American democracy is under threat. The Senate voted to have the policy of not having voting rights legislation to be debated in Congress. The GOP Senators have shown who they are. They are disgraceful legislatures who care more for Trump and his ego than freedom and justice for all Americans. Many GOP leaders have promoted the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Hundreds of people from across America are doing to Washington, D.C. to convince Congress to vote for real voting legislation. This vote now is the procedural vote on For the People Act. This fight for democracy is not over. GOP voting suppression legislation not only limits the times people can vote. Many laws outright shift who can handle voting, and many moderates are in support of the archaic filibuster. The GOP has blocked legislation to investigate the 1/6 attack, blocked legislation for a new infrastructure, hate policing reform legislation, and now doesn't want any bold voting rights legislation. The Republican Party is a total disgrace. The GOP blocked the Voting Rights bill in 2021. It's a shame. That vote was about whether to debate the bill.
It has been a dream come true for this track and field athlete. She has been through a lot in her life, but her will to win is powerful. She has the charisma of a Gail Devers and Flo Jo. She has strength and courage. Also, she is her own woman. She is Sha'Carri Richardson. Her family is with her when she won her USA Olympic Trials to have the opportunity to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. It was an emotional win for her as her mother recently passed away. She told the truth that people don't know of the sacrifice, the pain, and the challenges that many athletes go through outside of sporting events. They are human just like us with a wide range of emotion. People love Sha'Carri Richardson, because she is real, honest, and filled with the joy of life. That is what we honor and hold dear. She is a young legend. One breaking piece of news is that another black woman has tied to being the 2nd fastest time for a woman in 100 m history. Her name is Blessing Okagbare, and she is from Nigeria. She will compete in the 100m during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The 100m race is going to be filled with some of the most talented sprinters in history indeed. Blessing is probably the greatest African sprinter of all time. Involving track and field, Allyson Felix is going to the Tokyo Olympics for the 400 m. This is her 5th time going to the Olympics after being 3rd in the USA American Trials. The other victors are Quanera Hayes and Wadeline Jonathas. Allyson Felix wanted that place to go into the Olympics. She has a daughter now and a husband. Each of the 3 Sisters thanked God for their victories. There is nothing wrong with that. Felix's and Hayes's children meet each other too.
There has been criticism about the movie In the Heights about the lack of Afro-Latino representation. That criticism is fair. Yet, Rita Moreno saying to critics just wait was not only ignorant and offensive. It is about erasure of Afro-Latino people who deserve dignity and respect. That is why Moreno recently apologized for that statement. Bill Maher and Paul Begala doubled down on criticizing those who critiqued the film In the Heights. I'm not surprised at Bill Maher. Maher is a fake liberal who said the n word, made Islamophobic statements, was accused of abusing black women that he dated, and did other revolting things. So, Maher is Maher. I don't have any respect for him. Paul Begala is different, because that neoliberal moderate (and an ally of the neoliberal Bill Clinton) should have know better. Begala said that us critics should focus on racial disparities of health, childbirth, and police brutality involving the black community. This ignorant person forgets that black people can do both criticize disparities and critique a movie too. For Begala to have the gall and the arrogance to assume that people who want more Afro-Latino representation are getting their priorities misplaced is the height of white racist arrogance. Maher said that this is why people hate Democrats. No, this is why you have being called out on your lies. The In the Heights movie omits Dominicans and the diverse people of Puerto Rican Americans. Not all Puerto Ricans are white. Most Puerto Ricans have a large amount of indigenous heritage, and tons of Puerto Ricans are black people. The Schomburg Center (as found in New York City), which celebrates black American culture, was created by an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (who was a historian). We have to call out racism, colorism, and any form of oppression. That is what we're born to do. So, as a black American person, we have to show solidarity with our Afro-Latino Brothers and Sisters.
Now, more than 60 percent of all Americans (who are adults) have at least one vaccine. Now, there is the Delta variant that is spreading rapidly in the world including in America. Unvaccinated Americans are heavily vulnerable to that variant too. Some states have over 50 percent of its population fully vaccinated. Over 600,000 Americans have died as a product of the virus in America. The Delta variant is believed to be more transmissible than other variants. Infections are rising in low vaccinated states like in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Missouri. Many people in the hospitals now are younger people, because elderly Americans are heavily vaccinated percentage wise. That is why we aren't out of the woods yet. We have escaped the worst era of the pandemic in America, but we have a long way to go to live in some sense of normalcy in dealing with the pandemic crisis.
There is an unanimous Supreme Court decision that existed days ago. In a rare 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court said that student athletes can receive education related payments. The NCAA have fought long and hard for years to make sure that student athletes are restricted of such payments, but they failed. This decision can change college sports forever by allowing more money to go to the players. College sports earn billions of dollars every year from contracts, ticket sales, promotions, and selling merchandise. Supporters of the students say that players are exploited by colleges in that system. Kavanaugh said that the NCAA acted in contradiction to antitrust law in preventing workers from being economically compensated. This decision represents another victory for the rights of college athletes and more ways that they deserve financial resources for their talent. It's a large start.
By Timothy
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