2/23/26 6PM: Local Politics

This is The Truth Unfiltered with Denise Thomas and Dr. Ken Harris.

We live in a country that is based on capitalism.

True.

I travel all around the world, Dr. Ken, and when I tell you, based on my experiences,

this is like the number one country that cares like everything is about money.

Everything I've told people in the past.

You have to be careful of what you complain about and what you use as a tool

because other people will take it and use it in the wrong way.

Live at the Avenue.

Here's Denise Thomas and Dr. Ken Harris.

You're listening, The Truth Unfiltered.

I'm your host, Dr. Ken Harris.

Denise is around here somewhere.

Lollogag and her, or just, you know, the one, whatever she does.

You know, how she'd be doing me.

So, you know, I'm just, I am here.

I'm just, you know, you know how it is.

You know the one place I am so happy I am not this week.

New York City.

Dr. Ken, I know you can hear me.

Yes, I can.

I know you can hear me.

Yes.

I am here.

Yes, you are.

I'm so happy to be here.

Thank you.

Another Sunday.

Yes, it is.

And I'm having an exciting time.

February 22nd.

I was thinking about that as I was driving today.

It is already almost the third month of the year, meaning the first quarter of the year

is about to be over already.

I feel like I just said 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Happy New Year.

So, once again, the year is flying.

Yeah.

However, if you were in New York, you'd be getting or expecting roughly two to three feet

of snow.

As in feet, not inches.

Not inches.

Feet.

Like F-E-E-T, like feets.

And this is when I knew it was back, because they've already given it a name, Dr. Ken.

What is it?

They've already given this blizzard a name.

It's like Heramando.

Blizzard Heramando.

Wow.

That's bad when they give blizzards names, like hurricanes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I don't think people understand the difference that a blizzard is basically a snow hurricane.

So, like, you have water and a regular hurricane.

If it snows, it's called the blizzard.

Where, you know, you say, I can't see my hand in front of my face.

They can't see the front of the hood of their car in front of them.

Like, that's how bad.

And they expect in some places 80 to 90 mile an hour wind.

I just...

Yeah.

Like, Egg Harborview, Jersey already has wind gusts of 50 miles an hour.

And snow's not here yet.

Yeah.

Not there yet.

If you have any plans to travel to the East Coast within the next week, or this upcoming week,

yeah, you probably should not.

Well, they've got a 9p and...

It's going to be.

What do you call it?

They banned all driving and all travel.

Okay, good.

Yeah.

And the reason why I say, okay, good is because we always have that small percentage of individuals

that either think they are Marvel comic heroes.

These are my heroes.

They have to go get my super human beyond and still want to conquer a blizzard.

And as I've said before, Dr. Ken and I say it again,

Father time and mother nature.

You can't be either one undefeated.

Yeah, saving you.

Father time and mother nature.

Both have are and forever shall be undefeated.

I'm still on that one.

It's just amazing to me that people think they're...

They think they're undestructible.

I'll be fine.

Okay.

Well, it's interesting that you say that because in our second hour,

because we seriously, I know I say this every Sunday,

but we really have some very interesting and compelling topics to discuss.

And we definitely want to hear from you.

Our sighting unlimited talk and text line is 833-616-1620.

Look at that.

I did it.

I did it, Dr. Ken.

I got the...

Oh, I messed up.

Yeah, she did.

Yeah, she did.

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There you go.

Speaking of people who are under the impression they are superheroes,

in our second hour, we're going to talk about...

If you haven't heard, NFL wide receiver Rundell Moore was found dead

at the age of 25.

Yeah.

And this is the second professional football player

within, I would say, three or four months

because there was the player for the Dallas Cowboys who unloved himself

and during the break-off to get his name.

But it's what is causing black male athletes to unlive themselves?

What is unloved?

Like, suicide?

Yeah.

Okay.

I'm not politically correct, so I'm just...

That's okay.

That's why I'm here.

For example, we don't say homeless anymore.

I say we.

The more appropriate politically correct term for homelessness is unhoused.

I'm going to call them homeless.

And so, versus saying suicide or they killed themselves, you say, unloved.

Well, no disrespect to you.

I'm not changing.

So, thank you for that.

You don't have to.

I appreciate it.

I appreciate it.

Yeah, just FYI.

That's one thing in life, because I'm in barking on this milestone of 50 years old.

I don't tell people.

I don't tell adults what to do.

And you can't tell kids what to do, so...

That is true.

That is true.

But it's interesting to understand, because for our non-black listeners,

and please, Dr. Ken, I can't wait to hear your response to this.

So aside, unliving, it just wasn't dominant in our community.

That is true.

You just didn't hear growing up.

We didn't hear a lot of black folks killing themselves or unliving themselves.

And what amazes me, Dr. Ken, is that with this newfound increased amplified awareness of mental health,

within the younger generation, i.e., millennial, millennials in Gen Z,

despite this new profound awareness of mental health,

I'm seeing and reading about more younger people.

I mean, his life hadn't even started yet.

25?

That is true.

Now, with the social media association, more younger generation members, unliving themselves,

but what's crazy, and again, black men, I can't relate, because growing up,

you just didn't hear or read about a significant number, or at all, black men unliving themselves.

But there also weren't some of the pressures that are prevalent today.

How can I say this?

I think they're the same.

They're just coming from multiple points.

Usually you had somebody beefing with you, and it was you, and like the one person,

and they told a friend, now it goes viral, and it's a million people.

And that can be very weighty on a person when you realize that,

or you think that everyone hates you or disagrees with you when, in fact,

you may not have been given the tools you need to emotionally realize that

not everybody agrees with you anyway, and so you shouldn't be bothered by standing your ground

and holding on to what you believe.

I think also one of the biggest misconceptions when you hear about a professional athlete unliving themselves,

is well, what could they possibly be going through?

They got money, and I'm glad you brought that point up, because obviously money has nothing to do with

whether or not you feel worthy or equipped to face another day.

And in some instances, it might actually be the reason why you commit suicide,

because money issues, or family, gambling debt, all sorts of things.

It's unfortunate.

Did you hear what I said?

Dr. Kim, look, family, all up in your business.

Oh, you play for the NFL?

Can I have a house?

Well, there's this project I got.

Can I have a car?

Well, we are going to discuss that in our second hour.

In the first hour, we've got more of our local news that we want to cover.

Speaker of the house, Wisconsin, Speaker, Robin Voss, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers have revealed their

latest tax relief negotiations, and the most recent upfront interviews.

Well, Dr. Ken and I, we want to unfiltered the truth in terms of what does this really mean, and who really benefits?

You'll be interested, because I'm sure I should say, you'll be a little surprised to hear what me and Dr. Kim have to say about this,

because I think a lot of times people assume that because of who I am, I'm not going to speak for you, Dr. Kim,

but because of who I am, I'm going to automatically lean a certain way.

And so you want to stay tuned in, because Dr. Ken and I are going to unfiltered the truth regarding this most recent

tax relief negotiation between the left and the right in our state capital, Madison, and speaking of which,

the assembly has also passed women's health care, online sports betting bills.

There's a lot of stuff that's happening in our state capital.

And so we want to, Dr. Ken and I want to make sure that as part of unfiltering this truth,

you leave with your own understanding of who's winning and who is losing with these changes in the state of Wisconsin.

So we're going to jump into that. We come back again.

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Sounds like a ukulele.

I'm sure Dr. Dre used a ukulele.

You might use whatever you need in order to get the sound that you want.

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So somebody put in the YouTube chat.

I don't really understand. He said, I feel like intelligence has declined.

Imagine getting shamed for sexuality and then exploit it.

Also hit trauma and complicated egos with a lot to take on the chin.

It's a lot of hurt and gorgeous women.

Interesting.

I didn't see that.

Oh, let me refresh.

They said it's me, Izzy.

Yeah, if you could add some more context to that, but we definitely appreciate you and all of our value listeners this evening

because right now we're going to talk about three P's power politics and the price.

Excuse me, I should say power priorities and the price of politics because right now, Dr. Ken, in Madison.

Lawmakers are debating what to do with.

2.5 billion with a B budget surplus.

That's right. 2.5 billion dollars.

And the question isn't whether there will be tax relief Republicans in the Senate.

Or I should say in the assembly and governor Tony Evers all say they want it.

So who actually benefits from this?

Who do you think benefits from this, Dr. Ken?

Nobody.

Well, let me just, let me just add this because if you haven't already heard.

Assembly speaker Robin Voss, who was the longest serving speaker in the history of Wisconsin just announced last week.

I think I got the, I received the email in my inbox.

I want to say either Wednesday or Thursday where he is stepping down after suffering a heart attack.

Yep.

So he says compromise is slow.

I've always felt like politics can be messy.

And with, with speaker Voss stepping down after suffering a heart attack.

But when you see all the headlines of legislators that are not seeking reelection or that are announcing their retirement.

I honestly, Dr. Ken, I feel like people are just tired of fighting.

Yep.

So do you think Dr. Ken and again are citing unlimited talk of text line is 8556161620?

Are, are even elected officials tired of politics?

Are, are even people like, you know, speaker Voss and in all these other politicians and legislators that are stepping down.

Are they tired of politics?

Are they tired of politics not working for them?

Because it seems like, while politicians are debating this, this tax relief in Madison.

A lot of folks, especially here in Milwaukee, are saying, well, where's the relief in our neighborhoods?

Because like think about it, Wisconsin right now, which I never thought I would say Dr. Ken has a massive budget surplus.

Now Republicans want tax relief packages.

Governor Evers says he wants rebate checks and wants property tax relief and school funding instead.

So do we want short term checks or do we want long time investment?

And how does this money actually help working families not only in Milwaukee, but the entire state of Wisconsin?

So how are you, how are you feeling about this?

What are your thoughts?

I, I think the state should be like the internal revenue service.

And when you overpay, you give it back.

You give it back to the people that overpaid.

I don't, I don't really understand the argument or the fight, you know.

The governor says, oh, you're giving them your sending out checks.

First of all, after about a month, people forget about it.

Secondly, it costs money to do that.

Like what?

That was just the dumbest statement in the world.

Sending out checks.

First of all, it's a quote.

He say, that's just a joke.

It's like buying votes.

We get, we need to get into the system.

We need to get in the places where property taxes can be relieved.

Sending out checks.

Well, after about a month, people forget about it.

But secondly, it costs money to do that.

Huh?

It costs our money.

See, the problem with that is that people like Governor Evers believes that your money is actually his money.

And that if you give it to him, he can't give it back.

He's got to find some way to spend it.

It's like having a nonprofit mentality.

If they give it to us, we've got to spend it.

Next time, we won't give as much because we didn't spend as much.

Not with my tax dollars.

No, you need to give me my money back just like everybody else does.

It's like they want to give more money to schools after they give more money to schools.

You literally set up a tax increase for the next 400 years.

Then the Wisconsin Supreme Court said, yeah, you can do that because you're governor and you have the veto power.

And he does.

He's 100% correct in him being able to do that.

The problem is you just jacked 400 divided by 20.

You just jacked about 20 generations of Wisconsinites who can be guaranteed.

Their taxes are going to go up every year for schools, even though we have less children in schools.

That's the kind of guy he is.

I'm going to respectfully disagree.

Okay.

And the reason why is I've been on both sides.

And when I was, let's say in a lower income tax bracket,

where I actually, which it seems like centuries ago, it feels like centuries ago,

I actually get a tax refund.

An income tax refund check.

Right.

And when you receive these short term checks, you make short term decisions.

For me, when you look at Milwaukee Public Schools,

out of all the towns, the counties, the cities, the villages in Wisconsin,

Milwaukee Public Schools relied the most on state funding.

Yet received the least.

And when I look at the education gaps that have consistently impacted black and brown families the hardest,

investing in our future workforce and our economic mobility,

it has to start with investing in schools.

Also, when you look at black women who face higher maternal mortality and breast cancer risks,

I'm all about the two bills that are going to provide postpartum Medicaid coverage.

Absolutely.

Breast cancer screening for women with, you know.

And then finally, and I'm going to call up our ebers out because I thought this was,

it was bold, but I think it was a fair point.

Because, you know, he said our economy would employ, would employ, I can't even say the word,

would implode overnight.

If what?

And he based that on if immigrant workers disappear from Wisconsin farms and factories.

So he basically gave the entire state of Wisconsin a warning against federal immigration crackdowns,

because, you know, we've been talking about ICE and other federal law enforcement officers

are going to be coming into the state of Wisconsin.

And my thing is, and this is how I feel about the entire immigration or deportation efforts.

Be careful what you ask for, because when it comes to food production, manufacturing,

agriculture, hospitality services, a lot of those workers are immigrant workers.

And if you take immigrant workers away, who here is going to do those jobs?

So I just, I'm for me.

For me, long term versus short term, I'm leaning more towards what Governor Evers is proposing

with this $2.5 billion surplus versus giving everybody a quick check.

How would you spend it?

Like, that's the thing.

But it's their money.

It's literally not the government's money.

It's their money.

It's not like he's giving back something or creating a fund or moving something from one space to another.

You literally paid it to him.

You overpaid and he's telling you, no, I'm not giving it back because I know what to do with your money.

Now, those bills, the legislature.

Okay.

Because I'm a rebutter rebutter.

I want to ask you this too.

For the rebutter, but I also want to ask Dr. Kim this question.

Our citing unlimited talk and text line is 855-616-1620.

Here's my question to Dr. Kim and to you, our valued listener.

Would you rather get a one time rebate check, which is what Speaker Voss is proposing,

or a permanent property tax relief,

or see, I should say, permanent property tax relief, as well as seeing money going back into Medicare,

Medicaid, affordable housing, et cetera.

Healthcare should Wisconsin put more of the surplus into public schools,

tax relief, or a one time rebate check.

So stay locked into the Truth Unfiltered.

We're going to hear from Dr. Kim.

And I want to hear from you as well, 855-616-1620.

Wisconsin got money, y'all.

We'll be back.

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855-616-1620 is the setting of limited W.T.M.J. talk and text line.

What are your thoughts?

What should Governor Evers do with this money?

Denise says she had a question for me.

I'm going to acquiesce and allow her to bombard me with the bombastic words of wisdom.

Okay, this is actually a very serious question.

And again, I'm going to start with Dr. Kim.

We're going to unfilled to this truth.

I want to hear from you as well.

We already have some perspectives coming in on our site,

even limited talk and text line, which is 855-616-1620.

So the question is based on Wisconsin,

having a $2.5 billion surplus.

How would you spend it?

So Dr. Kim, valued listeners,

would you rather get a one-time rebate check or see permanent property tax relief?

Or should Wisconsin put more of that surplus into public schools, especially in cities like Milwaukee?

Now before we hear from Dr. Kim, I got to just quickly go to our talk and text line.

One of our value listeners said, Dr. Kim, I think one of the problems is the general public thinks government can solve all problems through legislation.

I think all people from the president to corporations to insurance companies,

to school boards, all the way down to our children have to act more responsibly and tackle these problems together.

And if I'm not mistaken, five or six years ago, the budget surplus,

six billion that has slowly dwindled, if you give it to them government,

we'll find a way to spend it.

I agree with that.

I agree with that.

And they've shown it.

So first things first, what are your choices?

Do you want to check?

First of all, this has nothing to do with you.

That's a fool's choice because whichever one you choose,

there are significant negatives to it, right?

However, we don't get to dictate what people do with the money that you give them because it's their money.

So I'm always for giving you back something that you overpaid into if you have it to do it because that's the ethical thing to do.

Now, what was the other choice you had permanent property tax relief?

There's no such thing as permanent property tax relief because all they'll do is change the formula in the city.

They combine those and say, okay, so you pay this portion to the county, this portion to the city, this portion to the state.

And then the money goes out.

Well, just because the state says, you know, oh, your total for taxes is $4,000 and your state portion, I'm just making up a number.

It might be a thousand.

Well, they might say, well, if you're going to cut that to 500, the city will raise theirs 500 and we'll just get $500 more.

So your taxes will never go down.

They'll make sure of it.

It'll never happen.

The only way that happens is if I give you the money back to replace the money I took on taxes.

And then what was your last one?

The last choice.

Your favorite go directly into our public school system in particular, the Milwaukee public school.

We have been giving money and increased money every single year since public schools have come out.

In 2025, we have less students in school than we had when I got here 30 years ago.

Literally, we went from over 80, 90,000 students to about 60,000.

If that, who gives more money to something when you have less people?

That's like you going in and saying, hey, I have a budget and I have 10 employees.

So I need money for, you know, I need a thousand dollars per employee.

I got 10 employees.

Yeah.

So give me $50,000.

You look at him like, excuse me why?

Oh, well, we got extra stuff we want to do too.

You haven't been educating my children with the money that we've been giving it over paying for decades.

Why would I give you more to do the same thing when you're not doing your job?

It just makes no sense.

I'm not saying it's a waste of money, but you're dropping money into something into a system that is so inefficient that the one product you have.

Children passing a standardized test so that they can go to high school and college and they're failing.

So no, I wouldn't give you any money.

Well, Peter, on our citing unlimited talk and text line, which is again 855-616-162-0 says, note that the current state budget spent down the surplus from over $5 billion to about $2.

I'm sorry, from over $5 billion to about $2.5 billion and still didn't adequately solve shared revenue problems to local entities.

So zero money should be sent directly to the people.

I don't want a rebate check.

I want better funding to municipalities to control property taxes.

Now, I'm leaning more with Peter because again, I don't necessarily at this moment, at this specific moment, know how.

But I don't think money should go directly to people.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Okay.

Don't ever take back your rebate check from the internal revenue service because you're a person and you just publicly say it, they should not get their money back.

Okay, I got it.

Okay, so first of all, you're talking about two different things.

No, no, no.

You're talking about this constant.

You talked about it.

It's tax money.

It's tax money.

This comes through your state income tax return.

I'm not talking about federal money.

I'm talking about the state.

This constant has a surplus of $2.5 billion.

I'm getting on a plane and go to Dallas.

Yeah, we do have kind of a budget deficit.

But that's not, I'm gonna give you, huh?

I know that, I know.

I know.

I know.

Hello.

Look, I'll be flipped up and y'all.

Like five minutes ago, I was like, I love, I love, I love.

I'm not going away on paid no taxes.

Oh, really quick.

Someone said, can you guys repeat that father time and mother nature saying or quote that?

See, toge.

That was fantastic.

Toge.

Turn the radio on.

Y'all really love that.

Toge.

Well, it is this.

There's two.

I don't even know how to categorize it.

But the quote is this.

I do not mess with two.

Not entities, but I don't mess with father time.

And I don't mess with mother nature because they are undefeated.

Do not try to defeat father time or mother nature.

They have our and shall forever be undefeated.

And we were talking about mother nature because if you are just tuning in and thank you again for tuning in, by the way.

There is a major, major, major blizzard that is hitting the East Coast.

So if you have any friends, families, or loved ones, or even enemies, like if you have, if you have somebody who you don't like.

And they live in the East Coast, you can be like, ha, no, that's petty.

That's not nice.

But yes.

And you know it's bad duck for Ken because they've named it.

Yeah.

They've named the blizzard.

Yeah.

And I owe y'all the name of the blizzard.

Okay, so let me see East Coast blizzard.

It's like hernando or something of that nature.

But let me, and I was like, man, I have never storm hernando.

Now, you know it's bad when a winter storm officially gets a name.

So if you are listening in the East Coast, I'm sending you positive energy and positive vibes.

Because winter storm hernando is currently striking the East Coast thousands of on the house.

Can you send me a house?

Can you send me a house?

Like I'm going to East Coast and my house is blowing away.

You know, those positive thoughts are great, but I need a house.

You're right.

I'm like.

Because that gets on my nerves and people say you're in my thoughts and play.

I was like, what?

I appreciate prayers.

And I appreciate you being in my thoughts.

But you guys are my thoughts, but you guys are my right now.

Yeah, so that's where that came from.

But I'm so glad to know that y'all appreciate that quote because again, they are undefeated.

Father time.

I'm telling you.

And when I say father time is undefeated, Dr. Ken, you know what I mean?

I know what you mean.

For example, I turn 50.

I keep saying that because I'm just trying to wrap my head around that.

When I was 20 or 30 and you would have said Denise, one day you'll be 50.

My immediate thought was, that's old.

That's ancient.

And here I am.

Father time.

And it's a blessing.

It is a blessing.

Yes, it is.

So shout out to all the 76ers that are turning or have already turned 50 this year.

And we'll be turning 50 this year.

But again, going back to the original point, Dr. Ken.

From a state.

I'm serious.

You compare.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

The federal income tax return.

Okay.

I gotta get ready for you, too.

Wait a minute.

Okay.

When I used to receive income tax refunds.

And that feels like century last year.

Okay, we'll go ahead.

No.

I have a receipt.

I have received a tax refund and I don't even remember when.

Okay.

Put it like this.

Tax refunds for me are black history.

Right.

Literally.

I remember 30 years ago when.

Yep.

Yeah.

Right.

Success.

That is not something I can.

Yeah.

And so because of that.

What I was going to say is when I did receive both federal and state income tax refunds.

My federal check was always like.

Woo-woo-woo-woo.

Woo-woo-woo.

State.

Wisconsin State.

Yeah.

I'll be like, man, you can keep this.

No, I'm serious.

That's what I was like.

Why are we even.

Raise your hand if you get a substantial state tax refund.

Like you, you're going to miss that compared to what you get with your federal income tax refund.

That is true.

That's all I'm saying.

So no, you cannot have my federal refund.

But you can go ahead and have the state one.

That's like a value meal.

That's a piece of bubble gum.

I wish.

But maybe I'm far removed because I haven't received one.

But the majority of the people are middle class and they meet.

To be able to have their money in their pockets during the year.

So if you have a excess, give it back to them.

I don't really understand.

It's just this weird thing as if the government has never in the history of government been able to fix anything in this country.

If you really think about it, ever, they can fix education, they can't fix nutrition, they can't fix energy.

It usually takes somebody like a you or me or some kid in school or somebody in college that goes, hmm.

And I share this before we go to break.

Somebody gave me, I'm not going to say somebody.

I was talking to Kaelin Heywood singer the other day and we were in the meeting and I told the story on the truth.

And he said, you know, you realize that everything that's ever been invented has already been invented.

That we really just take like when we started, you had light, you had water, you had electric, you had energy, you had all those things.

Somebody put those components together because they were able to think about it, take what was already there and made a laser.

They didn't invent a laser from anything.

They didn't invent something that then invented laser.

They just took components that were already there.

Everything we can do, we can already do.

We have the mindset, we have the thoughts, all we got to do is connect the dots.

And for some reason, we think the government can connect dots better than people.

The government has never invented anything.

But yeah, we look to the government for leadership.

This just bizarre.

Well, I want to piggy, I want to respond to that and we got to take a break.

I got to say this really quick.

Someone just sent on our side in a limit, talk at text line.

I listened for the 22-minute drive home I had tonight and I heard the woman host tell the male host four times that she turned 50.

Does she have anything else to say?

Well, first of all, thank you so much for listening during your 22-minute drive.

Okay, it was my turn.

Did they should turn 50?

We appreciate it.

Okay.

We appreciate every minute that someone spends tuned in.

And yes, I did mention turning 50 a few times because free cheat 50 is not just a birthday for me, it's a milestone.

And for many of us, it's a victory lap after decades of life, work and community.

But don't you worry, we come back.

I've got plenty more to say.

Dr. Ken and I are going to talk about leadership, about Milwaukee, about the issues impacting black and brown communities,

and how we're going to move this state and city forward.

So keep listening because if 22 minutes got your attention, the next conversation might just change your perspective.

And if turning 50 means, I've earned the wisdom to speak my mind of this mic, then that's what I'm going to do with us.

You got listener.

All right.

So you're listening to the truth and filtered.

Again, we come back.

We've got more very, very interesting topics, including Alexis Patterson's mother plans a lawsuit against Milwaukee police.

Over her disappearance, we're going to get into the value of black children because there's been a lot of coverage regarding missing persons that look or identify a certain way.

But rarely do you hear about other demographics in particular, black children.

So we're going to get into that as well as a Milwaukee gun violence trend.

And for some reason, prevention advocates are surprised that.

And more we're going to continue to true unfiltered the truth with Dr. Ken Harris and yours truly DT.

You are listening to the truth unfiltered on 620 WTMJ.

And because I like things even.

And it was already said five times that Denise was 50.

I'm going to say it six times.

Denise is turning 50.

Welcome back to the truth unfiltered.

Oh, I'm supposed to be on a radio.

I thought I was supposed to be dancing.

You're listening to truth unfiltered on your host Dr. Ken Harris along with the effective communication coach.

You can find her at realcomcoast.com.

53 or you can go on Amazon and get a new book.

She's got a phenomenal book and I think you should read it because.

I have to be honest.

I hate that book because every time I read it and go through it and I got it kind of,

it's kind of bad shape now because she got me a cup and I kind of went,

oh, this is great.

Who I like that?

You know, dog ear, dog ear.

And then you come back to it and I can see the crumbs and the,

and the, yeah, so this is not pretty.

And really what it did for me because my PhD is in leadership studies.

It reminded me and regrounded me into,

yeah, these are some of the things that actually still work.

That it doesn't matter what generation you're in.

It doesn't matter where you work.

There's just some things about people and places and meetings that you need to know.

So you should go check it out.

Just check it out.

Just go in.

Well, thank you for that endorsement, Dr. Ken.

Yeah, check it out.

It's on Amazon too.

Yeah, I hate that book.

I hate that book.

I didn't do that right.

Oh, I didn't do this right now.

I got to change this.

No, I got to change that.

Right?

Because it's like, it's like gentle correction.

It just kind of reminds you.

Oh, that's right.

I didn't do that.

It's like going back to a recipe.

Right?

Yes.

I want that.

I think it's that.

I cooked it and it tastes good,

but it would have been better if I had to follow the recipe.

So you might have been successful in what you do,

but it would have been better if you had a recipe.

And that's what the book is.

So I'm just saying it.

I so appreciate you saying that, Dr. Ken.

I've never got to move everything to the next hour.

You know that right now.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, no.

And because I just did the same thing.

I did the time check.

Well, to your point,

where we come back from our next break

into our second hour,

we're going to get into another headline

because some stories are just more than headlines.

And we're going to get into Alexis Patterson,

who was just seven years old when she disappeared

on May 3rd, 2022.

After walking toward high-mount community school

on Milwaukee's north side in 24 years later,

her mother, Ayanna Patterson,

is now preparing to file a $10 million lawsuit

against the Milwaukee Police Department.

So we're going to get into that.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

All right.

And you know, we have a retired law enforcement officer,

Dr. Ken Harris.

So you definitely want to stay locked in

to hear his thoughts, perspectives,

and educated opinions.

We're also going to get into

there's been a significant amount of gun violence

that has taken place in Milwaukee.

And what was surprising to me was that

prevention advocates are surprised.

Finally, this is Black History Month.

This is actually the last show

during Black History Month, 2026.

And we definitely want to recognize

one of the most prolific, prominent civil rights icons,

Reverend Jesse Jackson, who passed away last week

on the 17th of February to be specific,

who passed away at the age of 84.

So stay locked in.

Dr. Ken and I will be back to unfilter all the truth.

We want to hear from you as well.

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