Later April 2026 News.

 

My generation is Millennial, also Xennial. Who are Xennials? We are people born between the years of 1977 and 1983 (sometimes going to 1985). We are the generation who lives through the end of the analog culture and the start of the digital culture. Back in the 1990s, we Xennials played the Oregon Trial trivia computer game, played in arcades in malls, used floppy disks to complete writing projects in middle school plus high school, and saw commercials of 1-800-COLLECT all of the time. Many of us were latch key kids walking miles every day to get food, go to the park, and just hang out. We cooked Flanders and Murrays meats on the stove by ourselves as teenagers. We also witnessed AOL, Lycos, Wallcrawler, and early Internet services. In our generation, we have both optimism or hope for the future, but we are not naive about reality. We have peers who are Generation X and Millennials as well. Many of us brought VHS videos from Blockbuster, seen large Laser discs to show movies, and saw DVDs in our library. Most of us are the last group of students who graduated from high school before 9/11 (like me). We witnessed PlayStation, Sega Genesis, and handheld devices. We used World Book encyclopedia in research projects, had summer programs, and watched The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Martin, Living Single, Moesha, American Gladiators, etc. on TV. In our classes, we never had chrome books. We had to write notes all of the time in notebooks. We played with baseball, basketball, and football cards. In our times, we experienced the Dream Team, 9/11, the Great Recession of the 2000s, and we survived them all. Some of us watched shows like Renegade, Power Rangers, the BOX Music video channel, BET, MTV, and the news. We witness hip hop and R&B reach new heights of influence and popularity. We Xennials can bridge the gaps between older people and younger people, because we lived in both the old school era and the new school era of human history. That is our lives.

There is a large drought situation across the Southeast and throughout the nation of America. This drought was heavily in the West 1-2 years ago. Now, we live in a new era of this climate change reality with a prediction of El Nino coming back to the North American geographic region of the world. Wildfires in Georgia and other places of the South have destroyed tons of homes and crops in a tragic fashion. The smell of smoke has reached as North Carolina and South Carolina too. These wildfires have spread into Florida. As water dries out, natural aquifers are threatened. That is why we wish for more rain in harmed regions. Atlanta, Georgia has massive drought too. There are massive tornadoes in the Midwest and Great Plains too causing pain against human life, animal life, etc. We have empathy towards the victims of these natural disasters. 

The DOJ is targeting the progressive SPLC group. The SPLC group has not calling every group a hate group. They have called out the Klan and other terrorists for decades. The DOJ is accusing the SPLC of financial corruption involving informants. This indictment from the DOJ is trying to demonize progressive dissent with Trumpism. There is no evidence so far that every donor of the SPLC was deceived on the actions of the SPLC. The SPLC has a long history of promoting civil rights and defend the rights of black people in America. So, Trump's DOJ is very clear to target the SPLC because they have hatred of anyone promoting diversity and racial justice.

I am not surprised that Laura Loomer used a racist, wicked rant about Candace Owens, because Loomer is the fruit of the demonic MAGA movement. Laura called Owens the black b word and other anti-black slurs against Owens. To be clear, I don't agree with Candace Owens on many issues. Yet, regardless of a person's ideological views, no black woman and no black person period should be called slurs and offensive language. We can agree to disagree with people without using wicked language. Loomer has a known history of making racist and Islamophobic remarks for years. Loomer being a dedicated Trump supporter makes perfect sense as Trump made racist, xenophobic, and sexist comments for years and decades. This is the end result of MAGA. MAGA members are hurling insults against each other, demonizing each other, and that conclusively proves that the MAGA movement is an affront to morality and truth.

We recognize Earth Day with respect to Nature and a honest reflection of our duty to take care of the Earth in its total beauty, wonder, and hallowed magnificence. As an older Millennial or Xennial, I was inspired to believe in caring for the environment in part by watching the cartoon show Captain Planet during the 1990s. Its message of the power is yours is a motto of us Millennials. It was a cartoon filled with entertainment and profound educational wisdom about environmental topics. The show showed me about the importance of fighting pollution, of recycling diligently with vigor, and to stand up to care for the environment that we all share as human beings. That is why when we clean up our air, clean up our waters, and deal with fighting climate change, will make our lives to exist in a more blessed fashion. Also, it is important to protect animal species and plant species (especially if they are endangered). Therefore, our ecosystem can't be destroyed permanently. Legitimate environmental regulations, found in the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other laws plus regulations, have save countless human lives including animal species (for years and decades). In our generation, we face unique evils of forever chemicals, measles, various diseases, and environmental racism (as documented in Louisiana and other places worldwide). Yet, the battle is not lost. Grassroots activists and other people back then and now (like Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Majora Cater, Rachel Carson, Dr. Robert Ballard, Hazel Johnson, etc.) have united to endorse environmental protections, species preservation, and other solutions to various environmental issues.

By Timothy