Voting rights are on trial in the United States because of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie.” . Even though the 2020 election was “the most secure in American history,” democracy is under attack. The Big Lie undermined the confidence people have in the voting process.
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In recent years, there have been several documents and documentaries published that present a past that a lot of people want to forget or change. Beginning in 1619, a year before Pilgrims dropped anchor in Plymouth, enslaved African people arrived on the shores of Jamestown on the ship White Lion. Urged by Nikole Hannah-Jones, an American investigative journalist, [1] the New York Times has documented this in its 1619 Project[2] and in the new origins story in Hannah-Jones’s book of the same name.[3] The project aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding it with the beginning of American slavery and exploring the consequences and contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story of America.
Read MoreThis is an article about climate change and how it affected people in the U.S. I that I am republishing from the Conversation.
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The unprecedented attack on the nation’s Capitol building, encouraged by Trump and other actors who appeared on the rally stage on January 6, may result in sedition charges against the former president and his sycophants.
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Update: The GOP cancelled the meeting because Trump cancelled his!!
A group of Republicans will meet at the Cobb GOP headquarters at 799 Roswell St NE, Marietta, GA 30060, which is about 6 miles from my home. I won’t be there. But if you are so inclined, you can witness a bunch of people who think that the insurrectionists were patriots. They weren’t. They participated in political violence, and were out to kill elected representatives of the U.S. government, especially Vice President Mike Pence, and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. And for your information, the program will begin at 5 P.M. but be there at 4:30 to register and have some Trump vodka.
