Thursday, May 14, 2026
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The war and domestic issues.
In our time, we will never give up. Trump denies that his advocacy of a prosecution of James Comey has nothing to do with revenge but justice. Yet, Trump consistently can't stand anyone (especially political figures) dissenting with his policies. Trump has used his pardon power to allow criminals and terrorists like the January 6th terrorists to escape justice. Trump has allowed the DOJ to not be an independent body of investigators and arbitrators of true justice for the American people. The DOJ is now transformed into a person defense attorney system for Donald Trump. The legitimacy of the DOJ has been shattered by the agenda of Trumpism. This is why we have to speak out against the nepotism, corruption, hypocrisy, bigotry, racism, xenophobia, and sexism found in the Trump agenda. While this is going on, millions of Americans struggle to afford massive gas prices due to Trump's war on Iran. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is focused on releasing a road trip reality TV show which is disrespectful to the people struggling to get gas or travel in basic transportation services. The GOP claims to support family values, but many GOP members have fought against paid family and medical leave, universal childcare, universal pre-K, an Expanded Child Tax Credit, and programs to support the rights of minority groups plus women. That isn't pro-family but pro-authoritarianism and pro-oligarchy to me.
Pete Hesgeth said that Senator Mark Kelly spoke about in public about depleted munitions in dealing with the Iraq War revealed classified information. This is a lie from Hegseth. The truth, as Senator Kelly, has said, is that the depleted munitions was admitted by Hegseth in a public hearing, not in a classified meeting. This attack by Hegseth targets not only the freedom of speech. It targets our American democracy when Trump officials try to put a spin on the Iranian war. We are nowhere near the era of the conclusion of the Iranian War. Kelly was slandered by MAGA followers as a traitor for just saying that military soldiers should never follow illegal orders. Kelly just spoke commonsense words about a basic fundamental point relating to the inherit integrity of Americans. This once again show how the Trump administration is targeting dissent (in a retribution campaign), not promoting freedom for the human race.
A lot of people don't know about the Hard Hat Riot of 1970. This was when people with hard hats assaulted anti-Vietnam War protesters in April of 1970. Many attackers said America, love it or leave it. Students activists and union leaders were exploited by the Nixon team to promote division in American society. Many police officers supported the attackers. The Hard hats invaded the Pace University and beat students and destroyed property. Nixon praised the hard hat to promote the laissez faire capitalism and cultural issues to cause a division among people of the Democratic Party. Nixon wanted many blue collar workers to get his support, and his plan worked in the 1972 Presidential election. Back in the days of FDR and LBJ, there was a coalition among black people, Jewish people, white collar workers, blue collar workers, progressives, Catholics, and working class people in general to allow New Deal and Great Society programs to be passed. By the time of Nixon, that changed when that coalition was broken apart. Many blue-collar workers had their economic rights violated, so we have to promote economic justice and other people who deserve human liberation. The oligarchs oppress us all. We have common ground on many issues, and it's our responsibility to promote solidarity to advance truth and justice for all.
When Rep. Jen Kiggans made the racist remark of Hakeem Jeffries, it reveals her hands as being a Trump puppet. There is no excuse for Kiggans' comments at all. Kiggans is from Virginia too, and us from Virginia know racism first hand. Therefore, Kiggans even supported Trump's law that cut Medicare and other social safety net programs. So, she should be voted out. Regardless of how anyone feels about Hakeem Jeffries' politics, it is evil to disrespect his human dignity as a black man. AOC is also right to say that we can't treat Majorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson as allies because they have criticized the MAGA movement. Greene talked about the anti-Semitic lie of Jewish space lasers and voted to censure Rep. Ihan Omar. She wanted Omar to be deported. Tucker Carlson promoted the lie that the 2020 election was stolen in public but privately didn't believe in that lie. Both of them never apologized for some of the most egregious statements that they have made.
Days ago was the Birthday of Sister Alyson Williams, and she is 63 years old. She is a R&B singer and on air radio personality. She was born in New York City. She is the daughter of bandleader/trumpeter Bobby Booker. She began her career by singing background vocals for various artists like Curtis Hairston, Melba Moore (in Love's Coming at Ya), B. B. & Q. Band, Cashflow, Unlimited Touch, Bobby Brown, and Barbara Mitchell before joining the group High Fashion (which also featured Meli'sa Morgan). Alyson later sang with the group The Air before moving on into her solo career. Her first single was Yes We Can being released on Profile Records in 1986 (a release on the Def Jam label followed in 1987). She was an in-demand vocalist duetting with many of her label mates like Church Stanley (in the song Make You Mine Tonight), and Oran "Juice" Jones (in the song How to Love Again). Her first album and release was historic as she was the first R&B woman singer signed to Def Jam. Her album Raw was released in 1989. It had singles like My Love is So Raw, etc. It had many quiet storm style songs. In 1986, she portrayed her friend Phyllis Hyman in a musical play called "Thank God, The Beat Goes on," joining the Whispers to tell the story of Hyman's career. She has been an on air radio personality at WCHR-FM 90.3. She is the host of Love Notes with Alyson Williams in The Chill Zone, which air on Tuesdays out of Harlem, NYC. In May 2022, Williams was the featured artist on saxophonist Najee's cover of Norman Connors single, Valentine Love.
I wish Sister Alyson Williams a Great Birthday.
Monday, May 11, 2026
More May 2026 Updates.
2026 was one of the important years in human history. It is the year of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America (with the signing of the Declaration of Independence from the British Empire). January 1, 2026, was when Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the 112th Mayor of New York City, being the first Muslim and Asian American to be mayor of New York City too. Books, films, and other works published in 1930 enter the public domain. Also, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to dissolve itself. There was the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. By January 2026, the U.S. launched a military raid in Venezuela that captured its president, Nicolas Maduro. The measles outbreak continues in America with more than 2,500 cases are reported nationally in America. In February 2026, the U.S. launched a major attack on Iran with Israel with the stated goal of regime change, killing its leader Ali Khamenei. Domestically, the US underwent two partial government shutdowns, with the first lasting four days, from January 31 to February 3, and the second lasting approximately 76 days, from February 14 to April 30, becoming the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and impacting the US Department of Homeland Security, with the core issue regarding the funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In addition, 2026 saw the first major judicial actions against prediction markets, in particular Kalshi and the usage of its platform and other prediction markets to bypass state regulations on sports betting, with Nevada being the first to land a court-enforced ban of Kalshi and Arizona being the first to file criminal charges against Kalshi. In science and technology, the most prominent story so far has been the April 2026 NASA mission Artemis II, the first crewed deep-space mission since 1972. Artemis II sent four astronauts—including the first woman, black person, and Canadian—to circumnavigate the Moon. On April 28, 2026, Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on federal charges of threatening the president due to a social media post that he made in May 2025 with seashells and numbers. In May 8, 2026, the Pentagon released declassified documents about UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Planned events include the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico from June to July; and the 2026 midterms in November.
There are tons of geographic landforms in the Earth. We have mountains being high, rocky areas that rise steeply above the surrounding land. They are often formed by tectonic activity as tectonic plates globally are a large part of the Earth's geological history. There are plateaus which are large, flat, or gently rolling areas of land that are significantly higher than the surrounding terrain. There are plains which are broad, flat stretches of land that are usually low in elevation compared to the surrounding area. Hills are elevated sections of land that are smaller and less steep than mountains. There are coastal landforms too. Valleys and canyons are low lying, often steep walled areas formed by erosion from rivers or glaciers. Valleys have depressions between mountains or hill, often containing a river. Peninsulas are lands surrounding by water on most of its sides. One example is how Hampton and Newport News is in a peninsula region of Hampton Roads, Virginia (757). There are deltas or fan shaped landforms created by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river. There are unique lands forms like an archipelago or a collection of islands, atoll being a ring shaped coral reef, and a bay being a recessed, coastal body of water connected to an ocean or lake. A coral reef is an outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposite of stony coral skeletons. Landforms are formed by two main forces. One is endogenic processes or internal, tectonic forces that push up mountains and build terrain. Exogenic processes are external forces, such as wind, water, and ice erosion, that wear down the shape the landscape over time.
Between World War I and World War II, many happenings existed in Christianity. By 1914, there was the Welsh Church Act of 1914 being in existence. In 1914, Paul Olaf Bodding completed his translation of the Bible into the Santali language of South Asia. Ellen G. White, the co-founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church passed away in 1915. Seventh Day Adventists have been debated in Christian churches for a long time. The cult leader Father Divine (who called himself God which is an overt action of blasphemy) grew his powerful movement by the 1910's. 1917 was when many Catholics claimed that Marian apparition took place at Fatima, Portugal (or Mary appeared to children to outline a vision of the future). Now, we respect Mary as being one of the saints of God who sacrificed and inspired humanity in many positive ways. Yet, we don't worship Mary or venerate her. She should be respected and honored as one of God's chosen people, but she shouldn't be venerated. Communists killed Tsar Nicholas III, and his wife in 1918. Those, who were killed, were Orthodox Christians. The KFUO (AM) had the first religious radio station in America by 1924. The Scopes Trial happened in 1925. The trial ended to allow the teachings of Darwinian revolution to be taught in public school. Evolution teaches that natural forces caused all life to exist on Earth spanning billions of years via natural selection and common ancestors. Christians have diverse views of evolution. Some reject evolution outright in believing in young Earth creationism or old Earth creationism. Some believe in the gap theory of gradual creation over billions of years. Some believe in theistic evolution or God allowing evolution to take place over the eons of time. The controversial Caughlin grew his platform on the radio by the 1920s. He spread his message to once supporting fascists and made anti-Semitic remarks (while denying being anti-Semitic). WWI saw Christians and non-Christians alike fighting among all sides. The Allied Forces defeated the Central Powers at the end of WWI. WWII was much different with more bloodshed, more evil, and an important victory for the Allied Powers. Adolf Hitler was a baptized Roman Catholic who was never excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Yet, Hitler and the Nazis murdered Catholics, Protestants, Jewish people, non-Jewish people, the Roma people, black people, biracial people, LGBTQIA2S+ people, Freemasons, and other human beings. Nazism is antithetical to Christianity, because Nazism hates their neighbors (who are not people of white Northern Europeans), it promoted murder, it used unjust violence against innocent people, and it violated basic human plus democratic rights. I want to make that point perfectly clear.
By 1945, times were changing at the end of World War II. Christianity, the religious world in general, and the secular world saw tons of technological advancements in sanitation, engineering, travel, industry, education, health, and other aspects of human living. We saw massive international spiritual growth with the spreading of the Gospel from the Americas to the Motherland of Africa. Also, we saw cultural and social changes in the world. There have been legitimate movements that change the world positively like the Civil Rights Movement, the woman's rights movement, and the environmental rights movement. 1948 was the year of the creation of the modern nation of Israel. Regardless of how one feels about the policies of the government of Israel, this historic event has major significance in world history. Also, we witnessed the increase of the power of the Ecumenical Movement (which has been funded by elitist organizations like the CFR, the Bilderberg Group, the Knights of Malta, high level Freemasonry, the Trilateral Commission, the Pilgrim Society, etc.) that desire Christians to compromise their core religious views to follow the great nefarious myth that all religions (even polytheism and Satanism) are legitimate pathways to the one true God of the Universe. The Ecumenical Movement is pernicious, powerful, and influential, but believers in God have stood up against its false doctrines for years and decades. The age of the Laodicean era is filled with compromise, wickedness, and deception (from the Prosperity Gospel to the freak off parties that existed for millennia). The good news is that the current Laodicean era still has a remnant standing up for righteousness, justice, love, and God's mercy ins desiring people to be saved from sin and evil. Goodness always prevails in the end.
Hantavirus evacuations have begun. We have COVID, the nonovirus, and now hantavirus. 17 U.S. passengers head to a Nebraska quarantine site. The W.H.O. wants a 42-day quarantine for all people with hantavirus. The hantavirus is not COVID, but it is not a game. It is a serious virus that can possibly spread rapidly. As for Iran, Centcom reported that over 20 U.S. warships are enforcing the Strait of Hormuz. Even if the Iranian war ends now, the oil crisis may continue worldwide for months. Some scholars believe that this energy crisis is worse than the one back in the 1970s, because the blockade deals with oil, plastics, and other necessary supplies globally that people need. The U.S. and Iran are continuing in negotiations, but Trump refuses to budge that much.
My distant cousin Debra Louise Claud (b. 1965) has a child with Otis Brown named Mecos R. Claud (b. 1984). She had a child with the late Donald Eugene Ashe (1954-2024) named Travis S. Claud (b. 1986). She had a child with Gaston Wyndham named DeAngelo Pierre Claud (b. 1989). My distant cousin LaRon Markee "Deebo" Claude lived from February 19, 1997 to November 4, 2022. He was 45 years old of Millstone Court, Suffolk, Virginia. His grandparents were Frank Daniel Claude and Mary Clude. His grandmother also was Helen Heloise Bagley. His uncle was Kevin "K.C." Claude of Suffolk, Virginia, and his aunt Gloria Dean Rodgers. He was a class of 1996 graduate of Lakeland High School where he ran track for four years and earned several metals. LaRon also played baseball for the Whaleyville Athletic Association. LaRon worked at Burlington Capital Properties for eight years. He also worked with his family businesses, J&L’s Rentals and L&J Lawn Care Services. LaRon was affectionally known as “DeeBoo and Top Flight”. LaRon loved his grand kids and enjoyed spending time with them outside. He loved football and his favorite team was the Buffalo Bills. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Janice Claude; two sons, Trevon and Nyshon Claude; three daughters, Tashmekka Boatwright, Jazzmine Saunders and Jaylah Saunders; mother, Constance D. Bagley; father, Tony X. Bagley (Denise Bagley); two brothers, Antaion X. Bagley Sr (Kamia Bagley). and Ravon D. Bagley; sisters, Stacey Owens, Katrina Robinson and Michelle Jackson; grandchildren, Lyric and Loyal Eason; nephews, Antaion X. Bagley, Jr., Xavier J. Banks, Isaiah Jackson Navar Bagley, Nizayer Bagley, Noah Bagley and Jakarion Hunter; nieces, Kania Bagley, Morgan Stagg and Genevive Owens; Mother-in-law, Janice Lassiter (Michael) and father-in-law, Lindell Hunter (Lisa); brothers-in-law, Lindell and Justin Hunter; special niece and nephews, Jordan Turner, Jaylen Boyette and Kaylah Ward; special sister/manager, Teresah Rasaluah; godsons, Kamari Porter and Noah Brown; goddaughters, Whishes Wilson, Jeliah Wiggins, Kylin Porter and Taylor Smith; a host of other family and friends.
By Timothy
Friday, May 08, 2026
End of the Week News.
The hantavirus cases have increased in many nations. Many countries are fighting to contain the outbreak. We heard of this virus on a cruise ship. The bad news is that the hantavirus is more deadly than COVID-19. The good news is that the hantavirus doesn't spread as rapidly as COVID-19. Yet, people should be vigilant to know the risks and composition of the hantavirus. The hantavirus is a severe rodent-borne disease that rarely spreads among human beings. Hantavirus is mainly contracted by breathing in aerosolized particles infected rodent droppings, urine, or saliva. Hantavirus can have a high mortality rate as high about ca. 38-40 percent, compared to an estimated 0.5 to 3% for COVID-19. Hantavirus can take 1-6 weeks to appear. As of May 2026, there are no licensed vaccines for the hantavirus. Symptoms of the virus include fever, fatigue, muscle aches, headache, and dry cough. Hopefully, the hantavirus won't lead into another pandemic.
The Tennessee House has passed a plan to gerrymander a black district in trying to get rid of it. One Judge denies the request to return the 2020 ballot siezed from Fulton, County. This will cause the DOJ to push the Trump lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump has spoken about federal control of federal elections which is illegal as only state and local authorities control elections. In Tennessee and starting in South Carolina, the GOP is trying to end true black representation in voting district. This has nothing to do with some fairness. This has to do with pure racism, pure hatred of democracy, and the agenda of the far right to eliminate true voting rights. This rush by the GOP is done to trample the rights of black people in the South and voters of every color who oppose Trumpism. This comes before the November 2026 midterms. The Supreme Court is complicit in allowing the gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This GOP gerrymandering in the South is done illegally without voter input and without a referendum. Republicans in many states of the South want consolidation of Republican power in state legislatures. This will cause a disenfranchisement of voters as the Louisiana governor illegally halted an election. Black voters are being targeted of their voting rights in Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, and other states, but some people are silent. We know the reason. Yet, we won't be silent. We will continue to speak up and stand up for our God-given right to vote and the rest of our human plus democratic rights too.
We must always defend our freedoms. In America in 2026 (not 1826), racism is shown openly with many people trying to justify it. We have in America now, enemy forces who try to suppress black history from books to legal museums. We have many people who exploit religion (when they go against true morality) as an excuse to target plus scapegoat margainalized communities in the guise of "patriotism." We have overt fascism and authoritarianism in America with detention centers housing migrants, with black votes being denied fair representation, with the military occupying our streets months ago, and the Supreme Court doing Trump's dirty work. So, we are in a crossroads in our nation's history. This is the worst political crisis in the United States of America since the American Civil War. This is not hyperbole. This is reality. When a wicked person in the White House supports murdering people in the Caribbean without due process of law (which is murder), then we have a problem of morality among that resident in the White House and his acolytes who deify him in a blasphemous fashion. Sellouts like Alex Jones and Jason Whitlock disgrace themselves too with allying with the MAGA movement.
FBI raids have happened against Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, Virginia. She led the redistricting push in Virginia. I'm from Virginia and from the 757. We know Lucas for a long time. Lucas is one of the most popular and progressive political leaders in the 757 at Hampton Roads, Virginia. This is obviously an attack on Louise Lucas based on Lucas's political views. Louise Lucas has promoted a legal referendum in Virginia to promote fair representation in the state legislature. This is part of political persecution. Trump and his minions have attacked journalists, politicians, voting leaders, etc. While this is going on, FBI Director Patel gives agents his personalized Bourbon. The FBI raiding the office of Louise Lucas is about Trump going after institutions and people who want to defend democracy. This is not shocking as Trump has an anti-democratic mentality by desiring to ban mail in voting, seeking to harm democratic rights, and suppress birthright citizenship. This fascist plan is promoted by Project 2025. DOGE has already fired innocent federal workers without just cause. FBI Director Kash Patel is under scrutiny because of his behavior.
Polls show that most Americans believe that Trump is untrustworthy involving his economic claims. Also, I see many of these so-called "prophets" still defending Trump. Many of them just don't defend Trump. Some of them claim that any critique of any policy of Trump is equivalent to going against God which is wrong and evil. Even one defender of Trump, Troy Black (who make views claiming prophecies of the future) conceded that God doesn't approve of some of the things that Trump has done. That was shocking, because I wouldn't expect him to say such a comment. Trump calling Hakeem Jeffriers a thug (who is a black man who is not thug) is anti-Christ as regardless of how you think about Hakeem's policies; his human dignity should not be disrespected. Trump cursed out peaceful NFL protesters when Jesus didn't use such language to describe his followers. Jesus told a story to help the immigrant and sojourner, but Trump has called Somali immigrants in America "garbage." Jesus Christ was steadfast to defend children, but Trump once called the Epstein files a hoax. Jesus Christ helped and healed the sick, but Trump allowed his law to strip healthcare from millions of Americans plus cut SNAP benefits. Jesus Christ asked people to forgive others, but Trump said that he hates his enemies and admitted that he doesn't ask God for forgiveness for anything that he has done. Trump once threatened to destroy the Iranian civilization when Jesus Christ never threatened to exterminate a whole civilization. Therefore, we must be steadfast in our faith and to stand up against evil. We have a clear vision to do the right thing and without apology.
By Timothy
Wednesday, May 06, 2026
News.
Trump's DOJ wants the names of federal workers in Georgia involved in the 2020 election. The Trump administration wanting these names is pure fascism as these federal workers did their jobs to make sure that the election was completed. The Trump administration is investigating Fulton County since January 2026 as Trump still believes that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump going after thousands of election workers show his desperation and wicked revenge mindset. MAGA is an evil demonic movement as Reuters reported that MAGA members threatened the lives of Georgia election workers back in 2020. Tons of election officials were in fear of their lives when these people just want to carry out their duties in a non-partisan fashion. We know who has promoted most of the political divisive rhetoric in the past 15 years. It has been the far-right movement. Many Proud Boys and MAGA terrorists threatened to harm election officials in Arizona back in 2020 too. This is a new era of our time when our democracy is being threatened by an authoritarian in the White House. Rudy Freeman was a victim of threats by MAGA cultists too.
The Iran war continues. Iran has attacked the UAE recently. Oil prices continue to rise and America has struck at Iran in the Strait of Hormuz too. The war against Iran and the tariffs has crippled many parts of the American economy. Most Americans are either struggling economically or know someone struggling economically. Wages are stagnant and millions of people are losing access to health insurance. Corporate profits exist in record levels. Justice Louis Brandies told the truth many decades ago that we can have democracy in America or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few (but we can't have both). Either we have freedom for all or a plain oligarchy. Also, the Trump regime supported the Supreme Court's recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act. Violations to our rights is nothing news, but we have many GOP candidates now who denies the election results of 2020.
Alex Jones' Infowars website in 2026 is now shut down after years of harassing Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones has to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages to the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting. This event deals with an accumulation of tons of basic irony. I remembered during the early 2000s of Alex Jones exposing the Bohemian Grove, the Skulls and Bones, the Patriot Act, the war on terror (which is a war for empire and conquest by Western oligarchs), and exposing torture. Now, Alex Jones has sold out to the MAGA cult along with slandering the Sandy Hook victims. Alex Jones claims to oppose eugenics, but he refuses to expose the fact that many of the strongest anti-immigrant extremists historically are wicked eugenicists. Jones claims to support freedom, but he lied to say that NFL players knelling to protest racism and police brutality (which they have First Amendment right to do) desire "white genocide." No, protesters desire racial justice and real equality in the world. Alex Jones has made the anti-Semitic remark that white racist terrorists in Charlottesville, Virginia back in 2017, who spewed racist and anti-Semitic garbage, are just "Jewish actors." This is why Alex Jones was sued by a black woman (Ashley Beckford) and a Jewish man (Rob Jacobson) for racism and anti-Semitism years ago in 2018. Jones denied these allegations. Therefore, agents like Alex Jones are receiving their rightful comeuppance.
Rudy Giuliani is at critical condition at a Florida hospital. He is dealing with pneumonia after being on a ventilator. People from my generation and before remembered when he was the controversial Mayor of New York City. A lot of people protested him over stop and frisk, police brutality, and other civil rights issues. Afterward, he was at the height of his political peak during the immediate aftermath of the terrible event of 9/11. The establishment (from corporate magazine companies to other political leaders) viewed him as America's Mayor. Later, scandals and his increasingly far right politics (Rudy embraces the MAGA movement wholeheartedly) harmed his political legacy. Rudy still believes in the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. I don't subscribe to Giuliani's political views, and I won't subscribe to his agenda, but we are human beings on this Earth. We do wish for him to have a full recovery.
Days ago was the Birthday of Sister Angel Joy Blue, and she is 42 years old. She is an American soprano singer. She won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for the Metropolitan Opera production of Porgy and Bess in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. She was born in the West in Los Angeles, California. According to her family, her father, Sylvester predicted that she would be the next Leontyne Price. Blue earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Redlands in 2005. She earned a Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from UCLA in 2007. She is an alumna of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she studied voice and classical piano. She was a member of the Domingo-Thorton Young Artist Program at Los Angeles Operation from 2007 to 2009. Blue was a member of Artistas de la Academia del Palau de les Arts from 2009 to 2010, under Maestros Alberto Zedda, Lorin Maazel, and Zubin Mehta. Blue is a former model and beauty queen. She was the first African American to hold the title of Miss Apple Valley, California. She was crowned Miss Hollywood in 2005. She was the 2nd runner up at the Miss California contest that same year. Blue was the 1st runner up to both Miss California in 2006 and Miss Nevada in 2007. She performed in opera stages worldwide from the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Canadia Opera Company in Toronto, the Los Angeles Opera, the San Francisco Opera, Frankfurt Opera, etc. Blue appeared at the Last Night of the Proms in September 2024. In May 2025, Blue sang the national anthem accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra at the 2025 National Memorial Day Concert. She is a philanthropist by raising money for those affected with HIV and AIDS in Germany and South Africa. She raised funded for the Haitian people.
I wish Sister Angel Joy Blue a Great Birthday.
By Timothy
Tuesday, May 05, 2026
Monday, May 04, 2026
Early May 2026 Updates.
It is no secret that Mormonism has a long history with racism. Not all Mormons are racists, but many of the founders and early members of Mormonism were stone cold racists. Mormonism has a long history of enslavement, exclusion, and discrimination of black people. In recent decades, Mormons have changed their policies to promote more inclusion of black people and people of color. To this day, I don't know how any black person can be a Mormon, but black people have been involved with the Latter Day Saint movement since its inception in the 1830s. From the mid-1800s to 1978, Mormonism's largest denomination – the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) – barred Black women and men from participating in the ordinances of its temples necessary for the highest level of salvation, and excluded most men of Black African descent from ordination in the church's lay, all-male priesthood. During that time the LDS Church also opposed interracial marriage, supported racial segregation in its communities and church schools, and taught that righteous Black people would be made white after death. The temple and priesthood racial restrictions were lifted by church leaders in 1978. In 2013, the LDS Church disavowed its previous teachings on race for the first time.
The priesthoods of most other Mormon denominations, such as the Bickertonite and Strangite churches, have always been open to members of all races. The same is true in Mormonism's second-largest denomination, the Community of Christ (formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or the RLDS), except for a few years in which Black people were barred from the priesthood. More conservative denominations, such as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the Apostolic United Brethren (AUB), and the True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days (TLC), continue to exclude Black people as of 2018.
The LDS Church's views on Black people have alternated throughout its history. Early church leaders' views on Black slavery went from neutrality to abolitionism to a pro-slavery view. As early as 1844, church leaders taught that Black people's spirits were less righteous in premortal life (before birth). Mormonism founder Joseph Smith and his successor as church president with the most followers, Brigham Young, both taught that the skin color of Black people was the result of the curses of Cain and Ham. From the beginning, Black people have been members of Mormon congregations and Mormon congregations have always been interracial. When the Mormons migrated to Missouri, they encountered the pro-slavery sentiments of their neighbors. Joseph Smith upheld the laws regarding Black enslavement, and affirmed the curse of Ham as placing his descendants into slavery, "to the shame and confusion of all who have cried out against the South." After the Mormons were expelled from Missouri, Smith took an increasingly strong anti-slavery position, and several Black men were ordained to the LDS priesthood.
The first reference to dark skin as a curse and mark from God in Latter Day Saint writings can be found in the Book of Mormon, published in 1830. It refers to a group of people called the Lamanites and states that when they rebelled against God they were cursed with "a skin of blackness" (2 Nephi 5:21).
The mark of blackness was placed upon the Lamanites so the Nephites "might not mix and believe in incorrect traditions which would prove their destruction" (Alma 3:7–9). The Book of Mormon records the Lord as forbidding miscegenation between Lamanites and Nephites (2 Nephi 5:23) and saying they were to stay "separated from thee and thy seed [Nephites], from this time henceforth and forever, except they repent of their wickedness and turn to me that I may have mercy upon them" (Alma 3:14). However, 2 Nephi 26:33 states: "[The Lord] inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come, black and white, bond and free, male and female...and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile." Although the Lamanites are labelled as wicked, they actually became more righteous than the Nephites as time passed (Helaman 6). Throughout the Book of Mormon narrative, several groups of Lamanites did repent and lose the curse. The Anti-Nephi-Lehies or Ammonites "open[ed] a correspondence with them [Nephites], and the curse of God did no more follow them" (Alma 23:18). There is no reference to their skin color being changed. Later, the Book of Mormon records that an additional group of Lamanites converted and that "their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites… and they were numbered among the Nephites, and were called Nephites" (3 Nephi 2:15–16). In the Mormon verses of Jacob 3:8-9, it condemns prejudice against people with dark skin, but Joseph Smith promoted the myth of the curse of Ham and Cain tied to dark skin. Many Mormons early on had black people, both free and enslaved people. The first known Black Latter-day Saint was "Black Pete", who joined the Church in Kirtland, Ohio, and there is evidence that he held the priesthood. Other African Americans, including Elijah Abel in 1832, Joseph T. Ball in 1835 or 1836 (who also presided over the Boston Branch from 1844–1845), and Walker Lewis in 1843 (and probably his son, Enoch Lovejoy Lewis), were ordained to the priesthood during Smith's lifetime. William McCary was ordained in Nauvoo in 1846 by Apostle Orson Hyde. Two of the descendants of Elijah Abel were also ordained Elders, and two other Black men, Samuel Chambers and Edward Leggroan, were ordained Deacons. Joseph Smith, before he died wanted a gradual end to slavery against black people by 1850 during his Presidential campaign.
Joseph Smith said that Black and white people would be better off if they were "separate but legally equal", advocating segregation: "Had I anything to do with the negro, I would confine them by strict law to their own species, and put them on a national equalization." He also said, "They have souls, and are subjects of salvation. Go into Cincinnati or any city, and find an educated negro, who rides in his carriage, and you will see a man who has risen by the powers of his own mind to his exalted state of respectability." Brigham Young believed in the racist view of that the curse of Ham (which isn't mentioned in the Bible) justified black enslavement. Joseph Smith believed that dark skin on people like me (with black African ancestry) as cursed by God which is a lie. Young said that God's curse on Black people would someday be lifted, and they would be able to receive the priesthood after death. In 1978, when the church ended the temple and priesthood bans, apostle Bruce R. McConkie taught that the ancient curses of Cain and Ham were no longer in effect. Church leaders disavowed the idea that black skin was the sign of a curse for the first time in 2013. Several Black Mormons were told that they would become white. Hyrum Smith told Jane Manning James that God could give her a new lineage, and promised her in his patriarchal blessing. The LDS Church published a 2013 essay refuting these ideas, describing prior church teachings justifying the restriction as racial "folk beliefs." It said that Blackness in Latter-day Saint theology is a symbol of disobedience to God, and not necessarily a skin color. This is of course nonsense.A Sunday School teacher was removed from their position for teaching from this essay in 2015.
On February 6, 1835, an assistant president of the church, W. W. Phelps, wrote a letter theorizing that the curse of Cain survived the deluge by passing through the wife of Ham, son of Noah, who according to Phelps was a descendant of Cain. (Messenger and Advocate 1:82). In addition, Phelps introduced the idea of a third curse upon Ham himself for "marrying a black wife". (Messenger and Advocate 1:82) This Black wife, according to Phelps, was not just a descendant of Cain, but one of the pre-flood "people of Canaan", not directly related to the Biblical Canaanites after the flood.
Many prominent church members enslaved people, including William H. Hooper, Abraham O. Smoot, Charles C. Rich, Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball. Members bought and sold people, gave the church enslaved people as a tithe, and recaptured those who escaped their enslavers. In California, Black enslavement was illegally tolerated in the Mormon community of San Bernardino despite California laws banning the practice. After the Civil War, the US government freed enslaved people and allowed many Black adults to vote. By the early 1920s, there were hundreds of members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Utah. Although Church leaders opposed the KKK, several LDS members were Klan members. The NAACP criticized the church's position on civil rights, led anti-discrimination marches and filed a lawsuit against the church in response to its practice of not allowing Black children to be Boy Scout troop leaders. Students from other schools protested against BYU's discriminatory practices and the church's racial restrictions. The church issued a statement supporting civil rights, and changed its Boy Scout leader policy. The apostle Ezra Taft Benson criticized the civil rights movement and challenged accusations of police brutality. Black athletes protested against BYU's discriminatory practices by refusing to play against the school's teams. After the reversal of the temple and priesthood ban in 1978, LDS leaders were relatively silent about civil rights and eventually formed a partnership with the NAACP. BYU, apostle Dallin H. Oaks denounced racism, endorsed the message that "Black lives matter" (discouraging its use to advance controversial proposals), and called on church members to root out racist attitudes, behavior and policies. Politician Stewart Udall wrote a strongly-worded public letter in 1967 criticizing the church's racial restrictions.
During the 20th century, many LDS leaders opposed the civil rights movement. In recent decades, the church has condemned racism and increased its outreach efforts in Black communities. It is still accused of perpetuating implicit racism by not apologizing for, acknowledging, or adequately counteracting the effects of its past beliefs and discriminatory practices like segregation. Church leaders have worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP) since the 2010s, and have donated millions of dollars to Black organizations. What began during founder Smith's lifetime as an estimated 100 free and enslaved Black Mormons, has grown to an estimated 400,000 to one million Black LDS Church adherents worldwide as of 2019, and at least five LDS Church temples in Africa. Fourteen more temples are at some stage of development or construction on the continent, in addition to several temples among communities of the African diaspora such as the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The Community of Christ has congregations in twelve African nations, with membership increasing. In 2017, the LDS Church released a statement condemning racism in response to the white-nationalist Unite the Right rally in Virginia. According to a 2016 survey of self-identified Mormons, over 60 percent said that they know (37 percent) or believe (25.5 percent) that the priesthood and temple ban was God's will; another 17 percent said that it might be true, and 22 percent said that they know (or believe) that it was not God's will. A 2023 survey of over 1,000 former church members in the Mormon corridor found race issues in the church to be one of the top three reported reasons why they had disafilliated. Famous Black Mormons now include people like singer Gladys Knight, Ezekiel Ansah, Alan Cherry, the late Eldridge Cleaver, Alvin B. Jackson, Thurl Bailey, Burgess Owens, Catherin Stokes, Winston Wilkinson, and other people.
As of 2026, the church officially has not apologized for its past racist teachings and policies around Black people.
Mormonism have massive powerful influence in America and worldwide. Many of them are billionaires and own lands globally. They have a massive evangelism institution. Mitt Romney is one of the most famous Mormons in human history. He was once a moderate decades ago and became a Reagan conservative as time came about. His father was a moderate Republican too. Mitt Romney ran for President famously in 2012 to compete against President Barack Obama. He lost to Obama, and Romney recently retired from being a U.S. Senator. Mitt Romney is a fifth generation Mormon who was once the governor of Massachusetts. He was a missionary in France. He and his wife are parents of five sons. He helped to rescue the scandal filled Salt Laker City Olympics Games back in 2002. There are many members of the Mormon church who are leaders in government, economics, entertainment, science, education, and sports. The Mormon Bill Marriot owns the Marriott International led family restaurant business. Other famous Mormons who lived and passed are Clayton Christensen, Harry Reid, Mike Lee, Jason Chaffetz, Jon Huntsman, the late Mia Love, Kim B. Clark, and Marie and Donny Osmond.
The culture of Mormonism is a very conservative culture. Family is preeminent in their cultural essence. That is why Mormons have large families in the nuclear family structure. They spread their faith worldwide. Mormons follow strict lifestyle changes, repents of sins, and have a strict code of conduct. Many of them pray, fast, and study the Bible and Mormon books, and they attend Sunday worship services regularly. Cultural isolation has inspired many Mormons to be very much community oriented. By 2010, 13-14 percent of Mormons live in Utah. Utah is more politically and cultural conservative than people living in cosmopolitan urban cetners in America. Utah Mormons often emphasize pioneer heritage more than international Mormons, who generally are not descendants of the Mormon pioneers. Many Mormons help the poor and build churches. Many Mormons contribute 10 percent of their income to the church as tithing. Paying tithing is one of the prerequisites for entrance into Mormon temples. Many LDS young men, women, and elderly couple go to proselyting missions. Some ride bicycles to spread their religious views too. Mormons adhere to the Word of Wisdom, a health law or code that is interpreted as prohibiting the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, coffee and tea, while encouraging the use of herbs, grains, fruits, and a moderate consumption of meat. The Word of Wisdom is also understood to forbid other harmful and addictive substances and practices, such as the use of illegal drugs and abuse of prescription drugs. Mormons are encouraged to keep a year's supplies, including food and financial reserves. Mormons also oppose behaviors such as viewing pornography and gambling. Many practicing adult Mormons wear religious undergarments that remind them of covenants and encourage them to dress modestly. Latter-day Saints are counseled not to partake in any form of media that is obscene or pornographic in any way, including media that depicts graphic representations of sex or violence. Tattoos and body piercings are generally discouraged. There are diverse Mormons like LDS (or Latter Day Saints), Fundamentalist Mormons, Liberal Mormons (or progressive Mormons), and Cultural Mormons.
In geography, we have urban, suburban, and rural areas. There are many differences between these geographic locations too. Urban areas are densely populated regions. They have a large percentage of people per square mile as compared to suburban and rural locations. Urban locations have tall and medium sized buildings, busy streets, and diverse populations (with diverse ethnic and social demographics). Urban places have extensive public transportation, cultural attractions, shopping center, and entertainment options. Some urban places have congestions, noise, and air pollution. People live in homes, condos, apartments, and townhouses with limtied private outdoor space at times. Economically, urban areas give people diverse job opportunities from finance, technology, health care, construction, retail, education, etc.
Suburban locations are usually on the outskirts for cities, but some cities have suburban elements in them. Suburbs serve as the residential communities for people who commute to urban centers for work. They have moderate population density, larger homes, and more green space than urban areas. Suburbs have parks, recreational facilities, and typically are mostly middle class areas. The housing usually have single family homes with yards and residents often use personal vehicles for transporation, because suburbs have limited public trnasportation. Sububbs have economic job opportunities in specific sectors like healthcare, education, tourism, etc.
Rural areas are low desnity regions which are found outside of urban and suburban areas. They have large farmland, forests, and natural landscapes from mountains to valleys. Life in rural palces are slower paced and quieters with open spaces and scenic views. Housing is usually spread out with large plots of land (in acres at times) and multi-family dwellings. Rural residents usually rely on personal vehicles for transporation because of limited infrastructure and public transist. Economically, rural areas deal with agirculture, resource extraction, and small local businesses. They can have access to healthcare, education, and entertainment. The cost of living is generally lower than in urban areas. Urban, suburban, and rural areas are not inferior or superior to each other. A person's priorities and preferences determine whether they desire to live in urban, rural, or suburban places.
By March 25, 2020, the House and Senate approve a two trillion dollar emergency spending bill, the Cares Act, to prop up the economy as people lose jobs and are told to stay home due to the pandemic. President Trump signs bill two days later as 3.2 million people during the week before had signed up for unemployment benefits, the highest amount in history. By April of 2020, the COVID pandemic passed over 1 million cases worldwide. On April 6th, 2020, the United States designates the Russian Imperial Movement as a terrorist organization and imposes sanctions on its leaders; it is the first white supremacist group the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization. This time saw the Yemeni Civil War in existence along with the Syrian Civil War. On May 2, 2020, the United Nations publishes a report stating that Russia's indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Syria constitutes a war crime. George Floyd was killed by police officer on May 25, 2020.
After George Floyd and Breona Taylor were killed by police officers, the nation expressed outrage. Later, there were the largest anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests in human history from America to worldwide. Black Lives Matter and other movements promoted justice for black people. Millions of people protested. There were rebellions and innocent property damaged and destory which was wrong. Yet, the vast majority of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests were peaceful. While this is going on, people are racing to created a COVID-19 vaccine, businesses close, and people wear masks all over the world. By September 2020, the worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds more than one million human lives. By October 2020, there are over 35 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide. By November 2020, after a contentious and emotional 2020 election, Joe Biden was elected as the 46th President of the United States of America. Mail in ballots were counted, and Donald Trump lied and said that the 2020 election was stolen. By the end of 2020, COVID-19 vaccines from Modern and Pfizer plus BioNTech are finalized. By December, over 65 million people worlwide have COVID-19. On January 6, 2021, supporters of US President Donald Trump attack the US Capitol, disrupting certification of the 2020 presidential election, and forcing both houses of Congress to evacuate. Five people die during the ensuing riot. The event is classified as a domestic terrorist attack, and draws international condemnation. The January 6th terrorist insurrectionists were cowards, evil, and terrorists who tried to destroy American democracy. Yet, they failed in their efforts.
2025 was one of the most important years of the 2020s being the first year when the authoritarian Trump was inaugurated as President. The start of the year saw the January 15th wildfires that devastated tons of acres of Southern California. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeoi was impeached and arrested on January 15, 2025, too. The war in Ukraine continued. By January 6th, Indonesia became the 10th member of the BRICS organizaiton. Many people attacked the capital of Chad at N'Djamena's presidential palace. By January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas approve of a ceasefire agreement that seeks to end the war. Israeli hostage and Palestinian prisoners are exchanged. By January 29, 2025, there was the Potomac River midair collision. The trade war continued among America and China. On March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace was the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon with no technical issues, with its Blue Ghost Mission 1. More than 1,000 people, including civilians, are reported killed in a crackdown by Syrian transitional government security forces in the Alawite region, described as the country's worst violence for years on March 8, 2025. On March 8–17, 2025, the Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in Turin, Italy. The former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is arrested in the Philippines after being served an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity (on March 11, 2025). On April 1, Fram2 launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, becoming the first crewed spaceflight to enter a polar retrograde orbit. Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025 living to be 88 years old. Pope Leo XIV was elected as the new Pope. His name is Robert Francis Prevost. He is the first American citizen, Peruvian citizen, North American, and Augustinian pope in the history of the Catholic Church. On July 2025, at least 135 people were killed and over a hundred reported missing during a flood in Central Texas. Russians had a drone incursion into Poland by September 9, 2025. This is the first attack on NATO territory causing Poland to invoke Article 4. The Supreme Federal Court convicted former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and sentences him to 27 years in prison for his involvement in the 2022 Brazilian coup plot. On October 1, 2025, Israel intercepts the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, in international waters, arresting 443 activists from 47 countries. On October 13, Hamas the last 20 living hostages in Gaza after they were kidnapped during the 2023 October 7 attacks. In exchange, Israel releases 250 Palestinian prisoners and more than 1,700 detainees.
King David was one of the most popular people of the Old Testament along with Abraham and Moses. He is discussed in 28 Biblical books and his name is recorded in the King James Bible (in 1,139 times) more than anyone else. When David was young, he was considered by the public the least of Jesse's sons and was assigned the humbling task of tending sheep according to 1 Samuel 16:11. He is the great-grandson of Ruth and Boaz. The prophet Samuel is charged with anointing a new ruler over the Hebrews as found in 1 Samuel 16. King Saul had rebellion agianst God, so Saul wasn't part of this process. Samuel visited Jesse and rejected his first seven sons, and he anoints David in a private ceremony, as Israel's new king. King Saul was distressed and depsressed after God's spirit leaves him as found in 1 Samuel 16:13-14. His servants wanted to find a skilled musician to change his mood and futrther recommend David due to his admirable traits. David became Saul's musician and his armor bearer (1 Samuel 16:15-23). Back then, the Philistines was Israel's enemy. The Philistines gathtered their army to invade Israel. Saul's forces also gather and camp near the enemy. Goliath, the Philistine champion, taunts Israel for forty days to send out a man worthy to fight him (1 Samuel 17:16). His challenge receives no response. David, coming to give supplies to three of his brothers in the army, appears among Saul's troops. He offers, after hearing Goliath's taunts, to fight him by himself. He defeats the giant in battle, cuts off his head, and then goes on a whirlwind tour of Israel touting his victory (1Samuel 17). David and Saul's son Johnathan become the best of friends and make a friendship covenant (1Samuel 18:1 - 4). King Saul makes David one of Israel's military leaders (1 Samuel 18:5). Women sing praises, after one of his victories over the Philistines, that David has slain tens of thousands and Saul thousands. The king hears this praise and begins to view David as a threat to his throne (1Samuel 18:6 - 9). Saul twice attempts but fails to personally murder David (1Samuel 18:10 - 11). He then decides to distance himself from him by making him a commander over 1,000 men (verse 13). The king then offers him his daughter Michal in marriage if he brings to him 100 Philistines. His plan to have the enemy dispose of David backfires, however, when he returns with 200 (verses 20 - 27). Jonathan, Saul's son, seeks to protect David from his father's wrath. He is able to calm his father down and have David return to the king's service (1Samuel 19:1 - 7). David then fights the Philistines at an unknown location and slaughters them (verse 8). An evil spirit moves Saul to attempt to murder David, forcing him to flee to Samuel for safety (1Samuel 19:9 - 17). The king then sends three sets of assassins that ultimately fail when God distracts them from their mission. Saul himself then travels to Samuel but is also distracted from carrying out the murder (verses 18 - 24).
David continues to try to escape from Saul trying to kill him. David travels to the city of Nob and meets with Ahimelech the High Priest (1Samuel 21). He then secures food for his starving men and flees to Gath. Fearful of his identity being discovered in the Philistine city, he pretends to act like an insane person. His act convinces the king of the city to leave him alone (1 Samuel 21:10 - 15). David soon leaves Gath for an Adullam cave. He then travels to Mizpeh where he secures a safe place for his parents to stay (1 Samuel 22:1 - 4). God then informs him to go to the land of Judah. King Saul meets with the High Priest and the priests of Nob to accuse them of treason for aiding David. Although they deny the charge, they are all murdered when the king has Doeg slay all 85 of them. Doeg then proceeds to Nob where he slaughters most of its innocent inhabitants (1Samuel 22). David fights, with God's blessing, the Philistines who are raiding the city of Keilah. He soon slaughters the enemy and saves the city (1Samuel 23:1 - 5). He then leaves with his men for the safety of the wilderness of Ziph. Jonathan finds him in the forest and the two men meet for the last time (verses 16 - 18). The Ziphites, who know where David is hiding, reveal his location to Saul. As the king and his men begin to close in on David, a messenger arrives to inform him that the Philistines have again invaded the land. Saul breaks off his pursuit and rushes to fight the enemy as David travels to hide himself in Engedi (1Samuel 23:19 - 29). Saul continues to pursue David after he finishes dealing with the Philistines. Saul's life is spared, however, when David refuses to kill the king when the opportunity to do so presented itself in a cave (1 Samuel 24). Then, the prophet Samuel passed away as found in 1 Samuel 25:1 in ca. 1012 B.C.
By Timothy
Sunday, May 03, 2026
Voting Rights.
One of the most terrible Supreme Court decisions existed on April 29, 2026. The Supreme Court made an indefensible order. In a landmark Supreme Court case (in a 6-3 decision), the Court tossed out Louisiana long contested Congressional map. The Court said that it was an unconstitutional gerrymandering. This result from a mostly far right court could impact future elections, including the midterm elections of 2026. The decision will make it harder for plaintiffs to challenge future maps in opposing racial discrimination that will undermine a key part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (in Section 2). These same Justices also seem to be open to support Trump's plan to end the TPS system that could potentially cause millions of legal foreign nationals to be deported (who came from countries experiencing wars and natural disasters). The xenophobic plan from Trump would end TPS for Haitan and Syrian immigrants. The Supreme Court's narrow decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act weakens that act again. The decision struck down Louisiana's 2nd majority black congressional district. Now, the GOP can try to eliminate many more legally established majority black districts (and brown ones too) while stopping those who challenge anti-black racist maps in court. It's a shame that our parents and grandparents have more voting rights protections than us now in 2026 indeed. We will continue to stand up and speak up in favor of voting rights.
There is a paradox of Charles III in Washington. It comes as the Monarch Charles III came to speech in Congress in 2026, the Trump's regime's actions are repudiation of the concept of opposition to the agenda of monarchy and oligarchy. Charles is the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of King George III, who was against the American Revolution. Charles had received full ceremonial honors by the ruling class and the two major political parties of America. The White House shown the offensive tweet of "TWO KINGS" to signify how the White House feels in favor of oligarchy. Charles is the only the 2nd British Monarch to ever address a joint session of Congress. King Charles and Queen Camilla were honored at a white tie banquet in the White House State Dining Room with a guest filled with oligarchs and the low key monarch in America form Paramount CEO David Ellison to Apple's Tim Cook. The American Revolution banned the titles of nobility as found in Article I, Sections 9 and 10. That means your birth doesn't make you confer authority on the masses unjustly. You being born means you should have equal rights to all irrespective of wealth. The paradox is now in 2026, an authoritarian in the White House is violating the Bill of Rights on many issues and we have legitimate grievances against his policies similar to the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence against King George III. From Lexington and Concord in 1775 to our time in 2026, we must be steadfast to oppose tyranny in peaceful means.
The events in 2026 have been unparalleled in human history. By January 2026, the United States launched a military raid in Venezuela. Later, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was captured and sent to New York City to be charged with many crimes. The January 7th killing of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer (in Minneapolis, Minnesota) caused outrage including massive anti-ICE protests nationwide including in Minneapolis. The 2025-2026 measles outbreak continues. On January 22, 2026, Trump's Executive Order 14253 is carried out, removing exhibits commemorating the history of slavery in the United States at the President's House. This is nothing more than pure racism by the Trump regime. House Representative Ihan Omar was attacked by a chemical substance on January 27, 2026. The Epstein files are released more. The Reverend Jesse Jackson passed away on February 17, 2026. By February 2026, the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran with the stated goal of regime change. The attack killed its leader Ali Khamenei. Domestically, the US underwent two partial government shutdowns, with the second shutdown currently ongoing and impacting the US Department of Homeland Security, with the core issue regarding the funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In addition, 2026 saw the first major judicial actions against prediction markets, in particular Kalshi and the usage of its platform and other prediction markets to bypass state regulations on sports betting, with Nevada being the first to land a court-enforced ban of Kalshi and Arizona being the first to file criminal charges against Kalshi. The third No Kings protests were held (on March 28, 2026) in all 50 U.S. states against the policies of Trump and his administration including the Iran war, ICE operations, and the January shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. In science and technology, the most prominent story so far has been the April 2026 NASA mission Artemis II, the first crewed deep-space mission since 1972. Artemis II sent four astronauts—including the first woman, a black man, and Canadian—to circumnavigate the Moon. On April 27, 2026, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting is charged with attempting to assassinate the president, along with weapon offences relating to the incident at the Washington DC Hilton. He does not enter a plea. King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in America for a state visit on April 27, 2026. Former James Comey has been charged by the DOJ for threatening Donald Trump. There has been massive drought across the South especially by April of 2026.
Louisiana postpones the House primaries after the Supreme Court ruling. This is fascism as the election is underway, and the governor of Louisiana has no right via fiat to postpone House primaries. This anti-voting measure could come in many more states. This is why voting matters. People need to vote and invest in attorney and activities to combat these illegal edicts.
By Timothy
Saturday, May 02, 2026
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Foreign Policy Issues in Late May 2026.
The King and Queen of the United Kingdom are visiting the British Embassy Garden Party in Washington, D.C. The American anthem was shown during the event. The King Charles and the Queen came to America for many reasons. One reason is that they want to celebrate the 250th year anniversary of the existence of America itself. Also, they wanted to improve the strained relationship between America and the UK. The UK has disagreed overtly with America on many issues from NATO, the Iranian War, and other foreign policy issues. America and the UK have many cultural connections. The King and Queen Camilla landed at Joint Base Andrews on April 27, 2026, being greeted by President Trump and Melania Trump. This is the first visit by a British Monarch to America since 2007. The Royals will visit New York City, Virginia, and other places. King Charles III will address Congress in the near future.
King Charles III gave his speech to Congress. He endorsed the NATO alliance, and supported Ukraine having the God given right to defend their nation against Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine. You can't claim to oppose the illegal invasion of Iran or oppose the war in Gaza but endorse the Russian illegal invasion in Ukraine. King Charles III wants America and the UK to use rededication to promote service to each other. This comes after King Charles wants the authorities to deal with Prince Andrew being investigated by UK authorities. Prince Andrew has been accused by victims of sexually abusing human beings. King Charles has declined a meeting with Epstein survivors which is wrong, because the survivors should experience basic human respect. The government of UK has been more forthright than Trump on dealing with the Epstein files (as Trump once called the Epstein files a "hoax"). King Charles desires checks on executive power by citing the Magna Carta.
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted over his IG post using a seashell post with numbers on it. Comey has been accused by the government of threatening the life of Trump. The DOJ is going on a war path to target people who disagree with Trump from Comey, Letitia James, and other prominent critiques of the Trump regime. Comey has been indicted for a 2nd time. It is a two count indictment. Comey said that he is opposed to violence of any time. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that Comey knowingly and willingly made a threat against Trump. Blanche is following orders from his boss Trump. Trump is a narcissistic, racist, xenophobic, sexist, and wicked person who wants retribution and revenge not justice for all people. One evidence of that reality is how Trump wants to end birthright citizenship, end mail-in voting, and he endorses Muslim bans. Comey said that he will go to court to defend himself. James Comey said that he is innocent, he is not afraid, and he wants the trial to go forward. The values of democracy must be protected, and we are never afraid of fascism.
Many members of the corporate media, who coddle Trump, can't say that there is no place for political violence, when Trump is responsible for escalating brutal violence abroad and within the United States of America. That hypocrite in the White House lectures people on solutions but cuts funding to address gun violence and mental health issues. Trump and his aides have blamed many in the media for the attack which is a total lie. Trump used political violence to kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and many of his family members, advisers, and other government officials during the first day of the U.S. war with Iran. Trump being a threat to democracy is real by him using an effort to try to overturn the 2020 election and his war against immigrants (even legal migrants) that have left American citizens dead and many undocumented immigrants sent to internment camps nationwide. Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza have witnessed thousands of people murdered by the policies of that male in the White House. Today, many forces in the corporate world are exploiting the tragedy in the D.C. Hotel to suppress freedom of speech. We are clear to condemn the actions of Allen, because unjust violence has no place in the Universe. It is evil for Allen to shoot a gun against innocent human beings. We can peacefully express ourselves. The suspect is a coward, and he faces three federal charges. He should be punished and sent to prison, and we are reminded that our democracy must be protected too (we have the First Amendment right to dissent with Trumpism).
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Monday, April 27, 2026
The White House Correspondents' Dinner and Other News.
There was a recent shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. One suspect fired at the dinner, and we condemn this action. No matter what someone is going through, there is absolutely no excuse for anyone to use unjust violence against innocent human life or innocent property. We can agree to disagree on issues peacefully without being violently disagreeable. During the commotion after the shots, many people hid under tables and chairs, Secret Service agents and police officers ran to detain the cowardly shooter, and people were scared for their lives. The suspect will be arranged on Monday. Trump and Vice President Vance were rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner by Secret Service agents as the agents did the right thing. The shooter worked as a California teacher, and he is from Torrance, California. He was armed with knives too. CNN's Wolf Blitzer was a witness to the situation, and he was a few feet away from the gunman. The shooter is Cole Tomas Allen, being 31 years old. Allen shot at a Secret Service agent, and that agent survived by the bulletproof vest. There will be investigations about security and other issues by the federal government, Congress, local authorities, etc. At the end of the day, we will not be intimidated by nefarious shooters or evil people who desire violence to be the order of the day. People have the right to express their First Amendment rights without being subjected to this wicked violence. We will not be fearful of evil. We will oppose terrorism and defend free speech, irrespective of a person's ideological views.
Brigham Young continued in his LDS service. By May 4, 1835, Young and other apostles tried to convert people in the East Coast, especially in Pennsylvania and New York. He wanted to convert indigenous people, who he called "remnants of Joseph." In August 1835, Young and the rest of the Quorum of the Twelve issued a testimony in support of the divine origin of the Doctrine and Covenants. He oversaw the completion of the Kirtland temple and spoke in tongues at its dedication in 1836. He and his brother went on a mission to New York and New England. He visited the family of his aunt, Rhoda Howe Richards. They converted to the church, including his cousin Willard Richards. In August 1837, Young went on another mission to the eastern states. He then returned to Kirtland where he remained until dissenters, unhappy with the failure of the Kirtland Safety Society, forced him to flee the community in December 1837. He then stayed for a short time in Dublin, Indiana, with his brother Lorenzo before moving to Far West, Missouri, in 1838. He was later joined by his family and by other members of the church in Missouri. He became the oldest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles when David Patten died after the Battle of Crooked River. When Joseph Smith arrived in Far West, he appointed Young, along with Thomas Marsh and David Patten, as "presidency pro tem" in Missouri.
Under Young's direction, the quorum organized the exodus of Latter Day Saints from Missouri to Illinois in 1838. Young also served a year-long mission to the United Kingdom. There, he showed a talent for organizing the church's work and maintaining good relationships with Joseph Smith and the other apostles. Under his leadership, members in the United Kingdom began publishing Millennial Star, a hymnal, and a new edition of the Book of Mormon. Young also served in various leadership and community organization roles among church members in Nauvoo. He joined the Nauvoo city council in 1841 and oversaw the first baptisms for the dead in the unfinished Nauvoo temple. He joined the Masons in Nauvoo on April 7, 1842, and participated in an early endowment ritual led by Joseph Smith that May and became part of the Anointed Quorum. Young and the other apostles directed the church's missionary work and the immigration of new converts from this point forward. Young served another mission to the Eastern seaboard. Brigham supported Joseph Smith's endorsement of plural marriage among church members. Brigham Young disagree with Martha Brotherton who said that she was pressured by Young and Smith to accept polygamy. Young convinced Hyrum to accept polygamy too. Brigham Young married Lucy Ann Decker in June 1842. That was his first plural wife. Young knew her father, Isaac Decker, in New York. Lucy was still married to William Seeley when Young married her. Young supported her and her two children while they lived in their own home in Nauvoo. Lucy and Young had seven children together. Young was one of the first men in Nauvoo to practice polygamy, and he married more women than any other polygamist while in Nauvoo. While in Nauvoo, he married Clarissa Decker, Clarissa Ross, Emily Dow Partidge, Louisa Beaman, Margaret Maria Alley, Emmeline Free, Margaret Piece, and Zina Diantha Huntington. These wives bore him children after they moved to Utah. He also married in Nauvoo, but did not have children with Augusta Adams Cobb, Susannah Snively, Eliza Bowker, Ellen A. Rockwood, and Namah K. J. Carter. Eight of Young's plural marriages in Nauvoo were to Joseph Smith's widows.
In March 1844, Brigham Young was an inaugural member of the Council of Fifty, which later organized the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo. Young supported Joseph Smith's presidential campaign in 1844. After Joseph Smith was killed by a mob, Brigham Young was the acting church's president. Young led the church as president of the Quorum of the Twelve until December 5, 1847, when the quorum unanimously agreed to organize a new First Presidency with Young as president of the church. A church conference held in Iowa sustained Young and his First Presidency on December 27, 1847. Many Mormons left Young. Rigdon became the president of a separate church organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and several other potential successors emerged to lead what became other denominations of the movement. Later, Brigham Young condemned the counterfeiting after some Mormons counterfeited American and Mexican money. Young moved from Nauvoo after anti-Mormon violence. Brigham Young moved into Salt Lake Valley, which was part of Mexico back then (before it became Utah). Young organized the journey that would take the Mormon pioneers to Winter Quarters, Nebraska, in 1846, before continuing on to the Salt Lake Valley. By the time Young arrived at the final destination, it had come under American control as a result of war with Mexico, although U.S. sovereignty would not be confirmed until 1848. Young arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, a date now recognized as Pioneer Day in Utah. Two days after their arrival, Young and the Twelve Apostles climbed the peak just north of the city and raised the American flag, calling it the "Ensign of Liberty."
Brigham Young helped to form the city of Salt Lake, re-baptize and re-dedicate people, and led the church as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Young reorganized a new First Presidency and was sustained as the second president of the church on December 27, 1847, at Winter Quarters. Young named Heber C. Kimball as his first counselor and Willard Richards as his second. Young and his counselors were again sustained unanimously by church members at a church conference in Salt Lake City in September 1850. The Utah Territory was formed by Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850, and Young was the Governor of Utah Territory. Mormons built bridges, roads, forts, and irrigation projects. They made public welfare. The problem was that many Mormons formed a militia to issue a selective "extermination" order against male Timpanogos. After many wars, they made peace with the Native Americans.
Young supported slavery and its expansion into Utah and led the efforts to legalize and regulate slavery in the 1852 Act in Relation to Service, based on his beliefs on slavery. Young said in an 1852 speech, "In as much as we believe in the Bible ... we must believe in slavery. This colored race have been subjected to severe curses ... which they have brought upon themselves." Seven years later in 1859, Young stated in an interview with the New York Tribune that he considered slavery a "divine institution ... not to be abolished." So, Brigham Young was an anti-black racist. In 1856, Young organized an efficient mail service known as the Brigham Young Express and Carrying Company, which transported mail and passengers between Missouri and California. In 1858, following the events of the Utah War and Mountain Meadows Massacre, he stepped down to his gubernatorial successor, Alfred Cumming. Young was the LDS Church president for 29 years. He funded educational services for children. There was the Brigham Young Academy in 1876 and later there was the Brigham Young Unviersity. Young also organized a committee to refine the Deseret alphabet—a phonetic alphabet that had been developed sometime between 1847 and 1854. At its prime, the alphabet was used in two Deseret News articles, two elementary readers, and in a translation of the Book of Mormon. By 1870, it had all but disappeared from use. Young supported Mormon temples being built in Utah. There is the famous Salt Lake Tabernacle, St. Geroge, Manti, and Logan temples. His teachings are found in the 19 volumes of transcribed and edited sermons in the Journal of Discourses. The LDS Church's Doctrine and Covenants contains one section from Young that has been canonized as scripture, added in 1876. Brigham Young believed in heresies like blood atonement that excuses Jesus Christ's power to redeem eternal sin, Adam being the biological father of Jesus, and didn't want priesthood for men of black African descent. Young didn't want black people to participate in Mormon temple rites like endowment or sealings. These racist policies ended by 1978 by church president Spencer W. Kimball. There were the Utah War and the disputed role of Young in the Mountain Meadows Massacre (when over 120 men, women, and children were killed). Young was the richest man in Utah during his time (being involved in business ventures from banks to gas works) being worth $600,000 or $18,100,000 in 2025. Mormons were involved in some of the largest migrations of American cities creating about 350 towns in the Southwest. They traveled from the Rockies to the Sierra Nevada.
Before his death in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1877, Young suffered from cholera morbus and inflammation of the bowels. It is believed that he died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. His last words were "Joseph! Joseph! Joseph!", invoking the name of the late Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. On September 2, 1877, Young's funeral was held in the Tabernacle with an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people in attendance. He is buried on the grounds of the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument in the heart of Salt Lake City. A bronze marker was placed at the grave site June 10, 1938, by members of the Young Men and Young Women organizations, which he founded. Therefore, this concludes the long, controversial life of Brigham Young.
The religion of Mormonism has many false doctrines that contradict mainstream Christianity, history, and other themes. Mormonism (or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, LDS) claims to be the true gospel and a revelation of the true God. Joseph Smith claimed that the Book Of Mormon was the most correct book of any book on Earth: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” (History of the Church, Vol. 4, page 461). Yet, the Book of Mormon says that Jesus Christ was born in Jerusalem as found in Alma 7:10. The Bible clearly states that Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. The verse of 1 Nelpi 20: 1 (the 1964 edition) and the 1981 edition have changes. Many editions of the Book of Mormon have been edited in a massive level. Mormons like Brigham Young said that the Garden of Eden was in the United States, but the Pearl of Great Price 3:10-14 claims that the Garden of Eden was in the area of Assyria. Joseph Smith said he saw God the Father (and Jesus) in the first vision in 1820. Smith said he received the priesthood in 1829. In the Doctrine and Covenants 84:21-22 Smith said that you cannot see the face of God and live without the authority of the priesthood. How did Joseph Smith see God when he didn’t have the priesthood? The Bible says that the Father cannot be seen (1 Tim. 6:16). John 6:46, mentions that, “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father." If the book of Mormon is true, why have both National Geographic and the Smithsonian Institute rejected it as being archaeologically reliable? What does the book of Mormon contain the word “church” in 1 Nephi 14:3, 9, 10, 12 which was set around 600 BC, yet the word church was not used until the time of Jesus (Matt. 16:18)?
Joseph Smith and Mormons claim that the present Christian Church church is false and Smith restored the "truth." Yet, the Bible says that the enemy shall not completely prevail over the church as believers in God have existed for over 2,000 years from the apostles, Claudius of Turin, the Waldensians, and other people. Christianity teaches that there is only one God. Mormonism teaches polytheism or that there are many gods. The Bible says that there are no other gods besides God (Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8), Christianity teaches that humans can't become a god with their own parents and spirit wives. Mormonism teaches that you can. In fact, Mormonism teaches that God used to be a man on another planet who became a god and brought one of his wives with him to this world: “The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s..." (D&C 132:20). God warned us to not serve false gods (Exodus 20), which are really not gods by nature (Gal. 4:8). He warned us to believe in the true Christ–not the false ones of the cults (Matt. 24:24). Joseph Smith, Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, and other Mormons can't save us. Only God Almighty can save us. Mormons teach that Jesus Christ paid for all of our sins in the Garden of Gethsemane, but the Bible is clear that Jesus Christ paid for all of our sins on the Cross. Mormons teaches baptism for the dead including non-Mormons, but the Bible says that baptism is only reserved for living human beings. After we pass away physically, we are judged by God for our actions. No baptism can save us after death. Mormons believe in the old heresy that Jesus and Lucifer were spirit brothers (as found in Doctrines and Covenant 76:25-27) when the Bible says in the NT that Jesus created the world. Mormons believe that the Trinity is three separate Gods when the Trinity is one God in three distinct persons. In one exception, the second-largest Latter Day Saint denomination, the Community of Christ, is Trinitarian and monotheistic. Mormons believe that the people of the Book of Mormon lived in the western hemisphere, that Christ appeared in the western hemisphere after his death and resurrection, that the true faith was restored in Upstate New York by Joseph Smith, that the Garden of Eden was located in North America, and that the New Jerusalem would be built in Missouri. n the earliest days of Mormonism, Joseph Smith taught that the Indigenous peoples of the Americas were members of some of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Later, he taught that Mormons were Israelites, and that they may learn of their tribal affiliation within the twelve Israelite tribes. Members of the LDS Church receive Patriarchal blessings which declare the recipient's lineage within one of the tribes of Israel. The lineage is either through true blood-line or adoption. This view is similar to the old lie and heresy of British Israelism as Joseph Smith (whose ancestors came from Western Europe) was not a direct descendant of ancient Hebrews. Mormons believe that they must receive baptism, obey God's commandments, and all ordinances to be saved. Mormons teach that we must accept the teachings of the false prophet, Freemason, occultist, and polygamist Joseph Smith. We don't need to follow Smith, but God alone.
During the late 1700s and the 19th century, it was an age of massive revolutions in the world. Christians were in the middle of that era too. In America, the American Revolution existed by the late 1700s. Back then, the British Empire had the most powerful empire on Earth. It had colonies from Asia, Africa, and to America. The American colonists had to pay taxes to the British, and some colonists wanted representation in the British government. King George III refused to do so, so some colonists rebelled and fought the British Empire that led into the American Revolutionary War. We already know that many people on both sides of the war were Freemasons, members of the Hell Fire Club, members of British intelligence, etc. George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were Masons. Also, there was both an occult influence in early America and a strong Christian presence in early America too. John Wesley and George Whitfield were strong evangelists who spread the gospel in America. The growth of Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist Churches existed in part by the Great Awakening. By 1787, about two thirds of the three million people of the United States were professing Christians. William Carey and Samuel J. Mills were prominent missionaries. Many missionaries did good to fight corruption, but some were agents of European colonization that exploited the name of God in order to control black people and other persons of color in the world. The worldwide missionary movement was powerful with the British and Foreign Bible Society being formed in 1804, American Board of Missions formed in 1810, Wesleyans creating Sierra Leon Mission, and many missionaries going to India, South Africa, Madagascar, Burma, etc. While many Freemasons were involved in Revolutions in America, Mexico, France, and other places, many Christians grew in influence to fight slavery and other evils from Harriet Tubman to William T. Still.
The first American art came from Native Americans. Native Americans did art in many different ways from calligraphy, sculptures, and other large sculptures. There was a great cultural overlap between the Siberian Yupiit, who have great cultural overlap with the Native Alaskan Yupiit people. There were Native Americans using paintings, basketry, textiles, and architecture in the form of American art. Many Native Americans have a carved profile of walking mammoth or mastodon images dating back to 11,000 B.C. There was the painted object from 8.050 B.C. Researchers found a petroglyph of a caravan of bighorn sheep near Moab, Utah in America. Facemasks, sculptures of falcons, and clay cooking utensils were used by the indigenous peoples of the Americas for a long time. Cooper plates, Rogan plates, and other images were found in the Mississippian culture spanning from 800 to 1500 A.D. Beads and baskets where diverse designs were found in early American art made by Native Americans.
Later, many early Americans di portraits of people, other paintings, and other images of art. There were the Romantic school of art and the Baroque style. By the 18th century, famous artists existed like Joseph Badger, John Brewster Jr., and Robert Feke. Jeremiah Theus and John Singleton Copley made images too. By the 19th century, more historical paintings and abstract paintings existed. Also, we have the famous sculptor Edmonia Lewis, who was an African American (with Native American heritage) made tons of work involving the late neoclassicalism type. She made works that deals with African Americans and Native Americans. There were tons of black artists like Henry Ossaaw Tanner and Robert Seldon Duncanson. Joshua Johnson was a great black American portrait painter who was active in Baltimore. He lived from ca. 1763 to ca. 1824. By the 20th century, American artists were used by Jacob Lawrence, Alma Thomas, Romare Bearden, Augusta Savage, Aaron Douglas, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, Charles White, and others who did abstract, regular paintings, sculpture, and other works. After the Harlem Renaissance, the 21st century artists include Mark Bradford, Kara Walker, Theaster Gates, Amy Sherald, Nick Cave, Kehinde Wiley, Jordan Casteel, etc. 21st century artists use cross hybrid works, joy, resilience, resistance, other conventional plus non-conventional works.
By the early 21st century, massive changes happened in the world. By January 3, 2020, Qasem Soleimani was targeted and killed at Baghdad International Airport. From January 16 to February 5, Donald Trump was not voted out of office by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial. Then, the United Kingdom formally withdrew from the European Union on January 31, 2020. By February 9, Bon Joon-ho's Parasite movie became the first South Korean film to receive the Academy Award recognitions at the 92nd Academy Awards. Then, by March 2020, the United States of America goes into massive lockdown due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. I remember that time just like yesterday. COVID-19 existed in China from November 2019, and it spread rapidly all over the world in December and January 2020. By February 2020, there was massive concern over the virus, but Trump tried to downplay it at first. It became real in America when the U.S. shutdown happened in mid-March of 2020.
I found out in late April 2026 that First Lady Shylene Smith Thoroughgood is my 4th cousin. She married Superintendent YD Bernell Thoroughgood (1951-2018). Their children are Jennifer Thoroughgood, Yvettee Thoroughgood, Diyan Thoroughgood Ward, and Pastor Waddee Thoroughgood. Pamela Rawlings was the adopted daughter of Shylene Smith and YD Bernell Thoroughgood. Superintendent YD Bernell Thoroughgood was born on November 4, 1951, the eighth of nine children, to the late Pastor John Thomas and Missionary Mildred Beatrice Cooper Thourogood. He was born in Princess Anne County, Virginia- currently the city of Virginia Beach. Superintendent Thoroughgood attended Union Kempsville High School until the end of segregation. It was at this time that he attended First Colonial High School during his senior year. After high school, Superintendent Thoroughgood was drafted into the United States Army, where he fought in the Vietnam War. Superintendent is a Vietnam Veteran of Honorable Mention. He married Lady Shylene Smith Thoroughgood in 1971. This was the first union performed by the late Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood. They have been married for 46 years. All three of his children are off-springs are licensed workers in the Church of God in Christ.
In 1979, Superintendent Thoroughgood was appointed Pastor of “Bright Star Church” by the late Bishop Samuel L. Green, Jr. upon the sudden demise of his father. During his tenure there, Superintendent Thoroughgood renamed the church to accentuate the focus of the ministry, “the Coming of Christ”; hence the name “Church of the Advent”, of which he is the Founder. Academically, Superintendent Thoroughgood was a student at Tidewater Community College, Regent University, and the College of William & Mary. He holds a degree in Community and Social Services with emphasis on Social Work. He received his Doctorate of Divinity Degree from Rhema Seminary and Bible College. Superintendent received a second Doctoral Degree in Theology from Trinity Bible College of Richmond, VA. He, also, received an additional doctorate degree in Theology from Trinity Bible College (Richmond, VA). His brothers who passed before him were John Thomas, Jr. and Bishop Barnett Karl Thoroughgood, and his sister who passed before him was Constance Spence.
His living siblings are: Olanda Thoroughgood (Sylvia) - Virginia Beach, Alice Faye Major (Pernell)- Smithfield, VA, Paulette Spence (Joseph) – Norfolk, Donnell Thoroughgood (Jean) – Virginia Beach, and Paul Thoroughgood (Virginia Beach); sister-in-law Ernestine Thoroughgood; six beloved grandchildren: Eugene “EJ” Ward, Joshua Thoroughgood, Chandler Thoroughgood, Ethan Ward, Waddee Thoroughgood III, and Jariah Thoroughgood; six godchildren: Beverly Goodwin, Kyrus Campbell, William Wilson, Andrea Wilson, Andre Jerry, Shaunicka Pinkston- Moore; an adopted daughter, Pamela Rawlings, a host of cousins, special nieces, nephews, as well as great, and great-great nieces and nephews; his beloved Church of the Advent Family and New Jerusalem Church.
The parents of my 4th cousin Lady Shylene Smith Thoroughgood were Abraham Smith (1923-2008) and Mary Eiza James (1931-2006). The parents of Abraham Smith were Henry Smith (b. 1886) and Estelia V. Smith (1901-1976). The parents of Estelia V. Smith were George Smith (b. 1876) and Lizzie Kelly (b. 1877). The parents of my 1st cousin Lizzie Kelly were George Kelly (b. 1830) and Easter Perkins (1840-1910). My 3rd great-grandaunt Easter Perkins were my 4th great grandparents of George Perkins I (b. 1815) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816).
My 3rd cousin Theresa H. Upshur (1946-2022) was born on November 20, 1946, in New York City. She married Norman J. Ballard, and their son is Shawn T. Ballard (b. 1973). The parents of Theresa H. Upshur were Langston Dunbar Sr. (1912-1991) and Cora L. Chandler (b. 1920). The parents of Langston Dunbar Upshur Sr. were Alfred Seymore Upshur (1874-1935) and Juliet Brickhouse (1876-1971). The parents of my 1st cousin Juliet Brickhouse were James Burton (1848-1931) and Ann Eliza Brickhouse (1857-1921). My 2nd great-grandaunt Ann Eliza Brickhouse's parents were my 3rd great grandparents of Johnson Brickhouse (b. 1826) and Julia Perkins (b. 1835).
The Acting Navy Secretary making a Klan joke saying that if the left gives him a hood, he will ask for the hood to be in a certain way (outlining anti-Asian stereotyping). That comment from him represents his ignorance and racism. The reality is anti-racism activists desire justice not paranoia plus accountability not whitewashing reality. This is one of the results of the MAGA filled with racism and mocking the movements to combat racism and bigotry in the world. The Acting Navy Secretary is Hung Cao, and his joke was offensive to Asian people too. He said this on the far-right extremist Steve Bannon on Real America's Voice with Steve Bannon. Ironically, Hung Cao was a Vietnamese refugee. Many MAGA people and far right conservatives don't get that racism is global, systematic (as documented by tons of sociological studies), and still goes on in a massive level. Even to this day, many nations have people who have shown anti-black words and deeds in real life. Trump has promoted the military in the streets of America to target immigrants (thousands of people have been deported before, even U.S. citizens. Now, the Trump regime wants to denaturalize the citizenship status of many American citizens. That means our citizenship is under threat now), has targeted political dissidents, claims near total immunity, and harbors hatred of people who show dissent against Trump's authoritarian policies. We must fight for our democracy, and folks have to wake up about what time it is. Also, Hung Cao omits that Trump is a racist by making a racist remark about Elaine Chao, whose husband is Mitch McConnell. Trump also calls black progressives "low-IQ." Therefore, the Trump administration has been filled with corruption and whose policies are antithetical to democratic rights in American society.
By Timothy