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FBI’s Patel & Booker Clash, Trump’s Memphis National Guard Move, Fashion With Purpose

2025-09-17 Entertainment
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Roland S. Martin
Roland S. Martin
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FBI/Booker Confrontation, Trump's National Guard Deployment in Memphis, and Examining Counterfeit Religion

Analyze the high-stakes confrontation between FBI Director Patel and Senator Booker defending the Bureau's integrity, understand the implications of federal troop movements in Memphis against local wishes, and examine theological warnings about Christian nationalism mirroring historical political corruption.

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  • Patel aggressively defended FBI statistics against Senator Booker’s accusations of failing national security standards.
  • Experts dissected the deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, characterizing it as executive overreach bypassing local governance.
  • The panel examined how modern political movements twist faith, drawing alarming parallels to pre-WWII Germany’s establishment of a state-controlled church.
  • The broadcast also covered Fani Willis’s removal from the Georgia Trump case and a segment featuring the Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Golf Classic.

This show reviews heated testimony on Capitol Hill where agency leadership clashed with oversight senators. We then pivot to analyze executive actions concerning crime policy in Memphis, highlighting local resistance to federally imposed solutions. Finally, intellectual leaders tackle the rise of Christian nationalism, defining the theological dangers of confusing patriotism with holiness.

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9.16.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: FBI’s Patel & Booker Clash, Trump’s Memphis National Guard Move, Fashion With Purpose FBI Director Kash Patel and Senator Cory Booker go toe to toe in a heated Senate showdown. We'll show you the exchange and what's next for the Bureau. Plus, Donald "The Con" Trump sends the National Guard into Memphis, even though nobody asked for them. Representative Antonio Parkinson is here to break down what this federal crackdown really means for the city. And in Marketplace... Fashion with a purpose. #EndTheStereotypes is flipping the script with T-shirts that challenge bias. Founder Yolanda Crawford joins us to discuss how one T-shirt at a time can spark change. #BlackStarNetwork partner: Fanbase https://www.startengine.com/offering/fanbase This Reg A+ offering is made available through StartEngine Primary, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC.  This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. You should read the Offering Circular (https://bit.ly/3VDPKjD) and Risks (https://bit.ly/3ZQzHl0) related to this offering before investing. Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Top Comments (10)

@sinamen516 2025-09-17

Dear Roland, please organize your YouTube videos better. I always have a hard time finding the most recent live. Thank you for all that you do and I try to support you anyway I can! Got my tees 🙌🏾

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@3bh1cr7r 2025-09-17

Wow I wish was there Jeffrey Osborne and Johnny Gill golf tournament awesome enjoy Roland Martin you earned some playtime ⛳

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@3bh1cr7r 2025-09-17

Kash Patel unqualified FBI Director stands for Fringe Benefits Incentives luxury restaurants hotels and gambling tax payers dollars

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@eminemsrealmrsmathers7741 2025-09-17

Dear Roland, its a reel on Instagram with a man wearing a tee shirt that reads IF U VOTED 4 TRUMP, U OWE ME MONEY LOL I think you should get some tee shirts made that reads that cuz I want one

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@Mimi4U-v5j 2025-09-18

How can Kash Patel be allowed to speak to a Senator like that and not be censored. He comes across as completely unprofessional. If he can treat senators like that, imagine how he deals with FBI staff who report to him. Shocking display and breathtaking arrogance. He is unlikely to last long in that position. In any other organisation, his behaviour would lead to sacking or a call to resign. Does not put the FBI in good light. This person claims to have saved the lives of 600k people? Find it hard to believe. Gaslighting??

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@aniyahcrawford7883 2025-09-17

That’s my aunt!!! End the stereotype!!

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@BerndLichters-t3u 2025-09-17

Thank you for this important episode. Very important the history of my country Germany where I was born in Hamburg in October of 1942. My family my wife, my son with Autism is multy racial, my wife bofrn in Baltimore, my son born in Los Angeles, both are African American. We do live now in Germanyy. We hope the best for the USA, Germany and our World. PEACE and RIGHTENOUS.

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@dracodawnstars8245 2025-09-17

Roland thank you for covering the tragic story of the murders by hanging in Mississippi. Mainstream news media is not covering this. And the so called police are sweeping it under the rug. Saying there was no foul play and that it was self inflicted. WTF!?! They are not even doing a full investigation.

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@Denis-uz8gj 2025-09-17

Jeffery looks great!

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@DellaBailey-h7x 2025-09-19

Larry, you are So Truly Absolutely 💯 Correct and Right ON Target 🎯 My Brother Concerning What's Going on in Our Community, Especially in The City of Memphis, Tennessee:

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