After Trump's 100 days in office, we see a totally different nation than last year. Trump's DOJ has revoked funding for almost 400 nonprofits, including organizations that advocate for non-English speaking crime victims, support victims of child abuse, hate crimes, and human trafficking, and work to reduce school shootings. After Trump's first 100 days, we have seen a rise of grocery prices, a reduce in the stock market, an increase in layoffs increasing by 205%, children with cancer deported, consumer and worker protections gutted, diseases spending, federal funding illegally froze, and Trump spent over 26 million dollars on golf. All people who live in America, whether documented or undocumented, are supposed to have access to the courts and due process, but the Trump administration has even deported U.S. citizens without due process of law.
Tons of my relatives live in Newport News, Virginia. Newport News is part of Hampton Roads in the 757 area. My maternal 2nd cousin is Gwendolyn Annette Bynum Miranda, and she was born on July 17, 1967, in Newport News, Virginia. She was once married to Brian Earl Austin and later married Marcos Miranda. Her parents are James Edward Bynum (1940-1997) and Shirley Eloise Bass (b. 1944). The mother of James Edward Bynum was my great-grandaunt Estelle Bynum (1918-2002). Estelle Bynum's first husband was Joseph Harris (b. 1920), and they married on April 8, 1944, at Portsmouth, Virginia. Their children are Lillie Mae Bynum (1937-2001), Elizabeth Harris (B. 1948), and Johnny Stacey Harris (b. 1949). My 1st cousin, Johnny Stacey Harris, married Teresa Louvella Epps on July 2, 1967, at Newport News, Virginia. Their children are my 2nd cousins Sean Harris (b. 1966) and Michael Eric Harris (b. 1967). Sean Harris was once married to Lisa Denise Lattimore (b. 1967). Later, he married Nashun Harris, and their daughter is my 3rd cousin Kenisia Harris. Michael Eric Harris was first married to Sonya Marie Hardy (b. 1967). Their children are my 3rd cousins of Ashely Nicole Harris (b. 1987), Alexiss Harris, and Michael E. Harris Jr.. Michael Eric Harris graduated from Warwick High School, lives in Georgia now, and was a former Paratrooper in the United States Army. His current wife is Karen Harris. My great-grandaunt Estelle Bynum's parents were my 2nd great-grandparents of Fenton Bynum Sr. (b. 1885) and Mary Belle Sykes (1888-1936). There is a lot of new information that I found about my late maternal relative Lillie Mae Bynum Maycox. She was born in Southampton County, Virginia, and lived in Newport News, Virginia, for 33 years. She attended Southampton Public Schools and worked at the Riverside Convalescent Center in Hampton. She had two daughters, who are Davinna Simpson (her husband is Toney Simpson), and Monzella Maycox of Newport News. Her aunt is Mary Reed of Norfolk, Virginia. Her six grandchildren are Chena, Stelisa, Jasmine, Louis (who was in the military too and the son of Davinna), Albert, and Sean (who was in the U.S. military and is the son of Monzella).
The Prime Minister Mark Carney won the Canadian election as the Liberal Party has great strength. The Liberal Party has criticized Trump and will probably cause Canada to go at it alone because of Trump's xenophobic tariff policies. Trump miscalculated in claiming that his plans will increase American productivity, and he is ignorant of to see that trade is international. Canada's Carney wants to form more ties to Europe, and many Canadians are canceling their tourism in America. This is hubris from Trump, who is the worst President of the 21st century. Canada will host the G7 meeting. If a black woman was elected President (who is Kamala Harris), none of this nonsense would happen in our generation. Trump is a profane, anti-intellectual coward who cares more for social grandstanding and egoism instead for democratic freedoms.
Many hundreds of pro-Netanyahu radicals in New York City rioted and assaulted Jewish pro-Palestinian protesters, chanting "death to Arabs" which is a racist phrase. This was a mob of over 100 people. Some of the mob assaulted a police officer in Brooklyn, New York City, last Thursday, on April 24, 2025. This came after the mob supported the fascist Israeli National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir at a pro-Zionist religious group. The NYPD mostly stood aside while the attacks happened, and there is no evidence that any of the fascist rioters have been arrested or charged. This campaign was supported by Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who falsely equates pro-Palestinian protests with anti-Semitism. One 29-year-old Jewish Israeli American woman was hit in the head with a brick because she was protesting the appearance of Ben-Gvior. The NYPD spoke with members of Chabad's private security group called Shomrim. A mob of cowardly criminals assaulted a local woman resident (who was a bystander). The mob threatened to rape her and said, "death to Arabs." This mob of savages and criminals should be arrested, charged, and placed in prison. Ben-Gvir is part of the fascist Otma Yehudi party, and he called for bombing Gaza and arming West Bank settlers. This is why it is important for people of goodwill, both Jewish and Arabic people, to continue to oppose the genocide in Gaza and advocate for peace.
The U.S. airstrike massacred 68 people in a migrant detention camp in Yemen. We can oppose the Houthi's terrorism, enslavement of black Yemeni people, and racism. Yet, this crossed a line involving the deaths of civilians. This bombing was in Yemen's Sa'da province. The United States has carried out almost daily bombings of Yemen. This comes when Israel has done a bombing onslaught in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. Now, Israel has gone to do a deliberate mass starvation of the population of Gaza. That is a war crime. The Houthis hypocritically condemn the attack on Yemen as a heinous crime (which it is), but they permit racism, slavery, and sexism in their organization. So, far-minded people can both condemn the Houthis and the imperialistic strikes in Yemen by the Trump regime too. The refugees globally have been mistreated, abused, murdered, and unfairly dehumanized for generations. Therefore, we must be clear in opposing imperialism in all its manifestations.
By Timothy
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