Early December 2024 Political and Social News.

 

Trump supporters should be ashamed of themselves for being complicit in Trump's evil repressive policies. Trump told a Meet the Press host Kristen Welker (of NBC) that he wants to imprison the January 6th committee members including Liz Cheney. Trump said that he wants to ban birthright citizenship which will end the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment was created to end slavery against black people to give black people in America citizenship rights. He wants to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, including many legal immigrants too. This is fascism that our ancestors and relatives fought against decades ago. Trump wants persecution of his political opponents, massive tax cuts for the wealthy, and regulatory actions for corporate America and his fellow billionaires. Trump wants to pardon the hundreds of fascist thugs who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. These thugs harmed police, destroyed property, waved Nazi and neo-Confederate flags on Capitol grounds for the first time in American history, and some of them wanted to hang former Vice President Mike Pence. Anyone who claims to believe in God and supports these policies makes a mockery of God and is anti-God.

I found more information about my distant cousin Clarence Edward Harris Jr. (1954-2021). He lived in Waldorf, Maryland. His parents were Deacon Clarence Edward Harris Sr. and Mrs. Virginia Colbert Harris. He was one of 11 children born into this union. He was baptized when he was 12 years old in Washington, D.C. He was a deacon, preacher, teacher, and devotion leader. He worked in Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Maryland. He was raised in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1973, graduating in honors. He earned his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in May 1978. Clarence earned his Master's of Science in Engineering (MSE) degree from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. in February 1983. He worked in the U.S. Navy and had a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) degree in July 1999 with the tutelage of Dr. Phyllis E. Heath. He was married to Faye Harris for 37 years with five children Clarence Harris III (with Lydia), India Eadie (with David Sr.), Darius Harris (with Chioma), Kenard Harris Sr. (with Jillian), and Korea Harris. His six grandchildren are David Jr., Jael, Kenard Jr., Dawson, Nara, and Jude.

The hip-hop artist and billionaire businessman Jay Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. Jay Z has strongly denied the allegation, and the accuser's attorney has responded. We express empathy to any victim of abuse and any form of mistreatment. We have to wait and see what the truth is. If Jay Z is innocent, then he should sue the attorney for defamation. If Jay Z is guilty, he should face accountability for his actions. This is a new era of our time. These events happening to Diddy, Weinstein, and others prove once again that living a righteous life is much better than living a reckless life. At the end of the day, people don't have to lose their souls to have happiness in life. Happiness is about gaining your soul via almsgiving, treating people right, and living a life filled with joy, peace, and righteousness.

The murder suspect of the health care insurance CEO Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania. The killer is 26 years old. He wrote notes in a manifesto about his distrust of the healthcare industry. He has multiple charges including murder in New York City. Someone recognized him at Mcdonalds', and the McDonalds employee called the police. Mangione was caught and took off his mask. He gave the officers a fake New Jersey driver's license. He promoted the views of extremist Ted Kaczynski. Healthcare corporate facilities have put fences around their locations. Luigi is no hero. He is a coward and a murderer. Dissent should be expressed with peaceful means, not by unjust violence and not by murder. There are many imperfections in the healthcare industry, but that is not an excuse to murder a human being at all. The killer was raised in a wealthy Baltimore family. He graduated valedictorian from his high school. His handgun was created by a 3d printer. Justice will be made.

Recently, Nikki Giovanni passed away on December 9, 2024. She was 81 years old. For decades, Giovanni was an educator, poet, activist, writer, and commentator. People have known of her poetry for generations, and she was a teacher at Virginia Tech. I'm from Virginia, so Virginia Tech is in the mountains in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was a Southern black woman who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. In our African American culture, she has been a trailblazer who was part of the Black Arts, Civil Rights, and Black Power Movements. She acknowledged her Appalachian roots in the mountain regions of America. She helped many people to recognize the black presence in Appalachia in the term of Affrilachia. She also taught at Queens College, Rutgers, and Ohio State. 

Rest in Power Sister Nikki Giovanni.

By Timothy