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       Imagine that during World War II, at the height of Nazi Germany’s blitz of Britain, President Roosevelt invited PM Winston Churchill to Washington and humiliated him with derisive comments about Britain’s looming defeat and failure to thank the President for US support. Unthinkable, of course, but that’s exactly what happened when Ukraine’s President Volodymir Zelensky visited Washington and had to endure Donald Trump’s appalling interrogation.

     It also saves communities. It makes air and water cleaner and safer. It saves households money on their electricity bills. And it makes way for growth in renewable energy, which is better for the environment, makes power grids more resilient and reliable, and creates more jobs than coal ever will – or ever should – again.   

     The words are from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (where else?), explaining the root causes of a dystopian world. The book may be a work of fiction, but his words are deeply embedded in reality – we need enemies, the worse the better! This certainty may well be humanity’s most profound existential threat. I fear it could be “the meteor” that hits Planet Earth, ultimately spelling extinction for the dominant species.

It Doesn’t Matter Who is in What Chair as Long as God is on the throne.

With two hours of notification nearly 25,000 people join in support of Joy Ann Reid. MSNBC has decided that it will take Joy Reid’s show off the air. I saw the tears roll down her face, and the turmoil in her voice move me to a ferocious emotional response. She described the composition of her team that represented the fullness of Black America. She highlighted the comments of the truth Sayer to understand the horrors as well as understanding the joy of living in this American holocaust. The host Jotaka Eaddy saluted her as she spoke of the NAACP Image Award that Joy Reid has just won. 10, 000 people gathered on Zoom in support and another 12,951 on YouTube. Many persons of note were there as well as organizations who stood in support of Joy Reid. The Devine nine was represented as many of their presidents registered on the zoom call. Other noteworthy names include Judge Brenda Hackett, Rashid Robinson and Angela Rye spoke of the action is a spirit of “Chopping Black”! Tiffany Cross has been in the same position, and she advocates don’t watch where you’re not welcome. Don’t shop where you’re not welcome. As a show of support. #WeNeedJoyAs well as #TVOFF. Turn your TVs off of MSNBC after The Reid Out final episode on Monday February 24, 2025

   President Trump, using his business acumen and leadership skills, Checkmated Democrats and their Presidential nominee. Now, he’s focused on dismantling the federal government’s colossal bureaucracy and eliminating wasteful expenditures.

    If successful, I suspect Musk’s “love of money” will propel him to buy up or seek to use government to control all jobs effectively rendering him the Massa of the Big Plantation formerly known as the USA. Government of the people may be our last best hope preventing us all from being reduced to Fugitive Slaves. Let me explain. 

       Yet despite its laudable service, CFPB has been added to a still-growing list of federal agencies that recently have been shuttered, with employees laid off and consumers confused as to when or if operations will resume. At the same time, a profusion of lawsuits – including one that intends to preserve CFPB’s record of consumer protection – are challenging the actions of the executive-authorized Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).     It is noteworthy that a heroic, 83-year-old, retired pastor is the sole consumer plaintiff joining the CFPB Employee Association, Gupta Wessler LLP, NAACP, National Consumer Law Center, the National Treasury Employees Union, Public Citizen Litigation Group, and the Virginia Poverty Law Center in a lawsuit  that seeks to halt what the group calls illegal actions by CFPB’s appointed and acting officials.

   The American people did not vote for toxic air and poisoned water. But that will be the consequence as Donald Trump and Elon Musk move not only to dismantle the programs that keep our families healthy and safe but to fire, recklessly, the dedicated civil servants who have devoted their careers to doing the same.

     On February 18, Presidents Trump and Zelensky spoke by phone following US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia that aim at ending the war in Ukraine. Their conversation boils down to this: Trump offered his usual mix of lies and outrageous demands, and Zelensky politely and indirectly suggested that Trump was selling Ukraine out.