Donald Trump is being sued again, not for being a bad person. Can you see somebody being just a terrible person? Let's just think about that. This is more specific. This time Trump is being [00:00:18] sued because he fired most of the black people in government. You pick them. We need to reckon with that. Black former National Transportation Safety Board member fired by President Donald [00:00:36] Trump arguing in a new lawsuit that race discrimination shaped the administration's termination of officials at independent agencies. I already agree, but I see one flaw. It wasn't just at the independent agencies. It was everywhere. And he encouraged it, even at universities, [00:00:56] all these other places. But I'm digging what you're selling here. Alvin Brown, Democrat nominated by former President Joe Biden, said political differences alone could not account for his abrupt discharge in May 2025, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District [00:01:14] Court of District of Columbia. Brown's attorney says 75%, three quarters of black officials at independent agencies have been fired under Trump. Government jobs. If you're a black person, you know what I mean when I say that. These are some good jobs, government jobs, [00:01:34] okay? This is what is talked about in a lot of black households. Not anymore. They're not recession proof, not for you. Mr. Brown's removal from the NTSB cannot be explained by the fact that Mr. Brown is a Democrat and President Trump might have wanted to exert Republican control [00:01:52] over the board, Lawsuit states. At the time of Mr. Brown's removal from the NTSB, there were two other Democrats serving on the board. New Republic and some of the details. Since Brown's firing was racially motivated, the lawsuit alleges it therefore violated Mr. Brown's constitutional [00:02:11] rights under the Fifth Amendment. Lawsuit also points to people of color being dismissed at agencies including the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Reserve, and the Library of Congress. You even went to the Library of Congress and [00:02:30] tackled all this nonsense? Lawsuit cited Trump's attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and the fact that Brown's replacement, John DeLue, is white. [00:02:47] President Trump has removed black Senate confirmed appointees. He has either nominated a non-black individual for their replacement or has not formally replaced them at all, the lawsuit states. This trend fits with President Trump's consistent messaging, criticizing diversity [00:03:03] and inclusion, and his clear and demonstrable emphasis on hiring white people. So here we are America. It's not about. Who's the best and the brightest? It's not about only the [00:03:22] best people. If it were, Donald Trump wouldn't have half the things he got in his life through white privilege. He wouldn't have nearly any of them. He told us to inject bleach. That's not the best and the brightest. It's not bright. It's not bright. So instead, this assault, [00:03:42] this attack, maybe he should be afraid of people of color, women. because he doesn't want to compete. Those of us who sit opposite this kind of behavior are not, I'm not afraid to [00:04:01] compete. Are you afraid to compete? I just think competition makes you better. You can grow, you can do more. Or you can say, I don't want to compete. I want to declare myself superior. And I can use my power to keep blacks who already did not have equal footing out of [00:04:22] anything. they cheat. What say you Elliot? Yeah, the racism is just, it's so brazen. I don't think this is the most surprising story. um I think it's great that it's being called out and it's incredibly predictable, but it just blows my mind. I this guy is our president [00:04:42] and I think it's dispelling the myth, hopefully for a lot of people that none of this stuff matters or that none of this stuff is still with us. It's so on the nose. And for an administration that's been obsessed with quote unquote DEI for so long, this is a great example for why [00:04:59] you need it and why you need diversity and why you need different perspectives. Like having different viewpoints makes you better able to understand. whatever it is and having different backgrounds gives you different perspectives. It's a very obvious and good thing. And so you can either embrace that or you can look at the alternative, which is having this buffoon [00:05:19] at the highest purchase of office, making these kinds of calls. And I opt for the first one because the second one is just a nightmare that we're all living in. It is a nightmare. And it's just so bizarre to me. I enjoy vanilla ice cream sometimes, but I generally put toppings [00:05:36] and things. And sometimes I want them mixed in. Like there's that one brown, that uh conscious brand rather, that they got taken over, right? Ben and Jerry's. And they got the little brownies in there and stuff. It just makes it delicious, okay? And yet you want everything to look [00:05:55] like you? And look how you look, Donald Trump. And you only want to be with people like you. You and Stephen Miller. That's the best. and the brightest. I'm stunned by all of it. No, I'm not. That's a lie. I'm actually not stunned. This is expected. He is in this instance. [00:06:16] The war is over here, but this is exactly what he said he was going to do. And yes, you should sue every time. Tie up the courts with these lawsuits because it's not right and we have to push back.