The Start of Fall News.

 

Right now, there have been over 1,300 people being detained in Russia over a crackdown on anti-war protests. These Russians oppose the Putin regime. This comes after Vladimir Putin wants a partial mobilization against Ukraine. Putin is clear to believe in the pernicious lie that Ukraine has no right to exist and must be conquered by Russia. Ukraine. Likewise Western allies have condemned Putin's slick proposed referendums as a sham. Russia illegally occupied four regions of Ukraine. There are tons of Russians fleeing Russia in opposition to the mobilization, which is nothing more than an unjust, involuntary draft of human beings to fight a war. There are blatant human rights abuses done by Russia. We know that the West had done war crimes for decades and centuries. Yet, two wrongs don't make a right. If the West is wrong to do war crimes for a long time, then it is wrong for Russia to commit war crimes in Ukraine too. Ukrainian President Zelensky encourages Russians to rightfully protest Putin's partial mobilization order of 300,000 people to fight an immoral war.

The Russian Kremlin is desperate, so Putin pushes a new law on wartime mobilization. Russia wants referendums in East Ukraine too to allow unjust annexations. The Russian army has another major military defeat in northeastern Ukraine. Russian military forces are fleeing parts of Ukraine. Putin via the Duma Parliament introduced terms like mobilization, martial law, and wartime. Putin even threatened the use of nuclear weapons if things don't get his way. Putin is so unhinged that even China and India don't agree with his actions in Ukraine as Putin is losing that war badly. The new law increases the punishment for Russian soldiers who voluntarily give themselves up as prisoners of war. There are Russian anti-Putin protests recently all over Russia again. Politicians in Petersburg want to impeach Putin on the grounds of national treason. The Putin regime is authoritarian, imperialistic, aggressive, and nationalistic.

The New York state Attorney General Letitia James (she made a criminal referral to the IRS and SDNY for possible federal violations of tax law) made a historic announcement. She filed a sweeping lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children (Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump), and the Trump Organization. This lawsuit accused them of being involved in an expansive fraud lagging over a decade that the former President used to enrich himself. The lawsuit has 200 pages in documents. The fraud, according to James, touched on all areas of the Trump business, including its properties and gold courses. The lawsuit accuses the Trump Organization of deceiving lenders, insurers, and tax authorities by inflating the value of his properties using misleading appraisals. The New York state Attorney General said that Trump's oldest children "knowingly participated" in the fraudulent scheme. This is unprecedented news. Of course, Donald Trump denies all charges. Trump has a long legacy of habitual lying, so we can't trust him. New York Attorney General seeks $250 million in penalties from Donald Trump. James is in conversations with Deutsche Bank, one of Trump's biggest lenders. This is very serious news. If Trump is so sure of his innocence, why he pled the Fifth Amendment tons of times when he was interviewed by authorities?

Unprecedented protests in Iran exist now since 1979 over the death of a woman in police custody. Her name is Mahsa Amini. Many Generation Z people in Iran are protesting for their human rights. Iran has greatly shut down the Internet now. This younger generation is fighting back despite the crackdown being vicious. The youth are still large and angry to fight for their lives and their human rights. Iran never faced this situation in 43 years. Everyone knows that the actions of Governor Abbott and Ron DeSantis in sending legal migrants from Texas and Florida to other parts of the country are evil, cruel, and exploitative. It is not only a waste of taxpayer dollars. Many authorities are investigating DeSantis to see if he violated human trafficking laws. Many migrants are suing DeSantis too. The migrants are human beings, and we are called to follow the Golden Rule. The Republican leadership including Mitch McConnell called this evil migrant shipping policy as a "good idea." It is never a good idea to mislead migrants about this sick action.

Yesterday was the Birthday of Sister Swin Cash, and she is 43 years old. She is one of the best women basketball players of all time. She played for the WNBA for 15 seasons. She was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. McKeesport is found near Pittsburgh. Her mother Cynthia raised her with 2 brothers and a sister. She holds basketball camps and clinics under her company, Swin Cash Enterprise LLC. She married her longtime boyfriend Steve Canal in Atlanta, Georgia. Cash played baseball, track, and cheerleading at McKessport Area High School in McKessport. Cash played basketball too. She was in UConn where she won the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship with the UConn Huskies in 2000 and 2002. She first played for the Detroit Shock in 2002. Cash was a 3-time WNBA Champion, 4-time WNBA All-Star, and won 2 gold medals in 2004 in Athens and in 2012 in London. Cash fought against gun violence and police brutality for years. Swim Cash is always outspoken on social justice issues. Now, Swim Cash is the Vice President of basketball operations and team development for the New Orleans Pelicans. I wish Sister Swim Cash more Blessings. 

By Timothy