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  1. Satchel

    Guns

    Gun violence has become an impediment to the pursuit of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and domestic tranquility, and our general welfare in America.
  2. It looks like there will 3 conferences whose members will be able to fund the ongoing, never ending facility upgrades. There are only so much bling you can cram into a building.
  3. Caroline’s son drags his crazy cousin: https://people.com/jack-schlossberg-slams-cousin-rfk-jr-endorses-joe-biden-7563907 Just days after presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was slammed for giving a speech full of conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 virus, John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, blasted his cousin in a scathing video message. Early Friday morning, Schlossberg posted a video on Instagram criticizing his cousin’s presidential candidacy — and strongly endorsing incumbent President Joe Biden as the person to carry on his grandfather's legacy. He filmed the selfie video from a car. “Hi, I’m Jack Schlossberg and I have something to say,” the 30-year-old attorney said, addressing the camera directly. “President John F. Kennedy is my grandfather and his legacy is important. It’s about a lot more than Camelot and conspiracy theories. It’s about public service and courage. It’s about civil rights, the Cuban missile crisis, and landing a man on the moon.”
  4. They should also point out the refusal of an Alabama town to allow the duly elected black mayor to discharge his duties. I know some may find my take unsettling because the state of Texas is as exposed as Alabama on this issue, but it’s time fir the chips to fall where they may.
  5. Wasn't he going to be a nurse? He’s nothing if not a helper.
  6. The reason Texas Republicans continue to take their country back is obvious. Unless and until they began to experience serious blowback from voters over a couple of election cycles, they will continue to mimic the Taliban. They don’t see a downside to overseeing the greatest regression of rights in our lifetimes because to date, there has been no downside for them.
  7. Great news! Now the aggies can get Ben Shapiro for the journalism department AND Steven Miller to be president! Is Kyle Rittenhouse not available?
  8. But the judge said: Trump has filed a counterclaim alleging Carroll defamed him by continuing to say he raped her in public statements following the jury verdict. In his ruling Wednesday, Judge Kaplan indicated that may be a losing argument. He noted that rape in New York criminal law "applies only to vaginal penetration by a penis," a definition that is "far narrower than the meaning of ‘rape’ in common modern parlance, its definition in some dictionaries, in some federal and state criminal statutes, and elsewhere." "The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was 'raped' within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump 'raped' her as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.' Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that," he wrote.
  9. So, the Court did find that Trump raped E. Jean Carroll, after all, despite his and his lawyer’s protestations to the contrary: The jury’s finding of sexual abuse therefore necessarily implies that it found that Mr. Trump forcibly penetrated her," and the damages are therefore not excessive, Kaplan wrote. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-denied-new-trial-e-jean-carrolls-sexual-assault-defamation-case-rcna95114
  10. Makes me wonder if we can ever crawl out of the abyss. It seems that our darkest impulses have taken hold and we don’t know what to do about it. Nobody should be able what MTG did and get off without penalty. It’s beyond bizarre.
  11. Anybody know how many kids have been sliced and diced by razor wire or drowned in the last couple of days? Abbott may need those stats for his state of the state report later
  12. Raskin recently declined the opportunity to run for the opening senate seat in Maryland. I think his recovery is his top priority.
  13. I wonder if MTG displayed that pic in Jaysus’ name…being the big Christian and all…?
  14. Throwing the Ulvalde kid’s flyer in the trash was a money move. She knew her people would eat it up.
  15. All black football players should refuse to play at Alabama and cite this injustice as just one of many reasons why they won’t.
  16. It’s unbelievable that she thought she was dragging Biden. What a stupid woman.
  17. Update from today’s hearing: https://www.yahoo.com/news/irs-whistleblowers-lash-federal-officials-211028325.html Ziegler, a 13-year IRS veteran, was the main IRS case agent on the case and supervised by Shapley. He had been anonymous until Wednesday's hearing. During his opening statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been accused of betraying his party. He compared testifying to the day he came out as a member of the LGBTQ community. "I am an example to other LGBTQ people out there who are questioning doing the right thing at the potential costs to themselves and others," he said. "We should always do the right thing no matter how painful the process might be." Ziegler alleged David Weiss, the U.S. Attorney for Delaware, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, previously agreed certain felony charges against Hunter Biden were warranted. But he said other Justice Department officials believed no jury would convict him given given his drug addiction and the death of his brother, Beau Biden. Hunter Biden improperly claimed business deductions for a range of personal expenses, Zeigler said, from his children's college tuition to stays for his drug dealer at a Hollywood hotel. In written testimony, he said he was denied a request to interview Hunter Biden’s adult children, alleging prosecutors said that would "get us into hot water." "I do not want my colleagues at the IRS, FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies to go through my frustrating journey," Zeigler said… …Throughout the hearing, Democratic lawmakers looked to poke holes in the two agent's testimony and the GOP's assertion about the investigation. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., pointed out how Joe Biden never replaced Weiss, a Trump appointee, and he has stayed out of the investigation into his son. "Now, can you imagine Donald Trump saying nothing about a witch hunt or not trying to quash the prosecution if it were his son being prosecuted?" he said. Other Democratic lawmakers grilled the two IRS agents and pointed out how claims of delays during the investigation happened before Biden was ever president. Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the oversight panel, added that no concrete evidence was presented that Hunter Biden was given preferential treatment, and that the two whistleblowers are simply expressing their disagreement with the decision to accept a plea. "We'll hear about how they disagreed on investigative steps and what criminal charges to bring on normal stuff in government investigations that doesn't usually lead to a congressional hearing," he said. "But one thing you will not hear today is any evidence of wrongdoing, by President Joe Biden or his administration.
  18. We’re in a free fall. Thanks Abbott and company: https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-tops-list-worst-places-100524916.html#:~:text=Texas has received the number,%3A Life%2C Health %26 Inclusion. Texas has received the number one spot on a not-so-pleasant list: The top 10 worst places in America to live and work in 2023. While Texas landed at number six on CNBC's yearly America's Top States for Business study, the state scored significantly low in one category: Life, Health & Inclusion. Factors in this category include: crime rates environmental quality health care quality and availability of childcare inclusiveness in state laws such as reproductive rights, protections against discrimination and voting rights. Texas received 53 out of 350 points for its 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion score, giving it an F in its Top States grade and the lowest nationwide, securing its number one spot on the list
  19. I believe their motivations are more twisted than that. They cannot bring themselves to acknowledge that there are classes of people in this country who are legitimate victims systemic discrimination. In a very disordered way, they are jealous and resentful of the fact that their attempts to paint themselves as beleaguered victims of systems they mostly created, have no resonance outside of their orbit. That these people actually want to be victims underscores just how much they don’t understand what it’s like to be truly victimized. Again, it’s this manufactured toxic admixture of nostalgia and grievance than drives them. c
  20. Well, that’s certainly one way of looking at it, although it is true. When it comes to brand and viewership, TCU does not resonate nationally: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/ohio-state-michigan-ranked-most-popular-college-football-teams-per-study
  21. He cheated, you say? He just punched his ticket to become president of a Sec university.
  22. Trooper: Migrants 'made in the image of God' The trooper, a medic who made it clear in the email to his superior that he supports the aims of the initiative, listed several incidents in the Del Rio area in late June and early July during which distressed migrants, including injured children and a pregnant woman who miscarried, were not given water or proper medical care despite intense heat. He also noted that five migrants had drowned in the river and that others were injured by the razor wire installed by the Texas operation along the Rio Grande. "I truly believe in the mission of Operation Lone Star; I believe we have stepped over a line into the inhumane," Trooper Nicholas Wingate said in his email to a DPS sergeant. "We need to operate it correctly in the eyes of God. We need to recognize that these are people who are made in the image of God and need to be treated as such." In a follow-up email, Trooper Brandon Tinsley corroborated the account. "Trooper Wingate is the author of this recap, but together we discussed its contents and I fully co-sign the message," Tinsley wrote. In a news release Tuesday afternoon, Abbott insisted no policies have been implemented that would lead to the mistreatment of people attempting to cross without legal authorization. https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2023/07/18/texas-democrats-decry-abbott-on-immigration-say-biden-must-step-up/70425987007/
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