AFTER “THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN”
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Let us not forget that it was the Black vote that put Biden in office. With all he has done to bring the country back from the brink of collapse, including having a Black Vice President, he has still failed the Black vote. He has not used the power of his office to break the filibuster in the Senate so that the George Floyd and John Lewis proposed laws could have a fighting chance to become a reality.
Trump campaign has made no effort to conceal his devaluation of Blacks and Hispanics. MAGA has become a powerful force in America, and many believe that it is time to take back their country. Even though they are in the minority, they act as if they are in the majority.
Don’t get twisted about the title of this opinion column. Gantt Report readers know that I am fond of Fulton County Georgia State Attorney Fani Willis.
The Ugly Origins of Trump’s “America First” Policy
“My message to TikTok,” says Congressman Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, a leading China hawk, is “break up with the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to your American users.” An overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives agreed, voting to demand the sale of TikTok to a US entity in six months or, if a sale cannot be made, a total ban on it. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it may not pass.
Enbridge’s 71-year-old Line 5 oil and gas pipeline, which trespasses through sovereign tribal lands, is an environmental disaster waiting to happen. And not just for the tribes.
But, make no mistake, starting from the Declaration of Independence, when Thomas Jefferson wrote “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.” The vote has always been important, and who, what, when, where, why, and how people vote has always been controversial.
“These actions are part of broader destructive processes that undermine a community’s heritage, identity, and existence — with profound symbolic and psychological implications for Palestinians not only in Gaza but globally. . . .
Every election year political pretenders prowl around Black communities. They show up at your churches, they show up at your schools, and they attempt to attend your social and community organizations to solicit your votes.