There is a record heat wave in Texas, Europe, and across the world. Europe is suffering badly as places like the United Kingdom have tons of places without air conditioning. UK yesterday had a temperature of 104 degrees. More than 100 million people are under excessive warning or heat advisories in America. In Southern and Western Europe, more than 1,100 people have died from heat in the region. Wildfires are raging in France and Spain. The hot records are outpacing cool records by more than 10 to 1 during this year. This comes about because of climate change. For long decades now, human-induced climate change has caused many record temperatures, fires, and other environmental complications worldwide. One climate scientist from Princeton University told CNN that almost every heat wave has some influence from global warming. In London, firefighters are fighting fires all over the city and in surrounding locations. The London Fire Brigade are fighting massively. The increase of greenhouse gases has fueled this too. Scotland has a record temperature of 94.6 degrees on Tuesday. Heat warmings are in Toronto too. London has relief now with lower temperatures and rain.
There are many people, even some in the media, who try to minimize the fascist threat in American society. Fascism is made up of many things. It's made up of hatred of democratic laws, it has a cultic mentality to make a single person immune from legitimate critique, fascism promotes authoritarianism instead of an egalitarian society, it endorses policies that promote bigotry and discrimination against minorities, it advances an anti-intellectual mentality (that seeks misinformation instead of truth being cultivated), and it has a social Darwinist economic platform (that benefits the super-wealthy at the expense of the working class, the poor, and the middle class). The agenda of Trumpism is fascism. Fascism in America is not new. There were fascist movements during WWII in America which were overtly anti-Semitic. Also, slavery and Jim Crow apartheid in America represent fascism to the fullest. During the Summer of 2020 when the George Floyd protests were worldwide, Trump considered using the U.S. military to go into the streets and shoot protesters in sight. That was a fascist plan. Fascism was when far-right terrorists invaded the U.S. Capitol with some using Confederate and neo-Nazi flags. So, we know who the greatest threat is domestically in American society. It is far-right extremists who are fascists. Some in the media tried to downplay this, but Peyton Gendron was a racist fascist (who murdered black people in Buffalo, NY), and Robert Grimo (who murdered Jewish people in Highland Park, Illinois) was a racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic fascist. Therefore, we have to know of these things and act righteously to defend our rights.
Joe Manchin is not only disappointing, but he is not being fair. The truth is that economic problems didn't originate from inflation alone. Inflation is the end result of these problems. Decades ago, the policies of economic inequality, Reaganomics, and other reactionary actions contributed to the economic complications that we see today. Large, multinational corporations used their influences in policies to promote tax breaks for wealthy corporations, allowances for the super wealthy, and massive tax cuts for the rich. Joe Manchin has never earnestly supported universal pre-K, free community college, child subsidies, paid family leave, and environmental justice unless he claims that inflation is dealt with. He is more concerned with the interests of Big Oil than the interests of the people of West Virginia. Yet, Manchin is the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. We have the monopolization of America beyond inflation concerns. That means that a few corporations have the power to raise prices and record corporate profits at the expense of the American people. Even repealing Trump's tax cuts will raise $500 billion over a decade. Most people want poverty to end, universal health care, growth of infrastructure, reverse climate change, and investments made to communities.
This is very important, breaking news. Yesterday was the Birthday of Sister Rachel Robinson. Now, she has reached 100 years old. That is outstanding news. She is the widow of the icon baseball player Jackie Robinson. Rachel Robinson was born in New York City. When she was in college, she attended the University of California, Los Angeles. For decades, she has supported civil rights and equal rights earnestly. She was Jackie Robinson's equal who stood by his side during his own walk for freedom. Also, Rachel Robinson formed her own legacy as a nurse and social activist. She graduated from UCLA on June 1, 1945, with a bachelor's degree in nursing. She earned her master's degree in psychiatric nursing from New York University. She worked hard in medical research and nursing in the Northeast. She was the Assistant Professor at Yale School of Nursing and later the Director of Nursing at the Connecticut Mental health Center. Rachel Robinson helped to promote housing for low to moderate-income people. By 1973, Rachel Robinson formed the Jackie Robinson Foundation to give educational and leadership opportunities to minority students. It has helped over 1,000 minority students. It has a 97 percent graduation rate among its scholars. Rachel Robinson was awarded the Candace Award for Distinguished Service from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, the Equitable Life Black Achiever's Award, and the Associated Black Charities Black History Makers Award. Rachel Robinson loved the film 42, and she was portrayed by Nicole Beharie (in the 2013 film). Ruby Dee played her in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson. So, Rachel Robinson is a living icon who has kept the faith for the right of us to live on this Earth without oppression. I wish Sister Rachel Robinson a Great Birthday.
By Timothy
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