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Saved from Prosecution by Dr. E. Faye Williams

 

Jan. 17, 2025

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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - As I was growing up, I often heard people say, “We’ll have to take this to the Supreme Court!”  That was because the thinking then was the Supreme Court was the final place our leaders could go seeking justice for our human rights. I haven’t heard that said for a very long time with good reason.  Donald Trump’s Justices thought saving Trump from prosecution was a done deal.

They didn’t know that Justice Elena Kagan was going to be listening and asking, “Wasn’t the whole point of the Constitution that the President was not…supposed to be above the law?”

It seems that some on the Supreme Court missed that statement about their job, but Justice Kagan thankfully will not allow them to forget. The Democrats agree with Justice Kagan’s understanding of the Constitution, and it does not excuse Donald Trump for whom a lot of laws seem not to have been applied.

Can you even imagine the justification of anybody, not just Trump, that they could do anything they wanted to do—even oppose the United States Constitution?  Can you imagine anybody walking down 5th Avenue, shooting somebody and bragging about the fact that there would be no consequences whatsoever? Can you imagine anybody being convicted of 34 crimes with a whole lot of other things still waiting to be convicted of becoming President of the United States?

I can’t imagine that, but I also can’t imagine any sane person voting for somebody like that! The fact that his opponent in the last Presidential election ran circles around him in education, work experience, normal behavior, and a long list of other great things she cared about doing good things for, but who were not millionaires, billionaires or trillionaires?

Well, strange things do happen, and we have people who have no knowledge of Trump’s record who voted for him. The second thing we had to deal with the past week was listening to Senatorial questions meant to find out if nominees were capable of telling the truth about their past statements and behavior.  Even though we were taking the time to observe the great works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and remembering all he did to move our country to honoring the purpose of our laws and the statement that says all men are created equally. Ultimately and presumably someday, the statement will be shown to mean it  includes all genders, races and ethnic groups—but we’re still working on it.)  However, it was never our understanding that somebody named Donald John Trump would come along and with no change in our laws or cherished documents would give him the title of King Donald John Trump and allow him to be exempt from our laws!

In the coming four years, we have a job to do. Aside from teaching our young people right from wrong, legal from illegal, selfishness from caring about others, we have a huge job to do. Instead of Trump worrying about DUI, equality for women and people of color, poor people, immigrants, we need to convince Donald Trump and his allies about right and wrong for all!

I encourage you to take a look at all the nominees Trump has put up for governing our lives for the next four years. Please put in a prayer for the entire administration to do better than they’ve planned to do, so we know what to expect and how our unity will help us through the intended misery planned for us.  We haven’t heard from any of Trump’s nominees about their plans to do the right thing by people like us, but if we do the right thing, we can make a difference that benefits all of us. Don’t just stand by and accept wrongdoing.  “It’s always time to do the right thing.” Resist wrongdoing!

(Dr. E. Faye Williams, President of The Dick Gregory Society.)

Former President Jimmy Carter – ‘a Friend to Millions’ – Dies at 100 By Hamil R. Harris

Dec. 30, 2024

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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy who rose from being a peanut farmer to become the 39th President of the United States, died Sunday at age 100, surrounded by his loving family members.

Carter, who was born Oct. 1, 1924 in Plains, Ga., was not only the oldest living president, but he was known around the world as a humanitarian who loved the Lord and his wife Rosalynn. She died last year after 77 years of marriage.

He is also being lauded for his genuine love for humanity, his love for people of all races, his stances for racial equity and his contributions to peace that won him a Nobel Peace Prize. In a highly unusual moment of bipartisanship, he is being praised by President Biden as well as former Presidents Trump, Obama, Clinton and Bush.

“Today, America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman, and humanitarian,” President Biden said in a televised White House Statement Sunday. “Over six decades, we had the honor of calling Jimmy Carter a dear friend. But, what’s extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people throughout America and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well.”

Biden also said, “With his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless, and always advocate for the least among us. He saved, lifted, and changed the lives of people all across the globe.”
The body of the former president will travel from his hometown in Plains to Atlanta by motorcade, and first lie in repose in the Carter Center, his post-presidency foundation.

President Carter will then be flown to Washington, D.C. where he will be greeted with a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and lie in state at the Capitol on January 9th.

President Carter will be honored in a state funeral to take place at the National Cathedral. Then his body will be returned to Plains to be buried next to the grave of his beloved, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

Carter served only one term, 1977 -1981 after which he was defeated by Ronald Reagan in the midst of high inflation and the Iran hostage crisis. He tried hard to get the hostages freed but the mission failed until Reagan’s Inauguration Day.

In private life Carter gained a reputation as a tireless humanitarian and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
Four former US Presidents, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Donald J. Trump, offered kind words to Carter who contributed to the world that went far beyond the four years he occupied the White House between 1976 and 1980.

President Carter initially attended Georgia Southwestern College and Georgia Institute of Technology. But then he went to the United States Naval Academy where he earned his BS degree in 1946.

When Carter’s father died in 1953, he resigned his naval commission and returned to Georgia. where he and Rosalynn operated Carter’s Warehouse - a general-purpose seed and farm supply company in Plains.

Carter became a leader of the community, serving on county boards. Then In 1962, he won election to the Georgia Senate. While Carter lost his first gubernatorial campaign in 1966, he won the next election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor of Georgia on January 12, 1971.

Carter offered a soft touch to politics and on December 12, 1974, he announced his candidacy for president of the United States. He won his party’s nomination on the first ballot at the 1976 Democratic National Convention and was elected president on Nov. 2, 1976 - he served as president from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981.

While in office, Carter’s foreign policy accomplishments included bringing peace to the Middle East through the Camp David Agreement of 1978 - ending the 29-year state of war between Egypt and Israel. He also broke ties with Taiwan and reopened diplomatic relations between the United States and China.

Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was appointed by President Carter to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Young was the first African-Americans to serve in the post. Young was one of the men who helped solidify the relationship between ministers in the Civil Rights movement.

While former Senator Ted Kennedy, also known for his humanitarianism and love for civil rights, challenged Carter for the White House, Carter maintained solid personal relationships with the civil rights community.

"The way he lived his life, loving people everywhere and serving people as God’s child came from his mother and his grandfather as it did for me with my mother and my grandfather,” Young said in an interview with Atlanta’s Channel 11.

“He never claimed to be perfect, but he claimed to be obedient to the still calm voice of God, speaking within his soul and guiding him in the leadership of this nation,” Young said.

Carter’s White House achievements included major appointments to the judiciary. According to CNN, “in addition to the 41 women judges Carter named to the federal judiciary, he appointed a record 57 people of color to the bench, including those who would become prominent federal appellate judges such as Leon Higginbotham, on the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit; Amalya Kearse, on the New York-based 2nd Circuit; and Damon Keith on the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit.”

In 1982, he became University Distinguished Professor at Emory University in Atlanta and founded The Carter Center. Actively guided by President Carter, the nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy.

After his presidency, Carter became primarily known for his work in Habitat for Humanity and building homes. He also was passionate about teaching Sunday school for several years at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. On December 10, 2002, He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s also the author of 32 books. His last book was published in 2018.

On May 30, 2023, the Carter Center announced that Rosalynn Carter had been diagnosed with dementia. The Carter Center stated that she continued to live at home with her husband – who was also in hospice care as of February 2023.

First Lady Rosalynn Carter died last year on November 19, 2023, at the age of 96. During the service, uniformed workers from the National Park Service sat in the church sanctuary for a service lead by an African American pastor.

President Carter died Sunday afternoon Dec. 29th surrounded by family members and friends.

Biden called Carter, “a man of great character and courage, hope and optimism. We will always cherish seeing him and Rosalynn together. The love shared between Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter is the definition of partnership and their humble leadership is the definition of patriotism.”

The death of President Carter sparked reactions from a chorus of Presidents both Republican and Democrat.

"For decades, you could walk into Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia on some Sunday mornings and see hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the pews,” said President Barack Obama. “Some who came to hear him speak were undoubtedly there because of what President Carter accomplished in his four years in the White House — the Camp David Accords he brokered that reshaped the Middle East; the work he did to diversify the federal judiciary, including nominating a pioneering women’s rights activist and lawyer named Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the federal bench; the environmental reforms he put in place, becoming one of the first leaders in the world to recognize the problem of climate change.”

Said President George W. Bush, “James Earl Carter, Jr. was a man of deeply held convictions. He was loyal to his family, his community, and his country. President Carter dignified the office. And his efforts to leave behind a better world didn’t end with the presidency.”

President Bill Clinton said, "Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life. Guided by his faith, President Carter lived to serve others—until the very end.”

Former President and President-Elect Donald Trump said, "Those of us who have been fortunate to have served as President understand this is a very exclusive club, and only we can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the Greatest Nation in History. The challenges Jimmy faced as President came at a pivotal time for our country and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude.”

Republicans Speak Out; Harris Warns of Trump’s Danger at Massive Rally By Asia Alexander

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Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking to a crowd of about 75,000 at the Ellipse, shows determination as the days dwindle before the Nov. 5 election.

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Howard University News Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With just seven days remaining until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris energized a diverse 75,000 in the nation’s capital, urging them to unite for a final push in voter turnout. Her campaign’s bipartisan appeal has attracted unexpected support from Republicans, including Sugertown Strawberries Farm owners Bob and Kristina Lange, who shared their reasons for breaking away from their party.

“We were fortunate enough to introduce Kamala Harris at Washington Crossing,” Bob Lange said. “We got to meet her. We got to talk with her. She’s the most charismatic politician I’ve ever met. … This lady is presidential.”

Bob and Kristina Lange are among a growing number of Republicans endorsing Harris, joining figures like former U. S. Rep. Liz Cheney, former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, Olivia Troye, Stephanie Grisham, and Adam Kinzinger. At the Democratic National Convention in August, several Republicans backed Harris, and over 200 former officials from the Bush administrations, as well as supporters of Sen. Mitt Romney and the late Sen. John McCain, signed a letter endorsing her.

The Langes were a part of the “Not Again” ad for Harris, which was  aimed at voters in rural Pennsylvania, a region where former President Donald Trump saw strong support in both the 2016 and 2020 elections. 

After the release of the video in September the Langes experienced a different side of the Republican president they supported for the past two terms. 

“The MAGA crowd didn’t like our ad, so they created a false story about us that went viral on X, racking up 2 million views — even Donald Trump retweeted it,” Kristina explained. “Sky News in Australia covered the false narrative, but we eventually got our real story out. The Harris team recognized what we were dealing with. We received an overwhelming amount of hate on our phones, which continues to this day.”

Harris highlighted the importance of accepting and embracing differing viewpoints in her speech. “This election is more than just a choice between two parties and two different candidates,” Harris said. “It is a choice about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American, or ruled by chaos and division.”

The chaos Harris referred to primarily centers on former President Donald Trump. The rally’s central theme was a call to turn the page on Trump’s legacy, a message echoed by every speaker on stage.

Bob Lange voiced his frustration with the current state of the Republican Party, stating that he is embarrassed to be a Republican. 

“Trump’s insane,” Lange said. “I mean, let’s be real — he’s insane. I’m embarrassed to be a Republican. I’m a lifelong Republican, but what he’s done to the Republican Party is horrible. It’s divisive. … It’s like he’s not even really a Republican anymore, just a fanatic. And no one wants to stand up to him. Republicans are weak, just lacking a backbone. I’m passionate about not having him as our president.”

The 30-minute speech on the Ellipse echoed the same site where then-President Trump held a rally nearly four years ago, shortly before his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. In her address, Harris underscored the Democratic Party’s central argument: that another term for the former president would significantly threaten the nation’s future.

“We know what Donald Trump has in mind: more chaos, more division and policies that help those at the very top and hurt everyone else,” Harris said. “I offer a different path and I ask for your vote.” 

Asia Alexander is a reporter for HUNewsService.com.

A Mega GOTV Goal: 100,000,000 Votes for Harris By Michael A. Grant

 
Oct. 27, 2024
 
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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - The best way to overcome “The Big Lie” is with a bigger truth!  For this reason, supporters of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz should set a stretch goal of securing 100,000,000 votes on November 5, 2024.
 
This is 19,000,000 more votes than Joe Biden received in 2020.  Only 66 percent of eligible voters turned out for that contested election.  Even with overwhelming evidence that no fraud took place in the tabulation of the vote and after over 60 court challenges, Donald Trump stubbornly held on to the lie that the election was stolen from him.  And while it is clear that he knew he lost, the closeness of the count in a number of battleground states allowed him to convince his followers that he had, in fact, won the election.
 
Therefore, this time around, Trump should be defeated by such an overwhelming number of votes cast that there will be little room for any plausible dispute about who won the election.  Governing with a divided and suspicious electorate undermines the legitimate authority of candidates who won in a free and fair election.  So what are the persuasive arguments in favor of a Harris / Walz candidacy?  Well, to begin, let’s start with the economic plan being advanced by Harris.  Even the business community is lining up behind her plans to strengthen the U.S. economy.  In a recent Wall Street Journal poll (conducted October 4th – 8th), 68 percent of respondents said they thought inflation would rise under a second Trump term compared to a Harris plan.
In the same Wall Street Journal article, 65 percent of economist said they saw Trump’s policies adding more to the nation’s deficits compared to Harris’ policy agenda.  Also, 45 percent to 37 percent of economists expect economic output to expand faster under Harris.
Harris is also considering tax breaks for large companies that share profits with their workers. She wants to jump-start her economic opportunity for Americas proposal with the following:
  • $25,000 for down-payment assistance for first time home purchases;
  • $50,000 for small businesses;
  • $6,000 child tax credit.
Building on the work of the Biden-Harris Administration, she intends to continue growing the number of infrastructure jobs and employment opportunities in the “Green economy.”  Job training is also a critical component of her plans to reach out to those left behind during the ongoing tech revolution.
There is a string of powerful reasons that Harris-Walz must aim for 100,000,000 votes to win:
  • Kamala Harris wants a Justice Department that is used to protect all Americans and not for retribution or revenge against the president’s adversaries.
  • Kamala Harris wants women to control their own bodies and not have governmental invasion of the womb.  One of America’s most cherished ideals is freedom which is also one of the most galvanizing themes of her candidacy. 
  • Harris wants an immigration policy that defines the best in the American tradition, policies that secure the border in an orderly and systematic fashion but it is also humane and respects the dignity of all human beings.
  • Finally, Harris wants to bring Americans together.  She has reached out to Republicans and Independents in an effort to unify a very polarized country.  She knows that the wisdom in sacred scripture is instructive: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Her aspirations are quintessentially American.  Her policy pronouncements are inclusive.  She is ready to be president for all Americans.  For these and other reasons, setting a goal for 100,000,000 votes just makes good sense!
Michael A. Grant, J.D. is president emeritus of the National Bankers Association.

Project 2025 Will Assault Black People First; then Everybody Else by Barrington M. Salmon

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The Heritage Foundation in Northeast Washington, DC is the architect of Project 2025.

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - If Donald Trump becomes president again, African-Americans stand to lose the most. But so do women, other Black people, brown folks and immigrants – documented and undocumented.

This is not a conjecture.

The Center for American Progress says Project 2025’s sweeping tentacles would touch and influence just about every facet of American life with the goal of implementing “an authoritarian playbook that would destroy the system of checks and balances our forefathers designed when they sought freedom and popular sovereignty almost 250 years ago.

Their researchers continue, “In dissolving the American idea, the plan’s extremist policies would give far-right politicians, judges, and corporations more control over Americans’ lives.”

The LDF Thurgood Marshall Center concurs.  

“Project 2025 represents a direct and deliberate threat to Black communities across seven key areas addressed in this report: civil rights, education, political participation, the criminal legal system, housing, reproductive rights, and environmental protections,” Thurgood Marshall officials write. “At its core, it aims to dismantle essential agencies and regulations that protect civil rights while promoting anti-democratic and anti-justice initiatives that will weaponize civil rights enforcement by federal agencies. These proposals are designed to erode the very principles of equality, justice, and fairness that form the foundation of our democracy—and the impact would be devastating.”

Trump’s animosity toward Black people is palpable. He has spoken with contempt and hatred toward African Americans and immigrants and he promises to fight against and reverse civil rights and social and economic gains African Americans enjoy – if he’s elected to a second term.

The former president is promising retribution for his enemies and said he will defend his fellow Republicans who feel aggrieved and resentful of Civil rights, women’s equality, LGBTQ and trans rights and everything that has elevated non-white people since the 1960s. 

The vehicle Trump and throngs of far-right extremist supporters plan to use to drag the United States back is Project 2025, The 922-page document describes in stark detail every element of the plan. 

Project 2025 is a sweeping rightwing blueprint orchestrated by the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing conservative think tank and the Koch Brothers, which finances far-right and libertarian causes. More than 100 far-right organizations, all funded by a vast and secretive dark money network, are the financial and ideological drivers behind this project.

The actions of liberal politicians in Washington have created a desperate need and unique opportunity for conservatives to start undoing the damage the Left has wrought and build a better country for all Americans in 2025,” the Project 2025 manifesto says. “It is not enough for conservatives to win elections. If we are going to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left, we need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on day one of the next conservative administration.”

Project 2025 plans to privatize government functions, deregulate targeted industries, cut taxes for the most wealthy and American corporations and help the oligarchs churn out money at the expense of American workers, the middle class and everyone else who’re lower on the food chain.

Project 2025 and Trump’s Agenda 47 – another radical Republican scheme that embodies many of the Project 2025 proposals – touches everything from reproductive healthcare, access to abortions and abortion rights, general healthcare, labor, schools, labor unions, education and workers’ overtime. It would redirect more unchecked power into the presidency, use every mechanism and lever available in government to dismantle democratic institutions, while jettisoning America’s middle class, working class and the working poor.

USA Today explains that the plan calls for the overhaul of several federal government agencies, including the FBI. It would allow limited access to abortion pills; repeal aspects of the Affordable Care Act; push the Food and Drug Administration to reverse approval of abortion pills; and further empower Immigration and Customs Enforcement to round up, detain and deport as many as 20 million legal and undocumented immigrants.

Family Compassion, an organization committed to strengthening American families and the institutional and social frameworks that support them, warns of the dangers Project 2025 poses.

“Project 2025 presents a grim outlook for American families and the fundamental values and freedoms that exist today.  The plan will drastically cut budgets to critical support programs, likely leading to widespread financial instability, health crises, educational setbacks, housing insecurity, and food shortages,” agency officials said.

While acting as “a mandate to foster economic growth and enhance national security, Project 2025 poses a significant threat to the stability and well-being of countless families across the nation,” officials warned. “If successful, the project is likely to lead to devastating consequences for existing programs and policies that provide essential support to families.”

The far-right slate of proposals “will undercut the American Dream for another entire generation. And it will have our government turn its back on hundreds of thousands of innocent people in vulnerable situations, which is exactly the opposite of what our faith calls us to do.” 

Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large at The American Prospect, in a commentary titled, “The Far-Right has a Plan to Remake America. They Even Wrote It Down,” said the far-right cabal has compiled an extensive enemies’ list that includes “welfare recipients, lazy and liberal civil servants, anti-business regulators, environmentalists, and union bosses, “scientists, woke bureaucrats, woke educators, woke diplomats, woke generals and admirals, woke G-men, and anyone who doesn’t indulge the next Republican president’s every whim (an adaptation to the likelihood of a Trump nomination).”

Project 2025 organizers are said to have 55,000 Trump loyalists ready to step into civil service positions if Trump regains the White House. The Project 2025 document calls for “Those in charge in the incoming administration are prepared to purge those deemed disloyal after identifying and interviewing “every Treasury Department official who participated in its DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) activities and programs, and make such activity ‘“per se grounds for termination of employment.”’

Trump and conservative Republicans are openly hostile to education and what is taught at traditional colleges and universities, characterizing it as anti-American and politically motivated.

Of particular concern is the planned evisceration of the US Department of Education and the traditional public school system coupled with the elevation of school choice and voucher programs for private schools. Republicans would cut federal funding for public schools, including Title I and Head Start programs wish would affect millions of students, particularly those in low-income communities.

According to The Washington Monthly, “Project 2025, from pages 319 to 361, envisions a transformed higher education system in which the federal government strips resources from traditional liberal arts colleges and universities, politicizes college curricula; privatizes student loan programs; and weakens protections against race discrimination, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.”

Democrats have for months publicized and put a spotlight on Project 2025. And Trump has been trying to dance away, pretending to be completing unaware of the plan and claiming in a number of social media posts that he doesn’t know the people behind the plan and insists that the group doesn’t speak for him.

Try as he may, the numbers don’t lie. A recent CNN report shows that at least 140 people who were in the Trump administration were involved with Project 2025 to varying degrees.

Critics say this radical policy agenda would position each aspect of government to dismantle democracy and pull the rug out from under America’s middle class.

Some areas that are threatened by Project 2025:

Civil rights: A new Trump administration would destroy all affirmative action policies as a way to fight the scourge of “anti-white racism.” Trump’s DOJ Civil Rights Division would also “prosecute all state and local governments, institutions of higher education, corporations, and any other private employers” with affirmative action or DEI policies. The DOJ would also go after “voter registration fraud and unlawful ballot correction,” and any policies that discriminate against White people.

Education: Including eliminating the Department of Education, the plan would roll back the Biden administration’s student debt relief efforts which have eliminated about $138 billion worth of student loan debt so far. Black borrowers would bear the brunt of any large-scale debt reversal.

Economic Support Programs: Project 2025 would potentially significantly undermine economic support programs that families depend on. The Child Tax Credit, a program crucial to reducing child poverty, faces severe cuts or elimination through the reallocation of resources.

Higher Taxes for Middle Class Families: Project 2025’s playbook includes plans to increase taxes for middle class families and allow employers to stop paying overtime. 

Regulations on Contraception and Life Saving Reproductive Care: Project 2025 would remove some forms of emergency contraception from no-cost coverage. The Affordable Care Act would be rescinded, removing coverage of preventive services, including all FDA-approved birth control methods and counseling, without copayments, coinsurance, or deductible. Almost 48 million women of reproductive age would lose their guaranteed no-cost access to emergency contraception. Project 2025 would remove this much-needed option, severely undermining couples’ ability to expand their families. 

Health care: Project 2025 would dismantle the Affordable Care Act and allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid, a federal program which helps those in the low-income bracket. Some states are preparing to restructure Medicaid, in anticipation of Trump winning in November.

Black Civil Rights and civil society organizations have sounded the alarm:

“Our democracy stands at a crossroads: a path of infinite promise towards a more inclusive, equitable, and durable democracy on the one hand, and one of immeasurable and, potentially, irretrievable demise on the other,” said Jania Nelson, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s eighth President and Director-Counsel. “The assault on Black communities envisioned by Project 2025 will almost certainly condemn us to demise.”

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