Many candidates for national office on the Republican side are not showing up to debates, and generally don’t seem to be making a big effort to get elected. What’s their play? Do they have something else in mind besides getting votes?? Y’all, we have to be TOO BIG TO RIG.

Join hosts Angela Rye, Bakari Sellers, and Andrew Gillum for episode 154 of Native Land Pod. We are 12 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all!

FYSA HEADLINES

–On Polymarket, you can bet on whether any of the “Cornell 7” accused of raping a student will get a felony sex crime charge.

– WA Governor Ferguson has declined to grant a single commutation for early prisoner release.

– NFL QB Jalen Hurts plays through a “superficial blood clot,” after staying up all night on the doctor’s orders.

– $470 million stolen from SNAP recipients in 2025.

– Climate activists make a melting statue of Governor Ron DeSantis.

– ICE arrests the owner of a food pantry in the Bronx.

LINKS AND RESOURCES

SNAP benefits stolen with skimmers: https://www.propublica.org/article/food-stamp-snap-benefits-theft-skimmers-fraud

Rachel Maddow segment on DeSantis Melting Statue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqlFgytteyw

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Mississippi’s attorney general, Lynn Fitch, and her office have cleared the Senatobia police of wrongdoing after one of their officers shot and killed a 1-year-old in a Walmart Parking lot last summer.

The A.G.’s office said the use of force was “justified” since the officer felt threatened, alleging that the child’s mother was in a vehicle driving toward them. The Senatobia police have not released any footage from the event.

READ MORE: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/police-shooting-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley-was-justified-mississippi-attorney-general-says/

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Bakari Sellers ranks the top candidates for the 2028 presidential election, sports-center style.

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Are unhinged campaign ads the only way to cut through the noise?

Our hosts play some of their favorite campaign ads, gaffs, and crash outs.

Join hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers for this segment from episode #153 that aired on 10-15-26.

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What is owed in reparations for slavery, who qualifies, and why has reparatory justice been delayed for generations? On Cite Your Source with Angela Rye, Angela examines the case for reparations in America, from the racial wealth gap and underfunded HBCUs to corporate accountability and the economic legacy of chattel slavery. The conversation explores H.R. 40, racial inequality, and the history and future of reparations.

Featuring fact checker Dr. Marcus Hunter, Howard University & UCLA Professor of Sociology and African American Studies and author of Radical Reparations; Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Howard University historian and author of How to Be an Antiracist; Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Chief Economist at the AFL-CIO and Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at The New School; Linda Tigani, Chair and Executive Director of the NYC Commission on Racial Equity; and Devine Prince, President of the U.S. Freedmen Project.

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NYC officials are calling for a Target boycott after one of Target’s locations in the Bronx was used as a staging area for ICE operations.

That staging area was used before an ICE-officer-involved shooting where Oscar Belgal was shot in the neck with his young son in the backseat.

Join hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers for this week’s MiniPod.

READ MORE: https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-officials-call-for-target-boycott-say-ice-staged-at-marble-hill-lot-before-shooting

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Online “prediction markets” have become a multi-billion dollar industry in the U.S. As they grow, they threaten to swallow our institutions whole, from professional sports to the White House.

Do campaign ads HAVE to be unhinged to break through the noise? Our hosts play some of their favorite campaign ads, gaffs, and crash outs.

Join hosts Angela Rye, Bakari Sellers, and Andrew Gillum for episode 153 of Native Land Pod. We are 19 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all!

FYSA HEADLINES

–Trump appoints a new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia.

–Florida state attorney Monique Worrell is investigating Medicaid funds that were allegedly funneled to a Republican PAC.

–Cherise Doyle, a trained doula, was forced to appear in Zoom court after a Florida hospital filed a complaint against her as a means of forcing her to have a C-section.

–Curtis Flowers, wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, has died at the age of 56.

–Trump’s department of Housing and Urban Development is cracking down on race-based lending and efforts to boost Black home-ownership.

–Trump’s campaign to fire Lisa Cook, the federal reserve governor, continues.

–DHS agents raid the home of congresswoman Ilhan Omar as part of an ongoing immigration investigation.

LINKS AND RESOURCES

Cherise Doyley brought to court while in labor: https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section

AT DraftKings, AI Targets Gamblers Likeliest to Lose: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/draftkings-ai.html

IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:17 FYSA

00:45:30 Prediction Markets, Betting on Everything

01:20:01 Campaign Ads Uncensored

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Guest Dr. David J. Johns helps Angela process comments and criticism after last week’s segment about Barack Obama, and the need for new Black leadership.

Speaking of which, you can pre-order The Black Papers now, the most comprehensive Black policy agenda produced in a generation. Angela Rye and Dr. Johns have been working for the last 18 months with the State of the People team to put this together and it’s finally coming out October 30th!

LINKS & RESOURCES

Pre-Order The Black Papers: https://www.routledge.com/The-Black-Papers-A-Policy-Agenda-for-Black-Liberation-in-the-21st-Century/Johns/p/book/9781041270904

Comments on Obama: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeQEf1GjegP/

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