Mid Week News.

 The New York Times reported that alleged Trump ties to Russia have been derailed by the Trump administration. The truth is obvious. Multiple U.S. intelligence agencies, the Department of Justice, and bipartisan congressional committees concluded that the Russian government engaged in an extensive, sophisticated campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Investigators found no evidence that Russian hackers altered the actual vote counts or flipped the outcome of the election. Russia is not stronger than China, but Russia is not a paper tiger by any means. Russia still has hypersonic missiles, nuclear weapons (at bases and in submarines), and devices used for hacking constantly. 

Gossip commentator Tasha K said that FBA is equivalent to the Klan. Obviously, I don't agree with the FBA movement on many issues. For example, many members of the FBA are overtly xenophobic against black people who are not black Americans (under the guise of delineation. Many FBA members on social media, including those of the ADOS movement, overtly scapegoat all Afro-Caribbeans, Africans, etc. for the issues in the black American community, which is false), many members of the FBA have hostility or try to omit their black African heritage; and the FBA, in many cases, have been linked to white racist views involving immigration. Some FBA followers (in claiming to be a "lineage," which is hypocritical when their true lineage originated not in America but from Africa) want to refuse to have unity with black people globally. The FBA makes the non-sequitur that people like us oppose black Americans having reparations, which is a lie, but reparations aren't the only thing that we need. FBA is very akin to the nativist movements that ignore the systemic origins of anti-black oppression. In other words, you can deport every immigrant (of every color) from America today, and the system of racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, etc. would still remain in American society. Therefore, the problem didn't originate with immigrants but with the policies of the one percent harming all people, irrespective of nationality or immigration status. Tasha K is completely wrong, because the Klan raped and murdered tons of black women, men, and children. The Klan burned black churches to the ground and destroyed other innocent property that was owned by black people. The Klan suppressed the rights of black people and did unspeakable atrocities for decades in America. While I disagree with the FBA on numerous issues, the FBA movement is nowhere near equivalent to the Klan period. I am an African American, and I have no shame in calling myself black American or African American. Now, I do believe in Pan-African unity and solidarity, wherefore we black Americans should respect the cultures of the African Diaspora, and Africans plus other members of the African Diaspora should respect our black American culture too. Our black American cultural identity should not be limited to an American lineage framework, because that identity is part of the larger African Diaspora and universal black freedom struggle (that is why Malcolm X, Queen Mother Moore, W.E.B. DuBois, Randall Robinson, Dr. King, and other black people from America worked internationally for freedom). Mutual respect of our cultural differences, allyship, and genuine solidarity will make us stronger as black people globally. Freedom is not meant to just exist in America but for the whole world. At the end of the day, we shouldn't be enemies. Those, who make it their duty to divide and show hatred among black people based upon ethnicity or nationality, is an enemy of the truth and a traitorous agent. I am not a descendant of slaves. I am a descendant of free people from the Motherland of Africa whose descendants became slaves (and later were free by the heroism and sacrifice of black people in America). We are black Brothers and black Sisters created in the image of one God. 

I always disagreed with the Third Way movement for years, because centrism doesn't equate into human liberation. It is just the status quo with crumbs for people who desire a just future. The Third Way movement is founded by billionaire megadonors, Fortune 500 CEOs, giant corporations, and corporate secret money bundlers. The President of the Third Way is Jonathan Cowan. The Third Way seek to attack the concept of democratic socialism. No economic philosophy is 100 percent. You can't tell me a single economic philosophy that is perfect whether its capitalism, communism, socialism, the mixed economy, etc. Yet, this doesn't mean that everything in democratic socialism is wrong. Attacking economic inequality is right, having universal health care is right, opposing imperialism is right, combating climate change is correct, improving our environment in general is great, and going about to strengthen human rights is the correct way to go. The Third Way is nothing more than a slick Trojan Horse, aided by corporate America (via David Heller, David Coulter, Jonathan Vogelstein, William Daley, Michael Edwards, etc.), to contain working-class movements and progressive movements for human justice. We know that Senator Joe Manchin and Senator Kyrsten Sinema support this movement. The Third Way is so extreme that many of their donors aid the agenda to stop legitimate environmental regulations. We can't be centrists to stop neofascism. We have to be bold to make sure that housing affordability is real and people have real economic justice beyond the super wealthy having socialism (and the common people having strict laissez-faire capitalism).

There is news that USA Today, which owns over 200 local newspapers across America, has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audience. Palantir is a new-school Silicon Valley company with a Big Brother agenda. Palantir has real dangers linked to the U.S. military, AI technology, domestic surveillance, and the tech oligarchy. Peter Thiel, a far-right billionaire and claimed "libertarian," founded Palantir. The current CEO of the company is Alex Karp. Trump has praised Palantir too. Palantir sells AI data-based platforms for its clients in law enforcement, the military, and other entities to monitor American data like bank records, social media, tax records, medical history, and driving records. These tools, used by Palantir, are used to monitor Americans with billions of taxpayer dollars. Trump signed an executive order for government agencies to merge all data from the American people. Palantir is building the infrastructure of a sophisticated police state. Peter Thiel is a Trump ally who harbors hatred of democracy. He wants tech oligarchs to do what they want with little to no regulation from the government. Thiel said that he doesn't know if he wants the human race to exist in the future. We have A.I. super databases with the Trump regime that is a clear and present danger to our personal freedoms. We have to resist and oppose authoritarianism and fascism in our lives. 

The Washington Post reported that Trump quickly switched planes secretly over Iranian threats. It is no secret that Iranian military forces have threatened the life of Donald Trump. Trump has been the victim of multiple assassination attempts. Two things can be true. Trump should not be murdered or assassinated, and Trump has done a terrible job involving the unjust Iranian war. We handle our issues by peaceful dissent without murder. Murder is always evil. The irony is that the Iranian regime murdered its own people who are dissidents constantly, and Trump supported the murder of people in the Caribbean without due process of the law. I reject ethical relativism as there is a right and a wrong in the Universe. Therefore, we must be clear and consistent with our ethics and morals. We deal with the cult of MAGA by vigorous debate, peaceful dissent, and freeing minds from the cult of MAGA without advocating unjust violence. We desire to solve our problems using peaceful means. Also, people have every God-given right to self-defense, but murder is the antithesis of self-defense.

By Timothy