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So, today I wanted to have a brief brief conversation about uh the continuing purge of black women from the government. Now, we know at this point and I've I've been saying this since the beginning of 2025, black men's job losses exceed black women's. There've only been a couple of a few months where black women exceeded black men, but for the most part, and you can go back decades with this, black men's job losses and unemployment rates were were have consistently been higher than black women. So, let's just get that straight.
But, today we're talking about a very specific type of loss. And I started talking about this in early 2025, my first couple shows, I was dealing with it because I was looking at the ways in which you had key black women who had been celebrated for making career advances, whether they were judges, politicians, uh you know, and and politicians at varying levels, you know, sometimes they were, you know, federal, sometimes they were local. Um and I I did one show where I want to say I covered like somewhere between 10 and 12 black women who were being immediately purged. And I attributed this to not only the election of Trump, but the kind of shift in ideology that hit, you know, that hit the country. We were we were calling the red wave at that point. And uh I think it's still happening. I think it's still happening, but I'm only going to talk about one instance of it. Right?
So, check this out. This is CBS News. This is dated May 12th, 2026. Georgia Senate subpoenas Stacey Abrams over campaign finance violations tied to New Georgia project. Now, I've I've I've mentioned this before, but now we're seeing it come back in the news again, right? So, they're dealing with it. But, part of the reason I wanted to cover this is because I think the purge is still taking place. I think there's been a serious kind of demotion that's been happening. We you know, people attributed it to DEI, but you know, statistically DEI uh there's been a very small number of black directly you know, benefited by DEI. It's mostly been white women. Right? So, that said, um I think in this instance, it's been black women. Despite the job losses that black men have suffered from, it hasn't been at this level to the greatest degree.
Now, let me also be clear about one other thing. I think politicians do this quite regularly. I just don't think they get caught as much. I think I think who gets caught is as political as the positions they're in. And I think the reason black women have been being called out is not because they were doing something that other politicians weren't doing, it's because it was politically strategic at that point to eliminate them. And so, you know, I think that's how government works in many instances. The things that people get to do under the table, when you've been ejected from the stage, you just happen to get punished for those things. But, I think they're quite common. I really do. I don't really think in this instance, this is a testimony to black women as a whole because they caught got caught stealing. I think this has to do with political culture. The culture of electoral politics. But, nevertheless, I do think there's a statement being made when we find them being ejected in the manner that we've been seeing.
So, let's start it up. Says, "Stacey Abrams is being ordered to testify before a Georgia uh Senate committee investigating campaign finance violations connected to a voter advo- advocacy group she founded. The Georgia Senate Special Committee on Investigations issued subpoenas to Abrams along with Lauren Groh-Wargo and Nse Ufot, and I'm sure I wrecked those names. My apologies. Ordering all three women to appear before the committee at the Georgia State Capitol on Friday at 10:00 a.m."
Now, I do think that when black women get caught up in these things, I think everyday folk look at it like y'all have to know you can't play the same game white politicians play. And I believe that. I do agree with it. You're more liable to get caught and and used as an example and pushed out. But I don't think that they're doing this by themselves. Anyway, the subpoenas stem from findings by the Georgia State Ethics Commission that the New Georgia Project and its affiliated New Geor- Georgia Project Action Fund violated Georgia campaign finance laws during the 2018 election cycle. Earlier this year, the organizations admitted to 16 violations of state law and agreed to pay a $300,000 fine, the largest [music] campaign finance penalty in Georgia history.
Now, I've been talking about this, not just this, but I've been talking about this across the country. I've pointed out women in the Bay Area and Los Angeles and, you know, just states across the country. Black women who've been getting getting caught up in these types of uh, misuse of funds cases. And it's been questionable. Um, the committee says it's investigating the extent of coordination, decision-making, fin- financial activity, and knowledge surrounding what it called unlawful political activity identified by state investigators. "This committee has a responsibility to follow the facts wherever they lead," said uh, Greg Dolezal, um, vice chairman of the committee. "Georgia law requires transparency and the accountability in our elections. The people of Georgia deserve to know who was involved, what decisions were made, and how millions of dollars flowed through organizations that admitted to violating our campaign finance laws." All right, committee chairman Senator Bill Cosworth or Calser, excuse me, said the investigation is focusing on restoring public confidence in Georgia's election and campaign finance systems. The integrity of our political I don't want to read this Integrity Anyway, let's just get Let's see if there's any pertinent information left in this. Um let me see cuz that all the grandstanding makes me sick. Uh not in in >> [music] >> you know, in defense of Abrams, but just in terms of this political posturing, it sickens me. Uh when organizations secretly spend millions to influence elections while evading disclosure requirements, it undermines confidence in our democratic process. The Senate will continue to pursuing the truth and ensuring accountability regardless of political party or influence. You can't have the Epstein files still hidden and shrouded, and yet you you pushing people out and calling people out and only certain people for this type of misuse of funds. I think if there was a strict pin, you know, and they actually investigated the majority of the government, I think there'd be a lot of people being pushed out. You know, so I just I just find a little bit of this questionable. Not in in defense of Abrams, but just in terms of the defense of truth. Um let me see. Doll's all went further on social media writing that the era of untouchable politics political elites is over following the issuance of the subpoenas.
All right, I believe that when I see it. Abrams founded the New Georgia Project in 2013 before resigning from the group in 2017. She narrowly lost the 2018 Georgia governor's race to Republican Governor Brian Kemp and lost the rematch in 2022 by a wider margin. The New Georgia Project has since dissolved. The committee says additional hearings and witnesses or witness testimony are expected in the coming weeks.
Now, I'll be clear. I I I have no reason to believe she didn't do this. I've been seeing as I said a number of of black women being caught up and I've done shows on them. So, if you haven't been watching my shows covering this in the last year and a half, go check it out. This has been pretty consistent across the board. There've been a lot of them. Like I said, I did a show covering 12 in a row just in one show. And all of this was happening in the first few months of 2025. So, there's been this purge has been going on for a little while. And I think it's still happening. Right? And I do think it's bigger than black women, you know, cuz the whole press against DEI from the right, uh there's too few black women for it to be about them. I think that was about white women in particular. But, there have been, you know, there's been a certain amount of attention targeted at black women and they've been caught up doing all kinds of stuff. Right? Embezzlement, misuse of funds, you know, just and a lot of it has been tied to, you know, pleasure, luxury. You're talking, uh, you know, the the misuse of flights, you know, across the you know, across the world, taking trips, you know, paying for everything from lunches to hotel stays to clothing and bags. I mean, it's it's pretty predictable. But, in this instance, um it's interesting to see how it's still moving forward. So, I think Stacy Stacy Abrams, um I'm curious to see if her political career continues after this. But, as far as I can tell, it looks to me like this purge is continuing. And I'm I'm curious to see if there're going to be any more cases. Like I said, I've covered a few of them so far this year, but we'll see if there are any more.
I'm curious to know your thoughts on this purge that I've been talking about. What have you been seeing? And most particularly, where are you seeing it? Are you seeing it where you live? Are you still seeing these things hit the news? Are you hearing about things that haven't hit the news? You know, share that with us. All right. And we're seeing it on variety of levels, too. I mean, it the kind of if we just frame it as theft, we're seeing it amongst working class women, we're seeing it amongst the political elite. But it's taken on a different bent. And if if anything, to me, it further highlights uh the decoupling of black America in a particular way. And that especially when you talk about working class women getting caught up in schemes, being arrested for various things. There was one case recently about a woman working multiple jobs and and actually being on Zoom and just having a pre-recorded image of herself up there, you know, trying to make more money. And I ain't mad at her for it. It was hilarious. To one I saw on Facebook that I couldn't verify if it was accurate enough, but a woman who was running scams to get free groceries out of Walmart. But all of these kinds of plans, to me, just highlight the shift in the culture and the impact economically on black women who have doubled down on independence and are now finding that rug being pulled from under them.
Now, the difference for black men is we never we never claimed anything about independence. We were independent whether we wanted to be or not. And we never had the luxury of having a a safety net. Even the the presentation or performance of uh access. Black men have we haven't especially working class and below have never enjoyed that. So, when we lose jobs, nobody gives a damn. When we have to hustle and struggle and adapt, nobody cares. It's not even a part of the conversation we have because we know this is black male life. For black women, this has been a major adjustment since 2025. And we've been seeing them struggle with this. So anyway, give me your thoughts. Let me know what you're seeing. Let me know >> [music] >> what else is going on. And I'll holler at y'all later. Peace.