Author: Carma Henry

       Well, Trump has been found liable in civil court for his past behavior and his misrepresentations about his acts with a woman, he has been indicted for election abuses in more than one state, he was once associated with refusing to rent housing to Black renters in New York, he has been sued by contractors but he managed to get away without jail time in every instance.

        Over the past three years, a collective of volunteer re-searchers, lawyers, and commentators created The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, dedicated to holding accountable four weapon manufacturing corporations based in the U.S. Their tribunal amassed copious evidence to prove that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly Raytheon), and General Atomics (a company which manufactures weaponized drones) are guilty of committing war crimes. On January 15, 2025, as the world marks the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, a press conference will announce the Tribunal’s verdicts and release the report of 10 international jurors who have weighed the evidence submitted to them.

       Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remains one of the most powerful moral voices in American history, known for his unyielding commitments to justice, equality, and moral high ground. He is revered in large part for his leadership during the Civil Rights Movement, which transformed the nation by advancing civil rights, challenging systemic racism, and calling on Americans to live up to the highest ideals and promises of the founding fathers—”all men are created equal.” Today, America continues to grapple with division, inequality, and polarized politics. King’s vision is as relevant in 2025 as it was when the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964.

       If Trump’s working-class voters believed that deporting 13.3 million people will somehow improve their economic lives, many will soon learn that mass deportation harms all working people, not only migrants, and will help exacerbate a growing, oppressive inequality. 

     If there was ever a single worst time in history to undermine climate science and America’s climate leadership, it is right now. So it is an outrage that incoming President Donald Trump’s picks for key administration posts signal his intent to do just that. And the clear pro-fossil fuel, anti-science agenda extends beyond Trump’s picks for the positions most obviously related to climate policy. We know that nominations like fossil fuel industry shill Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and oil executive Christ Wright as head of the Department of Energy spell disaster for the lives and livelihoods, and health and wealth, of countless communities and working families. But those are not the only foxes in the henhouse.

The Mature Cat

     We are now at a moment of Trump 2.0. Trump’s administration will constitute an ideal fundraising tool for the Democratic Party to raise huge amounts of money battling the diabolical Trump, but it will also be used to divert attention from the Democratic Party’s complicity in committing genocide with Israel in Gaza, in fueling the Russia-Ukrainian war, in massive and unnecessary military spending, and in allowing corporate directors (who are also corporate donors to the Democratic Party) to be placed in high ranking government positions.

     Let those words resonate across the planet. The speaker is Yahya Al-Batran, a Palestinian man – a dad – imagining the words his newborn son would have said. The boy, Jumaa, froze to death in the family’s tent. The infant had a twin brother who was also lying still in their bed one morning recently. The parents rushed the boys to a functioning hospital, where Jumaa’s brother, at the time NBC’s story came out last week, was still fighting for his life.

     For 10 years we have heard the far right’s cry to Make America Great Again. But how did America become a superpower; what is it that made America a great nation? I contend that it is the founding principles declared in the Declaration of Independence. They were written by Jefferson, who embraced Enlightenment philosophy.

Moore was best known as half of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame soul duo behind “Soul Man” & “Hold On, I’m Coming.”