In the video, which became public in May, one boy can be heard asking, “There’s a girl in here?” Another adds, “Why is there a girl? I’m so uncomfortable there is a girl.” Their comments prompted another boy to insist that the trans student leave.

Right wingers see a video on line and assume it’s the full story and get their collective panties in a twist. However, the school district, which cannot legally release any detailed information about the investigation and punishment had this to say:

“At no time would LCPS suspend a student simply because they expressed some kind of discomfort. A reading of our Title IX resources should make it clear that there is a high bar to launch a Title IX investigation and an even higher bar to determine a student is in violation of Title IX.”

I’m thinking this went a little bit further than a couple students whining and must have turned a fair bit worse.

No details on the nationality of the homeowner? I wonder if they are Hispanic. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some MAGA zealots tried to play ICE and it turned out like this.

Yeah, it’s tough to navigate if, like me, you’re not a lawyer. I’ve been doing a bit of reading on this today and I don’t think he’ll need the governor’s permission. If he can cause enough chaos and violence to justify invoking the insurrection act. That act says, in part:

§333. Interference with State and Federal law

The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it—

(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.

This is really terrifying. First, because the law does not clearly define what conditions must exist for the law to be invokes. “Insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy” - Could this be more vague? And second because of the phrase, “or by any other means.” He can use literally any other means he chooses. Remember when he told the proud boys to stand back and stand by? Well by invoking this act he could directly arm them and order them to go into a state or city to quell whatever he has decided is an insurrection.

And if your wondering whether or not he would invoke this act? Remember that back in January of this year he issued an Executive Order that included this tidbit.

Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807. [Emphasis mine]

So he’s already tried to find an excuse to invoke it. Now he’s trying to manufacture an excuse.

That’s a really good point.

I’m calling it now. Trump can’t seem to get people mad enough to violently resist him, so some MAGA zealots will take some pot shots at guardsman in a false flag operation so hat Trump can invoke the Insurrection Act and become dictator for life.

Edit: Wait…

The deployments will take place across the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming, per Fox.

I confess that I assumed these deployments would be to blue states to create strife. These are pretty much all red states. Is he just trying to find all those violent undocumented immigrants he thinks are in the country?

Daugherty added, “Now these thugs will learn no actual lesson and go out and do it again"

Huh. That’s just what I said after Trump pardoned all the insurrectionists from Jan-6.

Am I missing something? Dude is like 26.

2.4 million dollars for SUVs with gold detailed wraps emblazoned with “PROTECT THE HOMELAND.” Sure, I can see how those are urgently needed. 🙄

Considering it’s Florida, I’m only surprised they didn’t put up a statue honoring the shooter.

And you will continue to hear it every year until they win. It’s the same thing they did with abortion. Just keep hammering the issue over and over until the resistance is exhausted and they find a weak point in the defense and force their way through.

The Carriers also argue that the Commission misinterpreted the Communications Act, miscalculated the penalties, and violated the Seventh Amendment by not affording them a jury trial.

You poor things! Were you forced into binding arbitration by a bullshit ToS? Besides, if nobody at a corporation ever goes to jail for these crimes, they sure as fuck don’t deserve a jury trial.

I had heard that Steam used to accept crypto but the volatility of the currency was a major issue. Maybe try cryptocurrency again.

Perhaps they could set up a system where they could make a sale in bitcoin or something then immediately convert to USD. They could add a processing fee to the sale to cover any conversion fees.

I know nothing about actually doing any of this beyond having bought and sold BTC in the past. I was just wondering if it would be possible.

Ran into traffic?

A witness said Legend stepped into the street and was struck before his older brother could pull him back.

The driver struck a slow moving child who witnesses said had stepped off the curb and into the street. Stepped, not ran. The car then struck him before his brother could pull him back. There is no law against what these parents did. The driver on the other hand had an obligation to be aware of her surroundings including the children on the sidewalk beside the street who might step or fall into the street.

It also doesn’t matter if the child was unsupervised. Did your parents keep you on a leash? Do you keep your kids on a leash? Even if the parent was there, the child could still have stepped off the curb and been killed. If the brother wasn’t fast enough to pull him back, then then there is no basis to assume that the parent necessarily would have been.

Kids, unsupervised or not, do dumb things. The onus is on the driver to slow down when a potential hazard is spotted and to take steps to avoid it. Now, without more information about the setting I cannot say whether or not the driver should be charged. Maybe the kid wasn’t visible to the approaching driver, for example. But if the parents are being charged when there is no crime or real negligence, then the driver should be too and the courts can sort it out.

And the driver has not been charged.