Flashback 1995: The Murder of Selena

Monday, March 31, 2025 marks the 30-year anniversary of the murder of popular and Grammy-winning Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

Born April 16, 1971, in Freeport, Texas, she was delivered by then-obstetrician-gynecologist Ron Paul (who, years later, would become a member of the United States House of Representatives). 

At age 23, Selena had her life snuffed out in Corpus Christi, Texas by a woman she and her family used to trust to serve as president of her fan club. Her name: Yolanda Saldívar. (She recently applied for possible parole. Last week, Saldivar was denied.)

Saldivar embezzled thousands of dollars from Selena. The singer made the mistake of agreeing to meet at a Days Inn motel with Saldivar on the morning of [Friday,] March 31, 1995. The purpose had to do with business records. Saldivar, brandishing a gun, shot Selena. The singer died in the hospital.

Selena was married to band member and guitarist Chris Pérez (born August 14, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas). He later remarried, and divorced, and has a son and daughter (both are adults).

A 1997 film, Selena, cast then-emerging star Jennifer Lopez with highlights of the singer’s rise…and fall. The film also stars Jon Seda (as Chris). It was directed by Gregory Nava (a 1984 Oscar nominee, with then-wife Anna Thomas, in the Original Screenplay category for The North, also known as El Norte).

The Scam Operation’s Latest Con

Numerous content creators, who I normally follow and are among recommendations, have covered the latest from Team Blue as to what kind of moves they may be making post-Election 2024.

From the latest episode of Democratic Party Masturbatory Theater—a current miniseries production consisting of inadequate material and inept execution—Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez were the old stars who appeared at one or more rallies (something like that) to try to energize people to become enthusiastic and to embrace and to vote for the Ds.

Team Blue has a message: We suck. We admit it. We are going to win you back.

Team Blue says they have learned we U.S. citizens have pain.

Team Blue key players, like former speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi and would-be-next-speaker (if they can become re-empowered) Hakeem Jeffries, also claim Chuck Schumer blows.

If one doesn’t know better, the supposed seriousness of this can be taken at face value.

The Democrats, in effort to become worthwhile again, are apparently ready to do a rebrand.

I am not interested. But if I was, I would look to this Democratic Party like as if they are a dying, corporate restaurant which is coming up with new advertising—and a redesign of its logo and however many of its locations—as an attempt to get people to come back and try it one more time. 

This April 30, here in 2025, will mark the 10-year anniversary of Bernie Sanders having declared his 2016 presidential candidacy. That was in the year 2015. While some people have their minds stuck in time, I have since moved on. I have moved on from the year 2015. I have also moved on from Bernie Sanders. (And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.)

In a future topic, I intend to write an electoral feature of this. When it comes to substance, there isn’t any. The Democrats are a scam operation. This latest con is designed to get people’s votes and their dollars—as well as their minds. Team Blue has no intention in an overhaul to become, as people had considered them in the past, a truly meaningful, left political party for workers.

‘[Democrats’s] Failures…’

I describe the named Democratic Party as follows:

• The Democratic Party is not an actual political party.

• The Democratic Party is a scam operation which is full of con artists.

I don’t tend to go any further because overdoing it runs the risk of being less effective in communication.

Approval on the Democratic Party is lately very low. Which is good. Unfortunately, they still exist.

The above video, livestreamed on Saturday, March 15, 2025 by Hard Lens Media, is titled “[Democrats’s] Failures Cause Infighting As They Gave Away Power & Any Resistance To Trump.” Host Kit Cabello covers a lot, in a period of nearly 90 minutes, and this includes the most recent betrayal by former United States Senate majority leader (now minority leader) Chuck Schumer of New York.

‘…Starmer [War] summit. Coalition of willing to fight Russia’

The Duran published to YouTube on Monday, March 3, 2025 a discussion about United Kingdom prime minister Keir Starmer, and other European allies, wanting to continue backing Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy over war against Russia.

The recent White House meeting between Zelenskyy and United States president Donald Trump resulted in the latter telling the former there is no more fight for Ukraine. They lost. 

Knowing the U.S.—its citizens—has been propping Ukraine…there is no continuation without U.S. involvement. This is with money. This is with weapons.

Zelenskyy, Starmer, and others have not given up. 

Kendrick Lamar’s Breakthrough

At the 67th Grammy Awards, with its live ceremony broadcast on CBS on Sunday, February 2, 2025, Kendrick Lamar won in every category in which he was nominated: Record of the Year; Song of the Yeat; Best Rap Performance; Best Rap Song; and Best Music Video.

Record of the Year and Song of the Year are two of the most prominent categories in the main field. (This is along with Album of the Year and Best New Artist and Producer of the Year—Non-Classical.) Record is for a single recording. Song is for writing.

Lamar was prized—for achievement for the year 2024—with both Record and Song for “Not Like Us.” His breakthrough is that this is only the second hip-hop recording, and it is also recognized as a diss track, to win these categories. “Not Like Us” is a diss against another recording artist, Canada-born Drake, as that performer and Lamar (born in Compton in Los Angeles, California) are in an ongoing feud.

I do not follow the Grammy awards, regularly, as I am in my 50s and tend to listen to music from past decades. Music I grew up with and connect. But I do not begrudge today’s music being enjoyed by anyone. And “Not Like Us” is technically brilliant and creative…the very sound of it combined with the writing and, ultimately, the recording.

I will include the following videos: the music video for “Not Like Us”; Kendrick Lamar winning the 2024 Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year; and Sabby Sabs covering this breakthrough achievement, for which she has appreciation, on her program. (This topic was delayed because there were critical Jimmy Dore Show interviews which were published the last two weeks in February 2025.)

Jimmy Dore Interviews Christian Parenti

Jimmy Dore recently welcomed as a guest investigative reporter Christian Parenti, son of Michael, and they discussed U.S. president Donald Trump’s focus on the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

One point touched on is that the then-nomination for Kash Patel, who is now FBI director, should have people who are truly on the left feeling enthusiastic.

First video’s description: “In this wide-ranging conversation, Jimmy and Parenti discuss why progressives should welcome President Trump’s assault on the FBI, an organization with a long history of targeting, infiltrating and undermining left movements.”

The clips were published to YouTube on February 15 and 16, 2025.

Jimmy Dore Interviews Steve Bannon

Jimmy Dore interviewed Steve Bannon, who was critical in getting Donald Trump elected to the presidency of United States in 2016, on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. 

This is interesting…and I reserved this week to include the clips of that interview which have since been published to YouTube.