The GOP has been filled with fascists back then and today. One California Republican mayor has used fascist language against the homeless. This mayor is mayor of Lancaster, California who is Rex Parris. He said that the city's homeless group of people should be given "free fentanyl" as much as they like and expressed the desire for a federal "purge" to eliminate them. He has been elected mayor of Lancaster, which is an industrial city located north of Los Angeles, California. Lancaster is home to the U.S. military and corporate interests like Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Honeywell. Parris's words are grotesque and inappropriate. They are evil in their composition. Him wanting to purge homeless people ignores the root causes of homelessness and real solutions to address this important issue. Parris made no evidence that homeless people are all criminals who make up most of robberies, rapes, and half of all murders. He tries to cite the Bible to justify his nonsense, but even the Bible is clear to mention that we must love your neighbor, defend the poor, and show mercy to fellow people. Fremont, California once banned outdoor sleeping until the ordinance was repealed after a public outcry. Unbelievably, the richest nation in human history (i.e., the United States of America) struggles to guarantee housing, healthcare, and dignified work for Americans. Yet, this is a reality because the mainstream worldly system cares more for profit than human dignity.
For this Earth Day of 2025, we are reminded to defend and protect plus improve our environment. We live on planet Earth filled with fauna and flora that sustain our diverse ecosystems (that exist in temperate, tundra, desert, and subtropical climates). Our Earth is fragile. We won't worship the Earth as an idol, but we honor our duty to take care of the planet Earth, created for all beings. From photosynthesis to homeostasis, we love the beauty of the globe. The issue is that we have climate change and other forms of issues that threaten all civilizations. Climate change has increased, and the government has known of the serious threat of climate change since the 1960s (during the time of President Lyndon Baines Johnson). We know it will take an international effort to ameliorate some of these environmental complications. Activists have worked hard to advance laws that clean our Earth, defend endangered species, protest to advance legitimate environmental regulations, and develop green technologies to help human lives (in rural, suburban, urban, and other human locations). When we were young, we were taught about recycling, planting trees, picking up trash, and conserving energy to help our environment. These legitimate actions are intrepid. Yet, we also need to address climate change and other issues that will inspire us to make the Earth better environmentally.
Trump has increased its attacks on FED chair Powell. The problem is that Trump's tariffs could ruin our economy, ruin relationships with our allies, and allow a massive global downturn. I don't blame Trump mostly for this. I blame Trump supporters too, as these supporters knew full well about the racist, xenophobic, and sexist agenda of Donald Trump. You notice that the pro-Trump MAGA supporters are hugely silent on the Internet in large measure, because they knew that there is no defense of Trump deporting legal residents without due process of law, there is no defense of Trump's massively large tariffs, there is no defense of Trump trying to collect student loans in default (even by garnishing wages from over 5 million borrowers), there is no defense for Trump to defy a Supreme Court order either, and there is no defense of Trump desiring to annex Greenland and the Panama Canal including Canada. Donald Trump is a felonious tyrant who doesn't care about all Americans but certain Americans (and we know which certain people he cares about). Therefore, we have the right to speak our minds and stand up for justice and freedom for all. Also, we have hope for the future. Ultimately, God is in control.
Pope Francis died recently at the age of 88 years old. He was probably the most progressive politically Pope in the Catholic Church's history. He had a stroke and passed away. As recently as Sunday, he was in Vatican City waving to the crowd on Resurrection Day. We have empathy for his life. Although I disagree with many of the Catholic Church's doctrines as superstitious, we do have compassion for a human life that has passed away. He tackled social issues. He was also a Pope who wanted to confront poverty, opposed the war in Gaza, and promoted the humanity of refugees. He was part of the Jesuit Order. Pope Francis met with many world leaders and talked about resisting climate change. Many liberals and many conservatives disagreed with some of his views. Many liberals and many conservatives agreed with some his views. Pope Francis promoted an image that he was a friend of the people. The Catholic Church is in an age of transition. It can go to a more conservative course or a more progressive course. Time will tell. What is true is that the progressive side on many issues was represented by Pope Francis.
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