The Blatant Luciferian Symbolism in Justin Timberlake’s “No Angels”

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Time Going Forward.

 

The hush money case became more different. There were once five seated jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. Two jurors were excused recently. Ultimately 12 New Yorkers and possibly six alternates needed to be selected. There was a panel of 18 potential jurors who were questioned by prosecutors and Trump’s attorneys. Attorneys on both sides want any potential juror dismissed if the person is seen as biased. Judge Juan Merchant said that another batch of 96 jurors would be brought in to be sworn in. One dismissed juror said that former President Donald Trump was scowling at the jury. Now, there were 12 jurors sworn in. The jury is now made up of seven men and five women. The alternate juror is a woman who was also chosen on Thursday. Judge Juan Merchan said that court will resume on Friday morning. Jury selection is expected to continue until about six alternates are seated. Trump said that the court was uncomfortably cold. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his alleged role in a hush-money scheme before the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty. Alternate jurors will listen to the entire trial but won't participate in deliberations.

The Supreme Court Code of Conduct says that recusal exists to stop the appearance of impropriety. That is why Justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from Trump's presidential immunity case next week. The reason is that his wife Ginni Thomas had an explicit role in trying to overthrow the legal 2020 election. President Biden wants a rule that would sharply limit credit card late fees, saving American families more than 10 billion dollars a year. Many people need credit cards. The House Republicans voted to block the rule on Wednesday. The Republican party doing this shows that they promote corporate interests instead of true economic justice.

There is a new witch hunt in American society found in college campuses nationwide. This witch hunt is trying to suppress pro-Palestinian voices. Like always, I believe in true free speech. That means that pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli voices have the free speech to be expressed on college campuses in America without censorship. Yet, New York City universities stepped up their purging of pro-Palestinian faculty which is cruel and against the exercise of free thought. The appointment of Dr. Abdul Kayum Ahmed, an assistant professor teaching human rights at Columbia would not be renewed. This comes as the John Jay College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, administrators sent notice to Professor Danny Shaw he would be denied reappointments in the summer and in the fall. The expulsion of students at Columbia, the disaffiliation of student clubs, and the banning of protests nationwide represents total fascism not free thought being promoted. Hamas's evil murder and rape of Jewish people in Israel indeed has no justification. Also, indeed, Israeli's forces overt war crimes and mass murder of Palestinian people, the destruction of Gaza infrastructure, denying much of the humanitarian aid in Gaza, displacing more than 2 million human beings, etc. have no justification either. The criminalization of protests is not right. It's evil.  Opposing anti-Semitism is a necessity, but supporting human rights of Palestinians is not anti-Semitism. Now, the University of Michigan desires to have a new policy suppressing campus protests too under threat of expulsion and arrest. It is no secret that the FBI and the NYPD are working together to monitor dissent. We know that German police officers raided a pro-Palestinian conference, shutting down the event, and arrested the organizers.

The Senate ends both articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Democratic-controlled Senate on Wednesday made that reality happen. The trial of the cabinet secretary barely got underway. House Republicans had voted to impeach Mayorkas in February of 2024 over their views on the handling of the southern border by a narrow margin. Mayorkas was the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150 years. House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing growing threats by MAGA Republicans, because he plans to put a series of foreign aid bills on the floor, including funding for Ukraine. Many Republicans don't agree with any foreign aid, even humanitarian foreign aid to help starving people in the world. Many of them care more for a retrograde ideology than helping their neighbors themselves in the real world. The GOP is so extreme that Mike Johnson is not good enough for them. The Department of Homeland Security and the White House praise the end of the Mayorkas impeachment controversy.

We can't be naive in the real world. Chris Wary said that there are new threats to public gatherings in America. Back in April 1995, there was the bombing of the Federal Government building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I was in the 6th grade when it took place. I remember that time just like yesterday. Timothy McVeigh was part of the far-right movement that exists today. The MAGA movement is filled with far-right extremists, white nationalists, anti-Semites, and anti-government extremists. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with oppressive government, but true government is not evil if it is used to promote the general welfare of the people. Now, you have nihilists who want to abolish all of the government and use terrorism against innocent human life. That is wrong. The Oklahoma City bombing (which came after the Waco situation in 1993) was filled with chaos and other forms of evil. This hate-filled movement grew to be part of the January 6th terrorist insurrection.

By Timothy

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NYPD Arrests More Than 100 Protesters, Including Ilhan Omar’s Daughter, at Anti-Israel Protest on Columbia Campus.

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The Political World.

 

Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, but many people want to falsely blame all of the inflation in America on stimulus checks. The Justice Department is planning to sue Live Nation/Ticketmaster for running an illegal monopoly over the ticketing industry. The 2024 Presidential campaign of Donald Trump is blatantly reactionary and treasonous. Here are some reasons why. Trump has repeatedly rejected the legitimate outcome of the 2020 presidential election, without any basis in fact. Trump has continuously praised the criminal convicts of the January 6th insurrection. He called them hostages when most of them were convicted of injuring police officers during the attack. Trump has lied and said that any criminal indictments against him are part of a Biden-led conspiracy against him. The truth is that prosecutors and grand juries issued indictments and acted independently by themselves. Trump's 2024 campaign is the extension of his 2020 coup d'etat attempt against American democracy. Trump wants more tax cuts for the rich, gut worker protections, create mass deportations, and establish a new Muslim ban. Biden wants to tax corporations and the wealthy, have universal Pre-K, 12 weeks paid family and medical leave, and expand anti-poverty tax credits. The choice is clear. We should always defend the greatness of our democracy.

Six jurors have been sworn in involving the Trump hush money case. In Manhattan, about one-third of the jury has been seated in the Trump trial. The Constitution requires a speedy trial with an impartial jury. The judge reprimands Trump for Trump visibly and audibly reacting to one of the potential jurors. In other words, Judge Juan Merchan said that he can't intimidate any jurors or potential jurors. Attorney Bragg claimed that Trump wanted to falsify business records for his alleged role in a hush-money scheme before the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty. So, the prosecution in court must prove intent and cite the New York falsifying business records statute.

There is a US. Supreme Court oral arguments in the January 6th case. Some Supreme Court Justices seem skeptical of using obstruction law to charge January 6th terrorists. Prosecutions have charged hundreds of people involved in the January 6th insurrection for obstruction. There were over 90 minutes of arguments. The Supreme Court by July 2024 could have severe ramifications for some 350 people who are charged with obstruction an official proceeding for their part in the Capitol attack, including more than 100 people who have already been convicted and received prison sentences. The Supreme Court knows full well that these terrorists have obstructed an official proceeding. The problem is that many conservative members of the Supreme Court don't see it that way. If the Supreme Court decides to minimize the acts of terrorists, then those members of the Court who voted on the side of the insurrectionists have committed treason against the United States of America overtly in my opinion. I don't use those words lightly, because those insurrectionists wanted to overthrow the government unjustly.

Two things are true. The Israeli government was wrong to have a strike on the Iranian embassy on April 1, 2024, because this act has nothing to do with self-defense. Many top-level Iranian military officers, including two generals, were killed. This act is illegal and a violation of international law. Iran's response in Israel was wrong because Iran used random strikes on civilian Israeli territories in the hundreds. Iran's act had the motivation to kill Israelis, beyond military leadership. So, we have an escalation of the tensions of the Middle East done by Hamas and the far right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu (who is pro-Trump, who has been accused of financial corruption in Israel, and desires to invade Rafah which even President Biden opposes). Biden is allying with G-7 nations to unite in favor of Israeli policies. The continued death in Gaza harming civilians, churches, schools, and other civilian locations represents a violation of international law overtly. The death of aid workers has no justification in Gaza. War mongers in America want war in Iran, China, and Russia. We reject Russian imperialism in Ukraine (and Putin is a far-right dictator), but Russia shouldn't be invaded.

Day one of Trump's historic hush money trial is over. This era of the trial deals with jury selection. More than 50 potential jurors were dismissed after saying that they could not be fair and impartial. Being a juror requires that people be fair in analyzing any criminal case. Potential jurors will continue to be vetted. Trump was charged last year with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his alleged role in a hush-money scheme before the 2016 election. Trump falsely claimed that the judge won't let him attend his son's high school graduation next month. The judge hasn't ruled yet on Trump's request to be excused from the court so he can attend Barron Trump's high school graduation. The Trump defense team wants to slow things down. Prosecutors want Judge Juan Merchan to sanction Trump and fine him for violating the gag order prohibiting him from talking about witnesses in the case. Trump used a smirk during the trial.

By Timothy