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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. I'm Doug Davis. Coming up, Democrats
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  Speaker 1: are prepping for hearings and investigations into DHS after Tuesday's election. Plus,
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  Speaker 1: New York AG African-American Letitia James is beginning another term
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  Speaker 1: and makes a promise to President Trump. These stories and
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  Speaker 1: more news affecting black America are on the way this hour.
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  Speaker 1: But first, here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 2: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is thanking supporters following his re-election
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  Speaker 2: victory over Republican Darren Bailey.
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  Speaker 1: Doing everything we can both to lower electricity costs or
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  Speaker 1: lower the cost of insurance.
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  Speaker 2: During a stop at a black-owned restaurant on Chicago's South Side,
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  Speaker 2: Pritzker said his priorities include affordable housing and lower electric bills.
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  Speaker 2: Asked about a possible 2028 presidential run, he said his
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  Speaker 2: focus remains on Illinois. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has
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  Speaker 2: conceded her re-election race to Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who leads
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  Speaker 2: by roughly 35,000 votes. Bass, the city's first black woman mayor,
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  Speaker 2: congratulated Raman and pledged a smooth transition. Raman will take
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  Speaker 2: office December 13th. And California Secretary of State Shirley Weber
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  Speaker 2: has won re-election, defeating Republican Don Wagner. Weber campaigned on
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  Speaker 2: protecting voting rights and election security, while Wagner criticized delays
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  Speaker 2: in vote counting. Weber made history in 2021 as California's
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  Speaker 2: first black secretary of state. I'm Amber Payton with BIN
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  Speaker 2: News Now. Back to you, Doug. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Good evening.
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  Speaker 1: After Tuesday's election, California Democrat and ranking member of the
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  Speaker 1: House Oversight Committee, Rob Garcia, held a news conference today
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  Speaker 1: outlining his proposed oversight agenda. that will examine alleged corruption
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  Speaker 1: by President Trump, his administration, and private businesses.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to take on the Trump crime family. The
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  Speaker 3: amount of grift and corruption is unprecedented in American politics.
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  Speaker 3: They are stealing your money, and they're stealing your hard-earned labor,
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  Speaker 3: giving it to themselves and their billionaire donors and friends.
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  Speaker 1: Garcia, who is urging his colleagues to elect him as
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  Speaker 1: House Oversight Chair, has identified four subjects, Trump's family financial interests,
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  Speaker 1: ICE enforcement, corporate conduct, and the handling of the Epstein files.
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  Speaker 3: Not one public hearing. The files have not even all
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  Speaker 3: been released. Half have been withheld by the DOJ. The
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  Speaker 3: president has called it a hoax.
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  Speaker 1: Republicans say Garcia's plans are part of his political revenge
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  Speaker 1: against the Trump administration. Republican leaders are urging committee chairs
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  Speaker 1: to prep for inquiries. Some Democratic leaders say the party
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  Speaker 1: should focus its attention on On the affordability crisis, instead
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  Speaker 1: of investigating Trump, others say Democrats can walk and chew
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  Speaker 1: gum at the same time. Meanwhile, President Trump will likely
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  Speaker 1: feel the pain from New York Attorney General A.G. African-American
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  Speaker 1: Letitia James. After being voted in to serve another term,
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  Speaker 1: but before the votes were counted Tuesday, James held a
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  Speaker 1: rally and told a crowd of supporters the reckoning is coming.
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  Speaker 4: You know what is at stake because you are living
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  Speaker 4: in it. We are at a crossroads. The time has
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  Speaker 4: come to reign in the chaos, the cruelty, and the
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  Speaker 4: corruption of this administration.
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  Speaker 1: During her speech, James also described citizens who had approached
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  Speaker 1: her about Medicaid, ICE, and financial struggles. She used those
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  Speaker 1: stories to explain why she intends to keep suing over
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  Speaker 1: Trump's policy she calls unlawful.
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  Speaker 4: No more families being separated. No more children in cages.
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  Speaker 4: When your rent goes up because your rent is too
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  Speaker 4: high and too many individuals are not being considered by
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  Speaker 4: those in the White House, they're more concerned with the rich.
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  Speaker 1: James also pointed to more than 80 lawsuits involving the administration,
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  Speaker 1: including changes to health care coverage. and funding for New
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  Speaker 1: York programs. And finally, Donald Trump Jr. was booed and
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  Speaker 1: faced political backlash during an appearance Wednesday at Emory University
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  Speaker 1: School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. TMZ published the video
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  Speaker 1: of the event, showing people shouting at Trump Jr. after
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday's election. He attended the Emory event to support his
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  Speaker 1: business partner, British actor Omid Malik, who was under investigation
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  Speaker 1: by the FBI and Interpol. There were protests outside the venue.
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  Speaker 1: Malik reportedly responded to agitators inside the building by shouting
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  Speaker 1: obscene language TMZ reports four hecklers were escorted out of
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  Speaker 1: the hall. Stay connected and subscribe and follow BIN News
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  Speaker 1: this hour wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Doug Davis
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  Speaker 1: for the Black Information Network. Have a great Thursday and
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  Speaker 1: stay safe out there.