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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bi in News this Hour, I'm Andrea Coleman coming up.
Democrats look to President Barack Obama for a message of hope.
A professional organization for attorneys takes legal action against President Trump,
and INDII Raised mothers share some deeply personal insights into
the singer's painful childhood. But first, here's by in Who's now.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Illinois Governor J. P. Pritzker signed a fifty five billion
dollar balanced budget for the seventh year in a row
and includes forty million dollars for a sports complex that
provides a West High backed by Black House Speaker Chris Welch.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
If helping proviso in the region that I grew up
in is going to cost me an election, I'm willing
to do that.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Republicans call it favoritism. The plan also raises taxes on tobacco, vaping,
and online betting. A bust of doctor Martin Luther King
Junior has quietly been removed from the Oval office with
no official explanation. The move is part of a broader
rollback of civil rights and diversity symbols across federal agencies,
such as renaming ships that once honored civil rights and
LGBTQ figures. Elfin's wide receiver Tyreek Hill won't raise Olympic

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champ Noah Lyles this weekend as planned in New York City.
Lows canceled for personal reasons. Hill recently ran a ten
point one five in the one hundred meter, while Lowes
clocked a nine point seventy nine to win gold in Paris.
I'm Amber Payton with bi in News. Now back to you, Andrea.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Thank you Amber. Some Democrats and supporters of former President
Barack Obama are hoping to hear a message of inspiration
from him tonight as he participates in a public form
in Connecticut. According to The New York Times, mister Obama
will be talking with Heather Cox Richardson, a liberal writer
and historian. The Times notes the conversation is taking place
after a Minnesota Democratic lawmaker was killed and another injured

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in a shooting. This past weekend continued in escalating ice
raids and the removal of a Democratic senator from a
Trump Officials news briefing. On Sunday, mister Obama posted a
message on x uplifting the DOCA program as an example
of immigration and laws effectively working together. The post took
place on the thirteenth anniversary of his announcing that program
in twenty twelve. Here's a clip of what then Sident

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Obama said at that time.

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Put yourself in their shoes. Imagine you've done everything right
your entire life, studied ard, worked hard, maybe even graduated
at the top of your class, only to suddenly face
the threat of deportation to a country that you know
nothing about, what a language that you may not even speak.

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Democrats have been criticized recently for staying quite in the
midst of President Trump moving forward with his agenda against
immigration and other federal programs like DEE and I. Members
of mister Obama's team reportedly said he has refused to
criticize President Trump publicly because mister Obama feels his voice
will have a greater impact if he is less confrontational
with the country's current leader. One thing mister Obama has

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done is encourage universities and law firms to take a
firm stance against mister Trump. It seems law firms, or
at least some members of the legal community, are doing
just that. Politico reports the American Bar Association yesterday found
a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit claims President
Trump used executive branch powers to go erse law firms
to abandon clients, causes and policy positions that he does

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not like. In the suit, the ABA calls Trump's stance
toward law firms a violation of the First Amendment, saying
it threatens retaliation for engaging in speech the government disfavors.
Since returning to the White House, President Trump has signed
several executive orders that aim to freeze a federal work
of certain law firms and restrict their attorneys from entering
government buildings. India Irene's mother is sharing insight into what

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sounds like a very painful relationship the Neo's Soul superstar
has with her father. This Father's Day, the singer's mother,
Joyce Simpson, posted a recorded audio message on substack talking
of India IRE's father being physically and sexually abusive to
her and to India I read their daughter. Simpson said
their famous daughter has worked through her issues and is
good now. In the message, Simpson does acknowledge knowing of

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his abuse toward the singer, saying she kept the secret
for over forty five years, but that the family curse
stops here. If you are someone you know is being
sexually abused. You can find help by calling the National
Sexual Assault Hotline. Stay informed, stay connected and subscribed. Follow
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I'm Andrea Coleman with a Black Information Network