Low Turnout, High Stakes: Detroit's Mayoral Road to November

Analyzing the Detroit Mayoral Election: Sheffield vs. Kinloch | What's Going On Podcast

In this episode of the What's Going On Podcast, hosts Thomas Corley, Keith Pickens, and Michael Miller dive into the intricacies of the upcoming Detroit mayoral election. They discuss the rise of two main contenders: seasoned politician Mary Sheffield, who finished the primaries with 51% of the vote, and Pastor Solomon Kinloch, who garnered 17%. The team explores Kinloch's challenges in gaining political and financial support while navigating Sheffield's political advantages. The conversation covers voter trust, turnout, community demographics, the role of corruption in politics, and the importance of voter participation. Featuring local insights and national comparisons, this episode provides a robust analysis of the election dynamics in Detroit. Don't miss it!

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In this week's discussion, Keith, Mike, myself, analyze the upcoming Detroit mayoral election focusing on the surprising rise of two candidates, Mary Sheffield and Pastor Solomon Kinlock. Sheffield, who is finished the primaries with 51% is a seasoned politician with strong ties to local politics while Kinloch with 17% is a non politician Pastor with a large following. The conversation covers the challenges for Kinloch in gaining political and financial support, and sheffield's political advantages and potential vulnerabilities. The hosts emphasize issues like voter trust, turnout, and the influence of community demographics on the election. The discussion also delves into broader themes such as the importance of voter participation and the potential for corruption in politics. I am Thomas Corley with Keith Pickens and Michael Miller. This is the What's Going On podcast. Thank you for listening.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:07

What's going on? Keith Pickens

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:09

hey TC, what's going on? Hey Mike. What's going on, bro?

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:12

Hey Keith. Hey Tom. How you guys doing?

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:15

Doing good, man. It's hot here in the Motor City area,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:19

It definitely is.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:20

I'm not complaining. So there are nine now there's two.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:26

There's two.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:28

It is down to two candidates for November election in the Detroit city mayoral race. How? Know how Mary Sheffield got where she's at. She was number one with 51%,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:40

51.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:41

if you add up all those other numbers, those guys wouldn't beat her if they were, running the race at that time

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:47

they couldn't beat

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 1:47

could collectively it could not be her, But now it's down to two. The question is, how did a non politician. Beat all the other politicians

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 2:00

It's a breath of fresh air, so to speak, because it's not that it's unherald in history, but you have a pastor who has a huge following. We all know Kinloch

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 2:10

Right?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 2:11

it has several campuses throughout the area and, he's preaching the word every Sunday, and in between. The word is the word, and people are following him based on spirituality. If I can't trust you in a church,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 2:28

right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 2:29

I'm not going to be able to trust you, as a candidate or as a mayor of my city. So I guess I'll flip that. If I can trust you in the church to lead me spiritually, then politically, then I'm inclined to feel, the same way that you're trustworthy and that, that you're worthy of my voting.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 2:46

That explains why Chief Craig didn't get it. There's no trust.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 2:51

There's no trust. No. You gonna be a flip flopper. You ran for governor as a Republican. You made it clear about that I, and you got into this election. a city that's chocolate city,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:05

yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:05

and probably I don't have a number out there, but I would think that for the most part it's a democratic city and now you're doubling back saying, let me lead you. And yeah, you're right. Trust is in terms of Craig Trust is definitely an issue, but not so much for Ken Lock. Kinloch is somebody who, leads the flock spiritually. And so with that, those 40,000 or so members that he's alleged to have, trust him to do the same politically.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:34

Yeah, but the

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:35

17% of the vote.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:37

But the flock probably, I'm gonna say 75%. None Detroiters.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:45

That's huge.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:46

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:46

right.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:46

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:47

Really? Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:47

Yeah, his

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:48

from the suburbs.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:49

Yep.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:50

I can't say, even if it's 50%,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:53

There you go.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:53

a lot of the 40,000

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:55

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:56

don't live in the city.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:57

Then he's not gonna be mayor of the city.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 3:59

In the scheme of things let's look at it realistically. So he has 40,000 members.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:04

right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:05

The city is approximately what, just over a half a million.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:10

Let me give you that number. Okay, so there's 645,000 Detroiters.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:15

Okay.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:16

518,000 are registered voters.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:19

Exactly.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:20

85,000 voted in the primary.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:23

With it about

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:23

Which is Right, which is a 16 something that ran over, you round it off to 17%. That was his 17%. So he got 17% of the 16%.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:33

Oh, the overall vote,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:34

Yeah. But still, let me share this with you. I was with my dad on Wednesday and we weren't in the car more than. Five minutes before he said I didn't vote for your boy. And he went on to tell me why he didn't vote for him.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:50

Interesting.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 4:51

Yep. And I think this is the situation that is going on, is the generational thing. The seniors got out and voted, And young folks did not get out and vote. That's the first thing.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:02

Right.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:02

The second thing is. I'm thinking I'm using my dad as a primary because I'm been thinking all seniors are thinking this way that he can't do the two jobs. He can't be pastor of the church full-time and mayor full-time, so they want him to make the choice. Now he's repeatedly said that he's not gonna be full-time pastor and he's not a full-time pastor today,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:25

That is the perception. He said he would turn it over to his administrators to

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:29

yep.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:30

how he does it in the first place beyond politics. It is beyond me, but,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:34

Oh, running through all the campuses,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:36

oh my God, he has the energy of Tom Corley. But that being said, that is a big issue. And then some people will go so far as to say. keep church and state separate.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:46

right?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 5:46

who, firmly believe that his lack of experience in the political arena his ties to the money because we do know that nowadays it takes money to get things done. Sheffield does have a reputation of being supported by billionaires and big business,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:03

All right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:04

Old school seniors are probably saying, keep it separate. What you're doing very well and you're

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:09

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:09

So either you're gonna do politics well and lead the pastoring behind

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:15

All right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:15

or vice versa. And so you're right. And his message is, I think initially he may have said that he could do both. He may have intimated that he could do both come back and said that his administrators will be handling it if he becomes

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:27

right,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:28

will be. In fact, a full-time mayor

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 6:30

Again, saying that all the seniors are voted, there are some people who did vote who said, okay, Kinloch my vote now what's the demographics of that number? I have no idea. But I'm just gonna go on a limb for the low turnout, Of what it was. Which goes back to our whole conversation in previous episodes about civics lessons. You have the power. To do something. In fact, you've got a situation where a mayor who's been around for 12 years is stepping out I heard a a phrase. Gilcrest Lieutenant Governor of Michigan gave a little speech and he did a little analogy about basketball. And the power of, having the game in your control and opportunity to dunk on somebody and not dunk on somebody. That doesn't make any sense. Nobody does that. you're going to go out and have an opportunity to dunk on somebody, you're going to do that. And you kinda said that when you have the power of voting, why not vote?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 7:30

Yeah I think that, unfortunately that's just the way it has been traditionally. But when you have a mayor who's been in office for 12 years there's a sense of contentment that things are going in the right direction. That's arguable because they're saying the downtown, the outer areas developing and

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 7:48

All right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 7:49

but the inner cities are still lagging and still hurting.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 7:52

All the candidates are saying the same thing. They're all saying they're gonna take care of the neighborhoods. But the thing is that Kinloch rose to the top from going from the bottom. He rose to the top. Pass all those guys who were saying the same thing. Who have the experience

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:07

But he has an example through his ministry of catering to assisting and supporting. The least of these, those who are,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:14

yes.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:15

Have little or nothing. And so he can put his money where his mouth is.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:18

Right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:19

more than rhetoric. It's more than, a speech he can actually provide evidence that I'm getting out door to door, We're doing God's work, right?

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:27

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:28

His message is genuine where the other messages may or may not be. We know how politicians do.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:34

Right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:35

Not even gonna go there. I'm, I paused. I thought about saying something, but I let it go.'cause I know we got Mike started and Mike is awfully quiet. So I'm gonna leave it at the local level

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:44

Oh yeah,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:44

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:45

Keep it local. This is a local episode.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:47

But it is it's been suggested that politicians do lie. How about that?

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:52

What?

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:53

What you

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:53

are you thinking, Mike?

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:54

I'm gonna wait till we get to make me wanna holler.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:57

That's the low turnout.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:59

Okay.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 8:59

the fact that we okay

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:00

okay.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:01

The thing is, so now you got two candidates that are gonna be running in November You're thinking Mary's gonna run away with it. So what do you think Kinloch has to do? To hold her back or chip

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:13

Oh,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:14

51%.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:15

And I didn't know that most of his congregation was suburban,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:19

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:20

it is not a whole lot that he can do. And then the other thing on Mary's side, and I didn't ask, and I'm asking now, is she affiliated with a sorority AKA or Delta? Anybody know?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:35

I can't say yay orated that.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:37

I there that either.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:38

If she is, it's over. Don't make no difference. It is over. Kinloch you not going, you're not gonna beat that. You're not gonna beat that dude. Not with a suburban flock.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:47

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:49

From my perspective, it was a low turnout.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:52

I'm gonna poke a hole in your balloon. has sorority connection.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 9:57

Yeah. But there was big hatred going on there. There was something else going on there. We gonna keep it local. Remember, don't get me started.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:06

Are you poking a hole in the balloon

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:07

yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:08

don't poke the bear.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:10

Don't get me started, but keeping it local.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:12

that point though in terms of whether or not she's a member of a sorority and it's a good chance that she is Mike, which one, I can't say,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:19

Right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:20

chance that she is, I think that everything else she has going. For her in terms of having been the youngest council person in Detroit, being such a young woman at 36 years old, her dad, Horace good, bad or indifferent he has a background in the ministry and a huge following. Her pedigree is such that. This isn't new to her. When you talk about the common name, that's another thing we know about politics, a lot of times you go into the voting booth, you might not know the person, but if it says John Smith, you are like, That name before.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:53

Sure. Sure.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 10:54

Sheffield is a name that's known. Sheffield has a history in politics. Unfortunately she's going to get into neo fight. Somebody who, although he has a very powerful ministry he doesn't have a political background. I think it's good that he got into the race. He showed up and was competitive for whatever it's worth, 51% to 17% of a low turnout. I think to Mike's point, it's gonna be very difficult for him to overcome a lot of the obstacles when you look at Duggan, she's connected to Duggan in a way that he's not, she's

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:24

Yes.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:24

of the same contacts. Of being connected that Duggan has and people are fearful.'cause there's a lot of things happening

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:31

Okay.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:32

Obviously they're fearful that people are gonna dial back because Duggan's no longer in place. And so having her in place gives them a thought that, we still got a chance to continue to go forward. Where with Kinloch, it's like starting all over again, per se. And then he's not even talking about. The outskirts of the businesses and so forth so much as he's talking about the communities, which is where his base is, which is where he is done most of his work

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:56

All right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:57

where he is had success. And he's

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:58

But he,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 11:59

got a tough road to hoe but it's not impossible.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:01

Right,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:02

even said that he believes in miracles, a He should. And

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:05

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:05

be a miracle,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:06

he is often said, partnering with businesses philanthropy to For,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:11

anti, he's not

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:12

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:13

when you look at his base and where his strengths lie, He's gotta make the connections in terms of

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:18

Yes.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:18

Being in politics. That's something that goes hand in hand. Good, bad, or indifferent. We know the businesses are running for all intents and purposes. If you got the businesses laying out the cash and saying, I need this and I want that, one hand feeds the other. And right now Kinloch doesn't have enough power to really feed the businesses the way they would anticipate or want him to. But that's just me. That's my opinion.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:41

I'm gonna do one of the, poke the bear.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:44

Poke to bear.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:45

Poke the bear. All right. She's very young. She has some connections, well-known name. Have we heard this story before? Well-known name. He was young.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:58

Yep.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 12:58

I'm not saying, I'm just saying,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:00

I just read the article that made that same analogy. See

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:03

I'm not saying, I'm just singing.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:06

Mike, you always on top of it.'cause basically what that article said is the strength that she has could also be her weakness, particularly if you line it up against that other well-known

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:16

Yep.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:17

Did a little bit of time and now is out, was pardoned

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:19

Yep.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:20

Okay. hint hint.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:22

I thought you taught my Dave Bing.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:24

No.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:25

Oh, man.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:26

When you say Wellknown name,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:28

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:29

name, so I'll be

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:30

Hey.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:30

Dave could dunk though.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:32

That's right. He sure could. But just like he said, but I, you gotta give every person their own chance.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:39

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:39

And I have always said, and always will say. Absolute power corrupts and power corrupts. Absolutely. And I'm gonna leave it at that.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:50

20,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:51

I

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:52

that.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:52

But I'm not saying all corruption is bad.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:55

where he pulled that from, I

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:57

I,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:57

credit

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 13:57

It was definitely not me. I'm not saying all corruption is bad. I'm not saying that. All I'm saying is

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:04

you're not saying all power is bad

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:06

All right, I'm not, corruption is bad. There you go. Corruption is bad, but what I'm saying is when you do corruption correctly,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:14

Correctly,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:16

Yeah. I'm just gonna say it. Look, we in a real, we in a real barbershop conversation, right?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:21

Okay.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:22

say it. I'm gonna say it.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:23

Go ahead.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:24

Corruption can be done correctly. When I say that, everybody gets their piece. Everybody gets what they're supposed to get. And we've seen that happen.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:32

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:33

We've seen that happen, especially here in the metro area, Southeast Michigan specifically where there was corruption, but nobody complained because everybody got what they expected. Streetlights were on. Garbage was picked up, your streets were clean. Every person from the top to the bottom got their envelope.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:57

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:58

Is that

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:58

And that's all they,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 14:59

things,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 15:00

that's all they wanted was their envelope.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 15:03

Mike, is that when the Teamsters were running things

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 15:06

Yeah. And I'm talking about all the way down to the man on the street To the worker, everybody, whatever it is they were supposed to get out of that deal, they got.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 15:14

Right.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 15:15

We were all happy because our streets were clean. Our garbage was picked up, our lights were on, the roads were fixed. I'm gonna say that again. The roads were fixed. It is what it is. People are people. And it's one thing I've learned on this earth as much as I wanna see the good in people, and y'all know I do. But I've been corrupted. I have been jaded like you wouldn't believe. I have learned one thing. When everybody gets what they're supposed to get, everything still works.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 15:49

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 15:50

So if you can't stop corruption and you can't look at everything. Look at the country in the hole. You can't stop it. If everybody gets what they're supposed to get, okay. Everybody's happy, and you're just going about your business. That's all I'm gonna say about that. I'm gonna leave it alone. That's it.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:10

All.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:11

That's it. Growing up in this area where the auto industry was very strong, money flow, money fell outta trees. Corruption was everywhere. It is what it is.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:23

So

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:23

But it was control.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:24

right? So between the two candidates that we're looking at, you've got a minister who, as I stated from the onset, people trust him because the word is the truth and the truth is the word. And so if you're a flock in your following, then you trust that person. I don't think in most cases you want to even think about your spiritual leader as somebody who's corrupt.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:46

No. They're not corrupt going in.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:49

and you can say, going in. I understand.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:51

You're not corrupt going in.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 16:52

Envelope after it's all said and done. Huh? And you got another one who, like you said she has a background. Her dad had some issues even though he was a clergyman. and so there's a bit of a stain based on that. If she has ties, business ties or

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:11

Correct

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:12

I don't

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:12

No, they're not corrupted.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:14

I do know that when you get at that level, the potential to be corrupt because people are gonna want favors and they're gonna

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:22

Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:24

But the decision has to be made between those two, and I think that because of her political past and the fact that she's been out there for a while in terms of a public figure, specifically locally in Detroit that bodes well for her. That does not mean that there's anything bad about,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:42

No. Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 17:44

Talking about voting and putting somebody in office. that person who's the most popular typically is the person who has the edge, But, this case, I think that she just by the nature of her being a politician and one that has a. I think fairly good reputation overall,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:04

Absolutely. Good reputation, right?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:06

since she's running

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:07

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:08

I think her chances are great. 51% of a low turnout, Tom said, if you add up all the votes of the other eight candidates and she still wins

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:17

absolutely. All right. I'm just gonna say Mary's gonna win. Mary, they gonna come after you. The feds are gonna come after you.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:26

What

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:26

We were just talking about absolute power and how it corrupts.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:29

all

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:29

You gotta be really careful. And I'm sure she has the skills, she's been around, but I can guarantee you they gonna come after her. They will look for stuff.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:37

Oh, they

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:37

understand?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:38

Mike.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:39

Detroit is the largest commercial truck crossing for international commerce in the United States, and we are about to open up a second bridge.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:48

yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:49

Who do you think the fascist in chief wants running this? He just federalized DC Poli. He just, yeah, he just took over. DC

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:57

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 18:57

Don't think it won't happen for any reason.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:00

yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:00

said it's because of crime, yet crime is down 52% over the last two years In DC so it's not because of crime.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:07

No, we know that

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:09

Thank you. So whatever lie he comes up with about taking over Detroit, that's what it's gonna be.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:16

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:16

And that's why I'm saying Mary, just be real careful'cause they're gonna look at any reason to come after you.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:23

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:24

They're not gonna let the largest international crossing for commercial truck traffic. In the United States be run by black people. That's not going to happen. Not under this racist pig. He just moved. President Obama's portrait

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:39

to the

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:40

up to the back. You can't even see it when you walk through. It reminds me of the Egyptians cutting off the noses of the things, huh?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:48

What the

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:49

Uhhuh?

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:49

I hadn't heard that.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:50

Yes. Tom.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:51

are,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 19:52

It reminds me of when the Egyptians cut off the noses of those statues.'cause they didn't want people to know that black people ruled Egypt for thousands of years when the Kush ruled Egypt. They cut those noses off those statues, so you wouldn't see those wide black noses

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 20:06

All right.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 20:07

They cut off them lips.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 20:08

cut

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 20:09

That's right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 20:10

I think, Mike, I'm gonna take a turn towards optimism right now, because there are still checks and balances there are still judges, federal judges, throughout the states who can make rulings. Now what happens is if it goes up to the Supreme Court. They're facilitating this whole dictatorship thing and we weren't gonna go national, but I'm just gonna say that in response to what you just said. I'd have to believe that cause they really look at everybody and some they look the other way, but they're gonna be looking at her and as long as her steps are in order, Ken, I order his steps, whoever. Then I think that, you really are gonna have to have a legit reason. They're rewriting the law as we speak,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 20:53

They making it up as they go.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 20:55

it up as they go along. But to that end, what he did in Los Angeles, bringing the troops in what he's doing now, so he's slow walking it, and he still got, what, three and a half, three, three and a quarter years to go. At the end of the day, there's people out there who are having putting in lawsuits, every time he tries to do something. As long as the feds in those locations say, Hey, is not gonna happen, then now it's on him to take every case that he loses up to the Supreme Court. Now that worries me I know the Supreme Court is slanted period. So that's not a check and balance really. But we still have some small checks in place slow that tide of what he's trying to do.'cause if he, Hey Mike, if he could snap his finger and get it done, it would be done.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:42

It's almost to that point.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:43

already authoritarianism,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:45

If you

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:45

What hap

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:46

count, that's city number two. Did LA

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:50

right now?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:51

He did it and he did all now,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:53

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:53

two.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:53

right.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:54

we bring it back.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:54

it back to

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:55

Okay.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:55

Somebody.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 21:56

Alright. Since we're in the barbershop real quick. I got a question. What is happening with Clarence Thomas? Am I wrong? I could be

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:05

I Haven't heard anything about his

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:06

Exactly. I haven't heard anything. No. They said that he was on some type of permanent leave. Something

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:15

Oh, really? No, I hadn't heard

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:16

I didn't get the whole gist of the story, and that's why I was asking. What is happening with Clarence Thomas?

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:22

I

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:22

I don't know if it's permanent, but he's on,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:25

I know what you're saying.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:26

it's a long I have to do some more research into what was going on there. But something about, oh, I, I don't even wanna say it. Just bring it back local until I can know what I'm talking about.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:37

All

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 22:37

I have to get some more research on that. It goes to what you were saying about the checks and balances. Our last bastion of checks and balances when the courts and the Congress won't do their job is the media. The media seems more and more complicit to not report on certain things or just do a blurb about it and keep on going. That's more than concerning when you got the media in your pocket Also. I don't wanna go into what I was reading earlier, but this show does look like 1939 all over again, just before the start of World War ii.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 23:18

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 23:19

Sure does. But I'm gonna leave it alone. We coming back local. Okay. I'm done.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 23:22

good play. The playbook, whoever put that playbook together, they knew what they were doing.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 23:28

Yep.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 23:29

they're putting it in effect. It's like a coach going into a game against a team with a plan. You've done all your homework, The lions, have been good the last couple years. And they annihilate Basically that playbook that they have, and it's like a shotgun. It ain't a single shot, it's a The pellets are Over. The news media can only report so many things. They focus right now, they focusing on what they're doing in dc They're still focusing on Epstein.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 23:55

Epstein.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 23:56

Couple of things they're gonna focus on. I probably should watch Fox just to get the other side. watch M-S-N-B-C or CNN, which is more liberal leaning, and they do as best a job they can in terms of disseminating news to hold some accountability. But you've had people lose their job because he's even controlling, like you said, Mike, even controlling the media now because he's got'em fearful. The media giants, the people who own the publications, He's basically telling them what they can and cannot report.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:27

Exactly. And that's

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:29

Who broke the Epstein?

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:30

Yep.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:31

from the Wall Street Journal and not from the

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:33

Not from

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:34

but

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:34

but

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:34

outlet.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:36

Yeah. But speaking of media outlets, the shouting from the mountaintop is coming from podcasters

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:43

Yes.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:44

Yes.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:44

All those guys are the podcasters who are not mainstream media.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:48

right.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:48

Not to say that we're at that level, but we're making noises about stuff,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:53

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:53

there's people listening to what we have to say on a smaller scale.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:57

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 24:58

And I think that's the direction that people are gonna start getting the information from, whether it come from a, it's gonna be a silo

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:05

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:06

People are gonna start hearing these things more or less streaming services or podcasting.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:11

Yeah,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:11

But let me go back to Lock a Ken Lock strategy. If we were on this campaign. Team, what do you think would be the solution for them to chip away at Mary's lead?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:26

I think the only thing that they

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:28

May me just say this common sense things.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:30

I'm curious. To Do one. Continue to stump. Get out there, get your message out, talk to people, let'em know what you're going to do, what your plans are, let'em know what you're about. Because 40,000 people in a city of over 600,000 is not a lot. And then

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:47

No.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:48

or a lot of those people are suburban.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:50

All right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:50

get your message out. You gotta put the ads out.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:53

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 25:53

You gotta do what they did to you. And it's unfortunate, but it's called politics. So they came up with the story when he was a 19-year-old young man,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:01

yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:01

And we all know that's a no-no. You don't do that. And Would do that. but whatever skeleton she has is unfortunate. Politics is a dirty game,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:11

It is.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:12

down a notch is try to chop her knees off, right?

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:15

Woo.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:16

the game he played.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:17

W.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:18

door to door and doing TV ads are only gonna get you so far,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:21

That's right.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:22

he said in a sense, which is, backhanded slapped, is that she's been there in the seat for 10 or 12 years, and the things that have gone on in those 10 to 12 years have not been productive for the citizens of Detroit.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:39

I wouldn't agree with that.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:40

And then,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:41

They say Her problem is this.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:43

yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:44

off on everything that Dug was doing,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:45

They were saying rubber stamping.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:46

Detroit.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:47

Yeah, rubber stamp.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:48

But it's a positive rubber stamp because Gotten things done.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:51

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 26:51

they say her biggest problem is she spends more time on social media and she's not accountable. She doesn't show up. And meetings are important, right? Can you be a candidate that's a leader, you ignore we got a meeting, we need to discuss this, we need to get things done,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:08

Right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:08

and you're not there. So roll call. How can you get back to running the city full-time? How can you run a city part-time if you're not gonna show up? That matter. but I think he's really gonna be pressed. He's, he may have to, and I don't think he'll do this'cause he's a pastor, going after her dad by association and people have already started to try to do that,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:32

you know what? That will be the case probably Keith, Be the surrogates. It's not gonna be him directly. Won't be him directly. It'll be the surrogates.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:39

It would have to be the surrogate.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:41

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:41

They'll be looking at him like, what pastor?

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:45

Playing dirty

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:47

you're right,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:47

pile.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:48

How.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:48

got a poli of tricks.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:50

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:50

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:51

He's gotta Tom, he has a steep mountain. Not even a hill to climb.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:55

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:55

Okay.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:56

I don't disagree with that,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:58

yep.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 27:58

but I think that. I think the miracle can happen, but I just think there need action needs to take place. Such as you say, boots on the ground, but he's gotta talk to

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:11

them little fans down.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:12

Or maybe they knew, need the fans and he get some votes. Yeah. Put your name on the fan.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:17

T-shirts. I

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:18

On

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:18

Ken Lock. Now, didn't need the fans to say I rock with

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:21

Ride and have him in the club. Smack smack. That's what I'm talking about. He'll get some votes then. That's right. Give'em fans. All right, Ken Lock, that's our advice.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:31

I don't know if this had anything to do with the,'cause they say Mary was everywhere. That's one of the things they said. She was everywhere. So the avenue of fashion had their annual. Gathering or festival or whatever it was. I saw Mary, she was out there Kinloch. I saw the first lady, Robin

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:52

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 28:52

Did I see her son? I don't even remember if I saw her son, but I did see her. She was up and down the blocks of the of Livernois. But going back to what Kinloch needs to do, I don't know what he was doing that day, but he needs to be everywhere just like Mary is.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:07

Yeah. He needs to I

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:08

yeah. Yeah. And he needs to get his message out and communicate that to people who are going to go to the polls.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:13

yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:14

How do you say not waste your time on those who don't plan to vote because indifferent.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:20

Or

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:20

yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:21

One of either of the two. You have to have some certified pollsters who can really make presumptions about what the turnout is gonna be. So you can't afford to, not have your message go out like a shotgun pellet, right? You Everything

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:34

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:35

only got so much time. And two, you need to get the news out to as many people as possible. One of the things you can play on, he's not an old man, he's a young man by my standard, but compared to her, he's got

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:46

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:46

in experience. You can poke a hole like that. She's 36 years old, man.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 29:50

Yeah, I didn't know She looks young. I just assumed she was young, but I didn't think much of it. But now to, to that point, Keith, of messaging, he may need to invest in a national. Campaign type person. People in the city of Detroit are very particular about campaigns and who's running them. They want everybody to be local, but at least behind the scenes,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:12

yes.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:12

least behind the scenes, they need to have somebody at the caliber who knows how to do this. To get somebody whoever Obama had, to go from, being faceless and unknown

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:22

everything costs money. He's raised half again of what she's raised.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:27

That's where I was going.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:29

Of what she has,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:30

I think that's gonna change now because he's come from the bottom to number two. You just don't do that.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:36

Sides. But I

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:37

But the money.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:38

They're gonna give to her.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:39

Money can come from the faceless money can come from outta state.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:43

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:43

But you only have until when this election is November,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:47

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:47

Oh, yeah. If she's already got such a commanding lead, money-wise.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:52

Yeah

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:53

he doesn't have enough time to make that up, right?

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:56

and he is gotta

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:57

No.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 30:57

He needed to talk to the other candidates who lost out. Can I get your support?

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:02

Correct. Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:03

If

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:04

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:04

that part,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:05

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:06

If he can get their support, he's

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:09

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:09

He's got a chance.'cause they did pull some votes.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:12

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:12

Portion of those votes, he's still got a chance. And so it's

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:16

That's what he should have been doing the next morning.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:19

But believe James Craig out of it. Don't get his votes.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:21

Go to,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:21

man.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:22

a meeting with him.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:23

No. No. Huh.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:25

when they asked him what he had about$5 on hand. He could get a bag of chips with that. No, but that's one way of doing it. Trying to go after those individuals that lost to her and him,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:35

yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:35

if he can get their support. Certainly that wouldn't hurt. And again, like I said, basically when you look at these businesses and the monies that they can bring in, they want somebody that's gonna be favorable. Back to the corruption part that Mike spoke

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:50

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 31:51

So who do you get in bed with now? So if you go against Mary and she wins, piss her off. If you go against Kinloch and he wins, maybe he's pissed off and you don't get everything that you want. so basically what they do is they start to spread the funds, both Is upset, but you're right he'll have more money to work with I don't know how much these. Ads cost, man. But when

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:15

Who

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:16

The presidential election, they were talking about, a few minutes here, a few minutes there was causing thousands of dollars.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:23

Correct.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:24

what they can charge. I don't know if they could do that on local basis but you gotta have a war chest.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:29

Yeah,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:29

right now she's got a huge war chest and when you go to church and you look in your pocket. You want to tithe, but really all you can give is,$5 them$5 donation. Either I'm donating to church or I'm donating to your campaign. They only gonna go so far

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:46

how many people did you say voted in this election?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:50

about

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:50

85,000

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:52

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 32:52

in the primaries. Okay. And then when the autocratic and chief won 20,000, Detroiters voted for him. 20,000 people in the city of Detroit voted for the autocrat in chief,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:05

All right.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:06

which, okay, so that tells me that they are voters.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:10

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:10

So I'm not saying that all 20,000 voted in this primary, Assuming that they did, that tells you. Of that 85,000 of 20,000, 20,000 of them, weren't that bright then, what does that tell you?

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:27

The other party is that people tend to take primaries for granted.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:32

True.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:32

That number should go up

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:33

you're right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:34

but

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:35

That is very true, Keith.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:36

If it's a true indicator, then Ken Lock has to be concerned because, 51%, 17%, what's that? There's a difference of 34%.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:47

Huh.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:47

making up to do,

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:48

Yeah.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:49

He's

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:49

No, he's not gonna,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:50

Can it be done, Mike? Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:51

yeah, but I doubt it. Not in 90 days, not with the way that Detroiters vote.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:57

Possible but not probable.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 33:59

correct. Possible but not probable. There you go. Unless he comes out with something major on her, and I don't know. I doubt that she has anything major on her, but I would doubt that.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:10

That's

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:10

Yeah.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:11

happens.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:12

If

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:12

in October.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:13

correct. If,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:14

campaign.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:15

if there is something, then he's gonna have to go there. And that's the only way he gonna win.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:20

All right, gentlemen. We didn't much say anything about save the Children because then we'd be going back to our civics lesson.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:28

No, the, to save the children part, I would say children, look at what your parents are doing, and don't do that unless they're voting.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:35

that. Yeah. Unless they're

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:37

learn about the candidates for yourself when it's your time to vote. Number one, participate in democracy.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:43

Mike. I

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:44

That's number one. Participate. Democracy takes participation. Learn for yourself about the candidates. Don't just take anybody's word for it. Learn about'em yourself, and then vote

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:56

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:57

go from there.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:58

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 34:58

things not gonna always go your way, but at least you participated. You know the process.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:03

If you don't vote.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:04

right there you go.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:06

is a recipe for disaster.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:08

Correct.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:09

Something that ultimately lead to the demise of democracy.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:15

I would tell the children there is no democracy.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:18

so that's what people have to be mindful of. Was really sad to see the turnout. historically it probably was anticipated based on prior records.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:29

Yeah they forecasted between 15 and 18%.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:32

No. We need

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:33

were right on point.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:34

Yep.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:34

So I Have to be more passionate, and people right now, in this day and time, turnout should be, everybody should turn out'cause we should be

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:43

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:43

Yeah. And that's

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:44

should be sitting on their hands. At home.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:47

correct. Don't.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:47

right.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:48

and they have absentee ballot

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:50

Yes. Thank you, Keith.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:51

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:52

be afraid to vote. Don't be afraid to make a wrong choice. Just make a choice,

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:57

choice.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 35:57

And then if it's the wrong choice, you'll know, and you'll know not to do that again. You'll know to do more research,

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:03

Oh, no.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:03

You'll know to do more research on the person that you vote, right? But like you said, democracy takes participation. Don't be afraid to vote, just do it. Just go on and do it. Vote for who you think is gonna be the best person who aligns himself more with what you think you like to see. And sometimes neither candidate is gonna be, what you want.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:27

Mike say just do it again. That might get us a Nike sponsorship.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:31

Go when neither candidate is your candidate. Go for the least amount of damage.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:38

Yes.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:39

If you don't like either one. Who do you hate? Worse? Then don't vote for that person. Vote for the other.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:43

But vote.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 36:44

But vote you have to vote. There you go. To learn more about today's topics, please become a subscriber, text us or become a supporter. Go to the show description. Be sure to hit the follow button to receive a notification when we upload a new episode. That's all the time we've got this week. Thanks for listening. We'll be back next week with the What's Going On Podcast.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 37:11

He knocked it out the per.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 37:14

Oh, wow. That's cool, man. All right. I gotta I gotta practice that. I gotta be ready.

keith_1_08-11-2025_170434 37:18

You

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 37:18

All right.

thomas-corley_1_08-11-2025_170434 37:19

Yeah.

squadcaster-70j9_1_08-11-2025_170434 37:19

Thank you.