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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. I'm Doug Davis. Happy Friday. Coming up,
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  Speaker 1: Americans are still perplexed over the blue wave and how
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  Speaker 1: even Elon Musk's fat pockets couldn't change the hearts and
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  Speaker 1: minds of voters. Plus, we check in with Florida Governor-elect
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  Speaker 1: African-American Byron Donalds as he sets his agenda. And Queen
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  Speaker 1: Latifah's community home building project will be featured as a
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  Speaker 1: BET documentary. These stories and more news affecting Black America
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  Speaker 1: are on the way this hour. But first, here's BIN
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  Speaker 1: News Now.
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  Speaker 2: Former NFL star Antonio Brown will serve three years of
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  Speaker 2: probation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm.
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  Speaker 1: We're extremely grateful that this is finally behind us.
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  Speaker 2: Brown had faced at least 20 years in prison on
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  Speaker 2: an attempted murder charge. His plea deal also requires a
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  Speaker 2: psychological evaluation and possible treatment. Black Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Brandon
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  Speaker 2: Scott has signed a new law strengthening protections for renters.
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  Speaker 2: The Rental Dwelling Health and Safety Enforcement Act increases inspections
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  Speaker 2: and enforcement against landlords who repeatedly violate housing codes. Scott
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  Speaker 2: says the measure will help protect tenants from unsafe living conditions.
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  Speaker 2: And four men named in a Cornell University sexual assault
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  Speaker 2: lawsuit are joining an effort to remove black New York
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  Speaker 2: Attorney General Letitia James from the criminal investigation. They claim
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  Speaker 2: her social media posts supporting the alleged victim show bias.
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  Speaker 2: James says her comments expressed empathy, not prejudice. A judge
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  Speaker 2: has not yet ruled. Get BIN news now on demand
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  Speaker 1: All right. Thanks a lot again. Happy Friday. A significant
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  Speaker 1: amount of Americans are breathing a sigh of relief after
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  Speaker 1: Democrats swept the midterm election. Texas turning blue marks a
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  Speaker 1: critical political shift as voters spoke loud and clear about
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  Speaker 1: what party they want to govern the state. Elon Musk
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  Speaker 1: poured about 224 million into GOP races in Texas, 475
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  Speaker 1: million nationally. Some believe that's what led folks to vote
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  Speaker 1: for candidates. without the big financial backing of corporate tech
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  Speaker 1: bros like Elon Musk. Desu Demesi is a former staffer
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  Speaker 1: for John Kerry's 2004 campaign and tells MSNOW.
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  Speaker 3: I don't begrudge billionaires, but we should be able to
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  Speaker 3: tax them fairly, and they shouldn't be able to buy
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  Speaker 3: our government or use it as a playground. I think
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  Speaker 3: that's pretty simple. I think voters aren't stupid. They're not dumb.
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  Speaker 3: They understand that people, and they want to get rich themselves, right?
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  Speaker 3: Voters want to be successful. They respect success. But there's
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  Speaker 3: a difference between success and buying access, buying influence, and
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  Speaker 3: honestly just using the government as a personal play toy.
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  Speaker 1: A number of Democratic strategists, organizers and elected officials are
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  Speaker 1: suggesting the party back off from accepting corporate link campaign
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  Speaker 1: support or cut back its dependence on wealthy donors. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: MAGA Florida Governor-elect African-American Byron Donalds is part of the
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  Speaker 1: black wave of candidates who scored a win this past
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday night after defeating Democrat David Jolie yesterday. Donalds is
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  Speaker 1: the first black person in Florida elected to the office.
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  Speaker 1: In an interview on CNN following the race, Donalds spoke
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  Speaker 1: on how his campaign centered on affordability, housing and home
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  Speaker 1: ownership insurance costs likely pushed him over the top.
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  Speaker 4: I think for Republicans, it's about getting back to all
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  Speaker 4: the basics, gas and groceries. When I was traveling the
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  Speaker 4: state of Florida, talking to voters in every county of
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  Speaker 4: our state, that was the number one issue on their mind.
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  Speaker 1: Gas, affordability, housing costs, food. Donalds also said his grassroots
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  Speaker 1: campaign was also a factor in and his historic win.
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  Speaker 1: My campaign knocked over two million doors all over the
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  Speaker 1: state of Florida. We really made it a city by city,
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  Speaker 1: county by county campaign as opposed to an overarching campaign.
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  Speaker 1: And that work we did on the ground, we believe,
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  Speaker 1: closed that gap with Hispanic voters in Miami-Dade County, in Orlando,
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  Speaker 1: in Tampa and throughout the state. Donald says his goal
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  Speaker 1: on day one is to make Florida affordable for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, BET announced a new documentary following Queen Latifah's
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  Speaker 1: effort to bring housing investment back to her Newark, New
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  Speaker 1: Jersey hometown. BET will premiere You Can Go Home Again
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  Speaker 1: on Black Friday, November 27th at 10 p.m. Eastern. The
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  Speaker 1: documentary connects her life as a child living in Newark,
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  Speaker 1: her years-long work on Rise Living, a home development and
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  Speaker 1: commercial project that includes affordable apartments. Latifah's Flavor Unit produced
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  Speaker 1: the film with Procter & Gamble's P & G Studios.
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  Speaker 1: Rise stands for Rita is Still Everywhere, which honors her
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  Speaker 1: late mother, Rita Owen. Stay connected and subscribe and follow
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  Speaker 1: BIN News this hour wherever you get your podcasts. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information Network. Have a
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  Speaker 1: great weekend and of course, stay safe out there.