Friday, May 12, 2023

Friday Updates in Early May of 2023.

 


CNN hosted a New Hampshire town hall meeting with the liar Donald Trump. He said that the potential debt default was a minor inconvenience, which isn't the case as millions could potentially lose their jobs if the debt would default. Trump blamed other people for the January 6, 2021, terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol. That event was a watershed moment in world history where criminals wanted to overthrow the U.S. government in a pernicious fashion. Even during the Civil War, invading terrorists didn't invade the U.S. Capitol before. He criticized Vice President Mike Pence for not trying to overturn the election results. Trump wants to massively cut social spending (part of discretionary spending. This will make it more dangerous to go on a plane or a train. It will make food have fewer regulations being more dangerous, etc. Discretionary spending deals with vital services like education, health, transportation, etc.), showing his austerity agenda. He continued to disrespect former columnist E. Jean Carroll in offensive terminology. When the debt almost defaulted in 2011, the stock market dropped 17 percent and the U.S. lost its AAA rating for the first time in history. We know that the GOP MAGA budget default will cause a depression with 8 million jobs lost and a 45% dive in the stock market. This insolvency can ruin achievements gained from the Civil War to the modern era of the 21st century. The Trump-friendly crowd laughed at his disrespected Carroll in a sick fashion.


CNN airing a Trump town hall is strange as Trump has been convicted in a civil suit of raping a woman. Trump recorded a birthday video for the insurrection Ashli Babbit. Trump is known as a habitual liar. CNN reporters suffered being trapped and almost killed by the insurrectionists. The terrorist insurrections had gallows trying to hang former Vice President Mike Pence. Trump is not some quaint political leader. He is a racist, a sexist, a xenophobe, and a terrorist sympathizer. Trump is a GOP frontrunner now. There is no other GOP Republican candidate opposing Trump for real, except Asa Hutchinson. There is no defense of Trump's corruption, incitement of violence, habitual lying, and he is a convicted rapist. He makes a mockery of legal subpoenas and the rule of law in general too. By 2024, we will have the end of the 2024 Presidential election. The media has debates on how to cover Donald Trump.


There is the White House meeting with GOP members in trying to have talks on the debt limit. The GOP wants draconian social spending cuts that will harm millions of Americans. President Joe Biden recently met with top Congressional leaders in a closed-door White House meeting. There is the $31.4 trillion national debt. The debt ceiling must exist. If a deal won't happen by early June of 2023, we can expect over 6 million jobs could be lost, no spending of Social Security checks to retirees and others, and federal government jobs to be in threat of a complete shutdown. This is no game. This is very real. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants a deal in massive cuts in social spending as a means to raise the debt limit before the government runs out of funds to pay its creditors. McCarthy wants a 22 percent cut to Medicaid, veterans' benefits, student loan debt relief, IRS modernization, and the Social Security/Medicare administration. One editorial in The Wall Street Journal said the myth that the rich aren't making money. The super-rich have record economic bailouts making tons of money. Many GOP members won't even support a small tax on Wall Street transactions. Therefore, we shall see what the future is for financial issues.


Senator Tommy Tuberville has said offensive nonsense for a while now. Recently, he said that white nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military. White nationalists are terrorists involved in the lynching of black people, involved in the terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol, and involved in other heinous actions for centuries in America alone. Tuberville later said that Trump Republicans in the military are unfairly characterized as white nationalists. He is a bold-faced liar. Many white nationalists are Trump Republicans. Also, his racist language is completely revolting. White nationalism is antithetical to democracy, human equality, and justice period. Tons of MAGA Republicans are not only racist but terrorists. For example, many of the Oath Keepers and 1%ers including the Proud Boys involved in the U.S. Capitol insurrection were MAGA Republicans. White nationalists should never be allowed to join the military as their views are against integrity, trust, inclusion, and justice for all. Many of our relatives and ancestors fought wars to oppose the views of white racists. Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Tuberville must denounce white nationalism as un-American and stop his hold on military nominations.


Days ago, was the Birthday of Sister Alyson Wiliams, and she is 61 years old. She is an R&B singer who was born in New York City. She is the daughter of bandleader and trumpeter Bobby Booker. She started her career by singing background vocals for many artists like Curtis Hairston, Melba Moore, Bobby Brown, Barbara Mitchell, etc. Later, she joined the group High Fashion. The group featured the R&B legend Meli'sa Morgan. Alyson sang with the group of the Affair before having her solo career. Her first single Yes We Can Can was released on Profile Records in 1986. Raw was her album in 1989. It had singles like My Love is So Raw fearing rapper Nikki and Sleep Talk. Alyson acted before too. In 1986, she portrayed her friend Phyllis Hyman in a musical play called "Thank God, The Beat Goes On," joining the Whispers to tell the story of Hyman's career. She played the role of Marvin Gayes' Mother Alberta in a play called My Brother, Marvin that was produced by Marvin's sister Zeola. I wish Sister Alyson Williams more blessings. 


By Timothy





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