Trump saying that museums show too much information about how bad slavery outline his delusion, his racism, and his total abhorrence of the truth. The Maafa and chattel slavery should be shown not to dull the consciousness of people who believe in a whitewashed interpretation of history. It ought to be presented to the world as a historical fact and a reminder of how America was created. The truth is that the 2 original sins of America were slavery against black people and the genocide of Native Americans. Many Americans made great accomplishments and did good, but it is a lie to assume that America is without sin. Showing the truth about slavery and real American history is paramount in seeing the real truth about America. Museums showing slavery is not about hating every white person as an unrepentant devil (as many conservatives claim). It is about showing what really happened in our history. Slavery did happen, black families being split apart forever happened, rape against black people during the Maafa and chattel slavery actually happened, and other evils happened in the worst form of slavery in human history. The Maafa was unique in it involved the rape, torture, kidnapping, stripping away of culture and creeds of innocent people by force, abuse, and torture of millions of black African people being sent to multiple continents over the course of centuries. That never happened before in human history, regardless of MAGA followers like Jillian Michaels have said. White racists believe that they alone have a monopoly on virtue and freedom, and all non-black people must be in subservience ideologically, socially, spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally to all white people. We don't believe in that lie. We believe that history shouldn't be sugarcoated, we believe that black is beautiful, and we must defend the rights of the oppressed. What is happening at the Smithsonian is a disgrace by the far-right movement. It is important to note that black people fought back against the Maafa in Africa, on the ships, in the Americas, and beyond. The sacrifice of our ancestors who fought for freedom and justice will always remain in our souls forever and ever.
Newly unredacted filings reveal FOX hosts prioritized ratings over verified reporting during the 2020 election. Pirro on FOX (when she was a "journalist") said that she wants to help the Republicans and Donald Trump. This wasn't honest reporting, but many people at FOX made a conscious deception to advance false views. Trump wants to ban mail-in voting and control how states count votes, which is fascism. There is still the issue of the decline of geographic and job mobility in many places of the United States of America. The reason for this reality is because of housing market rigidity, job inflexibility, and massively expensive items. The needs of the working class have been bound to the dictates of finance capital. According to the Journal, the share of Americans moving upward each year has declined from ca. 20 percent during the mid-20th century to 7.8 percent today. Job switching rates have been lower. That is why many people have low-paying jobs, unaffordable housing, and other bad conditions. This happened after the postwar economic boom after WWII. It ended by the mid-1970s with the stagflation, the end of the Bretton Woods system, and other economic complications. There was deindustrialization that harmed entire cities of industrial jobs and an economic power base from Detroit to Pittsburgh. Today, we have speculation and luxury development forcing numerous working-class people into homelessness. Now, the Trump crew wants to criminalize homelessness while denying that housing is a human right in a cruel sense of hypocrisy and cruelty. Cruelty is the point is th motto of the MAGA movement. There have been attacks on public services, blocking rent control, and promoting corporate tax cuts for the super wealthy that cut local budgets, causing massive austerity.
The reactionary and cruel actions of Trump and ICE have been opposed by tons of Americans. Only 43 percent of Americans support Trump's immigration policies. The far right has a monolithic view of immigration, as they desire to deport any undocumented immigrant, because they believe in dehumanizing certain people for xenophobic reasons. ICE has been caught arresting U.S. citizens, legal migrants, and harassing communities nationwide. The images show families split, due process violated, and a lacking of nuisance and compassion towards the struggles of immigrants. Family separations are happening daily, even in New York City, because an extremist in the White House desires authoritarian rule. Most people believe in deporting undocumented immigrants who are murderers, sex criminals, and transnational gang members after due process of law. Most Americans don't agree with splitting families and deporting undocumented immigrants who have lived peacefully in America for years and decades. Immigrants being massively deported will cause schools to shut down, hospitals to shut down, and the economy to be harmed, as America relies on immigrants for economic vitality. We have to call it as it is. These mass deportations involve ordinary people, beyond gang members, and this is done to promote racism and the promotion of the lie of replacement theory. ICE is using violent arrests against people to promote fear. These actions are antithetical to the Golden Rule. That is why we need a comprehensive immigration policy that focuses not only on security but also on compassion for immigrants, irrespective of their status.
Texas House votes on the GOP redistributing plan. This effort by the GOP is not only against voting rights as this is not a census year. It relates to how the GOP in Texas is stealing the votes in Texas unjustly for the sake of growing political power. The hypocrisy is that the Republicans claim to love individual rights, but they want to strip away the legal representation of mostly black and brown citizens in Texas to increase the GOP power base. They claim to hate big government but want to expand the government involving ICE and other institutions to promote fear and anti-free speech measures. I make no bones about me not believing in small government, but I don't advocate tyranny against people who disagree with me. That is why people must be in the offensive to defend voting rights and support courageous people who reject the corruption found in the status quo. Some said that the actions of the GOP violate the Title II section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Like always, this is not a time for moderation, as centrists never caused revolutionary change in a meaningful way. That was done by progressives and revolutionaries who sacrificed their time and their lives to promote voting rights, civil rights, and human rights in general, along with economic justice. Kamala Harris (who was a DA, Attorney General of California, a Senator, and a Vice President proving her experience in government) gave words of encouragement to Texas state legislator Nicole Collier. Nicole Collier is being held hostage in the Texas chamber because she rightfully refused to sign a document to be escorted and stalked by DPS officers. Nicole Collier is a victim of kidnapping, and this is truly anti-democratic.
California Democrats have retaliated against Texas GOP's power grab by passing policies to benefit California Democrats. We have a constitutional crisis and a national emergency of people targeting our democracy. That is why people have every right to call their Representatives, attend town halls, volunteer, mentor people, and be actively involved in the solution making process. It is not enough to criticize evil. We have to be part of the fight for democracy in our lives. We have power, and we have every right to boycott companies, law firms, and other institutions that support the Trump agenda. That is why Target's power is lowering because of black protests against Trump's anti-DEI policies. We can support local and state politicians who are making a difference. We can invest in community groups that help people every day. We have the right to rebuke and refute bigoted statements made by some people. Democracy is our birthright, and we have to fight for our God given freedoms.
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