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DLHS Hour 3 | Journalist and Author April Ryan Joins DLHS Crew · The D.L. Hughley Show

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  Speaker 1: It's the D.L. Hughley Show, your 2026 edition. So Thomas
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  Speaker 1: Massey has introduced Republican Thomas Massey has introduced articles of
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  Speaker 1: impeachment against Pete Hesman. It just the hits just keep
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  Speaker 1: on coming. I like it. Thirty four pages of man.
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  Speaker 1: I like it. That's almost that's almost a page for
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  Speaker 1: every mention of Trump in Epstein files. Yeah. Times a hundred.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. Yeah. And we should sign on to
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  Speaker 1: the ICC so he can go to jail.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Because I think he killed those people in there. Of course.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be. Look here. Hakeem, you better be.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't want to do this, if you don't
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  Speaker 1: want to do this and hold people accountable, move out
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  Speaker 1: the way. That's right.
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  Speaker 3: We need people to do what needs to be done
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  Speaker 3: around here.
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  Speaker 1: Don't act like Hakeem from Yonkers. Act like Hakeem from Brooklyn.
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  Speaker 1: You understand? Yeah. I know DMX is from Yonkers. They
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  Speaker 1: ain't playing. Yeah. Yeah. I ain't talking about the ones
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  Speaker 1: that got out. It's everywhere. You got some. Yeah. Right.
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  Speaker 1: But I do think it would be wrong, at least
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  Speaker 1: in my estimation, from my perspective to to to knock
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  Speaker 1: him down before he even has a chance to see what.
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  Speaker 3: He can totally agree. And you could say, I don't
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  Speaker 3: know if you saw Trump on 60 Minutes.
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  Speaker 1: Did you see that? Of course. Oh, my goodness. Of course.
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  Speaker 3: I really believe that he thinks that, you know, nothing
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  Speaker 3: bad is going to happen and that, you know, listen,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we just it's not my fault that you
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  Speaker 3: didn't invest. It's not my you could just hear the
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  Speaker 3: arrogance in his voice.
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  Speaker 1: I think that you also see that. Listen, I don't
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  Speaker 1: care how obtuse or oblivious you are. You're firing people
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  Speaker 1: because they're telling you what happened.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: He knows what happened.
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  Speaker 3: And moving people around.
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  Speaker 1: You can start talking about it. Stephen Miller is the
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  Speaker 1: wrong message to send if you want change. Stephen Miller
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  Speaker 1: is the architect. And when he talked about how he's
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  Speaker 1: open to immigration because he thinks that, you know, basically
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  Speaker 1: he was saying that it was a little heavy handed.
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  Speaker 1: A little. And you took the architect of that and
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  Speaker 1: put him as your chief of staff. Yep. And I
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  Speaker 1: think we have to fight their fire with our fire.
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  Speaker 1: And it is Chuck Schumer. I just don't like old
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  Speaker 1: dudes whose back is hunked over like that. And keep
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  Speaker 1: their glasses on the tip of their nose. Especially when
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  Speaker 1: you look at the voters who came out. You know
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  Speaker 1: what I mean?
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  Speaker 3: The demo of them and what their expectations are.
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  Speaker 1: They're young. He looks like the past. Yeah, he does.
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  Speaker 1: Or the past rolled over. He looks like the past.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't look much healthier than Mitch McConnell.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, here she is, calling to worry me
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  Speaker 1: to death, and now she's late on the phone. April Ryan,
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  Speaker 1: how you doing, baby? How are you? I'm fine, my darling.
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  Speaker 1: How's everyone? We are wonderful, except for this grouch over here.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't call to do an interview with everyone. Isn't
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  Speaker 1: it me you want to talk to?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that it?
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  Speaker 2: I'm Mary D.L.
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  Speaker 4: Watch it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, we'll leave it right where it is. So you
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  Speaker 1: have a book out, right?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Notes on a Black Lash When a Black Woman Goes Viral.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, indeed.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So that's what it's called, what?
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  Speaker 2: Notes on a Black Lash When a Black Woman Goes Viral.
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  Speaker 1: And you went viral for your run-ins with Trump, right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but you know what? It's not just about me, though.
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  Speaker 2: It's about the viral nature, as you know. It's about
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  Speaker 2: being authentic. And once you're authentic, you go viral. But
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  Speaker 2: when you go viral, there's that black flash that comes.
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  Speaker 2: People that want to take you down. Look at Ilhan Omar.
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  Speaker 2: Look at Kishe. Look at Lisa Cook. I mean, look
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  Speaker 2: at Kamala. We can go down the line, D.L. And
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  Speaker 2: it's that moment. We continue to show up, save the world.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we're out here voting. Black women out here
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  Speaker 2: holding up the Democratic Party. And the bottom line is
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  Speaker 2: the reset is coming. And we have to be included.
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  Speaker 2: They take us for granted, utilize us and then knock
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  Speaker 2: us down. But this book is letting people see who
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  Speaker 2: we are as women, how we uplift every community.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know it was going to be a chick book.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know that. I didn't know it was going
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  Speaker 1: to be. I didn't know I was going to be.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know I was going to do that. I
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  Speaker 1: thought it was going to be another chick book. Come on, man.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a chick book. It's the fight back book.
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  Speaker 2: It's the bloodlash. It's the fight back book. It's how
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  Speaker 2: to fight, how to survive.
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  Speaker 1: I don't need chicks learning that. I can't have this
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  Speaker 1: going on in my airwaves. What are you doing, April? Well,
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  Speaker 1: let me tell you something. Let me tell you something.
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  Speaker 2: Girl, I so wore Shirley Ralph, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, the fabulous. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Before she was all human endangered species, she was blackballed
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  Speaker 2: for trying to help a community, trying to help a
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  Speaker 2: community of people who are hurting with HIV and AIDS.
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  Speaker 2: I'm telling you, they have done so much to us.
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  Speaker 2: We have to fight through just to try to save
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  Speaker 2: a community, even when they knock us down. So the
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  Speaker 2: bottom line, yeah, it's a chick book, but it's a
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  Speaker 2: book that all Americans need to understand. It's about America.
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  Speaker 1: This is America.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: You heard that, didn't you? I'm sorry. She said you right. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know this when I started. I didn't know
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  Speaker 1: this was going to turn into the Essence Festival. I
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  Speaker 1: like the book. I didn't know. Oh, my God. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know. April, you knew. I know we're going to
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  Speaker 1: have Sister Sojourner. I didn't know none of that, boy. April,
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  Speaker 1: is there anything that regular people can read in the book?
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  Speaker 1: Let me tell you this. I think the book is incredible,
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  Speaker 1: especially the timing now. And I feel the same way.
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  Speaker 1: I think she's absolutely right.
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  Speaker 3: Black women always trying to save this country. We always
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  Speaker 3: want to try to set the tone right. Even now,
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  Speaker 3: in the midst of this mess that you've given her,
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  Speaker 3: she's still trying to set you right.
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  Speaker 1: I don't pay any attention. You know what? I hope
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  Speaker 1: everybody buys your book and just knows that I helped.
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  Speaker 1: I hope your book sales go through the roof right now.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: I wish you all the success. And let me tell
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  Speaker 1: you something, April. I'm different now. I wrote Coach recently
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  Speaker 1: and it changed the way I see things. So, April,
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  Speaker 1: the book is out now. It is called Chicks Take
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  Speaker 1: Notes on a Black Flash. Notes on a Black Flash.
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  Speaker 1: When a black woman goes viral.
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  Speaker 2: You just want to hear me say it.
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  Speaker 1: You're right. That's how you sell stuff, April. That's why
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  Speaker 1: you're here. That's right. I keep making you say it.
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  Speaker 1: In my own way, I'm trying to make you say
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  Speaker 1: it so that people... I'm going to sell this book
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  Speaker 1: for you, baby. You know what you're going to do?
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  Speaker 2: Notes on a Black Flash.
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  Speaker 1: What am I going to do? I'm going to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to, and then I'm going to take you
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  Speaker 1: on your little press tour and I'm going to get
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  Speaker 1: you upgraded to first class. You know what we're going
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  Speaker 1: to do? Your little press tour. You know what?
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 3: Oh my God.
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  Speaker 1: You know what? You know I love you and I'm
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  Speaker 1: very proud of you. Yeah, I know, I know, I know,
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  Speaker 1: I know. So we'll keep up in line, keep up
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  Speaker 1: in line. I don't know. World renowned reporter. Indeed. World
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  Speaker 1: renowned journalist and author on our tour.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: This is your third book, right? Oh, D.L., this is
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  Speaker 1: number five. Where you been? I'm sorry. Writing seven books.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: I've been.
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  Speaker 2: Doing.
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  Speaker 1: April, I'm just kidding. You know, I'm very proud of
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  Speaker 1: you and I love you very much. I love you
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  Speaker 1: for it, D.L. Black, black, black. What is it? Scandalous broad.
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  Speaker 1: What is it called? What is it called?
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  Speaker 2: Notes on a black lash when a black woman goes viral.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: I love you. I love you more. I hope your
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  Speaker 1: fifth book is just as big a hit as you've
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  Speaker 1: ever had. And thank you for reaching us with your presence.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you very much. All right. April Ryan, everybody. Thank you, baby.
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  Speaker 1: Love you, baby.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, D.L.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all be good.
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  Speaker 1: Bye.
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  Speaker 3: Bye-bye.
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  Speaker 1: Bye-bye.
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  Speaker 4: Bye.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's time for what you need to know with
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  Speaker 1: a one-on-one sip of Wilms.
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  Speaker 4: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know. In Mississippi,
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  Speaker 4: election officials are entering a second week of ballot counting
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  Speaker 4: in an uncalled United States Senate contest where Democrat Scott
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  Speaker 4: Collins and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith remained locked in a
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  Speaker 4: razor-thin battle ahead of Friday's county certification deadline. Republican Florida
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  Speaker 4: Governor-elect Byron Donald says the party must take responsibility for
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  Speaker 4: economic challenges to win back voter trust. arguing that everyday
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  Speaker 4: living costs were the primary issue driving midterm voters. In London,
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  Speaker 4: British actor and comedian Russell Brand was sentenced to 10
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  Speaker 4: and a half years in prison Monday following his conviction
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  Speaker 4: on rape and sexual assault charges.
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  Speaker 1: Spanning a 10-year period.
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  Speaker 4: In Southern California, basketball superstar LeBron James said his family
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  Speaker 4: is safe after Los Angeles police arrested an unarmed man
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  Speaker 4: outside his Brentwood, California estate on stalking and attempted burglary allegations.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed.
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  Speaker 1: Be empowered. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 3: Paid.
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  Speaker 1: All right. We're going to keep going. It's the D.L.
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  Speaker 1: Hughley Show.