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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bin News. This Hour'm Doug Davis coming up. In a
powerful decision, a federal judge strikes down Trump's cuts to
NIH health grants, saying they were rooted in racism and bias. Also,
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who's black, weighs in
on why she believes New York City mayor old candidate
and controller Brad Lander was arrested by Ice agents. But first,

(00:22):
here's bin News.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Now, the Trump administration is sending two thousand more National
Guard troops to Los Angeles.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
Why do you have these young people here who have
to miss work, miss school, leave their families, and they're
here for no reason in some instances, and I'm sure
you've seen the pictures in some instances sleeping on the
floor of the Federal building. Why are we doing this
to them?

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Black Mayor Karen Bass questioned the move, while Governor Gavin
Newsom slammed it as political theater, saying the troops were
pulled from vital wildfire duties. Ople Lee, the ninety eight
year old known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, will miss
her annual Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth, Texas due
to health issues. She was hospitalized last month but is
now recovering at home. Lee has led the event since
twenty sixteen. In Virginia is adding nine new sites to

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the state Landmarks Register. They include Staunton's Fairview Cemetery, one
of the city's only documented black cemeteries, and Roanokes Lucy
Addison High School, the first high school built for black
students there in nineteen twenty eight. I'm Amber Payton with
bi in News. Now back to you, Doug.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
A thanks Amber, and a bold move. A federal judge
rule what many Black Americans already know. The Trump administration's
NIH funding cuts were illegal and racist. In a powerful decision,
Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, condemned the targeting of
black communities in the slashing of critical NIH health grants.
The fundsho are set aside for sickle cell research, maternal

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health studies, and mental health support, among others. Many black
healthcare professionals who are just learning of this ruling are
breathing a sigh of relief. Doctor Nasha Isom, a black
physician and founder of ISMMD in Las Vegas, Nevada, spoke
to the Bin not long ago about the damage to
cuts would have made to black communities.

Speaker 4 (02:00):
If we're already having highest numbers of rates of diabetes hypertension,
so you get rid of the need to have representation,
you don't make any improvement in any of those. So
the medical community, unfortunately, is already played with so much disparity.
It's really difficult to see how it could get worse

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without d Yeah, it absolutely will.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Judge Young said quote, I'd be blind not to say it.
I have never seen government racial discrimination like this. The
ruling will restore the nearly two billion dollars in funding
that stript researchers and black communities of life saving resources. Meanwhile,
New York ag Letitia James called it a blatant abuse
of power, something that is all too familiar in black communities.

(02:44):
The arrests of Brad land Or in New York City
mayoral candidate and city controller by ICE agents while escorting
an immigrant out of court has sparked outrage. James, who
was blackwaide in on MSNBC earlier today about why he
was targeted despite claims that he assaulted an ICE agent,
charges were eventually dropped.

Speaker 5 (03:01):
I believe that ICE agents have a quota, and I
believe that is why ICE agents who were wearing masks,
who were in the hallways waiting to pick up innocent individuals.
I believe that they were doing it to meet the
quota that has been put forward by higher officials. And
this is just not what this country stands for. It's
not what this country was founded upon, it is not

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what is required of our law. And it's unfortunate that
they man handled the second highest ranking elected official in
the City of New York for the purposes of meeting
a quota, period full stop. And it will not be
tolerated in New York City and it will not be
tolerated in the State of New York now.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
An investigation is underway by the Southern District of New
York's US Attorney's Office. And finally, folks gathered at the
Ohio Statehouse for the raising of the Juneteenth flag, commemorating
the day enslaved Africans in Texas learned of their freedom
in eighteen sixty five. Juneteenth is now a federal holiday
and symbolizes the end of slave in the US. The
day is celebrated as a testament to black resilience, culture

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and progress. Photos from the flag raising event were shared
to mark the occasion, Stay informed, stay connected and subscribed.
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I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information Network.