There are tons of news going on in the world. Many Missouri Republicans slashed funding to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which provides free books to over 170,000 children every month. This is blatantly equated to cruelty as reading books helps kids and adults intellectually and physically. Back in the 1950s, the journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Edward Murrow did the right thing, because such witch hunts violated the First Amendment and other fundamental human civil liberties. Today, many journalists have capitulated to Trump out of fear and out of compromising their ethics for the sake of promoting the MAGA agenda. Today, many journalists are doing the opposite of that by confronting the Trump administration's agenda and following the principle that a free, independent press is key in developing our democracy to our highest capacity. So far, the Trump administration has no concrete plan to deal with housing, fighting poverty, making affordability real, ending the unjust Iranian war, and to go out to increase voting rights. Therefore, our eyes must be on the prize of freedom and justice.
Trump has named the MAGA enforcer Bill Pulte as the acting DNI or Director of National Intelligence. Right now, America is at war against Iran, and we face technological challenges. The issue is that Bill Pulte has minimal to no intelligence experience. The DNI requires a person that has massive experience in intelligence, leadership jobs, and other relevant qualifications. Trump wants acolytes and revenge against people who oppose his extremist agenda. Pulte was once a housing regulator. He sent criminal referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud by many of Trump's critics like New York Attorney General Letitia James, Senator Adam Schiff, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and former Rep. Eric Swalwell (who has resigned over his accused sexual misconduct allegations). Many Democrats on Capitol Hill asked the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office to examine if Pulte possibly misused federal authority and resources to public accuse Democrats of mortgage fraud. Senator Mark Warner, who is the Democrat on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, criticized the selection of Pulte as representative of how the Trump administration will do things to allow authorities to pursue political retribution.
Pelley has criticized CBS News over its firing of some members of the 60 Minutes team. Trump has tried to intimidate CBS News to be biased in favor of his agenda. This comes after CBS got rid of 60 Minutes' executive producer and many reporters as part of the shake up. This caused a contentious meeting with the program's new top brass on Monday morning. Many correspondents like Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vaga were fired. Scott Pelley told Bilton that he had 'scant qualifications' for the job and asked him why he executed unpopular firings. Pelley wanted this conversation to be had in public in front of his colleagues not in private. Trump wants many high profile mergers, so his MAGA propaganda can spread all over the media. Journalist Scott Pelley of CBS has been fired by CBS, because Pelley refused to promote the MAGA agenda in CBS.
In the Latin American waters, the U.S. government has killed more than 200 people. One recent attack was when a small boat was in flames on Saturday in the Eastern Pacific. This is an extrajudicial killing which means that these killings are done without due process of the law. That is immoral and an overt war crime. Western imperialism using mass murder is not new either. King Leopold I of Belgium allowed the murder of millions of black Congolese human beings. We know about the mass civilian deaths in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. We know of the U.S. soldiers being murdered in military bases too. The Trump administration has not readily released the names of the people murdered in the Caribbean, no notifying families, and no evidence made that these people committed a crime. To murder people without charges, without due process, and without a trial is plain murder period. No one should kill anyone with impunity. This imperialistic, murderous exercise is about Trump trying to control the Caribbean and have possible regime change in nations like Cuba. The U.S. government has no right to kill anyone on the high seas without charges or due process. We must condemn this act as being proof once again of the Trump administration being the most corrupt administration in our generation.
Now, Trump is planning to end his slush fund that he called the "anti-weaponization fund." That plan was so unpopular (even among numerous Republican leaders), that Trump has no other option but to cancel it. Fundamentally, that proposal is morally wrong, because we should never financially reward terrorists who harmed lives and property at the U.S. Capitol during January 6th. Terrorists like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers should never be glamorized as heroes as many MAGA followers do. They should be criticized and their ideologies must always be rejected as reactionary, bigoted, and plus plain wrong. As we are very close to the 250th anniversary of the existence of America, we must always be dedicated to reject tyranny. Back then, many early Americans opposed the excessive, authoritarian policies of King George III. In our generation, we must peacefully show vigorious dissent against current fascist policies as well. Trump has been impeached twice, promoted an attempted coup against the United States, created a disastrous war in Iran, and made an executive order requiring that the Smithsonian remove details about his impeachments from museum exhibits. This outlines Trump's debased and abhorrent arrogance.
By Timothy
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