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This week on FiredUp:   What is the origin of Black History Month? Are there other monthly celebrations in America? Who is running the Congress? Johnson or Trump? The Trump fraud case verdict? $463M plus interest! Ouch!

This week on FiredUp: Democrats propose tough border security – Trump says no he wants to campaign on a border crisis. Aid package is DOA in the House says Mike Johnson. Black History Month - 23 Black Leaders Shaping History Today My Message – Capture YOUR family history! Talk to your elders.

This week on FiredUp We pay tribute in memoriam to Joe Madison, The Black Eagle from SiriusXM’s Urban View who passed away after battling Cancer. After the NH Republican primary, Sen. Tim Scott R-SC made a fool of himself in his statement of “love” to Donald Trump. Kicking off our segments on Black History Month, we look at some of the noteworthy inventions of Black Americans.

On this episode of FiredUp, Steve discusses the following hot topics:- Alabama is spending $2B on prison facilities instead of schools and helping citizens.- MLK Washington speech – revisionist history victim?- Louisiana lawmakers redraw district map with 2 majority-minority districts.- New report – The Authoritarian Report details response to Project 2025

This Week On FiredUP What could happen if Trump LOSES the 2024 election? Trump and allies plot strategy if he wins. If neither party gets 270 electoral votes, Trump could STILL become President. House and Senate Leadership reach budget agreement.

Happy New Year! This week on FiredUp:   - New York State may give House control back to Democrats in Nov. - A Mississippi judge may grant state run court in majority Black district. - Illinois rolled out 320 new laws on Jan 1 including semi-auto gun restrictions. - Key 2024 predictions you may have missed for 2024.  

This week on FiredUp ·         NJ DEMOCRAT Senator Menendez indicted on bribery charges. Calls for him to resign. ·         Government shutdown likely as Republican Right throws monkey wrench into process. ·         We look into what a shutdown means for the Gov’t and the American people. ·         Call to action to look hard at our elected officials and vote them out if they are failing us.

This week on FiredUp: We are diving exclusively into the Vote diminishment and redistricting battles happening in courts in Alabama and Georgia as they represent the bigger voting battles going on in the US. We also start off with remembering 9-11 on the 22nd anniversary. RIP to my friend Myra Aronson who died on the first plane to hit the towers. Plus 7 steps to ensure your vote counts.

Hurricane be damned! New content is up from Firedup! This week: · Big stories this week – The Republican Debate minus Trump. Winners and losers. · Trump and 18 others are booked in Fulton County GA. The mug shots are out! · Special segment – we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. o Including the ENTIRE speech from Martin Luther King Jr. o What are the similarities between what was going on then and now? Catch the content on Google Podcasts, iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud!    #wjmsmedia #firedup #politics #vote #Trump #marchonwashington #thenandnow #democrat #democracy #republican 

This week on FiredUp: ·         We raise the question: What the HELL is wrong with the VOTERS? Why are we allowing our political parties to act the way they are acting? We dig in to look for answers. ·         Have you seen the Montgomery Dock Brawl??! We look at the aftermath and reactions.

This week on FiredUp: ·         Trump picks up his third indictment. Four counts. ·         We dissect the three indictments he is facing. ·         Trump issues veiled threat, attacks Judge Chutkan on Truth Social. ·         Jim Crow era law struck down in Mississippi.

This week on Fired Up:           Editorial: America has a messaging imbalance Democrats vs Republicans.  Follow-up: Alabama’s gerrymander nightmare continues.   Follow-up: Texas is disobeying court orders to remove deadly border barrier. New developments in the Florida African American history saga.