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Monday, April 06, 2026
The Culture of Us.
The culture of the United States of America has been around for centuries, being the most diverse culture in all of human history. That is just the plain truth. First, it is important to describe cuisine as a very vital part of American culture. How we eat food and the diversity of food ingredients has changed the world in a myriad of positive ways. American cuisine has always been a mixture of foods found in American indigenously and foods from other continents. For example, foods like corn, beans, wild rice, sunflower, seeds, pecans cranberries, blueberries, corn, maple syrup, turkey, and pumpkins are found in North America. They are all found in our backyard. There are other foods that existed originally overseas, like apples, peaches, wheat, rice, onions, carrots, tea park, coffee, and tea. Tons of us love apple pie, sweet potato pie, and lemon pie. We enjoy oatmeal and other items like okra, jumbo, pizza, spaghetti, and other types of foods from different cultures globally. There have been television shows and movies that focus on food culture too, including those found on the Food Network. American culture readily embraces self-reliance, individualism, and independence. That means that many of us believe in using self-determination to achieve profound greatness. Also, this doesn't mean we should embrace or advance a form of selfish individualism, greed, and wicked behavior. There is also a role for community and collective power in enhancing society's general welfare. No one is an island. Religion plays a large role in American society. About 81-83% of all Americans believe in God or a universal Spirit. Religion or spirituality shaped American society for centuries via social activists, the many Great Awakening, and more grassroots churches of the 21st century. Believers in God have always invoked God to stand up against slavery, to promote racial justice, to fight for voting rights, to agree with economic justice, to stand with immigrants, and support other social improvements in society. The largest religious group of people in America is Christians. There are agnostics, atheists, and other followers of various creeds that exist in America too.
My late 4th cousin was David Lee Claud Sr., who lived from February 11, 1966, to December 17, 2025. He was born and raised in Southampton County, Virginia. Her parents are Thomas Lee Claud and Dotsie Ann Barnes Claud. He attended Southampton High School and graduated from the high school in 1984. He served in the United States Army from August 1984 and served this country with distinction and courage. On January 1, 1994, he married his wife Robin Denise Wingo, and their son is David Robert-Lee Claud Jr. The couple has a daughter named Ashley Shanielle Johnson, and their grandson is Jaylen Tyshaun Scott. After his military service, David Lee Claud Sr. was in the Newport News Shipyard and was a correctional officer with the Greenfield, Deerfield, and Southampton Centers, where he retired after 26 years of services on March 1, 2016. David was baptized and accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and joined Bryants Baptist Church in Capron, Virginia. He was the youngest child of seven siblings. David loved to play with his siblings and cousins, especially on Sundays at his grandparents' home. He loved learning from elderly human beings to understand their knowledge. He was a friend and spiritual friend to his Aunt Bea Gary. David supported the Washington Commanders football team. He did gardening, fishing, played cards, watched his westerns, and did traveling. His brothers are Zachary T. Claud of Chesterfield, Virginia and Michael Claud of Capron, Virginis. His sisters are Dotsie Claud and Jacqueline Claud Allen (her husband is Luther Allen) of Norfolk, Virginia, Janeifer Claud Smith (her husband is Anthony Smith Sr.) of Fairfax, Virginia, and Tracy Claud Barksdale of Woodridge, Virginia. His godchildren are Cameron Fields and Tiana Parker. His aunts are Elsie Gary and Elizabeth Taylor. The parents of my 3rd cousin Thomas Lee Claud were Thomas Jefferson Claud (1907-1997) and Elsie Elizabeth Owens (1912-2003). The parents of Thomas Jefferson Claud were Richard Washington Claud (1874-1945) and Ann Elizabeth Claud (1876-1960). The parents of my 1st cousin Richard Washington Claud were George Washington Claud (1849-1923) and Martha Velvin Furgeson (b. 1830). The mother of my 4th great-granduncle George Washington Claud was my 5th great-grandmother Zilphy Claud (1820-1893).
Joseph Smith dictated by using the same chocolate-colored seer stone he had used previously for treasure hunting placed in a hat. Dictation was completed about July 1, 1829. The completed work, titled the Book of Mormon, was published in Palmyra and first advertised for sale on March 26, 1830. Less than two weeks later, on April 6, 1830, Smith and his followers formally organized the Church of Christ, and small branches were established in Manchester, Fayette, and Colesville, New York. As in 1826, he was arrested and charged with being a "disorderly person." Although he was acquitted, he was again arrested, this time transported to Broome County, where he was again acquitted by a three-judge panel. He and Cowdery fled to escape a gathering mob. Cowdery, Peter Whitmer, and others traveled west on mission to proselytize to the Native Americans. The era of 1831 to 1837 changed Mormonism forever. Church co-founder Oliver Cowdery and others left New York for Ohio. There they encountered the hugely-popular Campbellite minister Sidney Rigdon. Rigdon, who had long preached a Restoration of the true church, converted to the new movement, bring along over a hundred followers. Rigdon's conversion dramatically swelled the ranks of the new organization. Rigdon visited New York, where he had extensive personal conversations with Smith. With growing opposition in New York, Smith announced a revelation that his followers should gather at Kirtland, Ohio.
Smith moved to Kirtland in January 1831. There, many of Rigdon's followers practiced Christian communism by sharing "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." In 1831, Smith began to privately teach the practice of polygamy, according to a variety of sources, including apostles Brigham Young, Orson Pratt, and Lyman E. Johnson. Levi Lewis, Emma's cousin, who had known Smith and Harris in Harmony, accused Smith of trying to seduce local girl Eliza Winters. According to Lewis, he had heard both Smith and Harris say that "adultery is no crime." That year, Smith told twelve-year-old Mary Rollins that God had commanded him to take her as a wife (which is a perversion done by Joseph Smith, as God Almighty never told that man to do such an act, period); she would later be recognized by the church as one of Smith's plural wives in February 1842 at the age of 23. The John Johnson family was baptized into Smith's church, including fifteen-year-old Marinda Johnson. For seven months, Smith and Rigdon lived at the Johnson farm. On March 24, 1832, a mob dragged Smith and Rigdon from their beds, beat them badly, and then tarred and feathered them. Simonds Ryder, writing in the 1860s, argued the attack was precipitated by recent converts having learned their property was to be placed under the church's control, a motivation corroborated in by S.F. Whitney.
Unlike Rigdon, Smith was tied to a board and stripped naked so a doctor could perform a castration. When the doctor refused to go through with the procedure, the mob tried to force poison down Smith's throat, chipping a tooth in the process. Despite the attack, Smith preached to his congregation the following morning and performed baptisms. His infant adopted son Joseph Murdock died of measles, the fourth child the Smiths had lost; his family linked his death to him being exposed to the cold during the attack. In the 1880s, minister Clark Braden repeated a rumor that claimed Smith practiced polygamy in Kirtland and was intimate with Marinda, a claim later popularized by Fawn Brodie in her psychobiography of Smith. Though the theory has largely been rejected by later scholarship, Mormon polygamy historian Todd Compton speculates on the timing of the 1832 attack: "The castration attempt might be taken as evidence that the mob felt that Joseph had committed a sexual impropriety... they had planned the operation in advance, as they brought along a doctor to perform it. The first revelations on polygamy had been received in 1831... Also, Joseph Smith did tend to marry women who had stayed at his house or in whose house he had stayed..:" In 1842, Marinda, age 26, became one of Smith's wives. Joseph Smith drew up a comprehensive city plan for Zion (Independence), calling for 24 Mormon temples and a grid of streets along with cardinal directions.
Converts poured into Kirtland. By the summer of 1835, there were fifteen hundred to two thousand members in the vicinity, many expecting Smith to lead them shortly to the Millennial kingdom. In July 1831, Smith visited Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, and announced a revelation that the frontier hamlet was the "center place" of Zion. Smith again visited Missouri again in early 1832 to prevent a rebellion of prominent church members who believed the church in Missouri was being neglected. In Jackson County, existing Missouri residents resented the Latter-Day Saint newcomers for both political and religious reasons. Additionally, their rapid growth aroused fears that they would soon constitute a majority in local elections, and thus "rule the county." Tension increased until July 1833, when non-Mormons forcibly evicted the Mormons and destroyed their property. Smith advised his followers to bear the violence patiently until after they had been attacked multiple times, after which they could fight back. Armed bands exchanged fire, killing one Mormon and two non-Mormons, until the old settlers forcibly expelled the Mormons from the county. After petitions to the Missouri governor were unsuccessful, in May 1834 Smith organized and led a 200-man paramilitary expedition, called Zion's Camp, to aid church members in Jackson County, Missouri. As a military endeavor, the expedition was a failure. The men of the expedition were disorganized, a cholera outbreak killed 14, and they were severely outnumbered. By the end of June, Smith deescalated the confrontation, sought peace with Jackson County's residents, and disbanded Zion's Camp. Nevertheless, Zion's Camp transformed Latter Day Saint leadership because many future church leaders came from among the participants.
After the Camp returned to Ohio, Smith drew heavily from its participants to establish various governing bodies in the church. He gave a revelation announcing that in order to redeem Zion, his followers would have to receive an endowment in the Kirtland Temple, which he and his followers constructed. In March 1836, at the temple's dedication, many who received the endowment reported seeing visions of angels and engaged in prophesying and speaking in tongues. In 1836, Smith traveled to Salem, Massachusetts, to search for a trove of coins there. Smith announced a revelation that God had "much treasure in this city." After a month, he and his companions returned to Kirtland empty-handed. In 1837, a series of internal disputes led to the demise of the Kirtland community. In 1836, church apostle Orson Hyde was sent to the Ohio legislature to request a bank charter, while Oliver Cowdery went to Philadelphia and acquired plates to print notes for the proposed bank. On January 2, Hyde returned to Kirtland empty-handed, unable to persuade any legislator to sponsor a bill for a bank charter; Smith and other bank leaders proceeded with their plans, calling their organization an 'anti-banking society' and issuing bank notes. "Anti" and "ing" were engraved before and after "Bank"—in smaller typeface—on the printing plates Cowdery had previously purchased in Philadelphia. Smith encouraged his followers to buy the notes, in which he invested heavily himself. The bank failed within a month.
As a result of the bank failure, Mormons in Kirtland suffered losses and intense pressure from debt collectors. Smith was held responsible for the failure, and there were widespread defections from the church, including many of Smith's closest advisers. Construction of the Kirtland Temple had only added to the church's debt, and Smith was hounded by creditors. Smith and Rigdon were charged with illegally operating a bank; both were found guilty and fined. In June 1837, Smith was arrested on a charge that he had conspired to have critic Grandison Newell murdered. Solomon Denton and Orson Hyde testified for the prosecution. Smith was acquitted.
Also in 1837, Oliver Cowdrey, who was then assistant president of the church, accused Smith of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage servant in his home, Fanny Alger. Smith, who was married to Emma at the time, said little of the relationship, but he did specifically deny being guilty of adultery. Indeed, contemporaries of Smith agree that he had likely married Alger as a polygamous wife. Cowdrey was subject to excommunication proceedings for "seeking to destroy the character of President Joseph Smith, Jun., by falsely insinuating that he was guilty of adultery", but in 2014, the LDS church admitted Smith had had a marital relationship with Alger. By 1838, Smith was facing widespread dissension from high-profile church leaders, accusing him of being a fallen prophet, as well as mounting lawsuits. That night, he and Sidney Rigdon fled Kirtland to join up with the Mormons in Far West, Missouri. Smith's critics in Kirtland took control of the temple, but many Kirtland Mormons eventually followed Smith to Missouri. By 1838, Smith had abandoned plans to reclaim the city of Independence and instead declared the town of Far West as the new "Zion." In Missouri, the church also took the name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints", and construction began on a new temple. In the weeks and months after Smith and Rigdon arrived at Far West, thousands of Latter-Day Saints followed them from Kirtland. Smith encouraged the settlement of land outside Caldwell County, instituting a settlement in Adam-ondi-Ahman, in Daviess County.
Later, Joseph Smith and his followers claimed to see visions and worked in Missouri. There were more tensions between Mormons and non-Mormons in Missouri. There was an event on August 6, 1838, when non-Mormons in Gallatin, Missouri, tried to prevent Mormons from voting, and a brawl ensued. The election day scuffles initiated the 1838 Mormon War. Non-Mormon vigilantes raided and burned Mormon farms, while Danites and other Mormons pillaged non-Mormon towns. In the Battle of Crooked River, a group of Mormons attacked the Missouri state militia, mistaking them for anti-Mormon vigilantes. Governor Lilburn Boggs then ordered that the Mormons be "exterminated or driven from the state." On October 30, a party of Missourians surprised and killed seventeen Mormons in the Haun's Mill massacre.
The following day, the Mormons surrendered to 2,500 state troops and agreed to forfeit their property and leave the state. Smith was immediately brought before a military court, accused of treason, and sentenced to be executed the next morning, but Alexander Doniphan, who was Smith's former attorney and a brigadier general in the Missouri militia, refused to carry out the order. Smith was then sent to a state court for a preliminary hearing, where several of his former allies testified against him. Smith and five others, including Rigdon, were charged with treason, and transferred to the jail at Liberty, Missouri, to await trial. During his imprisonment, Smith wrote a personal defense and an apology for the activities of his followers. Though he directed his followers to collect and publish their stories of persecution, he also urged them to moderate their antagonism toward non-Mormons. On April 6, 1839, after a grand jury hearing in Daviess County, Smith and his companions escaped custody, almost certainly with the connivance of the sheriff and guards. Later, Joseph Smith lived in Nauvoo, Illinois. The state of Illinois accepted Mormon refugees who gathered along the banks of Mississippi River, where Joseph Smith purchased high-priced, swampy woodland in the hamlet of Commerce. He attempted to portray the Mormons as an oppressed minority and unsuccessfully petitioned the federal government for help in obtaining reparations. He had many rich allies like John C. Bennett, the Illinois quartermaster general. Joseph Smith lived in a city named Nauvoo. The city had religious liberty. The charter also authorized the Nauvoo Legion, a militia whose actions were limited only by state and federal constitutions. Bennett and Smith became its commanders and were styled Major General and Lieutenant General respectively. As such, they controlled by far the largest body of armed men in Illinois. Smith appointed Bennett as Assistant President of the Church, and Bennett was elected Nauvoo's first mayor. Joseph Smith promoted baptism for the dead in 1840 and started the building on the Nauvoo Temple as a place of recovering lost ancient knowledge in 1841.
An 1841 revelation promised the restoration of the "fullness of the priesthood"; and in May 1842, Smith inaugurated a revised endowment or "first anointing." The endowment resembled the rites of Freemasonry that Smith had observed two months earlier when he had been initiated "at sight" into the Nauvoo Masonic lodge. At first, the endowment was open only to men, who were initiated into a special group called the Anointed Quorum. For women, Smith introduced the Relief Society, a service club and sorority within which Smith predicted women would receive "the keys of the kingdom." Smith also elaborated on his plan for a Millennial kingdom; no longer envisioning the building of Zion in Nauvoo, he viewed Zion as encompassing all of North and South America, with Mormon settlements being "stakes" of Zion's metaphorical tent. Zion also became less a refuge from an impending tribulation than a great building project. In the summer of 1842, Smith revealed a plan to establish the millennial Kingdom of God, which would eventually establish theocratic rule over the whole Earth. In Nauvoo, Smith secretly practiced plural marriage. He introduced the doctrine to a few of his closest associates, including Bennett. When rumors of polygamy (called "spiritual wifery" by Bennett) got abroad, Smith forced Bennett's resignation as Nauvoo mayor. In retaliation, Bennett left Nauvoo and began publishing sensational accusations against Smith and his followers. Many people turned against Mormons in Illinois by mdi 1842.
After one unknown assailant shot and wounded former Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs in May 1842, anti-Mormons promoted rumors that Smith's bodyguard, Peter Rockwell, was the gunman. In July, the recently excommunicated John C. Bennett published a letter claiming Smith had admitted sending Rockwell to 'fulfill prophecy' by killing Boggs; Bennett's claims were widely viewed as an attempt at vengeance for his recent excommunication, with even Gov. Ford later wrote that Bennett "everywhere accounted the same debauched, unprincipled and profligate character." Though the evidence was circumstantial, the new governor of Missouri petitioned Illinois for Smith's extradition, and Illinois Governor Carlin issued an arrest warrant. Certain he would be killed if he ever returned to Missouri, Smith went into hiding twice during the next five months, until the U.S. Attorney for Illinois argued that his extradition would be unconstitutional. Rockwell was later freed after a Missouri grand jury declined to indict him for the shooting. In May 1843, Smith married Helen Mar Kimball, age 14, the daughter of apostle Heber C. Kimball, who himself had two wives at that time and had encouraged his daughter to accept the marriage. In June 1843, Illinois Governor Thomas Ford issued a warrant to extradite Smith to Missouri on the outstanding charge of treason. Two law officers arrested Smith but were intercepted by a party of Mormons before they could reach Missouri. Smith was then released on a writ of habeas corpus from the Nauvoo municipal court. The events caused significant political fallout in Illinois.
On July 12, 1843, Joseph Smith dictated a revelation about polygamy; Hyrum read the revelation to the High Council on August 12, dividing the hierarchy into polygamist and anti-polygamist factions. On August 1, Smith assaulted County assessor Walter Bagby; Smith pleaded guilty, a fine was imposed, and it was paid. In September, Smith was charged with assault and battery against a Warsaw resident by the name of Bennett [not John C. Bennett]; arriving in Nauvoo with a warrant for Smith's arrest, Constable James Charles was informed that Smith had been tried and acquitted by the Nauvoo municipal court. On November 5, Smith became ill and suspected he had been poisoned, perhaps by wife Emma. In December 1843, Smith petitioned Congress to make Nauvoo an independent territory with the right to call out federal troops in its defense. Smith then wrote to the leading presidential candidates, asking what they would do to protect the Mormons. After receiving noncommittal or negative responses, he announced his own independent candidacy for president of the United States, suspended regular proselytizing, and sent out the Quorum of the Twelve and hundreds of other political missionaries. Smith launched a presidential campaign in 1844 on a platform which proposed gradually ending slavery, protecting the liberties of Latter Day Saints and other minorities, reducing the size of Congress, reestablishing a national bank, reforming prisons, and annexing Texas, California, and Oregon.
By early 1844, a rift developed between Smith and a half dozen of his closest associates. Robert D. Foster, a physician and general in the Nauvoo Legion, returned home to find Smith with his wife Sarah; She later confessed that Smith had preached polygamy and attempted to seduce her. After Joseph Smith made similar proposals to William Law's wife Jane, Law threatened to expose Smith unless he went before the High Council to confess and repent. On January 8, 1844, Smith removed Law from the First Presidency.
In March 1844, Smith secretly organized the Council of Fifty and tasked it with deciding which national or state laws Mormons should obey, establishing its own government, and finding a site where Mormons could live under theocratic law beyond the control of other governments—perhaps in Texas, Oregon, or Mexican-controlled California. On March 9, Smith preached a sermon on the plurality of gods—a doctrine the dissenters regarded as polytheistic blasphemy. On April 18, the Council unanimously elected Smith as "Prophet, Priest, and King"—a common description of Jesus Christ's offices.
Also on April 18, Smith excommunicated the dissenters from the church, alleging they were plotting to kill him. In response, Law and others formed the True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which taught that Smith was once a true prophet but had since fallen into sin. On May 23, Law and Foster testified before the grand jury in Carthage, which issued indictments against Smith for "adultery, fornication, and perjury." On May 26, Smith responded with another public denial.
On June 7, the dissidents published the first issue of the Nauvoo Expositor, a four-page tract which "exposed" Smith's secret practice of polygamy and his intention to establish a theocracy. The paper similarly decried Smith's recent doctrine of "many Gods." Arguing the Expositor would provoke a new round of violence against the Mormons, the Nauvoo City Council declared the newspaper a public nuisance, and Smith ordered the Nauvoo Legion to assist the police force in destroying its printing press. During the council debate, Smith vigorously urged the council to order the press destroyed, not realizing that destroying a newspaper was more likely to incite an attack than any of the newspaper's accusations. On June 11, a warrant was issued for Smith's arrest on the charge of inciting a riot resulting in the destruction of the Expositor. Destruction of the newspaper provoked a strident call to arms from Thomas C. Sharp, editor of the Warsaw Signal and longtime critic of Smith.
On June 12, Constable David Bettisworth arrived in Nauvoo to place Joseph Smith under arrest and convey him to Carthage, but Smith was again freed by the municipal court. Bettisworth left but promised to return. Fearing further arrest attempts and mob violence, Smith mobilized the Nauvoo Legion on June 18 and declared martial law. Officials in Carthage responded by mobilizing a small detachment of the state militia, and Governor Ford intervened, threatening to raise a larger militia unless Smith and the Nauvoo City Council surrendered themselves. Smith initially fled across the Mississippi River to avoid arrest, but shortly returned and surrendered to Ford after he was given assurances of his safety. On June 25, Smith and his brother Hyrum arrived in Carthage to stand trial for inciting a riot. Once the Smiths were in custody, the charges were increased to treason, preventing them from posting bail. John Taylor, Willard Richards, and Dan Jones voluntarily joined the Smiths in the Carthage Jail. John S. Fullmer and Cyrus H. Wheelock visited the prisoners in jail, smuggling two pistols to Joseph in the process.
On June 27, 1844, Smith and the other prisoners were staying in the jailer's bedroom, which did not have bars on the windows. Although Smith both faced death threats and had a history of successful jailbreaks, he and the other prisoners were left guarded by only six men. Upon learning that Smith was relatively unguarded, an armed mob with blackened faces stormed the jail. Smith, mistaking the mob for the Nauvoo Legion, initially told a jailer: "Don't trouble yourself ... they've come to rescue me." The guards reportedly feigned defense of the jail by firing shots or blanks over the attackers' heads, and some of the Greys even reportedly joined the mob, who rushed up the stairs. The mob first attempted to push the door open to fire into the room, though Smith and the other prisoners pushed back and prevented this. Hyrum, who was trying to secure the door, was killed instantly with a shot to the face. Smith fired three shots from the smuggled pepper-box pistol, wounding three men, before he sprang for the window. He was shot multiple times before falling out of the window, crying, "Oh Lord my God!" He died shortly after hitting the ground, but was shot several more times by an improvised firing squad before the mob dispersed. Smith was the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated. Immediately following Smith's death, non-Mormon newspapers were nearly unanimous in portraying Smith as a religious fanatic. Conversely, within the Latter Day Saint community, Smith was viewed as a martyred prophet.
After a public funeral and viewing of the deceased brothers, Smith's widow—who feared hostile non-Mormons might try to desecrate the bodies—had their remains buried at night in a secret location, with substitute coffins filled with sandbags interred in the publicly attested grave. The bodies were later moved and reburied under an outbuilding on the Smith property off the Mississippi River. Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church), under the direction of then-RLDS Church president Frederick M. Smith (Smith's grandson), searched for, located, and disinterred the Smith brothers' remains in 1928 and reinterred them, along with Smith's wife, in Nauvoo at the Smith Family Cemetery. These are the events of the controversial life of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism.
By Timothy
Saturday, April 04, 2026
Friday, April 03, 2026
The Historic Artemis II Mission: To the Moon.
Trump's address to the American people on Wednesday night was a total rant against democracy and common decency. Trump said that he wants Iran to go "back to the Stone Ages." This type of rhetoric provokes war crimes (which has already occurred in Iran). Trump claims that he will fulfill America's military objectives shortly in a few weeks. Trump wants Iran to accept his demands of either allowing Iran being a colonial protectorate of the United States or wipe that nation of Iran out (which has 90 million people). Trump's words not only represent total insanity, but they promote war crimes. An address like this has never been given by an American President. Trump's words are not a negotiation. It is a language of those who love fascism. This is not new. We know of the far-right Air Force General Curtis LeMay who directed the firebombing of Tokyo during World War II (that killing over 100,000 people in a single night). During the Vietnam War, there was Operation Phoenix where Vietnamese people were slaughtered. War Secretary Pete Hegseth said that there will be no rules of engagement. This is part of the mentality of imperialism to see how evil operates.
One of the breaking news is about the firing of Pam Bondi as the Attorney General after 14 months. Trump was angry over the failed revenge prosecutions. Pam Bondi remains a controversial person who was criticized for her political agenda in favor of Trumpism unconditionally. With the anti-immigration agenda shown in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other places, Pam Bondi has been criticized by people from across the political spectrum. The issue with the Epstein files also contributed to the public sentiment against her performance as Attorney General. Bondi has testified to Congress to use ad hominem attacks against Democrats and anyone who disagrees with her. Yet, it is bigger than Pam Bondi. It is about how Trumpism is a failed philosophy, and Trump is trying to protect himself instead of protecting the American people. Ultimately, the responsibility for what is going on in America lie with the President. Pam Bondi used the Justice Department to be like a prosecutor in defense of Trump instead of being independent. Pam Bondi was a total loyalist to Donald Trump, even more than Jeff Sessions and Bob Barr combined. Todd Blanche is the United States Deputy Attorney General. Only the Senate can approve a cabinet member officially from the Presidency.
The aftermath of the firing of Pam Bondi showed that while one Trump acolyte is gone, the system remains. Bondi was the most controversial Attorney General in American history since the days of John Mitchell. Trump fired her not because she turned the Justice Department into a biased pro-Trump instrument. She was fired, because Bondi didn't hide corruption well enough, and Trump wants to maintain political power. The people had to force Bondi to release more Epstein files when we know that more Epstein files existed. Bondi didn't fully prosecute his enemies as Trump wanted. She made remarks on television and congressional hearings that advocated for Trump, but in Trump's eyes, she embarrassed her. Trump desires unconditional loyalty among his cabinet, not necessarily loyalty to the U.S. Constitution and the American people. Trump believes in the utopian vision that Iran would no longer be threat, and his objectives are nearing completion when Iran is as defiant as ever. In California, there is a one time tax on the ultra wealthy which is very popular among the American people. Yet, billionaires are using millions of dollars via PACs to oppose this plan. This plan only allows 5% of wealth going to fund California.
The Artemis II rocket launch is another era of space exploration. More and more of what we have seen in science fiction movies are being a reality in our time as we enter the half century mark of this important 21st century. It is a very large machine (with tons of fuel) that is carrying four NASA astronauts to travel around the Moon and return back to Earth. It is estimated that the journey will last for many days. Also, this is a scientific event that comes decades after humans have walked on the Moon that took place on August 1969. I wasn't born in that year, but my parents and grandparents were alive to experience that historic journey to the lunar surface. NASA and other space exploration in institutions desire a permanent human civilization (filled with buildings, farming, etc.) on the Moon's surface. That will have to take oxygen, domes, waters, and other supplies to create a progressive human civilization on a location other than Earth for the first time in human history. As human beings, we have come a long way in the formation of our technological development. We went from the horse and buggy to the invention of satellite communication that can make discussions from people on opposite sides of the globe simultaneously. This occasion outlines a monumental historic moment that is just the beginning.
There is Trump signing an executive order to promote the federal government control of mail in voting. This is not only illegal. It is immoral. Voting legally is controlled by state and local governments. The federal government has no right to control all aspects of the voting process. Also, expanding mail in voting, growing the time when people can vote, making voting a holiday, and using other policies to strengthen the right to vote is better than a voter suppression agenda. That is why it is agent talk to assume that both major parties are equivalent. One party is clear to support an illegal war in Iran. One party is overt in harboring January 6th terrorists. One party is clear to try to end even legitimate environmental regulations for the sake of following corporate interests. One party is overt to support a law that makes tax cuts for the super wealthy real. That party is the Republican Party, and Trumpism or MAGA is the most notorious cult in human history. Why? MAGA is the belief that one sexist, racist, and xenophobic male, born in privilege, can do what he wants and say what he wants with little to no critique.
By Timothy
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
Early April 2026 News.
One judge has halted the Trump's plan to reconstruct the White House grounds to make a ballroom. This project is purely a vanity project. This decision is temporary. The White House belongs to the people not Trump. A federal judge blocked Trump's executive order to end federal funding for PBS and NPR. The federal judge cited the First Amendment to permanently block the Trump regime from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. Trump has attacked PBS and NPR unjustly for years. This decision came from the U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss. Moss ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order to end funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge said that the First Amendment right to free speech "does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type." NPR is based in Washington, D.C., and PBS is based in Arlington, Virginia. For long decades, NRP and PBS has shown some of the most progressive, independent programming in America about the arts, history, culture, social issues, and other topics relevant to the human race. Fundamentally, Trump wants to suppress viewpoints that are not in lock step with Trumpism. We want independent thought and that includes also progressive thought without unfair censorship.
Amber Rose said that white people should be allowed to say the n word. That alone tells me that she is a MAGA sellout. It doesn't matter if it ends with an or the other ending. That word is evil, causes pain to people, and should never be glorified period. fundamentally, I believe that no one should use the n word period. For years, I always mention that MAGA is demonic and evil. Why? In the MAGA movement, Trump has allowed the murder of people in the Caribbean without due process. Trump has allowed an illegal invasion of Iran without total Congressional consultation. MAGA, among its followers and Trump, is known to use profanity and slurs against anyone who disagree with their retrograde viewpoints. MAGA uses blasphemy to try to justify their views under the guise of religious "fervor" when God never condones whitewashing black history, ending legitimate environmental regulations, and believe in the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Agents like Amber Rose have shown their hand as not only being anti-black but anti-democracy. We must act accordingly to promote justice, righteousness, ethics, and integrity in our daily walks. Another agent, Charleston White, recently glorifies adultery and having multiple women in disrespect of his own wife. So, we don't need to support the causes of overt agents.
January 6th terrorists are suing the police, and these terrorists are lying saying that the insurrection was "peaceful." These January 6th terrorists (who was pardoned by Trump making Trump a traitor to America) harmed police officers, destroyed innocent property in the U.S. Capitol, and waved racist, anti-Semitic flags on Capitol grounds. We must never whitewash what took place on January 6th. Many of these rioters have been convicted of crimes recently. We can never sugarcoat American history like the American government once sanctioning slavery, the state governments of the South promoting Jim Crow apartheid, and Trump lying to say that the 2020 election was stolen. Illogic is part of Trumpism, because Trump claims to support freedom but his anti-DEI policies, his illegal war in Iran, and his agenda of voter suppression makes him a liar. A January 6th rioter who stole Speaker Pelosi's lectern is running for office. Trump is the same person who wants to ban birthright citizenship as found in the 14th Amendment. Explicitly, the Fourteenth Amendment is clear that anyone born in the United States of America is an U.S. citizen.
There are more and more ground troops headed to Iran. Trump recently said that it's his preference to take the oil from Iran which is nothing more than colonial thievery. The irony is that many MAGA followers are starting to oppose the Iranian war from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Ann Coulter. 62 percent of Americans oppose using ground troops to fight in Iran. This war is causing economic hardship involving oil, food costs, and other parts of the economy in the world. There are fractures in the Trump coalition. Opposition to Trump has been said by Charles Barkeley who said that immigrants are treated in an unfortunate, sad fashion. The people who built this country are black people, immigrants, and working-class people of every background. These three groups of people built America precisely. So, I don't agree with isolationism, because we have to trade with the world, form international alliances, and show respect to our neighbors. Yet, I disagree with unjust wars and imperialism.
The No Kings march back on March 28, 2026, showed the widespread American and global opposition to Trumpism and the modern day Western imperialistic system. That system promotes laissez faire capitalist policies, austerity, racism, xenophobia, neo-colonialism, and overt imperialism to not only divide people up. It is done to centralize wealth into the capitalist oligarchy that has more wealth than any other time in human history. More than 8 million people protested in the largest single day protest in American history. It happened in more than 3,300 events across the 50 states in every major city, along with hundreds of small towns. There were nearly 200,000 people at Minneapolis-St. Paul, about 350,000 protesters in New York City, 180,000 protesters in Boston, 200,000 people in Chicago, 90,000 in Seattle, and 40,000 in San Diego. The vast majority of Americans don't want dictatorship at home and imperialism including unjust wars overseas. There were protesters overseas to express solidarity with the American resistance to Trumpism. That truth is plain. The paradox of our time is how can a fascist, who is Trump, execute policies in open defiance of the U.S. Constitution, form authoritarian policies, form an illegal war of aggression, and this male isn't impeached ASAP. With all of the evidence in the world, it is clear that we must condemn the genocide in Gaza, abhor the war in Iran, and stand up for our civil liberties in America. We must maintain our political independence. We should vote for who we want, but no party owns us. We own ourselves.
By Timothy
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Monday, March 30, 2026
Our History and Our Story.
It is important to know about America's history after 250 years of its existence. I can't list all of the details of America's story as that would take an infinite amount of pages, but I can give a concise explanation of American history to show human beings the truth. Long ago, America existed, and the first humans who lived in America were the Native Americans. They are a people, related genetically to the Siberians, who traveled from Siberia to North America by the end of the last major Ice Age at ca. 15,000 - 30,000 years ago via the Bering Land Bridge (Beringia). Now, the Native American tribes had diverse cultures from the Powhatan, Nottoway, Cheyenne, Navaho, Shawnee, etc. They spread across two continents with advanced civilizations. There was the Olmec culture with advanced mathematics, the Maya with a calendar system, The Aztec, the Mound Culture of North America, the Pueblo, etc. These areas of America flourished with tons of people. Hawaii had Polynesian and Pacific Islander human beings too. As time went on, the Native Americans grew infrastructure on various lands, had differences, and worshipped in a multiple number of creeds. Over the millennia, persons of color always lived in the Americas. Then, the Europeans came into North America by ca. 1000 A.D. via the Vikings who came to LAnse aux Meadows (in Newfoundland, Canada). The Vikings had a short-lived encounter with Native Americans. Centuries later; more European explorers (including pirates) and imperialists came to America from the 1400s to the 1500s. Many of the Europeans had diverse motivations. Some wanted religious freedom. Others want thievery, genocide, and economic exploitation of innocent human life. These European imperialists and slave owners were the oppressors of my black ancestors. Many of the European imperialists savagery enslaved Africans and Native Americans.
The European imperialists stole tons of lands in the Americas, and they founded the Maafa for economic exploitation to benefit a few of the oligarchy. They did it for racist reasons as well. Africans and Native Americans heroically fought back against the imperialists. It is true that traitorous Native Americans and traitorous Africans were involved in the genocide of innocent human beings who were Native Americans and Africans. It is important to note that European racists planned and organized the Maafa. This crisis of democracy now in 2026 has been caused policies to from the one percent (in the financial monarchical oligarchy). America was filled with colonies, Native American tribes, and Africans being free and enslaved by 1700. Great Britain became the leading Empire after the French and Indian War. After that, the colonists were angered at the British control of lands and excessive laws directed to them. These laws were the Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, etc. Some American colonists wanted to establish independence, some wanted to stay within the British Empire (or they were Loyalists), and the rest were neutral. The American Revolutionary War started when the British and colonial forces fought in Massachusetts. The war was a near victory for the Redcoats, but America won by guerilla warfare, resiliency, and help from other nations (like Spain, France, the Dutch, etc.). The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. That date represented the start of the United States of America. America has the contradiction of the words of the Declaration of Independence mentioning that "all men are created equal," but black people were slaves plus other groups of people were denied basic human rights. Back in the 1700s, Native Americans, women, Latinos, and other minorities were being oppressed. The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
George Washington was elected the First President of the United States. He was a general, and he wanted a strong federal government to handle national affairs. There were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The Federalists were right to desire a strong federal government, and the Anti-Federalists were right to want the Bill of Rights to act as a check to the powers of the federal government too. From 1789 to 1861, America experienced the antebellum period. This time saw the expansion of American lands (in many cases these lands were stolen and conquered by many Americans against the indigenous people). Many colonists started to migrate to the Midwest and the West. Slave revolts increased by the1700s and 1800s by Nat Turner, Gabriel Posser, etc. The Underground Railroad helped to free slaves from tyranny and bondage. Harriet Tubman (who was from the Eastern Shore of Maryland where many of my distant cousins live at) was part of the movement to free many slaves. In America by the 1800s, cities and towns grew with schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, factories, universities, sporting places, and other institutions. Presidents rose into power. Some were more progressive and others were more conservative. America became involved in new, controversial wars like the War of 1812 (against the British Empire) and the Mexican American War (that caused Texas to be part of the Union. Many leaders in Texas wanted slavery while Mexico banned slavery back then). Women promoted equality in the suffrage movement by the 19th century. Slavery was a major issue in 19th century America. Some states freed slaves, and other states refused to do so. The political, economic, and social tensions among the North and the South along with slavery caused the American Civil War. The U.S. Civil War started by the South illegally bombing Fort Sumter in 1861. Southern states seceded including my home state of Virginia. The Union won the battles of the war by having more people, more resources, and more factories across the nation. Heroes of every color in the Union Army helped to defeat the Confederate enemy. Black people played a key role in the Confederate defeat especially. President Abraham Lincoln, Union generals, soldiers, allies, and other people led the Union to have the victory. Harriet Tubman led a battle in South Carolina too. The Confederacy (whose own documents admitted that they seceded to promote slavery and promote the myth of white supremacy) lost the U.S. Civil War in 1865. The American Civil War was over. Reconstruction existed with black Americans having political office locally, statewide, and federally for the first time in American history. We saw the rise of the Klan and people fighting them. President Ulyssess S. Grant (who had imperfections) was right to support civil rights legislation. He was right to oppose the terrorism of the Klan. The Compromise of 1873 ended Reconstruction as we know it. Reconstruction was an experiment that increased self-determination and political power among the African American community. Reconstruction ended by both reactionary racist oligarchs of the South and the capitalist business class of the North coming to together to support the evil status quo of Jim Crow apartheid by 1873.
Jim Crow apartheid was formed in the 1800s and it exploded into the next level by the start of the 20th century. Jim Crow apartheid was plain terrorism filled with the lynching of black people, the rape of black people, and unjust discrimination against black Americans. It was a brutal system and groups formed like the NAACP (which grew from the Niagara Movement. Some of its origin founders were Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois), the National Association of Colored Women, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SNCC), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), etc. America saw the Progressive Movement of the early 20th century (not progressives of the 21st century) that sought housing reform, regulation of food including meat products, banning child labor, and making corporations accountable for their actions. Theodore Roosevelt helped to popularize the Progressive movement causes, and he was a liberal Republican on many issues (except on foreign policy issues). Back then, Republicans were heavily progressive ideologically, and Democrats were heavily conservative until the 1940s and the 1960s. Women fought for suffrage or voting rights being successful with the adoption of the 1920 19th Amendment given women the right to vote. WWI existed after competing European empires fought in Europe. At first, America was heavily isolationist, and then the Luistiana was attacked causing America to intervene in the war. The Americans were in the Allied Powers fighting the Central Powers (made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, etc.). This war of WWI saw tanks, planes, and other weapons like nerve gas used being a modern type of war. WWI was international, and the Allied Forces had a victory with heroism displayed by soldiers and nurses of all colors, including black people. Woodrow Wilson was President during WWI and promoted a form of internationalism, but Wilson was a stone cold racist who opposed persons of color to have independence from colonial/imperialistic domination. The Treaty of Versailles ended WWI. Pan-Africanism grew after WWI. We saw the Roaring Twenties with cultural development, jazz, excess spending, new clothing, and sports development. It was the time of massive wealth expansion and the financial systems had lax regulations. When the economy suffered a massive contraction of wealth, the Great Recession existed. The Great Recession caused long lines for people to get food, the ending of companies, and a desperation for solutions. President Herbert Hoover wanted to create conservative solutions to complicated economic porblems, but most Americans wanted a bolder solution. Franklin Delano Roosevelt became President for four terms in part because of his bold economically progressive policies. President FDR passed great progressive legislation from Social Security to the regulation of finacnial instutitons. He worked in the Allied Powers to help defeat the wicked Axis Powers (with Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, and their allies). World War II started in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. FDR went into the conflict by aiding the Allies with the Lend Lease program, and overtly after the 1941 cowardly attack on Pearl Harbor. FDR was not perfect as he refused to allow more Jewish people to come to America as refugees, he had a mixed civil rights record, and he supported the racist Japanese internment camp policies that harmed the lives of millions of Japanese human beings. World War II ended by 1945 after the fall of Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo's empires. The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima by atomic weapons, with support of PResident Truman, to be was unjust and a crime against humanity in my opinion. The Allies victory was righteous and sacrosanct.
After World War II, Cold War Presidents gained power. The United States of America experienced the lowest economic inequality in possibly human history from 1945 to 1975. We saw the growth of the middle class, rights given to people, and the poverty rate cut in half. Yet, everything wasn't peaches and cream with lynchings, sexism, xenophobia, and harm done to many minorities. That era of the Cold War witness many social movements growing to expand human rights. The people who opposed this expansion included people like George Wallace (until he apologized late in his life), Jim Clark, Harry Byrd, James Eastland Theodore Bilbo, etc. The American Civil Rights Movement was strong filled with people like Ella Baker, Dr. King, John Lewis. Mary White Ovington, Medgar Evers, Harry T. and Hariette Moore, Joyce Landner, Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson, and other people who protested, organized institutions, been in grassroots programs for change, and some of them advocated nonviolence plus self-defense. Without thier sacrifice, we wouldn't be here today buying what we want, living in where we want, and writing what we want on many platforms. There were the Women's Rights movement reaching its Second Wave from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. There were the Poor People's Campaign, the Chicano Movement, the Native American Rights Movement, the elderly rights movement, the Disabled Rights Movement, the LGBTQIA+ movement, the environmental rights movement, and other social movements. From Truman to Nixon, the country changed massively. We saw the Vietnam War being a disaster in America and in Vietnam. President Lyndon Baines Johnson was desperate for a U.S. victory, but the war was a stalemate until America withdrew from Vietnam (causing a North Vietnamese victory by 1975 when Gerald Ford was President). The nation witnessed stagflation and economic malaise by the 1970s. Ronald Reagan was the leader of the conservative movement by the late 1970s and causing the Conservative Movement to reach into new power in the 1980s. Reagan was very controversial and won 2 terms as America back in the day was much more conservative than it is now in 2026. Activists fought back against Reaganism too. During the two terms of Reagan, there was an expansion of Wall Street power, growth of the deficits, and Reagan was out of office by 1989. Geroge W. Bush was a center right President who lost in part by the recession, and Bill Clinton having political charisma to promise change to America. Bill Clinton had two terms being a center-left President witnessing the expansion of the Internet, technological advancements, the end of the Cold War, the dot com boom, and a reduction of the crime rate. There has been massive economic expansion, but many poor people suffered with the cuts to welfare via the Welfare Reform Act. Then, George W. Bush was President by 2001. George W. Bush had two terms being a Reagan conservative. He was controversial and protested by his Iraq War advocacy, his support of the Patriot Act, and his promotion of many reactionary policies. George W. Bush did a good thing by investing in anti-AIDS research in Africa having bipartisan support. With the massive recession of 2008, George W. Bush was in a low position. He passed a banker bailout law, but the bailout didn't extend that much to homeowners or the American people collectively. President Barack Obama promoted hope and change for America. He was elected in 2008 causing Oprah Winfrey and Jesse Jackson to cry tears of joy. President Barack Obama had a legacy of both great accomplishments (like the Dodd-Frank Act, better relations with Cuba, the good parts of the Affordable Care Act, and the investments in HBCUs). Obama's biggest errors include his foreign policy being just as aggressive as the neo-cons with the Bush Jr. years. Donald Trump used the bigotry, racism, and xenophobia in some quarters of America to win the 2016 election. Trump started his campaign in 2015. Trump's first term saw Muslim bans, the racist attacks at Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, and the COVID-19 pandemic (that murdered over one million Americans and millions more worldwide). Trump's first term ended in 2021 when President Biden was inaugurated as President after the January 6th terrorist attack (which was done by MAGA terrorists). President Biden passed some of the most progressive legislation in American history benefiting black people, poor people, brown people, and people of every background. Later, President Biden had one term, and Trump had his 2nd term. Since 2025, people have experienced Trump doing even more egregious actions. In 2026, democracy is under threat hanging in the balance with an illegal Iran War, ICE being used domestically in airports and in our streets, detention centers, an expansion of voter suppression policies (with many states lowering voter times, limiting mail in voting, and other anti-voting policies), harm done to whitewash black museums, and an expansion of the executive branch (in violation of the separation of powers). Donald Trump's authoritarianism is nefarious, and people have every God-given right to peacefully dissent with Trumpism in 2026.
The Age of President Joe Biden's Presidency was a paradox in that he won the 2020 election as a mdoerate candidate in the midst of progressive furvor (among many Democratic voters), but many of his economic and domestica policies were massively progressive not moderate. Joe was born up North in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He got his political start in Delware where he was a Senator for decades. He ran for President multiple times and won it by 2020. Biden in 2020, defeated more progressive candiates during the Democratic primary (who are Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren). Joe Biden took his time and gathered more delegates as the political race proceeded by gaining support and giving speech plus his political organizing. Joe Biden went to South Carolina and won the primary, because Bernie Sanders is right on many economic issues, but he didn't come to gain more support among the African American leaders in South Carolina and Selma, Alabama. One of Bernie Sanders' great mistakes was not coming to Selma to commemeoriate the 55th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Joe Biden won the Democratic primary and debated Trump in highly charged debates. Those debates were filled with heated exchanges representing the massive political polarization in American society. Joe Biden won the 2020 election. After November 2020, Trump and his team tried their best in trying to sue to steal the election in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and in other places. Georgia voting for Biden was very historic. The Supreme Court prevented Trump from stealing the 2020 election via their court decision. Then, January 6th happened when MAGA terrorists invaded the U.S. Capitol illegally to assault police officers, yell racial slurs, damage property, steal Congressional items, threatened to hang then Vice President Mike Pence, wave Confederate and Neo-Nazi flags on Capitol grounds (for the first time in American history), and nearly assaulted Congressional leaders. The National Guard and other authorities stopped the terrorist mob by the afternoon. The National Guard remained for weeks in Washington, D.C. to protect Biden and the American people in D.C. President Joe Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021 when I was 37 years old. There were fireworks, celebrities celebrating Biden, celebrations, and a sense of release. President Joe Biden passed some of the most progressive legislation in U.S. history economically and socially. He signed economic bills that invested in our communities like: The American Rescue Plan, the expasnion of the Child Tax Credit in a historic level, summer nutrition benefits, investments in child care programs, and used the State Small Business Credit iniative to help invest in up to 100,000 small businesses over the next decade. Joe Biden had some foreign policy errors in Afghanistan and in other places. The country improved economically, and Biden grew to delay in his speeches. Ageism is a prejudice unfortunately that is common in America, so Biden was questioned of his intellectual capacity by 2024. By 2024, Biden decided to not run for re-election for the good of the country, and Kamala Harris won the Democratic nomination of 2024. Kamala Harris won a valiant campaign and set many records, but she lost because of many complex reasons (like sexism, racism, economic angst, misinterpretation of Kamala's views, and other reasons). The Age of Biden showed America having great improvements and new challenges. It was a short four year time that saw massive blessings and the backlash of Trumpism causing Trump to win in 2024. After 2024, we are still fighting for our democracy that our acnestors courageously fought for.
One of the most popular religions on Earth is Mormonism. It has been around for a very long time, and it's divided into different types like many creeds. It was founded by the Freemason Joseph Smith who lived a short life of controversy, spiritual deception, and being a deluded soul unfortunately. His family suffered many illnesses and emotional pain. Followers of Mormonism went to Utah and other places in America. The Freemason Brigham Young was a one innovator of Mormonism too. The Mormon religion has mystical and unique spiritual heresies like calling humans Gods with the chance of creating their own spiritual children in other planets and following the baptism of the dead ceremonies. To this day, Mormonism has grown to be one of the most powerful religions on Earth. Many famous people in Mormonism are Mitt Romney, the late Mia Love, Gladys Knight, Brandon Flowers, Donny and Marie Osmond, David Archuleta, and other human beings. The good news is that numerous individuals have left Mormonism to be born again. To be clear, dissent with Mormonism peacefully and with logical explanations is not bigotry. Bigotry is irrational, evil hatred of Mormonism because some people are Mormons, it is any form of discrimination of Mormons because they are Mormons. Bigotry is also dehumanization of Mormon people. I reject hatred, discrimination, and dehumanization of Mormon people. Mormons like all people have the right to work, live their own lives, and be free without oppression. Yet, I do believe in peaceful dissent with the doctrines or theological views of Mormonism. At the end of the day, we want the truth to be embraced by all people in the world.
Summer represents vacations, renewal of purpose, hot weather, and seeking a focus on truth plus justice. During the middle part of the year, it is only fitting to mention the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. For us (who are Americans), it has been long journey indeed. We have lived through wars, social movements, triumphs, and a pandemic that changed the world forevermore. America now is is in another croosrads where we have the evil forces of reaction and fascism vs. the forces of democracy. The question is whether we shall see America thrive with justice, equality, and democracy or end with a permnant authortarian state. Time will tell. Only God knows the complete future 100 percent. Therefore, it is our right and responsibility to keep the faith and to do what is right for a sincere motivation.
Recently, Nick Cannon and Amber Rose agreed with each other to say that the Democratic Party is the party of the Klan and Democrats don't care about black people. Amber Rose and Nick Cannon said the lie that Trump is an admirable person? The truth is obvious. Racism is not limited by party. There are racists who are Republicans and Democrats spanning centuries. Yet, the system of racism existed long before both parties existed. Trump is not an admirable person by him mocking people with disabilities, for mocking soliders by calling them "suckers and losers," calling Congressional leader Mitch McConnel's wife a racist slur, calling Somalis "garbage," saying perverted comments about his own daughter, and going about to call black progressives "low IQ." These are the actions of a racist not a hero. Amber Rose and Nick Cannon omit historical truths. The truth is that the Democratic Party didn't create the Klan. The Klan was created in Tennessee by six Confederate veterans on December 24, 1865. The Klan raped, assaulted, and murdered innocent black people and other human beings too. Back in the 19th century, many Democratic members supported the Klan, and many Republicans were progressive (like the Radical Republicans of the Reconstruction era) as that is why back then black Americans supported the Republicans. That changed by the 20th century. By the days of the New Deal and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, many Democrats supported civil rights and racial justice while many Republicans supported the Southern Strategy, voter suppression laws, austerity, and other evils. Therefore, no one party has a monopoly of virtue, but by the 21st century, the GOP is dominated by the racist, sexist, and xenophobic agenda of Trumpism, and the Democratic Party has tons of members opposed to that agenda. Trump has tried to get rid of black museum programs, wants mail in voting to be banned, supports an unjust Iranian war, and pardoned January 6th terrorists, but Amber Rose and Nick Cannon have the nerve to glorify Trump (and the MAGA movement). So, parties can change ideology over time. The Democratic Party of 2026 is not equivalent to the 19th century Democratic Party. The Republican Party of 2026 that embraces Trump is not the same Republican Party of the 19th century. This is not shocking as Amber Rose is a sellout (who recently said that white people should be allowed to say the n word), and Nick Cannon is intimidated by the establishment.
By Timothy
Friday, March 27, 2026
More End of the Week News in March 2026.
Many holidays are coming up like Passover. Passover is a very important holiday in Judaism that celebrates the Hebrews escaping from the slavery and injustices inflicted on them from the Egyptians. In our generation in 2026, we still face many problems like economic uncertainty, an unjust war, corporate conflicts of interests, a desire to see judges follow Trumpism unconditionally, and other evils. Yet, in the midst of these injustices, we are reminded to fight for liberty so all in the human race can have happiness, joy, peace, justice. Freedom is our birthright. Many evil people want to do anything possible to restrict rights from human beings, and we are opposed to that. The reason is that we may have ideological disagreements with our neighbors on some issues. We may have theological differences with our neighbors. Yet, it is wrong and immoral to execute policies to oppress our neighbors. We desire no malice. We desire nothing more than seeking for justice and giving people the opportunity to live their lives, help their family, have adequate health care, live in a cleaner environment, worship God (or not. Me personally, I believe in God), and to witness their descendants to witness a better world than the past. Fundamentally, we don't desire to go back to the past or have the status quo of the present. We want to honor the heroes of our past, respect our great history, honor the elders who came before us fighting the good fight, respect the efforts of the present that desire true liberty, and seek a better future.
Margaret Ryan, who is the top enforcement official at the Securities and Exchange Commission (that investigates insider trading and other illegal activities in the financial markets) has resigned last week after six months on the job. Sources say that Ryan wanted to be more aggressive to get charges of fraud and other misconduct including against Trump's inner circle. SEC's chairman, Paul Atkins, and other Republican appointees to the commission wouldn't let her do it. Trump appointed Atkins as the chair of the SEC. Atkins was the co-chair of the Token Alliance that promotes cryptocurrency. Atkins allowed the SEC to settle many lawsuits with cryptocurrency companies and had a lax regulatory approach to fraud. Trump has been accused of doing insider trading. That is why we have to use our thinking to promote goodness and reject tyranny. With this reality, you some regulations in the world. The Trump administration gave credit companies favors, tax breaks, and deregulation. Trump passed legislation that gave record tax breaks for the super wealthy, so Trump is for the interests of the one percent, not the majority of the American people.
Trump wants to target judges who disagrees with the GOP whom he called "criminals." He called judges who disagree with Trumpism criminals which outlines his fascist ideology. People have every God-given right to disagree with Trump's views. Trump wanting to crackdown on judges is evil. There has been an increase of threats against federal judges. Trump doesn't care about the safety of judges who are progressive. Trump housing chief Bill Pulte is now filing a new criminal probe of Letitia James after James was acquitted. This is beyond harassment of Letitia James. This is about trying to end the progressive successes of the 20th century plainly speaking from civil rights to environmental protections. Many sexists and racists have a vendetta against Letitia James. The Trump administration promotes an illegal, immoral war in Iran, supports the terrorism of ICE, and desires to restrict our voting rights. Trumpism is a clear and present danger to our democratic systems without question.
There has been a landmark decision in Los Angeles that finds Meta and YouTube negligent in a social media addiction trial. A jury in Los Angeles found that Meta and Google were negligent and failed to warn users of the dangers associated with using their platforms in a high-profile social media case. This comes to mean that the compensatory damages are assessed at 3 million dollars with Meta having to pay for 70 percent and YouTube having to pay for 30 percent. Many families and children accuse social media companies of using their technology to intimidate and promote mental health harm to younger people, especially teenagers. A young woman identified as K.G.M. or Kaley alleged that she was addicted to apps like Instagram and YouTube as a child. One Meta spokesperson said that they respectfully disagree with the verdict and evaluating their legal options. YouTube had disagreed with the verdict and plan to appeal. The truth is a balanced approach. Social media should never be blamed for all evils in the world as the First Amendment is a supreme right. Yet, some younger people are harmed by many social media, and legitimate regulations are necessary in social media to protect children and adults from harm. This issue is not going away, and some compare it to the Big Tobacco moment of the 1990s when tobacco companies had to pay billions of dollars for lying to the public about the safety and potential harms of their products. In Sante Fe, New Mexico, Meta had to pay $375 million in damages for violating the state's unfair practices after Attorney General Raul Torrez said that the company didn't do enough to protect the apps from online predators who target children. Meta said that it would appeal the case. Therefore, we need legitimate safeguards in social media.
The state of Oklahoma is wrong is give sensitive information to the DOJ. One Sheriff in California has seized 650,000 ballots. He wanted to investigate potential fraud in last year's election. The sheriff is a Republican who is running for Governor in California. This Republican sheriff is named Chad Bianco. Another extremist named Ingersoll said that some people who shouldn't be allowed to vote (in the realm of 150 million people in a fairer world). He said that only married people and others should be allowed to vote. This plan, if implemented, is illegal. These reactionaries desire to end voting rights as we know it. Threats to our voting rights continue, and these voter suppression advocates are not playing any games. They are being overt in desiring to limit who can vote and which documents you can show to vote in an open society.
By Timothy
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Domestic and Foreign Policy News.
With an upcoming Supreme Court case that could heavily restrict mail in voting, our voting rights are further under threat. From the Voting Rights Act of 1965 being heavily curtailed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 to the draconian voter suppression laws now, we have a democracy crisis in U.S. society. That mail in voting case is related to the state of Mississippi. We also have the controversial SAVE Act. That bill promotes some of the slickest attacks on voting rights of all time. Studies and research show that the bill would block millions of Americans from voting, according to the Brennan Center including other experts in favor of voting rights. The House passed the SAVE America Act on February 11, 2026. It is now being debated in the U.S. Senate. The bill is wrong, because it has a "show your papers" requirement for voter registration. That means that every American citizen must show documents like a passport or birth certificate (which you have to pay a lot of money to get) in order to register to vote. Half of all Americans don't have a passport, and more than 21 million Americans lack access to those documents. Millions of women with married names don't have the same name on their birth certificates. So, they could potentially lose their voting rights. This bill can disenfranchise poor people, black people, rural people, people of color, and the elderly. Some bills want voter rolls to be sent to the DHS. The SAVE Act provides limited IDs for people to vote, it bans the use of student IDs, mandates voter surges every 30 days, bans universal mail in voting (or make all people submit an application to get a mail in ballot). We know that Trump desires to ban mail in voting (yet, Trump has voted by mail in Florida outlining his hypocrisy), threatened to put ICE agents near voting centers, and promoted the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Mail in voting has helped the elderly, it is safe, and it works. We must oppose this SAVE Act vigorously.
The Pentagon restricts the press again after the court loss. The fundamental point of the Iranian War is that Trump has not put forth a legitimate strategy to end the Iran war. The Iranian War is purely unjust. That is why there will be a new No Kings Day rally on March 28, 2026. Trump is extremely naive to believe that he can end this war by fiat, and he desires the Strait of Hormuz to be opened soon. Trump said that he maybe controls the Strait of Hormuz which is total absurdity. Iran had denied that serious talks are underway. Trump should end this war, but he wants to maintain his power and wealthy. So, Trump may end this war in the coming weeks to save face. Many of his financial backers in Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., Qatar have their wealthy gone down because of the war. Dubai's luxury resorts are under fire too. There is a massive political backlash against the war that could cost Republicans the midterm elections in the end of the year. Netanyahu continues to bomb Lebanon and Iran when he has been accused of financial corruption for years. Iran recently launched intermediate range ballistic missiles at the U.S./U.K. Diego Garcia military base which is 2,500 miles away. That is far enough to hit parts of Europe.
Trump ordering ICE agents to deploy at U.S. airports by force represents an escalation of the authoritarian Trump regime. These ICE agents have no extensive training that takes about six months for TSA agents to handle airport security. This policy is being enforced by Trump's cabinet official Tom Homan. Trump is doing this to try to convince Senate Democrats to promote minor cosmetic reforms in ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), two units of DHS whose agents murdered protesters Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January 2026. Hundreds of TSA agents have quit, and thousands have called in sick every day, so they can work second jobs. They want to feed their families and pay their bills. The DHS funding authorization expired on February 15, 2026. There have been no full paychecks since then. This comes as ICE and CBP has received a five-year appropriation last summer part of Trump's economic law which promotes tax cuts for the super wealthy. Trump said that the greatest enemy of America is the Democratic Party and the Radical Left. To call millions of Americans the greatest enemy in America is plain fascism and evil. People have the right to dissent with this current administration via the First Amendment.
A recent CBS poll showed that 60 percent of American oppose a military attack against Iran. Trump, by his own doing, has caused an attack in Iran (with Israel) to drive up oil prices, harm our alliances with allies, and Iran has denied talks with America as Trump claims to have major points of agreement. How can you have major points of agreement when the Trump regime allowed Americans to die and Iranian little girls to be killed by a strike. The Middle East is now in a war zone when attacks have taken place in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, the U.A.E., Israel, Lebanon, etc. This reality has caused a division in the MAGA movement with some MAGA people opposing the war in Iran. A kingdom divided can't stand, and we have seen people like even Joe Rogan (who supported much of the MAGA agenda) oppose the Iranian war. Trump is lower than low for saying that he is glad that former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is dead (Mueller lived to be 81 years old). This shows Trump's low character, and anyone supporting Trump's comments is lower than low too.
There has been 2 people dead and dozens injured in the Air Canada crash at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York City. The pilot and co-pilot were killed, and 41 other people were injured according to a Port Authority spokesperson. There was an arriving passenger jet that struck a Port Authority vehicle at the airport late at night. 32 people have been released. The issue with this relates to air control issues as this nation of America lacks air control workers. Now, we have a TSA shortage as people are forcing the TSA to work for free. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has asked Congress for additional money for air traffic control. Congress needs to invest in air control to further modernize the system. Members of both parties, Democrats and Republicans, desire this funding. There has been video footage released of the fatal crash between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. NTSB investigators have been doing their jobs to investigate the horrendous scene. LaGuardia Airport reopened a single runway by 2 pm. EST. They warned travelers to expect delays and cancelations.
By Timothy
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Health Research.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-mediterranean-diet-boost-mitochondrial-linked.html
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-identify-protein-that-slows-key-effects-of-aging/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70578341/memory-cells-consciousness/
https://www.marthastewart.com/foods-for-healthy-aging-11914259
Monday, March 23, 2026
Late March 2026 News Updates.
For those of us who lived on this Earth for more than 40 years, we have a unique perspective of America. We have seen the storm or the rain the blessings of this nation too. There are many challenges in America as we all realize. There is massive economic inequality with some large corporations having governmental-like authorities that pollute our environment, discriminate (against black people, brown people, women, disabled people, and other human beings), and go out to receive record tax breaks from an authoritarian regime headed by Trump. Trump has been allowed by the Supreme Court to have near immunity. We still have institutional racism impacting the black community and other communities of color in dealing with health, education, economics, and other issues. We have serious problems with sexism (which is promoted heavily by the manosphere and other red pill extremists), xenophobia, and other prejudices that exist in American society. Still, America has not reached into true equality for all people. Equality doesn't mean that everyone is genetically identical. Even twins are not genetically identical. Equality precisely means that all people have equal worth, equal dignity, equal value, and have the God-given unalienable rights (of the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) that should be never taken away. Equality means that all human beings should be treated with the same respect and dignity plus given excellent opportunities to achieve their own happiness or a successful life. I still have hope for America. As an older Millennial who has lived on this Earth for almost a half of a century, I hope. The reason is because of the working class and other people building this nation up, of the black activists defending black human rights, of the people opposing ICE's excessive behavior against immigrants, the people defending our voting rights (against the SAVE Act and other voter suppression policies), etc. I have great hope for the unsung heroes saving lives, growing charities, developing food drives, and protesting constantly for our sacrosanct democratic rights.
Science is not just the study of things that we can observe quantitively. When we were children and teenager, we learned about the scientific method that deals with the following concepts chronologically: Observation, Question, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion, and Communication/Iteration. Also, science deals with the wonder and beauty of Nature too. Part of that exquisite wonder relates to the complexities of the compositions of the Earth's atmosphere. The parts of the atmosphere may differ in temperature, organisms, other forms of energy, etc. Yet, these parts of the atmosphere are related to the sun's rays going to the Earth. Each part of the vast atmosphere is key to developing and preserving our fragile ecosystem. From birds flying in the lowest atmosphere to satellites and the International Space Station at the highest atmosphere, all of us are interconnected with the functions of the vast Universe. The atmosphere has air filled with mixed gas, gravity retaining the atmosphere, and many particles (like aerosols, particulates, etc. that form clouds and hazes). Ultraviolet solar radiation, temperature variation, greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, and meteoroids exist in the atmosphere.
The decade of the 2020s has exploded with creativity, social movements, hope, tragedies, and the end of the Presidency of an authoritarian fascist. This time saw the general public (not just dedicated scientists and researchers) reckon with the reality of artificial intelligence. A.I. has changed everything from movies, how people shop for items, and how music is presented (with a massive backlash from many artists and debates about control and originality). There is the new A.I. musician Xania Monet who has created songs, and the person who generated this A.I. creation is Telisha "Nikki" Jones. This time saw the growth of wars and other military conflicts in Venezuela, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other places of the world. The early third of this decade was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It first erupted in China by November 2019, but it was on a massive international scale by early 2020. By the middle of March 2020, tons of places in America were shut down completely. I remember that time just like yesterday. A recession existed because of the pandemic, over one million Americans died from the illness, and millions of Americans had to unemployment insurance to survive literally. Worldwide, millions of people also died from COVID-19. There were vaccinations that people received. Debates about closing stores continued, but we lived in an emergency setting back then. Also, there was the largest anti-racism, anti-police brutality protests globally in 2020. People wanted to seek justice for the unjust killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and all black victims of unjust police terrorism. The 2020s saw albums, victories from athletes (in the 2024 Paris Olympics and other events), and a resistance movement against Trumpism.
The troposphere is the lowest, densest layer of the Earth's atmosphere. It extends from the surface of the Earth to almost 5-10 miles. It contains about 80 percent of the atmosphere's mass and almost all water vapor. This region acts as the primary layer for weather, clouds, and air circulation. Temperature and pressure both decrease rapidly is the area where temperature stops stop decreasing with height, acting as a "lid" that separates it from the stratosphere. The troposphere is the location where almost all weather (including clouds, rain, snow, and storms) exists. It has vertical mixing and convection. The temperature declines as the height increases to as low as -60 degrees Fahrenheit (-51 degrees Celsius) at the tropopause. The air decreases nearly exponentially with height form roughly 1000 hPa at the surface to 120 hPa at the tropopause. This layer has humans and animals live and breathe with mostly nitrogen (78 percent) and oxygen (21 percent). There is surface heating. So, warmer air is less dense and raises, while cooler air sinks creating constant mixing and vertical convection currents. So, the troposphere is a natural filler. It holds ono water and traps dust and particles (making it essential for life on Earth).
The stratosphere is just above the troposphere. It is about 31 miles above the Earth's surface. This layer has the ozone layer, which absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun. It is very dry, stable, and warmer in its upper regions than its lower regions. That is why commercial jet aircraft often fly in the lower stratosphere to avoid turbulence. It has many stratified temperature zones, with the warmer layers of air located layers lower (closer to the plenary surface of the Earth). The reason why there is an increase of temperature with altitude is a result of the absorption of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation by the ozone layer. The ozone is exothermically photolyzed into oxygen in a cyclical fashion. The tropopause border is the border that demarcates the beginning of the temperature inversion.
The mesophere is the third layer of the Earth's atmosphere. It extends 31-35 miles above the surface. It has extremely cold temperatures. It can be as cold as -91 degrees C. to -125 degrees C. It is the region above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere. The region protects the planet by burning up most meteors. It has the lowest temperatures in the atmosphere and forms nocticulucent clouds, which are rare high altitude clouds. It plays a role in the global circulation of the atmosphere.
On Day 15 on February 21, 2026, the women's mass start winners of the biathlon were Oceane Michelon of France winning gold, silver was earned by Julia Simon of France, and bronze went to Tereza Vobornikova of Romania. The two-woman bobsliegh race was won by gold by Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany, Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten of Germany with silver, and Kaillie Humphries and Jasmine Jones of America winning bronze. The men's cross country skiing classical was won by Johannes Hosflot Klaebo of Norway winning gold, Martin Lowstrom Nyenget winning silver from Norway, and Emil Iversen winning bronze from Norway. The men's curling team had Canada winning gold, Great Britain winning silver, and Switzerland winning bronze. In men's ski cross, Italy won gold by Simone Deromedis of Italy, Federico Tomasoni winning silver from Italy, and Alex Fiva winning bronze from Switzerland. For he mixed team aerials of freestyle skiing, the American team won gold, the Switzerland team won silver, and the Chinese team won bronze. For the mixed relay of the ski mountaineering, France won gold (with Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet), Switzerland won silver (with Marianne Fatton and Jon Kistler), and Spain won bronze with Ana Alonso and Oriol Cardona. With speed skating of men's mass start, Jorrit Bergsma won gold from the Netherlands, Denmark's Viktor Hald Thorup won silver, and Andrea Giovannini of Italy won silver. In the women's mass start of speed skating, Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands won gold, Ivanie Blondin won silver from Canada, and Mia Kilburg of America won bronze.
On Day 16, February 22, 2026, the four man Bobsleigh race was won by Germany for gold, Germany for silver, and Switzerland for bronze. For the women's classical of cross country skiing, Ebba Andersson won gold from Sweden, Heidi Weng won silver from Norway, and Nadja Kalin won bronze from Switzerland. For the curling women's team race, Sweden won gold, Switzerland won silver, and Canada won bronze. For the women's halfpipe of freestyle skiing, Eileen Gu won gold from China, Li Fanghui of China won silver, and Zoe Atkin won bronze from Great Britain. For men's ice hockey, the American team won gold, Canada's team won silver, and Finland's team won bronze. As for the Paralympic Games, America won many medals like Oksana Masters of America winning gold in the women's spring sitting race, Kendall Gretsch winning silver, and Anja Wicker winning bronze from Germany. Jake Adicoff of America won the men's sprint classical for the visually impaired, Yu Shuang won silver for China, and Zebastian won bronze from Sweden.
One of my great relatives was my paternal 2nd cousin Vivian Garfield Beech Ayres (1931-2024). She was born in August 5, 1931 at Northampton County, Virginia. She passed away peacefully at home on January 12, 2024. Her parents were Walker Dumas Beech Jr. (1885-1966) and Cora Lee Tillery (1895-1955). Vivian B. Ayres lived to be 92 years old. Many relatives called her Momma including people who knew her. She had a joyful spirit as a human being. She was the 11th child born to Cora and Dumas Walker Beech in Cape Charles, Virginia. She attended Northampton High School in Machipongo, Virginia. By 1950, she married Elton D. Ayres Sr., and they had six children. Vivian and her husband left Virginia in 1963 to move to Trenton, New Jersey to seek better employment. She worked at the Switlik Parachute Company and then had a position as a Teacher's Aide at Cook Elementary School. Her final job was at Helene Fuld Hospital in Trenton, where she retired in October 1989. She loved to talk, take vacation, and cared for her grandchildren. Bobby, one of her older grandsons lived with her in her final years. She loved shows like General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Judge Judy, etc. She loved to play games on her IPad too. She read many Harlequin romance novels. He was a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles in her life. The siblings of Vivian Beech Ayres are: Dumas Beech Jr. (1914-1921), Rose D. Beech (1916-1939), Melvin Thomas Beech (1917-1968), Earle Dale Beech (1919-1991), Lois Carolyn Beech (1923-2020), Georgia Beech (1925-1925), Darrel Morgan Beech Sr. (1926-1991), Carrie Webster Beech (b. 1930), Philbert Dutel Beech (b. 1930), and Barbara Ann Beech (1934-1998). The children of Vivian and Elton Ayres are Charlene Denise Ayres-Britt (b. 1951), Darisel Darcel Ayres (1952-1953), Elton Douglas Ayres Jr. (b. 1953), Bessie Teresa Ayres (b. 1954), Deasia G. Ayres, Ernestine Ayres Dean (1955-2004), and Carolyn Louise Ayres (b. 1957). Vivian Ayres has 15 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Her funeral took place in Burlington, New Jersey. Vivan's mother is my 1st cousin Cora Lee Tillery, and Cora's parents are Walter Tillery (1868-1927) and Sallie Gary (b. 1869). My 2nd great granduncle Walter Tillery's parents are my 3rd great grandparents of Isham Tillery (b. 1835) and Martha Jane Randolf (b. 1847). Isham Tillery's parents are Isaac Tillery (b. 1818) and Betsy Hogany (b. 1820).
My maternal Peeples family has a long history. This is the story of my cousin Vernell Peeples Jr., and his wife, the late Olivia Peeples. Olivia Peeples lived for 78 years and passed away at Virginia Beach, Virginia on Friday, December 23, 2022. She was born in Harlem, New York City on November 3, 1944 to her late mother Cherryle Johnson. She graduated from high school and studied at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she earned an associate degree. She was a social worker for the New York State Department of Labor for decades in helping New Yorkers find gainful employment. When she was in her early twenties, she met Vernell Peeples, at a Harlem eatery called Chock Full O Nuts. Olivia Vernell were married and had 2 children who are Shelton Peeples and Darnell Peeples. The family loved education, and Olivia ran for a seat on the local school board. The family lived in New York City for years. Later, she and Vernell moved into Virginia. They lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and my cousin Vernell Peeples Jr. passed away in 2021. Her son Shelton Peeples has the spouse of Teri living in Bayonne, New Jersey. Her other son Darnell Peeples has a spouse named Monique living in Hiram, Georgia. Her granddaughters are Taylor, Kaitlyn, Kamryn, Ava, and Rhyan. Her great-granddaughters are Riley and Royal. Olivia's husband Vernell Franklin Peeples Jr. (1942-2021) was my 2nd cousin. His parents were Vernell Franklin Peeples Sr. (1912-1987) and Bettie Wilkerson (1918-2003). Vernell Franklin Peeples Sr.'s parents were My great-granduncle Ralph Charles William Peeples (1884-1967) and Mattie Annie Barrett (1890-1985) The parents of Ralph Charles William Peeples were my 2nd great grandparents Charles Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virgina Brown (1857-1946). Charles Peeples's mother was my 3rd great grandmother Annie Peeples.
By Timothy
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