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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bin News this hour. I'm Doug Davis, a black US representative.
Ones that are provisioned in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill with
block states, some passing or enforcing laws regulating AI for
the next ten years, a move, she says, with harmed
black communities. Also Democrats on Capitol Hill today, fresh Defense
Secretary Pete Hegseth about Trump's move to send troops into
Los Angeles and whether more cities could be next. But first,

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here's Bin News Now.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Black Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he has not heard
from federal officials about planned ice rates, but the city
is preparing.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
It's not like the federal government has given us any
heads up, right. There's no communication of the federal government
with our local police department. It's quite problematic.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
He says. President Trump is fueling fear and division and
vows to protect residents and make sure they know their rights.
Shawn Dittycom's sex trafficking trial is on hold until Friday
after a juror called out with vertigo. Another juror was
dismissed earlier this week. Court is closed Thursday for Juneteenth.
Diddy's former assistant is set to test by Friday. When
the government expects to rest its case and reparations may

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be coming for some black Californians. Two bills from Senator
Aquila Webber Pearson are gaining traction. One would create a
process to verify if someone as a descendant of slaves,
making them eligible for reparations. The other would establish a
state agency called the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery,
aim at supporting eligible individuals and educating the public on
the true history of slavery. I'm Amber Payton with bi

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in News. Now back to you, Doug.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Thanks Amber. Boots on the Ground may be a popular
song among Black Americans today, but the image of armed
forces patrolling the streets of black communities is the lingering
thought among some black intellectuals and political circles. That idea
was somewhat brought into question today as Democrats ripped into
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding Trump's comment to send troops
to other cities.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Take a listen, Secretary heg Seth, if the president wanted
to deploy marines to Chicago and New York City like
he did in Los Angeles, would you carry out that
order even if the local governors and mayors objected Senator,
because Governor Newsom was unwilling to address let's star protecting
federal law enforcement agents. How about if the President says
he wants send troops to fifteen cities, would you be

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willing to do that?

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Senator, I don't accept your hypothetical.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Would you send troops to fifteen cities if the President said?
Do it?

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Again?

Speaker 4 (02:15):
Senator, it's a complete hypothetical.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
Lacking no lacking any context at all.

Speaker 4 (02:20):
Or you're the said, I refuse to box myself in
based on well, you're questioning on a hypothetic.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
You're here asking for trillion dollars, and I want to
know how you're going to spend it.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Some Black Americans see the possibility of President Trump's sending
troops into US cities during protests or ice rates as
a dangerous step towards martial law, and many of us
may not be aware that buried in Trump's Big Beautiful
Bill as a ten year ban on state level AI regulation,
and Black US Representative i Hada Presley is not having it.
She said. If the bill is passed, the measure could

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be devastating to black community, stripping away protections as artificial
intelligence is shaping everything from policy to healthcare. During a
House committee meeting on oversighting government reform, she said, let's.

Speaker 4 (03:00):
Talk about why regulating AI matters. Artificial intelligence reflects the
assumptions of those who build it and the priorities of
those who use it, and too often those priorities fail
to include the safety, the rights, and economic opportunity of
black communities and other marginalized groups. We cannot allow AI
to be the latest chapter in America's history of exploiting

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marginalized groups, namely the black community. The government must invest
in an approach rooted in equity that protects the rights
of everyone.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Supporters of the provision claim it's all about keeping things
simple and helping AI grow, letting the federal government and
big tech companies to call the shots. And finally, Beyonce
will kick off for a Cowboy cartertor dates in Paris
on June nineteenth, and while we honor June teenth here
in the States, Paris Yance fans are planning a tribute
to Black Americans. Reports say as Queen Bee plans to

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singer a song titled Freedom, the crowd is expected to
stand up waiving June teenth flags in unity Beyonce, of course,
hails from Houston, Texas, not far from Galveston, where the
holiday took root. The Cowboy Cartertory won. From June nineteenth
through the twenty second, all of the shows are sold out.
One French organizer says, we want Beyonce to feel our love.

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