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Jan 16, 2025 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
In the first quarter of a new millennium, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is specifically poignant for some people, as it falls on inauguration day (47th (and 45th) of President-elect Donald J. Trump. The incoming chief executive has appropriated elements of King’s legacy to further his own MAGA agenda while undermining the core principles of equality and humanity that King sought to embed within the framework of American society. “I just never understood.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
39th president James Earl Carter, Jr. died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, 2024. The only chief executive to reach the centenary mark, he was preceded in death by his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, who passed on Nov. 19, 2023, at 96. “To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.” —1977 inaugural address by Jimmy CarterThe son of a peanut farmer, Carter earned a commission from the United States Naval Academy and helped Admiral Hyman Rickover establish the nuclear submarine program.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
“I moved to Nigeria in 2018, and I lived there for several years. This includes the COVID years, and I was not mentally prepared for the things that I would see.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
“I moved to Nigeria in 2018, and I lived there for several years. This includes the COVID years, and I was not mentally prepared for the things that I would see.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
Since his Sept. 16 arrest, rapper/producer/record executive Sean “Diddy” Combs has been held without bail at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, additional accusations and civil complaints continue to pile up concerning his involvement in illicit activities.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
“Be my victim. Be my victim.”-Tony Todd in 1992’s “Candyman.”Prolific actor Tony Todd passed away on Nov. 6 at his Marina del Rey home. He is survived by his wife, Fatima, and two adult children. His IMDd resume includes a whopping 245 credits spanning virtually every genre, but Todd is best known for his star-making portrayal as the eponymous title character in 1992’s “Candyman.”Born Anthony Tiran Todd in Washington, D.C., he grew up in Hartford, Conn. in a comparatively stable environment.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
It’s over. And yet it isn’t. The culmination of a year’s worth of controversy, high drama, and intrigue, punctuated by the insertion of a new candidate just over a 100 days prior to the actual event on Nov. 5. Alas, the buildup to the Presidential Election in this, the year of our Lord 2024 all but assures that extravagance and spectacle will likely continue well into the rest of the month.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
The ongoing melodrama of the present contest for the White House has been further complicated by provocative news releases likely originating from sources outside the United States. The principal culprits are believed to be intelligence operatives from Iran, who are against Republican candidate Donald J. Trump, motivated by the belief that his administration will oppose that government’s progress on the world stage.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
“The last weeks of a presidential election are often spent waiting for an ‘October Surprise’ – a miraculous or devastating last-minute event that tips the electorate one way or another.”—Andrew Naughtie in the British online newspaper “The Independent,” Oct. 2, 2020. “October Surprise”—a term coined by attorney and espionage veteran William J. Casey during the 1980 Presidential campaign.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
ourweekly.com | Gregg Reese
“The last weeks of a presidential election are often spent waiting for an ‘October Surprise’ – a miraculous or devastating last-minute event that tips the electorate one way or another.”—Andrew Naughtie in the British online newspaper “The Independent,” Oct. 2, 2020. “October Surprise”—a term coined by attorney and espionage veteran William J. Casey during the 1980 Presidential campaign.
