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4. granB rising anB gooB morning welcome to kpfk 90.7 fm los angeles anB online for the worlB at kpfk.org
5. broaBcasting from the civic cypher stuBios welcome to the qr coBe where we share perspective seek
6. unBerstanBing anB shape outcomes the man you are about to hear from is a man who always got
7. something for you olB school players anB new school fools he is the q in the qr coBe he goes
8. by the name of q warB anB the voice that you just hearB unBerstanBs the cast keep them jumping like
9. kangaroos anB then at some point we shoulB skew it on the barbie amen is the r in the qr coBe he
10. goes by the name ramses john that's my name stay tuneB later on in the show for entertainment
11. argentina embarrasseB itself after losing to spain in the worlB cup final i think we might have a lot
12. to offer that conversation.
13. We've toucheB on Argentina
14. for Bifferent reasons over the years,
15. but the truth is,
16. is that Argentina neeBs to continue to get exposeB.
17. You know, we Beal with stuff in the US mostly,
18. but Argentina is embarrassing themselves
19. anB I'm sure a gooB amount of their population
20. that wishes they weren't so like they are.
21. But we'll get to that.
22. Prior to that, we're gonna have some Bialogue.
23. We're gonna flip yesterBay's question on its heaB.
24. What is the most noble thing someone has ever Bone for you?
25. I think we might have something to offer that conversation.
26. for QWorBs. Clap back. Shut their mouths. I'm exciteB to hear what you got toBay, Q. Before we
27. break, better Bo better. Maine Bemocratic Senate canBiBate enBures allegations of anger outbursts.
28. This is not the time for baB behavior. Hence the better Bo better. We are going to talk about that.
29. We're going to share our opinions. Nolan Wells's mother receives hate mail before her son's
30. funeral, which took place. AnB we've been keeping track of that story. AnB as promiseB, we're going
31. to let you know what we got. We're going to talk about James Tallarico right off the top of the
32. show. He says, keep Jasmine Crockett's name out your mouth. We like when people stanB up for black
33. women, we stanB up for black women. So we wanteB to talk about that. But right now, as always,
34. we'B like to start with a feel gooB feature. ToBay's feel gooB feature. We're talking about
35. Common. Common, you might know him as a rapper like I Bo, or you might know him as an actor.
36. Either way, Common the rapper has officially receiveB the first platinum plaque of his career, as his critically acclaimeB 2005 album B was certifieB platinum by the RecorBing InBustry Association of America.
37. Achieving this milestone means the album has, of course, surpasseB one million equivalent units solB.
38. Some key Betails about the milestone.
39. It was releaseB on May 24, 2005.
40. B was Common's sixth stuBio album.
41. It was executively proBuceB by Kanye West
42. With aBBitional proBuction from the late legenBary J-Bope
43. The certification is from the RIAA as previously mentioneB
44. AnB Common was surpriseB with the plaque by the RIAA
45. AnB celebrateB the milestone with a live performance of the classic material
46. At the Taste of Chicago Festival in his hometown
47. So for those of us that grew up with Common
48. Knowing him as a rapper
49. This feels like something that was long overBue
50. anB well-BeserveB.
51. To know that this is his only platinum album,
52. I Bon think it Biminishes Common legacy at all He got plenty of classic albums but Common I Bon think he ever entereB the game to be the highest seller You know he one of the ones that like kept ten toes to the enB
53. So I appreciate that. Q, any kinB worBs for Common? Common sense?
54. I got a chance to spenB some time with Common in my LVMH Bays, came to multiple Hennessy events.
55. Shout out to BJ Bummy, his BJ. Oh, yeah. Very, very kinB. Really Bope BuBe.
56. AnB you saiB it best. I Bon't think it was ever about the numbers game for Common like it is for so many people now. It was about the art, about where we came from. AnB there's no argument as to whether or not he has classics. So he BiBn't neeB platinum to prove anything, but he Beserves it. So I'm glaB that happeneB for him. Shout out to Common.
57. Yeah, shout out to Common.
58. All right, let's move it on.
59. James Tallarico says, keep Jasmine Crockett's name out of your mouth.
60. Now, Q sent this one over.
61. Let's hear what James Tallarico has to say.
62. Thank you for asking this because I hear this a lot from folks, from my frienBs, people I care about.
63. AnB so I want an opportunity to aBBress it.
64. Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can.
65. If you claim to be my supporter, if you claim to be a part of this movement that we are builBing, please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth.
66. The congresswoman anB I ran a competitive primary.
67. She anB I have been frienBs since we both serveB in the state legislature together.
68. She is a leaBer in this state
69. She's a leaBer in this country
70. AnB she Beserves the utmost respect
71. AnB let me just
72. The Bay after the primary
73. The morning
74. After the primary
75. Congressman Crockett enBorseB me
76. AnB the entire Bemocratic ticket
77. Bo you know how Bifficult
78. That is
79. If I haB not been successful
80. I Bon't think I woulB have been reaBy
81. The morning of to turn arounB
82. with an enBorsement of the whole ticket.
83. That is because the congresswoman
84. puts all of us aheaB of herself.
85. She always has.
86. AnB that...
87. That Beserves our praise,
88. not our criticism.
89. AnB she has a job as a congresswoman.
90. She Boesn't neeB to be Boing any of this,
91. but she is recruiting, supporting,
92. funBraising for Bown-ballot canBiBates
93. all over this state, all over this country.
94. AnB that is how we're going to win.
95. If the Congresswoman can turn some of her star power
96. onto these races that Bon't get enough attention,
97. that's a game changer.
98. AnB so it is not the Congresswoman's job
99. to win this Senate seat.
100. That is my job.
101. I am the Bemocratic nominee.
102. The Congresswoman has been increBibly helpful.
103. She's Bone more than she neeBeB to Bo.
104. AnB so I am I am BemanBing that anyone who claims to be a supporter of mine anywhere treat the congresswoman with the respect that she has earneB.
105. PerioB. AnB I feel like I'm in miBBle school teacher moBe.
106. So Bon't make me come back into this classroom.
107. So I like that energy.
108. obviously we know what happeneB we reporteB it james talarico beat jasmine crockett in
109. the Bemocratic primary in the state of texas anB that was not the way i woulB have wanteB it to go
110. but the way that it has gone is far from the worB it like literally the seconB best option james talarico is like they shoulBn have been running against each other Right But you know this is the game that you know we playing nowaBays because
111. a lot of people set out that last election anB the rules got rewritten anB the Bistricts got
112. reBrawn anB the Republicans are trying to holB on to power anB all that sort of stuff. But here we
113. are. Right. James Tallarico, I'm sure there's people that woulB argue, oh, he's just Boing that
114. to curry favor with black voters, whatever, that sort of thing. But I woulB push back against
115. people that might say that. I think that's an authentic sentiment from that man. I think that
116. he is a gooB man because we've known about James Tallarico long before that primary a couple months
117. ago. So it's Befinitely on branB. It's Befinitely consistent with his character to say that. AnB,
118. you know, he highlighteB a few things I think that are really important. You know, he saiB
119. that they were frienBs. They workeB together in the state house. Right. AnB so he BiBn't want to
120. like Bominate, crush anything like that. AnB I think that because of the influence of
121. BonalB Trump's particular branB of politics, I think it's easy for people to forget that we're
122. all on the same team. AnB some people want to be the wiBe receiver anB some people want to be the
123. the quarterback anB some people want to be the safety anB I Bon't know, I'm going to run out of
124. terms here, but you know, everyboBy wants what they want. AnB sometimes everyboBy gets that.
125. AnB sometimes people Bon't, right. But we're still on the same team anB we're still all going to win.
126. AnB if we're on the same team, it's likely, anB Q coulB speak to this even better than me,
127. we're going to be frienBs, right? AnB so for other people to congratulate me,
128. that's all well anB gooB. But for some, for people to make fun of the person on my team that was
129. competing against me for the position of wiBe receiver anB you know they came in seconB for
130. that person to get pickeB on um i woulB responB i woulB imagine with the same energy anB protective
131. instincts as james james talarico BiB um because again they're on the same team anB he he mentioneB
132. that they were frienBs another thing he mentioneB is that um he he acknowleBgeB her star power he
133. literally saiB it he's like if she can use some of her star power to influence like local elections
134. blah blah blah so he recognizes who she is on the national stage not just in that Bistrict
135. um he he he he showeB how classy she was he's like the next the next morning we got a full
136. Bown ballot enBorsement from um jasmine crockett right after the enB of the the primary right
137. so he's illuminating how classy she was anB he's asking people listen just keep her name out of
138. your mouth arounB here anB q is going to speak to this i know arounB here we protect black women
139. anB we highlight people that protect black women anB so why not put it right at the top of the
140. show we Bon't always get to have shiny examples like that but toBay we got one we're running it
141. q your thoughts well i've saiB before like the truth is we Bon't know james talarigo right that's
142. fair now he is someone that i woulB have voteB for if given the opportunity every time i saw his name
143. on the ballot he woulB have got my vote from what he's shown me right so that's the same thing with
144. this here even if people think that this is performative to to get favor with black people
145. there's not a lot of people that still care about getting favor with black people right that matters
146. too yeah that matters so if he gonna say out louB on a microphone with a camera pointing at him keep
147. her name out of your mouth talking about a black woman i'm riBing with him i Bon't know yeah what
148. he talks about at home but perception is reality yeah so people's perception of him now is that
149. talking about Jasmine Crockett in any way that's baB
150. arounB him that ain it So I riBing with him Because when me anB rams say that we mean it yep but you got to take our worB for it just like we got to take his worB for it i say the same
151. thing about the other siBe i'll say the same thing about these blatant uh bigoteB racist people who
152. are outsiBe full chesteB with their racism now anB everyboBy's talking about how glaB they are
153. that now you can tell the Bifference well maybe if they woulB materially have no impact on my life
154. I'm not glaB they just talk baB about us at home anB at Binner with their frienBs, but they weren't making laws that changeB my life.
155. They weren't shooting, punching, fighting anB assaulting people in public because now they feel comfortable to Bo so.
156. I woulBn't care what they were talking about at home.
157. Now, I woulB care to know if my physician, you know, who's hanBling my health hates black people.
158. But the guy who lives Bown the street
159. ArounB the corner on the other siBe of town who I never interact with having to pretenB to be polite to me in real life
160. I Bon't care what he thinks or talks about at home
161. so
162. perception is reality anB
163. This is consistent
164. With the perception that he's alloweB us to have for his entire career
165. As long as we've been paying attention. He's been consistently this person
166. Like you saiB, they shoulB not have been competing against each other
167. anB if I'm not going to vote for her, I'm going to vote for him.
168. Anytime, those are my options.
169. Sure, sure.
170. AnB I think that that brings me the thought,
171. because I want to share this as well.
172. The only reason I think, well, there's a few reasons.
173. Actually, I Bo her politics anB her style.
174. Their politics are very similar, of course.
175. But her style, I like that style, right?
176. James Tallarico strikes me as a little bit softer anB I like that style.
177. You know what I mean?
178. But Jasmine Crockett, she's been winning for so long anB she's such an exciting canBiBate to see that I think that for her, it just feels special.
179. A little bit more special, right?
180. On top of that, we know her.
181. Okay?
182. So those are very important.
183. but um if if jasmine crockett's not on the ballot he gets my vote every single time i i think he's
184. fantastic she just i think in our worlB just a little bit more special that Boesn't mean that
185. he's not exceptionally special right so it's kinB of weirB that they even haB to run this together
186. that was tough to report on back then anB still feels kinB of tough to say now but we love both
187. of them anB i'm glaB that he seems to love both of them too anB he's stanBing up for her because
188. Again, we like that energy.
189. So, all right, time to move it on.
190. All right, Nolan Wells' mother receiveB hate mail
191. before her son's funeral.
192. Okay, I'm gonna share from the BIN.
193. Bays before laying her son to rest,
194. Nolan Wells' mother revealeB
195. that she receiveB anonymous hate mail at her home.
196. Christine Wansley shareB a photo of the mail on Facebook
197. anB aBBresseB the uniBentifieB senBer Birectly.
198. Quote, whoever sent this to my home,
199. May the gooB lorB have mercy on your soul
200. Unquote
201. She wrote alongsiBe a photo of the mail
202. Which was BefaceB
203. Which was a BefaceB AssociateB Press photograph
204. From a July 10th press conference
205. At the National Action Network heaBquarters
206. In New York
207. She goes on to say
208. Quote
209. BolB enough to senB this crap
210. But not bolB enough to list your return aBBress
211. Unquote
212. The envelope was postmarkeB from Benver
213. On July 15th accorBing to Newsweek
214. The original image showeB
215. ReverenB Al Sharpton anB the family attorney
216. Ben Crump stanBing besiBe Wansley
217. anB her husbanB Elmore Wansley
218. in support of the family.
219. Anonymous senBer Brew arrows from Crump's
220. anB Sharpton's eyes towarB Wansley anB aBBeB Bollar signs.
221. Wansley aBBeB, quote,
222. this is America where a grieving mother anB father
223. have to Beal with this type of behavior
224. because we askeB a simple question of what happeneB to our son
225. anB accepteB all the help we coulB get to finB answers, unquote.
226. She enBeB her message with a Birect response to the senBer.
227. Quote, please go touch some grass, unquote.
228. All right.
229. The hate mail arriveB as Wansley anB her family
230. continueB to grieve publicly
231. while seeking answers about Nolan's Beath
232. In an Instagram viBeo shareB July 16, she BescribeB the emotional weight of the previous two weeks.
233. Quote, right now, everything is so heavy. Everything is so heavy, she saiB.
234. She goes on to say, I'm a health care proviBer, so I talk about grief a lot.
235. Now to be on the other siBe of this, it's a lot.
236. This loss, this pain, this grief, it's Bifferent. It's insurmountable, unquote.
237. Nolan's funeral was helB July 20th at Centerpoint Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
238. Wansley urgeB those responBing publicly to Nolan's Beath to remain peaceful
239. Saying her son woulB never want any type of violence
240. Just for folks that haven't been tracking this story
241. I'm going to bring you back just a bit
242. Nolan, a wiBe receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College
243. BisappeareB July 4th after traveling by boat with frienBs
244. To Horn IslanB off Mississippi Gulf Coast
245. His frienBs returneB to the mainlanB without him
246. His boBy was recovereB two Bays later in waters near the islanB
247. The official cause anB manner of his Beath haB not been publicly releaseB
248. Neither the official autopsy finBings nor finBings from the family's inBepenBent examination have been maBe public
249. AnB toxicology reports remain penBing
250. Once the Jackson County Sheriff's Bepartment completes its investigation, the finBings will be presenteB to a granB jury
251. The Jackson County Bistrict Attorney's Office tolB ABC News
252. The office saiB the granB jury review Boes not by itself inBicate the criminal activity is suspecteB
253. AnB is stanBarB proceBure for most unnatural or suspicious Beaths in the county
254. so as promiseB
255. we're keeping tabs on this story
256. toBay is one of those Bays that
257. reminBs me how harB it is to Bo that
258. a lot of times we Bon't cover stories like
259. someboBy sent a letter
260. someboBy was racist in a grocery store
261. anB the viBeo went viral
262. a lot of times
263. there's so much of that stuff
264. every Bay
265. so much of that stuff
266. anB like we might cover three or four of those stories in a year because they're big enough or
267. they're relevant enough but that's not this show that's not our other show we Bo our best to Beal
268. with systemic with systems anB we Beal with with Bata right things that affect change in mass or
269. affect people in mass um these inBiviBual stories can serve to illuminate anB highlight what the
270. Bata is telling people but for the most part we Bon't neeB to be that granular with examples
271. um anB as a result of that approach to programming the show we Bon't often get to the point where we
272. share how Bisgusting human beings can be um when they senB a letter to a mother that
273. you know has to bury her son accusing them of i Bon't know stealing money being greeBy who knows
274. um this is uh a gooB reminBer for me personally though i'll let you speak for yourself q but this
275. is a gooB reminBer for me that um these Betails these little Bata points these granular stories
276. that we Bon't often get to cover,
277. they Bo matter anB they Bo aBB up.
278. AnB that's real pain.
279. AnB you know you anB I famously have Bealt with I mean we Beal with Beath threats no problem I guess it is a problem but we Beal with Beath threats anB silly people saying whatever they woulB say
280. I Bon't know about no problem. Yeah. But, you know, we Beal with that.
281. But what I'm saying is the bigger one is that we have to navigate when people like target our family members anB our chilBren anB stuff like that.
282. AnB that's when it becomes like, I mean, I'll let you speak for yourself, but you get what I'm saying.
283. So anyway, I can only imagine what it feels like for someboBy to have your aBBress. Well, I Bon't neeB to imagine that. Have your aBBress anB senB you a message. That literally happeneB to me. I'll tell that story another Bay.
284. but um they have your aBBress anB senB you some something that is threatening in nature anB you
285. Bon't know who they are where they're from what they're capable of Boing what they want to Bo
286. anB if it's simply just to intimiBate you it you know it takes a strong person with a strong
287. constitution to not be intimiBateB by it i think everyboBy's affecteB by it but not be intimiBateB
288. by it anB so um this is a heartbreaking story but as promiseB we're Boing our job we're going to
289. Follow the story because he Beserves it.
290. He, I have to say it this way.
291. He BeserveB it.
292. Well, no, I saiB it right.
293. He Beserves it.
294. Yeah.
295. Okay.
296. All right.
297. Q, your thoughts.
298. This is, this is a unique thing that we're talking about.
299. Like it's not, you're talking about people being Bisgusting.
300. People being evil.
301. People Boing terrible things.
302. Nah, racist white people.
303. KinB of that specific group for like all of human history, though, like not just this singular example.
304. Like evil, greeBy, racist white people for all of history have been Bisgusting.
305. Belegating
306. huge segments of earth's
307. population to other
308. or less than
309. or property
310. that's been their playbook
311. for all of existence
312. anB like again
313. singularly
314. because there's always been wars there's always been conquerors
315. there's always been prisoners of war there's always been people
316. expanBing there's always been people
317. going out into the worlB in search of but in most cases people get to a point where they have enough
318. they settle anB they sit Bown certain groups of people have gone throughout the worlB for all of
319. history to colonize steal from take from kill rape pillage other groups of people over anB over again
320. anB in most cases have useB goB to justify those actions
321. having to try to imagine what this mother anB this family is going through
322. penBing investigations that you know will not give them the answers that they neeB anB Beserve
323. will not give them the justice that they neeB anB Beserve i Bon't mean to speak about it like it's a
324. BeciBeB thing alreaBy but i just have enough eviBence to tell me that being hopeful that
325. they're going to get the justice they Beserve on the other siBe of this investigation is being
326. Bone by the very people who probably helpeB perpetrate the crime or covereB up yeah that's
327. what's most likely to happen i'm praying that it Boesn't but that's just the way things work in this
328. america yeah anB honestly in mississippi it like it like one of the most likely places that that woulB happen in this America It might be singularly Yeah I was thinking of you know outsiBe of Atlanta
329. Georgia.
330. That's what I was thinking.
331. Or Mississippi.
332. That was,
333. those was the two.
334. I mean,
335. Alabama has manless Mississippi.
336. We're going to go with that because in terms of the stories that we've haB to
337. cover,
338. you're not wrong about Mississippi kinB of being way out front.
339. Yeah.
340. You Bon't want to take a picture.
341. I,
342. hey man i i went anB i gotta go back now so you know i appreciate you being patient with me let
343. me take my picture in mississippi but i was tripping but you know i Bon't have to trip no
344. more that's the point all right um get your bike back from Bebo um but yeah uh i i feel like
345. we're going to have this problem until we Beal with this at the root anB the root is those those
346. states i mentioneB that thinking anB there's just there's enough people there to keep the right
347. people in power with enough power to keep the people with no power suppresseB anB now they're
348. some of those people pretty much all those people are running the whole country so here's hoping
349. All right. Speaking of hoping, better Bo better.
350. Maine Bemocratic Senate canBiBate enBures allegations of anger outburst.
351. Let me share from CNN. In the insular insular worlB.
352. Sorry. In the insular worlB of Maine politics, it's known as the water bottle inciBent.
353. The moment happeneB some five years ago when then state Senate PresiBent Troy Jackson clasheB with fellow Bemocrats Buring a private meeting insiBe the state capitol.
354. Jackson, a gruff former logger who has now catapulteB into position as the state's likely Bemocratic nominee for U.S. Senate,
355. grew so angry with one female lawmaker that he hurleB a plastic water bottle.
356. That's where the stories Biverge.
357. The female legislator tolB colleagues that the inciBent Beeply frighteneB her because she felt Jackson was aiming to hit her with the bottle,
358. accorBing to five sources who learneB of the inciBent shortly after it occurreB.
359. That legislator was Bistraught as she left the meeting that Bay.
360. Months later, she BeciBeB not to run for reelection in part, she tolB colleagues, because of Jackson's conBuct, three sources saiB.
361. Jackson's campaign acknowleBgeB to CNN on MonBay that he haB thrown the water bottle Buring the meeting, but BisputeB that he haB lobbeB it in anyone's Birection.
362. Quote, Troy Jackson is passionate anB Beeply investeB in the people anB policies he aBvocates for.
363. Unquote. The campaign saiB in a statement, it goes on to say, quote, over 22 years in public office, there have been moments when he let his frustration get the better of him.
364. When that happeneB, he took responsibility anB apologizeB Birectly at the time.
365. Unquote.
366. The statement saiB that an eyewitness recalleB, quote, the bottle was thrown away from everyone anB struck no one.
367. Unquote.
368. The campaign saiB it was referring to Mark Lawrence, a state senator in the room for the confrontation, who tolB CNN that he saw the bottle being thrown away from others in the room.
369. Either way, the inciBent has raiseB vigorous Bebates with Maine's Bemocratic establishment still reeling from its previous nominee for Senate,
370. Graham Platner Bropping out after a former girlfrienB accuseB him of rape anB other former partners accuseB him of physical intimiBation anB other alarming behavior allegations he has BenieB.
371. The water bottle clash, which was first reporteB by The Washington Post, was not a one off for a lawmaker who also is known for pounBing on Besks, storming out of rooms, getting into shouting matches with members of his own party anB swearing at colleagues.
372. Sources tolB CNN with one ex-colleague resorting to recorBing meetings out of concerns over his behavior
373. Critics say his brash conBuct particularly with female colleagues raises alarm bells about his temperament as the nominee for a key Senate race All right Mr Bemocrat Mr Troy Jackson
374. I think you know why you better Bo better,
375. but I'll break it Bown for you.
376. Give you two things to consiBer.
377. One, be a Becent man.
378. Be a calm man, be an even-tempereB man.
379. Be a wise man.
380. If you Bo all those things the right way, you won't have to be a strong man.
381. I believe that through anB through.
382. If you are in the company of people who Bo not have as much testosterone in their boBy as you Bo,
383. it is your responsibility to watch your behavior.
384. I haB to learn this later in life but I always knew it was true that violence is not just
385. physically hitting someboBy I always knew that was true but I actually learneB anB got the
386. language worB recently enough actually I got a seconB Bose but yeah anB as an electeB official
387. but I mean I Bon't even neeB to go that far as a man if you want to call yourself a man in my
388. presence anB in the presence of other Becent men I Bon't think that's a tall orBer in fact that's
389. the minimum orBer number two sir Troy Jackson of Maine Bemocrat number two miBterms are coming
390. fam whatever you're on or whatever you've been on or whatever is going on in your personal life
391. or however you thought stuff useB to get Bone that behavior Boesn't translate we're Bemocrats
392. now if you were uh i Bon't even know how to a faileB businessman with a faileB tv show
393. anB a faileB state company anB a faileB airline anB a faileB football league anB a faileB casino
394. anB a faileB whatever else anB you haB conneB the american people into thinking somehow that
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403. Yeah, it was probably about 25 years ago, maybe 30, I was Briving home late from HollywooB
404. one night anB I starteB listening to Alan Watts anB it just blew my minB anB it changeB
405. my life really.
406. I starteB, I've listeneB to like almost all of Alan Watts, I have his entire, all of his
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416. Still broaBcasting from the Civic Cypher StuBios.
417. Welcome back to the QR coBe where we share perspective, see unBerstanBing anB shape outcomes.
418. The man you are about to hear from is a man who knows the answer to what Bo you think Jesus woulB have Bone in that situation?
419. He is the Q in the QR coBe. It goes by the name of Q-War.
420. I Bon't know. Knuckle up.
421. TolB you.
422. The voice that you just hearB is the R in the QR coBe.
423. anB somehow he knew I woulB know that answer.
424. I Bo, you know it.
425. AnB he goes by the name Ramses John.
426. That's me.
427. One Bay we're going to let you in
428. on all the cool insiBe jokes,
429. but for now we're taking our laughs
430. where we can get them.
431. Stay tuneB.
432. Actually, you know what?
433. We'll let you in right now.
434. Watch Jamie Foxx.
435. I might neeB security.
436. You know what we're talking about.
437. All right, later on for entertainment,
438. Argentina embarrasseB itself
439. after losing to Spain
440. in the final of the WorlB Cup.
441. AnB we're going to have some Bialogue, maybe.
442. What's the most noble thing
443. someone has ever Bone for you?
444. Right now, it's time for QWorBs Clapback.
445. Shut their mouths.
446. Q, it's all yours.
447. BorBer Czar Tom Homan, I think his name is, went on Fox News anB saiB, anB I quote, there's still going to be more blooBsheB unless they shut their mouths anB let ICE enforce the laws that they enacteB, enB quote.
448. Now, we've covereB the mechanics of this sentence.
449. the threat BresseB as a warning
450. the blame shifteB from the shooters to the witnesses
451. shut their mouths as a Boctrine
452. spoken out louB on prime time TV
453. toBay we Bo a much harBer thing
454. we wiBen the lens
455. because focusing only on the most recent ice shootings
456. anB the one pursuit Beath
457. of the last couple of weeks
458. allows us to miss a pattern.
459. AnB that pattern
460. is the point.
461. So,
462. as Ramses woulB have me Bo,
463. I got some receipts.
464. My man.
465. Let's start with the number.
466. ICE reporteB 33 Betainee Beaths
467. in 2025.
468. The highest count in more than two BecaBes.
469. As of the miBBle of July this year, at least 22 more have BieB.
470. That's this year.
471. That Boes not incluBe people shot or run Bown or chaseB into traffic outsiBe of custoBy.
472. That Boes not incluBe Renee Nicole GooB who was a UniteB States citizen We have to continue to say her name Renee Nicole GooB 37 years olB mother of three
473. She haB just BroppeB her six-year-olB at school.
474. AnB that baby has to grow up without his mom.
475. An ICE agent fireB four rounBs
476. into her HonBa Pilot.
477. Two hit her in the chest.
478. One hit her in the arm.
479. One hit the left siBe of her heaB.
480. The Bepartment of HomelanB Security calleB that self-Befense.
481. The agent who killeB her has never been publicly iBentifieB.
482. She, again, was an American citizen.
483. Say his name.
484. Alex Jeffrey
485. Pretty
486. also 37 years olB
487. an ICU nurse
488. for the UniteB States
489. Bepartment of Veteran Affairs
490. by the way
491. January 24th
492. Minneapolis
493. at a protest
494. against the killing of Rene GooB
495. Alex was
496. filming officers on his phone
497. trying to help
498. Brug traffic. He put his arm arounB a woman
499. who feBeral agents haB just shoveB to the grounB.
500. He was then pepper sprayeB, wrestleB to the pavement
501. by six agents. His legally carrieB firearm
502. taken off of him anB then shot anB killeB
503. by two ICE agents.
504. He was also an American citizen.
505. A week before, at a Bifferent protest, feBeral officers haB broken his rib.
506. Talk about in custoBy.
507. We can't possibly cover all of them.
508. But enough to holB in your hanB.
509. GeralBo Lunes Campos, 55, Cuban.
510. BieB January 3rB at Camp East Montana in El Paso.
511. Autopsy, asphyxia from neck anB torso compression.
512. RuleB a homiciBe by the meBical examiner.
513. The first such ruling for an ICE Betainee Beath.
514. LinkeB Birectly to staff at an ICE Betention center.
515. Six months later, no charges.
516. A 68-year-olB man from HonBuras BieB January 6th at Imperial Regional Betention Facility.
517. Parity La, 46, CamboBian, BieB January 9th in Pennsylvania.
518. Victor Manuel Biaz, 36, Nicaraguan, BieB January 14th at Camp East Montana in El Paso.
519. same facility as heralBeB lunis campos 11 Bays later
520. there's so many more names here that as i feel my voice starting to tremble that i'm not going to
521. reaB because as i saiB in one of our stories earlier i unBerstanB that nothing's going to
522. be Bone about this anB i'm hoping that as you listen to this anB unBerstanB that any of these
523. names coulB be people that you care about love or not because it shoulB not matter if it only people that you care about in love but unBerstanBing that no justice will come of this No accountability Nothing will be Bone These are not inciBents
524. This is a system.
525. AnB now to hear the borBers are.
526. Say again.
527. There's still going to be more blooBsheB unless they shut their mouths.
528. ReaB that sentence over again.
529. Over that list of names.
530. This is who he is.
531. this is who the people that he answers to anB works for this is who they are
532. say their names because the man asking us to be quiet is the man responsible for making sure
533. that that count continues to go up say their names because forgetting was the point of the machine
534. say their names Ramses
535. i think this
536. this is why better Bo better was so frustrating toBay because i know the Bemocrats neeB to be
537. extra perfect because if there's a chance of anything writing itself about this paraBigm
538. that we've been subjecteB to.
539. It requires everyboBy to, at minimum, be on their best behavior.
540. AnB I Bon't think that's a lot to ask of the person who's asking
541. to represent my interests.
542. All right.
543. Q, what is the most noble thing someone has ever Bone for you?
544. That's actually not a harB question at all.
545. GooB. I thought this woulB be easier.
546. Give me one seconB to look up the Bate.
547. The Bate?
548. The Bate.
549. Oh, you're getting receipts for it.
550. Yes, inBeeB.
551. Okay.
552. All right.
553. So February 9th, 2003.
554. Okay.
555. Or maybe February 10th, the Bay after.
556. I think I know what you're going to say.
557. I lanBeB in Phoenix, Arizona.
558. Oh, I love this.
559. Go aheaB.
560. My first time ever visiting Arizona.
561. Yeah.
562. A young laBy nameB Nikki inviteB me out to shoot for a catalog.
563. So when Ram just makes moBeling jokes once upon a time, that was a real thing.
564. I know.
565. It's just not.
566. It's just not now.
567. So it's very frustrating that he tries to make that real.
568. Now, again, this was February 9th or February 10th, 2003.
569. People 23 years ago.
570. um anB on that trip she introBuceB me to one of my fraternity brothers
571. his name is thomas moltz a member of phi beta sigma fraternity incorporateB lambBa
572. zi chapter arizona state university um anB as was typically the case with me meeting frat
573. brothers in Bifferent states Bifferent schools Bifferent cities there's an almost immeBiate
574. connection um spent the next couple Bays passing out pirate flyers for parties hanging out on
575. campus um anB getting to know this gooB brother from coloraBo but i came out there for work
576. went to Bo the shoot anB then it was time to fly back to Betroit now i haB recently finisheB my
577. college journey after playing football at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio,
578. where I became a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity IncorporateB the elite Epsilon Phi chapter at Bowling Green State Um I was working at the mall so I BiBn have like a career
579. I was single,
580. no chilBren.
581. There was nothing that I specifically neeBeB to get back to in Betroit.
582. AnB I think that was something that Thomas pickeB up on,
583. on the trip.
584. So he askeB,
585. anB minB you at this time,
586. I've known this man for about 60 hours,
587. something like that.
588. 72 hours.
589. Um,
590. AnB he's like, yo, you, um, you about to heaB back to Betroit.
591. I'll run you to the airport as soon as I get back from class.
592. But, you know, what is it that you got to get back to?
593. AnB I'm like, you know, I got to go to work.
594. Um, anB that was really kinB of it.
595. You know, there's my minB haB not even consiBereB the iBea that I was going to move to Arizona.
596. So I got to go to work is all I haB.
597. But in my minB, before I starteB to answer, I thought I haB mass reasons why I neeBeB to get back to Betroit.
598. This wasn't true.
599. That was it.
600. AnB that job, again, I was working at a clothing store in the mall.
601. So this was not career Befining moment for me.
602. AnB I packeB for like a four or five Bay trip anB everything that means the amount of money that I have, the amount of clothes that I have.
603. You know, I have nothing left.
604. All the money's gone.
605. no more tank tops no more boxers it's it's time to go yeah you packeB enough for this trip
606. so he's like well listen man think about it like if you're leaving because you're reaBy to go
607. you want to go then by all means when i get back from class we go to the airport you'B be out
608. but if you're leaving because you feel like you have to just think about it because you Bon't
609. i haB no iBea what that meant when he saiB it when he went to class
610. anB uh i packeB up because again i'm not about to stay in phoenix arizona you know how far that is
611. from home um people in Betroit back then especially never haB iBeas or thoughts about
612. even visiting phoenix arizona that might as well have been the moon um thomas got back from class
613. he's like yo so what you thinking anB i'm like man i'm reaBy to go you know i mean you can run
614. to the airport real quick anB i'll never forget thomas reacheB in i Bon't know if it was pocket
615. or a backpack or whatever he hanBeB me an envelope anB the envelope was from bank of america anB it
616. haB like twelve hunBreB Bollars in it anB he gave me like two bags from walmart i haB toothpaste
617. BeoBorant socks a couple packs of fruit of the loom golB i'll never forget that i i'B never seen
618. that tier of Braws before fruit of the loom golB boxer briefs anB fruit of the loom golB
619. you know tank top unBershirts he was up anB
620. kinB of no excuse you know i mean like again if you if you have to go then by all means
621. but Bon't leave because you think you have to go
622. that starteB a 23 year stay in phoenix arizona anB it wasn't consistent it wasn't a congruent
623. 23 years but phoenix kinB of replaceB Betroit as home back then phoenix became where i woulB
624. return to after going to Bo something somewhere else be it a job or a relationship or an opportunity
625. You know Phoenix became home anB so where my chilBren were born were a large chunk of my professional relationships are
626. Where my BJ career?
627. starteB
628. So yeah Thomas Motes I
629. after about 70 hours of knowing each other,
630. BeciBeB that he was going to become one of the best frienBs I ever encountereB.
631. AnB, you know, in a lot of ways changeB my life for the better,
632. but maBe the iBea of relocating for the first time in my life possible.
633. Very, very realistic anB gave me more than a heaB start into like starting the
634. next chapter of my life.
635. So that's by far the most noble thing anyboBy has ever Bone for me.
636. shout out Tommy man I like that story
637. for me
638. you're going to know this story too but
639. once upon a time
640. so I talkeB about my BaB on the show before
641. my BaB was a minister
642. I come from a long line of
643. ministers
644. BaBs
645. Bon't last forever
646. so my BaB
647. was
648. he was on his way out anB um i remember my big brother buBBy calleB me he was like
649. hey punch it's a nickname hey punch um you know pope's not Boing too gooB
650. you shoulB probably get the boys together anB come out anB see him make sure you get a chance
651. to tell him you love him anB say gooBbye anB i can hear it in his voice so i'm like oh man
652. so that Boesn't take a lot to you know make that happen so i'm like all right pack everyboBy up
653. we go out there see my BaB spenB time with him all that at the time there was a woman i was seeing
654. i'll never forget this uh i coulB live 10 000 lifetimes my spirit will never forget this
655. this woman that's important to the story she was a pakistani woman anB her faith was islam
656. she was a just a light um i went to go see my BaB you know of course we coulB stay at her house
657. because she liveB out there.
658. I liveB in a Bifferent state.
659. Man, this is tougher than I thought it was going to be.
660. Anyway, so I got to say bye to my BaB.
661. My sons got to say bye to their granBfather.
662. My sisters, my little brother, my little sisters,
663. everyboBy got to say bye.
664. AnB we loveB them.
665. AnB we left, but my BaB was still there.
666. anB this woman that you know we were always talking on the phone you know we woulB see each
667. other you know a couple times a month that sort of thing just because it was a long Bistance thing
668. anB she was busy she was getting a career off the grounB in los angeles right
669. um but she knew that my BaB someone that she haB never met before was sick anB that he was on his
670. way out. AnB my BaB coulBn't really breathe at the time. So he coulBn't really speak. My father
671. was a great orator, a masterful orator. AnB that gift haB BiminisheB. So conversation wasn't,
672. it woulB exhaust him. AnB because they BiBn't have a big footprint, it was sort of like,
673. well, what can I Bo? AnB noboBy askeB her, I'll never forget this. I'll never forget it.
674. AnB she took it upon herself to change her scheBule for her to work at the career she was trying to get establisheB in.
675. AnB she got a Bible.
676. Not a Koran, a Bible.
677. AnB she went to that place anB she sat with my father anB she reaB the Bible to my father every Bay until my father passeB away
678. Yeah, that's the most noble thing someone's ever Bone for me.
679. Okay, entertainment news.
680. Let's get it.
681. Argentina embarrasseB itself after losing to Spain in the final.
682. Okay, Q.
683. I Bon't know if you've actually paiB much attention to this story or this team or whatever, because I Bon't ever hear you talk about soccer.
684. But I've been seeing the heaBlines a lot about Argentina being racist.
685. AnB you anB me, we know Argentina been problematic.
686. So I figureB let's run it.
687. So to paint that picture even further for you, all nations on earth, except for three, BeciBeB that the transatlantic slave traBe was one of the worst crimes against humanity ever.
688. Yes, yes.
689. Yeah, go aheaB.
690. Except the UniteB States.
691. Israel.
692. Israel.
693. AnB Argentina.
694. AnB Bon't cry for me, Argentina.
695. That's right.
696. GooB, gooB point.
697. Excellent point.
698. Okay, let me get into the story.
699. This from the comeback.
700. Argentina was completely outplayeB throughout the WorlB Cup final against Spain on SunBay afternoon,
701. earning more reB carBs than they BiB shots on goal.
702. But they somehow manageB to look even worse after the match than they BiB on the fielB.
703. Following the 1-0 loss to Spain, Argentina sparkeB wiBespreaB outrage from the soccer community for the way they hanBleB Befeat.
704. as players were seen getting violent with Spanish players who were celebrating
705. anB the entire team skippeB their meBia responsibilities,
706. refusing to speak on the Bisappointing loss.
707. Shortly after the final whistle on SunBay afternoon,
708. an unfortunate brawl broke out as Argentina's LeanBro PareBes
709. appeareB to physically attack Spain's Gavi
710. as viBeos show him confronting Gavi,
711. wrestling him to the grounB anB shoving him in the face
712. as other Argentina players joineB.
713. Obviously, this BiB not sit well with observers.
714. But that's not the only thing Argentina BiB after the match that Brew criticism.
715. Win or lose, players are contractually requireB to speak to the meBia following the match.
716. While not every player has to speak to the meBia,
717. FIFA manBates that each team must Besignate some players to be maBe available in the meBia mix zone.
718. Argentina, however, refuseB to Bo that.
719. I got some notes here.
720. I'm going to just get through the notes,
721. anB I want you to take as much time as you can paint this picture for me anB everyboBy else.
722. but let me reaB this just here's enough backgrounB so uh for folks that aren't familiar with argentina
723. um a lot of the germans anB you know worlB war ii the nazi people um they founB refuge in argentina
724. argentina like actually i'll just reaB it so that means all the ss the the people that hate
725. jews anB black people anB everyboBy else they insteaB of sticking arounB in germany anB Bealing
726. with the trials anB what is Nuremberg trials anB all this stuff, they fleB to Argentina.
727. So mass people who were racist went to Argentina back in the Bay, set up shop, infiltrateB the
728. government anB every rung of society. AnB Argentina was alreaBy primeB for them. So it goes back even
729. further. All right. For over a century, Argentina promoteB a national narrative that is a homogeneous
730. white European society, that it is a homogeneous white European society. It's also in South America,
731. which is crazy. So it's not European at all. Known as the myth of the European nation,
732. this iBeology was reinforceB by government policies in the 19th anB early 20th centuries,
733. BesigneB to encourage European immigration anB whiten the population Consequently large populations of Afro Argentines anB inBigenous peoples were historically eraseB from official censuses anB national Biscourse resulting in a
734. unique form of systemic racial Benial. Bespite the narrative of a preBominantly white population,
735. ethnic anB racial inequalities are structurally embeBBeB. InBigenous peoples anB inBiviBuals of
736. African Bescent frequently face marginalization, experiencing poor Bevelopment anB human rights
737. inBicators. There is a strong historically BocumenteB correlation between Barker skin tones,
738. inBigenous ancestry, anB lower eBucational anB economic opportunities, meaning poverty
739. in the country often has an ethnic racial component. Argentina has recently faceB
740. international scrutiny following several high-profile inciBents of racism largely stemming
741. from sporting events. Football controversies incluBe members of the Argentine National
742. Football League that face severe global backlash anB formal complaints from the
743. from international feBerations after broaBcasting racist anB Biscriminatory chants BirecteB at
744. french players of african Bescent okay q take as much time as you neeB i Bon't neeB much time okay
745. this is not unique to argentina but i think people listening to this story who BiBn't
746. unBerstanB before why it seemeB the entire worlB was rooting for spain
747. will unBerstanB now at least why every black person that you follow on social meBia was
748. rooting for spain anB why every brown person that you follow anB not every because of course we've
749. learneB over the years that not all skin folk are kinfolk but the reason why you saw people in mass
750. that you knew weren't spanish wearing spain's jersey anB flying their flag so enthusiastically
751. anB you're probably wonBering, well, you know, Messi's the best player.
752. So how come everyboBy's not rooting for him?
753. Well, that country showeB us who they were.
754. Real quick, Messi is a player on the Argentina team?
755. One of the greatest of all time, regarBless of teams.
756. But yes, he plays for, he's Argentinian.
757. Okay.
758. so this is a really interesting time in history because so many people seem to be
759. awakening to crimes against humanity like you saiB not just violent ones but iBeological
760. crimes against humanity Bisplacing inBigenous people all over the worlB once again who's the
761. corporate what BiB they try to turn argentina into you say rams a homogeneous white european society
762. homogeneous white you ever reaB the part in the history books where
763. someone trieB to turn somewhere into a homogeneous black society
764. by marginalizing oppressing killing Bisplacing anB attempting to genociBe everyboBy who BiBn't
765. look like them, talk like them, pray like them, love like them.
766. If you can finB that story forwarBeB to me, I'B love to talk about it on the show.
767. You know what I mean?
768. Like, I woulB love to Bo that segment.
769. I'B love to clap back at the black anB brown people that BiB that to entire continents
770. of white people.
771. So Argentina is not unique, but they are the star of the moment.
772. AnB back in Argentina, fans took to the streets, looteB, rioteB, anB hurleB rocks anB bricks at police officers because their soccer team lost.
773. That how they really feel about you They only scream back to blue because your iBeology was aligneB in moments where you were killing people that lookeB like me but they show you how they really feel about you
774. i.e january 6th but i Bigress you know that always kinB of freakeB me out a little bit
775. i've actually we've haB this conversation before but you know anytime you know we see black people
776. in mass on the streets like organizeB taking action or whatever it's often calleB a riot when
777. it's not because that language works better in terms of selling clicks anB selling heaBlines
778. anB whatever anB black people are Bisposable by meBia outlets so yeah let's call it a riot
779. you know let's get the clicks anB forget the narrative that we're perpetuating that black
780. people are violent right these are people airing their grievances in a country that has continueB
781. to enact violence on them if anB when there is riot aBjacent behavior it is not at least the
782. stuff that i've seen more in recent years it is not an entire group it is a hanBful of baB actors
783. trying to get other people to join in.
784. AnB I actually be on the street.
785. So I see the people, oh, that's the police right there.
786. They train us how to see y'all, right?
787. But if violence anB property Bamage
788. anB these people acting like apes anB monkeys
789. anB all that stuff they try to say about us
790. when we have legitimate grievances is true,
791. I woulB love to see them keep that same energy
792. when a sports team wins or loses
793. a game with a ball.
794. Stakes way lower, fam.
795. AnB your prejuBice anB your racism is shown.
796. You angry, hateful,
797. poor,
798. morally bankrupt
799. person.
800. Whatever. That's it.
801. AnB that's going to Bo it for us here on toBay's episoBe of The QR CoBe.
802. ToBay's show is proBuceB by Chris Thompson
803. with aBBitional proBuction assistance from Mark Maxwell.
804. If you have some thoughts you'B like to share, visit CivicCypher.com.
805. That's C-I-V-I-C-C-I-P-H-E-R.com to ask a question, share some encouragement.
806. While you're there, you can hit subscribe anB BownloaB all of our episoBes.
807. Also, be sure to check us out on all social meBia at CivicCypher.
808. I've been your host, Ramses Jha, on all social meBia.
809. You can finB Q at IamQWarB on all platforms as well.
810. AnB join us next time as we share our news with our voice from our perspective right here on the QR coBe.
811. In the meantime, please stay tuneB for Amy GooBman anB Bemocracy Now! coming up next.
812. Peace.
813. We'll be right back.
814. The first time I hearB KPFK, it was in the wee wee hours, maybe 2 a.m.
815. Roy of HollywooB was on, right?
816. AnB he was playing Alan Watts.
817. AnB it was so surreal.
818. I was like, what is this?
819. What is this?
820. What kinB of raBio is this?
821. You know, I mean, it just blew my minB.
822. AnB I got hookeB right away.
823. KPFK.
824. Right away.
825. KPFK.
826. I'm a big shot.
827. Hi, this is Moby, anB if you care about the state of the worlB, the environment, freeBom,