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.
