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Ted Cruz of Texas said that the NAACP lost its way because he agrees with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in his policies. The NAACP recently gave a travel advisory because of DeSantis signing laws to sugarcoating the history of black Americans and suppressing the rights of fellow human beings. Ted Cruz even invoked Dr. King in saying that Dr. King wouldn't endorse what the NAACP did in Florida. The truth is that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a lot more revolutionary than many people think that he is. As Dr. King's daughter, Bernice King has mentioned, the situation is that Dr. King wouldn't supported DeSantis's xenophobic, racist, voter suppression, and discriminatory legislation. DeSantis hides behind religion when the universal part of religion is the Golden Rule. You have to love your neighbor as yourself. The best way to promote the Golden Rule is to show human dignity to all of your neighbor beyond just some. DeSantis using strict guidelines to ban books has nothing to do with Dr. King's call for justice. Dr. King not only promoted boycotts against racist institutions overtly. He also heroically made cogent arguments against the Vietnam War, participated in anti-war rallies, and stood up in favor of reparations for black Americans. He believed in economic growth via a radical redistribution of political and economic power (because many large corporations for centuries have used their influence to damage the lives of poor and working-class people worldwide). Our ancestors defeated Confederates by 1865, our ancestors defeated Nazi terrorists by 1945, and we will be victorious in the end (against the fascist philosophy of MAGA).

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott publicly announced his candidacy for President of the United States. Senator Scott talked about his run in a South Carolina rally. He wants to distance himself from Donald Trump, but he has supported Trump on many issues. He spoke about inspiring Americans to have change. One of his great errors is to say that America is not a racist nation. Even he admitted that the police stopped him multiple times as a Congressman because of racial profiling. Just because many righteous people live in America doesn't mean that America isn't a racist country. Senator Scott has an uphill battle with many GOP candidates existing like Nikki Haley, and Trump having a huge lead in the primaries. Tim Scott wants to promote an optimistic tone. He told the public audience about his story about being from poverty to being a candidate for President.  The irony about Tim Scott is that he supports policies that won't radically increase the federal minimum wage, invest in expanding Medicaid and Medicare, that has real gun regulations, and will make sure that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. He just demonizes those legitimate aims as "far left." These policies are commonsense actions that will help all Americans, not just the super-wealthy. Tim Scott supported Trump in 2016, he voted to acquit Trump in both impeachment trials, he supported Trump in 2020, and he refused to overtly criticize Trump on any policy position. So, Tim Scott may have a nicer demeanor than Trump, Senator Scott is part of the same agenda seeking to strip rights away from the people. We shall see what the future holds.

The judge warned Trump against discussing evidence presented in the hush money case. A New York judge set the trial date of March 25, 2024. Judge Juan Merchan has set the parameters of the trial. Trump can't say anything publicly about the case. Now, his legal team will get evidence from prosecutors to prepare for the trial. Trump has pleaded not guilty last month to 23 felony counts of falsifying business records with the intent to conceal illegal conduct connected to his 2016 Presidential campaign. Donald Trump participated in a virtual hearing about the hush money trial. If Trump violates the order from the judge, he can face criminal contempt.

There are massive new developments in the Ukrainian war. Ukraine says that it's still holding on to part of Bakhmut after the Russian private military group Wagner and Moscow officials claimed that the seized the eastern city. Americans are about to train Ukrainians to fly the F-16 fighters. President Joe Biden wants Ukraine to not fly the aircraft into Russia which can possibly escalate the war. A Ukrainian "sabotage" group attacked a town in Russia causing at least 8 people to be injured. A Ukrainian official said that the group was made up of Russian nationals acting independently. The Freedom for Russian Legion (a Russian group of anti-Putin people) posted a video flying the flag of free Russia over Moscow State University. The blue and white flag has been used by many anti-Putin Russian opposition groups. The city of Bakhmut continues to be an epicenter of the war.

The war criminal and liar Vladimir Putin has sanctioned key Trump ideological opponents. This has nothing to do with the Ukrainian war. It has to do with Putin being a far right-wing authoritarian fascist who is allied with Donald Trump. Putin doesn't care about democracy, equality, justice, and freedom. Some of the people that he sanctioned are Letitia James, Jack Smith, and Brad Raffensperger. Putin wants Trump to be re-elected because Trump admires Putin and lacks support for Ukrainian sovereignty. Putin sanctioned even people who stopped Trump's 2020 coup plot back in January 6, 2021. Therefore, Moscow has banned about 500 Americans from Russia including CNN journalists. Russian imperialism has no place in the world. Putin said that the insurrectionists at the Capitol just wanted political demands. He's a liar. These terrorists destroyed property, threatened to hang Mike Pence, and vulgarly disrespected the U.S. Capitol grounds. National Guard forces had to stop them and Trump's delayed response showed Trump's treason. Putin has banned President Barack Obama from coming into Russia too. Putin and Trump are overt threats to democracy, and anyone supporting Putin or Trump is completely wrong period.

By Timothy