Trump's Mug shot (A Historic Time).

 

Now, Donald Trump has been arrested, booked, and his mug shot has been taken in Atlanta, Georgia. This reality of the test of our democracy. His inmate No. is P01135809. Trump was taken into the Fulton County Jail via motorcade. For generations now, Trump has shown bigotry, arrogance, and stubbornness that caught up with him. There is no excuse for Trump to ask Georgia political leaders to steal the 2020 election in Georgia. The case now is being debated, and some Georgia state Republicans want to strip Fani Willis of her power for political, racial, and sexist reasons. Fani Willis has been very forthright in holding criminals accountable for many years, and she has the courage to earnestly bring accountability to those who break the law. Trump obviously did anti-democratic actions which is why he was impeached twice when he was President. Autocratic policies from the Muslim ban to desiring to demonize the press represent his personality. Trump is the first former President to have a mug shot and be fingerprinted in a federal trial.

The recent news of Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin being presumed dead after a plane crash leads people to many questions. Immediately, some blame Putin for his death. We don't know the answer to how the plane crashed. Putin said that Prigozhin was talented but made many mistakes in his life. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine had nothing to do with the crash. U.S. President Joe Biden suggested that Putin may have been behind it. Now, the Ukrainian war continues, and Ukrainian forces carried out what seemed to be one of Kyiv's most complex and ambitious operations to date against Russian military facilities on the Crimean Peninsula. Zelensky marked Ukraine's Independence Day exactly 18 months after Russians launched its illegal invasion of Ukraine by honoring the country's war dead. The plane crash also killed allies of Prigozhin too. Other people on the plane are Sergey Propustin, Evgeniy Makaryan, Aleksandr Totmin, Valeriy Chekalov, Nikolay Mtuseev, and Dmitriy Utkin. So far, we don't know how the plane crashed, but Ukraine deserves its own independence without Russian invasion indeed.

The GOP Debate which was the first GOP Debate of the 2024 Presidential election confirmed what we all knew. Every candidate on the stage (except for Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson to an extent) didn't have the courage to unconditionally criticize Trump for his corruption, for his disrespect and violation of democratic principles, for his racism, for his xenophobia, and for his hatred of human beings who disagree with his authoritarian, reactionary agenda. While this was going on, Trump skipped the debate to talk with fellow racist and xenophobe Tucker Carlson. Luttig made the legal argument that Trump is excluded from the Presidency in the future because the 14th Amendment, Section 3 barred those from federal office who have violated oaths sworn to the Constitution. The GOP candidates hypocritically blame Democrats and liberals for trying to create a bigger government, but they advocate big government in promoting school bans, dictating social issues, and desiring limits to voting rights plus protesting. DeSantis and Ramaswamy (who is a close friend of Jared Kushner) advocate allowing Ukraine to just be conquered by Russia which is a nation controlled by the dictator, war criminal Vladimir Putin. Christie and Ramaswamy debated each other on Trump and climate change. At times, the GOP was heated. Many candidates went after Ramaswamy because he is increasing his popularity in the polls. Even Nikki Haley criticized Ramaswamy on foreign policy issues. DeSantis talked about wanting Joe Biden to go to his basement and other platitudes.

There are more results from Thursday's 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. For the men's 400 m race, Antonio Watson of Jamaica won gold, Matthew Hudson-Smith won silver, and Quincy Hall of America won bronze. For the 400m hurdles, Karsten Warholm of Norway won gold, Kyrion McMaster of the British Virgin Islands won silver, and Rai Benjamin of America won bronze. For the men's long jump, Miltiadis Tentoglou won gold from Greece, Wayne Pinnock won silver from Jamaica, and Tajay Gayle won bronze from Jamaica. For the 400m women's race, Marileidy Paulino won gold from the Dominican Republic, Natali Kaczmarek from Poland won silver, and Sada Williams from Barbados won bronze. For the 100m hurdles of women, Danielle Williams of Jamaica won gold, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won silver, and the American Kendra Harrison won bronze. For the 400m hurdles for women, Femke Bol of the Netherlands won gold, Shamier Little from America won silver, and Rushell Clayton from Jamaica won bronze. From the women's hammer throw, Camyrn Rogers from Canada won gold, Janee' Kassanvoid from America won silver, and DeAnna Price from America won bronze.

New discoveries about my family tree happen constantly. On Ancestry.com, a talented young woman matched me genetically, and she is my 3rd maternal cousin. Her name is Xylia Adell Abiola Ye Ajose, and she was born in 1997. Her parents are David O. Ajose (b. 1972) and Aricia M. Cottman (b. 1973). Aylia Ajose and I are descendants of Charles and Fannie Peeples. Aricia M. Cottman's parents are Randolph E. Cottman (b. 1954) and Arvenia Viola Brittingham Saunders (b. 1954). Arvenia's sister was Randolynn Pleshette Cottman, who earned a Master's Degree in Education Guidance and Counseling from Wilmington University in 2012. She lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Arvenia Saunders's parents are Richard Thomas Brittingham Sr. 1929-2007) and Fannie B. Moses Brittingham (1928-2004). Fannie B. Moses Brittingham's parents were Levin A. Moses Jr. (1905-1986) and Viola Emily Jones (1909-1958). Viola Emily Jones's parents were Jessie Jones (1887-1951) and Lizzie Peeples Jones Spady (1887-1964). Lizze Peeples Jones Spady's parents were Charles Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virginia Brown (Peeples) (1857-1946). Christy Nicole Williams Godwin (b. 1983) is related to me via our ancestor of Zilphy Claud. She is married to Javon Godwin. She is my 4th maternal cousin. Her parents are Payton Joyner Williams (b. 1955) and Sharon Lynicia Graves (b. 1957). Payton Joyner Williams's parents are Payton John Williams Sr. (1922-2002) and Ethel Redell Wright Whitfield (1925-1991). Payton John Williams Sr.'s parents are Peter Percy Williams (1880-1949) and Hattie E. Joyner (1881-1959). Peter Percy Williams's parents were John Henry Williams (1857-1921) and Adaline Hill (1862-1930). Adaline Hill's parents were the freeman Tom Hill (1838-1915) and Sarah Claud (1842-1892). Sarah's Claud's mother was Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).

By Timothy