Cyber Monday, Who’s Winning The Mayoral Runnoff, And Assault Allegations

TODAY IS NOVEMBER 27, 2023

• IT’S CYBER MONDAY! THEY WANT Y’ALL TO SPEND MO MONEY! 
• TODAY IS ALSO A REMINDER TO PUT THEM LEFTOVERS IN THE TRASH! UNLESS YOU WANNA BE OFF WORK AGAIN, BUT FOR FOOD POISONING THIS WEEK.  

COMING UP ON THE SHOW TODAY:

• HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! NOT REALLY, BUT Y’ALL DO HAVE A BIG MAYORAL RUN-OFF ELECTION, DECEMBER 9TH, BETWEEN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA JACKSON LEE AND STATE SENATOR JOHN WHITMIRE. WE WANNA KNOW WHO’S GETTING YOUR VOTE AND WHY?
  
  
  
• WHAT DO THE NAMES–JAMIE FOXX, BILL COSBY, DIDDY, LA REID AND A HOST OF CELEBRITY MEN ALL HAVE IN COMMON? SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. YIKES. WE’LL DISCUSS NEW YORK’S ADULT SURVIVORS ACT AND HOW SOME PEOPLE ARE REACTING RIDICULOUSLY TO ALL THIS NEWS.
  
  
  
• A FOUR DAY TRUCE IS IN EFFECT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS AND PRISONERS ARE BEING RELEASED, BUT DON’T BE FOOLED. THERE’S STILL THINGS HAPPENING THAT THE NAKED EYE CAN’T SEE. 

 

• ANGELINA JOLIE “DID THE RIGHT THING” AND LET HER DAUGHTER PLEDGE AKA AT SPELMAN COLLEGE, WHICH MADE US WONDER– WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD VOW TO DO BEFORE ADOPTING BLACK CHILDREN?! 

 

• WE’LL KICK OFF OUR GROUP CHAT TOPIC OF THE WEEK – AND THIS WEEK, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE CLUB. PEOPLE DON’T DANCE NO MO’! BUT WHY?! WE’LL GET INTO IT.

 

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• Polls have suggested that Democratic U.S. Representative Shelia Jackson Lee faces an uphill climb in her Houston mayoral runoff race against  Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire. 
• Experts say that for Jackson Lee to win, she must broaden her support among independents and Republicans, as well as drive record Black voter turnout.
• After an audio recording of her cursing out her staffers was released, the Harris County Young Democrats, announced they were withdrawing their support for Jackson Lee

LET’S LISTEN TO THE RANT.

9:24 – Amanda Recaps the Weekend – Holiday Edition.

 

14:22 – 60 Second Headlines

Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips a 3 term Minnesota Congressman, has launched his 2024 White House bid to challenge President Joe Biden.

 

Lauryn Hill has announced that the remaining dates from her The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th anniversary tour have been postponed to sometime next year. Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer that was convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured this past Friday at a federal prison in Arizona.

 

Four decades after the original “Beverly Hills Cop” movie premiered, Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley is back on the case in the upcoming fourth installment of the iconic franchise.

 

17:44 – COMING UP THIS HOUR IN BLACKURATE NEWS: 

• A FOUR DAY TRUCE IS IN EFFECT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS AND PRISONERS ARE BEING RELEASED. YOU KNOW I HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT.
• ANGELINA JOLIE’S MAKING SURE HER DAUGHTER EMBRACES THE CULTURE. 
• WHICH MADE US WONDER– WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD VOW TO DO BEFORE ADOPTING BLACK CHILDREN?! 
• PLUS, THE BIG UP, LET DOWN!!

 

20:27 – The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in a third exchange under a four-day truce that the U.S. said it hoped would be extended. 

• In turn, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners.
• Netanyahu issued a statement saying he had spoken to Biden and reiterated his offer to extend the cease-fire by an additional day for every 10 hostages Hamas releases. But he said Israel would resume its offensive “with all of our might” once the truce expires.

 

26:45 – Zahara Marley Jolie, daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, crossed the burning sands into AKA-land. 

• Joined the “Sweet” Mu Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated at Spelman College.
• She introduces herself: “My name is Zahara Marley Jolie. I landed all the way from the Golden State in the city full of angels: Los Angeles, California. And I am this line’s number seven.”
• We love that Angelina is encouraging her daughter to embrace THEE culture!

 

32:01 – The Big Up/Let Down

 

Big Up – to the boost the black economy is about to get.  

• The ALABAMA RIVERBOAT BRAWL PARTICIPANTS LAUNCHED FIGHT MERCH.

 

Let Down – Michael Rapaport text conversation.

• If you gone diss me, come for my neck!!! Not my shoulder blade. #Racist

 

36:49 – And Another Thing!

 

39:26 – COMING UP THIS HOUR:

• WE’LL KICK OFF THE GROUP CHAT TOPIC OF THE WEEK. AND THIS WEEK, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE CLUB. HOW HAS THE CLUB SCENE CHANGED SINCE YOU STARTED GOING?
  
  
• WHAT DO DIDDY, JAMIE FOXX, L.A. REID, AND A HOST OF OTHER CELEBRITY MEN HAVE IN COMMON? WELL, THEY AIN’T PLAYING CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD! WE’LL FILL YOU IN!

41:54 – We’ll Kick Off the Group Chat Topic of the Week…

TikTokers have gone viral videos saying nightlife in 2023 is not what they expected it to be.

1. Many grew up listening to party-forward music and watching tv shows & movies where clubbing was depicted as a way of life for young adults.
   
   
   

1. As they come of age in a post-pandemic, increasingly digital era, some are left underwhelmed with their nightlife experiences.
2. Question of the week: What do you miss about going to the club back in the day?

 

47:50 – In the past month, a slew of sexual assault lawsuits has been filed against high-profile men in the entertainment industry for alleged abuse that took place years — and in some cases, decades — ago.

• The cases have been filed under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law signed in 2022 that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for filing a sexual assault complaint 
• allowing survivors one year to file suits against their alleged abusers, regardless of when the alleged abuse happened
• Some of the accused – Jamie Foxx, Diddy, Andrew Cuomo, L.A. Reid, Cuba Gooding Jr., Rock star- Axl Rose, celebrity photographer Terry Richardson

 

53:49 – THIS WEEK YOUR SMALL DOSES PODCAST EPISODE – SIDE EFFECTS OF MATURITY….. TAKE A LISTEN…

 

58:03 – And Another Thing – These sexual assault charges are crazy!

 

59:50 – IT’S TIME TO LISTEN LAUGH AND LEARN… I HAVE THE WORD FOR THE DAY…. AND THE WORD OF THE DAY IS…

• ABNEGATE (VERB)
• TO DENY OR RENOUNCE IN CONTEXT RELATING TO RESPONSIBILITY.

 

1:03:17 – Politicians Say the Darndest Things.

1:06:15 – Thanks for listening to The Amanda Seales Show!

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