The Dismissal of Carla Hayden And Other Blacks

 As most know by now, thirty-four count felon Donald Trump fired Carla Hayden who headed the Library of Congress in Washington. Conflicting stories have arose regarding her dismissal: with some media outlets reporting her termination was based on the library acquiring LGBTQ material, yet others report her support of  diversity, equity and inclusion (D.E.I.) initiatives as the cause. Carla Hayden is a black woman, and I am quite sure this was grievous to Trump administrators, and our racist felon and chief. I fully imagine all the reasons stated above are the major reasons Carla Hayden was targeted.

Any black person in a position of power within our current government is viewed as an offense to the Trump administration, which is always proclaiming "reverse discrimination". The Republican party has made a great effort to discredit the contributions of blacks in highly visible positions, and to apply a "negative" connotation of D.E.I. hire, absent of an individual's merit or proven abilities. We saw a demonstration of this mentality when bourbon drenched Pete Hegseth ordered the removal of all historical figures which were black from the Pentagon archives, government websites and military materials. We saw more of such racist actions when Trump fired the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown. 

Trump is stomping all over our civil liberties, including freedom of speech, freedom to have different ideologies, and diversity in the workforce. We have seen this administration target agencies solely based on ideological differences held by people in important or influential positions.

Back to Carla Hayden. Pseudo Christian, Karoline Leavitt, who never misses an opportunity to display a cross around her racist neck said in a bonkers press conference."There were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children". In a most distasteful and contemporaneous manner, Hayden received notification of termination via email. What a class act. So not.

It was an awesome achievement for Carla Hayden to be appointed as head Librarian in 2016, and she accomplished a great deal for the Library of Congress. What is furthermore troubling, we can likely expect schools and libraries across the nation to be targeted--solely because of ideological differences between the white supremacist Trump & Elon Musk Republicans. Their racism is undeniably blatant, yet accepted by most of the Republican electorate, and all of the Republican House and Senate. 

Trump will endeavor to silence his critiques, as his comrade in white supremacy Elon Musk. Musk has demonstrated his sick ire by yanking down Twitter accounts for anyone who criticizes him or Tesla. And do not think for a moment Elon Musk is out of the picture, he has simply shrunk back into the shadows, much like a rabid racist bat. Bruce Springsteen, and other outspoken people will be targeted. 

Folks, we are in trouble. Black or white, Asian or Native--we are in trouble. This country was founded on a principle that Americans people can have different religions, and has always advocated for separation of church and state. Authoritarianism seeks to silence people with different ideologies in opposition to those which exercise and maintain power. What we are witnessing in United States is the type of political abuse we see in other nations headed by dictators: imprisoning people for expressing different political views, denying due process, and totally disregarding the rule of law. This is what America has become, and it is truly a sad hard fact.

For those running from what is happening in the U.S., or simply waiting for others to fight for your rights, the day is coming when you are going to get blindsided.  All the Netflix you watch is not going to save you, when the Gestapo comes calling at your door. We, as a people, better gear up for the battle ahead, as our democracy has crumbled. It is more than Trump, it is about the people who put him in power. And there are millions of them. Millions.

Brief Update

 A lot has been going on, so I have not been posting as much due to MANY problems currently bombarding me, including internet access. Hopefully I will be back soon to posting more on a regular basis, not that it really matters as Google completely disses my blog. So far only one url was claimed to be indexed, yet my Google search console declares "0 indexed pages". Google apparently owns everything: televisions, smartphones and the internet. It needs to busted up like AT&T was in 1980's or was it 1990's for monopolizing communications. 

My hope is to post soon on the daily doses of racism and white nationalism the Trump administration continues to spew out; from firing Carla Hayden who headed the Library of Congress, to the Trump Musk presidential duo transporting White South Afrikaners to the United States, while rejecting ANYONE non-white seeking a better life in this country.  Welcome to Nazi Germany for history indeed repeats itself.

Incredibly, the thug president constantly defies court orders, and now wants to arrest judges who not comply with his authoritarianism. When will it all stop? 

Continue to write your congressional leaders, sign petitions, protest, and boycott. The Republican party will never stand up to Trump, so the people must!

Tyre Nichols- Cops Found Not Guilty

This is absolutely unbelievable and abhorrent, that the Memphis police officers participating in the beating of Tyre Nichols have been found not guilty. It is my understanding, this jury was completely composed of white people. Perhaps they view Tyre as just "another black person", a sad current we see much too often. 

The evidence is undeniable--it is all on tape, and the police video is very hard to watch. I could not believe the cruelty and vicious brutality we all saw on the video when it was released. There was no justice present in this verdict. 

There is a power tripping mentality penetrating the minds of all cops, and even black cops. The names of the three men are  Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, and Justin Smith.

NPR reports "Nichols' family left the courtroom without speaking to the media after the verdict. They spoke briefly with Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, who said they were "devastated" and "outraged."

Trump has basically given free reign to rogue cops, and we can only expect to see more accounts of excessive force against U.S. citizens. We are talking about a president who does not believe in due process, so we certainly cannot expect a reasonable and fair assessment of criminal behavior from a convicted dictator. And unfortunately, the Department of Justice will offer no recourse to Tyre Nichols family.

The blood of so many black people murdered in this country cries out from the ground. It breaks my heart that so many cries go unheard. Tyre Nichols was murdered by his own people, black people, yet I cannot help but think racism plays a role in this verdict. A prime example of systemic racism where one must look beyond the surface, and peel back the layers.

Boycotting Anti-DEI Businesses

 I applaud the efforts by minorities and others to boycott the businesses which immediately pulled back DEI initiatives. Walmart, Target, Amazon are some of the major companies which pulled back DEI programs at Donald Trump's beck and call. Walmart actually stopped their DEI hiring practices a month before the election. I guess the CEO and no doubt its mostly white and male corporate board could not contain themselves, anticipating the black woman would not win. Unfortunately, as we all know, Kamala Harris lost. 

I am finding boycotting not as hard as I thought it would be. Walmart which was once a weekly thing with me is not missed at all. Their prices were too high anyway. Instead, I now shop at smaller businesses. Now consider, if such small businesses support Trump, those companies still lack the power and influence as the aforementioned. Therefore, it is a better strategy to put more money into the smaller businesses which have less lobbying pull.

There are very few Targets where I live, and I rarely shop there anyway. Sustaining from Amazon has been the hardest for me, yet I can find a lot of things on Ebay now to meet my needs. I am not sure where corporate Ebay stood with Trump, but most of the sellers on its platform are small businesses or simply individuals trying to make a living.

Please note the slap happy tariffs Trump is implementing are going to effect the "big three" (Walmart, Target, and Amazon) tremendously, and a significant portion of the businesses across the United States. Prices are going to skyrocket soon. Stock up at these smaller business while you can because we are going to get hit with a punch of low supply and high demand. Several economists are predicting smaller businesses relying on imported goods will face bankruptcy and closures.

I have no problem shopping smaller grocery stores for food supplies as opposed to Walmart. Aldi stores are a good candidate to transfer over your food purchases. I used to go to McDonalds regularly, but that immediately ended right after election. Do I miss McDonalds? Not at all, for it was always about convenience for me, and never really its food--save maybe a Big Mac. 

However, there are many people who are disabled, or who may be living in a rural community; where they have no choice but to go to a Walmart or Target. Those in such a predicament with limited options have to do what they must. In such situations purchasing from the big three is completely understandable. The best strategy is if you must meet your basic needs through the monopolies, go to other businesses for your non-basic needs: such as makeup, hair products, etc. Every person's situation is different, but in the end, the key is to buy less. Particularly in these trying times.

And without further ado, I have a compilation of pro-Trump businesses which donated to the conman's campaign below. I am sure there are many other business out there worthy of mention here, but for now, this is just a basic list of well known companies.

1800Flowers.com ACE Hardware Act Floride Alamo Rental Cars Allegiant Air Amazon Anthropologie Arby's Arizona Diamond Backs ArmorAll Ashley Furniture Auto Zone Bacardi Bali Underwear Baskin and Robins Bausch + Lomb Big Heart Pet Brands Bike Athletics Blue Bell Boost Mobile Brooks shoes Buffalo Bills Buffalo Wild Wings Buick Cadilac Carls Jr. Champ Clothing Charmin Cheverolet Chiquita Brands Chobani Yogurt Cinnabon Cincinatti Financial Conair Coors Beer Cuisinart Dairy Queen Dean Foods Dirt Devil Discount Tire Dole Foods Dudley Sports Dunkin' Donuts Enterprise Rental Car Exxon Farberware Florist.com Folgers Free People Fruit of the Loom Fruit Bouquets.com Frys Electronics GMC GNC Garmin Sports Products Geico George Forman Grill Grey Goose Hanes, Hardee's Helzberg Diamonds Hendrick Motorsports Hershey Products Hobby Lobby Home Goods Hoover Vacuum Horizon Bank Jimmy Dean Keller Williams Realty L.L Bean Land o Lakes Las Vegas Sands Leggs Pantyhose Los Angeles Angels Maidenform underwear Marshalls Martins Famous Pastry Shoppes McDonalds Meow Mix Miller Beer Milwaukee's Best Beer Mobile Molson Motorola My Pillow NAPA Auto Parts New Orleans Saints NY Yankees Norwegian Cruise Old Dutch Foods Omni Hotels Oreck Vacuums Papa Johns Pepperonis Playtex Procter & Gamble Public Storage Publix Purdue Farms Rayovac Schlotzsky's Shell Oil Sierra Trading Post Slumber Land Smucker's Products Soma Intimates Sonoco Spalding Stanley Black and Decker Hardware Star Furniture Stiletto Tools Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Popcorn Factory Tito's Vodka Toast Master Tractor Supply Turtle Wax Urban Outfitters Vanity Fair Paper Products Walmart Wendy's Wonder Bread Wow Cable Wynn Resorts Young Brands