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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Prominent Texans during the third day ofthe Democratic National Convention included El Paso U.S. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, influencers Carlos Espina and Olivia Julianna, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/dnc-bexar-county-sheriff-salazar-19716505.php Could DNC buzz put Harris/Walz over the top in Texas? New polling shows a narrowing lead for Donald Trump: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/22/donald-trump-vs-kamala-harris-presidential-poll-texas-election/74889635007/ Ken Paxton, setting the stage for a challenge to the 2024 vote, has begun raiding election offices in the San Antonio area: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/elections-search-warrant-bexar-county-19712552.php ...While voter intimidation is also part of the Trump Party plan, as Fort Worth mom Crystal Mason's election fraud case will be heard for a second time by the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/21/crystal-mason-texas-voting-court-case Texas DPS has ended a policy that allowed transgender Texans to change the sex listed on their driver's licenses: https://www.kut.org/texas/2024-08-21/texas-transgender-trans-drivers-license-change-update-policy Progress Texas will set up our official HQ during TribFests' Open Congress on Saturday September 7 at Hideout Coffee at 7th and Congress! We'll be live all day recording for the podcast, hanging out with progressive activists including YOU, and moving our stylish merch. Come see us - it's free! https://festival.texastribune.org/event/651560b0-5404-4ea0-b75e-8725c648826d/websitePage:64071bfd-7c25-49f7-a1ca-90f3fa6ff376 See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025 ...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration The deadline to register for the November election is October 7. Are you registered? Are you sure? ALL Texas voters should confirm their registration, right now: https://govotetexas.org/ ...Please pitch in to help fund our recent expansion of that important voting resource with Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese translation: https://progresstexas.org/blog/coming-soon-govotetexasorg-adds-commonly-spoken-languages-increase-ballot-access Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org.
This week hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum are LIVE AT ESSENCE FEST on the G.B.E.F. stage with Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and voting rights activist Crystal Mason. Marilyn Mosby was supposed to join for this talk about the politics of the attacks on Black women, but ironically she was barred from attending due to her house arrest… Sign the petition to pardon Marilyn Mosby at justiceformarilynmosby.com. This conversation covers historic and ongoing attacks against the Black community including voter suppression and the criminalization of law abiding citizens. At NLP we're about taking ACTION and we're coming at you with a plan. There is plenty we can DO not only to protect ourselves, but to move forward with resilience, and take meaningful steps towards a more equitable nation. It starts with you y'all!! Join the fight against voter suppression at crystalmasonthefight.org. We are 117 number of days away from the election. Welcome home y'all! —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast. Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on Youtube. Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: Angela Rye as host, executive producer and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Tiffany Cross as host and producer, Andrew Gillum as host and producer, and Gabrielle Collins as executive producer; Loren Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5.9.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: NAACP Suspensions, Black Airman Killed by Fla. Deputies, FAMU's $237M Donation, Meta's subscription Several former NAACP leaders say the civil rights organization has unjustly suspended them. In an RMU exclusive, we will speak to six of them tonight. #BlackStarNetwork partner:Fanbase
Legendary professor and local political expert Jim Riddlesperger joins Ann and EJ on the 817 podcast. You may see Jim on TV or quoted in the paper. His 40+ year career at TCU allowed him to see the evolution of Fort Worth and provide a rich perspective on what we have accomplished and what is ahead of us as local residents. Enjoy!SHORT STORY #1: Tarrant County DA appeals ruling that overturned Crystal Mason's illegal voting convictionSHORT STORY #2: Tarrant County will receive part of a $250M federal grant to expand solar energySHORT STORY #3: Two more deaths at Tarrant County Jail- Tarrant Co sheriff responds to ongoing concerns over most recent jail death, 60+ inmate deaths since 2017- Tarrant County inmate found dead in jail cell Thursday morning. Cause not yet known- Man who died in Tarrant jail sought help for schizophrenic episode before arrest, family saysBIG STORY: Interview with Jim RiddlespergerWINS AND LOSSES:Ann
4.26.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Texas DA Seeks Reinstatement of Crystal Mason's Conviction, Hope in Haiti, Menthol Ban Delayed Again Crystal Mason, the black Texas woman who was convicted for illegally voting in 2016 and then had that conviction overturned, may end up back in court. The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office filed an appeal asking the state's top court to reinstate her conviction. Her attorney is here with us tonight to discuss this ridiculous case. #BlackStarNetwork partners:Fanbase
4.25.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Housing Act 56th Anniv., LA Supreme Court Dist. Maps, SCOTUS & Trump Immunity, Gaza College Protests A Texas Prosecutor appeals ruling that overturned Crystal Mason's illegal voting conviction. #BlackStarNetwork partners:Fanbase
This Black Woman Can't Get a Break! Texas DA wants Crystal Mason's Voter Fraud ACQUITTAL, Overturned - Historian, Michael Imhotep on 'Roland Martin Unfiltered' 4-26-24 & 'The African History Network Show' 4-28-24 Tarrant County, Texas District Attorney Phil Sorrells wants Crystal Mason's illegal voting conviction reinstated, his office announced Thursday. Mason, a Tarrant County resident, was acquitted of an illegal voting charge last month. Sorrells' office is now asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to overturn the ruling that cleared her. Mason was convicted of illegal voting in March 2018 and sentenced to five years in prison for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion. "This office will protect the ballot box from fraudsters who think our laws don't apply to them," Sorrells' office said in a statement. On March 28, 2024 the Texas Second Court of Appeals overturned Mason's conviction because she didn't have "actual knowledge" that she couldn't vote while on federal supervised release in a tax fraud case. Kim T. Cole, Crystal Mason's Attorney spoke with Roland Martin and Michael Imhotep about the ongoing vile and targeted attack on Mason. REGISTER NOW: Next Classes are Sat. May 11th, 18th & 25th 2024, 2pm EST, ‘Ancient Kemet (Egypt), The Moors & The Maafa: Understanding The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. REGISTER NOW & WATCH!!! (LIVE 10 Week Online Course) with Historian & Political Commentator, Michael Imhotep host of ‘The African History Network Show'. Discounted Registration $60; WATCH CONTENT ON DEMAND! REGISTER for Full Course HERE $60: https://theahn.learnworlds.com/course/ancient-kemet-moors-maafa-transatlantic-slave-trade-winter-2024 or https://theafricanhistorynetwork.com/
April 26, 2024 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 95 / Guests: Shellie Hayes-McMahon and Crystal Mason Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary This episode originally ran on March 25, 2022. Last month, Crystal was finally acquitted. In the words of her attorney: “Crystal and her family have suffered for over six... The post Voting Rights: Why You Need to Know Crystal Mason's Story appeared first on Mom And Podcast.
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Travis County Attorney Delia Garza's office will not prosecute any of the 46 trespassing cases resulting from Wednesday's police crackdown at UT Austin: https://thehill.com/homenews/4622384-texas-prosecutor-appeals-ruling-that-tossed-crystal-masons-voting-fraud-conviction/ ...UT president Jay Hartzell releases a second statement: https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/s/dbZOyovi3n ...Similar scenes have unfolded at college campuses across the country: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/1247091785/campus-protests-gaza-israel-arrests-usc-emerson-texas ...Progress Texas' statement: https://progresstexas.org/blog/abbott-tramples-our-american-freedoms-speech-and-assembly ...FIRE's statement: https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/fire-letter-university-texas-austin-april-25-2024 Governor Abbott has chosen the relatively-moderate U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzalez over his primary runoff challenger, "the A.K. Guy": https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4620838-texas-governor-abbott-backlash-mass-arrest-ut-austin-pro-palestine-protest/ Outgoing (thankfully) Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has teamed up with Ken Paxton to allow his office to pursue an investigation against three staffers of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/hidalgo-staffers-elevate-strategies-paxton-ogg-19422060.php Not outgoing (unfortunately) Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells wants to reverse the recent acquittal of Crystal Mason on voter fraud charges from the 2016 election: https://thehill.com/homenews/4622384-texas-prosecutor-appeals-ruling-that-tossed-crystal-masons-voting-fraud-conviction/ Don't forget to vote! Early voting for new oversight positions over local tax apprasal districts started yesterday: https://progresstexas.org/blog/why-you-should-care-about-may-appraisal-district-elections Progress Texas invites progressive candidates to share their views with us - which we'll then share with our statewide audience - via our Certified Progressive questionnaire: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-certified-progressives-2024-progressive-values-questionnaire Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out: https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.
Welcome home! This week hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Tiffany Cross turn their gaze towards Tennessee, where state lawmakers voted to fire the entire board of Tennessee State University last week. Does this have anything to do with the $2 billion dollars the state owes TSU, the state's only HBCU?! Probably. Staying in the south, Crystal Mason recently ended her years-long battle with the Texas courts, who sentenced her to prison for FIVE YEARS just for trying to vote. In 2016, she cast a provisional ballot not knowing that it was illegal for her to do so since she was technically still under state supervision. Her life has been consumed by BS (excuse the language) legal battles ever since. Y'all have been asking and now our hosts answer– what's up with Project 2025? On this week's deep dive, we dig into the woke-obsessed 900+ page document that outlines the republican plan to literally remake the federal government in their image. If Trump wins, the plan calls for him to replace tens of thousands of public employees in the FBI, Department of Justice, and more with conservative loyalists. They're gearing up for war, y'all! Stick around for Politics Are Everywhere, where the hosts discuss Washington State's new Strippers' Bill of Rights. And as always, we'll hear from you. Keep those questions and comments coming!! —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast. Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on Youtube. Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: Angela Rye as host, executive producer and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Tiffany Cross as host and producer, Andrew Gillum as host and producer, and Gabrielle Collins as executive producer; Loren Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. A special thanks as well to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Starting with a spotlight on Tennessee Republicans and HBCUs, Amanda Seales provides an update on the controversy surrounding the replacement of the Tennessee State University board of trustees. Next, we explore stories ranging from Crystal Mason's acquittal in a voting conviction case to the legacy of Louis Gossett Junior, the first Black man to win a Supporting Actor Oscar. Witness the power of redemption as Reverend Al Sharpton rebaptizes New York City Mayor Eric Adams and 11 detainees on Rikers Island. Listen, Laugh, and Learn on The Amanda Seales Show! If You Have A Comment Leave Amanda A Message At 1 855-Amanda-8 That's 1-855-262-6328 FOLLOW ALONG AS WE COVER: (3:27) - Blackurate News: The Tennessee House of Representatives voted to replace the entire Tennessee State University Board of Trustees citing “financial mismanagement." (9:06) - Week/Weekend Recap (13:36) - 60 Second Headlines: Story 1: The Pope is calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. Story 2: A Texas appeals court acquitted Crystal Mason, who was facing 5 years for an illegal voting conviction. Story 3: We're honoring the life and legacy of Louis Gossett Junior - the first Black man to win a Supporting Actor Oscar. Story 4: Today – more than half a million fast-food workers in California got a big pay raise. (19:23) - Phonelines are open (21:52) - Happy birthday if you're celebrating your birthday today: Also happy birthday too: David Oyelowo Boots Riley Posthumously: Sean Taylor: Former Washington Football Player Gil Scott Heron (25:44) - Blackurate News: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Spirit Aerosystems, a supplier for Boeing, as the company faces criticism for the quality of the parts that it provides to Boeing. (30:48) - Big up, let down: A New Presidential Candidate & Mayor Eric Adam's Gets ReBaptized (35:20) - And another thing (39:41) - On this day in 1984, we lost an icon. One day short of his 45th birthday, Marvin Gaye was tragically shot and killed by his own father at the peak of his career. (41:17) - Blackurate News: Ice Cube, founder of Big3, offers $5 million to Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star Caitlin Clark. (46:09) - Beyonce Country Music Trivia (51:19) - Small Doses Segment (55:15) - Kick off Group Chat Topic of the Week (60:41) - The word of the day is (63:12) - Politicians say the darnedest things FOLLOW THE SHOW ON ALL SOCIALS: @Sealessaidit @Amandaseales @thesupremeexperience If You Have A Comment Leave Amanda A Message At 1 855-Amanda-8 That's 1-855-262-6328See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3.29.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Louis Gossett, Jr. Dies, Crystal Mason Acquitted, Tenn. GOP Allege Dems Back-Door Dealing with TSU Black Hollywood is mourning the loss of the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, Louis Gossett, Jr. Tonight, we celebrate his life. #BlackStarNetwork partners:Fanbase
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: On Good Friday, we join reminders to President Biden of his campaign pledge to end capital punishment in America: https://www.newsweek.com/president-biden-should-follow-through-ending-death-penalty-opinion-1883271 On Easter Sunday, we also observe this year's Trans Day Of Visibility, and encourage a renewal of kindness and protection for that valued segment of our Texas family: https://glaad.org/tdov/ Fort Worth grandmother Crystal Mason, sentenced to five years for voting in the 2016 election while banned from doing so, has had her five-year prison sentence thrown out: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/28/crystal-mason-texas-woman-acquitted ...The ACLU of Texas has been in Mason's corner all along: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/texas-second-court-of-appeals-reverses-crystal-masons-conviction-in-major-voting-rights-victory ...While Ken Paxton is targenting several school districts across the state for daring to encourage people to vote: https://progresstexas.org/blog/ag-ken-paxton-sues-isds-encouraged-voting A California urologist points out the danger pregnant people in Texas face every day by refusing to travel here while pregnant: https://www.tpr.org/news/2024-03-28/urologist-refuses-to-come-to-san-antonio-for-annual-conference-because-of-texas-abortion-laws H-E-B Chairman Charles Butt is the latest relatively-conservative but also generally normal public figure targeted by Texas Republicans for being insufficiently nutty: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-gop-heb-chairman-charles-butt/ Dallas U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett is featured on the latest episode of Pod Save America: https://crooked.com/podcast/a-tale-of-two-campaigns/ Temps are expected to hit 100 about two weeks ahead of "normal" along the Rio Grande Valley over the holiday weekend: https://www.expressnews.com/san-antonio-weather/forecast/article/triple-digit-texas-early-next-week-19373899.php Progress Texas invites progressive candidates to share their views with us - which we'll then share with our statewide audience - via our Certified Progressive questionnaire: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-certified-progressives-2024-progressive-values-questionnaire Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out. https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.
The Second District Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, Texas, has overturned the unjust voter fraud conviction and subsequent five-year imprisonment of Crystal Mason for casting a provisional ballot while on probation. The 2016 case shed light on Mason, a Black woman, and her unawareness of her ineligibility to vote due to a prior felony conviction. This fact was pivotal in challenging the prosecution's claim that her signing of an affidavit included awareness of her voting rights status. Justice Wade Birdwell clarified that the affidavit's language did not conclusively prove that she intentionally violated the law (read the full ruling). Mason's case sparked major bipartisan concern over the severity of the sentence and pointed to a larger battle over voting rights, particularly among Black and brown communities. Mason says she is determined to prevent similar injustices, while her legal team is heavily criticizing prosecutors' motives as a warning to voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crystal Mason (they/them) is an artist, activist, dreamer, consultant and coach. They believe in the power of community and necessity of hope. Jason Wyman (they/them) is Queerly Complex. Using appreciative inquiry, deep listening, and creative conjuring, Wyman taps the Cosmic Mysteries in all to reveal moments of Chaos Poetry. They live, love, and create on Yelamu / San Francisco, and share a home and family with their husband and pride of house and feral cats. Episode Highlights Crystal + Jason share their personal queer-stories and drop some queer wisdom nuggets Sweetness alert: We get cozy + comfy while Jason + Crystal take us for a saunter and share about how they met and their connection. We learn about the medicine + magic of dreaming in public and how sharing those dreams with others can lead to co creation and action. Crystal leads Nick + TanyaMarck through a dream practice that includes a share/reflection of what we experienced. Behind the scenes and during our shared time, Jason has been alchemizing some chaos poetry which they share with us; it's very queer + yummy. We learn about the offerings and practices that both Jason + Crystal share with our collective. Jason's chaos poetry from our collective dreaming practice lead by Crystal: Take a deep breath... Take a deep breath & soften your gaze... Take a deep breath & flow... Flow like a river as it snakes its way through the jungles... through the forests... through the deserts... through the valleys... through the mountains... through the prairies... through the lands of your ancestors & ancestors of these lands, including those unnamed & unknown... Listen for the birds, the animals, the critters, the wind blowing from the Southwest, from the energies of dreams & wishes... Smell the flowers & the lush green flora thriving all over this world... Flow on this river & arrive in queer paradise... Where the water glistens & glitters... And queer beings of all bodies-- clothed & naked... serene & making love... joyous & free... alone & in community-- Celebrate completely... "I do not want to leave..." "Me neither..." Remember... This dream is within you always & in all ways... You can come back here... Take a deep breath... Lay in your hammock... Dream queer dreams... Here we will always be free. Web links Find Crystal online at CrystalMason.net & on Instagram @ham_job1 Find Jason at QueerlyComplex.com & on Instagram @queerlycomplex And their collective work at TreeOfChange.net Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for First Saturday's FREE meditation & breath work circles online. Grab your FREE Mini-Course: The Self-Confident Queer - start here. And follow us on Instagram! Join our mailing list to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.
Crystal and Jason walk the walk and teach us through word and modeling how to be a collective. Explore with us the topic of creating a community and chosen family moving beyond the carceral state and seeding dreams of abolitionism. We then talk about how to be in the system and break it at the same time. Learn about the creed of commons and a frank conversation about money and holding your values and dreams as the north star. At the 40 min mark, Crystal leads us in a dreaming process and Jason and Crystal call us to action by inviting us to share our dreams with others. "We carry each other's dreams and if you can't imagine it, you can't create it."Treeofchange.netCrystlmason.netQueerlycomplex.com"Queerartsschool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4.17.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jayland Walker No Charges, AL Sweet 16 Shooting, MO Ralph Paul Yarl Shooting An Ohio grand jury ruled the eight officers involved in the shooting death of 25-year-old Jayland Walker last summer will not face charges. Protesters in Kansas City, Missouri, filling the streets after a black honor student and talented musician, Ralph Paul Yarl, was shot by a white homeowner as he went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings. The family's attorney, Ben Crump, will give us an update. California State senator introduces a bill to help identify and find missing black people. We will speak with the lawmaker behind the proposed Ebony Alert bill to assist law enforcement agencies in prioritizing missing people in our communities. In Texas, a black woman is sentenced to prison for voting. Tomorrow, her case goes before the second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth. Crystal Mason's attorney will update us on the case and tell us what she hopes to come out of tomorrow's hearing. We will follow another story out of Texas involving a Texas school district investigating one of its teachers for allegedly making a black student portray an enslaved person during class. It's Time to Bring the Funk on Roland Martin Unfiltered streaming live on the Black Star Network. Let's go.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The top headlines from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Thursday, May 12, 2022, including a verdict in the sexual assault lawsuit against American Airlines, an update in the Crystal Mason illegal voting case and a body found along the bank of the Trinity River in Fort Worth.
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In 2016, Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot for the United States presidential election. She had completed a five-year sentence for tax fraud, but was on federal supervised release. Crystal was not aware that the state of Texas prohibited convicted felons from voting while on parole, probation, or while under supervision. A letter had been sent to her residence…after she had already been incarcerated. Crystal had never seen the letter. Crystal was later convicted for voter fraud and sentenced to five years imprisonment. There are multiple efforts to appeal or overturn the conviction, though none have been successful so far. https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/txn/PressRel11/hobbs_mason%20hobbs_tax_ple_pr.html https://casetext.com/case/mason-v-state-5232066 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_rights_due_to_criminal_conviction https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/voter-fraud-myth-election-lie/620846/
Maria and Julio are joined by Tanya Ballard Brown, executive editor at Government Executive, and Vann Newkirk II, senior editor at The Atlantic and host of the podcast Floodlines. They reflect on 30 years since the police officers who brutally beat Rodney King were acquitted and the uprisings in Los Angeles that followed. They also get into the Biden administration's potential plans for student loan forgiveness, and the latest on voting rights in the lead-up to the midterms. ITT Staff Picks: “The 1992 riots were in many ways a product of segregation. The sense of disorder they caused only accelerated white flight,” writes Héctor Tobar in The New York Times Magazine. In this thread on Twitter, journalist Michael Harriot expands on the pay, wealth and education disparities between Black and white Americans, and its connection to student loans. For The Atlantic, Van Newkirk II interviewed Crystal Mason, a Black woman who was convicted to five years in prison for attempting to vote in 2016 and unknowingly violated a Texas voting law. Photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
March 25, 2022 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 63 / Guests: Shellie Hayes-McMahon and Crystal Mason Listen & Review wherever you listen to podcasts Show Summary Shellie Hayes-McMahon and Crystal Mason joined us this week to talk about advocacy and education around voter's rights and voter suppression. On the Mom &… Podcast we frequently talk... The post How You Can Advocate for Voting Rights appeared first on Mom And Podcast.
West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, one wonders about the slap on the wrist the illegal voters for Trump from The Villages will get, after the Republicans threw Crystal Mason in jail for five years for unwittingly filing a provisional ballot that was rejected.On the rest of the menu, a new report found the American Rescue Plan created millions of jobs; three Western states will sign an agreement to voluntarily cutback Colorado River water use; and, the Treasury Department has awarded $8.7 Billion for lending in minority communities.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the European Union plan for a sweeping update of Big Tech rules gains momentum; and, Mexico and the United States began work on a new security framework.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.” -- Shauna Niequist "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/15/2069334/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays
Girl missing since July found safe in foreign country; Richardson schools Superintendent Jeannie Stone to resign; Inflation in Dallas is even higher than the U.S.; Crystal Mason seeks illegal voting conviction to be overturned under new Texas election law
7.19.21 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Senate Rules takes voting rights fight to Georgia; Texas Dems to hold voting rights workshops; Billionaires Branson and Bezos race to expand commercial space travel; Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agrees to review Crystal Mason case; Update on the trial of sexual predator and big time Democratic donor, Ed Buck; Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman about his book, Stealing Our Democracy: How the Political Assassination of a Governor Threatens Our Nation; Fit!Live!Win! Working out while traveling. Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered via the Cash App ☛ https://cash.app/$rmunfiltered or via PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered #RolandMartinUnfiltered is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Omar Moore on Hervis Rogers and Crystal Mason, both criminalized for voting in Texas, while the same state's Republican Party is poised to pass voter suppression bills making it much harder for Black people to vote. Also: The cynical cost of making the world smaller and corporations bigger. July 10, 2021. BRAND NEW: The Summer Sensation Series continues with the new MEDITATE DON'T HESITATE t-shirt at THE POLITICRAT daily podcast online store—buy now! (Designed by Omar) https://bit.ly/3vWqnKf FREE: SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE BRAND NEW POLITICRAT DAILY PODCAST NEWSLETTER!! Extra content, audio, analysis, exclusive essays for subscribers only, plus special offers and discounts on merchandise at The Politicrat Daily Podcast online store. Something new and informative EVERY DAY!! Subscribe FREE at https://politicrat.substack.com Buy podcast merchandise (all designed by Omar Moore) and lots more at The Politicrat Daily Podcast Store: https://the/politicrat.myshopify.com The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: https://politicrat.politics.blog PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel
Listen to our archived episodes: RadioPublic|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * Previously on KITM: You might have heard that Nancy Pelosi was to create a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection upon the Capitol. Nancy wondered where you could have heard such a thing. Now we know where — from Nancy Pelosi, today. You've heard that Eric Adams is in the lead for the New York City Democratic Mayoral primary. Candidate Maya Wiley says she's taking her ranked-choice #2 spot and is turning it into a #1. You might have heard Andrew Yang's presidential team screwed the pooch, but they say it was the mayoral team. And now David Waldman and Greg Dworkin with the latest: Field trip! House Republicans get to dress like Great White Hunters with Donald Trump down by the border. If they find any Trump wall still standing they will pose in front of it. Peter Doocy asks Jen Psaki if Kamala Harris might have a secret crush on Donald. John McAfee, founder of the McAfee antivirus software company was ”eccentric”... You know, the on a remote Belize island running a bio-lab, dozens of armed guards, neighbor turning up with a bullet hole in his head, harems of under age prostitutes, admitted and suspected drugs and drug dealing sort of “eccentric”. The one thing John apparently wasn't into was paying taxes. McAfee told friends “If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd” and, “Know that if I hang myself, a la Epstein, it will be no fault of mine.” Anyhow, yesterday, John was found… Well, he was found in Spain. The Saudi operatives who killed Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the U.S., which evidently did not include “making it look like a suicide”. Edward Snodgrass simply tried to execute ”a dying man's wishes”, which happened to be "voter fraud”. He might get the book thrown at him, including months in jail, unlike Crystal Mason, who was unaware that she couldn't vote on parole, and got 5 years. There's no jail time for the first defendant to be sentenced in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, but there are a lot more to come. Donald Trump downplayed COVID-19 while hundreds of thousands of Americans died, caught it (worrying Mark Meadows sick), leveraged the power of the presidency to get himself cured, then went back to mocking people who did get sick while hundreds of thousands more Americans died. Idiot Matt Gaetz tried to showboat on critical race theory, but General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, earned his title, and proved it with his answer to Gaetz, who probably still has his head cocked like a Labrador retriever, trying to understand it. This is not what Laura Ingraham paid Milley to do. “Critical Race Theory” sounds like maybe you're trying to criticize people's racism, and there are many people out there who are proud of their racism and ready to fight you for it. David suggests that non-racists do nothing… but do nothing over at school board meetings, where taking up space can be good. Progressive leaders and activists wonder if Joe Biden's magic wand broke. Meanwhile, populist and fake-populist leaders in Eastern Europe are sad that no one likes them anymore. In the US, the Southern Baptist Convention had to elect new no-nothings when their old no-nothings learned too much. Ivanka and Jared are privately appalled with the behavior of Donald Trump, or they're just laying low until the estate sale. Okay, so maybe it wasn't Italian satellites causing Donald to lose the election. Maybe it was chickens... No, those weren't kernels of truth on the henhouse floor.
News: Service animals in flight @1:17 Holiday Suicide myth @4:27 1-800-273-8255 Nine more Catholic priests. There were 16 already discovered. @7:05 Supreme Court declined to take up a case against transgender kids @9:36 Crystal Mason @12:45 Brandon Bernard @14:28 Politics: Jewish group tries to stop Trump arms sale @23:56 Trump making Yemen worse “Save America” PAC is a bait and switch scam Sidney Powell says to boycott runoff election @31:19 “The most petulant 46 minutes in American history” @33:34 The girl you regret starting a conversation with @34:49 Heidi Sirrup banned from Justice Dept. @40:34 Coronavirus: Dashboard CFI: Coronavirus Resource Center FDA is keeping a running list of phoney COVID-19 products Hospitalizations over 100K, 19k+ in ICU, nearly 7k on ventilators [HP] @48:10 2800 deaths per day @ Rapid City in southern section of Dakota, weakens mask mandate @50:26 Williamsburg NY funeral @52:34 UK approves Pfizer vaccine @54:25 Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is replaced “thoughts” with “fasting,” @58:58 Scientist who was fired for telling the truth has police raid her house Florida woman @1:00:30 Science: Oregon Medical Board suspends the licenses of COVID deniers @1:09:58 an anti-vaxxer doctor and proponent of hydroxychloroquine invited by Republicans @1:10:58 Religious Nonsense: Rabbis saying “religion has become widely associated with hypocrisy and medieval phobias of science.” @ Final stories: #MONOLITHWATCH is being ruined by these buzzkills in California who tore down the latest monolith and replaced it with a cross. Said one fun-ruiner: “Christ is king in this country. We don't want illegal aliens from Mexico or outer space.” @1:13:00 Obama will not disclose to Stephen Colbert whether he knows anything about UFOs The Jerusalem Post reports on THE GALACTIC FEDERATION
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Michigan certified its 2020 general election results yesterday but not before at least one Republican on the Michigan Board of State Canvassers tried to slow the certifcation down. Omar Moore on this and the dangerous and racist “voter fraud” game the Republican Party is playing with Black voters as Joe Biden finally gets the official “all clear” from the GSA executive Emily Murphy to start the transition to the White House. Plus: Remembering David Dinkins, the first Black mayor of New York City, who passed away last night. November 24, 2020. Featured in this episode: How Republicans tried to rig an election in North Carolina in 2018 (and almost got away with it): https://bit.ly/39epR2k More on Republicans (white male) and their near-theft of an election in North Carolina: https://reut.rs/376JtCR, https://n.pr/2V2kj2A Voter registration fraud in Florida, 2020: (Republican, white female) https://bit.ly/2Hyl3tj The racism against Crystal Mason: https://bit.ly/2V2mG5u NOTE: You can now listen to THE POLITICRAT daily podcast free on Audible: https://adbl.co/35MvRNL IMPORTANT— Please phonebank *now* for: Jon Ossoff for Georgia US Senate: https://electjon.com AND Rev. Raphael Warnock for Georgia US Senate: https://www.warnockforgeorgia.com Voter registration deadline in Georgia: Dec. 7 Plus— FULL VIDEO (Nov. 13) THE POLITICRAT podcast episode—a conversation with U.K. Conservative Councillor Claire Pearsall about Boris Johnson, Brexit and disarray at No. 10 Downing Street: https://bit.ly/3puHnFm Latest post at Medium: VICTORY. https://bit.ly/2UkcWU5 MOORE THOUGHTS —The Day After Tomorrow: https://bit.ly/3l5CZdl Omar's film review of “Da 5 Bloods” (bit.ly/37nliju). MOORE THOUGHTS: moore.substack.com. Moore On Medium: medium.com/@omooresf The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: politicrat.politics.blog PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel
It's Day 22 of The Rabble podcast's Daily Democracy Challenge, where we count down 46 days of impactful-yet-achievable action items to flip Texas and elect our 46th president.Only 24 more days until the election and 3 more days until early voting! TODAY'S ACTION:This isn't directly related to getting anyone elected, but it is directly related to fighting voter suppression. Today, Saturday, October 10 at 11am there will be a rally at the Texas State Capitol in support of Crystal Mason, who may be sent to prison for 5 years for unknowingly attempting to cast an illegal ballot.Here's info on the rally.Can't attend the rally? Pick up the phone and call Gov. Abbott's office. Ask him to pardon Crystal Mason for making an honest mistake and casting a ballot that was never even counted. No harm was done -- don't send Crystal to jail and separate her from her children for this. Gov. Abbott's number is: (512) 463-2000She also has a GoFundMe as she fights for her freedom: https://gf.me/u/yr2ttpReady more about her case here.TOMORROW! If you are in the Austin area, please join us for a socially distanced, masked, '90s-themed lit drop at 10am. We will be wearing our hottest neons, jamming to '90s throwbacks, eating donuts, and then sticking pre-printed post-its with election info on apartment doors. Safe, fun, impactful. More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/650866402467712FOLLOW THE RABBLE PODCAST:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRabbleTX/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therabbletxTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheRabbleTXSubscribe to our Friday newsletter, T-GIF: https://www.rousertx.com/tgif/
It's Day 21 of The Rabble podcast's Daily Democracy Challenge, where we count down 46 days of impactful-yet-achievable action items to flip Texas and elect our 46th president.Only 25 more days until the election and 4 more days until early voting! TODAY'S ACTION:This isn't directly related to getting anyone elected, but it is directly related to fighting voter suppression. Tomorrow, Saturday, October 10 at 11am there will be a rally at the Texas State Capitol in support of Crystal Mason, who may be sent to prison for 5 years for unknowingly attempting to cast an illegal ballot.Here's info on the rally.Can't attend the rally? Pick up the phone and call Gov. Abbott's office. Ask him to pardon Crystal Mason for making an honest mistake and casting a ballot that was never even counted. No harm was done -- don't send Crystal to jail and separate her from her children for this. Gov. Abbott's number is: (512) 463-2000She also has a GoFundMe as she fights for her freedom: https://gf.me/u/yr2ttpReady more about her case here.ALSO, mark your calendar! If you are in the Austin area, please join us for a socially distanced, masked, '90s-themed lit drop on Sunday at 10am. We will be wearing our hottest neons, jamming to '90s throwbacks, eating donuts, and then sticking pre-printed post-its with election info on apartment doors. Safe, fun, impactful. More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/650866402467712FOLLOW THE RABBLE PODCAST:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRabbleTX/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therabbletxTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheRabbleTXSubscribe to our Friday newsletter, T-GIF: https://www.rousertx.com/tgif/
WHAT IS GOOD! It's been a while. This is the 33rd episode, NOT THE 31ST. I cannot believe I made this mistake but it is what it is. While I have your attention I've included a link to a cause that I think needs more funding and support. Crystal Mason is currently imprisoned for casting a ballot when she was unaware that she couldn't and was not informed she couldn't at the ballot. She is serving a harsh 5 year sentence. But here are the links below: Crystal Mason's Petition: https://www.change.org/p/greg-abbott-pardon-black-woman-imprisoned-for-voting?signed=true Crystal Mason's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice4crystal?fbclid=IwAR3Mzf33UXj4L0rmZltOUugi5UVSMUcA1VeEK4GwTIMj201Uu3U4sMb2n7s In this episode I talk about BLM and a good chunk of what's been going on lately around the world. Hope you enjoy this episode and I will see you all VERY soon. I promise. I won't go on a two month break this time!!! Also some of my socials, subscribe to my YouTube channel! IG: @naotowakabayashi @naotosinterlude YouTube: @Naoto's Interlude Twitter: @NaotoDeNiiro Spotify: @niiroshima Apple Music: @wakabae --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/naoto-wakabayashi/support
Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We find other ways to connect with one another during that Rona, voter suppression stays too legit to quit, and tell your parents and your church aunty to stay the fvck home! This week’s hotlist - Crystal Mason and voter suppression, get into that Netflix party app, #neverforget YouTube, grooming during dat rona, affirmations will still pop during dat quarantine, Harvey Weinstein and his feeble protection plan, Idris wife got that rona because duh, keep the elders out the church! Performative christrianity, what does an executive order to stay home look like for black folks? you don’t have to rise and grind culture your way through the pandemic, and mad other sh!t! Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj and add #podin on twitter to help others discover Tea with Queen and J. podcast! WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL & SPONSOR INQUIRIES teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj Queen’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/CXV9ZDWZ3PP9?ref_=wl_share J.’s Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1NP09USMPJ0TB?ref=cm_sw_em_r_wl_ip_VEVWdvdDDemm0 PAY BLACK WOMEN Crystal Mason’s gofund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice4crystal NOTES & EXTRA TEA Listen to In Those Genes “Dat Rona”: http://player.audiostaq.com/inthosegenes/dat_rona Listen to The Black Guy Who Tips “MT: The Rona”: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/theblackguywhotips/episodes/2020-03-17T09_53_53-07_00 Essential businesses list for NYC: https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026 Texas upholds sentence for woman who didn’t know she was ineligible to vote: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/20/crystal-mason-texas-upholds-sentence-voter-suppression Pastor still plans to hold church: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_60fe9b76-6add-11ea-a77a-339dcda9bc09.html This week’s closing clip features @keepitkinky: https://twitter.com/keepingitkinky1/status/1241831738881511426?s=21 This episode was created, hosted and produced by Naima & Janicia Libations to our friend’s Domingo, Tokunbo, and D. Sindayiganza who help keep this show running by paying and supporting Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, keep up with him at https://ohenecornelius.com
While The Rabble podcast is on break, we are revisiting some of our favorite episodes. We were so inspired by Glenaan O'Neil of the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project, who is cheerfully persisting first after battling cancer and then after having funding pulled for her fledgling nonprofit. We love her hilarious self and her mission of advocating for immigrant victims of domestic abuse in rural Texas. Plus, Ed Scruggs of Texas Gun Sense is back to explain "red flag laws" and "mandatory buy-backs." The incredible folks at the Texas Freedom Network are looking out for all the peens and vags (and everything in between), and they tell us how to help. This episode first aired September 20, 2019. PRESENTING SPONSOR - CONCERT FOR CHANGE BY ERIN FOR TRAVIS COUNTY DA An intimate evening with Shawn Colvin and Kelly Willis in support of the Erin Martinson for Travis County District Attorney campaign. A private sponsor reception with Shawn and Kelly will take place before they both take to the stage for acoustic sets. Date: Tuesday, October 1st Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM for Private Reception with Shawn Colvin and Kelly Willis 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for the Concert Location: Cheer Up Charlie's Sponsorships and tickets available here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/concertforchange More about Erin Martinson's campaign for Travis County District Attorney: https://erinforda.com/ Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/377332629580675/ PRESENTING SPONSOR - PLANNED PARENTHOOD DIRECT Do you live in a part of Texas where there's no Planned Parenthood? Well, noooo worries! From Abilene to Zavalla, Lubbock to Laredo, The Planned Parenthood Direct (R) app will send birth control (just pills/rings/patches -- you can't DIY an IUD) or UTI treatments straight to your door or your nearest pharmacy. Plus, your meds come in a discreet package so no one has to know what you're up to. The Planned Parenthood Direct (R) app is available for free in the iOS and Android app stores. Visit https://www.ppgreatertx.org/pp-direct for more info. SUPPORT ROUSER'S PATREON PAGE! Want to make sure The Rabble pod keeps coming? Help us pay for it! (We are making zero dollars on the pod and need your help to keep going.) ALSO, you get super fun perks when you pitch in to help us cover our costs (secret parties, GIF chats, even a prayer candle with your face on it!). Go to https://www.patreon.com/rousertx NOW NOW NOW NOW! Also, spread the joy of Ann Richards and The Rabble all across Texas on T-shirts, stickers, mugs, or whatevs: https://rouser.threadless.com/ THIS WEEK'S GUEST: Glenaan O'Neil, founder of the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project Help Becky celebrate her birthday by donating to the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project: https://www.lsvap.org/ Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LSVAP/ Order your “Cheerful persistence” merch to support the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project: https://rouser.threadless.com/ "An Evening to Empower" on October 18: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lone-star-victims-advocacy-project-presents-an-evening-to-empower-tickets-73313012193 FOLLOW ROUSER: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RouserTX Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rousertx/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RouserTX?lang=en Subscribe to our Friday newsletter, T-GIF: https://www.rousertx.com/tgif/ SH*T TO DO: Prevent future generations from having sex ed horror stories! Or, like, avoidable diseases or children they don't want to have. The Texas Freedom Network's “Teach the Truth” Coalition helps us have a say in the new sex ed curriculum Texas is developing for our public school kids. Abstinence only? F*ck that. We're doin' it! And doin' it and doin' it well… http://tfn.org/sex-ed/index.html LINKS WE MENTIONED: The Texas Tribune Festival is happening Sept. 26-28! It's like SXSW for politics dorks: https://festival.texastribune.org/ Beto O'Rourke “Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15”: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/12/beto_orourke_hell_yes_we_are_going_to_take_your_ar-15.html Texas Gun Sense: https://www.txgunsense.org/ The history of the assault weapons ban and why it went away: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750656174/the-u-s-once-had-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-why-did-it-expire How Would an Assault Weapons Buyback Actually Work? https://www.thetrace.org/2019/09/assault-weapon-buyback-policy-cost-estimates/ After AR-15 threat, Beto O'Rourke helps Rep. Briscoe Cain's challenger raise $68,000: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/After-AR-15-threat-Beto-O-Rourke-assists-14443252.php Support Josh Markle and get Briscoe Cain out of the Texas House!: https://www.markle128.com/ NYT explains Red Flag laws: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/us/red-flag-laws.html Texas leads the nation in the uninsured rate: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Census-Texas-once-again-leads-nation-in-14431339.php Texas refuses to expand Medicaid despite strong public support: https://www.kut.org/post/texas-one-only-14-states-havent-expanded-medicaid-despite-strong-public-support Join #SickOfItTX and demand action on health care! https://www.sickofittx.com/ Crystal Mason sentenced to 5 years in prison for accidentally voting illegally: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/17/crystal-mason-five-year-illegal-voting-provisional-ballot/ Support the ACLU!: https://www.aclutx.org/ Judge Ruben Gonzalez (booooo, vote him out): https://www.txdirectory.com/online/person/?id=36985&office=23792 State leaders again want to review how Texas elects judges. Will they end partisan judicial elections?: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/07/15/texas-partisan-judicial-elections-reform-abbott-support/ KUT article on making sure your voter registration is all good: https://www.kut.org/post/2020-coming-theres-election-november-too-make-sure-youre-registered-vote Constitutional amendments on the ballot in the November 2019 Texas elections: https://www.reformaustin.org/2019/08/26/whats-on-the-ballot-10-texas-constitutional-amendments-for-2019-explained/ We
Crystal Mason has been sentenced to five years in prison for voting. Crystal Mason said she had no idea that she was ineligible to vote (felons in Texas are prohibited from voting while they’re serving their sentences, which includes incarceration, parole, and probation). This is not justice it’s a scare tactic to suppress votes.
Convicted felon Crystal Mason was released from federal prison for inflating her clients tax returns. Her mom encouraged her to vote, and she did so. Not knowing that felons couldn't vote while on probation, Crystal was arrested again and given 5 years prison for her mistake. Also DeAndre Sommerville sentenced to 10 days jail, a year probation, 150 community hours for oversleeping for jury duty. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prosandcons/support
We snuck a special guest into the studio to help us out with FMK this week... Ed Scruggs of Texas Gun Sense is back to explain "red flag laws" and "mandatory buy-backs." As Beto would say, "Hell yes!" to those. And a big "f*ck no" to teaching nothin' but abstinence in Texas schools. The incredible folks at the Texas Freedom Network are looking out for all the peens and vags (and everything in between), and they tell us how to help. Our new friend Glenaan O'Neil of the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project teaches how to be cheerfully persistent, and we want to raise money to help her continue serving immigrant victims of abuse in rural Texas. PRESENTING SPONSOR - CONCERT FOR CHANGE BY ERIN FOR TRAVIS COUNTY DA An intimate evening with Shawn Colvin and Kelly Willis in support of the Erin Martinson for Travis County District Attorney campaign. A private sponsor reception with Shawn and Kelly will take place before they both take to the stage for acoustic sets. Date: Tuesday, October 1st Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM for Private Reception with Shawn Colvin and Kelly Willis 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for the Concert Location: Cheer Up Charlie's Sponsorships and tickets available here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/concertforchange More about Erin Martinson's campaign for Travis County District Attorney: https://erinforda.com/ Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/377332629580675/ PRESENTING SPONSOR - PLANNED PARENTHOOD DIRECT Do you live in a part of Texas where there's no Planned Parenthood? Well, noooo worries! From Abilene to Zavalla, Lubbock to Laredo, The Planned Parenthood Direct (R) app will send birth control (just pills/rings/patches -- you can't DIY an IUD) or UTI treatments straight to your door or your nearest pharmacy. Plus, your meds come in a discreet package so no one has to know what you're up to. The Planned Parenthood Direct (R) app is available for free in the iOS and Android app stores. Visit https://www.ppgreatertx.org/pp-direct for more info. SUPPORT ROUSER'S PATREON PAGE! Want to make sure The Rabble pod keeps coming? Help us pay for it! (We are making zero dollars on the pod and need your help to keep going.) ALSO, you get super fun perks when you pitch in to help us cover our costs (secret parties, GIF chats, even a prayer candle with your face on it!). Go to https://www.patreon.com/rousertx NOW NOW NOW NOW! Also, spread the joy of Ann Richards and The Rabble all across Texas on T-shirts, stickers, mugs, or whatevs: https://rouser.threadless.com/ THIS WEEK'S GUEST: Glenaan O'Neil, founder of the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project Help Becky celebrate her birthday by donating to the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project: https://www.lsvap.org/ Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LSVAP/ Order your “Cheerful persistence” merch to support the Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project: https://rouser.threadless.com/ "An Evening to Empower" on October 18: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lone-star-victims-advocacy-project-presents-an-evening-to-empower-tickets-73313012193 FOLLOW ROUSER: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RouserTX Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rousertx/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RouserTX?lang=en Subscribe to our Friday newsletter, T-GIF: https://www.rousertx.com/tgif/ SH*T TO DO: Prevent future generations from having sex ed horror stories! Or, like, avoidable diseases or children they don't want to have. The Texas Freedom Network's “Teach the Truth” Coalition helps us have a say in the new sex ed curriculum Texas is developing for our public school kids. Abstinence only? F*ck that. We're doin' it! And doin' it and doin' it well… http://tfn.org/sex-ed/index.html LINKS WE MENTIONED: The Texas Tribune Festival is happening Sept. 26-28! It's like SXSW for politics dorks: https://festival.texastribune.org/ Beto O'Rourke “Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15”: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/12/beto_orourke_hell_yes_we_are_going_to_take_your_ar-15.html Texas Gun Sense: https://www.txgunsense.org/ The history of the assault weapons ban and why it went away: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750656174/the-u-s-once-had-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-why-did-it-expire How Would an Assault Weapons Buyback Actually Work? https://www.thetrace.org/2019/09/assault-weapon-buyback-policy-cost-estimates/ After AR-15 threat, Beto O'Rourke helps Rep. Briscoe Cain's challenger raise $68,000: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/After-AR-15-threat-Beto-O-Rourke-assists-14443252.php Support Josh Markle and get Briscoe Cain out of the Texas House!: https://www.markle128.com/ NYT explains Red Flag laws: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/us/red-flag-laws.html Texas leads the nation in the uninsured rate: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Census-Texas-once-again-leads-nation-in-14431339.php Texas refuses to expand Medicaid despite strong public support: https://www.kut.org/post/texas-one-only-14-states-havent-expanded-medicaid-despite-strong-public-support Join #SickOfItTX and demand action on health care! https://www.sickofittx.com/ Crystal Mason sentenced to 5 years in prison for accidentally voting illegally: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/17/crystal-mason-five-year-illegal-voting-provisional-ballot/ Support the ACLU!: https://www.aclutx.org/ Judge Ruben Gonzalez (booooo, vote him out): https://www.txdirectory.com/online/person/?id=36985&office=23792 State leaders again want to review how Texas elects judges. Will they end partisan judicial elections?: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/07/15/texas-partisan-judicial-elections-reform-abbott-support/ KUT article on making sure your voter registration is all good: https://www.kut.org/post/2020-coming-theres-election-november-too-make-sure-youre-registered-vote Constitutional amendments on the ballot in the November 2019 Texas elections: https://www.reformaustin.org/2019/08/26/whats-on-the-ballot-10-texas-constitutional-amendments-for-2019-explained/ We
Last year, Crystal Mason was convicted of illegally voting in the 2016 election and sentenced to five years in prison. On Tuesday, Mason's appeared before three Republican judges on the Texas Court of Appeals today to argue that she was wrongly convicted and ask for a new trial. Crystal Mason and her attorney Kim Cole spoke with Roland Martin about their ongoing fight against Texas Republicans who are determined to send Mason to jail for unknowingly voting illegally. - Watch the 9.10.19 edition of #RolandMartinUnfiltered https://youtu.be/o9mMQDF0twU - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Jazz Life Luxe Jazz is the experience of a lifetime, delivering top-notch music in an upscale destination. The weekend-long event is held at the Omnia Dayclub Los Cabos, which is nestled on the Sea of Cortez in the celebrity playground of Los Cabos, Mexico. For more information visit the website at lifeluxejazz.com. -
Episode 9! Join us, Shelley, Miah, and Ahvery, (We missed Pa’Ris this week) as we discuss gerrymandering, Hurricane Dorian, Crystal Mason, ranked-choice voting, the 3rd Democratic Debate, the resignation of Dr. Jamie Riley and Jay-Z’s NFL deal details. Send emails to --> mayweapproachpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter and Instagram AND like the Facebook page at --> MayWeApproach Join the Facebook group --> May We Approach: The Podcast
9.10 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Why is the GOP silent about blatant acts of voter suppression in North Carolina? Will Crystal Mason get a new trial? CBC commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first recorded forced arrival of enslaved African people in America; College athletes in California will soon be able to make money off their names and images; DOJ says the FEMA official in charge of power restoration in Puerto Rico post Maria took bribes; September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. We'll tell you what black men need to know about prostate cancer.
9.10 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Why is the GOP silent about blatant acts of voter suppression in North Carolina? Will Crystal Mason get a new trial? CBC commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first recorded forced arrival of enslaved African people in America; College athletes in California will soon be able to make money off their names and images; DOJ says the FEMA official in charge of power restoration in Puerto Rico post Maria took bribes; September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. We'll tell you what black men need to know about prostate cancer. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Jazz Life Luxe Jazz is the experience of a lifetime, delivering top-notch music in an upscale destination. The weekend-long event is held at the Omnia Dayclub Los Cabos, which is nestled on the Sea of Cortez in the celebrity playground of Los Cabos, Mexico. For more information visit the website at lifeluxejazz.com. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: 420 Real Estate, LLC To invest in 420 Real Estate’s legal Hemp-CBD Crowdfunding Campaign go to http://marijuanastock.org
KB Boyce is the Co-Founder and Director of Queer Rebels, a Queer People of Color arts company that connects generations – and honors our queer legacies with visionary art for the future. Musician and media artist KB Boyce is a Gender Non Conforming / trans masculine performer whose adventures have brought them from teenage punk band appearances at CBGBs in NY, to B-grade horror movies in LA, and on to solo blues performance as The Drag King of the Blues in San Francisco. Boyce composes and performs music that pays homage to African-American and Indigenous legacies of resistance through art. Boyce conjures the spirit of cross-dressing Blues performers – reflecting the history, creativity, and aesthetics of the ancestors. Crystal Mason co-founded and co-directed Luna Sea Women's Performance Space. They are the former Executive Director of the Jon Sims Center for the Arts. They lived in Berlin, Germany for 9 years, where they co-owned and operated Schoko Café, a women's art and culture center. Their last project in Berlin was a two-year long European Union funded film project dealing with multi- dimensional discrimination faced by lesbians of color and immigrant lesbians in Berlin. In San Francisco, Crystal was an AIDS activist and organizer working with ACT UP and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in the Women's and Children's Program. Crystal was also a regular behind the scenes and in front of the camera on Electric City Queer TV for several years. They co-produced the multimedia theater piece Hey, Sailor and created 3 short films: In My Blood, I Know My Soul, and In My Own Hands. In 2016 Crystal created a multimedia performance/installation at Fort Mason as part of the THIS IS WHAT I Want Festival 2016 called There is No Other, Fractured And Complete, Tell Me Something True. They have been a Queer Rebels Board Member since 2012 and is now the Managing Director at Queer Rebels Productions. Episode Highlights KB tells about how the Queer Rebel Festival first began in San Francisco in 2008 as a way to create a space for centering queer/trans people of color (QT POC) artists. KB & Crystal share about their own backgrounds in art and activism. KB group up in a New York family of artists, performers and activists. Crystal grew up always being creative and a storyteller, and explored using story as a tool for liberation activism. They each discuss their visions for the future of QT POC and how Queer Rebels helps to support that vision. We discuss the importance of intergenerational collaboration in art, and the introduction of the Queer Rebels intergenerational residency program. They share some samples of what the audience can expect at the festival this year. Crystal shares how collaboration has been a source of hope and inspiration in their activism and art. Web links Queer Rebels Fest - San Francisco, June 7th & 8th - Buy Tickets HERE Find more at QueerRebels.com Find Queer Rebels on FaceBook, Instagram & Twitter Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth: The Queer Intifada - San Francisco, June 20th - 22nd Join the Queer Spirit Community Facebook group to continue the conversation and stay up to date on new episodes. And follow us on Instagram! Join our mailing list to get news and podcast updates sent directly to you.
5.13.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: RMU: Sirius XM responds to the CBC's c-suite diversity demands; Cop in Eric Garner's death faces disciplinary trial; Crystal Mason, the woman who was sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegally voting is getting some legal help with her appeal; The woman who tried to get a metro worker fired for eating on the train was terminated; Martavious Banks, the man who was shot by police has been indicted but the police officers involved won't be charged. A Montgomery County Maryland police officer caught on camera using the n-word.
In this episode we shout out Crystal Mason, who is incarcerated for voting in the 2016 Presidential election. We stand with Crystal and believe she deserves to be free and shouldn't have to serve another minute in prison. We also have a conversation about interracial relationships. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatsthewhat/support
Five years in prison for voting. That’s the time Crystal Mason will serve for unknowingly voting while on supervised release. In this episode we explore how felons do the time, but are second-class citizens on election day. Americans are comfortable with shutting out felons from democracy. Why? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It’s a dark week in America and we’re fed up. For “Currento Eventos” we’re talking about the many different ways systemic racism is attacking Black women first by talking about Crystal Mason’s prison sentence for voting, the horrible racist harassment that Kia Morris had to endure as Vermont’s only Black woman rep, the murder of 17 year old Lashonda Childs, and allyship in action. In “What’s Your Baggage” we discuss the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh and how we’re trying to survive these dark times. How do we stay alive ya’ll? We put in our bags the music of Snoh Alegraa and the video game Shadow of the Tomb Raider! Finally we do our rotating theme “This week in self care” and we wrap it up with an affirmation! Let us know by using #UnpackBG how you’re dealing/coping during these difficult times. Crystal Mason Incarcerated for voting: http://bit.ly/2NwsjTv Kiah Morris Vermont Rep resigns: https://wapo.st/2IJAUS1 Murder of Lashonda Childs: http://bit.ly/2PnbBI0 White woman practices active allyship: https://ind.pn/2E515nz Snoh Alegraa on Colors: https://youtu.be/ElINqEyx7GM Shadow of the Tomb Raider: https://tombraider.square-enix-games.com/en-us Estephanie’s Store: www.Cinpim.com Paypal us: https://www.paypal.me/BagLadiez You can listen to us on soundcloud, Itunes, and Googleplay! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bgladiez/id1073190648?mt=2 Google Play:http://bit.ly/2D7bSJ5 You can Follow us @: Website: www.bgladiez.com Twitter: Bag_Ladiez Tumblr: bgladiez.tumblr.com Instagram: BgLadiez Gmail: bgladiez@gmail.com
I won't belabor it today but I was right again. It turns out you can make any claim you want and as long as it never sees the inside of the courtroom you can destroy a man's reputation Julie Swetnick was interviewed on NBC and said she didn't know what Kavanaugh did or might have done. She said she never saw him spike punch or sexually assault anyone. She did say he was a heavy drinker and very handsy. The truth is far different than her statements last week proving yet again you can never trust what you hear. Look for the evidence. ****Crystal Mason was just sentenced to 5 years for trying to vote in the 2016 election. Her crime? She was a former felon and she cast a provisional ballot without reading the fine print. I'll talk about the many problems with this on the show today. Listen now! Jason Support the show.
Queen & J. are two womanist race nerds talking liberation, politics, and pop-culture and over tea. Drink up! On this episode… We celebrate trans visibility day and ask are we simply tolerant of people’s differences or have we graduated to acceptance yet? We ask for trigger warnings, and review what the internet taught us about domestic violence. Also, as sexually liberated womanist race nerds how can we give little girls and femme’s the tools to freedom without enduring the trauma we went through to get here? Is it even possible? This week’s hot list: #PodinLiveNYC, building community, mental health, trigger warnings, #TransDayOfVisibility, tolerance vs acceptance, who bears the labor of learning, domestic violence and how to protect one another, the bolt bag, Sesi Magazine, voter suppression, why RuPaul is an aunt and not an auntie, fragile masculinity, and the horrors of tinder and the patriarchy Tweet us while you listen! #teawithqj @teawithqj WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: twitter.com/teawithqj Instagram: Instagram.com/teawithqj Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com DONATE www.paypal.me/teawithqj OR www.patreon.com/teawithqj EVENTS NEW YORK - #PodinLiveNYC is back! Join us Saturday, April 21st at 4:00 for #PodinLiveNYC: Podcast Meet-up, we’re hanging out with some of our favorite Black podcasts in NYC and their listeners at Von (3 Bleeker Street) for an afternoon kick it session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/podinlivenyc-podcast-meet-up-tickets-44528362531?ref=estw WASHINGTON, DC - *UPDATE The organizers of We The Culture Podcast Conference: The Age of the Digital Griot podcast conference have postponed this event for 60-90 days. We know, retrograde is too real this year* PAY BLACK WOMEN Check out our friend Estephanie aka Cinthia’s new website! Shop art, sage and more at https://www.cinpim.com/ NOTES & EXTRA TEA Learn more about #TransDayOfVisibility: http://www.transstudent.org/tdov Trans led organizations to donate to: https://www.blacktrans.org/ http://www.twocc.us/ Listen to these podcasts featuring trans & gender non-binary hosts: Marsha’s Plate: Black Trans Thought - https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc Support Marsha's Plate: Black Trans Thought - https://www.patreon.com/MarshasPlate Hoodrat to Headwraps - https://soundcloud.com/user-501838661/tracks Inner Hoe Uprising - https://soundcloud.com/innerhoeuprising/tracks Help in the fight against domestic violence. Check out Beverly Gooden’s (@bevtgooden) hashtag #WhyIStayed and support the “Bolt Bag” project and share it with someone who can benefit from it http://www.ellamaefoundation.org/boltbag Send a subscription to Sesi magazine to a child or teen in your life now: https://sesimag.com/ Learn more about Crystal Mason’s sentence of 5 years for “voter fraud”: http://atlantablackstar.com/2018/03/31/heres-happened-3-white-people-committed-voter-fraud-vs-black-texas-woman/ This week’s closing clip features Black trans woman and drag performer Octavia Saint Laurent in the film “Paris Is Burning”: https://youtu.be/Ezc4CnZ8FQQ Engineering by Indie Creative Network: www.icn.dj/ Libations to our friend Casey who helps keep this show running by giving his money to Black women. Libations to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his latest album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ohenecornelius/ Libations to T.Flint for our News That's Not News intro! Find him at www.tflintvoiceovers.com/
Ify and Turquoise discuss Sinclair Brodcast Group "fake news" propoganda in local markets nationally, Kat Blaque's question of how Black women feel when we find out Black men killed by cops hate Black Women, Crystal Mason and Siwatu-Salama Ra highlight the failure to rally behind Black women, Bernie Sanders agreeing with Trump on Amazon, ICE reverses policy of not detaining pregnant women, University of Washington announcing Mario Barnes as new Dean of the School of Law, Notre Dame women's team wins NCAA championship, Laura Ingrahm takes a hiatus, and three Black youth prevent an attmepted suicide.
Welcome to the first episode of the Joi Has Questions Podcast! In this week’s show: • 00:00-00:48 - Intro • 00:48-03:33 - "You better know": Gil Scott-Heron, Brittany Applegate • 03:33 - 34:37 - "So according to IG" (with @DJSkoli and @radiochamp ) o Cardi B drops her new track “Be Careful”. Is it fire or publicity stunt for the masses? o Tyrone Hankerson (Howard University) and the scam of the decade. o Crystal Mason and the latest case of America’s double standard. o Emily B. / F-a-b-o-l-o-u-s domestic violence • 40:26-42:57 - Joi Has Questions: @radiochamp 34:58-40:26, @DJSkoli 40:27 – 43:25 • 43:42-46:21 - “Motivational Message”: Stop stopping yourself Shoutouts: • Brittany Applegate / Brand Chicago: Brittanyapplegate.com IG: @bee_aye IG: @brandchicago • Special guests: o Brinton: IG: @radiochamp o DJ Skoli: IG: @DJSkoli • Sponsor: Courvoisier VSOP • Production/Editing/Engineering: @jazthelegend with Weathers Media Group Social Media: IG / Twitter: @joihasquestions Facebook: www.facebook.com/joihasquestions Email: joihasquestions@gmail.com
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