Late March 2025 News.

 

There are reports of Trump desiring to cut workers and basic functions at the Social Security administration. It is no secret that the far right wants to either end Social Security or privatize it completely. The Washington Post reported on waves of Social Security breakdowns. This is fascism and an attack on the legacy of the legitimate policies of FDR. FDR signed the Social Security Act which helped millions of elderly people to have retirement funds and real aid to live out their lives. Now, I blame Trump supporters more for this than Trump. Here is why. We know what the authoritarian resident in the White House Trump would advocate. He has made it perfectly clear by his words and plans. The Trump supporters knew of this too, they knew of Project 2025, and they still voted for him. That makes me to assume that Trump supporters are complicit in the reality that we witness now in 2025. They should be ashamed of themselves. This is no time for neutrality. We are not lukewarm on these issues, and that is why protestors in town halls are nationwide to oppose the agenda of a fascist, the grandson of an apartheid supporter, and others who hate democratic freedoms.

There is the issue of top intel officials sending potentially classified information that appeared in a group chat about U.S. military strikes in Yemen that a journalist was included in. There has been a hearing of outraged Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Many of President Donald Trump's top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for the situation. Democrats have blasted the Trump administration over the leak of military plans. This is very serious as national security issues are at stake. After questioning by many Democrats, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly denied that the chat contained classified information. Gabbard said under oath that there were no classified or intelligence equalities that were included in that chat group at any time. Ratcliffe made similar denials in Tuesday's hearings. Hegseth has texts reportedly had operational details on striking Yemen.

The Trump administration is trying to deport Momodou Taal, because he is a pro-Palestinian activist. He is a Cornell graduate student, who is a British-Gambian student. He filed a lawsuit to challenge Trump's executive orders targeting protesters for deportation. Taal's lawyers said that the government's action is an unlawful attempt to remove the court's jurisdiction over this case. ICE wants him to surrender to them for deportation. The government revoked Taal's visa, because of his free speech right to defend the Palestinian people. Taal's lawyers are Eric Lee and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Trump officials lied and said that Taal's protests were related to anti-Semitism. Trump's executive orders are a violation of speech and dissent. This is political persecution. For the record, many pro-Palestinian protesters are in fact Jewish people who don't want human beings to be bombed, stripped of food, and areas completely destroyed. We oppose the genocide taking place in Gaza. Over the past 2 weeks, Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport hundreds of immigrants without due process of law. If Trump can do this to immigrants, he will try to deport American citizens if they dissent with his retrograde views, in my opinion.

Trump has targeted lawyers who he says filed frivolous lawsuits against his administration. He's a liar. Lawyers filed legal lawsuits against the Trump regime because Trump has been executing illegal actions. The new Trump memo is seen as a threat to lawyers. Trump is attacking the rule of law by calling for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against him, trying to intimidate judges who ruled on him, and seeking to jail his political opponent without just cause like Liz Cheney. Many judges have been threatened by MAGA cultists. Many pro-MAGA trolls for years have tried to convince me to support the agenda of a fascist. Yet, I have made it perfectly clear to MAGA cultists that Trump is an authoritarian who is a convicted felon whose character is antithetical to truth and real democracy. America should be a multiracial, multicultural democracy, not a dictatorship where only a few corporate interests dominate American society. We should never tolerate injustice and tyrannical policies from the executive branch of government. Recently, a legal resident Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student who attended pro-Palestine protests, is being sought out by ICE for no legitimate reason. She is just opposing a genocide. It's clear that legal residents of America are being targeted for deportation by the Trump regime. Chung was found by Columbia not in violation of any policies, according to Chung's lawyers. A judge granted a temporary restraining order forbidding ICE from detaining Ms. Chung. ICE can't revoke legal status, only an immigration judge can. The fascist Steve Bannon said that Trump wants to bankrupt top Democratic law firms. Trump has tried to intimidate law firms to follow his disgusting agenda.

 

Sister Diana Ross had her Birthday recently, and she is now 81 years old. Diana Ross was a great singer of The Supremes. She was a Motown legend. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and was the second of six children. Her parents were Ernestine and Fred Ross Sr. Diana Ross was raised Baptist. She lived in the North End section of Detroit, near Highland Park, Michigan. She was the neighbor of Smokey Robinson. When Ross was seven, she lived with Ernestine's parents, the Reverend (and past of Bessemer Baptist Church) and Mrs. William Moton in Bessemer, Alabama. When she ws 14 years old, her family lived in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, settling at St. Antoine Street. Ross attended Technical High School, a four-year college and preparatory magnet school in downtown Detroit. Diana Ross wanted to be a fashion designer at first. She took classes in clothing design, millinery, pattern making, and tailoring. Later, she graduated from Cass Tech in January 1962. She was part of The Supremes from 1959 to 1970. She joined the Primettes before they were called The Supremes. The group had Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Betty McGlown. Later, the group signed with Motown. The Supremes had their first number one hit with Where Did Our Love Go single. From August 1964 to May 1967, Ross, Wilson, and Ballard sang on ten number one hit singles, all of which made the UK Top 40. Cindy Birdsong was in The Supremes by 1967. Someday We'll Be Together was a hit too. Diana Ross had her own solo career with her eponymous debut solo album being released in May 1970. She had hits like A'int No Mountain High Enough, Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand), and I'm Still Waiting. She worked with Michael Jackson and helped the Jackson 5 group. Her first film was Lady Sings the Blues, which was released in 1972. She played the singer Billie Holiday. She was in the film of Mahogany. Later, she was in the film The Wiz with her friend Michael Jackson. She was one of the greatest entertainers of all time. She was in the film Double Platinum with Brandy in 1999. By 1988, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Supremes. Her 25th studio album was Thank You, being released in November 2021. Turn Up the Sunshine was her May 2022 single. She loves her children. Ross has seven grandchildren. I wish Sister Diana Ross a Great Birthday.

By Timothy