Soon, the Senate will have the procedural vote on the existence of the January 6th Commission. When those events happened, McCarthy called the attack terrible. Now, many of these same GOP Senators like Ron Johnson wants to sugarcoat the events of the U.S. Capitol insurrection that happened just a few months ago. Terrorists, who did that viciously evil insurrection, were domestic terrorists who hate the Constitutions and the principles of democracy in general. Many people want the facts. We want a critically independent investigations in order to decipher the truth about the events, security issues, a better timeliness, and lessons to make sure that the insurrection will never happen ever again. The filibuster should end. It is one way where laws can be passed more effectively. Mitch McConnell now disagrees with ending the filibuster, but he used an exception to it to cause the pro-Trump Supreme Court Justices to be in the Supreme Court. The moderate Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia opposes ending the filibuster when a recent poll shows that 79 percent of West Virginians support the For the People Act including 76 percent of Republicans.
Days ago was the Birthday of a living legend. She is an icon of hip hop and R&B music. As one of the most influential artists of all time, she promoted love, spirituality, social consciousness, and positive energy in music. She is Sister Lauryn Hill, and it's her Birthday today. As a Generation X black musician, she helped to break down barriers for women singers. Also, she helped to unify the cultures of hip hop, neo-soul, and R&B music. Newark, New Jersey is the city of her birth, and she is now 46 years old. Both of her parents were hard working people. She was raised Baptist. Later, she lived in New York for a time, and they settled in South Orange, New Jersey. When Lauryn Hill was growing up, she was exposed to a diversity of music from Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and Curtis Mayfield. She loved Marvin Gaye's What's Going On album. She was part of the track team and cheerleading squad when she was in high school. That was at Columbia High School. She took AP classes and had A grades. She has a love of achieving greatness. Once, she was in the hip hop group of the Fugees which sold tons of records. Also, they were filled with huge talent. Lauryn Hill was an actress during this time too.
The Fugees' album of the Score in 1996 was one of the greatest hip hop albums of the 1990's. Lauryn Hill had vocals on songs like Killing Me Softly, Fu-Gee-La, and Ready or Not. She was just 21 when The Score came out. Her Refugee Project has helped at risk youth for years. She made the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998. It was one of the best albums of all time. People from D'Angelo to John Legend were part of the album. Ex-Factor was one of her great songs on that album. She wrote and produced the song of A Rose is Still a Rose for Aretha Franklin. Lauryn Hill was the first woman to win five times in the Grammys at one night. Afterwards, she worked on music, celebrated culture, and raised a family. By 2019, she recorded a song called Guarding the Gates. To me, Lauryn Hill is the greatest woman hip hop artist of all time period. She is one of the greatest MCs of all time too. At what she does, she is the best. Lauryn Hill helped to grow and revitalize hip hop and neo-soul after the deaths of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Lauryn Hill has a dignity, insights, beauty, and wisdom beyond her years truly. We, as a people, always loved her talent. Lauryn Hill inspired people like Solange, Beyonce, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Rapsody, Janelle Monae, Normani, and other artists. Lauryn Hill brought an additional soul and vigor into the long legacy of black musical, excellent artistry. She is our hero and our champion. I wish Sister Lauryn Hill more blessings.
Now, tons of people are talking about Kwame Brown. He came into the league 20 years ago, starting with the Washington Wizards. He has criticized comments made by Stephen Jackson, Matt Barnes, Jemele Hill, Stephen A. Smith, Charlemange, and other people. What is the truth? The truth, like in many of these cases are nuisance. First, I will show where I agree with Kwame Brown and what I disagree with him on later on. First, Kwame Brown is right that many people have demonized him in vicious ways during his basketball career. His career is not equivalent to Lebron or Jordan, but he played in the NBA for over 10 years, provided for his family, and made a long living in basketball including outside of it. So, Kwame Brown has the right to defend his honor or integrity as a man. He is also right that the corporate media uses many mouthpieces (both black and white) to promote the status quo, demonize black men, and harbor a hostility toward political incorrectness. We have seen this time after time again. The words of Kwame Brown exposing colorists (like Gilbert Arenas, etc.) and self hating types of black folks are what we black people say behind closed doors and in public. So, he is right on that point. Also, we have a serious problem of women haters like Tommy Sotomayor and Kevin Sameuls demonizing black women, so I want to make that clear.
Kwame Brown is right to advocate against compromising to the powers that be. Here is what I disagree with him on. He allies with outright extremists and self haters like Candace Owens, Tommy Sotomayor, Kevin Samuels, and Donald Trump. That is blatantly wrong. All of those 4 characters either said racist comments, sexist comments, or self hating comments about black people. Also, Kwame Brown is wrong on his comments on Breonna Taylor. He said that Taylor didn't deserve to die, but since she was hanging with an unruly crowd, her death was imminent. That is a load of nonsense. Breonna Taylor was never a drug mule, her boyfriend was not a felonious criminal, and the police actually got her house mistaken for another house. Taylor's death was unjust period. Kwame Brown is wrong for criticizing Democrats constantly, but he has no smoke for the GOP making voter suppression bills law, using policies to end environmental regulations, and glorifying the evil of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is silent on those things, because he is a far right black conservative. At the final analysis, equal rights and justice are no threats to anyone's lives. Having a clean environment protected by the government, having voting rights federally protected, having police brutality gone, and growing public investments in fighting poverty just make perfect sense.
By Timothy
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