Residents from Black River, St. Elizabeth, are sounding the alarm, and frankly, it’s hard not to share their outrage. In the fragile hours after the hurricane swept through, what should have been a coordinated, decisive government response instead looked like hesitation, confusion, and absence.
Some people are alleging that the relief agencies on the ground were ineffective—no tents, no structured food program, no organized medical presence. In a disaster of this scale, essential services should have been stationed and ready: emergency tents, mobile clinics, water and sanitation units, ground teams tracking displaced residents, and a rapid deployment of resources to stabilize those most affected. That simply did not happen. Instead, helicopters circled overhead, assessing the destruction from a distance, while families on the ground waited—hungry, exposed, unaccounted for.
Displaced residents still don’t have proper shelter. They don’t have a central point of service. They don’t have a coordinated system guiding them toward safety, medical care, or basic necessities.
In 2025, after so many global lessons in disaster management, this should never be the story. And yet here we are.
Let’s be clear: relief comes before rebuilding. Before talk of construction, procurement, or long-term recovery, there must be tents, food, water, sanitation, health services, child protection services, and community support teams on the ground immediately. That’s Emergency Response 101. You stabilize the people, then you move to rebuilding the community.
But from all accounts, Jamaica’s government response is lagging—and community members are noticing. Many are openly saying that if it weren’t for people like Shaggy and other Jamaican celebrities abroad, flying in and stepping up, many families would still be starving, stranded, and forgotten.
It shouldn't take celebrity intervention for people to get basic relief.So the question stands like a heavy drumbeat: What is going on?
Why weren’t emergency tents pre-positioned? Why wasn’t there an immediate medical and sanitation rollout? Why do residents have to beg for what should be automatic in a disaster? And most importantly: Who is accountable for this breakdown, and when will the people of Black River get the relief they deserve?
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Question: Is there an attempt by Mainstream Media through movies and ads to ILLEGITIMIZE Podcasts?
Recently, Netflix released a limited series called The Beast in Me. The series seems to use sly tactics to sow doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of podcasters. Renaldo discusses this in his soliloquy raising the alarm about mainstream media's attempts to re-centralize and re-monopolize its hold over communication and information.
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A Black patient is raising serious concerns about his recent hospitalization at Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey, alleging that he experienced inadequate care, premature discharge, poor communication, and treatment that left him feeling marginalized and medically unsafe.
The patient, admitted after collapsing on a tennis court, reports that in six days of hospitalization, he was never examined by a physician. Instead, he interacted solely with nurses and physician assistants. During this period, he says he continued to suffer the same symptoms—dizziness, fainting episodes, chest heaviness, and weakness—that initially led to his emergency admission.
According to his account, diagnostic tests were performed without explanation, and results were either withheld or presented with incomplete or conflicting narratives. He states that medical staff attempted to discharge him despite persistent symptoms and without providing a follow-up discussion regarding an echocardiogram that revealed a bicuspid aortic valve—a congenital defect that can affect blood flow.
He also reports that his dietary restrictions were ignored, with meals containing red meat and cheese despite repeated requests.
One of the most troubling events he describes occurred during an attempted discharge: hospital staff reportedly instructed him to walk off the unit despite ongoing dizziness. While waiting at the pharmacy, he collapsed and had to be readmitted. He alleges that a nurse immediately went into “defensive mode” rather than assessing his condition, and that the emergency department doctor’s system review revealed that he was still listed as an admitted patient, raising questions about the legitimacy of the initial discharge.
The patient further states that a psychiatrist was sent to his room, though he had reported no psychiatric symptoms. He interprets this as part of a broader pattern in which Black patients’ physical complaints are reframed as psychological, leading to delays in proper medical evaluation.
On the day of his final discharge, an occupational therapist conducted orthostatic testing—a check for blood pressure changes with movement—and found significant fluctuations, along with visible unsteadiness in his gait. The therapist reportedly advised that he should not be discharged and recommended additional medical evaluation, including a head CT. However, the patient says no physician ever followed up, and the discharge proceeded despite these findings.
When he requested to speak with hospital leadership about his concerns, he was met with a nurse manager and a nurse practitioner—neither of whom, he reports, addressed the outstanding medical issues or explained the decisions surrounding his care.
The patient ultimately left the hospital still dizzy and weak, stating he did not feel he had received adequate care or clear medical guidance.
His experience raises pressing questions about medical equity, communication, discharge protocols, and the treatment of Black and Brown patients in clinical settings.
Hackensack Meridian Health at Riverview has not provided comment on these allegations. But we did speak with a Representative from Patient Experience about the issues and the Experience, we recorded the conversation and it’s available on The Neoliberal Round Podcast season 15 Episode 1.
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Journalists just asked Pam Bondi of The Justice Dept whether she intends to follow the law.
Imagine that—
the nation pausing to wonder whether the Attorney General,
the very steward of justice,
the keeper of statutes and truth,
will honor the rules she’s sworn to defend.
It’s almost poetic…
if it weren’t so painfully absurd.
Well, the pragmatist would say, the law is not a shackle. So they may follow it loosely.
SMH.
#Rulesoflaw #EpsteinFiles #law
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Did the Democrats really drag out the shutdown for 41 days only to score a political point over healthcare? That makes no sense. Pundits on the Podcast argue over the winners and losers of the shutdown and whether the Democrats came looking like the villains who caused the shutdown. Renaldo McKenzie sits down with co-hosts Ricardo McKenzie and Straight Talker Randy Travis to discuss.
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Today we had Municipal/local and Some Gubernatorial elections today. On this Short episode take of Straight Talk Host Renaldo McKenzie speak with Straight Talker Randy, Moderate Democrat, about why this election matter. He shared that he would not usually go out to vote in mud terms or local elections but Today he did. Hear why.
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Renaldo McKenzie of The Neoliberal discusses the latest from Jamaica as Hurricane wanders along Jamaica's shorelines in the Caribbean Sea. Ramon Henry and Dwight McKoy join Renaldo on The Neoliberal Round to provide an update on the Hurricane and Jamaica's preparedness.
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Renaldo discusses the upcoming bout between Pagan V Montgomery and also chatted with Felix Parilla 11-0 and is also featured in a match on Thursday October 23 2025 at the Coliseo Pedrin zorrilla Puerto Rico. The events will kick off at 5:30pm. A Production of The Neoliberal Corporationhttps://theneoliberal.com and renaldocmckenzie.comSubscribe to The Neoliberal Round
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trailer 3 to Faith, Freedom and the Fault Lines of Love, A Dialogue by Renaldo McKenzie with Ricardo McKenzie Featuring Bryce Eddy on The Neoliberal Round Podcast
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This is a continuation of the Episode with Eddy Bryce. We pick up from the Point on Vengeance and Letitia James where Bryce tries to make the point that Trump's attacks on his enemies such as Letittia James is just and Godly and poetic Justice.
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In this thought-provoking episode, Renaldo McKenzie and co-host Ricardo McKenzie sit down with Bryce Eddy of Turning Point USA and The Bryce Eddy Show for an open conversation on faith, unity, and the fractured moral landscape of modern America.From the meaning of biblical love to the paradoxes of liberty and inclusion, this dialogue challenges easy answers and exposes deeper divides. Can true love heal a polarized nation — or has faith itself become a new frontier of division?🎙️ Listen on The Neoliberal Round Podcast — where dialogue replaces dogma and conversation sparks change.Op-Ed: “When Love Becomes a Border: Lessons from My Conversation with Bryce Eddy”By Renaldo C. McKenzie | The Neoliberal PostAfter sitting with Bryce Eddy, I realized that love, liberty, and faith — three words that should bind us — can also become battlegrounds.1. Love that Costs vs. Love that ConfinesTrue love is sacrificial, not selective. It builds bridges even when it bleeds. The love of Christ was constructive — it healed lepers and listened to sinners — but the love often preached by the new right is conditional, tied to ideological conformity. Their love welcomes you only if you look, think, or pray the same.2. Jesus the DisruptorBryce spoke of all-inclusivity, but his inclusivity lacked diversity. Jesus did not reinforce religious order — he upended it. His ministry broke barriers between Jew and Gentile, male and female, slave and free. When inclusion becomes uniformity, it ceases to be divine and becomes doctrinal control.3. Liberty RewrittenTheir liberty and individualism are not what the Enlightenment nor the Gospel envisioned. Instead, they reflect an authoritarian individualism — a “freedom” that punishes dissent. Theirs is liberty with a leash: patriotic, pious, and policed. It’s a corruption of both Christian and liberal ideals.4. Ethnocentrism Cloaked as Evangelism Bryce’s worldview risks conflating faith with culture — a form of Orientalism and Occidentalism that paints “the Christian West” as morally superior. Yet, it is no more “our principle to kill” than it is Islam’s or anyone else’s. Violence is not religious — it is human. To assume otherwise is to weaponize culture itself. In the end, I learned that love without diversity becomes ideology, and liberty without empathy becomes tyranny. The work ahead isn’t to silence voices like Bryce’s — it’s to invite them into a broader, braver table where faith is not a fence but a fire — lighting the way for all.
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Renaldo pushes back on Bryce's claims that the mutilation of girls as a principle of Islam. Coming up Tonight on The Neoliberal: Part 1 of a two-part episode of The Neoliberal Round featuring Bryce Eddy of Turning Points USA and the Bryce Eddy Show. He joins me with my co-host Ricardo McKenzie to discuss American politics, Turning Points and why he supports Trump. Here is a 2-minute trailer of the upcoming show. It premieres later at 7pm. Subscribe on any stream, find your podcast stream here: The Neoliberal Round by Renaldo McKenzie https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal; and also on our Youtube Channel https://youtube.com/@renaldomckenzie. We will publish an op-ed of the interview in The Neoliberal Post https://renaldocmckenzie.com and The Neoliberal Journals https://theneoliberal.com
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Author Renaldo provides an update on Neoliberalism Book 2.
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Author Renaldo McKenzie discusses the upcoming book Neoliberal Globalization reconsidered, Unfair Competition and The Death of Nations, Co-Authored by Martin Oppenheimer.
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Episode Script: “Faith, Film, and the Future Featuring Abria Jackson”
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[Intro]
Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of The Neoliberal Round Podcast. I’m your host, Rev. Renaldo McKenzie.
Today, I’m honored to sit with the dynamic, ever-charming, and deeply talented Abria Jackson—an actress, mentor, and graduate student whose career and calling blend art, faith, and service.
Abria recently starred in Night of Violence, which opened at the prestigious FrightFest in the UK. She traveled to London with her mother to witness the premiere, and we’ll talk about that powerful experience. We’ll also dive into her work on Law & Order: Organized Crime, her inspirations from Viola Davis and Halle Berry, her mentoring of young women, and her pursuit of a master’s degree in Clinical and Counseling Psychology.
[Segment 1 – The UK Premiere]
Renaldo: What was it like, sitting in that London theater with your mom, watching your film open FrightFest?
Abria: “It was very emotional. My father passed away a couple of years ago, and he was so supportive of my dream. Knowing my mom was in the audience reminded me that I have people who love me and support me. I also felt like my dad was there, watching from heaven. My mom was cheering, even when no one else was, and people around her were cracking up—it was unforgettable.”
Renaldo: What did it mean personally to have her there?
Abria: “It felt full circle. God was reminding me to keep going, that I’m on the right path. The fact that my mom was alive and present for that moment—it meant everything.”
[Segment 2 – Acting as Healing]
Renaldo: You mentioned Catwoman, a Black rock star, and Tanya from Mortal Kombat as dream roles. Why those?
Abria: “All three connect directly to my childhood. They’d heal my inner child. Acting was more than entertainment—it was spiritual. Growing up, life wasn’t always glitter and rainbows. Acting gave me an outlet, and now keeping that inner child alive helps me bring truth to every role.”
[Segment 3 – Balancing Faith, Career, and Self-Care]
Renaldo: How do you balance school, career, and everything else?
Abria: “I’m very intentional with my time. I write everything in my planner and make sure I hit my goals. But I also remind myself that you can’t pour from an empty cup. Self-care matters. For me, that’s $5 Tuesdays at the movies—it’s my reset.”
Renaldo: And your faith?
Abria: “Faith keeps me going. My mom once bought a name meaning that said Aabria means faith. That’s my story. When auditions don’t come, when money’s tight—faith carries me.”
[Segment 4 – Mentorship & Psychology]
Renaldo: Beyond acting, you’re also co-leading a mentorship group for teen girls and pursuing a master’s in counseling. What inspired that?
Abria: “Even in high school, people would come up to me and share their lives. It felt like a gift God placed in me. Now I want to perfect that gift—get licensed, gain knowledge, and help people in ways that blend spirituality and service.”
[Segment 5 – Vision & Legacy]
Renaldo: Looking ahead, what legacy do you want to build?
Abria: “When God calls me home, I want people to say my life was an act of faith. Of course, I want roles that move people. But more than that, I want to be remembered as someone who served—who gave advice, helped people, and carried them through. What profits a person to gain the world but lose their soul? Character and service—that’s the legacy I want.”
[Closing]
Abria Jackson is more than an actress—she is a storyteller, a servant, and a woman of faith. From Philly to London, from film sets to mentorship circles, her journey reminds us that art and service can walk hand in hand.
You can follow Abria on Instagram at @itsabriajackson and on TikTok under her name.
And stay tuned for her upcoming TV series Losing My Pride, expected in 2026.
Thank you for listening to The Neoliberal Round Podcast. Until next time—walk good.
This episode of The Neoliberal Round Podcast features the dynamic Abria Jackson, actress, mentor, and graduate student, in conversation with Rev. Renaldo McKenzie.
Fresh off her UK premiere at FrightFest for Night of Violence, Abria talks about bringing her mom to London for the milestone, her inspirations from Viola Davis and Halle Berry, and how faith keeps her grounded as she balances acting, mentorship, and graduate studies in Clinical and Counseling Psychology.
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On this raw, uncut and unedited episode short, of Straight Talk, Renaldo chats with Randy and Phil about Free Speech and the Return of Jimmy Kimmel on ABC.
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Five years ago I blogged: “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within” (W. Durant).
I was reminded of this while watching the Prime Video Movie Apocalypto. I’d recommend that y’all watch it.
Now If Trump, the GOP and MAGA want “America to be Great Again”, they may want to first stop the bleeding from within instead of applying tactics that exacerbate the wound and destroy what’s left of American greatness like that of the Mayan Kingdom. Great civilizations fall because of leaders and their supporters who share and defend their wild ideologies that put people against each other and stifle diversity and liberalism.
A great America is a strong America that looks out for all its peoples so that they can be resolute in defending any attack from without.
Black lives matter and so does white lives. Women are independent and firm just as their male counterparts. And the freedom to express our uniqueness in various forms without denigrating or denying anyone expression over another is valued and protected so as to strengthen our unity inspite of our diversity!
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