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Friday, April 26, 2024
End of the Month News.
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the Trump immunity claim. Trump has no basis for his immunity claim. No President has the right to have unlimited power to do what he or she wants regardless of if he or she is President or not in office. Clarence Thomas shouldn't judge this case as having a conflict of interests via his wife. His wife was involved in the conspiracy to try to steal the 2020 election. Justices Kagan and Jackson made great points that the President has no authoritarian edict to escape accountability if they violate constitutional law. Presidents are not immune from prosecution if that President tries to overthrow the government or commit felonious actions against the American people. In other words, a President can't murder innocent people or rape a person. There are limits to Presidential powers as proven by the separation of powers (there are three co-equal branches of government as outlined by the Constitution). The Supreme Court recently has gutted voting rights, ended affirmative actions in universities, and made other reactionary decisions.
David Pecker testified that what the Nation Enquirer was doing was unlawful. Donald Trump continues to have his New York criminal hush money trial. Pecker was the ex-publisher of the magazine. Also, he was questioned by prosecutor Joshua Steinglass and then cross-examined by Trump's attorney Emil Bove. Pecker said that he helped broker with adult film star Stormy Daniels and the tabloid's operations for suppressing negative stories about Trump, so they wouldn't influence the 2016 election. Prosecutors accuse Trump of taking part in an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of that election, which included the payment of Daniels.
It is important to celebrate the life of my late 3rd cousin Doretha Williams Grinnard. She lived from February 20, 1939, to April 10, 2024. We share the same ancestor as Zilphy Claud (1820-1893). Her parents were Theodore Lewis Williams (1906-1993) and Ethel Lena Gilliam (1911-2001). Theodore Lewis Williams's parent was Peter Percy Williams (1880-1949). Peter Percy Williams's mother was Adaline Hill (1862-1930). Adaline's Hill's parents were Tom Hill and Sarah Claud. Sarah Claud's mother was my 5th great grandmother Zilphy Claud. Doretha Williams Grinnard was a hard-working woman and a religious woman who faithfully believed in God. She grew up in the rural area of Southampton County, Virginia where many of my maternal relatives are from. She was a member of Bryant's Baptist Church in Courtland, Virginia. Doretha graduated from Southampton County Training School in 1959. Later, she married Thomas Grinnard being a couple for 64 years. Doretha worked in New York at the Federbush Loose-leaf Building Company. She worked in New York City to be a worker for 20 years in the City of New York Department of Social Services. Doretha and Thomas worshipped God in Deer Lake, New York and at Union Baptist Missionary Church in Suffolk, Virginia. Doretha and Thomas Grinnard have three daughters whose names are Michele Grinnard Hite, Toni Grinnard, and Tanya Grinnard. Their two grandchildren are Dominique Hite and Christian Reed. Doretha Williams Grinnard's siblings are: James Williams, Fred Williams, Theodore Williams, Douglas Williams, Hattie Pope, Ethel Easter, Nannie Rollins, Sadie Hill, Katie Flythe, Brenda Tillery, John Williams, and Marvin Williams.
During the protests at Columbia University, the House Speaker Republican Mike Johnson called on the school President to resign. He had a tense news conference when the crowd repeatedly interrupted him and at times loudly booed him and other GOP lawmakers. Columbia has extended negotiations with student activists over the dismantling of the pro-Palestinian encampment. The University said that it will extend its hybrid model via final exams. The pro-Palestinians have spread nationwide. State troopers in riot gear started to break up a group of protesters at the University of Texas at Austin after a demonstration on Wednesday. The University of Southern California has closed its gates and required individuals who need access to its campus to present identification. USC has also canceled its public graduation ceremony. Similar protests are in Boston, Atlanta, and at Ohio State University. The truth is that anti-Semitism should be condemned universally, but peaceful protest that promotes a ceasefire, Palestinian human rights, and peace for Israelis and Palestinians is not anti-Semitism.
My 3rd cousin Nannie Vivian Williams Rollins was born on February 18, 1936, in Southampton County, Virginia. Her parents were Theodore Lewis Williams (1906-1993) and Ethel Lena Gilliam (1911-2001). He married William Henry Rollins Sr. (1933-2018) in 1958 in New York City. The couple had many children who are: Evelyn Rollins Gaines, Michael Rollins, Sharon M. Rollins, William H. Rolins Jr., and Pamela Rollins. Nannie Vivian Williams's grandfather was Peter Percy Williams (1880-1949). Peter Percy Williams's mother was Adeline Hill (1862-1930). Adaline Hill's parents were Sarah Claud and Tom Hill (1838-1915). Sarah Claud's mother was my 5th great-grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).
By TImothy
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Late April 2024 News.
Pro-Palestinian protesters are still at Columbia University in New York City. Columbia University has made classes virtual now. There are more protests at the universities of Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York University. The protests come among many controversies. The epidemic of anti-Semitism on college campuses is real, but some want to falsely equate dissent with Israeli governmental policy with anti-Semitism. That is wrong as some of the greatest dissenters of Israeli governmental policy are Jewish people. Also, there is the conflict in Gaza that resulted in the destruction of thousands of Palestinians' lives, the lives of aid workers, and the displacement of over 2 million Palestinians. This reality hasn't stopped the spread of Hamas, and Hamas is wrong for killing and raping Israelis on October 7, 2023. Many of the protesters want divestment, a ceasefire, and an end to the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Anti-Semitism is deplorable (and many anti-Semitic incidents have existed in many colleges in America. That is wrong period), but the vast majority of the Palestinian advocates on college campuses aren't anti-Semites. Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine explicitly condemns hatred and bigotry of Jewish human beings as we all do. Freedom of speech and the right to dissent are democratic values that must be protected not suppressed by university institutions.
Day Five of the Trump criminal trial involving hush money has been concluded. Both the prosecution and the defense issued opening statements. The prosecution accused Donald Trump of being involved in a criminal conspiracy and cover-up. The defense disagrees with that assumption. The first witness testified. He is David Pecker or the ex-publisher of the National Enquirer. He resumed his testimony on Tuesday. Pecker was a central person in the alleged hush money scheme to suppress negative information about Trump before the 2016 election. The judge ruled on Monday that he will allow Trump to be asked about the civil fraud and the E. Jean Carroll verdicts, among other past cases, if he testifies. The judge will decide on issuing Trump a gag order very soon. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo told the jurors that Trump was involved in a criminal scheme to try to corrupt the 2016 Presidential election. Defense attorney Todd Blanche said that Trump is innocent, claiming that there was nothing illegal about signing non-disclosure agreements or trying to influence an election. The trial will continue.
One World War II veteran part of the Historic 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is retired Air Force Major Fannie Griffin McClendon. She now lives in Temple, Arizona. She is now over 100 years old. Being humble is part of her personality. When she was 19 years old, she enlisted in the United States Army. Back then, her work changed the whole world. The Battalion was made up of about 855 black women who went to England and France to fight fascism during World War II. "To be able to be over in Europe and all and see the things that I had studied about over the years – really quite enlightening," McClendon said. The motto of the organization was "no mail, low morale." McClendon was the first woman commander of an all-men squadron with the Strategic Air Command. Her late husband was Roy.
There is more information found about my late 3rd cousin Virginia Dare Bynum (1938-1977). We are descendants of my 5th great-grandmother Zilphy Claud. Her daughter was Sarah Claud. Sarah Claud married Tom Hill, and their daughter was Adeline Hill (1862-1930). Adeline Hill (1897-1946) married Dupie Nehemiah Bynum (1892-1947) on February 2, 1911, in Southampton County, Virginia. Their children are John Henry Bynum (1911-1979), Nello Bynum (1913-1992), Dorothy Bynum (1917-1998), James L. Bynum (b. 1934). Dorothy Bynum had a daughter named Virginia Dare Bynum. Virginia Dare Bynum married Robert Lewis Daye (1932-1987) at Courtland, Virginia on March 3, 1956. Their children are Sterling Laverne Day (b. 1954), Malcolm Eugene Daye (1955-2022), Serita A. Daye (b. 1958), Alton Milford Daye (b. 1959), Kelson Demore Daye (b. 1962), and Robert Nelson Daye. My 5th cousin Serita A. Daye is married to Napoleon Beard.
There is the story of an 81-year-old murderer who killed an innocent black woman, whose name is Loletha Hall, who was an Uber driver. She was shot multiple times by the coward in Ohio. The murderer is named William Brock. In South Charleston, Ohio, on March 25, Brock murdered Loletha Hall with multiple shots. Loletha Hall was begging for her life, and she was shown vicious cruelty. Brock is charged with murder, which carries a penalty of 15 years to life in prison. The police are considering other charges too. Brock pleaded not guilty, but he is guilty as sin. This vicious person shot an innocent black woman in cold blood. So, Brock deserves nothing but a trial and justice.
By Timothy
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