People who know about genetics and do research into family history talk about maternal and paternal haplogroups all of the time. What does this mean? Men and women (who are relatives) inherit mitochondrial DNA from their biological mothers spanning thousands of years. This mtDNA is found among individuals who share a mother having the same maternal haplogroup. The mitochondrial DNA (that has mtDNA) is found outside of the nucleus. mtDNA doesn't recombine with other types of DNA. So, your mother, you, your brother, your sister, etc. would share the same maternal haplogroup as you. All sons inherit their Y chromosomes from their biological fathers, so a father and his son share a Y chromosome or paternal haplogroup. The Y chromosome does recombination with the X chromosome but only does at the ends. The Y chromosome is a reflection of our ancient paternal ancestry. What is a haplogroup? Haplogroups are genetic classifications or ancestral groups within a population. They are defined by shared, inherited genetic markers or mutations that are passed down from a common ancestor. Scientists use haplogroups to trace human beings' migrations throughout the Earth. Genetic tests can help people to define their own haplogroups. There is autosomal DNA too. So, haplogroups are like imprints of our ancestry that we can trace thousands of years in the past to our modern generation.
On this time of the year, we witness a time of change. This era is an opportunity to not only desire freedom but to show our activism to defend our rights too. We must go out to make the point clear that promoting freedom for black people doesn't mean that we hate other people. Going about to oppose family separation and mass deportation doesn't mean we ally with naivete. Just because the centrists may complain about wanting all of the nation to be centrists, doesn't mean that we will be centrists. I disagree with Hakeem Jeffries saying that he isn't going to criticize Trump's nominees being a distraction. People have the God-given right to critique nominees with extremist views and nefarious actions. There is no solution for the Democrats unless they become a genuinely anti-establishment party. I disagree with Pennsylvania's John Fetterman South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn wanting to pardon Donald Trump, who has done more crimes than even Nixon.
Calls to move to center is not new. Back after Humphrey lost to Nixon, people wanted Democrats to move to the center along when Mike Dukakis lost to George H. W. Bush, and when John Kerry lost to George W. Bush too. That is why it is important to defend the dignity of the common man and the common woman as Ted Kennedy said in 1980. Centrism doesn't work. President Bill Clinton in 1996 said that the era of big government is over, and he ended much of welfare, passed a vicious crime bill, and deregulated Wall Street (with Republican support that harmed the lives of millions of Americans). Berne Sanders was criticized by the Democratic Party establishment for just promoting commonsense economic policies (and Bernie was wrong for not visiting Selma in 2015). We must not compromise. We must oppose Trump's desire to prosecute Liz Cheney and January 6th committee members, his desire to deport even some legal immigrants, appointing dangerous extremists in his cabinet (like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and Peter Hegseth), and not let multibillionaires dominate the whole political system. During this time of the holiday season, we should improve the social safety net, comfort the oppressed, increase public investment, and increase taxes on the super wealthy to pay for progressive policies.
Trump's picks for his cabinet during his second term have been bizarre to say the least. He wanted Pam Bondi to be the Attorney General. Pam Bondi was the former Florida Attorney General from 2011 to 2019. She was the lawyer who supported Trump during his first impeachment trial. Bondi once believed in the lie that the 2020 election was stolen to benefit Joe Biden. Trump wants Scott Bessent to be the Secretary of the Treasury. He is the Key Square Group CEO from South Carolina. He wants Scott Turner from Texas to be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Susie Wiles is planned to be the White House Chief of Staff. He wants U.S. representative Elise Stefanik to be the Ambassador to the United States. He wants the extremist Pete Hegseth to be the Secretary of Defense. Pete Hegseth has questioned if women should be in combat roles in the military when tons of women have served honorably in the U.S. military for centuries. He has been accused of sexual assault by a woman, he wants a crusade to make America to accept his far-right agenda, he wants gerrymandering to harm Democrats politically, and he called progressives and Democrats enemies of freedom. Trump wants Doug Burgum to be the Secretary of the Interior. He wants Brooke Rollins to be the Secretary of Agriculture. He wants the controversial Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Trump wants Linda McMahon to be the Secretary of Education. Trump wants Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence. Gabbard is opposed to a ceasefire in Gaza, had meetings with the dictator Assad, and she met with the far-right Indian Prime Minister Modi.
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