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Vol. 66 No. 10 | Thursday, March 5, 2026
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 66 Years
TRUMP’S MAGA ALLIES ARE CREATING EXECUTIVE ORDER PLAN TO STEAL THE 2026 MIDTERMS By Lauren Victoria Burke
NNPA NEWSWIRE CORRESPONDENT A group of MAGA pro-Trump activists, who say they are working in coordination with the White House, are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that would claim without evidence that China interfered with the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential to President Joe Biden by over 7 million votes. Since Trump lost to Biden in 2020, he has repeatedly claimed that the election was “stolen” without evidence. The report of a group of “Trump allies” preparing an executive order to give Trump power over elections was first reported by The Washington Post.
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BLACK HISTORY EMPOWERMENT
CELEBRATION FILLS LEMON GROVE ACADEMY SEE PAGES 6-7 Families, vendors, and community members join the students at Lemon Grove Academy for an exciting day of Black History commemoration. PHOTO: CW, The Freelancer
NOVARTIS SETTLES WITH HENRIETTA LACKS’ ESTATE
INSIDE THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
Over Use of Her ‘Stolen’ Cells to Advance Medicine By Brian Witte
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BETHEL AME SHARES THE LOVE SEE PAGES 6-7
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the phar-
maceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical
PHOTO: Associated Press advancements, including the polio vaccine.
eral court in Maryland this month, aren’t public.
Details of the agreement, which was finalized in fed-
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CIVIL RIGHTS TV LAUNCHES IN SELMA AS THE WORLD’S FIRST 24/7 CIVIL RIGHTS TELEVISION NETWORK VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWSWIRE Civil Rights TV, the world’s first 24-hour television network dedicated exclusively to civil rights history, education, and future equity, has officially launched on the Connect To Your City OTT platform powered by Connect2OTT. The network debuts from Selma, Alabama — one of the most historically significant cities in the American civil rights movement — marking a new chapter in how civil rights stories are preserved, amplified, and carried forward for future generations.
Civil Rights TV operates continuously on the Connect To Your City OTT platform powered by Connect2OTT, offering documentaries, news analysis, live discussions, educational programming, global civil rights coverage, and cultural storytelling. The channel functions as both a historical archive and a living platform addressing contemporary civil rights challenges.
Civil Rights, Technology, and the AI Era
As technology and artificial intelligence increasingly shape access to information,
media, and opportunity, Civil Rights TV launches at a moment when access to digital infrastructure itself is emerging as a civil rights issue. Media fragmentation, misinformation, and uneven access to technology continue to reshape public discourse. While on-demand platforms have expanded individual content access, large-scale live broadcasting still faces challenges related to congestion, latency, and energy consumption. See CIVIL RIGHTS TV page 2
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POLITICAL PLAYBACK: CALIFORNIA CAPITOL NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED By Bo Tefu
CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA
Gov. Newsom Calls Pres. Trump’s Attack on Iran “Reckless” California Capitol Building. PHOTO: CBM
Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized President Donald Trump over the recent U.S. military strikes on Iran, calling the action “reckless” and warning it puts American lives at unnecessary risk.
In a social media post on Feb. 28, Newsom said while he agrees that Iran should not possess nuclear weapons, he argued that the president’s decision to launch major combat operations was unjustified and dangerous. “The corrupt and repressive Iranian regime must never have nuclear weapons. The leadership of Iran must go,” Newsom wrote. “But that does not justify the See PLAYBACK page 2
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