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Today, House Democrats have unveiled articles of impeachment. They cite abuse of power and obstruction of justice. This is the third impeachment situation in U.S. history. This comes after the Mueller report and the impeachment inquiry hearing. The 6 Democratic chairs who have led the investigators against the President this year. Nancy Pelosi and House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler want Trump to be impeached. The Democrats have said that Trump abused his office by pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals during the 2020 election season while withholding a White House meeting aid from Kiev. They say that Trump obstructed the investigation into his misconduct with a blockade of subpoena and a refusal to allow many key senior officials to testify to Congress. Next week, there should be an impeachment vote. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff have said that the case against Trump is overwhelming. Witnesses have collaborated with each other about Trump's corruption. We know the truth. The point is that we must act in accordance with integrity and advance justice.

A lot of news are coming out. The DOJ IG report found that the Russia probe was justified, and it was not biased against Donald Trump. The Attorney General disagreeing with the findings shows that the Attorney General is being partisan, biased, and a believer in the myth of the superiority of the executive branch of government. Horowitz reviewed tons of documents, and did mention that the FBI made errors in the FISA application on ex-Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. We still have to maintain our civil liberties even though Trump has shown overt corruption along with many of his allies. That is why many in the Trump cabinet have been convicted of crimes and are in prison now. The IG report mentioned the reality of how life is not a game. The Durham report will come later. Right now, the Democrats are working to finalize the articles of impeachment.The Judiciary Impeachment hearing was continuous, but the truth has b en shown in them. Democratic Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler debated with Republicans like Doug Collins, Matt Gaetz, and others about why the hearing was held or other issues. Nadler said that Trump is an active threat to democracy. Nadler characterized Trump's efforts in Ukraine as bas as Trump plus his allies wanted to influence the 2020 election. Republicans turned on Gordon Sondland.

Recently, ADOS people from the Internet like Antonio Moore have been whining about how one person on Joy Reid's show used the coded term tangible to criticize ADOS as Russian bots. I don't believe that every ADOS person is a Russian bot, but the ADOS and the FBA movements are xenophobic, backward, false, and anti-African Diaspora period. I never supported those movements from the beginning, because they are by definition hypocrites like Tariq Nasheed (who is a chauvinist who said that single mothers aren't entitled to reparations), Yvette Carnell (who lied and said that Pan-Africanism is dead when it isn't), and the rest of them. I call out names. These ADOS and FBA hypocrites omit that if they were really about that life, they should give up hip hop, Malcolm X, Denmark Vesey, Kwame Ture, raggae, etc. since these people or musical art-forms are influenced by Afro-Caribbeans. The founder of hip hop was an Afro-Caribbean named Kool Herc. Rapping is similar and is influenced to toasting as found in Jamaica. Malcolm X's maternal ancestors came from the Caribbean. Kwame Ture was born in Trinidad. You can tell by his accent. Even African American music like jazz and blues have influences from Africa all day every day. Even the Gullah culture came from the Caribbean and Africa directly. My ancestors came from Nigeria and the Congo via DNA testing.

There is more Afro-Caribbean and African influences on music today. The DJ'ing aspect of hip hop, with Breakbeats & other things started in Jamaica with Dub Selectors, & Toasters "MC'ing" over "riddims." Black music in America originally came from Africa, the Caribbean, and and other places. West Africa is the mother of black American music. West African music influenced the development of jazz in the Deep South. West African music is polyrhymthic. This is also called the cross rhythm. The call and response action of West African music influences music in America. Also, many hip hop artists have Caribbean ancestry or Caribbean heritage like Biggie, Heavy D, Busta Rhymes, Doug E. Fresh, DJ Grandmaster Flash, etc. Therefore, we may stopped at different places from the ships, but we are one people of black African descent. I send great Kudos to my African and Afro-Caribbean Brothers and Sisters. Those in the African Diaspora aren't monolithic. We will express our own cultures, and we blend at the same time under many circumstances. I know many Afro-Caribbeans that I work with who have shown me the utmost respect as I am African American. We are one family. Malcolm X always talked about uniting black Americans and the rest of the black population worldwide. That point can't be refuted. The banjo is heavily used in jazz, and it was used in West Africa originally (and spread into America and the Caribbean).

We live in very historic times. Recently, Miss Universe of 2019 is a black woman from South Africa. She has spoken about climate change and other issues. She is very outspoken to inspire girls and women to make their stands in the world. Her name is Zozibini Tunzi, and her victory is by her own merit. We live in a new time. This is a time when more people are rejecting colorism, and tons of people are shining their image of glorious Blackness. We have a long way to go. We are not naive, but many people are making contributions in building society up. She is the first black pageant winner in 8 years since Leila Lopes from Angola took home the crown in 2011. In 2019, Miss America, Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and now Miss Universe are all black people this year. This has never occurred in human history. We congratulate Zozibini Tunzi as a great heroic role model of our generation. The truth is that Black Beauty is human beauty, and the more people realize that, the better off the world will be. Being Black is Beautiful as Black is Always Beautiful.


By Timothy