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     One special group you have targeted with your vile racist lies and insults, documented by journalist Ja’han Jones, is a distinguished group of black legal theorists and practitioners, and the result is that these brilliant members of our society get threats, including promises of death, from your followers:

   There are many different organizations who are working to Get the Vote Out, and get more people registered on National Registration Day 9-19-23. This started in 2012, and last year 1.5 million Americans were registered and others got their registration corrected.

     America’s democracy is now facing a mortal enemy from within. Regrettably, it’s Republican Congresspersons, who behave as anti-democratic domestic terrorists, and kowtow to former president Trump. This enemy is far more dangerous than even the past Confederacy. They can troll the halls of Congress and weaponize the House of Representative investigative powers. However, they’re   no match for the Heroic Knights of Integrity.

     “Communities like the South Bronx, where I work, have suffered far too much and far too long from disproportionate fossil fuel pollution,” she told City Council members in December. “For communities like the South Bronx, asthma rates are already one of the highest in the country and children and teenagers visit emergency rooms with respiratory illnesses at rates twice city’s average. We cannot afford to endure additional respiratory illnesses, and we cannot afford to wait another year without government action.”

     Our holidays all mark something aspirational–or at least they should, until they are commodified. Some are more joyous, some more reflective.

     Nearly 50 years after the Vietnam War, and more than 25 years since the US and Vietnam established diplomatic relations, the two countries have entered into a “comprehensive strategic partnership.” That extraordinary transformation is due mainly to one factor: China.