Today’s 9 page letter from Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis in response to a letter from US House Rep Jim Jordan, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, claims his “obvious purpose is to obstruct a Georgia criminal proceeding and to advance outrageous partisan misrepresentations. As I make clear below, there is no justification in the Constitution for Congress to interfere with a state criminal matter, as you attempt to do.”
(AMP) 5 July, 2023 Today, the US Navy reports the guided missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) prevented an Iranian ship from trying to seize two oil tankers in international waters near the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian ship fired multiple times on one of the tankers.
US Navy guided missile destroyer, USS McFaul DDG 74
On July 4, 1776, after years of growing tension, including fierce battles and initial shots fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, now known as Patriots Day, the Second Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. At the risk of being hung as traitors to Britain they pledged their lives and signed the Declaration of Independence. All 13 colonies declared our independence from Great Britain as united States of America.
The declaration justified the independence of the united States of America by listing 27 colonial grievances against King George III and by asserting certain natural and legal rights, including justifications for exercising the right of revolution.
Every year, the 4th of July is celebrated as Independence Day in the United States.
The text of the Declaration of Independence, as transcribed from the original parchment, is a beautifully worded justification to unite and stand against tyranny. If you have never read it, or want to read it again, please visit the National Archives.
George Washington, First President of the United States of America, Father of Our Country
In 2023, Presidents Day is a national holiday celebrated on Monday, the 20th day of February.
Some of us who are historians or students of history are old fashioned and prefer to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on their birthdays.
Years ago, George Washington’s birthday and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday were a thing. Then something happened so that, nowadays, most people don’t even think about Georgie and Abe, two of the most popular presidents ever.
Georgie and Abe – remember them?
As for George Washington, there is good reason for him to have become the first president. General George Washington was commander of the Continental Army. If not for his leadership of brave American patriots, victory over the redcoats and King George III of England during the American Revolution would likely have been a defeat. President George Washington was also a great statesman. Without George Washington, the army, the militias, the insurgents, our allies (such as the French), and the other founding fathers, the united states of America might have never been.
Note: the use of lower case united states in “the united states of America” is intentional for purposes of historical accuracy. America was intended to be the original name of our country; our territorial land. This can be seen in some original historical documents. Our people are Americans. United States of America is the name of the government. Nowadays, America, United States, US, United States of America, and USA, all refer to the nation. Historically, there have been other countries with united states as part of their official name. For example, from 1889 until 1930, the country we refer to as Brazil was officially named the Republic of the United States of Brazil.
As for 16th President Abraham Lincoln, the United States of America became divided when slave states of the south seceded and formed the Confederate States of America (CSA). Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and was instrumental in leading the Union yankee forces to defeat the Confederate rebels, which ended slavery in the USA.
So, why is it that so many people seem to have forgotten George and Abe to the point where most of us no longer celebrate – and not even remember – their birthdays ?!
By the way, today is Valentines Day 2/14/2023! Don’t you dare forget it or your loved one(s) will be pissed off.
For those of you who don’t know their birthdays… George Washington’s Birthday is February 22nd. Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday is February 12th.
What do you think happened so that most people of this generation no longer even think of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in February?
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You are probably familiar with short link utilities people use when a url is far too long. Shorter links are especially helpful when posting on social media sites which limit the number of characters you can put in a post.
For example, the official White House file for the 2023 State of the Union Address to Congress has an extremely long url :
President Joe Biden was able to get almost all attendees of the State of the Union address to Congress to rise and stand in support of Social Security and Medicare despite some radical extremist Republicans who refused to raise the debt limit in favor of holding the budget hostage, and defaulting on the debt, which analysts say would have plunged the economy of the United States and collapsed the global economy of the entire free world.
The 2023 State of the Union Address was given by the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 118th United States Congress.
Like most businesses, AMP News is also effected by the coronavirus global pandemic. We had intended to officially open during summer in the northern hemisphere of 2020 but that will have to be delayed.
AMP News was to be opened in 2020, but then COVID-19 hit us hard.
Update: As of Valentines Day, 2023, COVID is still horrendous in the county where we’re headquartered. At one point, there were 4618 new cases every day at it’s peak. The good news is that thanks to widespread distribution of vaccines, deaths attributed to covid are down from a high of 58 deaths per day in March 2021.
Our county in the red state of North Carolina is still getting new cases at an average of 159 per day. That is just the ones that are reported!
