Bigots Ahoy in New Braunfels at the L & L Walhalla. New Braunfels’ L&L Walhalla denies wedding service to same-sex couple Here’s what is truly tone-deaf-After telling this couple that “Regretfully our owners have decided that they will not allow same sex ceremonies in the chapel at the venue” they say “We appreciate your patronage at Lazy L & L and look forward to many more camping experiences with you both”. Right. I’m sure the last thing these 2 want to do is give any more of their money and time to a venue that is bigoted and wants to discriminate against them.
Americans oppose most Trump policies-Washington Post For example
The other two centered on law enforcement. Just under half of Trump supporters offered their endorsement of a proposal to send American troops into Mexico to engage drug cartels. Only 4 in 10 backed the idea that some federal funding should be dependent on local police forces implementing a stop-and-frisk policy.
The proposals where the partisan gap was the widest, incidentally, were on proposals that have been the subject of political and cultural fights in the past several years. At the top of the list: building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. That was followed by a ban on teaching critical race theory, mass deportations, expanding oil drilling and the two questions centered on transgender Americans.
HOA in Burleson targets LGBTQ couple. People responsible resigned.
Some recent developments have sprung from the HOA scandal. Brown is back on the board, this time as vice president. The Cooleys received a check for $45 as reimbursement for the fine. The law firm representing the HOA emailed them an apology. And the board has adopted an ethical code of conduct. “No more targeting people because of their beliefs, gender, etc.,” Brown said.
Woman in Ohio had a miscarriage and the local DA wanted to charge her with “abuse of a corpse”. Grand jury – Trumbull County grand jury declines charges in miscarriage case under national spotlight
Forensic Pathologist Dr. George Sterbenz testified during a grand jury investigation that Watts had sought medical treatment twice before the miscarriage. An autopsy found no injury to the fetus and showed it died before passing through the birth canal.
Watts’ lawyer, Traci Timko, said in an Associated Press story in December that her client was sitting at St. Joseph Warren Hospital for eight hours awaiting treatment while officials there tried to decide how to treat the symptoms of her pregnancy under Ohio’s abortion laws.
“We have said from Day 1, of all of this, that Ohio law did not — does not — never supported these charges,” Timko said. “They send you home to miscarry. They don’t send you home with a body bag. They don’t send you home with directions on what to do with the remains.”
Mayor Rolando Salinas said in video posted on Facebook that the Department of Public Safety informed him Wednesday that it was taking over the park under an emergency declaration signed by the governor, following a climb last month in the number of migrants crossing into Eagle Pass from Mexico. Salinas said the move came as a surprise and that the city did not agree to the seizing of city-owned property.
“This is not something that we wanted,” Salinas said. “This is not something that we asked for as a city. I want to make that clear.”
Texas National Guard blocking Border Patrol from key stretch of Rio Grande, DOJ says
The DOJ wrote that the state has now gone even further and is actively blocking federal agents from accessing a 2.5-mile stretch of border, including the city-owned Shelby Park, which is one of the most frequently traversed crossings along the southwest border. The state earlier this week seized control of the park without authorization from the city under an emergency declaration signed by the governor, putting up fencing and blocking entry points with military vehicles. Federal agents have also been blocked from accessing a key staging area just south of the park, the filing said.
“Texas’s new actions … demonstrate an escalation of the State’s measures to block Border Patrol’s ability to patrol or even to surveil the border and be in a position to respond to emergencies,” the DOJ filing said. The filing urged the high court to “restore Border Patrol’s access to the border it is charged with patrolling and the migrants it is responsible for apprehending, inspecting, and processing.”
A transgender teen wanted to update his school records. Oklahoma created a rule to stop him.
J. Doe and his mother are now suing Walters and the rest of the board, arguing that the new rule is discriminatory and violated the family’s due process rights as well as a parents’ rights law. They are asking a state court to invalidate the rule and for $75,000 in damages.
Joshua Payton, an attorney for J. Doe’s family, said he believes the new rule is an abuse of the state government’s power, intended to “attack the most vulnerable students.”
Indiana files bill removing transgender recognition; updates definition of marriage
Gee, I thought this was settled by SCOTUS in Obergefell v Hodges.
NetChoice Sues Ohio Over Its Social Media Law; Gets Quick Temporary Restraining Order
Ohio’s law is a little bit different than other state laws, though has plenty of similarities. This one focuses more on “parental” controls and notifications, requiring social media sites to alert parents and get their consent before kids could use certain sites. Of course, parents can already kinda do that by controlling what devices their kids have and how they’re configured.
So, really, what this law is about is making sure kids aren’t able to surreptitiously use sites their parents don’t want them to. And that raises serious 1st Amendment questions. As NetChoice notes, this all seems like a classic moral panic against new media:
A federal judge blocked an Ohio state law that would prevent minors from using social networks without parental consent, calling it a “troublingly vague” law that likely violates the First Amendment. Ohio’s “Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act” affects websites including Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube.
“Foreclosing minors under sixteen from accessing all content on websites that the Act purports to cover, absent affirmative parental consent, is a breathtakingly blunt instrument for reducing social media’s harm to children,” US District Judge Algenon Marbley wrote in an order issued Tuesday. “The approach is an untargeted one, as parents must only give one-time approval for the creation of an account, and parents and platforms are otherwise not required to protect against any of the specific dangers that social media might pose.”
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s The Tape of Roger Stone Discussing Assassination of Democrats — Which He Denied Ever Doing
The 2023 documentary followed Stone as he participated in the “Stop The Steal” movement that erupted after Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. The movement reached its bloody apogee when a horde of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 to protest the certification of the election. Some of the film’s footage was provided to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack. In one harrowing clip, Stone said,“Fuck the voting, let’s get right to the violence. Shoot to kill.” Stone claimed the videos were “deep fakes.”..
Both Swalwell and Nadler serve on the House Judiciary Committee and have their own histories with Stone, who was convicted of federal crimes in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. His sentence was commuted by then-President Trump days before he was set to report to prison.
A few months before the Caffe Europa audio was recorded, Nadler announced the Judiciary Committee would be investigating why Stone’s sentence was commuted by Trump.
Trump keeps saying that trying to overturn a legal election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power was part of his official duties as president. But that’s not what his lawyers said after the election as you can see by that Supreme Court filing above.
Illinois Governor asks Greg *Serial Killer* to stop sending migrants to Chicago. Anyone been to Chicago? It’s bone-chilling COLD, but you know, Abbott said the other day that, basically, he’s murder people if he didn’t think he’s be charged, so doubt he gives a hoot if he murders people by sending them to Illinois.
Fox News has cancelled kook Mike Lindell’s advertising (Mr Pillow)
