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Black City Takeovers and Racist Maps — Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab Exposed

2025-08-18 News & Politics
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Roland S. Martin
Roland S. Martin
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Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee Exposes Coordinated Authoritarian Tactics Against Black Cities and Democracy

Understand how former President Trump’s threats to militarize cities link directly to racist gerrymandering efforts, and learn the unified political strategies emerging to resist this power grab.

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  • Connect Trump’s proposed policy of occupying cities with racially targeted electoral mapping (gerrymandering).
  • Recognize that successful crime reduction strategies in cities like Oakland rely on comprehensive community investment, not just policing.
  • Black political leaders, including the Congressional Black Caucus and Mayors Association, are coordinating a unified resistance movement.

This segment features former Congresswoman and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee detailing an authoritarian playbook she views as coordinated by Donald Trump. Lee contrasts his tactics—militarizing government and attacking Black-led cities—with the complex realities of crime reduction, arguing that resource denial is part of the strategy. The discussion culminates in a call for leveraging growing Black political power across local and national levels to fight anti-democratic maneuvers like racist gerrymandering.

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Former Congresswoman and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee issues a blistering warning about authoritarian tactics. She connects Trump’s attempts to militarize government and target Black cities with the GOP’s racist maps in Texas. Lee frames these moves as coordinated tools in an authoritarian power grab that threatens democracy nationwide. 🔥 Barbara Lee connects Trump’s authoritarian playbook with racist maps in Texas and attacks on Black cities. 🔥 City takeovers and gerrymandering exposed as part of a coordinated GOP power grab. 🔥 Lee warns these moves are designed to dismantle democracy and cement authoritarian rule. 🔥 “This is not governance — this is cruelty, oppression, and a direct assault on democracy.” #BarbaraLee, #Trump, #Authoritarianism, #RacistMaps, #RolandMartinUnfiltered, #BlackStarNetwork Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXB7nX8bL2U2sje8d212Yw/join Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y45kl 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms 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)

@deidra-il1zq 2025-08-18

The 1st thing They Say... Raise Property Taxes .. wonder who that hurts...

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@julietmba1404 2025-08-18

Currect. Poverty is the root of evil.

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@robinsampson8573 2025-08-18

Thank you for your service Salute Sir

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@WillPenn 2025-08-18

It’s not easy being the face of a group of people who hang you out and quick to pull the rug out from under you. So Yes! Thank You for Your Service!

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@WillPenn 2025-08-18

Mad props to Thank You for your service! I’m a Veteran and Sometimes We forget Our Representatives are fighting for US the same way we fight for the Country.

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@mr.haroldwilliamsjr.4087 2025-08-18

LOVE IT

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@indiawhite3501 2025-08-18

I need that hat sir 💯💯

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@angelajohnson2528 2025-08-18

Trump Release The E Files

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@michaelteagle49 2025-08-19

💙

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@TimJones-n6f 2025-08-18

It's not the regular people on all the crazy misused behavior it's higher ups that's teaching and creating this behavior to issue it out to me

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