'm streaming on Instagram. No, I'm not streaming on Instagram.
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I'm tired.
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Okay.
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I'm streaming on YouTube for KBLA 1580 right now and
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also Facebook. YouTube is fun though because the comments be on.
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You can definitely tap in there if you're at work
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and you can't talk on the phone or if you're
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just shy or whatever it is. I love that for us.
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So it is a big week around here. It really,
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really is because we have our forum. And this is
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something you definitely don't want to miss. I know you've
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been hearing us talking and talking and talking about it.
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But if you put it in the context that our
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ballots drop, meaning they will be in your mailbox probably Tuesday,
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maybe Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, the latest, right? Those mail-in ballots.
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That means it is a big deal. I'm on my
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having college flashbacks cramming on these ballot measures so I
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can be of service to you. And it's coming up Saturday.
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It's just a few days away. The California Voices Town
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Hall and Ballot Forum. That means if somehow you magically
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got your ballot early, you can bring it, mark it.
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If you don't, you know, we got Paper and pens,
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but I would bring a notepad or something or write
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notes on your phone. What we do have is snack boxes.
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I love that. Do we get snack boxes, Miles? Or
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is it only for the delegation? No, we do.
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For sure we do.
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Okay, yeah.
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Better be there if they want one.
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Sure.
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We getting ours.
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Right. So, yeah, 600. The first 600 people, and me
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and Miles will be among those first 600 people.
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592.
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Get a snack box. you can get clear answers about
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what's on your ballot. You can ask questions, which we
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would love for you to do, because just like I
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always say, and thank you, because a few of you
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did jump in my DMs with ideas for guests. I
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love that. I like to know who you want to
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talk to. We try to get them. Sometimes they ignore us,
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diss us, or no show, but we try to get them.
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And I did talk to Razquez yesterday. He apologized on
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behalf to all of you. So, Anyway, you can do
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all of that by registering at kbla1580. com. Come hungry, come curious,
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come ready to be heard. That's kbla1580. com. We'll see you Saturday.
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I think the most popular candidate of all is going
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to be the snack box. That's what I'm guessing. But
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all of the candidates will be there, which is really great.
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You know, you Even if you don't talk to them,
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you can submit your question, you can see them in action,
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and it's all free. So that's what we're doing around here.
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And so as such, you'll be hearing from some of
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the scholars and folks that are putting this thing together. beforehand.
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So hour one today is me, you, Miles, and the headlines.
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Hour two, we kick off with Kevin Powell, the author.
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He will be our Wealth Building Wednesday spotlight because he's
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doing business and he wants you to know about it.
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And then in hour three, we'll talk with Dr. Charity
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Chandler Cole. And she is an advocate for children and families.
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She is going to be helping me get ready, helping
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you get ready, not just for Saturday, but for this
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entire election season. Because I know some of you are
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really organized. Get the ballot Monday, Tuesday. You've done all
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your homework. You've gone to our forum and then you
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vote Wednesday or Thursday. But many people are like me.
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We need to hear from a lot of different sides
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and we will push the envelope, maybe vote at the
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last minute. Don't go to last minute this year because
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I don't trust the post office. Of course, you can
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go drop your ballot at the polls or at a
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vote center, but sometimes we get busy on that day
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and then we run out of time and it's just
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not a good time to be risking not voting or
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your vote getting lost. So Dr. Charity Chandler Cole will
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help us begin to get a handle on this ballot. Um, she, um,
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is giving us insight from the point of view of
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a caregiver and an advocate for children. So that's an
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important viewpoint that a lot of us share this, um,
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sandwich generation, right? Those that are, um, those that are
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taking care of their children and their parents. That's the
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sandwich generation. That's a lot of us. That's a lot
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of our delegation. So, um, that's a good perspective. And
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of course I always want to hear from you. 800-920-1580, 800-920-1580.
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We got a lot to talk about and this is
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the place to do it. Man, It's hard because, you know,
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for years and years since I've been doing this radio show,
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maybe you know me from street science back in the day.
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Maybe you know me from, you know, the front page.
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And maybe you know me from, man, life and times.
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So many different projects, home turf that I've done over
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the years. But I've always done endorsements on the mic.
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I've always said, I suggest you vote for this person
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or that candidate. or this ballot measure. And last year,
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we changed our formula here at KBLA, and we no
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longer do on-air endorsements. But we do give you all
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the information you need. And I always say there will
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be signs, but I want to make this point because
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we are unapologetically progressive, right? Meaning we are black-centered, we
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are focused on the greater good, and all of that.
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But We know how to be fair, right? So when
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we have a forum like we have coming up this weekend,
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candidates get equal time. They are asked thorough but respectful questions,
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and everyone has a chance to be heard. That's what
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we are doing. Now, if y'all want to come talk
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smack with me on Monday, you're invited. But at the forum,
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we know how to put on our news hat. We
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know how to put on our moderator hat. And we
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know how to put on our talk radio hat, okay?
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And there are three different roles. And so when you
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hear me on Saturday, in some cases I'm going to
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be advocating for or against, or not advocating, but laying
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out the facts for or against ballot measures that I
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don't even agree with. I'm not going to say that.
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I'm going to give you both sides so you can
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make up your own mind, so you can make your
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own decisions, and we can break it down on Monday. Okay? Okay.
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That's what we're doing. We're putting on our moderator hat. Also,
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we're putting on our hanging out and eating a snack
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box hat as well. So, perfect time to call me.
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Phones are wide open and there's much to talk about.
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There was a mayoral debate last night for the Jewish community.
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Don't know if you got a chance to see that,
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but certainly it's a flashpoint at this point, given how
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contentious the actions of Israel and Gaza have become. have
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become on our national stage. And even though the mayor
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doesn't directly have anything to do with Israel policy, I mean,
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I guess you could say, because sometimes people will commit
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to divesting, for example, city dollars. But as far as
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directly from, you know, directly impacting, no. But you see
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how that became an issue recently, was made an issue
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with Zoran Mamdani, where he said he was going to
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arrest Netanyahu if he came to New York, and then
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he didn't arrest. Then he said after the election that
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he didn't have the authority to arrest Netanyahu. And then
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some people were mad about that. Some people were mad
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because he condemned Mamdani. as a war criminal. So certainly
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the issue is an issue that is now cropping up
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in every race from dog catcher to president. Uh, Quamel
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wants to know, has Raz Kaz been rebooked or did
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KBLA just move on? No, we're working on a date,
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but you know what? I'm, it's probably going to be
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a surprise because I don't want to tell you again.
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And then he doesn't come again. Like that's what happened
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with Lazy Bone. And that's when I get really grumpy
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and I don't want to subject you and Miles to that. So, um,
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you're just going to have to listen every day because
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he might pop up any day. He has definitely promised
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to be here, and we believe in second chances. Maybe
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not third chances, but we believe in second chances. And
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he really was quite regretful that he missed you guys
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on yesterday. 800-920-1580, 800-920-1580. I'm Dominique DiPrima, and this is
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your election information station, KBLA Talk 1580. Right now, so yeah,
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I did not get to watch the mayoral conversation yesterday,
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the forum put on by the Jewish Federation, but I
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did read about it. I got some takeaways. That's because
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I had to, I was, my soul was obligated to
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go see what Lauren Halsey put up at the, what
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Lauren Halsey put up at the Hollywood bowl. And, um,
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you know, I, I'm not going to lie. Um, I
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do regret it because I had to get up this
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morning and come see my beloved KBLA delegation. But let
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me tell you something. Woo. LA is a great place.
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That's one of the things, one of my takeaways. Uh,
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it was so just sometimes I, It's nice to get
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away from the online world and get out with actual
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humans and see that they love each other. They laugh together.
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They have fun together. There were black people. There were Latino.
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There were white people. There were Asians. And there was
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so much beautiful artwork. I mean, it was like a,
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it was really like a funk wonderland in a way.
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It was so fun, so funny, so dope. And people
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were just joyous. And I love seeing People joyous. The
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young lady that, shout out Danae, who got the tickets
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for all of us, she called it a beautiful love
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letter to Los Angeles. Wrapped in funk, wrapped in, like,
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funk all the way to parliament, funkadelic type funk. Like,
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funk and all the way back to, you know, funk
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all the way back to, you know... anderson pock and
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all the way around the corner it was just it
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was amazing and um i hope that that imagine that
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festival uh sprouts into a thing that lauren halsey was
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talking about on the show if you missed the conversation
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with her as with all of my conversations they're available
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wherever you get podcasts they're on spotify they're on apple
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music any convo you missed and they are also on
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youtube where they live if you want to see the
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people if But yeah, I hope it does because I
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know despite the unfair shaming and criticism of the L.A.
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Jazz Festival, festivals, rock, jazz, every kind of festival, they're
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shutting down all over the country. It's just, I think
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people don't have money. Why is it so hard to
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do a show right now, Miles? Why is it? You know, people,
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they made a big scandal and people on socials were
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talking smack that didn't even know or understand what they
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were talking about when it came to LA Jazz Festival,
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trying to make it seem like fire festival. But it's,
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it's then since then, we've had several festivals folding and
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no one seems to blink an eye. They just take
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the promoter's word for it. Oh, it was the hurricane
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that never came. Oh, it was the weather. Oh, it
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was But really, underneath that, it's, oh, there are ticket sales.
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Everything is so expensive. There's all these regulations. I think.
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You hit the nail on the head right there. And
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you said it's, one, people ain't got no money to come.
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But it costs a lot of money to put on,
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you know? And I think that we... we take it
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for granted.
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A lot of.
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Times when we go to these, you know, free quote unquote,
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free events or community free events, and we don't put
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into account how much money goes into actually putting them on,
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you know what I mean? The price of everything is skyrocketing.
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As we speak. So, um, yeah, yeah.
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I'm not surprised that people aren't turning a profit on
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them and have to, you know, back out before, you know,
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they completely bankrupt themselves off of trying to put together
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an event. That's going to ultimately be free for people
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that even if we did charge a a minimum, you
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know what I mean?
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A small price.
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It'll be, oh, that's too expensive for me, you know?
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Well, not only that, I mean, I think that there's
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so many, like in the case of the jazz festival,
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there's all these, when you're a small promoter, there's all
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these other restrictions. If you're black, there's all these other
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restrictions around security. But I do think the bottom line
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is folks don't have money. And that's one of the
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reasons why I thought that Imagine That was so dope.
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Because even though, you know, it costs money to go
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see Erykah Badu and go see DJ Pee Wee, a.k.a. Anderson. Paak,
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who was hilarious and funny, and Flea also, there was
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so much other stuff, you know. There was.
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Ping pong and mini golf and uh basketball and a
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dj and dancing all that was outside if you would
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take your behind to the hollywood bowl and you didn't
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have money for a ticket you could still be to partake.
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Of all of that right that's the beat and that's
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the thing too is i think that promoters um event
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coordinators just idealists that put these shows together there is
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a um There's a little bit of effort that needs
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to be put into the atmosphere that you put around
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your show as well. What you actually curate. Don't just
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do stuff that is... Especially if you're trying to appeal
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to different generations and different cultures and different people that
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get their entertainment from offshoot places like TikToks and gaming.
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There's a lot more to a music festival these days
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than just Woodstock music. Bring your cooler, bring your blanket
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and just sit down and just enjoy and watch the music.
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You know what I mean?
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They come and look for a full experience, a full,
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like a Disneyland or Cirque du Soleil type experience that
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they're going to take home and not just be like, oh,
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I saw Erykah Badu or I just came to the
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Jazz Fest and we sat and just boogied all night,
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all day and all night, you know? So yeah, there's
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art to it as well, I think.
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Is that, that's kind of like what you, what a
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lot of artists, you in particular, are doing. with selling
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music now, you know, all this value added, you get this,
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like you have the membership card, you can go to
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a party, you can get free merch or you can
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get early entrance to something or early notification. It's like
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all of these value added things. It's not just buy
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a thing and it's standard. I mean, they had double Dutch,
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they had line dancing and, That's.
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Not even anything like super impressive or over the top, unordinary.
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But it was, though, because it was all art. I mean,
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it wasn't. It was. You're right. Those are regular things
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that people enjoy, which is what made it dope. But also,
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it was all art. It was all painted and sculpted
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and colorful. It's the effort. And they also, she had
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these people walking around there. Imagine that staff.
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That were just like help you double dutch, if you
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don't know how, or would turn the ropes. Imagine that
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staff teaching people how to line dance or just line
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dancing with them, just hanging out with you, which is
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kind of cool. Just people whose job is to be
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friendly and make it fun.
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We just went to the Digital Underground show a couple
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weeks ago, and.
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To feel the energy of something as simple as Beach
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balls being thrown into the crowd and, you know, throwing
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shirts and condoms and, you know, I mean, magazines and,
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you know, I mean, records, just stuff to make the
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people feel more engaged. And I don't think that was
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anything over the top, innovative or imaginary, but it's memorable
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and it's different.
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It's different.
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And that's the effort that you put into it. It
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doesn't have to be an expensive effort. It has to
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be an effort that people are going to connect with and,
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you know, I mean, feel more human and more attached
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to your event. Now, but for the artist side of things, though,
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we're not being able to be booked in these big
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venues like the Hollywood bowls and have to end up
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putting together smaller, intimate, more community centered and focused events.
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So it's more of a necessity for artists trying to
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build their their catalog up, because.
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How else are we going to be able to sell?
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$ 100 ticket to our event if we're not going to
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stack it and make it a dinner party and a
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wine party and a dance party and you get some merch.
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You got to be imaginative. But see, that's what I'm
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talking about, Miles. You're right. It might not be something
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over the top like, wow, this is so innovative. I'm
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on a spaceship. But community, joy, fun, and the things
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that we really love, the small touches to me, that
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is kind of innovative. I mean, one of the things
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I loved about the Imagine That was the intergenerational component.
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Those people running around with staff shirts on were everywhere
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from 75 to 15. You know, and they were all cool.
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You know, we had some seasoned women teaching people how
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to line dance. We got some young people turning jump ropes.
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And so there's, I mean, to me that, no shade,
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you know, in real life, non-virtual, people hanging out, having fun,
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everybody's welcome. That community and that LA vibe, that was
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really refreshing.
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And you can't you said the magic words right there
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in real life you can't simulate that you can't put
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that on a stream and be like hey guess what
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you do all day oh i watched people jump rope
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at the concert no i actually went to the concert
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and jump i haven't jumped rope since i was a
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little girl and i got 10 minutes of jump rope
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in and we got the miss mary mac patty cakes
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or whatever we did you know i mean we we
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reinvented reinvigorated that that human aspect of us and that's
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what is going to win.
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Event space and event-wise going forward. I'm sure it is.
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Yeah, it's community. People need, we need, it's the antidote.
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All right, you're welcome to call me. 800-920-1580. News, traffic,
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and sports. Then more, only here. Yeah, so, okay, we
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got off into the show because I think art is
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the solution right now. And also, just because I felt
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like Lauren Halsey, DJ Pee Wee, a.k.a. Anderson Pac, Flea,
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And Erykah Badu made history last night. It felt like history.
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Just because I think, I believe, I hope that, imagine
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that festival is able to survive all the perils of
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festivals right now and becomes a thing. It would be
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an amazing thing for LA. And we'll all be able
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to say we were at the very first one. It
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was definitely packed. I do think that we need that. community.
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Sometimes we need that fellowship and LA does know how
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to come out and show out. Uh, and so I,
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I enjoyed that. I hope you get a chance to
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get out. And if you haven't been to the sister dreamer, um,
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I guess in still installation is what we'll call it.
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It's a, like a park and an art piece all
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rolled into one on Western. And, uh, what is it
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like 70th? Um, You should go because I didn't realize
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it would only be there for 18 months unless a
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donor steps up and comes up with a permanent place
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for it, which I would love to see. So, I mean,
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it's beautiful and it's historic, especially given what's happening right
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now with Egypt. They just painted over a couple of
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Afrocentric murals there. They're trying to ban Afrocentric scholars there.
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from lecturing at the great pyramids and such, because they
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are trying to erase, they're taking, they're inspired by, by
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Donald Trump and they're trying to erase the blackness of
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ancient Egypt. Egypt is in Africa, you know that, but
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they're trying to erase that fact. And by they, I
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mean the Egyptian government. So that they can say that
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the Arab colonizers were the ones that created that culture,
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which is really what White and other scholars have tried
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to do for really decades. But What is happening now
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is I think it's just kicked into overdrive because of
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Trump and because of the neo-fascist authoritarian wave that's taking
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over not just the country, but parts of Europe, parts
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of Latin America. And so this idea that we can
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just erase it and change the history and just say
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whatever we want is taking hold in Egypt today. In fact,
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Ashra Kwezi, the great scholar on Egypt, and his wife
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Mary Ra Kwezi, who's also a great scholar when it
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comes to antiquity and the role of women in the
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ancient African empires, they will be joining us next week
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to talk about exactly this. Because it's a whole erasure
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campaign that has now gotten to the point where it's quite,
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you know, It's leveled up to something we've never seen before.
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I guess I spoke too soon, but yeah, my voice
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is going to be all right. Okay, so we will
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have them on next Thursday if you're trying to track that.
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It's not always easy to get Ashra and Mary Ra.
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They're scholars. They're always traveling. They don't do a lot
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of appearances, but they'll be here next. They'll be on
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the air with me next week. And they're going to
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talk about the craziness that's going on. So I feel
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like this, explosion of art here around the world because
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they're painting over Egypt. In Egypt, they're painting over murals.
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They're whacking out murals in Egypt that depict the antiquity
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of Egypt as black. But if you go see Sister Dreamer,
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what you'll see is a vision of Kemet that intersects
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with South LA. I don't want to put a spin
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on it for you. You should go see it for yourself,
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but it's very Afrocentric. It's very ancestry. It's very Kemet.
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And it is kind of, in a way, the opposite
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of that erasure done in the most beautiful artistic way.
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And now she's got a piece at LACMA. I haven't
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gone to see that yet, but I will be there.
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So thank you, Lauren Halsey. And thank you, everybody. DJP,
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we made me laugh a bunch of times. Laugh out loud. Okay,
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so back to our rather dreadful election that we're all
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going to get fired up for because we need to.
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So this Jewish Federation debate last night, which I did
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not watch because I was imagining that. I did read
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about it, but we knew what it was going to
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be because this was put on by the Jewish Federation
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here in L.A., And what I mean when I say
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we knew what this was going to be was that
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this was going to be the litmus test on Gaza,
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on Israel, at this moment when it is front and
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center in American politics. And when the mainstream of the
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Democratic Party has not yet gotten the memo, right, about
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where the American people are, where the international community is. So... Clearly,
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Karen Bass, the mayor, tacked to the right of Nithya
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Raman here. And I'm always saying, how is Nithya Raman
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more progressive than Karen Bass? Well, this, you know, you
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could say that around the question of Israel. And the
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reason I say that is because Karen Bass did not
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want to call it a genocide at the debate. Nithya
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Raman did call it a genocide. And she did defend
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her interview with Hasan Piker. The whole Hasan Piker thing
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to me is stupid, though. Like, now all of a sudden,
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whether or not you ever talk to Hasan Piker is
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a big, you know, gotcha moment in every election. Like,
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Congress and mayoral elections, school board elections. Who cares? I mean,
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I guess people do, but to me, why aren't you
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doing the same gotcha about Joe Rogan and all of
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these right-wing podcasters? Podcasters are podcasters. They're not senior advisors
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to the politicians. They're not, I don't, I don't know.
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Why is it okay for Gavin Newsom to sit down
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with Tucker Carlson, but it's a problem if Nithya Raman
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sits down with Aslan Piker? I think it's dumb, but
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apparently it was a big issue last night in that debate.
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What I would pose to all my progressive friends who
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are going, Aha, Dominique, I told you she was more progressive. Well,
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this is an election. Both Karen Bass and Nithya Raman,
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in their own way, have sought out the Jewish vote
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in Los Angeles. Of course they do. It's one of
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the reliable... voting blocks in the city of Los Angeles
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that politicians seeking to be mayor have tried to shore
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up forever. It's an LA thing. It's one of the
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LA things. You got to get the black vote. You
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got to get the Jewish vote. You hope to get
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the Latino vote. I mean, those, you know, anyway. So
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we knew it was going to be that. And yes,
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Hassan Piker is critical of Israel. So are a lot
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of people. If politicians can't talk to anyone that's critical
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of Israel, they're going to be very isolated. That said,
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they're both seeking the Jewish vote, right? And I understand,
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I hear one of my friends, one of my progressive
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friends in my head going, well, there's plenty of Jews
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that don't support what Israel is doing. And that is true.
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There's lots of progressive Jews that don't support what Israel
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is doing. So seek out those endorsements. And I think
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they both are. But what we're talking about here is
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sort of the mainstream endorsement. a democratic party Jewish vote,
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which has, you know, and the right wingers too, to
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be fair. So, um, there's no way that they're not
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both going to seek that out. Okay. So Nithya Raman's
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willing to call it a genocide and Karen Bass isn't.
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How is that going to impact your policy? How is
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it going to impact whether or not you have the
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ability to run the city of Los Angeles? Whether you
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have the experience, the fortitude, the consistency in your positions.
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I think that, you know, I think Israel is an
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important issue. I do believe it's a genocide. But I don't,
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you know, it's the same thing. that Dr. West was
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talking about, Cornell West was talking about in New York.
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Your position on Israel is good to know, but does
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it impact whether or not you can run the city,
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whether you can get us through another two years of
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the resident of the White House? That's the question I
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need to know. Like, and what's your agenda for black LA?
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And what's your agenda for poor LA? And what's your
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agenda for homeless LA? And what's your agenda for, For
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the young people of LA, these are the questions. Yes,
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how are you going to fill potholes? How are you
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going to get us through a very, very challenging two years?
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We've got the Olympics. We've got, you know, the Super Bowl.
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We've got the resident of the White House. Do you
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have the experience? Do you want someone, you know, is
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someone ready? Is someone trustworthy and reliable? Is someone addressing
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the black agenda? Those are the things I need to know. Now, yes,
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I care what you think about Israel, but is that
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going to determine? Is that the determinative factor? Especially when
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you look at the fact that Nithya Raman has been
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endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, much like Zoran Mamdami,
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but they also censured her in 2024 for.
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Accepting for looking for the endorsement of Democrats for Israel
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of Los Angeles, which is a Zionist group. Um, and
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then getting it. However, she did say, um, that she,
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she did tell us on Piker, uh, that she wouldn't
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have done the same thing today. That was 2024. So,
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you know, maybe she's changed her position. I get that.
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I get that my, um, Progressive and radical friends are
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going to use this as a reason to further trash
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the mayor. But what I'm saying to you is if
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I'm seeking a job that doesn't have anything to do
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with that, should that be the determining factor in the vote?
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And I, you know, I would argue no. Um, but
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you got to make up your own mind. And this
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is certainly a clarifying moment. If you, um, if this is, uh,
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you know, a make or break issue for you in
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the position of mayor, um, then that, uh, then that
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particular form should be very, very telling. 809-20-1580. That's the
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number to call if you want to weigh in. I'd
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love to hear from you on this and other issues.
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KBLA Talk 1580. You can say it here. That's why
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I'm laughing. You might not be able to say it
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over there, but you could say it here as long
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as you don't cuss. KBLA Talk 1580. I love my
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KBLA delegation. Find them in the YouTube comment section. Get
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well soon, Molly Bell. She says she got bit by
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a spider. Oh my gosh, that's my nightmare. Yeah, I agree,
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Derek A.D. D. Williams. Derek, you got a long username.
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Every politician running for a seat should be focused on
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America's problem, not foreign problems. I do agree. Some of
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those foreign problems are America's problems because many times U.S.
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America started the problem, i.e. Iran. You might not like Iran,
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but they were minding their business before Trump and Netanyahu
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decided to start a war. And now we're in it
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up to our earlobes. And so that's a foreign problem.
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That's now an American problem. It's always been an American
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problem because we started it. And I do understand that
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people want to know where folks are coming from on Israel.
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I do agree that one of the major obstacles that
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Kamala Harris faced was that she wasn't able to distance
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herself enough from Biden. I myself said at the time
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that I felt she did distance herself. Others didn't see
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it that way because it wasn't a radical break. But
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she was between a rock and a hard place. She
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can't do a radical break. And if you guys expect
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Mayor Karen Bass to put on a keffiyeh and start
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showing up in free Palestine marches, you're delusional because she's
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not going to win for mayor of LA that way.
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And this is not New York. We don't have a
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disaster train wreck of a ex cop corrupt individual as
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mayor and Eric Adams, where everyone's going to go running
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to any, anything, but Adams, I'm not saying that's what
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mom Donnie is because clearly he's a charismatic and accomplished progressive. Um,
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but what I am saying is that, um, I do
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think when you're the mayor, the city has to be
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your priority. And I think that mom Donnie did that effectively, uh,
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to position himself as a true progressive. I love that
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he did it, to be honest, because it showed how
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New York City, which has a huge Jewish population, was
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still able to unite around this mayor. And, you know,
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I think that shows great promise for the future of America.
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But I do think I agree with you, Derek, that this,
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you know, let's give billions... To Israel, let's give billions,
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let's spend billions to bomb Iran. Let's focus on trying
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to sell China weapons as the resident was reportedly doing
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during a state dinner. It doesn't get any tackier than that.
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You know, he opens up his coat and he's got,
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you know, missiles.
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Guns, he's got guns.
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He's got guns. We have the best guns. That, no,
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that's not what people want. We want to be able
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to afford our groceries, want to be able to afford
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to put gas in our tank. Jazz Mechanic put up
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a hilarious, hilarious AI generated meme yesterday, which I had
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to repost. You know, instead of gas prices, she had
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just don't go, walk, might as well stay home. That's
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what we want to deal with. And also our own
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justice problems, right? Our problems with public safety, law enforcement, Um,
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I saw someone, you know, well, we'll talk about that
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more on Monday. We've got a big forum. You know that.
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So step one is let's get it together. Although I
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have to say, I saw this proposal by Steve Hilton,
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who's running for governor. He's the Republican running for governor. He's,
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he's polling people. almost as badly as the resident. But nevertheless,
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he is a Republican candidate for governor. One of his
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proposals is eliminate the DMV, which sounds good on paper,
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because all of us have been irritated with the DMV
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at times. And he says he's going to bring everyone's
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registration down. And I'm for that, you know. but also
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I like to have freeways that are drivable and that
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costs money. But anyway, it sounds good on paper, but
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what a giant train wreck that would be. Now, how
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do you get your driver's license? How do you renew it?
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And especially since they're pushing that you've got to have ID,
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show ID every time you vote, and it's got to
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be certain ID, not just any ID. People are still
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trying to get real ID. And now, What, you have
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to do everything online? Many of our seasoned individuals or
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chronologically gifted individuals can't get that done online. That's not realistic.
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I love it. It sounds good. Eliminate the DMV. Think
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of all the jobs. Think of all the inconvenience. Think
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of all the, where do you take your drivers to?
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I mean, sometimes I think folks don't really think things through.
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I'm just saying, eliminate, yeah. 800-920-1580 is the number if
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you want to weigh in. We get to talk with
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author Kevin Powell next. He's joining us for Wealth Building
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Wednesday after news, traffic, and sports. Only right here.
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KVLA Talk 1580. Good morning. Hello. God bless. I'm Dominique DiPrima.
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The show is called First Things First. And my first
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thing is prayer, always prayer, giving thanks to God, giving praises,
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asking for the blessings of the ancestors and the elders.
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And then I stir the pot. That's what I do,
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stir the pot. Open the mic. Open the phones. You
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are welcome in. You are invited. You are part of
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this delegation now. 809-20-1580 is the number. 809-20-1580. That's the
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bat phone if you want to say a thing about
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a thing. It is a wealth-building Wednesday. That means that
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we put the spotlight in hour two. We put the
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spotlight on a socially innovative, black-owned, BIPOC-owned, or locally-based small
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any of the socials, KBLA 1580 on every platform, except Facebook,
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because I'm locked out of those comments. I don't even
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know how to go there. But look, I'm in the
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DMs on Instagram. I'm in the DMs on Twitter, TikTok,
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et cetera, et cetera. You can also... Hit me up
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through the station, of course, KBLA 1580 on every platform.
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I'm streaming on Instagram. No, I'm not streaming on Instagram.
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I'm tired.
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Okay.
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I'm streaming on YouTube for KBLA 1580 right now and
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also Facebook. YouTube is fun though because the comments be on.
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You can definitely tap in there if you're at work
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and you can't talk on the phone or if you're
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So it is a big week around here. It really,
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really is because we have our forum. And this is
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something you definitely don't want to miss. I know you've
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been hearing us talking and talking and talking about it.
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But if you put it in the context that our
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ballots drop, meaning they will be in your mailbox probably Tuesday,
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maybe Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, the latest, right? Those mail-in ballots.
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That means it is a big deal. I'm on my
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having college flashbacks cramming on these ballot measures so I
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can be of service to you. And it's coming up Saturday.
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It's just a few days away. The California Voices Town
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Hall and Ballot Forum. That means if somehow you magically
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got your ballot early, you can bring it, mark it.
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If you don't, you know, we got Paper and pens,
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but I would bring a notepad or something or write
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notes on your phone. What we do have is snack boxes.
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I love that. Do we get snack boxes, Miles? Or
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is it only for the delegation? No, we do.
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For sure we do.
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Okay, yeah.
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Better be there if they want one.
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Sure.
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We getting ours.
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Right. So, yeah, 600. The first 600 people, and me
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and Miles will be among those first 600 people.
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Get a snack box. you can get clear answers about
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what's on your ballot. You can ask questions, which we
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would love for you to do, because just like I
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always say, and thank you, because a few of you
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did jump in my DMs with ideas for guests. I
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love that. I like to know who you want to
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talk to. We try to get them. Sometimes they ignore us,
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diss us, or no show, but we try to get them.
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And I did talk to Razquez yesterday. He apologized on
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behalf to all of you. So, Anyway, you can do
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all of that by registering at kbla1580. com. Come hungry, come curious,
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come ready to be heard. That's kbla1580. com. We'll see you Saturday.
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I think the most popular candidate of all is going
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to be the snack box. That's what I'm guessing. But
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all of the candidates will be there, which is really great.
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You know, you Even if you don't talk to them,
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you can submit your question, you can see them in action,
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and it's all free. So that's what we're doing around here.
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And so as such, you'll be hearing from some of
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the scholars and folks that are putting this thing together. beforehand.
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So hour one today is me, you, Miles, and the headlines.
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Hour two, we kick off with Kevin Powell, the author.
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He will be our Wealth Building Wednesday spotlight because he's
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doing business and he wants you to know about it.
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And then in hour three, we'll talk with Dr. Charity
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Chandler Cole. And she is an advocate for children and families.
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entire election season. Because I know some of you are
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really organized. Get the ballot Monday, Tuesday. You've done all
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your homework. You've gone to our forum and then you
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last minute. Don't go to last minute this year because
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go drop your ballot at the polls or at a
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vote center, but sometimes we get busy on that day
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your vote getting lost. So Dr. Charity Chandler Cole will
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a caregiver and an advocate for children. So that's an
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important viewpoint that a lot of us share this, um,
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sandwich generation, right? Those that are, um, those that are
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taking care of their children and their parents. That's the
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sandwich generation. That's a lot of us. That's a lot
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of our delegation. So, um, that's a good perspective. And
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of course I always want to hear from you. 800-920-1580, 800-920-1580.
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We got a lot to talk about and this is
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the place to do it. Man, It's hard because, you know,
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for years and years since I've been doing this radio show,
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maybe you know me from street science back in the day.
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the years. But I've always done endorsements on the mic.
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or that candidate. or this ballot measure. And last year,
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we changed our formula here at KBLA, and we no
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longer do on-air endorsements. But we do give you all
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the information you need. And I always say there will
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we are unapologetically progressive, right? Meaning we are black-centered, we
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are focused on the greater good, and all of that.
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candidates get equal time. They are asked thorough but respectful questions,
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we are doing. Now, if y'all want to come talk
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smack with me on Monday, you're invited. But at the forum,
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know how to put on our moderator hat. And we
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know how to put on our talk radio hat, okay?
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don't even agree with. I'm not going to say that.
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own decisions, and we can break it down on Monday. Okay? Okay.
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That's what we're doing. We're putting on our moderator hat. Also,
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Phones are wide open and there's much to talk about.
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There was a mayoral debate last night for the Jewish community.
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contentious the actions of Israel and Gaza have become. have
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become on our national stage. And even though the mayor
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to divesting, for example, city dollars. But as far as
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directly from, you know, directly impacting, no. But you see
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how that became an issue recently, was made an issue
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with Zoran Mamdani, where he said he was going to
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arrest Netanyahu if he came to New York, and then
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he didn't arrest. Then he said after the election that
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some people were mad about that. Some people were mad
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the issue is an issue that is now cropping up
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in every race from dog catcher to president. Uh, Quamel
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wants to know, has Raz Kaz been rebooked or did
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KBLA just move on? No, we're working on a date,
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but you know what? I'm, it's probably going to be
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a surprise because I don't want to tell you again.
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with Lazy Bone. And that's when I get really grumpy
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and I don't want to subject you and Miles to that. So, um,
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you're just going to have to listen every day because
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he might pop up any day. He has definitely promised
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to be here, and we believe in second chances. Maybe
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he really was quite regretful that he missed you guys
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on yesterday. 800-920-1580, 800-920-1580. I'm Dominique DiPrima, and this is
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your election information station, KBLA Talk 1580. Right now, so yeah,
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I did not get to watch the mayoral conversation yesterday,
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the forum put on by the Jewish Federation, but I
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did read about it. I got some takeaways. That's because
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I had to, I was, my soul was obligated to
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go see what Lauren Halsey put up at the, what
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Lauren Halsey put up at the Hollywood bowl. And, um,
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you know, I, I'm not going to lie. Um, I
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do regret it because I had to get up this
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morning and come see my beloved KBLA delegation. But let
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me tell you something. Woo. LA is a great place.
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That's one of the things, one of my takeaways. Uh,
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it was so just sometimes I, It's nice to get
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away from the online world and get out with actual
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humans and see that they love each other. They laugh together.
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They have fun together. There were black people. There were Latino.
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There were white people. There were Asians. And there was
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so much beautiful artwork. I mean, it was like a,
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it was really like a funk wonderland in a way.
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It was so fun, so funny, so dope. And people
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were just joyous. And I love seeing People joyous. The
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young lady that, shout out Danae, who got the tickets
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for all of us, she called it a beautiful love
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letter to Los Angeles. Wrapped in funk, wrapped in, like,
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funk all the way to parliament, funkadelic type funk. Like,
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funk and all the way back to, you know, funk
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all the way back to, you know... anderson pock and
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all the way around the corner it was just it
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was amazing and um i hope that that imagine that
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festival uh sprouts into a thing that lauren halsey was
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talking about on the show if you missed the conversation
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with her as with all of my conversations they're available
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wherever you get podcasts they're on spotify they're on apple
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music any convo you missed and they are also on
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youtube where they live if you want to see the
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people if But yeah, I hope it does because I
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know despite the unfair shaming and criticism of the L.A.
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Jazz Festival, festivals, rock, jazz, every kind of festival, they're
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shutting down all over the country. It's just, I think
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people don't have money. Why is it so hard to
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do a show right now, Miles? Why is it? You know, people,
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they made a big scandal and people on socials were
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talking smack that didn't even know or understand what they
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were talking about when it came to LA Jazz Festival,
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trying to make it seem like fire festival. But it's,
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it's then since then, we've had several festivals folding and
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no one seems to blink an eye. They just take
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the promoter's word for it. Oh, it was the hurricane
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that never came. Oh, it was the weather. Oh, it
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was But really, underneath that, it's, oh, there are ticket sales.
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Everything is so expensive. There's all these regulations. I think.
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You hit the nail on the head right there. And
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you said it's, one, people ain't got no money to come.
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you know? And I think that we... we take it
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free events or community free events, and we don't put
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into account how much money goes into actually putting them on,
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you know what I mean? The price of everything is skyrocketing.
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them and have to, you know, back out before, you know,
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they completely bankrupt themselves off of trying to put together
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an event. That's going to ultimately be free for people
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that even if we did charge a a minimum, you
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It'll be, oh, that's too expensive for me, you know?
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so many, like in the case of the jazz festival,
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there's all these, when you're a small promoter, there's all
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these other restrictions. If you're black, there's all these other
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restrictions around security. But I do think the bottom line
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is folks don't have money. And that's one of the
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reasons why I thought that Imagine That was so dope.
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see Erykah Badu and go see DJ Pee Wee, a.k.a. Anderson. Paak,
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who was hilarious and funny, and Flea also, there was
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so much other stuff, you know. There was.
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dj and dancing all that was outside if you would
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take your behind to the hollywood bowl and you didn't
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have money for a ticket you could still be to partake.
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the thing too is i think that promoters um event
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coordinators just idealists that put these shows together there is
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a um There's a little bit of effort that needs
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to be put into the atmosphere that you put around
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your show as well. What you actually curate. Don't just
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do stuff that is... Especially if you're trying to appeal
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to different generations and different cultures and different people that
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get their entertainment from offshoot places like TikToks and gaming.
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than just Woodstock music. Bring your cooler, bring your blanket
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and just sit down and just enjoy and watch the music.
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like a Disneyland or Cirque du Soleil type experience that
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they're going to take home and not just be like, oh,
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Jazz Fest and we sat and just boogied all night,
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all day and all night, you know? So yeah, there's
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art to it as well, I think.
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lot of artists, you in particular, are doing. with selling
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music now, you know, all this value added, you get this,
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like you have the membership card, you can go to
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a party, you can get free merch or you can
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get early entrance to something or early notification. It's like
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all of these value added things. It's not just buy
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a thing and it's standard. I mean, they had double Dutch,
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they had line dancing and, That's.
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it wasn't. It was. You're right. Those are regular things
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that people enjoy, which is what made it dope. But also,
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it was all art. It was all painted and sculpted
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and colorful. It's the effort. And they also, she had
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these people walking around there. Imagine that staff.
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That were just like help you double dutch, if you
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don't know how, or would turn the ropes. Imagine that
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staff teaching people how to line dance or just line
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dancing with them, just hanging out with you, which is
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kind of cool. Just people whose job is to be
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friendly and make it fun.
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balls being thrown into the crowd and, you know, throwing
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shirts and condoms and, you know, I mean, magazines and,
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you know, I mean, records, just stuff to make the
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people feel more engaged. And I don't think that was
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anything over the top, innovative or imaginary, but it's memorable
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and it's different.
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doesn't have to be an expensive effort. It has to
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be an effort that people are going to connect with and,
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you know, I mean, feel more human and more attached
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to your event. Now, but for the artist side of things, though,
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we're not being able to be booked in these big
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venues like the Hollywood bowls and have to end up
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putting together smaller, intimate, more community centered and focused events.
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So it's more of a necessity for artists trying to
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build their their catalog up, because.
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How else are we going to be able to sell?
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$ 100 ticket to our event if we're not going to
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stack it and make it a dinner party and a
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wine party and a dance party and you get some merch.
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You got to be imaginative. But see, that's what I'm
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talking about, Miles. You're right. It might not be something
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over the top like, wow, this is so innovative. I'm
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on a spaceship. But community, joy, fun, and the things
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that we really love, the small touches to me, that
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is kind of innovative. I mean, one of the things
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I loved about the Imagine That was the intergenerational component.
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Those people running around with staff shirts on were everywhere
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from 75 to 15. You know, and they were all cool.
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You know, we had some seasoned women teaching people how
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to line dance. We got some young people turning jump ropes.
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And so there's, I mean, to me that, no shade,
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you know, in real life, non-virtual, people hanging out, having fun,
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everybody's welcome. That community and that LA vibe, that was
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really refreshing.
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And you can't you said the magic words right there
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in real life you can't simulate that you can't put
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that on a stream and be like hey guess what
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you do all day oh i watched people jump rope
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at the concert no i actually went to the concert
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and jump i haven't jumped rope since i was a
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little girl and i got 10 minutes of jump rope
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in and we got the miss mary mac patty cakes
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or whatever we did you know i mean we we
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reinvented reinvigorated that that human aspect of us and that's
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what is going to win.
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Event space and event-wise going forward. I'm sure it is.
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Yeah, it's community. People need, we need, it's the antidote.
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All right, you're welcome to call me. 800-920-1580. News, traffic,
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and sports. Then more, only here. Yeah, so, okay, we
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got off into the show because I think art is
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the solution right now. And also, just because I felt
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like Lauren Halsey, DJ Pee Wee, a.k.a. Anderson Pac, Flea,
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And Erykah Badu made history last night. It felt like history.
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Just because I think, I believe, I hope that, imagine
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that festival is able to survive all the perils of
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festivals right now and becomes a thing. It would be
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an amazing thing for LA. And we'll all be able
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to say we were at the very first one. It
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was definitely packed. I do think that we need that. community.
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Sometimes we need that fellowship and LA does know how
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to come out and show out. Uh, and so I,
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I enjoyed that. I hope you get a chance to
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get out. And if you haven't been to the sister dreamer, um,
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I guess in still installation is what we'll call it.
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It's a, like a park and an art piece all
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rolled into one on Western. And, uh, what is it
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like 70th? Um, You should go because I didn't realize
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it would only be there for 18 months unless a
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donor steps up and comes up with a permanent place
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for it, which I would love to see. So, I mean,
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it's beautiful and it's historic, especially given what's happening right
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now with Egypt. They just painted over a couple of
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Afrocentric murals there. They're trying to ban Afrocentric scholars there.
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from lecturing at the great pyramids and such, because they
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are trying to erase, they're taking, they're inspired by, by
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Donald Trump and they're trying to erase the blackness of
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ancient Egypt. Egypt is in Africa, you know that, but
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they're trying to erase that fact. And by they, I
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mean the Egyptian government. So that they can say that
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the Arab colonizers were the ones that created that culture,
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which is really what White and other scholars have tried
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to do for really decades. But What is happening now
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is I think it's just kicked into overdrive because of
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Trump and because of the neo-fascist authoritarian wave that's taking
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over not just the country, but parts of Europe, parts
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of Latin America. And so this idea that we can
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just erase it and change the history and just say
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whatever we want is taking hold in Egypt today. In fact,
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Ashra Kwezi, the great scholar on Egypt, and his wife
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Mary Ra Kwezi, who's also a great scholar when it
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comes to antiquity and the role of women in the
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ancient African empires, they will be joining us next week
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to talk about exactly this. Because it's a whole erasure
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campaign that has now gotten to the point where it's quite,
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you know, It's leveled up to something we've never seen before.
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I guess I spoke too soon, but yeah, my voice
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is going to be all right. Okay, so we will
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have them on next Thursday if you're trying to track that.
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It's not always easy to get Ashra and Mary Ra.
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They're scholars. They're always traveling. They don't do a lot
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of appearances, but they'll be here next. They'll be on
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the air with me next week. And they're going to
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talk about the craziness that's going on. So I feel
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like this, explosion of art here around the world because
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they're painting over Egypt. In Egypt, they're painting over murals.
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They're whacking out murals in Egypt that depict the antiquity
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of Egypt as black. But if you go see Sister Dreamer,
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what you'll see is a vision of Kemet that intersects
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with South LA. I don't want to put a spin
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on it for you. You should go see it for yourself,
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but it's very Afrocentric. It's very ancestry. It's very Kemet.
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And it is kind of, in a way, the opposite
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of that erasure done in the most beautiful artistic way.
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And now she's got a piece at LACMA. I haven't
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gone to see that yet, but I will be there.
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So thank you, Lauren Halsey. And thank you, everybody. DJP,
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we made me laugh a bunch of times. Laugh out loud. Okay,
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so back to our rather dreadful election that we're all
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going to get fired up for because we need to.
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So this Jewish Federation debate last night, which I did
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not watch because I was imagining that. I did read
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about it, but we knew what it was going to
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be because this was put on by the Jewish Federation
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here in L.A., And what I mean when I say
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we knew what this was going to be was that
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this was going to be the litmus test on Gaza,
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on Israel, at this moment when it is front and
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center in American politics. And when the mainstream of the
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Democratic Party has not yet gotten the memo, right, about
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where the American people are, where the international community is. So... Clearly,
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Karen Bass, the mayor, tacked to the right of Nithya
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Raman here. And I'm always saying, how is Nithya Raman
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more progressive than Karen Bass? Well, this, you know, you
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could say that around the question of Israel. And the
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reason I say that is because Karen Bass did not
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want to call it a genocide at the debate. Nithya
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Raman did call it a genocide. And she did defend
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her interview with Hasan Piker. The whole Hasan Piker thing
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to me is stupid, though. Like, now all of a sudden,
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whether or not you ever talk to Hasan Piker is
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a big, you know, gotcha moment in every election. Like,
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Congress and mayoral elections, school board elections. Who cares? I mean,
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I guess people do, but to me, why aren't you
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doing the same gotcha about Joe Rogan and all of
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these right-wing podcasters? Podcasters are podcasters. They're not senior advisors
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to the politicians. They're not, I don't, I don't know.
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Why is it okay for Gavin Newsom to sit down
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with Tucker Carlson, but it's a problem if Nithya Raman
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sits down with Aslan Piker? I think it's dumb, but
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apparently it was a big issue last night in that debate.
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What I would pose to all my progressive friends who
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are going, Aha, Dominique, I told you she was more progressive. Well,
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this is an election. Both Karen Bass and Nithya Raman,
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in their own way, have sought out the Jewish vote
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in Los Angeles. Of course they do. It's one of
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the reliable... voting blocks in the city of Los Angeles
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that politicians seeking to be mayor have tried to shore
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up forever. It's an LA thing. It's one of the
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LA things. You got to get the black vote. You
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got to get the Jewish vote. You hope to get
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the Latino vote. I mean, those, you know, anyway. So
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we knew it was going to be that. And yes,
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Hassan Piker is critical of Israel. So are a lot
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of people. If politicians can't talk to anyone that's critical
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of Israel, they're going to be very isolated. That said,
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they're both seeking the Jewish vote, right? And I understand,
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I hear one of my friends, one of my progressive
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friends in my head going, well, there's plenty of Jews
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that don't support what Israel is doing. And that is true.
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There's lots of progressive Jews that don't support what Israel
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is doing. So seek out those endorsements. And I think
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they both are. But what we're talking about here is
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sort of the mainstream endorsement. a democratic party Jewish vote,
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which has, you know, and the right wingers too, to
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be fair. So, um, there's no way that they're not
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both going to seek that out. Okay. So Nithya Raman's
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willing to call it a genocide and Karen Bass isn't.
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How is that going to impact your policy? How is
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it going to impact whether or not you have the
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ability to run the city of Los Angeles? Whether you
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have the experience, the fortitude, the consistency in your positions.
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I think that, you know, I think Israel is an
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important issue. I do believe it's a genocide. But I don't,
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you know, it's the same thing. that Dr. West was
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talking about, Cornell West was talking about in New York.
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Your position on Israel is good to know, but does
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it impact whether or not you can run the city,
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whether you can get us through another two years of
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the resident of the White House? That's the question I
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need to know. Like, and what's your agenda for black LA?
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And what's your agenda for poor LA? And what's your
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agenda for homeless LA? And what's your agenda for, For
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the young people of LA, these are the questions. Yes,
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how are you going to fill potholes? How are you
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going to get us through a very, very challenging two years?
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We've got the Olympics. We've got, you know, the Super Bowl.
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We've got the resident of the White House. Do you
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have the experience? Do you want someone, you know, is
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someone ready? Is someone trustworthy and reliable? Is someone addressing
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the black agenda? Those are the things I need to know. Now, yes,
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I care what you think about Israel, but is that
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going to determine? Is that the determinative factor? Especially when
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you look at the fact that Nithya Raman has been
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endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, much like Zoran Mamdami,
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but they also censured her in 2024 for.
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Accepting for looking for the endorsement of Democrats for Israel
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of Los Angeles, which is a Zionist group. Um, and
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then getting it. However, she did say, um, that she,
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she did tell us on Piker, uh, that she wouldn't
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have done the same thing today. That was 2024. So,
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you know, maybe she's changed her position. I get that.
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I get that my, um, Progressive and radical friends are
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going to use this as a reason to further trash
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the mayor. But what I'm saying to you is if
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I'm seeking a job that doesn't have anything to do
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with that, should that be the determining factor in the vote?
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And I, you know, I would argue no. Um, but
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you got to make up your own mind. And this
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is certainly a clarifying moment. If you, um, if this is, uh,
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you know, a make or break issue for you in
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the position of mayor, um, then that, uh, then that
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particular form should be very, very telling. 809-20-1580. That's the
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number to call if you want to weigh in. I'd
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love to hear from you on this and other issues.
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KBLA Talk 1580. You can say it here. That's why
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I'm laughing. You might not be able to say it
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over there, but you could say it here as long
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as you don't cuss. KBLA Talk 1580. I love my
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KBLA delegation. Find them in the YouTube comment section. Get
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well soon, Molly Bell. She says she got bit by
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a spider. Oh my gosh, that's my nightmare. Yeah, I agree,
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Derek A.D. D. Williams. Derek, you got a long username.
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Every politician running for a seat should be focused on
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America's problem, not foreign problems. I do agree. Some of
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those foreign problems are America's problems because many times U.S.
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America started the problem, i.e. Iran. You might not like Iran,
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but they were minding their business before Trump and Netanyahu
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decided to start a war. And now we're in it
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up to our earlobes. And so that's a foreign problem.
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That's now an American problem. It's always been an American
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problem because we started it. And I do understand that
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people want to know where folks are coming from on Israel.
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I do agree that one of the major obstacles that
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Kamala Harris faced was that she wasn't able to distance
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herself enough from Biden. I myself said at the time
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that I felt she did distance herself. Others didn't see
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it that way because it wasn't a radical break. But
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she was between a rock and a hard place. She
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can't do a radical break. And if you guys expect
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Mayor Karen Bass to put on a keffiyeh and start
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showing up in free Palestine marches, you're delusional because she's
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not going to win for mayor of LA that way.
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And this is not New York. We don't have a
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disaster train wreck of a ex cop corrupt individual as
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mayor and Eric Adams, where everyone's going to go running
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to any, anything, but Adams, I'm not saying that's what
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mom Donnie is because clearly he's a charismatic and accomplished progressive. Um,
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but what I am saying is that, um, I do
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think when you're the mayor, the city has to be
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your priority. And I think that mom Donnie did that effectively, uh,
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to position himself as a true progressive. I love that
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he did it, to be honest, because it showed how
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New York City, which has a huge Jewish population, was
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still able to unite around this mayor. And, you know,
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I think that shows great promise for the future of America.
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But I do think I agree with you, Derek, that this,
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you know, let's give billions... To Israel, let's give billions,
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let's spend billions to bomb Iran. Let's focus on trying
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to sell China weapons as the resident was reportedly doing
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during a state dinner. It doesn't get any tackier than that.
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You know, he opens up his coat and he's got,
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you know, missiles.
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Guns, he's got guns.
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He's got guns. We have the best guns. That, no,
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that's not what people want. We want to be able
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to afford our groceries, want to be able to afford
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to put gas in our tank. Jazz Mechanic put up
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a hilarious, hilarious AI generated meme yesterday, which I had
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to repost. You know, instead of gas prices, she had
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just don't go, walk, might as well stay home. That's
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what we want to deal with. And also our own
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justice problems, right? Our problems with public safety, law enforcement, Um,
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I saw someone, you know, well, we'll talk about that
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more on Monday. We've got a big forum. You know that.
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So step one is let's get it together. Although I
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have to say, I saw this proposal by Steve Hilton,
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who's running for governor. He's the Republican running for governor. He's,
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he's polling people. almost as badly as the resident. But nevertheless,
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he is a Republican candidate for governor. One of his
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proposals is eliminate the DMV, which sounds good on paper,
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because all of us have been irritated with the DMV
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at times. And he says he's going to bring everyone's
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registration down. And I'm for that, you know. but also
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I like to have freeways that are drivable and that
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costs money. But anyway, it sounds good on paper, but
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what a giant train wreck that would be. Now, how
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do you get your driver's license? How do you renew it?
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And especially since they're pushing that you've got to have ID,
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show ID every time you vote, and it's got to
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be certain ID, not just any ID. People are still
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trying to get real ID. And now, What, you have
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to do everything online? Many of our seasoned individuals or
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chronologically gifted individuals can't get that done online. That's not realistic.
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I love it. It sounds good. Eliminate the DMV. Think
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of all the jobs. Think of all the inconvenience. Think
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of all the, where do you take your drivers to?
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I mean, sometimes I think folks don't really think things through.
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I'm just saying, eliminate, yeah. 800-920-1580 is the number if
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you want to weigh in. We get to talk with
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author Kevin Powell next. He's joining us for Wealth Building
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