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posted by Wes Flexner
wesflexner@anonrocknroll.com

Democracy Now interviewed Native American activist Leonard Peltier last month.
Leonard Peltier was a legendary political prisoner until former President Joe Biden granted Peltier clemency...Peltier is still a legend..he just isn't in prison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvNsS0CeBA

Democracy Now via WCRSFM.org Columbus Community 92.7/ 98.3 :
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https://www.democracynow.org

"AMY GOODMAN: In a Democracy Now! global TV/radio broadcast exclusive, we spend the hour with longtime Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. In February, he was released from a federal prison in Florida after spending nearly half a century behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit. President Biden, on his last day in office, commuted Peltier’s life sentence to home confinement. Biden’s decision came after mounting calls by tribal leaders and supporters around the world in a decadeslong community-led campaign fighting for his freedom.

In the ’70s, Peltier was involved with AIM, the American Indian Movement. In 1975, two FBI agents and one young AIM activist were killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Two AIM members were later arrested for killing the agents. At trial, the jury acquitted them. Leonard Peltier was arrested later, tried separately and convicted. Peltier has always maintained his innocence.

Notable supporters of Leonard Peltier over the years included Nelson Mandela, Pope Francis and Amnesty International. Supporters of Peltier say his trial was marked by gross FBI and federal prosecutorial misconduct, including the coercion of witnesses, fabricated testimony and suppressed exculpatory evidence.

And Then Came the Blues description from Akashic Books:

"After being shot ten times by her fiancé and left for dead, Katrina Brownlee miraculously survived and became a decorated NYPD detective, a mentor, and founder of a nonprofit support group for at-risk women."

I interviewed Katrina Brownlee for my radio shows:

Wes Flexner's RockNRollShow 7pm Wednesdays
BSA Hip Hop 7pm Thursday replay at midnight
The Curfew 11pm Saturday

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Katrina Brownlee featured from

the Breakfast Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw_Pm6QC7X8

48 Hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epGr4RfbYFQ

I talked with Katrina for my radio shows knowing Katrina's story aired from Charlemagne the God. I figured a PSA could supplement the Breakfast Club...

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Katrina Brownlee's And Then Came the Blues: My Story of Survival on Both Sides of the Badge is available from:
https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/and-then-came-the-blues/

Link: https://joeeitel.com/hsfoot/scoreboard/2025/week-1

Games (All Friday August 22, unless noted):
Westland at Centennial (Thursday 8/21)
Westerville Central at Westerville North (CW Columbus)
Whitehouse Anthony Wayne at Upper Arlington
Amanda-Clearcreek at West Jefferson
Beechcroft at Eastmoor Academy
Belpre at Lancaster Fisher Catholic
Bexley at Linden McKinley
Big Walnut at Bishop Watterson (at Ohio Dominican)
Buckeye Valley at Delaware Hayes
Central Crossing at St. Charles
Youngstown Chaney at Columbus East
Chillicothe at Bloom-Carroll
Cincinnati Woodward at Africentric
Columbus Academy at Northland
Danville at Worthington Christian
Dublin Scioto at Reynoldsburg
Dublin Jerome at Westerville South
Elyria Catholic at Bishop Hartley
Fairfield Union at New Lexington
Grandview Heights at Briggs
Grove City at Teays Valley
Grove City Christian at Miami Valley Christian
Groveport Madison at Hilliard Bradley
Hilliard Davidson at Mansfield (Senior)
Jonathan Alder at West Liberty-Salem
Lancaster at Hilliard Darby
Gahanna Lincoln at Pickerington Central
Licking Valley at Sheridan
London at New Albany
Marion-Franklin at Granville
Mifflin at Columbus South
Dayton Meadowdale at Independence
Woodsfield Monroe at Liberty Union
Newark at Licking Heights
Newark Catholic at Allen East
New London at Millersport
Northridge at East Knox
Olentangy Berlin at DeSales
Olentangy at Olentangy Liberty
Olentangy Orange at Marysville
Pickerington North at Lakewood St. Edward
Philo at Heath
Cleveland VASJ at Walnut Ridge
Utica at Centerburg
Watkins Memorial at Worthington Kilbourne
Columbus West at Franklin Heights (Monday 8/25)
Westfall at Madison Plains
Wheelersburg at KIPP Columbus
Whitehall at Hamilton Township
Toledo Whitmer at Dublin Coffman
Harvest Prep at Akron Hoban
Thomas Worthington at Canal Winchester
Zanesville at Johnstown
Zane Trace at Logan Elm
Vincent Warren at Circleville

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/tell-congress-no-troops-our-streets

"President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard troops to American cities in an egregious misuse of the military domestically.

Earlier this year, he responded to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles by deploying thousands of federalized National Guard troops – despite objections from the governor. Then he seized control of Washington, D.C.’s police department and called out the National Guard to police the streets of D.C. And he’s threatened to deploy the National Guard in other major cities across the country.

The administration is also reportedly planning to send thousands of troops to ICE detention centers, turbo-charging ICE’s cruel operations to detain and remove immigrants while equipping military bases to detain more immigrants under dangerous, abusive conditions.

Make no mistake: These actions are dangerous for troops, immigrants, and all of us – and take the National Guard away from their normal jobs, like helping communities facing devastation from natural disasters. Tell Congress: Stop the administration from using military troops and bases for immigration arrests and detention. Stop the misuse of the military.

TELL CONGRESS: NO TROOPS ON OUR STREETS

http://action.aclu.org/send-message/tell-congress-no-troops-our-streets

Democracy Now's Coverage of Trump's Military Invasion Of American Citizen's Neighborhoods

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/12/trump_dc_takeover
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/12/khalil_gibran_muhammad

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http://democracynow.org

Democracy Now talked with Ben Crump about the sentencing in the Breona Taylor trial in Louisville...
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/25/ben_crump_breonna_taylor

"We speak to civil rights lawyer Ben Crump about the ongoing epidemic of anti-Black police violence and impunity for law enforcement in the United States. Crump first comments on the sentencing of Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer who fired 10 bullets into Breonna Taylor’s home in 2020 during a botched raid, to 33 months in prison for use of excessive force. Although Hankison’s actions were “a violation of Taylor’s Fourth Amendment rights,” the Trump Justice Department had recommended only one day in prison for his sentencing. In court, “there was nobody advocating for Breonna,” says Crump.....

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/25/ben_crump_breonna_taylor

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
In a closely watched decision, this week a federal judge in Kentucky sentenced the former Louisville police officer who blindly fired 10 bullets into Breonna Taylor’s home in 2020 during a botched raid. Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison for using excessive force during the deadly no-knock police raid that killed Breonna Taylor in her own home. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings rejected the prosecutor’s recommendation to have Brett Hankison sentenced to just one day in prison, calling the effort “not appropriate.” Some of the bullets he fired penetrated the walls of a neighbor’s home, where a family was sleeping. Taylor was a Black 26-year-old emergency room technician whose killing sparked nationwide racial justice protests under the banner of “Black Lives Matter.”

Ozzy, Rest In Beats… Black Sabbath Angel

Listen: http://anonrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/anonrocknroll-7-23-2...

Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Metallica w Ozzy – Iron Man
Metallica w Ozzy – Paranoid
Black Sabbath – Sympton of The Universe
Black Sabbath – Sweat Leaf
Black Sabbath – Who Are You
Black Sabbath – Wicked World
Black Sabbath – Behind The Wall of Sleep
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Black Sabbath – End of The Beginning

wesflexner's rocknrollshow
7pm Wednesdays 92.7 / 98.3 wcrsfm.org
wesflexner@anonrocknroll.com

Please Sign ACLU's Petition to Shutdown Alligator Alcatraz

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/shut-down-alligator-alcatraz

"President Trump's mass incarceration and deportation machine has a horrifying new form – the inhumane compound they're calling "Alligator Alcatraz."

Thrown up in just eight days, this Florida detention center already has a reputation for horrific conditions. It was built on sacred land – ignoring fierce opposition from indigenous communities, environmental advocates, and grassroots organizations. Individuals are locked in cages inside of tents. It flooded within a day of opening. Swarms of mosquitoes surround the facilities. Reports are emerging that people detained there are fed maggot-infested food, denied medical care, not given access to water, flushing toilets, or showers, and are not allowed to go outside. They are barred from practicing their religion and accessing legal counsel. Lawmakers have been denied unannounced access to the facility, preventing oversight and shielding potential human rights violations from scrutiny.

If this sounds familiar, it's because inhumane conditions, abuse, and complete disregard for human dignity have become a hallmark of immigration detention facilities. It's shocking and cruel – and our taxpayer dollars are funding facilities like these to the tune of $45 billion. This facility is a moral failure, an environmental threat, and a fiscal disaster.

The cruelty must end. Congress must demand immediate access and block all federal funds until this environmental and humanitarian disaster is shut down. Tell Congress: Shut down "Alligator Alcatraz."

https://action.aclu.org/send-message/shut-down-alligator-alcatraz"

Wes Flexner made a Badbadnotgood Mass Appeal blend of Democratic Governors discussing immigration with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez...
http://anonrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/aoc-immigration-disc...

I experienced Super Tuesday this morning at 3 AM...
FRIDAY...
I streamed CLIPSE new album LET GOD SORT EM OUT ....

I looked online while drinking a Pabst...
NEW CLIPSE
LET GOD SORT EM OUT ...
I found myself standing outside...
Headphones...
Drinking...

I won't review Clipse new record yet..
because....I ain't sure if I should share my response, yet...
My first sentence in conversation keeps going over people's comphrension......

Was Kendrick's verse worthing leaving Def Jam For Roc Nation?
Yes...
Who is Kendrick Dissing?
You tell me...
Does Let God Sort Em Out compare with Ghost, and Raekwon's Cuban Linx?
You tell me....
Did Tyler, The Creator's Clipse verse sound like a vicious lyricist?
Yes
Did you love the Re-Up features...
Uh-huh...
Do you think CLIPSE LET GOD SORT EM OUT is a Like That foreshadowing of rap's next super battle?
My spidey sense knows I shouldn't speculate, yet...

Did you think it was possible to love an album from a first stream...
I've waited for vinyl for about 4 years now...

BSA Hip Hop
7pm Thursdays
replay at midnight..
wcrsfm.org 92.7/98.3
wesflexner@anonrocknroll.com

this should.... sexy coast2coast
11pm Saturdays..
wcrsfm.org 92.7 / 98.3
wesflexner@anonrocknroll.com

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There are a lot of Fourth of July events happening around the Central Ohio Area. Some things have already happened like the Westland Fourth of July Parade in Prairie Township last weekend, and fireworks in Powell and Pataskala, plus the Juneteenth Fireworks in the Discovery District.

COTA can get you to the Fireworks in Downtown Columbus, with ALL Fixed Route Local Lines running until Midnight on July 3, and the COTA Plus will run in the evening on July 4 for the Fireworks in Westerville (8PM to Midnight) and Grove City (7-11PM), ONLY for the Fireworks in Westerville and Grove City, respectively.

FIREWORKS:
Ashville - Ashville Community Park (July 4)
Bexley - Capital University (July 4)
Clintonville - Whetstone Park of Roses (July 4)
Columbus - Red, White & Boom! (July 3)
Delaware - Ohio Wesleyan University (July 4)
Dublin - Dublin Coffman High School (with Kansas & 38 Special) (July 4)
Gahanna - Gahanna Municipal Golf Course (July 3)
Groveport - Heritage Park (July 3)
Heath - Geller Park (July 2)
Hilliard - Freedom Fest at Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park (July 4)
Lancaster - Fairfield County Fairgrounds (July 4)
New Albany - New Albany High School (July 4)
Newark - OSU Newark Martha Grace Amphitheatre (July 3)
Obetz - The Fortress (July 3)
Pickerington - Pickerington Central High School (July 3)
Reynoldsburg - Civic Park (July 3)
Sunbury - Big Walnut High School (July 4)
Upper Arlington - Northam Park (July 4)
Westerville - Westerville Veterans Plaza at Bike & Walk Soccer Fields (July 4)
Whitehall - Whitehall-Yearling High School (July 3)
Worthington - Thomas Worthington High School (July 4)

Select Parades:
Bexley - Starts at Maryland Elementary School (July 4) (Theme: "Bexley: It's A Blast!")
Columbus/Red, White & Boom! - Starts at Bicentennial Park (July 3)
Delaware - Starts at Delaware County Fairgrounds (July 4)
Dublin - Starts at Metro Place (July 4)
Gahanna - Starts at Clark Hall (July 4)