1 00:00:00,770 --> 00:00:04,330 Speaker 1: Right now, man, there's so much going on. I'm looking 2 00:00:04,349 --> 00:00:08,150 at one story, getting distracted by another story, but we 3 00:00:08,169 --> 00:00:11,470 will get to all of it. We always do. So, Miles, 4 00:00:11,509 --> 00:00:15,400 tell me about Lil Durk from your perspective. You know, 5 00:00:15,419 --> 00:00:18,339 I always make you talk about all the rappers, even 6 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:23,239 if they're not even like your peeps, but we have 7 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:25,859 had conversations in the past about what seems to be 8 00:00:25,879 --> 00:00:30,339 the growing number of prosecutions against rap artists, a lot 9 00:00:30,359 --> 00:00:33,729 of it happening in Georgia, this one happening in California, 10 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:34,820 but it's a federal case. 11 00:00:35,770 --> 00:00:39,409 Speaker 2: From what it looks like, it seems like Dirk hired 12 00:00:39,450 --> 00:00:43,310 the same lawyer that Thug hired for the YSL trial 13 00:00:43,340 --> 00:00:45,740 that they had. It looks like he's kind of playing 14 00:00:45,759 --> 00:00:50,640 the same playbook. It seems like they're trying to bring 15 00:00:50,759 --> 00:00:54,679 in the... The main thing that they're presenting is the 16 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:58,490 associations with people plus the rap lyrics. What's really going 17 00:00:58,509 --> 00:01:00,289 to get Dirk caught up in his murder for hire 18 00:01:00,329 --> 00:01:01,869 trial that he's going in right now. 19 00:01:03,409 --> 00:01:05,469 Speaker 3: Is the... Receipts. 20 00:01:05,969 --> 00:01:08,900 Speaker 2: The receipts of, like, flights for people and actually wiring 21 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,260 money to people and, you know, the gifts for the 22 00:01:12,299 --> 00:01:14,079 people and everything. You got to call people on his 23 00:01:14,180 --> 00:01:16,640 own team that are going against him. So it looks 24 00:01:16,659 --> 00:01:18,599 like they're not fighting the fact that there was a 25 00:01:18,659 --> 00:01:22,230 murder for hire. They're kind of, like, fighting the fact 26 00:01:22,269 --> 00:01:25,030 that it was not Dirk's motive to do it, I guess. 27 00:01:25,069 --> 00:01:26,010 Speaker 3: So we'll see how it goes. 28 00:01:26,209 --> 00:01:29,670 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, that's what they're saying. They're saying that 29 00:01:29,950 --> 00:01:34,650 he was trying to get revenge because... Because of his, 30 00:01:34,790 --> 00:01:39,469 you know, his friend. But to me, and this isn't some, 31 00:01:39,510 --> 00:01:44,049 this isn't like, this guy's a pretty mainstream artist. He's 32 00:01:44,090 --> 00:01:46,819 not some guy you've never heard of. 33 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,079 Speaker 2: And he's got, and he had, him and his crew 34 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,000 have a very extensive violent history. 35 00:01:54,019 --> 00:01:54,579 Speaker 3: Very much so. 36 00:01:55,219 --> 00:01:57,260 Speaker 1: The people all around him, not just himself. 37 00:01:57,519 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 3: Just himself. But yeah, the whole, the whole gang does 38 00:01:59,939 --> 00:02:00,519 for sure. For sure. 39 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,739 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, um, I mean, what I'm seeing is that 40 00:02:04,780 --> 00:02:08,039 they're saying they're trying to blame his assistant. They're trying 41 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:12,840 to blame other members of the crew. I'm not sure 42 00:02:13,539 --> 00:02:16,349 how effective that will be. I guess we'll see. If 43 00:02:16,389 --> 00:02:20,110 you're the money source, it's hard to like. 44 00:02:21,270 --> 00:02:23,810 Speaker 2: Seems like the people that are testifying against their seems 45 00:02:23,849 --> 00:02:25,590 like they took pleas already. 46 00:02:25,849 --> 00:02:28,169 Speaker 1: Yeah, they did. That's what according to the L.A. Times, 47 00:02:28,189 --> 00:02:29,009 they took plea deals. 48 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:32,330 Speaker 2: I don't know. That could be the play. You guys 49 00:02:32,389 --> 00:02:36,530 already took your plea. It's okay to snitch and go 50 00:02:36,569 --> 00:02:38,460 against me or put it all on me if you're 51 00:02:38,469 --> 00:02:40,689 dirt because that may be your only way out is 52 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:43,979 to put it all on somebody else. Yeah. 53 00:02:44,740 --> 00:02:48,139 Speaker 1: I don't know. I used to think that if anybody 54 00:02:48,219 --> 00:02:50,879 did that, like take a plea deal or what they 55 00:02:50,939 --> 00:02:53,740 used to call snitching, that it would be over for them. 56 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,500 But we've seen that that's not the case in the 57 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,150 rap world anymore. People, from what I can see, people 58 00:03:01,210 --> 00:03:04,780 turn on other people and then they go on and 59 00:03:04,819 --> 00:03:05,539 have careers. 60 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,659 Speaker 2: And then, you know, you get up there and take 61 00:03:08,699 --> 00:03:11,259 the stand as the witness and end up butchering the 62 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,650 whole case. That's how it turned the YSL thing into a, 63 00:03:13,659 --> 00:03:15,710 you know what I mean, what, a two, three year 64 00:03:15,770 --> 00:03:17,229 long trial? 65 00:03:17,449 --> 00:03:22,490 Speaker 1: Yeah. You're saying because the witnesses or. 66 00:03:22,449 --> 00:03:24,939 Speaker 2: The Witnesses are in on the game, so they get 67 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,840 in there, the defense calls them up to the stand, 68 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:28,909 and they'll end up going completely off the script. 69 00:03:28,930 --> 00:03:31,710 Speaker 1: Talking in circles. I mean, I think we see a 70 00:03:31,830 --> 00:03:34,889 little bit of that going on with the Tupac situation 71 00:03:34,930 --> 00:03:38,550 as well, although I really haven't followed it stroke for stroke. 72 00:03:38,590 --> 00:03:43,080 But some of these alleged gang members are up here just, well, 73 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:47,639 you know, talking in circles. Clearly not wanting to walk 74 00:03:47,719 --> 00:03:51,289 away being labeled forever as a snitch. 75 00:03:51,509 --> 00:03:53,909 Speaker 3: Not on paper, not on the federal paperwork. 76 00:03:54,069 --> 00:03:55,849 Speaker 2: Nah, that's going to be a bad look for you 77 00:03:55,909 --> 00:03:58,310 once you go in there with your plea deal. 78 00:03:59,449 --> 00:04:04,300 Speaker 1: Forever. Yeah, but also, you know, I mean, murder for hire, 79 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:08,259 this is the stuff that, you know, law and order 80 00:04:08,319 --> 00:04:11,219 episodes are made of. I mean, it's pretty dramatic. And 81 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:15,580 to me, whether it was Lil Durk or this guy, 82 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:20,079 Kavon Grant, the personal assistant, that they're trying to blame 83 00:04:20,899 --> 00:04:27,480 who goes and buys ski masks at REI. Like, I mean, 84 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,399 I'm not a master murder mastermind, but if you've ever 85 00:04:30,459 --> 00:04:34,829 been to REI, it's like a very white, you know, 86 00:04:35,449 --> 00:04:38,029 sporting goods store. It's like where hikers go when they're 87 00:04:38,050 --> 00:04:41,269 going to go up, you know, the Himalayas or whatever, 88 00:04:41,649 --> 00:04:43,610 a bunch of black dudes going in there and buying 89 00:04:43,670 --> 00:04:44,329 ski masks. 90 00:04:44,649 --> 00:04:47,730 Speaker 3: I mean, Stand out on that flock camera, brother. 91 00:04:47,750 --> 00:04:48,350 Speaker 1: For sure. 92 00:04:48,550 --> 00:04:51,980 Speaker 2: Dreads and your diamonds and your platinum teeth and everything. 93 00:04:52,180 --> 00:04:54,139 Speaker 1: You don't even need the flock camera. It's just a 94 00:04:54,180 --> 00:04:59,720 little security camera in the store. Anyway, it's like that 95 00:04:59,779 --> 00:05:07,639 David guy ordering murder stuff on Amazon. What? I guess 96 00:05:07,689 --> 00:05:12,759 they don't watch those old, like, police drama movies because 97 00:05:12,819 --> 00:05:15,420 that seems like it would be it just i'm sorry 98 00:05:15,459 --> 00:05:17,740 it just seems very dumb to me. 99 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 2: It's unfortunate for dirk um i'm sorry it's an unfortunate 100 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,079 situation because i feel like they dirk and everybody else 101 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,680 put themselves into the situation in my opinion but yeah 102 00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:30,629 it's unfortunate to see um i hate to see hip-hop 103 00:05:30,670 --> 00:05:32,509 go back on trial like it's about to go i 104 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:35,430 hate to see them comb through these lyrics And, you know, 105 00:05:35,490 --> 00:05:38,550 paint the picture through the lyrics. 106 00:05:38,610 --> 00:05:40,730 Speaker 3: But this is what we got. And it's going to be, 107 00:05:40,889 --> 00:05:42,209 I think it's going to be messy. I think yesterday 108 00:05:42,250 --> 00:05:43,589 was the first day. Am I right? Yeah. 109 00:05:43,790 --> 00:05:47,949 Speaker 1: Yesterday was the first day. He's pleading not guilty to 110 00:05:48,189 --> 00:05:51,750 death and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, a stalking 111 00:05:51,769 --> 00:05:55,579 resulting in death. Conspiracy to commit murder for hire resulting 112 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:59,339 in death. And they're saying that he spoke, you know, 113 00:05:59,699 --> 00:06:03,410 encoded language. in order to tell people he would pay 114 00:06:03,509 --> 00:06:09,439 money for anyone who killed this guy. I also noticed 115 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:13,279 that little Dirk is 33, and a lot of the 116 00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:16,180 people around him as assistants and stuff are much younger. 117 00:06:16,199 --> 00:06:20,000 And I just wonder about that. I mean, not so 118 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,259 much in the context of murder, but in the context 119 00:06:23,319 --> 00:06:26,579 of the entertainment world where people have these crews and 120 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,420 entourages that surround them. 121 00:06:29,149 --> 00:06:30,790 Speaker 2: And, I mean, that plays into, I guess, what defense 122 00:06:30,829 --> 00:06:34,470 is going to play about them saying that it was 123 00:06:34,509 --> 00:06:36,949 the assistant's call when it's like, bro, you the big dog. 124 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:38,379 Speaker 3: You the big homie. You know what I'm saying? 125 00:06:38,420 --> 00:06:39,660 Speaker 2: So I think that's going to be the angle the 126 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:42,600 defense probably takes, too. It's like it can, whatever you 127 00:06:42,620 --> 00:06:44,899 feel about it, Big Dirk is not this big fish. 128 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,589 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Big Dirk. Little Dirk is not this big fish. 129 00:06:47,670 --> 00:06:48,750 He seems big. 130 00:06:48,810 --> 00:06:51,009 Speaker 1: He seems like the big homie, but he's Little Dirk, yeah. 131 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:53,250 Speaker 2: Well, the money, I'm saying he's the one on Front Street. 132 00:06:53,269 --> 00:06:55,269 He's going to put a lot of people in position. So, 133 00:06:55,589 --> 00:06:57,189 you know, it's going to be hard to beat. I 134 00:06:57,589 --> 00:07:00,189 see how the angles are going to be played for sure. 135 00:07:00,910 --> 00:07:05,620 Speaker 1: I am. I've never had an entourage, you know, or 136 00:07:05,660 --> 00:07:10,079 an assistant, but I've worked for people that do. And I, 137 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,360 I don't, you know, I've worked for and with a 138 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:18,800 number of celebs with entourages and It's hard to imagine 139 00:07:18,860 --> 00:07:21,459 that they just take your money and go and do 140 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:24,839 a whole project, but I guess you never know. You 141 00:07:24,860 --> 00:07:31,759 never know. And as you pointed out, it's starting to 142 00:07:31,819 --> 00:07:35,939 seem like so mainstream in hip-hop for there to be 143 00:07:36,019 --> 00:07:40,360 murder trials and the lyrics go on trial, although I 144 00:07:40,579 --> 00:07:46,740 thought that we were moving away from that because.. 145 00:07:46,910 --> 00:07:49,149 Speaker 2: These aren't no new lyrics that they're going to be 146 00:07:49,170 --> 00:07:53,560 putting on trial. This is from, like, this was, what, 2019, 147 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,439 I think, when Vaughn died? King Vaughn died around the 148 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,779 same time like Nipsey and Young Dolph died. So what 149 00:07:58,839 --> 00:07:59,680 was that, 2019? 150 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 3: Before COVID. How about that? 151 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,399 Speaker 2: So there's not no brand new lyrics that they're pulling out. 152 00:08:03,779 --> 00:08:04,949 So he's writing that same.. 153 00:08:05,470 --> 00:08:05,889 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? 154 00:08:05,910 --> 00:08:07,939 Speaker 2: That same vein when that was what was hot in 155 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:10,180 hip-hop and on the streets, on the blogs, was talking 156 00:08:10,220 --> 00:08:12,399 about your beefs and drilling and, you know what I mean, 157 00:08:12,439 --> 00:08:16,139 calling hits on your ops live on stage and everything. 158 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:16,779 Speaker 3: That was the way. 159 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,139 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I get it. My point is just 160 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:23,269 that legally I thought they were moving away from it. 161 00:08:23,569 --> 00:08:27,170 Seems like not, which means you have to be mindful 162 00:08:27,189 --> 00:08:29,810 of what you put in your lyrics. And I'm not 163 00:08:29,870 --> 00:08:31,850 saying go murder someone and then cover it up in 164 00:08:31,870 --> 00:08:34,250 your lyrics, by the way. I'm not suggesting that at all. 165 00:08:34,740 --> 00:08:38,259 But if you look at screenwriters and TV show writers 166 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,350 and all these other people that write fiction, what we 167 00:08:42,379 --> 00:08:47,710 would assume is fiction, their lyrics and their content are 168 00:08:47,769 --> 00:08:50,750 not brought into their trials. I've never heard of that 169 00:08:50,870 --> 00:08:55,429 anywhere except hip-hop. I wonder if it's going to be, 170 00:08:55,629 --> 00:08:58,389 you know, is that a factor for David? Because he 171 00:08:58,429 --> 00:09:01,889 does have that, you know, I'm not a David fan. 172 00:09:01,929 --> 00:09:04,379 I just know the title, but something like, you know, 173 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,759 homicide love or something. 174 00:09:07,820 --> 00:09:09,639 Speaker 3: I mean, you got, you got him on trial. 175 00:09:09,659 --> 00:09:11,750 Speaker 2: Still, you still got, if you follow, if you follow 176 00:09:11,809 --> 00:09:13,450 in the hip hop scene in Florida, you still got 177 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:14,549 the YNW melee. 178 00:09:14,570 --> 00:09:16,970 Speaker 3: That's been going on for about six years. He's still 179 00:09:17,029 --> 00:09:18,220 in prison for a song. 180 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:18,340 Speaker 1: Yeah. 181 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:22,159 Speaker 2: I caught murder on his mind for, allegedly often his 182 00:09:22,220 --> 00:09:25,850 best friends. Right here in L.A., you got the whole 183 00:09:25,909 --> 00:09:27,970 Big U tribe that's going to be coming up soon. 184 00:09:27,990 --> 00:09:32,029 That's going to involve a lot of other artists and their. 185 00:09:31,889 --> 00:09:35,070 Speaker 3: Lyrics as well. So, you know, it's not over yet 186 00:09:35,129 --> 00:09:36,720 by a long shot, unfortunately. 187 00:09:36,740 --> 00:09:38,799 Speaker 1: I mean, David, do you consider him hip-hop? 188 00:09:39,179 --> 00:09:41,740 Speaker 3: I'm saying him black music person. I wouldn't say him hip-hop. 189 00:09:41,779 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's kind of like... Kind of like punk rock, 190 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:47,480 rock and roll. 191 00:09:47,539 --> 00:09:50,129 Speaker 2: Alternative kind of vibe. 192 00:09:50,210 --> 00:09:54,889 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, he's black, but yeah. I 193 00:09:54,929 --> 00:09:57,649 like to be specific because I get irritated when people 194 00:09:57,690 --> 00:09:58,950 call Chris Brown a rapper. 195 00:09:58,970 --> 00:09:59,230 Speaker 2: Right. 196 00:10:00,029 --> 00:10:01,269 Speaker 1: I never heard can. 197 00:10:01,309 --> 00:10:02,809 Speaker 3: Chris brown rap you're. 198 00:10:02,529 --> 00:10:05,269 Speaker 2: Right okay i i never singer though he's more of 199 00:10:05,340 --> 00:10:06,789 a dancer than a rapper how about that. 200 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:08,940 Speaker 1: He's more yeah he's a singer and a dancer i 201 00:10:08,980 --> 00:10:11,960 mean i've seen him perform i didn't really see him rapping. 202 00:10:11,740 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 3: Seen him act more and i've seen him rap he's 203 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:14,440 a dancer. 204 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,279 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah so i mean i i just yeah i'm 205 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,990 just I point it out because I think when we 206 00:10:19,049 --> 00:10:22,090 go along with the mainstream media calling every black man 207 00:10:22,110 --> 00:10:27,649 a rapper, we set ourselves up not to say that 208 00:10:29,269 --> 00:10:32,440 we should be murdering people or we should be having 209 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:36,120 these other legal problems if possible, but I think defining 210 00:10:36,159 --> 00:10:42,899 how we are labeled and being specific is helpful. There's 211 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:45,230 my little talking point. tip of the day we've got 212 00:10:45,269 --> 00:10:48,870 news traffic and sports and then we'll be back with 213 00:10:48,950 --> 00:10:58,049 more conversation only right here good morning happy talking point 214 00:10:58,250 --> 00:11:02,620 Tuesday I'm Dominique the show is called first things first 215 00:11:02,669 --> 00:11:06,019 and my first thing is always prayer giving thanks giving 216 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,860 praises and asking for blessings from God asking for the 217 00:11:08,899 --> 00:11:13,299 blessings of the ancestors and the elders and court is 218 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,639 in session All right, so this is how we do 219 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,580 it on a Tuesday. Hour one, we look left coast. 220 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,879 Hour two, we go national, international, and beyond. And in 221 00:11:23,919 --> 00:11:25,809 the third hour, we do a deep dive with a 222 00:11:25,870 --> 00:11:31,070 hot topic or a person or persons of interest. We 223 00:11:31,110 --> 00:11:34,029 are doing all of that today, and you are welcome 224 00:11:34,210 --> 00:11:41,820 in every hour at 800-920-1580, 800-920-1580. That's the number if 225 00:11:41,860 --> 00:11:45,320 you want to say something about something. Hour one today 226 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,799 is just me, you, Miles, and your devices. Is that 227 00:11:49,820 --> 00:11:51,700 what they mean when they say leave you to your 228 00:11:51,779 --> 00:11:55,019 own devices, your phone? The phone works. You can hit 229 00:11:55,039 --> 00:11:59,399 me up on all of the socials at KBLA 1580 230 00:11:59,399 --> 00:12:03,490 or my socials are at the Prima Radio. Whoops. Just 231 00:12:03,950 --> 00:12:07,230 knocking stuff down. Bull in a china shop this morning, 232 00:12:07,250 --> 00:12:13,570 but I'd love to hear from you at 800-920-1580. 800-920-1580. 233 00:12:15,629 --> 00:12:19,340 Today we'll ask the question, do Africans accept black Americans? 234 00:12:19,399 --> 00:12:24,000 Are black Americans accepting Africans? A huge number of our 235 00:12:24,519 --> 00:12:29,200 so-called migrants now are black. And that's changing the dynamic 236 00:12:29,220 --> 00:12:33,830 a little bit. And then you've got some movements, some, 237 00:12:34,470 --> 00:12:37,049 I don't even know if I want to call them. Yeah, 238 00:12:37,169 --> 00:12:40,269 some movements, some schools of thought. How about we put 239 00:12:40,309 --> 00:12:43,909 it that way? within our community that seem to be 240 00:12:44,549 --> 00:12:48,289 creating more division, some that are creating more unity. And 241 00:12:48,629 --> 00:12:51,529 there's a big festival going on here in LA, so 242 00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:56,240 we'll talk to the man who's putting that together, who 243 00:12:56,289 --> 00:13:06,299 is actually Igbo, but he is on a mission to 244 00:13:06,659 --> 00:13:12,179 create more dialogue. So we'll have Dr. Obina Okere in 245 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,950 here and we will talk with him. And you, you 246 00:13:14,970 --> 00:13:21,269 know these phone lines are always open at 800-920-1580. 800-920-1580. 247 00:13:21,409 --> 00:13:25,210 It's hot. I hope you're okay. It's going to stay hot. 248 00:13:25,730 --> 00:13:28,110 We get snow relief this week. If you're on the 249 00:13:28,149 --> 00:13:30,850 left coast, if you're in L.A., you already know it 250 00:13:31,710 --> 00:13:39,120 is hot. I am one of the at-risk persons who 251 00:13:39,159 --> 00:13:43,179 does not have air conditioning in my home. So I 252 00:13:43,220 --> 00:13:46,639 feel it. I have one little window unit in one room, 253 00:13:47,379 --> 00:13:50,539 and that's pretty much where I've been huddled up. If 254 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:55,110 I got to do anything else, it's all bad. So 255 00:13:55,139 --> 00:13:58,990 I'm feeling it. I hope you are hydrating because, you know, 256 00:13:59,070 --> 00:14:04,240 I'm over here complaining and joking, but also... people die 257 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:09,440 from heat. And even though it's not Las Vegas hot miles, 258 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,360 if it's hotter than what you're used to and your 259 00:14:13,399 --> 00:14:18,690 body is not properly hydrated, you can die. Okay. So, and, 260 00:14:18,929 --> 00:14:20,809 and a lot of the times that people are kicking 261 00:14:20,830 --> 00:14:25,389 the bucket from heat exhaustion or heat exposure, there's one other, 262 00:14:25,429 --> 00:14:31,070 there's three different diseases that, well, conditions, I guess they're conditions. 263 00:14:31,610 --> 00:14:36,009 that occur because of heat and all of them can 264 00:14:36,049 --> 00:14:40,129 kill you. So part of what's happening now is because 265 00:14:40,169 --> 00:14:43,870 it doesn't cool off that much at night, right? So 266 00:14:43,889 --> 00:14:46,149 your body doesn't get a break. It doesn't get to 267 00:14:46,210 --> 00:14:52,730 go back down in temperature. So you can call 311 268 00:14:52,730 --> 00:14:55,230 and they will give you a list of cooling stations. 269 00:14:55,289 --> 00:14:58,740 Those cooling stations are places where they have air and 270 00:14:58,750 --> 00:15:02,809 where you can find water. Um, and just get your 271 00:15:02,850 --> 00:15:06,929 body back to normal before you go out and do 272 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,860 whatever you got to do. Even if it's stopped by 273 00:15:09,899 --> 00:15:13,480 the library or one of these other spots that they 274 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,200 have some senior centers and other rec centers set up, 275 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:21,639 have some water, let your body temperature go down and 276 00:15:22,559 --> 00:15:26,360 before you go home and go to sleep. Because it's really, 277 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,679 if you're like me and you don't have air, right 278 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,759 now the fans are just blowing around the weather. I 279 00:15:32,820 --> 00:15:37,940 couldn't believe it was like mid-90s downtown LA yesterday. That's hot. 280 00:15:38,519 --> 00:15:44,110 That means the valley is cooked. I mean, because between here, 281 00:15:44,549 --> 00:15:49,769 between the beach and Crenshaw, there's probably about a 10 282 00:15:49,769 --> 00:15:54,100 degree difference. Another five degrees up, downtown and probably another 283 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:57,600 five to 10 into the valley. It's hot, hot, hot. 284 00:15:58,419 --> 00:16:00,440 So I just need you to be careful. I need 285 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:06,070 you to take care of yourself and be mindful, especially 286 00:16:06,110 --> 00:16:11,970 if you've got your mom or your auntie or, you know, 287 00:16:12,450 --> 00:16:15,940 your big homie in the house, because a lot of 288 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,029 times folks do not want to drink a lot of 289 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,629 water because they don't want to have to go to 290 00:16:20,669 --> 00:16:23,299 the bathroom. They don't want to have to deal with incontinence. 291 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:31,519 But you can really literally die. So even if you 292 00:16:31,559 --> 00:16:34,879 have to stay near a potty, you know, or take 293 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,480 extreme measures, put on, you know, some kind of adult 294 00:16:40,740 --> 00:16:43,259 pamper or whatever, whatever you got to do, you don't want, 295 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,250 trust me, you don't want to die. And I think 296 00:16:46,289 --> 00:16:53,730 especially as Southern Californians, we kind of, you know, think, well, 297 00:16:53,769 --> 00:16:55,870 we're used to the heat. We got this. But no, 298 00:16:55,909 --> 00:16:58,490 you're not. This isn't what we're used to. And even 299 00:16:58,549 --> 00:17:03,470 though they're saying that the temperatures aren't that different from 300 00:17:03,590 --> 00:17:07,670 other years, again, the fact that it's not going down 301 00:17:07,750 --> 00:17:11,319 at night is different. We don't have that for days 302 00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:14,160 and days and days where it just, It's hot in 303 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:15,920 the day and hot in the night. You try to 304 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:21,799 get up real early to work out, it's already hot. Anyway, 809-20-1580, 305 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,980 that's the number to call. It's going all the way 306 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,839 through Friday. Looks like we'll be down to the 80s 307 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:30,240 for the weekend. So that's the relief we're getting. And 308 00:17:30,269 --> 00:17:33,529 then it's going hot again. And, you know, it's a 309 00:17:33,589 --> 00:17:36,369 weird cycle because the waves are big. So getting in 310 00:17:36,390 --> 00:17:40,309 the water, you even have to be careful. Just be careful. Oh, 311 00:17:40,369 --> 00:17:42,049 one more thing I'll say about this, because I don't 312 00:17:42,089 --> 00:17:44,890 want us to die. is that if you're really dehydrated, 313 00:17:44,910 --> 00:17:47,569 the best thing to do is eat something with a 314 00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:52,900 lot of water content, like watermelon or cucumbers, other various 315 00:17:52,940 --> 00:17:56,099 different types of melons, because it's hard for the body 316 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,759 to go from completely dehydrated to just guzzling a bunch 317 00:17:59,799 --> 00:18:01,359 of water. You have to kind of help it out. 318 00:18:02,019 --> 00:18:07,380 And sometimes, well, all the time, eating food that has 319 00:18:07,460 --> 00:18:11,130 high water content is a good way to quickly hydrate 320 00:18:11,150 --> 00:18:14,859 the body because Whatever water you drank, that's more hydrating 321 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:18,279 you for tomorrow. If you need to not die right now, 322 00:18:18,299 --> 00:18:23,779 you know, just munch on some cucumbers or some watermelon. 323 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:30,720 Keep your body good. Miles, I see you rolling your 324 00:18:30,819 --> 00:18:35,259 eyes inside your head. But this is serious business. And I, 325 00:18:35,460 --> 00:18:38,220 you know, I just don't want us to die. Okay, 326 00:18:38,259 --> 00:18:45,789 so the... other, there's, there's a trial going on in Vegas, 327 00:18:45,930 --> 00:18:53,569 Miles's hometown, uh, about the, the murder of Tupac. And 328 00:18:54,339 --> 00:18:58,680 it's very bizarre, but that is happening, um, 30 years 329 00:18:58,819 --> 00:19:03,220 after the fact. Here in Los Angeles, there's another rap 330 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:08,670 artist on trial on federal charges. And I haven't been 331 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:12,430 following either one of them very closely, but, um, We'll 332 00:19:12,470 --> 00:19:16,740 take a little look at that, what's going on with that. Also, 333 00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:21,799 the deal, the merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers has 334 00:19:21,859 --> 00:19:27,339 got Southern California's entertainment community on the edge of its seats. 335 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:33,200 It could really make or break something. the industry in 336 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:39,829 this town, which is a big deal. Now the Attorney 337 00:19:39,869 --> 00:19:43,609 General has walked away from the negotiating table. Take a 338 00:19:43,630 --> 00:19:49,609 look at what that means, if anything. And so that 339 00:19:49,670 --> 00:19:53,569 and more on the table, 809-20-1580. If you want to 340 00:19:53,630 --> 00:19:57,390 bring up something else, I'm Dominique DiPrima, and this is 341 00:19:57,470 --> 00:20:01,539 KBLA Talk 1580. That's a little dirt right there, KBLA 342 00:20:01,559 --> 00:20:05,039 Talk 1580. In case you were not putting two and 343 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:08,190 two together, I know you've heard that song. Huge hit. 344 00:20:10,150 --> 00:20:14,529 But he is on trial for murder for hire right 345 00:20:14,730 --> 00:20:18,839 now in the city of Los Angeles. Also kind of 346 00:20:20,539 --> 00:20:22,579 coming to a head in the city of Los Angeles, 347 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,880 a situation with this merger, right? This mega merger. And 348 00:20:27,599 --> 00:20:32,329 when it was announced that Skydance was trying to get 349 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,180 Warner Brothers, because they got Paramount. So now they're trying 350 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,569 to merge Paramount and Warner Brothers. I was not happy 351 00:20:40,609 --> 00:20:43,289 about it because I know that this is the people 352 00:20:43,309 --> 00:20:47,329 that own Oracle and that they would then not only 353 00:20:47,490 --> 00:20:51,890 own TikTok and Paramount Pictures, but they would also own 354 00:20:52,380 --> 00:20:56,559 Warner Brothers, which includes CNN. It seemed like too much 355 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,950 of a stranglehold on American media by one very Very 356 00:21:02,109 --> 00:21:10,250 conservative family. The elder, Allison, reportedly a close confidant of 357 00:21:10,490 --> 00:21:18,990 Benjamin Netanyahu. They're billionaires, obviously. They're Trump donors. And so 358 00:21:19,750 --> 00:21:23,049 I just felt like it was very problematic. Some folks 359 00:21:23,089 --> 00:21:25,609 were saying, we don't want Netflix to buy them because 360 00:21:25,690 --> 00:21:29,289 Netflix is already too big. And I can understand that, 361 00:21:30,009 --> 00:21:32,730 but I would have rather that. But now that deal 362 00:21:32,809 --> 00:21:37,190 is off the table. And if you think about it, 363 00:21:37,230 --> 00:21:39,150 the President of the United States put his thumb on 364 00:21:39,190 --> 00:21:42,930 the scale to help one of his big donors get 365 00:21:43,809 --> 00:21:51,599 this deal. But now 29 state attorneys general have joined. Actually, 366 00:21:51,619 --> 00:21:55,900 this one has 12 states. I'm thinking of the meta states. 367 00:21:57,380 --> 00:21:59,940 We got lawsuits around here, people. I'm thinking of the 368 00:22:00,009 --> 00:22:02,650 Meadow one. That has 29. This one only has 12 states. 369 00:22:03,589 --> 00:22:08,569 It's an antitrust lawsuit, and it's blocking that merger between 370 00:22:08,630 --> 00:22:11,589 Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. I don't know how long 371 00:22:11,609 --> 00:22:14,150 that will hold up, but there are lots of folks 372 00:22:14,210 --> 00:22:17,150 in Hollywood, including the Writers Guild, that have weighed in 373 00:22:17,210 --> 00:22:20,630 and said this merger is a huge problem. It will 374 00:22:20,690 --> 00:22:24,390 cause massive job losses. It will undermine the agency of 375 00:22:25,009 --> 00:22:29,650 Unions that will undermine our wages, which are already small 376 00:22:29,730 --> 00:22:32,089 enough here in Hollywood. If you look at it in 377 00:22:32,170 --> 00:22:38,420 terms of how often writers or directors or actors actually 378 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,779 get to work, and then you divide the money that 379 00:22:42,819 --> 00:22:45,140 they make over the amount of time that they're going 380 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,299 to go without a job, these wages are very low already. 381 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:55,559 And so a massive monopoly, which is what we're talking about, will, 382 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,839 you know, bleed jobs from LA, which we cannot afford 383 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,549 because we're already in this very contracted economy where the 384 00:23:04,589 --> 00:23:09,470 streamers say they're resetting their business model, where we're being 385 00:23:09,549 --> 00:23:12,769 punished for going out on strike, trying to get protections 386 00:23:12,809 --> 00:23:17,730 against AI, trying to get better wages, where there was 387 00:23:17,759 --> 00:23:23,359 a rush of production right before COVID. And then These 388 00:23:23,619 --> 00:23:26,140 streamers looked up and said, oh, we're not making enough money. 389 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:30,559 And then they started to realize that they can get actors, writers, 390 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:39,250 and have huge hits with using overseas talent, which is 391 00:23:39,309 --> 00:23:42,309 not unionized, or even if they are unionized in some cases, 392 00:23:42,829 --> 00:23:45,609 they are making much lower wages. So there's all these 393 00:23:45,670 --> 00:23:49,670 different factors coming to play. The fact that the theaters, 394 00:23:49,809 --> 00:23:52,049 people aren't really going to the theaters like they used 395 00:23:52,089 --> 00:23:55,299 to ever since COVID. So what does that mean? It's 396 00:23:55,339 --> 00:23:57,880 not just actors, directors, and writers that are out of 397 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:03,140 jobs when the industry contracts or when it consolidates. It's 398 00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:07,529 everybody in the region. It's the caterers, the florists, the 399 00:24:07,569 --> 00:24:12,150 makeup artists, the people that sell the makeup, the costume designers, 400 00:24:12,230 --> 00:24:16,150 the regular clothing vendors, because all of these businesses are 401 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:20,910 the Uber drivers for that matter, all of these businesses 402 00:24:21,029 --> 00:24:26,599 are fed by the big mama Hollywood entertainment industry. And 403 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:33,359 so this particular merger is an existential crisis for LA 404 00:24:34,279 --> 00:24:37,579 because of the jobs that are associated with it. Yeah, 405 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:40,880 there's the content piece, which is part of what worries me. 406 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:46,109 When you have one far right wing conservative billionaire and 407 00:24:46,150 --> 00:24:51,319 his son who are huge donors to the resident of 408 00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:57,549 the White House and who are huge supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu, 409 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:07,710 who represents the most conservative, problematic element of the Israeli government, 410 00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:13,609 that's raising my eyebrows in terms of content, right? We're 411 00:25:13,630 --> 00:25:16,670 getting closer and closer to having total state control of 412 00:25:16,750 --> 00:25:19,740 our media. And this, speaking of talking points, it's one 413 00:25:19,779 --> 00:25:23,140 talking point that I always push back against. The media, 414 00:25:23,420 --> 00:25:28,559 the big mainstream media is not liberal. It's just not. 415 00:25:29,220 --> 00:25:35,890 It's owned by rich, conservative billionaires, for the most part. 416 00:25:36,309 --> 00:25:39,269 You could say MSNBC, I don't know, you know, yeah, 417 00:25:39,869 --> 00:25:43,930 maybe a little bit more liberal. Still owned by NBC. 418 00:25:44,970 --> 00:25:50,519 It's not. There's no left-wing media, unless, you know, democracy now. 419 00:25:51,180 --> 00:25:55,640 That's not mainstream. There's no real left-wing media in this country. 420 00:25:56,019 --> 00:26:00,420 What they call left in this country is center. What 421 00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:02,509 they call center is right, and what they call right 422 00:26:02,589 --> 00:26:06,829 is far right. And for the most part, the far 423 00:26:06,950 --> 00:26:11,130 right controls the media in this country. Rupert Murdoch, Fox, 424 00:26:12,349 --> 00:26:20,799 you know, OANN. News Nation, these are all very conservative outlets. CBS, 425 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:29,059 now with a far right-wing owner and a far right-wing 426 00:26:29,099 --> 00:26:33,109 conservative over their newsroom, who's not even a news professional, 427 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:39,269 so even the pretense of objectivity is gone. They used 428 00:26:39,309 --> 00:26:42,190 to pretend like they were being objective, even though the 429 00:26:42,250 --> 00:26:46,430 default was their perspective. which was a middle class, upper 430 00:26:46,470 --> 00:26:51,710 middle class, or wealthy white male perspective. That's who was 431 00:26:51,750 --> 00:26:54,150 running everything. You can only see the world through your 432 00:26:54,190 --> 00:26:57,029 own eyes. It's not a condemnation. It's just a reality. 433 00:26:57,509 --> 00:27:03,000 And if you don't acknowledge that, then you are allowing 434 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:07,140 your bias to control the content. But I digress. What 435 00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:09,839 I was saying is that this is an existential crisis, 436 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,420 content to the side, because it creates a monopoly at, 437 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:18,359 I mean, look, Paramount is already huge. It's already a monopoly. 438 00:27:18,579 --> 00:27:24,130 Those folks own TikTok. They own CBS. They own plenty 439 00:27:24,170 --> 00:27:27,390 of media. If it merges with Warner Brothers, which it 440 00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:29,950 looks like it's going to. I mean, the deal is 441 00:27:30,109 --> 00:27:35,369 only being stopped right now by these 12 state attorneys general. 442 00:27:37,049 --> 00:27:42,059 And now the Writers Guild and other entertainment players are 443 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,700 weighing in and saying this merger is bad. I was 444 00:27:46,759 --> 00:27:49,279 surprised they didn't see the writing on the wall sooner, 445 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,890 but I'll take it. Now is better than never. Meanwhile, 446 00:27:56,650 --> 00:28:00,730 the Attorney General for California, Rob Bonta, who's leading the 447 00:28:00,769 --> 00:28:05,829 charge here, which makes sense because this is LA-based stuff, right, 448 00:28:07,829 --> 00:28:15,920 was meant to be meeting with folks from Paramount today. 449 00:28:17,410 --> 00:28:23,859 and Rob Bonta, our Attorney General, canceled those talks. This 450 00:28:23,940 --> 00:28:31,000 is a $ 111 billion deal. Billion. $ 111 billion. That's what 451 00:28:31,039 --> 00:28:35,299 we're talking about here. The Attorney General says he canceled 452 00:28:35,319 --> 00:28:41,039 the talks because Paramount was not meeting in good faith, 453 00:28:41,059 --> 00:28:44,380 that they were leaking stuff to the press, talking about 454 00:28:45,019 --> 00:28:52,410 possible problems points of a settlement with the press. And 455 00:28:52,450 --> 00:28:54,930 he says that means they were acting in bad faith, 456 00:28:57,049 --> 00:29:02,269 that they're leaking to the media and that they misrepresented 457 00:29:02,289 --> 00:29:06,210 the conversations. In other words, they're leaking stuff that wasn't 458 00:29:06,250 --> 00:29:14,190 even true. And Paramount is saying that's not true, that 459 00:29:14,250 --> 00:29:17,269 they didn't They didn't do the leaks. Okay, well, if 460 00:29:17,309 --> 00:29:19,289 it wasn't you and it wasn't the AG, who was it? 461 00:29:19,329 --> 00:29:24,950 Because nobody else knows what you guys talked about. Let's 462 00:29:24,990 --> 00:29:28,869 blame the assistants. But in any case, they may end 463 00:29:28,950 --> 00:29:31,109 up back at the table. They may not. It was 464 00:29:31,130 --> 00:29:35,109 supposed to be yesterday. And there was no guarantee that 465 00:29:35,210 --> 00:29:38,450 anything would come out of it. Of course, it's now 466 00:29:38,509 --> 00:29:43,099 entered the mayor's race as well. because the council member, 467 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:50,140 Nithya Raman, says that the courts should decide whether or 468 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:55,259 not the deal is legal. And the mayor, Karen Bass, 469 00:29:55,279 --> 00:30:00,690 has been pushing for talks. She says that she wants 470 00:30:00,730 --> 00:30:05,940 them to find some kind of resolution right away, as 471 00:30:05,980 --> 00:30:09,940 soon as possible. And I think that it's been unfairly 472 00:30:10,019 --> 00:30:14,019 reported that the mayor supports the merger. I don't think 473 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,579 that is correct. She has not said that she supports 474 00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:19,920 the merger. What she has said is that she supports talks, 475 00:30:20,539 --> 00:30:24,569 which makes sense if you're the mayor. She says, continued, 476 00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:27,119 and this is a quote, the continued uncertainty is not 477 00:30:27,150 --> 00:30:30,859 good for workers, not good for productions, not good for 478 00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:33,440 the future of this industry. Too many productions in LA 479 00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:36,720 are now at a standstill, which means Angelenos are out 480 00:30:36,740 --> 00:30:39,039 of a job and they're not getting paid. And you know, 481 00:30:39,079 --> 00:30:46,920 that's coming from her being contacted by producers and others, 482 00:30:47,450 --> 00:30:51,809 workers that rely on these jobs, right? So, um, she 483 00:30:51,869 --> 00:30:55,390 did say that, that, that, A settlement would have to 484 00:30:55,450 --> 00:31:02,339 include meaningful, enforceable commitments to keeping these entities in LA 485 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:08,339 and protecting jobs and productions and investments in LA. Not 486 00:31:08,420 --> 00:31:14,559 sure what that looks like. But she says specifically that 487 00:31:14,579 --> 00:31:18,160 this is about fighting for LA, standing up for union workers, 488 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:22,039 and keeping the companies here to protect the future of 489 00:31:22,059 --> 00:31:27,299 the industry. She has not said, oh, I, I side 490 00:31:27,359 --> 00:31:30,000 with Larry Ellison and I want this merger to go through. 491 00:31:30,039 --> 00:31:34,519 She has not said that. She has said she supports 492 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:38,740 talks and I would imagine that's because she wants this expedited, 493 00:31:38,799 --> 00:31:41,980 whatever's going to happen. If it goes to court, um, 494 00:31:42,779 --> 00:31:46,119 then a judge will decide or a jury will decide 495 00:31:46,779 --> 00:31:50,759 whether or not it's legal to create this monopoly. I don't, 496 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,130 that's you know, I can see the upside of that 497 00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:57,829 in the fact that maybe if we get a decent 498 00:31:57,869 --> 00:32:01,279 judge or a decent jury, they block the merger altogether. 499 00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:05,319 That's a gamble though, because you could end up, you know, 500 00:32:05,339 --> 00:32:07,680 with a Trump judge, a conservative judge, it could end 501 00:32:07,740 --> 00:32:10,880 up dragging on for a long time. It could end 502 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,119 up going to the extreme court and they're going to 503 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,240 side with Trump and Ellison. And so we could end 504 00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:18,869 up dragging this thing out and then ending up with 505 00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:23,140 a worst case scenario where So that's a big gamble 506 00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:26,720 to take with a lot of people's jobs and an 507 00:32:26,789 --> 00:32:30,269 entire industry that supports the prosperity of this region. I 508 00:32:30,309 --> 00:32:33,849 can see the arguments for both of those approaches. But 509 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:40,349 what is not cool is people saying something is true 510 00:32:40,390 --> 00:32:44,309 that isn't true, which is neither the mayor nor the 511 00:32:44,369 --> 00:32:51,130 council member have said they support Paramount's uncontrolled takeover of 512 00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:54,390 of Warner Brothers. Neither one of them have said that. 513 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:57,869 And that, my friends, should be pretty telling in and 514 00:32:57,930 --> 00:33:02,210 of itself. 809-20-1580. That's the number if you want to 515 00:33:02,269 --> 00:33:04,509 get in. Hop on YouTube if you want to talk 516 00:33:04,589 --> 00:33:09,650 in the comments section. That's KBLA 1580 on YouTube.com. I'm 517 00:33:09,690 --> 00:33:16,369 Dominique DiPrima for Unapologetically Progressive KBLA Talk 1580. Hey, KBLA 518 00:33:16,390 --> 00:33:19,950 Talk 1580. I'm Dominique DiPrima. Just went live on my Instagram. 519 00:33:20,220 --> 00:33:24,380 We're also streaming on YouTube, Facebook, and you can tap 520 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,250 in on our app. We have an app, KBLA 1580, 521 00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:31,170 available for free at the App Store, the Google Play Store. 522 00:33:31,809 --> 00:33:37,089 Talking about this Paramount-Warner Brothers merger, I do feel like 523 00:33:37,190 --> 00:33:42,970 this is an inflection point for Los Angeles and for 524 00:33:42,990 --> 00:33:46,279 the entertainment industry wherever it is because we are talking 525 00:33:46,359 --> 00:33:52,160 about such a massive consolidation of entertainment and news that 526 00:33:52,619 --> 00:33:57,940 it almost becomes state-run media, right? And you're talking about 527 00:33:57,980 --> 00:34:00,660 Larry Ellison, who was one of the broligarchs, one of 528 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:03,980 the supporters of this resident of the White House, who 529 00:34:04,029 --> 00:34:09,090 has been very unapologetic in his close ties with Netanyahu. 530 00:34:09,110 --> 00:34:12,960 They're like besties. So that's not just Israel, that's like 531 00:34:13,019 --> 00:34:17,480 the most conservative and toxic element of the Israeli government. 532 00:34:17,579 --> 00:34:20,280 On top of that, they already own Paramount. They already 533 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:25,090 own TikTok. They already own Oracle. And so I think 534 00:34:25,849 --> 00:34:28,489 we have to, on this Talking Point Tuesday, we've got 535 00:34:28,510 --> 00:34:32,409 to really be mindful about what is going on here 536 00:34:32,449 --> 00:34:36,769 with the media consolidation. The talking point that mainstream media 537 00:34:36,889 --> 00:34:40,349 is liberal is not true. It is, in fact, an untruth, 538 00:34:40,670 --> 00:34:44,789 also known as a lie. So I mean, there isn't, 539 00:34:45,389 --> 00:34:48,829 like I said, MSNBC, they consider that the left, but 540 00:34:48,869 --> 00:34:51,699 that's really the center. What they call the center, what 541 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,820 they call the left is really the center. What they 542 00:34:53,860 --> 00:34:55,420 call the center is really the right. And what they 543 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,440 call the right is very far right. 544 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:58,139 Speaker 4: Okay. 545 00:34:58,460 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: That's where we are in this country. MS and what 546 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:07,809 they call MS now, that's what it's called, is not radical, 547 00:35:07,869 --> 00:35:10,530 but also even if they You know, even if you 548 00:35:10,570 --> 00:35:15,670 consider that sort of liberal Democratic Party talking point outlet 549 00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:20,369 to be radical, they're not controlling the media landscape. They're 550 00:35:20,510 --> 00:35:27,710 owned by NBC. And the dominant forces are Fox and OAN. 551 00:35:28,550 --> 00:35:32,610 and News Nation. And these are very, very conservative, not 552 00:35:32,670 --> 00:35:37,809 to mention the podcastosphere. I'm not sure what that is. Podcastosphere, 553 00:35:38,139 --> 00:35:41,760 all these podcasters, many of the big, big, big names 554 00:35:41,889 --> 00:35:45,699 are more on the conservative side or they're undercover conservatives. 555 00:35:46,139 --> 00:35:49,880 So that talking point is a lie. The mainstream media 556 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:54,320 is controlled by wealthy people, many of them very conservative. 557 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:58,440 And so When you look at the Warner Brothers-Paramount merger, 558 00:35:58,460 --> 00:36:00,519 you've got to look at it through that lens. We're 559 00:36:00,539 --> 00:36:07,309 talking about further consolidation under the control of very, very conservative, very, 560 00:36:07,389 --> 00:36:10,889 very rich people. Is that what we want for our country? 561 00:36:11,190 --> 00:36:14,829 It's a fair question. Quamel says in the YouTube chat, 562 00:36:14,849 --> 00:36:18,349 we've got to get serious about antitrust laws and hostile 563 00:36:18,369 --> 00:36:21,269 takeovers and price gouging. And that's where we are. It's 564 00:36:21,289 --> 00:36:27,239 happening in everything from housing to media, right? And now entertainment. 565 00:36:27,559 --> 00:36:31,960 And these are all related to one another. And I 566 00:36:32,019 --> 00:36:35,449 just think it is a crucial crossroads. Let's go to 567 00:36:35,489 --> 00:36:38,409 Paul calling us from L.A. Good morning, Paul. 568 00:36:40,130 --> 00:36:41,809 Speaker 4: Good morning, Dominique. How are you doing today? 569 00:36:42,090 --> 00:36:43,409 Speaker 1: I'm blessed. What's on your mind? 570 00:36:43,429 --> 00:36:47,530 Speaker 4: I got something to get off my chest. So black 571 00:36:47,570 --> 00:36:51,300 people do not hang themselves. And there is a very, 572 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:55,940 very concerning trend that is going on There was a Julian, 573 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:58,840 which was a civil rights group in Mississippi, had a 574 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:04,570 report that at the time, over 70 lynchings were identified 575 00:37:08,409 --> 00:37:11,349 in the South that was going on. At this time, 576 00:37:11,409 --> 00:37:16,849 that is over 100. We've watched even recently people such 577 00:37:16,929 --> 00:37:20,280 as Tisa Fortin, who was found hanging from a tree 578 00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:25,510 in Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, Demetrius Fleming. which is in North Carolina, 579 00:37:25,550 --> 00:37:28,150 these are things that have happened recently. So I'm telling 580 00:37:28,170 --> 00:37:32,329 my people right now, specifically for sure in those southern states, 581 00:37:32,849 --> 00:37:34,949 to make sure we're watching out for each other and 582 00:37:34,969 --> 00:37:37,429 to be on a buddy system right now, because this 583 00:37:37,530 --> 00:37:40,550 is a seriously growing trend that we need to discuss. 584 00:37:41,090 --> 00:37:43,429 Speaker 1: Well, it's a huge problem, and it's not, it is 585 00:37:43,590 --> 00:37:45,550 mostly in the south, but we've had one of those, 586 00:37:45,570 --> 00:37:49,900 at least one of those in southern California. The problem is, well, 587 00:37:50,260 --> 00:37:52,260 there's a lot of problems, but one of the problems 588 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:57,150 is How do you prove it? Why is there no videotape? 589 00:37:57,269 --> 00:38:00,070 I mean, I feel like there's flock cameras everywhere. There's 590 00:38:00,090 --> 00:38:06,789 surveillance cameras everywhere. But somehow, these hangings, there's never videotape. 591 00:38:06,809 --> 00:38:10,289 There's never witnesses. There's never evidence. How is that even possible, Paul? 592 00:38:11,409 --> 00:38:13,809 Speaker 4: And every single time the police say no foul play, 593 00:38:14,110 --> 00:38:17,369 we've seen a situation with Brother Nolan. This is a 594 00:38:17,429 --> 00:38:20,409 growing trend. And in some ways, and to be honest 595 00:38:20,429 --> 00:38:22,409 with you, in some ways, I believe that there are 596 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,739 some of those people that are allowing it to happen too. 597 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,780 So again, my people, make sure we're looking out for 598 00:38:28,820 --> 00:38:31,619 each other because this is a growing trend. 599 00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:38,210 Speaker 1: Yeah. Growing again, right? We'll call it a resurgence, right? 600 00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:39,269 Speaker 4: Right, resurgence. 601 00:38:39,289 --> 00:38:41,969 Speaker 1: This is not new for America. That's what Ida B. Wells, 602 00:38:42,670 --> 00:38:48,219 that's what she was doing, was covering these lynchings when 603 00:38:48,260 --> 00:38:50,039 no one else will, and I'm glad you brought it up. 604 00:38:50,610 --> 00:38:54,900 It's so easy for the mainstream to dismiss it right now, though, 605 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,039 and it's hard to talk about it because we don't 606 00:38:57,219 --> 00:39:01,019 have proof. And we do know that, you know, suicide 607 00:39:01,079 --> 00:39:05,190 is up among black men, particularly young black people. But 608 00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:09,230 I still don't believe we hang ourselves. I just don't. 609 00:39:09,750 --> 00:39:11,909 Speaker 4: Black people do not hang themselves. And then again, and 610 00:39:12,449 --> 00:39:15,590 then again. There was a recent, one of the people 611 00:39:15,610 --> 00:39:17,760 that I brought up to attention, she was so high 612 00:39:17,860 --> 00:39:19,820 up that when the fire people got her down, it 613 00:39:19,860 --> 00:39:21,619 just doesn't make sense that she did that. 614 00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:24,909 Speaker 1: Right, how could she even get up there? Yeah, it's terrible, Paul. 615 00:39:25,170 --> 00:39:27,780 um thank you for for bringing our attention to it 616 00:39:27,820 --> 00:39:30,699 reminding us to talk about it thank you for calling 617 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,699 we've got news traffic and sports and then we're talking 618 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,400 uh power outages when we come forward next