There is a lot of economic news coming about. Kellogg's raised its prices by 14 percent from Quarter 2 in 2022 to Quarter 2 in 202. Company profits have increased, and the executives shared plans to spend more on stock buybacks and larger dividends. This comes when the CEO of Kellogg recently suggested that Americans struggling with higher food costs should eat cereal for dinner. That is patronizing and disrespectful. It outlines the agenda of corporate monopolization that dominates much of the present economic system of America. This goes on when tax evasion by millionaires and billionaires tops $150 billion a year according to the IRS chief. The CPAC meeting featuring racists, neo-Nazis, and far right extremists show us that the GOP is dominated by the Trump cult. We are clear that our American diversity is part of our strength. Our diversity makes us stronger to promote freedom, democracy, and a sense of purpose to believe in complete justice for all.
Recently, Terrence Bradley, the former law partner and divorce lawyer for Nathan Wade (the special prosecutor Fani Willis hired to lead the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump). We know of the bigger picture. There is no smoking gun evidence that Fani Willis did overtly massive conflict of interest fraud involving the case. Yet, far-right MAGA extremists constantly try to prevent Trump from being held accountable for Trump's crimes. Trump has already been found liable for multiple crimes after a jury trial. So, he is a convicted criminal already. We have to wait and see if Attorney Fani Willis will be disqualified from the case in Georgia or not. Terrence Bradley said that he didn't know when his former client Nathan Wade's relationship with Fani Wilis started (and he was speculating when he told a defense attorney it started before Willis hired Wade to lead the investigation into Donald Trump and others). Trump's attorney implied that Wade and Willis lied under oath. One lesson here is that black men and black women must be on their grind and make sure that we have our stuff together to combat the extremism of far-right people. These far-right extremists play hardball and will use slander, disrespect, threats, and violence to try to achieve their aim of a fascist, theocratic, and anti-democratic society.
Trump's comments about black people voting for him because of mug shot is not only stereotypical and offensive. That statement mocks the experiences of black people in America and throughout the world. The reality is that there is no moral equivalency of Trump's legal cases and the plight of black people. Donald Trump was accused of many crimes, and the prosecutors have gathered tons of evidence to document his crimes too. He has been convicted now of many violations of the law, but he refuses to accept accountability for his nefarious actions. In contrast, there is sociological evidence of the injustice found in the judicial system against black Americans. Also, black culture is not about mug shots or the glorification of crime. Real black culture relates to resiliency, family, human expression, community, and tons of positive aspects of human living from the music of Ella Fitzgerald to the activism of Ella Baker. The vast majority of black people in America reject Trump's agenda as authoritarian, racist, sexist, and antithetical to democratic principles.
Kenneth Chesebro, the attorney who helped Trump to promote the campaign's fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors. He hid dozens of posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme. Trump is an authoritarian fascist who glorifies violence by saying that the police can rough up suspects and wants people to beat protestors. The situation in America now is as real as it gets. Trump is known for being a convicted money launder, liable for rape of a woman, and just a habitual liar. Danny Wimmer, a spokesman for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said that his team will look into the Chesebro matter. There are more people in favor of democracy than those who hate democracy. So, we are on the right side of history.
There is an important Supreme Court case on social media. It deals with the First Amendment. The corporate media want nothing more than to promote overt censorship of real news from Operation Phoenix to the evils done by many corporate interests. Likewise, we believe in full transparency on the Internet. The Supreme Court is hearing a case on whether social media entities can restrict Trump from having a platform to show his views. The Supreme Court has shown skepticism about state laws in Texas and Florida designed to stop social media companies from showing conservative views. The truth is that social media companies should be allowed to ban hate speech or slander (which has nothing to do with free speech rights). The problem is that many innocent people (not Trump) have been unjustly censored on the Internet when they presented no slander, no hate speech, and no offensive language. Therefore, there should be a balance where slander is not tolerated in social media, but innocent people shouldn't be unfairly censored if they show speech that isn't derogatory towards anybody.
By Timothy
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