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Texas Senate protests were pretty ramped up back in the day. (And on the same week, another lady was forcibly removed while she was speaking at hearing -- probably illegally so. I did a post about it with the video.)
- Here's the video of the incident which got a Sanger (and former Wise County) police officer fired and indicted. It's bad, but not as bad as I expected. But the fact that his report of the incident contradicted what actually went down did not help matters.
- Moments ago, the FDA approved over-the-counter birth control pills for the first time.
- Ukraine's President Zelenskyy backed off his comments criticizing NATO for not immediate letting Ukraine into the alliance. Side note: He is a really small guy.
- President Biden "will be just 120 miles from Russia’s border when he stops in Helsinki on Thursday to celebrate Finland’s newly-minted membership in NATO." This is also the five year anniversary of Trump standing on stage with Putin in Helsinki and telling the world that he believes Putin over law-enforcement intelligence that Russia had invaded social media with bots to try an influence the American election. It was a jaw-dropping moment.
- The amount of disrespect and contempt that the Ultra-MAGA Extremists have for the FBI and law enforcement is shocking. That was evident yesterday in a House hearing involving FBI Director Christopher Wray -- a man who was appointed by Trump to the position.
- Local quick hits:
- Think I powered down when I read the announcement of a new Sheriff candidate? And the rest of it comes off the same talking point list.
- This is part of an ad for the Bridgeport Christmas in July Festival and Toy Drive. I can't say I'm familiar with the Vandoliers' presumably fine work, but what's the deal with the shirtless guy?
- I meant to post this late last week. Elaine Hays is the former Elaine Taylor who grew up in Bridgeport. She is the daughter of the late Gordon Taylor.
- On the heels of Fox News agreeing to a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion, Ray Epps has finally sued Fox News and Sean Hannity for defamation for the January 6th lies saying he was a planted federal agent. I was waiting on this. The Petition is here -- it's an amazing collection of screenshots and quotes.
- I'm not sure what's going on here. It was a trial before a judge and not a jury, and the facts were stipulated to. I'm pretty sure there wasn't even live testimony.
- From the story: "What made Beeks’ acquittal more remarkable was that it came after he largely stipulated to the actions the government accused him of taking, a negotiated set of facts that typically is the equivalent of a guilty plea. But [Judge] Mehta, after reviewing the facts, said the evidence simply wasn’t sufficient to sustain a conviction."
- He also represented himself!
- When arrested, he was playing Judas in a traveling show of Jesus Christ, Superstar.
- And he's a self-proclaimed "Sovereign Citizen."
- There's a lot going on here.
- Messenger: Above the Fold
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