There is some good news in the world. The U.S. Capitol replaced the statue of Robert E. Lee with the teenage civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns. This reality shows that activism doesn't discriminate based upon age. Young and old have historically been heroes to confront injustice, to stand up for righteousness, and to praise the same Lord who gave us all life in this Universe. This happened on Tuesday. Barbara Rose Johns was a Virginia high school student who protested Jim Crow apartheid. The unveiling ceremony of the statue represented my state of Virginia. It took place in Emancipation Hall with both Republicans and Democrats from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, and Virginia's congressional delegation and Democratic Governor elect Abigail Spanberger. More than 200 members of Johns' family were there at the location. People sang songs like How Great Thou Art, A'int Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round, and Total Praise. These songs were performed by the Eastern Senior High School choir from Washington. Johns was an icon of the freedom movement in America, showing that liberty and justice for all is a prerequisite for a truly just society.
The DOJ faces a Friday deadline to release the Epstein files. Trump and Epstein were once friends who spent time together to chase women. Both men have links to modeling agencies that supplied them women. We know for a fact the Jeffrey Epstein abused young girls. Trump has denied any pedophilia allegations. The release of the Epstein files has been supported by the vast majority of the American people. This really isn't a partisan issue. It is about transparency, justice, and showing respect to the victims of Epstein, who suffered so much unspeakable abuse and pain. The files has FBI statements from people who are victims of abuse. While this goes onward, Trump has fired more than 100 immigration judges and revoked protection status from legal immigration. The Trump regime now wants to strip citizenship from hundreds of naturalized Americans every month. This is about Trump harming legal immigration too and being cruel about his overt racism and xenophobia.
Trump on his Wednesday night speech showed many lies and blamed Democrats collectively for economic issues in America. He blamed undocumented immigrants for stealing American jobs and getting free healthcare. Studies show that immigrants contribute heavily to the economy, pay taxes, and immigrant labor (including undocumented workers) propped up childcare, home care, and elder care industries. Trump made the racist remark that the Somali community "garbage" and falsely said that Somalis are taking over the economics of the state of Minnesota and stole billions of dollars. He is obsessed with Joe Biden when Joe Biden lower the poverty rate, increased investments in America, lowered the unemployment rate, and saved lives with scientific investments in fighting COVID-19. Trump refuses to invest in promoting healthcare subsidies for the ACA. Trump is provoking war with Venezuela with his strikes on ships near Venezuela.
In our generation, we have to give Melissa Jefferson-Wooden her flowers. She made so much track and field contributions in 2025 alone, that she is a living legend now in our culture. She is a five-time World Champion and the reigning World Champion in the 100m and 200m women's races, having won both titles at the 2025 World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo. In that same 2025 Championship, she achieved the sprint triple in winning gold in the 100m, the 200m and the 4 X 100m relay race. She is the first American to do so and only the 2nd woman to do so after Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce did that feat in 2013. Jefferson-Wooden's 100m time of 10.61 makes her the 2nd fastest American woman of all time in the 100m event and is a Championship record. Jefferson-Wooden won the bronze medal in the 100m at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and in that same Olympics, she won gold in the 4 X 100m relay race. She is now 24 years old and being part of Generation Z. Therefore, the torch has been passed from Allyson Felix (and ShellyAnn Fraser-Pryce including Carmelita Jeter) to the new generation of track and field athletes like Melissa Jefferson-Wooden. She won the NCAA Indoor 60m Championship in 2022. She is living a blessed life with her husband Rolan Wooden II in Florida. The wedding ceremony had Isaiah Likely as the best man and Twanisha "Tee Tee" Terry as the bridesmaid, with fellow Olympics Sha'Carri Richardson, Kenny Bednarek, and Christian Coleman in attendance. So, we shall see more achievements by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden in the future, especially as the future Summer Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles approaches. She is the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Female Athlete of the Year (in 2025). Jefferson-Wooden ended 2025 undefeated in the women's 100m which is an outstanding accomplishment. She is just getting started.
The health care fight continues in Congress. This comes about the Affordable Care Act subsidies, affordability issues, our health care issues in general. Health care is a fundamental human right for all people. It should never be a privilege for the rich and upper middle class. For the past decades, health care costs have increased, hospitals have been shut down especially in rural locations, and many Republicans refuse to support the extension of health care subsidies. Coverage must be expanded, the ACA must be improved upon to make universal health care a reality, and there must be a strengthening of public programs like Medicare. Healthcare workers need better wages, benefits, and conditions. Even in 2025, millions of American lack healthcare and face crippling costs for even prescriptions. We know what the solutions are during this affordability crisis. The problem is that many people in Congress have more concern for corporate profit than for health care availability for all human beings.
By Timothy
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