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Speaker 1 (00:01):
BIA News this hour, I'm tearing mcqueenie coming up. Former
President Obama preparing for a big fundraiser in Martha's vineyard
next month. The Whites Only Return to the Land is
seeking to expand. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo
says Democratic nominees Waal Mom Donnie has an advantage in
the general election. But first, here's bi n News Now.

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Concerns are rising over medicaid cuts tied to President Trump's
new tax law. California officials worn nearly three million residents
could lose coverage. Katherine Kennedy is with the California Nurses Association.

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And essentially what's going to happen is we're going to
see people die.

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We're going to see people die.

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Major impacts are expected by twenty twenty seven. The Congressional
Black HAWKUS is demanding the resignation of Intelligence Director Tulci
Gabbart after she accused former President Obama of treason. Lawmaker
Say Gabbert is spreading propaganda to shield Trump, calling her
actions a dangerous misuse of power. And black students are
increasingly choosing Atlanta's HBCUs like Spellman, Moorhouse and Clark, Atlanta,

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seeking community political backlash. The AJAC says applications are surging,
driven by concerns over affirmative action, DEEI cuts, and racial equity.
GIBI in News Now on Demand twenty four to seven
on the iHeartRadio app Now Back to Terry McCready.

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Former President Obama is gearing up to headline an upcoming
fundraiser to ward off President Trump's efforts to maintain control
over Congress next year. Politico reports the event next month
in Martha's Vineyard is for a democratic redistricting group that's
trying to keep GOP led actions at bay in Texas
and Ohio. Speaking in Connecticut last month, Obama talked about

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the current political climate, saying it was inconsistent with American
democracy and moving dangerously close toward autocracy.

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There is a weak commitment to what we understood, and
not just my generation, at least since World War Two,
our understanding of how a liberal democracy is supposed to work.

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The event is in response to Texas Republicans aiming to
redraw their state's maps to heavily swing in favor of
the GOP ahead of the midterms. NDRC Share and Obama's
attorney General Eric Holder and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi will
both be on hand. The Whites Only Return to the Land,
a group critics say is racist and anti Semitic, wants

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to expand beyond its northern Arkansas home base to an
area near Springfield, Missouri. That word from a co founder
of the group. State and local officials, as well as activists,
are all concerned about the idea of a burgeoning white's
only community where members are assessed based on European ancestry.
RTTL bills itself as a private member association, which began

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in twenty twenty three, headquartered on one hundred sixty acres
of land. Co founder Eric Orwall telling Nexstar's Kolr that
plans include coordination of homeschool groups, healthcare networks, and legal
advocacy groups, all of which would be barred to people
of color. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomos as

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Democratic nominee Aroon mom Donni has an advantage as a
Democrat listed on the general election ballot and the city's
black Mayor, Eric Adams, says Democratic socialist Momdani is seeking
to appeal to young voters. Many of our young people
they are romanticizing these isms. They're romanticize and socialism, etc.
Quomo formally launching his mayoral bid as an independent earlier

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this month after losing the primary election to Mamdani. Among
his rivals in the mayoral race, the Ugandan born mom
Donni will face incumbent Mayor Adams, who's also running as
an independent. Protests continuing today in Togo after the government's
adoption of a new constitution allowing longtime leader for Nassingbay
to remain in power indefinitely. Right now he's Prime Minister.

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Multiple demonstrators have died in recent weeks during confrontations with
security forces in the capital, Lo May. The new constitutional
framework transfers executive authority to the Prime minister. Basically that
means the President and c is mainly just window dressing.
Nassay Bay has ruled since two thousand and five and
was officially installed as Prime minister in May. The Unior
Party dominates the National Assembly and remains in power due

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to electoral boundaries that lean toward the northern support base.
I'm Terry McCready for the Black Information Network.