The January 6 committee has subpoenaed the retired colonel James P. Waldron after he shared election fraud Power Point presentation. This PowerPoint wasn't immediately dismissed by the Trump administration. It was embraced and taken seriously by Trump members. This event, among other, document once again that the Trump administration is one of the worst administrations in American history. Brad Pascdale is also cooperating with the committee. Six GOP loyalists tried to keep Trump in power. Waldron was a retired Army colonel who spread the lie that election fraud existed in a widespread fashion during the 2020 election. Right now, we are in the evidence phase of gathering the facts. If criminal prosecution comes about, it will come later. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (of Mississippi) said that members of Congress found a document plotting the overthrow a nationwide election. There are text messages exposing how evil people wanted to end democracy as we know it. On November 9, 2020, Meadows and other Trump insiders wanted to promote an alternative group of electors to change the election results. That is treason plain and simple.
We live in unique times. One old lie made by far-right Republicans and Hoteps is that since leaders of both major parties are imperfect, therefore any liberal policy is not beneficial to black people. We can refute that lie by looking at history and other facts. The reality is that the prison industrial complex, redlining, voting suppression laws, the War on Drugs, police brutality, defunding schools, imperialism, and other evil policies are not progressive policies. These are far right reactionary policies. Therefore, these GOP hypocrites want to lecture us black people on which political philosophy is best, but their destructive policies (that I've mentioned previously) have damaged many black people's lives for decades. We still have to have our independent thinking as we shouldn't worship either party. Even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that we shouldn't unconditionally support any political party. Believing in a clean environment is progressive, wanting universal health care is progressive, believing in reparations for African Americans is progressive, and standing up for justice for all is definitely progressive. That is why it is commonsense for me, as a black man, to believe in progressive principles.
Recently, Bell Hooks passed away yesterday on December 15, 2021. For decades, she has been a researcher and expert scholar of social issues and the issues found in feminism. She has been a professor, activist, and author. Hopkinsville, KY is the city of her birth. Dr. Bell Hooks earned her PhD. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her gift was that she eloquently evaluated how intersectional forces of oppression are involving humanity. She wrote about race, capitalism, gender, class, and oppression. What is interesting is that she wrote books not only on feminism, but he wrote literature on black men as she wanted to inspire black men to reach our highest aspirations (while rejecting toxic influences, patriarchal extremism, and other evils). At the Bell Hooks Institute at Berea College (in Berea, Kentucky), her legacy is profoundly strong. From working class roots to lecturing thousands of people worldwide, Bell Hooks represents black intellectual power in full display. By 2018, she was inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.
Rapheal Warnock gave a speech on voting rights. The necessity for federal legislation involving voting rights must be made in existence. That is why Warnock wants the Senate rules to be changed as it relates to the filibuster in order for real federal voting rights to be made law of the land. Right now, we have a crisis of voting rights. Now, the 1965 Voting Rights Act has been gutted of Section 5. Now, we have new state policies infiltrating election boards with extremists. We have Georgia and Texas including other states with draconian anti-voting rights laws that ban giving people snacks, limiting voting times, and going about to make voting difficult in general. This threat is about voter suppression, ruining who can count votes, and other evils impacting our democracy. It is hypocritical for some to want to change the filibuster rules to protect the full faith and credit of American government (to raise the debt ceiling), but these same people refuse to change it involving one of the greatest human rights in the Universe, which is the right to vote.
Yesterday was the Birthday of Sister Lalah Hathaway, and she is 53 years old. Like father, like daughter describes her life. She is her own woman whose songwriting, singing, producing, and all-around love of music is incredible. Lalah was born to express herself musically as she is the daughter of one of the greatest musicians in history, Donny Hathaway. Chicago is the city of his birth. Lalah Hathaway worked in R&B music, soul, and gospel. In 1990, her debut self-titled album existed. By 1994, she released the album called A Moment. The album of The Song Lives On was shown in 1999 when she worked with Joe Sample. Outrun the Sky was her fourth album in 2004. Forever, For Always, For Love is one of her classic songs. Throughout her life, Lalah collaborated with legends like Mary J. Blige, The Winans, etc. She sang background and writes plus produces music. Hathaway was featured on Donald Lawrence's debut solo album called I Speak Life. Hathaway signed with Stax as a powerful institution of soul music. By 2009, she performed on BET in January before an audience. She worked in jazz festivals for years like in New Orleans, Columbia, Maryland, and other locations. By December 2009, she won the Song of the Year award in the SoulTracks Readers' Choice Award with her duet with singer Eric Roberson on "Dealing." Hathaway earned her first Grammy for the 2013 Best R&B Performance for "Something" with Snarky Puppy. Her band has a keyboardist, guitarist, and drummer. Hathaway works with the Circle of Promise to help breast cancer, especially in the African American community. She is a living legend in our culture. I wish Sister Lalah Hathaway more blessings.
By Timothy
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