4/6/26 7PM: Accountability, the Courts & A New COVID Concern

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During our first hour, man, DJ Brothers Z, I wasn't even planning to talk about the Wisconsin

utility, moratorium, and the impact that is having, including grown adults between the

ages of 21 and 30 that are having to move back in or live with their parents due to just

lack of affordability and under employment.

I did not think it was going to take the entire hour, but it did.

We gave a lot of good information for those that, listen, April 15th, if you have an outstanding

balance with any utility, company, gas provider in the state of Wisconsin, you need to make

a call right now, because as of April 15th, if you got an outstanding balance, it doesn't

matter.

What you say, what you do, they are legally able to cut your power out.

Now, in the second hour, I want to get into the post game, the history of the post game

handshake.

Am I familiar with the history?

So let me just walk through just the key aspects of this protocol.

Players from both teams, whether it's baseball, soccer, basketball, the players from both

teams, they meet often at the center of the field or the court, and they move down the

line to shake hands or tap hands with every player and coach from the opposing team.

Are y'all with me?

That is the standard protocol for the post game handshake.

The both teams will form a single file line, walk past each other, shake hands, high

five, acknowledge opponents, and coaches, and usually will say, good game to show respect.

The coaches typically lead or sometimes follow their team, and it's a ritual that we have

all from most of us, especially that grew up in the older generations.

We're not new to this.

We know that is something that demonstrates or aims to demonstrate sportsmanship.

Now, the proper way to do it, which is what sometimes, you know, the loss and the pride

gets in the way.

You supposed to actually make eye contact and offer a proper handshake, not just the

fingerprints.

You supposed to say, good game or well played.

The coaches typically participate, and this should occur immediately after the final

buzzer, though in what we've seen a lot lately, those high intensity situations, sometimes

the players need to cool down so that they give them a little time for that.

Now, they're all alternatives, because you know, since post COVID, a lot of folks haven't

been shaken hands in doing all that.

They do it differently.

So even in certain instances, a head nod, a wave, some type of verbal acknowledgement is

a part of the protocol of sportsmanship and shaking hands post the game.

This has been highly enforced by leagues, by referees, again, to teach sportsmanship.

You're not going to see this a lot of times in the NBA or in professional sports.

But you do, you'll see that before the game, you'll see a lot of players walk up to their

opponents and say, hey, man, hey, hey, sis, how you doing?

Good to see you?

All right, good game.

You'll see it before and you'll see it after.

It's not required, but you do see it in professional sports.

I love seeing that post the game.

I don't like seeing it before because I feel at the beginning of the game, you gotta stay

focused.

Like, you're the enemy.

We are not friends.

I am here to dominate.

You will lose.

But yeah, after the game, after I win, yeah, I'll shake it.

But in all seriousness, in college sports, usually if you fail to participate or if you

demonstrate unruly behavior, unruly behavior in the line, that can lead to disciplinary action,

whether it's a coach or whether it's a player, which leads me into our next topic of discussion.

Did you watch the game?

You didn't?

Okay.

I didn't watch college sports.

You don't watch college sports?

Okay.

The NCAA Women's Basketball Championship took place between the University of South Carolina

and the University of Connecticut, also known as Yukon.

Coach Staley.

Class Act.

Let's talk about Coach Gino.

The head coach of the University of Yukon.

And shout out to Coach Staley because actually I'd take that back.

The championship that was yesterday was between UCLA and University of South Carolina.

So, shout out to UCLA, the Bruins for winning.

I'm talking about the game that took place before that where the University of South Carolina

defeated the University of Connecticut, which advanced them to the National Championship

where they were beat by University of California Los Angeles, UCLA.

So after Yukon's final four loss to South Carolina, and this is the Women's Basketball team,

things got a little heated.

There were some exchange of words.

You could even know that there wasn't a mic.

You could visibly see that there were some high emotions between Coach Staley, Don Staley,

and Coach Gino.

And I want to make sure I say it right.

Ari Mena.

Ari.

How do I say this name?

Ari M?

Let me be clear about Coach Gino.

You laugh at DJ Brothers.

I totally mess it up.

Public school.

Southern Indiana.

What is it?

I want to put some respect on his name.

I mean, I'm not here to just be unprofessional.

Coach Gino A.

Gino A.

We'll go with that.

Thank you, brother.

Now, let me just say this.

Coach Gino, whether you like him or not, is a legend in the game.

He is a coach with more than the amount of wins.

I mean, he's a coach with more wins than almost anybody to ever coach.

Or touch a clipboard.

But he's also human.

And he showed out during the game on Saturday or Friday.

So after you cons, Final Four lost to South Carolina.

Things got heated.

There were, again, words exchange.

And the story wasn't about the game.

As far as I'm concerned, it was about behavior.

It was about leadership.

And it was about accountability.

Now, to his credit, coach Gino A came back and said,

there's no excuse that's not who I am.

But where it got problematic for me is the fact

that you apologize to the entire team and staff.

You did acknowledge that your reaction was uncalled for.

And I'm using his words, not mine.

And should not take away from South Carolina's performance.

But again, you did not one time mention coach Don Staley by her name in that apology.

You humiliated her in public.

You disrespected her in public.

You should apologize to her in public as well.

So this is not just about the sport or the game of basketball.

We're talking about leadership under pressure, leadership even when you lose.

Even when you are so used to winning, but you lose.

We're talking about emotional intelligence and emotional regulation.

We're talking about what happens when excellence intersects with ego.

And most importantly, what does accountability in that situation really look like?

So the University of Connecticut entered the game undefeated.

They had an undefeated season and they lost to University of South Carolina 62 to 48.

And see, to me, these are the type of situations.

These are the type of moments that will truly show you who people's real character are.

It was a very revealing moment for me.

Because again, when you used to win and you undefeated, you ain't got it.

You know, be humble.

You got your chest out.

I'm too undefeated, but then when you lose, CC winning, it's kind of like, I tell people,

making money.

That's the easy part.

It's investing and saving and being responsible.

That's the hard part.

How do you turn that money that you made into commas?

Losing is easy.

Losing is where it really reveals leadership because coach Don Staley last night when they

were defeated.

Her team were defeated by UCLA.

She didn't get mad.

She was disappointed.

She took accountability and she also said our players didn't play like they played throughout

the entire season.

How they played, which got us to this championship game, is not how they played tonight.

That's basically summarizing what coach Don Staley said post game conference yesterday.

Winning is easy.

Losing man, that's where your leadership.

When I say winning is easy, I don't mean to discount or disregard the effort, the responsibility,

the discipline, the sacrifice that it takes to be a champion.

I'm talking about the fact that when you look at how you show up, when you lose, compare

it to how when you win, that's when your true leadership is demonstrated.

Sportsmanship and leadership are two different things.

Although leadership, especially as a coach, is a very, very key element to true sportsmanship,

which coach Gino did not demonstrate.

Now coach Gino A admitted that there's no excuse, okay?

Those were his words, not mine.

To see the apology, it was directed broadly.

You didn't, you didn't project all that anger and frustration to the entire team and staff

of the University of South Carolina.

You projected all of that lack of professionalism and oh, we lost.

All that soul or leadership, you directed that to one person and one person only and that

was coach Don Staley.

You were listening to the truth unfiltered with D.T. and Dr. Ken Harris.

We come back.

How do you feel about yesterday's reaction by coach Don Staley when she and her team lost

compared to how Gino coach Gino A, the University of Yukon's head coach reacted when he was defeated.

He and his team were defeated by the University of South Carolina, a three, three, two, one,

two, one, zero, one, seven.

We'll give back and I'll give you my additional.

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I am your host for the evening D.T. also known as Denise Thomas, the effective communication

coach and I am so glad that you are here.

It's Monday.

Hope you had a great Easter.

I did.

My mama cooked all the favorites.

I went home to Evansville, Indiana for Easter.

Saturday she had my favorite spaghetti and catfish.

It's one of many reasons why I love being black.

Our food alone.

Then of course, yesterday, traditional fictions.

Chicken.

Honey glaze ham, which you know, I don't mess with the swine, but childhood, those who do

to each his own macaroni and cheese or should I say cheese a little bit of macaroni green

being casserole, collard greens, corn, sweet potatoes, yams, no, sweet potatoes and potato

salad, homemade biscuits, good old cornbread, come on man.

So before the game or before Easter dinner, I watched the University of South Carolina

play against the UCLA women's basketball team during the world championship or national

championship, national because it's the NCAA.

And post the defeat coach Don Staley, class, act, man, class, act, but just a couple of

days prior when the University of Connecticut played against the University of South Carolina.

Should you know, he did not demonstrate that level of leadership.

This is why you cannot let your ego overshadow your excellence because even coach Gino

A himself said the moment shouldn't just detract from South Carolina's performance.

And that's exactly what happened.

How often do you let one emotional moment erase an entire team's brilliance?

I'd love to ask coach Gino A that because see when you're so used to winning and you

don't lose and you're entitled, like you feel this entitlement.

So like if you do lose, oh, it wasn't my fault or it wasn't my team's fault or you know,

like, oh, a player had their jersey ripped, which that player admitted that they self-inflicted

the rip of their jersey by accident.

Their words not mine.

Then you would not try to accuse coach Don Staley of you waited three minutes and she never

shook my hand.

That was a bold face lie because then the video footage came out and showed and it was

crazy.

Coach Don was like, hey, if I didn't, I didn't mean not to, you know, it's, it's a high intense

game and in actuality she did.

And here come his sorry apology that he made to the entire staff of the University of

South Carolina.

It did not mention coach Don Staley's name one time.

He admitted that there was no excuse for his behavior.

He apologized so broadly.

And there's a lot of critics out there and rightfully so that said it lacked direct accountability.

You cannot be a true leader if you are not accountable.

Leadership isn't about being respected coach, Gino.

It's about demonstrating respect first.

You want respect, you got to show respect.

And you failed to do that.

Yeah, you've earned and won you and your team numbers of titles NCAA women's basketball

championship titles.

But that, that ego that you have.

And by the way, this went viral.

The whole world saw this because see today when you're a leader, you're just, you're not

just leading the team that you're paid to lead.

You're leading in front of the public, the world, and the world is watching.

So if your worst moment in leadership is broadcasted all over the world, come on now.

We saw who coach Gino really is as a leader.

It's all funny games.

It's all good as long as I'm winning, but as soon as I'm not.

And your leadership was tested and you failed.

Have you, I just want to ask this question.

In our truth talking text line, you can call in or you can text.

I just, I'm curious.

Does greatness excuse emotional outbursts like the one that we saw from coach Gino?

Or does it expose a deeper flaw?

So if I, in other words, if I'm a coach that constantly wins.

And then I have this emotional outbursts like coach Gino had.

Because I've always won, does that give it, does that give it an excuse?

Because that's why I feel like the University of Connecticut is treating coach Gino.

Almighty coach Gino, you've won so many titles.

Don't worry about it.

We'll create a public statement.

We'll release it.

So the world can see it and you could just keep on being coach Gino.

I mean, that's their job.

Their job is to coach.

And then the school's job is to clean up everything else or the PR team.

Coach Don Stanley, you are so, and I mean, it's in the literal sense of what I'm about

to say.

You are so better than me.

You are so better than me because I was like, I'd be like, that's probably why I'm not

a coach in terms of professional sports because I'd have been like coach Gino.

You and that apology can go kick rocks.

The entire staff, so what matters more, Truth Nation, what matters more?

Is it being right in the moment or is it about being respected in the long run?

Because if you're a leader and you're listening and you saw the reactions and you saw coach Gino

A's post game conference reaction along with the public release statement, the PR statement.

What do you think went wrong?

How do you feel?

Do you feel like, nope, his apology was sufficient.

Let's move forward because I get it just as much as what you said, DJ Brother Z works

for Gino.

Gino works for coach Don Staley because she also, she didn't bring up gender, she didn't

bring up race.

She just said, let's just move forward.

Those questions you need to direct to coach Gino.

My job is to bring home championships, victories, wins for my team.

So again, she handled it with class.

Sometimes you got to, in order to win, you got to learn how to lose.

You got to learn how to lose.

Chris fans, I'm just playing.

I had to get that in.

I'll say, I'm just best with you.

It's good that you've had a history of winning.

It's good that you've had a history of victories.

But part of growth and part of leadership is, hey, look, it's a quote from Michael Jordan

and I can't remember the exact Burbage, but you know, he talks about, when you lose,

you learn.

You don't start going up to the opposing team and start having emotional outbursts and

talking to them like, you somebody's father or somebody's daddy?

I'm a grown woman like you are.

And I love how they kept replaying Coach Staley saying, you know, she reacted.

It's like, I reciprocate energy.

I feel you coached on.

And she trust me.

She handled that situation with absolute class.

And she took accountability for the defeat when they advanced to the national championship

yesterday.

And anytime Coach Gino's name was brought up, she said, you need to talk to him about

that.

That's nothing.

Why are y'all asking Coach Don?

Ask him.

He's the one who did it.

Don't ask the victim.

Ask the oppressor.

You live in this society where you want to question the victim, like we got something

to do with it.

I, again, you could tell a lot about a person in terms of how they react when the pressure

goes up.

And I wasn't always as disciplined as I am today, but the last nine months, there's

been two incidents where I was like, you know what, bet, you right, I'm just going

to walk away.

And I'm going to give it to a higher power that I serve and let that power handle this

situation.

And I promise you, the two times where I just walked away as a, as a person with dignity

in class, I ended up winning.

I ended up winning.

And to the universe applied that pressure to the higher power and I, and I, as someone

who is very public about their faith, that's exactly what Coach Don Stanley did.

Keep moving forward.

What you, what you put out is what you get back.

Coach Gino.

And I'm sure you're sleeping really good.

Next communications leader at Yukon for putting that together for me, because see, I don't,

I don't really know how to lose.

So I'm glad you were able to put that statement together.

This is the truth unfiltered.

When we come back, we're going to wrap things up, but I do have two updates that I want

to share with you about B-A-3-2-A-K-A-Sekata, which is a highly mutated COVID variant that

is spreading right now.

So I want to make sure that we are aware of this new extension of the COVID variant, as

well as Judge Kintanji Brown Jackson, justice, I should say, Supreme Court Justice Kintanji

Brown Jackson sets a historic tone in a historic case as President Trump seeks to end

birthright citizenship.

So stay locked in.

We're going to dive into those when we come back and get you ready to wrap up your day.

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So we are here now. The highest court and the United States of America also known as the United

States Supreme Court. Right now there is a question echoing that could reshape generations.

The United States Supreme Court is weighing a case that challenges birthright citizenship.

Now this is a principle that is rooted in the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

And it is a promise that was born out of one of the darkest chapters in American history and

meant to ensure that never again would identity be denied based on who your parents are.

And standing in that courtroom and setting a tone that is being felt across the nation is

Supreme Court Justice Katangi Brown Jackson asking the kind of questions that don't just test

the law but test the soul of this country. This is more than again, this is more about

constitutional identity than it is policy. So the birthright citizenship has been defining American

principle for over 150 years. And again, this is rooted in the 14th Amendment.

It guarantees citizenship to nearly all individuals born on U.S. soil regardless of their

parent status. I'll repeat it guarantees citizenship to nearly all individuals born on U.S. soil

regardless of their parent status. This case is challenging whether a president can

reinterpret that constitutional guarantee through their executive power. And yes, I'm talking about

President Donald J. Trump, the 47th elected president of the United States of America.

Now you know that was you don't let anybody know that because so many people are like Denise's

pro-Trump. Denise's I shouldn't say so many people. I've had a couple of people.

Let me just say this to you. They accused you? Oh, I had one listener. Don't listen to

the details. He's a Trump supporter. And I wish I knew what episode that was because you

of all people, brothers, he know how you're down. Oh, he got the smoke. He got the smoke.

Don't you dare because as far as I'm concerned, that's a now that is a defamation of character.

For me, you have every right to vote who you want to vote for. That is none of my business,

but don't you come on my show telling valued listeners, you don't know who I voted for a bit for

the record. I voted four. Are you ready for this? This is going to be groundbreaking.

You know I voted for Kamala Harris. My moral compass has plenty of battery juice. Don't you

put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby man, but I digress. So if President Trump is able to overturn

this existing 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution due to his executive power,

hundreds of thousands of children each year could be born without citizenship.

Now, legal experts, constitutional experts, and according to the Washington Post,

it could create a permanent underclass. So people that are born here yet not fully belonging here

and being treated as though they don't belong here. And we're already seeing that with a lot of the

incidents that involve ice, customs enforcement. So let that sit for a minute.

If President Trump is able to overturn this as part of his executive power,

thousands of children each year that are born on US soil could be born without citizenship,

which could then result in creating a permanent underclass.

Because if I'm born here and I'm said and I've been told that I'm not an American citizen,

how do you think I'm going to be treated? So what is the overall objective here? I don't have to tell

you this. Y'all are highly intelligent people. If President Trump is saying that he plans to overturn,

knowing the impact, knowing the ramifications, knowing the consequences, you do the math.

Now, even conservative justices, even conservative right wing Supreme Court justices

have raised serious concerns about changing such a long standing president.

The questioning in court, that already signals that this is not a simple ideological decision

and that this is a constitutional reckoning. So our beloved Justice Jackson,

who was the first black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, appointed by President Biden.

During his first term in 2022, April of 2022 to be exact.

During arguments, she and others pressed on the real world consequences, not just the legal theory.

Because the court is being asked not just what does the law say,

but who does the law protect? Oh, that's a great question.

Let's not just talk about what the law says. Let's talk about who it's protecting and who it's

harming. Because what this case is testing is presidential power versus constitutional permanence.

I'll say that again, this case is testing constitutional permanence versus presidential power.

See, a lot of us didn't, didn't consider. We have three branches in our government, legislative,

judicial, and executive.

You're Congress people, your senators, best of legislative branch.

You're Supreme Court justices, that's your judicial branch, and then you've got the executive

branch, 2600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Now, Trump's executive order seeks to redefine who qualifies,

as my quote, subject to the jurisdiction of the US. Now, lower courts, so those courts that are

under the Supreme Court in our nation's capital, Washington, DC, they've already blocked it as

unconstitutional. You hear what I'm saying? They've already blocked it. The lower courts have.

Now, the Supreme Court has to decide, can one administration, this being the Trump administration,

reinterpret a right that has defined America for generations.

The Supreme Court now has to deal with one administration, one president,

and justice, contingent, Jackson is saying, hold up.

If birthright citizenship can be redefined, what does that mean for the stability of all of the

constitutional rights? Because if Trump is able to overturn the 14th amendment using his,

and I'm doing the air quotes executive power, that's going to be, oh, I'm just getting started.

That's going to be, I'm just getting warmed up moment.

And let's go deeper. What kind of country do we become if belonging is no longer guaranteed

but conditional based on identity?

I'm just asking, this is the time where we got to look in the mirror y'all as individuals

and also as a country and ask ourselves who we've been, who we are,

and who we are willing to become under this existing administration.

Because we are now talking about amending a constitution that has existed for over 150 years.

That was about making sure that children, babies that are born on U.S. soil,

have birthright citizenship, even if their parents were immigrants. I am a child of an immigrant.

My mother came to the United States from Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana, South America,

and the early 70s.

She's been an American citizen for over 50 years.

And she is my mother. I was born on U.S. soil. So based on what Trump trying to do,

then that means Denise wouldn't really be an American, even though I was born on America,

but because my mother's an immigrant, then I'm not American. Yeah, let's talk about that.

We got 10 minutes y'all. Let me know how you feel, because this could happen

sooner than later. 833-212-1017. You are listening to the truth

unfiltered with D.T. and Dr. Ken Harris. We're going to take a quick break. We're going to come back.

We're going to wrap up. And hopefully come together this week.

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I won't do it!

We don't have to worry!

We got all the love! All the shine!

Leave all that pain behind!

All right. Truth nation, thank you so much for tuning in.

Before we close out tonight, I want to bring all this full circle, because what we talked about

today, it may seem like three separate conversations, but if your pain attention is really one story.

And we constantly, as black people in this country, are navigating the challenges that are

associated by supremacy, aka power, so-called protection, and most importantly, our people.

Now we started the show talking about the moratorium, the Wisconsin utility moratorium that

will end on April 15th. And I just really want to emphasize that if you do have an outstanding

balance, and you owe your gas or utility provider money that you don't have, and you definitely

won't have it between now and April 15th when they will be legally able to cut off your power

and or utilities. The first and foremost thing I want you to understand is that you're a good person.

You're still a good person. Please do not let anyone associate it with these types of policies,

and endings, and anybody you correspond with or communicate with make you feel that you are

irresponsible or you are a bad person, because you are dealing with cards that were dealt to you,

you need getting up time to get ready. So a moment where leadership says, wait a minute,

we need to think about the impact before we move forward. That's what really should be happening.

That's what really should be happening, because behind every policy or every procedure,

especially when it impacts or it's regarding utilities and power, that's impacting people and

families in our future. We also talked about Gino, coach Gino, a coach who has built a legacy,

not just on winning, but standards, and failed to demonstrate that after a loss.

Discipline and accountability are a part of your commitment to excellence, not just

wins on the court. So coach Gino, you kind of lowered the bar here,

and I need you to raise it back, please, and get the leadership development coaching that you

need, because just like Fat Joe said yesterday's price and today's price, the way you led 2015,

maybe five years ago, is no longer how you can lead in 2026 and beyond.

Because at the end of the day, whether we're talking about citizenship, we're talking about state

decisions, like the one with the moratorium that ends on April 15th, or the championship culture,

it all comes back to this. Do our choices, expand opportunity, or restrict it.

Do they build trust? Or do they break it? Do they reflect fear? Or do they reflect faith in who

we have become and who we are becoming? And I'm going to leave this with you tonight, because I know

DJ Brothers E, also known as King, brother, Zach, Alex is about to turn that music on and he just

did. I want to leave you with this thought tonight. Leadership, real leadership is not tested when

it's easy, y'all. It's revealed when the stakes are high and when the pressure is real and when

the decisions will echo long after we are gone. So the question is not just what the court will decide

or what the moratorium will end or what the state will do. The real question is what kind of leaders

are we becoming in this process? Stay ready, y'all. Stay locked into the truth. We'll be back live

first thing in the morning 7 a.m. with truth in the morning, with Homer, Dane, Bailey. Thank

y'all so much for tuning in. Stay great and know that you are a good person. Your voice is valuable

and you don't have to be invited to show up. I love you. Make it a great week. Tell somebody you love

them. Peace out.