There has been an Israeli and Hamas cease fire. It is a fragile one. Biden has put pressure on Israel to make this happen being brokered by the nation of Egypt. International pressure and pressure from many progressive Democrats wanted Biden to promote a ceasefire sooner along with having support for Palestinian liberation. It is no question that Gaza and the West Bank are filled with destroyed infrastructure, discrimination, and occupation. For a very long time, tons of Palestinians in the Middle East face dehumanization, sanitary issues, poverty, and numerous injustice. It is clear that Israeli innocent civilians should not die by missiles, it is equally wrong for Palestinian civilians to suffer death too. An Israeli life is just as valuable as a Palestinian life. The ceasefire has been planned to start at 7 pm. EST. Egypt will send a delegation to Palestine (at Gaza) and at Israel. Palestinians face also the spread of the pandemic. Biden has said that he wants to send humanitarian aid to help the human beings of Gaza to rebuild their homes and businesses. We shall see what the future ultimately will hold.
Always defending democracy is part of our lives now. The Bill of Rights has many legitimate laws that many of us hold dear. We know that Trump loyalists are questioning the 2020 election nationwide with lies and hatred. In the state of Arizona, the Republican extremists are still holding an audit when Arizona went blue for Biden. Now, the GOP have passed unjust voter suppression laws in many states. That is why we need federal voting rights protection passed as soon as possible. No one should tolerate bigotry and voter suppression injustices at all. Lawsuits and court challenges now exist in Georgia because of Georgia's draconian anti-voting law. Trump and his allies are enemies of democracy by promoting audits long after the 2020 election was over, by going out to promote racism plus xenophobia, and by many of them even voting against a Commission to find the whole truth about the January 6 insurrection against the U.S. Capitol. This is a fight for our democracy. We have to pick a side and not be politically correct. Either we are on the side of freedom and democracy or not. I made my choice. I choose to be on the side of democracy and freedom.
The House is voted on the 1/6 Commission to find out independently about what happening during the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy and McConnell oppose such a commission. They are wrong like usual on many issues. We have the right to decipher the truth as terrorists almost ruined American democracy forever at Washington, D.C. Many GOP members have disgracefully sugarcoated the events on January 6, even one person calling it a tourist event. Rep. John Katko of New York state has defended the deal on the January 6 Commission. The truth has the right to be known for the American people and any human being. We have to know about information about warnings, intelligence failures, disputes on response times, and if any Congressperson aided the terrorists who stormed the U.S. Capitol. All of these inquiries must be investigated fully. Any future commission must deal with issues in a thorough, comprehensive fashion.
2 Tulsa survivors have given their testimonies to Congress. They have been brave. The Tulsa Massacre will have its 100th year anniversary on May 31, 2021. Back then in Tulsa, black people had powerful businesses and other infrastructure. White racists were jealous, and destroyed the property plus lives of the black community at Tulsa. Black people were murdered. Buildings were bombed by aircraft. Fleeing black people were forced at gun point to go into camps too. This comes during the era of Red Summer. Red Summer was a time during 1917-1922 where some of the worst anti-black pogroms existed in American history. That time period included some of the worst times in American history. This history is real, and it shouldn't be sugarcoated. Schools across America should teach about the Red Summer. This wasn't too long ago. American slavery wasn't too long ago. My 2nd and 3rd great grandparents were slaves in America. I know their names outright, so it's personal for us who are black people. Truthfully, the black people in Tulsa deserve reparations, and black Americans in general deserve reparations completely.
Some sad news is that the legendary comedian Paul Mooney passed away today at the age of 79 years old. He was witty, powerful, and made some of the greatest analysis in exposing racism in human history. He loved his friends and children. He was born in the South at Shreveport, Louisiana. Always filled with energy, he worked with Richard Pryor in shows and movies. He later lived in Oakland, California. As a writer, he helped to write for Pryor's routines, Sanford and Son, Real Husbands of Hollywood, Judge Mooney, Good Times, In Living Color, Spike Lee's Bamboozle, and the Dave Chappelle Show. Paul Mooney said things in public that many of our people say in private about race, culture, and other issues. Paul was brave enough to speak his mind honestly. He passed away from a heart attack.
Rest in Power Brother Paul Mooney.
By Timothy
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