Robert Kennedy's callous indifference to the measles death in the Texas outbreak shows his anti-science extremism. A child died from the measles who was unvaccinated at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas. This is the first death from measles in America in 10 years. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory illness. It has infected 124 people in Texas. 101 of these human beings are under 18 years old. 18 of them have experienced hospitalization. Robert Kennedy is the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, who said that the death is not unusual, and we have measles outbreaks every year. He is a liar. He didn't express any regret or sadness for the preventable loss of a child. He said that the purpose of hospitalizing patients was to quarantine them. This is false. None of the victims admitted to the hospital for the purpose of quarantine. They were in the hospital due to respiratory distress. Infectious disease threats are growing nationwide with the grow of seasonal influenza. The fascist DOGE fired many governmental employees trying to control the spread of bird flu. DOGE eliminated about 5,2000 positions at HHS agencies or 10 percent of the workforce at both the CDC and the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya wants the unscientific herd immunity policy.
One of the most disgraceful policies of the Trump regime is how they want to use massive cuts to the NIH. The NIH or the National Institute of Health has saved lives for years and decades from US. veterans to civilians. The NIH has lost at least 1,200 jobs so far. These staff cuts will harm this country from farm subsidies to other matters. This could harm scientific research. The outcry against this regime has been so great that the Trump administration has partially lifted a hold that had frozen the ability of the National Institutes of Health to review new grant applications research into diseases ranging from heart disease and COVID to Alzheimer's and allergies. The nominated Director of the NIH or Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the Standford University researcher, has criticized the agency. So, the massive austerity agenda has nothing to do with eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse. It has to do with the Trump agenda to harbor hatred of government and legitimate regulations in general.
The MAGA cult is so terrible that a YourGov Poll of Trump voters has 12 percent of them desiring Trump to be the King of the United States. We have a history of rejecting the concept of the monarchy. No man and no human period should have unlimited power. No human is above the law. Illinois Governor Pritzker said that authoritarianism is a threat against America. Next year in 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of America, and America as a democracy could be gone ironically in its 250th anniversary. The good news is that we can fight against Trumpism and fascism by using constructive means. Trump not only wants to break down the federal government which is evil by itself. He also wants massive cuts to legitimate social services that will harm millions of Americans. Now, Trump and the Republicans in 2025 have either caused or done nothing comprehensive to deal with widespread more inflation, thousands of layoffs of jobs, corporate price gouging, a plummeting stock market, and Musk trying to gain tax and other sensitive information from Americans.
The resistance against the Trump fascist regime is growing. There are many boycotts against extremists now. Protests have increased in America. Many federal courts have pushed back against Trump's reprehensible policies. The Trump/Musk/Vance agenda is very unpopular among the American populace. That is why DOGE is losing credibility. That is why GOP leadership is now advising lawmakers to avoid holding in person town halls as many people in those town halls are rightfully opposed to radical austerity. Trump wants a new visa plan for wealthy foreign people for about 5 million dollars. That plan is silly and hypocritical, because Trump wants certain immigrants to come here yet wants American citizens' rights to be gone if their parents were undocumented immigrants. Also, Trump wants to pause admission to refugees displaced by violence and persecution. Elon Musk is a liar to call himself a self-made billionaire when he had received at least $38 billion in government funding.
Yesterday was the Birthday of the late Sister Marian Anderson. She was one of the greatest contralto singers of all time. She performed worldwide from opera to spirituals. Also, she performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965. Also, she was a civil rights activist who stood up against racial injustice publicly. She was born up North in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were John Berkley Anderson and Annie Delilah Rucker. Her father sold ice and coal at the Reading Terminal in downtown Philadelphia. Anderson's mother was a briefly a student at the Virginia Seminary and College in Lynchburg and worked as a schoolteacher in Virginia. She cared for small children. Marian was the eldest of the three Anderson children. She had 2 sisters who were singers. Marian Anderson was raised in the Union Baptist Church being devout Christians. Marian was inspired by her aunt to be involved in her own music career. She attended Stanton Grammar School and graduated in 1912. Anderson made two recordings called Deep River and My Way's Cloudy for the Victor company in 1923. She performed in concert with the New York Philharmonic in 1925. She sang in Chicago in the Orchestra Hall in 1929. Later, she studied in Berlin with money from the Rosenwald Fellowship in 1500 dollars. Marian Anderson toured Scandinavia in 1930, London at Wigmore Hall in 1933, and in other places like Salzburg. She was praised by Arturo Roscanini as a voice heard once in a hundred years in 1935. She toured in America too. Albert Einstein hosted her on many times as Albert Einstein believed in racial equality. She sang in the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 against racists from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) who tried to stop her from singing there. The NAACP, Eleanor Roosevelt, and other people supported Anderson's right to singing at Lincoln Memorial. She sang the rendition of My County, 'Tis of Three in front of 75,000 people and a national radio audience of millions. She sang more songs and did opera too. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and sang at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She earned a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1991. She had 24 honorary doctoral degrees in Howard University, Temple University, Smith College, Saint Mary's College, etc. She had the Kennedy Center Honors in 1978 too. She loved her husband, Orpheus Fisher She passed away on April 8, 1993 of congestive heart failure at the age of 96 years old. Marian Anderson was an icon who spoke her mind, sang music beautifully, and inspired souls to do better in their daily walks.
Rest in Power Sister Marian Anderson.
By Timothy
