Wednesday, July 08, 2026
The NATO Summit, Platner, and Other News.
The NATO Summit is taking place now in Turkey. Turkey is in an unique space. It is part of NATO, it is a gateway country between Europe and Asia. Also, the leader of Turkey has hostility towards Israel. The Iran war continues as Iran has attacked a civilian vessel, and the U.S. attacked Iran in response. The Iranian War has been exposed by the majority of American people and many military leaders. This is not the Iraq War as Iran has a stronger Airforce, army, and navy than Iraq. The 2nd term of Donald Trump has a pure agenda to expand the powers of the executive branch as much as possible to support the MAGA movement. The unitary executive agenda is part and parcel of Trumpism. Now, DOGE has been shutdown after DOGE has ruined the jobs and economic conditions of millions of Americans including black women. Elon Musk ran the program and acted as almost like a co-President. DOGE didn't talk to Congress but shown down USAID which has helped people from other nations for years involving fightingpoverty, fighting HIV/AIDS, and building up foreign aid in many nations of the world. Congress has ceded their authority to Trump plainly speaking except those who disagreed with Trump's political views. Recently, Serbia detained "disposable" Russian agents who are suspected of planning explosions at German defense facility. This foiled attack was one of the first results of Germany's new Center for Countering Hybrid Threats. U.S. Germany, Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden signed a govt. to govt. deal at NATO's Ankra summit to explore a PAC-3 maintenance facility in Europe, per Lockheed Martin. Canada will aid Ukraine to help the nation defend itself from Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.
We have another woman who said that she was sexually assaulted by Graham Platner, who is running for the Senate in Maine. Many of us have warned people that Platner's fascist tattoos, his previous reactionary statements, and women accusing him of raping and abusing them make us aware that he isn't the best person who should run for the Democratic side of this Maine Senate race. Now, more information and allegations are coming out. Platner denies all allegations. This recent accuser actually dated Platner and agrees with much of Platner's political views, but she wanted her story to come out. She told her therapist first and then went public with her story. Like always, no one should do sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or any evil against any human life. The best thing for this person Platner to do is to drop out of this race and allow another person to run on the Democratic side for the Senate race. Enough is enough. There is a difference between having a few imperfections and allegations of sexual assault and verbal abuse. We are not hypocrites here. Trump has been found liable of sexual abuse, and Trump has disrespected black women journalists, the soldiers, peaceful protesters, and people with mental disabilities. I opposed Trump's views too, but some people still voted for Trump in a disgraceful fashion.
More and more voices are calling for Platner to resign. Platner has been claiming for the working class, and some people claiming to be leftists should be blamed as promoting him as the only option to run against Maine's Republican Senator Susan Collins. As Yemisi Edgeweole said that it best that Platner was cosplaying as being part of working-class values when many so-called "progressives" justified him having Nazi tattoos, said wicked comments, etc. You don't need to give up on character in order to win an election. Even Bernie Sanders desires Platner to step down now. Now, here we are. Many women have accused him of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and verbal abuse. Platner has admitted to having an alcoholic problem. The same hypocrites who lecture us on values decided to promote a person with massive scandals. Daniel Moraff and other Democratic Platner supporters should be blamed as well. David Hogg, who is borderline ageist in my opinion, once supported Platner until these new allegations existed. Hogg even went oyster fishing with Planter on his farm. Then, you have people like Cenk Uygur who said that the national media is politically assassinating Graham Planter. They are not as the media is just reporting on the allegations, the controversies, and the deceptions of Platner. Governor Wes Moore is right to say that Planter should get out of the race now.
The fascist Patriot Front group marched in Washington, D.C. Photos show a black man and a black woman being near them fearing for their lives. One Trump official refuse to say that Trump must condemn the Patriot Front. The evil agenda of Patriot Front has nothing to do with free speech as the agenda of Patriot Front is to desire a white racist ethnostate in America. The Trump administration hates free speech that is anti-MAGA. Trump explicitly called the media the enemy of the state. The DHS promoted remigration which is the agenda to making America have mass deportation of immigrants (especially immigrants of colors) out of America. America is a more diverse, multicultural nation than decades ago, and people like Stephen Miller and the Patriot Front don't like that. The myth is that racists and xenophobes are just wearing a hood. Some wear suits and ties to spew their lies. The Popular Front hid their identities like cowards to show anonymity. Truth doesn't need anonymity. It just exists 24/7 265. Trump sharing a racist post of the Obamas (which shows a falsified image of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama waving before boarding an Air Force One that had spray painted with graffiti shows Trump's jealousy, racism, and rage against progressive ideals).
In the UK, plans are being made to heavily restrict the Internet and social media access. Plans are in America too. For example, some want no one to have access to social media without a ID. These plans have nothing to do with protecting children. It has to do with promoting a Big Brother system that tries to strife the freedom of speech. Some want people to give up their Social Security Number to go into online platforms which is total authoritarian. From Trump promoting massive deregulation of crypto and other people promoting Big Brother policies, we must be clear to promote free speech, democracy, and a totally free Internet. The agenda of promote total and complete removal of anonymous Internet is beyond Democrat vs. Republican. It is about freedom vs. tyranny. FIFA reverses a U.S. soccer's star suspension after a Trump call to FIFA. The situation started when U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun was given a red card and was suspended. Later, FIFA (with a history of controversies and scandals) later rescinded the red card suspension. Now, Folarin Balogun can play in the U.S. World Card match against Belgium. Trump didn't believe that there was a foul involving that play that caused Balogun to be temporarily suspended. The truth is that during the game of the USMNT's 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina had inadvertently stomped on the ankle of an opponent while vying for possession. Trump asked FIFA to review the U.S. player's suspension. The President of FIFA is Gianni Infantino. The Belgium head coach opposed the decision or reinstatement equating to an April Fools' Day joke. The fundamental point is that Trump wanted to get his way with undue influence over the power structure of FIFA.
By Timothy