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May 1, 2023

Man Arguing With Parrot Pulled Over For Erratic Driving In Clearwater

CLEARWATER, FL — Florida Highway Patrol troopers received several calls of a man driving erratically, possibly driving while intoxicated, Saturday night on U.S. 19 in Clearwater.

Troopers located the car near Clearwater Beach and pulled it over. When they approached the car, they found a man and his parrot having an argument. The parrot became angry because it wanted to go home, but the man wanted to go to Clearwater Beach. The argument distracted the man, causing him to drive erratically, said troopers.

Troopers said they "de-escalated the situation and resolved the standoff successfully."

Troopers didn't say who won the argument.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-arguing-with-parrot-pulled-over-for-erratic-driving-in-clearwater/ar-AA1azBRR

April 24, 2023

Fani Willis indictments this summer?

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday said she would announce this summer whether former President Donald Trump and his allies would be charged with crimes related to alleged interference in Georgia’s 2020 election.

Willis revealed the timetable in a letter to local law enforcement in which she asked them to be ready for “heightened security and preparedness” because she predicted her announcement “may provoke a significant public reaction.”

In the letters, Willis said she will announce possible criminal indictments between July 11 and Sept. 1, sending one of the strongest signals yet that she’s on the verge of trying to obtain an indictment against Trump and his supporters.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-probe-da-urges-law-enforcement-to-prep-for-indictments-this-summer/56OGCLMNOVGPXMJ6YXDPXQOSWY/

This day just keeps getting better and better.

April 18, 2023

Fox settlement doesn't stop special master probe that could end in obstruction charges

Former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann said Tuesday that a special master investigation into Fox News could likely continue despite the settlement between Dominion Voting Systems and the conservative network.

"We do have — the judge appointed today, a special master, by the way, that could continue," said Weissmann during an MSNBC appearance.

It prompted host Nicolle Wallace to ask if that could have been an incentive for Fox News to settle.

"Well, absolutely," he agreed. "Worst case scenario, we don't know if this is the case, the worst case scenario, the special master has free rein to take depositions anew. And on Fox's dime. And that means the worst case is that was not inadvertent that somebody said, 'we're not producing this,' or 'we're going to produce this late in the day.'

"I think there are ethical lawyers involved and I think when they would hear about that I'm pretty sure they would say, I'm not losing my Bar ticket over this. But that doesn't mean there aren't people at Fox who are deliberately keeping stuff away from Dominion. If that's the case, just to be clear, that's a crime. To obstruct the case."

Wallace mentioned another lawsuit filed by former Fox News staffer Abby Grossberg who claimed Fox's lawyers coerced her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case.

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-dominion-special-master-continues/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

April 18, 2023

Another J6er goes down.

A Northern California man was found guilty Monday of assaulting officers with bear spray and obstructing the certification of 2020 election results at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Sean Michael McHugh could serve up to 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release because of his role at the insurrection, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates said during the half-day bench trial on Monday. McHugh, 35, also could pay up to $250,000 in fines and other penalties.

Bates said McHugh shouted police officers were “protecting pedophiles”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-man-hit-police-officer-165018883.html

Quite ironic about him shouting that to the cops…

His comments about “pedophiles” are particularly striking, considering his criminal history.

McHugh was convicted in 2010 on a state charge of unlawful sex with a minor, according to California court records reviewed by CNN and lawyers involved in McHugh’s cases. McHugh was sentenced to 240 days in jail – though he served less – and got four years of probation.

There was DNA evidence that connected McHugh to the girl, former prosecutor Todd Kuhnen told CNN. The victim was 14 years old and McHugh was 23 when the crime occurred, Kuhnen said. The victim also alleged that she was intoxicated when the incident occurred.

McHugh pleaded no contest to the underage sex charge.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/politics/capitol-rioter-rape-charge/index.html
April 15, 2023

Don Jr asks to end the Bud Boycott.

Donald Trump Jr has called for an end to the boycott of Bud Light for their partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in a video posted on his Rumble channel.

During his message, Trump Jr emphasized the brewer's conservative credentials and saying it was wrong to 'blame the whole company for the inaction or the stupidity of someone in a marketing campaign that got woke as hell.'

Bud Light has been engulfed in a firestorm since Mulvaney on April 1 revealed that the beer company had made a special commemorative can to celebrate her year since transitioning.

Yet Trump Jr said he had researched Anheuser-Busch and saw they mainly donated to Republicans, and said his fellow conservatives sometimes had 'the tendency of — shooting first and aiming second.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11975219/Donald-Trump-Jr-calls-end-Bud-Light-boycott-praises-conservative-credentials.html

Love it when the repukes try to own the libbies.

April 6, 2023

Seen on Facebook

Video showing some fascinating photo techniques.

https://fb.watch/jKSuollKAp/?mibextid=DcJ9fc

March 30, 2023

Melania reacts to Donald's indictment

Yeah a cheap laugh but fuck it, we’re entitled.

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