The press conference took place about the Maine mass shooting. The Lewiston mayor said that people should stay home and be safe. The mass shooter is named Robert Card. Card has military training, was a gun instructor, and was known for threatening to harm people. Card's gun was found in a vehicle belonging to the suspect. Card is also known to have serious mental health issues by claiming to hear voices in his head which isn't true. There is a current manhunt now in trying to capture the murderer. So far, 18 people have died and 13 people have been injured. The murderer killed people at a bowling alley and at another location too. Many communities are on lockdown. Maine Rep. Golden said that he changed his opposition to the assault weapons ban after the Maine shooting. Rep. Golden now supports an assault weapons ban. This ban existed from 1994 to 2004. We desire reasonable gun control now in American society. Most Americans support an assault weapon ban, most Americans support red flag laws, most Americans support federal background checks, most Americans support increasing the age to own certain guns to 21 years old, and most Americans don't support the status quo on this issue. The problem is that the GOP members in Congress mostly support the status quo refusing to endorse gun control legislation.
There is a serious humanitarian crisis in Gaza along with massive civilian deaths in Gaza and in Israel. United Nations authorities said that nowhere is safe in Gaza. Trucks continue to bring food, water, and medical supplies. Israeli forces conducted a targeted raid in the Northern part of the Gaza strip. Israel's strikes on Gaza are some of the most intense during this century. These strikes are unprecedented. For the reasons of hostages in Gaza and the massive civilian casualties, there should be a humanitarian cease-fire in my view. In this war, over 7,000 Palestinians and Israelis have been killed. There are over 1.4 million Palestinians being displaced in Gaza. Food, clean water, and fuel are on the verge of expiring. Trucks are now trying to bring supplies to the people. The global charity Oxfam criticized the Israeli government for using starvation as a weapon of war. Only 2 percent of food supplies are in Gaza and refrigerators are not operating due to the lack of electricity. President Biden is wrong to say that I have no notion that Palestinians are telling the truth about how many are killed. He said that innocents dying is the price of waging a war, which is callousness. I agree with Biden on many issues, but he is wrong to minimize the human deaths of Palestinians. Likewise, the far right-wing government of Israel headed by that zealous person Netanyahu isn't representative of the most progressive Israelis who want peace in the region. Many journalists in Gaza or their families have been killed by Israeli airstrikes. Hamas are terrorists and degenerates who killed men, women, and children in Israel. Hamas is wrong. The only people responsible for the October 7 massacre in Israel are Hamas alone. Yet, we believe in justice, not vengeance. When you see civilian deaths in Gaza and the lack of infrastructure, it is part of far-right Israeli vengeance running amok. We want Israelis and Palestinians to have peace. That will only exist when all Israeli hostages are freed, and Palestinians have their own liberation too.
There is more genealogical research that I found out. My fourth cousin Edward Alonzo Capers (b. 1984) is married to Shaquana Lavette Williams Capers (b. 1981). Edward Alonzo Capers's parents are Raymond Alonzo Capters (B. 1955) and Doreen Burton (b. 1957). Raymond Alonzo Capers's parents are Frank Arnold Capers and Beulah Savage Capers (1928-1983). Raymond's siblings are Buster Dale Capers (1956-1982), David Arnold Capers (b. 1957), and Albert L. Capers Sr. (b. 1960). Beulah Savage Capers's parents were George Savage (b. 1887) and Corinthia Upshur (b. 1897). Corinthia Upshur's parents were Henry Upshur (1858-1940) and Caroline Perkins (1862-1927). Caroline Perkins's parents were my 4th great-grandparents of George Perkins (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816).
I found out recently that Jasmine Cherie Ames (b. 1988) is my 5th cousin. We are descendants of my 4th great-grandparents George Perkins and Esther Perkins. Jasmine Cherie Ames's parents are Theodore Abron Wescott and the late Francine Georgette Ames (1964-2004). My 5th cousin Francine Georgette Ames's parents were George Francis Ames (b. 1939) and Annie Treherne (1939-1994). My 4th cousin Annie Treherne's parents were Amos Treherne (b. 198) and Marie Satchel (1923-1979). Marie Satchel and Amos Treherne had these children: James Rose (b. 1936), Gladys Rose (b. 1937), and Annie Treherne. My 3rd cousin Marie Satchell's parents were Noble Satchel (1904-1961) and Maggie Giddings (b. 1905). Nobel Satchel and Maggie Giddings's children are: Welton Noble Satchell (1920-2004), Norman Satchell (b. 1922), Marie Satchel (1923-1979), Jeremiah Satchell (b. 1927), Lena Satchell (b. 1928), Roosevelt Satchell (1930-2006), Maggie L. Satchell (b. 1933), Nobel Satchel Jr. (b. 1936), Pauline Satchell (b. 1939), and Solomon Satchell (1941-2011). My 2nd cousin Nobel Satchel's parents were Jackson Satchel (b. 1845) and Harriet Susan Kelley (1860-1927). My 1st cousin Harriet Susan Kelley's parents were George Kelly (b. 1830) and Easter Perkins (1840-1910). My 3rd great-grandaunt Easter Perkins's parents were my 4th great grandparents George Perkins and Esther Perkins.
Rep. Mike Johnson has been elected the new House Speaker on October 25, 2023. Mike Johnson is a far-right Republican who led the House effort to overturn the 2020 results. Mike Johnson secured the speaker's gavel, and many Democrats have criticized his political views. Johnson has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump for years. There were 220 votes for Johnson and 209 votes for Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. The GOP had shown unanimous GOP support behind Johnson. Johnson was part of the Republican Caucus. One Republican, who is Rep. Derrick Van Orden, was absent from the vote. This comes after more than three weeks of Republicans trying to elect a new speaker after Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted. Now, people are facing a November deadline for the financial crisis and what will happen to Ukraine and Israel in terms of money.
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