There are still government funding negotiations among Democrats and Republicans in Congress. There was once a deal, but then Trump and Elon Musk told Republicans not to follow it. Musk and Trump care more for an archaic economic philosophy than giving resources to the American people to live their own lives. Elon Musk is the richest person on Earth, and many Democrats are saying that Musk is acting like the President instead of Trump. This reality has pushed the country more into a government shutdown. A government shutdown means that Social Security payments are not given to people, (especially the elderly), people in the federal government could be delayed payments, and more people will suffer. Lawmakers are racing to stop a government shutdown now. Now, there is no new agreement now, so people are in square one. The previous bill will give billions of dollars to farmers and natural disaster relief. Elon Musk is an enemy of social progress. Some members of the billionaire class from Zuckerberg to Bezos are allying with Trump in meetings. Bezos wants to go the Trump inauguration which is highly wrong in my view.
I found out that my maternal 5th cousin is Veronica Elizabeth Glast, who was born in April 1972. She lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Veronica Glast has worked in Howard University as part of the Human Resources Business Partners (HRBP). She worked to help Howard University run more efficiently in Washington, D.C. She has experience from Virginia Commonwealth University and in other institutions. Her brother is Christopher Weylin Glast (b. 1968). Her parents are Willie James Glast (b. 1940) and Gracie Lee Bynum (b. 1945). Gracie Lee Bynum's parents were Jimmy Lewis Bynum Sr. (1920-2003) and Laura Elizabeth Claud (1923-1985). The parents of Laura Elizabeth Claud were Peter L. Claud (1891-1969) and Nettie Rogers (1894-1924). The parents of Peter L. Claud were Frank Thomas Claud (1856-1958) and Elizabeth Whitehead (1868-1939). The parents of Frank Thomas Claud were my 4th great-grandaunt Mason Claud (1840-1877) and Isaac Gilliam. The mother of Mason Claud is my 5th great-grandmother Zilphy Claud.
Fascism continues. One example is how Trump and some GOP members want to investigate and possibly jail Liz Cheney for her January 6th committee investigation. Trump wants to whitewash the January 6th attacks as just some gathering. The truth is that the insurrectionists are terrorists, not patriots, who used violence against property, harmed the police, called many police officers racist slurs, waved neo-Nazi and neo-Confederate flags, and wanted to hang then-Vice President Mike Pence. These traitorous insurrectionists deserve prison time, not medals or pardons. Also, some Democrats join Republicans in support of passing the fascistic Crucial Communism Teaching Act. The problem with the bill is that it lacks nuisance in the history of communism. Many people who were Communists were involved in massacres like Stalin, but communists like Trotsky was not involved in the deaths of millions of people. Also, the bill omits the millions who were murdered by fascists and capitalists from the Maafa, far-right regimes in the world, and other atrocities that communists have nothing to do. I don't agree with Communism, but that bill is a slick way to try to indoctrinate people into viewing all communism as this monolithic block trying to destroy the whole world. The truth is that communism is a rival political and economic system that I don't agree with, but I don't agree with laissez-faire capitalism either.
The New York Mayor Eric Adams is praising Trump. He desires a Trump pardon for him being accused of corruption. Also, this is the end result of centrists like Adams. Many centrists believe in the myth that coddling extremists to be in league with the powers that be. Adams said that people compared Trump to Hitler. Most Democrats never compared Trump to Hitler. Yet, it is true that Trump believes in fascism like trying to potentially jail Liz Cheney, sue media services, and attempt to ban birthright citizenship. Those are clear examples of overt fascism. Adams omits this and he omits Trump's anti-working class agenda of promoting tariffs, seeking to cut the social safety net, and trying to restrict economic rights that people fought for. Liars like Adams also forget that Kamala Harris has talked about housing (she said she wanted a 25,000-dollar tax credit for new home buyers), groceries, and other important issues with policies on dealing with those political subjects too.
Yesterday was the Birthday of the late Sister Cicely Tyson. She was an icon who art of performing acting, her beauty inside and out (in refuting colorism), and her wisdom (in promoting the principle of standing out to be a beacon of light) have inspired the world. She was one of the greatest actresses in history portraying non-stereotypical images of our people, especially black women. She was born in New York City to Afro-Caribbean parents Fredericka Tyson and William Augustine Tyson. Her parents were immigrants from Nevis in the West Indies. Her father came to New York City via Ellis Island on August 4, 1919. Cicely Tyson was raised in a religious household and modeled. She was in the film Carib Gold in 19556. Later, she was in the play by Jean Genet called The Blacks (with Maya Angelou, James Earl Jones, Godfrey Cambridge, Louis Gossett Jr, and Charles Gordone). She has three Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a Tony Award, and earned a Kennedy Center Honors in 2015. She earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and the Honorary Academy Award in 2018. She lived to be 96 years old. Her humbleness was incredible, and her legacy will always be transcendent.
Rest in Power Sister Cicely Tyson.
By Timothy
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