Trump has targeted the FED Chair Powell to lower inflation, or he wants him gone from the Federal Reserve. The problem with Trump is that his tariff policy is causing economic turmoil in America and the world. This crisis has nothing to do with Powell's actions. Some Republicans have rejected the tariff agenda too. That is why there is a bipartisan effort to assert congressional primacy over tariff policies. White House trade leader Navarro lied and said that tariffs are tax cuts when they are tax increases on goods and services. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the disrespectful comment that kids with autism will never pay taxes, never hold a job, never play baseball, never write a poem, etc. He's a disgraceful piece of work. The truth is that millions of people with autism do have jobs, can write eloquently, do play sports, make art, and do tons of activities without any assistance spanning millennia. Robert Kennedy Jr. supports Trump, and Trump is the antithesis of his father's views. Robert Kennedy Sr. supported civil rights, but Trump wants to whitewash American history and restrict the power of the DOJ to fight racism and police brutality. Robert Kennedy Sr. supported the due process of residents of America, but Trump has deported legal residents without due process of law. Robert Kennedy Sr. promoted environmental protections, but Trump has eliminated legitimate environmental regulations and cut funding from NOAA.
Putin thanked the political leadership of Hamas. We know that the genocide in Gaza is wrong and evil. Yet, Hamas is a terrorist organization that doesn't represent all of the Palestinian people. Putin supporting the criminal group of Hamas is typical as Putin is another war criminal allowing the killing of civilian men, women, and children in Ukraine. Many so-called "anti-war" activists are silent on the Russian war crimes in Ukraine. I am not silent. I condemn the genocide taking place in Gaza by far-right Israeli governmental leaders and the war crimes in Ukraine done by a far-right Putin regime. I'm consistent. Also, hundreds of anti-Hamas Palestinian protesters in Gaza demand that Hamas step down from power. Yet, masked Hamas cowards had guns and batons and assaulted many protesters in trying to disperse the peaceful protesters, as reported by the BBC. This news shows how hypocritical many folks are. Hamas kidnapped, tortured, and murdered a Palestinian 22-year-old man named Oday Nasser Al Rabay, because he protested against Hamas in late March of 2025. The Palestinian protesters have every God-given right to be free from genocide by the Netanyahu regime and Hamas terrorism.
There has been a lot of debate and criticism over Pastor Philip Mitchell's words. First, I will show what he said, and then my views. He said that he didn't want black people to blame white cops for killing black kids. He said that he wants black people to be model citizens and not rebel against authority. He wants black people to be obedient to authority, and not kids to fight against authority and cops. He wants black people to be submitted to laws and authority. The problem with Pastor Mitchell's words is that his words lack nuance. We, as black people, should live life filled with integrity and righteousness (we should follow the Golden Rule and legitimate ethics in our social conduct), but we should not be silent when oppression is abundant in the world. Decades ago, Hitler was in authority in Nazi Germany in the 1930s overthrowing the Weimar Republic. Hitler passed laws stripping the rights of Jewish people, promoting concentration camps, and invested in the Holocaust. All of Hitler's policies in Nazi Germany were legal and filled with authority. As believers in God, should we follow Hitler's authority? The answer is of course No. Back almost 2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire had the legal authority to force Christians to worship false gods or face death in many locations. Should we follow that authority? No. Even the Bible says that we oppose evil. So, we should follow just laws and legitimate ordinances that are righteous. The concept of government helping the people and administering justice is of God, and that is holy. The problem is that Trump and his crew are promoting unjust laws and political policies that are blatantly illegal, like firing innocent federal workers without just cause, deporting legal residents without due process of law, and violating the First Amendment in trying to force Harvard and other universities to whitewash American history. Pastor Mitchell promotes old school anti-black tropes that black kids collectively will disrespect cops and fight against society using nihilism.
This is a racist stereotype, as the vast majority of black people in America follow the law. We just oppose unjust policies. We reject police brutality and the system of racism. He is wrong to say that black people should stop blaming white cops for the killing of black kids when tons of innocent, unarmed black people have been murdered unjustly by the police for centuries in America. Not all white cops and not all cops of every color are criminals, but exposing police brutality is not anti-legitimate authority. It's pro-truth. Us exposing police brutality doesn't mean we omit intraracial violence or gun violence in our community. We put things into context in saying that we should never kill each other as black people, but the majority of black people aren't murderous terrorists. That is what the respectability politics crowd omits. We should honor authority that treats us right, not condone authority oppressing us, mistreating us, and violating its own laws against us. That is the difference. The pastor omitted that Paul was a fugitive as he escaped prison for preaching the Gospel. Daniel was almost killed as he didn't agree with all of the policies of the governing authorities in the Middle East. The Apostles were on the run constantly, risking their lives, and most of the Apostles were murdered. For him to equate many legitimate concepts to "rebellious" is offensive to the families of the victims of police injustice. Ahmad Arbery, George Floyd, Tamir Rice, George Floyd, and other Brothers and Sisters were murdered without just cause by the police. They followed the law, but their lives were taken by evil cops.
Respectability politics and submission to authority unconditionally are antithetical to history and truth. We have the God given right to oppose Jim Crow, redlining, mass incarceration, the Maafa, etc., as these evils were legal in America. We will not be silent, and we believe in spiritual liberation against evil. Following authority also means protesting, as the law permits us the right to protest and allows our grievances to be heard against unjust authority (as found in the First Amendment). The law gives people the right to go to the courts, protest peacefully, and speak our minds to reject unjust laws. We believe in democracy, not oligarchy. Congress has the right to abolish evil laws too. That (or peacefully protesting, voting, going to the courts, and speaking our minds) is part of our authority. We are called to oppose evil and promote good. The pastor omits that because he wants a docile population instead of a liberated, thoughtful population.
By Timothy
