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i believe he came out a few years back and said all frogs were gay. i knew then he was crazy. to be honest if they cannot force him to pay do not be surprised if someone catches him out and just whips his ass. i guess you cannot go to jail for hurting someone mentally like you can physically. he went beyond the pale. he was going to dig up bodies to prove it was a hoax. laughing all the way to the bank while parents wonder things like the horror their children suffered hearing the gunman getting closer and closer.

Texas sheriff certifies that migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard were victims of a crime Chloe Folmar Thu, October 13, 2022 at 4:32 PM Texas Sheriff Javier Salazar on Thursday certified that the group of migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., last month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) were victims of a crime, qualifying them to obtain a visa. Salazar, the Bexar County sheriff, submitted certification documents that will allow the nearly 50 migrants to apply for U visas, which grant crime victims nonimmigrant status in the U.S. to ensure that they are available as witnesses during investigations or trials. “Based upon the claims of migrants being transported from Bexar County under false pretenses, we are investigating this case as possible Unlawful Restraint,” Salazar said in a statement to GBH News. The Venezuelan nationals transported to Martha’s Vineyard were reportedly given false information about where they were going and the support they would receive at the destination. The certification comes a day after the Department of the Treasury announced that it would investigate DeSantis’s usage of COVID-19 relief money and the “allowability” of funding migrant transportation with that money or interest earned on it. Salazar opened an investigation into the Martha’s Vineyard incident soon after it occurred, claiming that the migrants were “lured” under “false pretenses.” The sheriff told Massachusetts news station WGBH that his office has identified suspects in the investigation but is not releasing names publicly as the probe proceeds. The Hill has reached out to Salazar for comment. Immigration attorneys, including Rachel Self, are working with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office to interview the migrants as part of the criminal investigation. “Since the day they landed on Martha’s Vineyard, it has been clear to all who spoke to them that the migrants had been preyed upon and victimized,” Self wrote to The Hill in a statement. “These certifications will ensure that the migrants can continue to help our law enforcement officials, and that they will be able to process and heal from the incredibly traumatic experiences they have suffered as a result of the cruel, heartless acts committed against them.” The migrants have also filed a class action lawsuit against DeSantis based on allegations of “fraud” and “misrepresentation.” “Defendants manipulated them, stripped them of their dignity, deprived them of their liberty, bodily autonomy, due process and equal protection under law, and impermissibly interfered with the Federal Government’s exclusive control over immigration in furtherance of an unlawful goal and a personal political agenda,” reads the lawsuit, referring to its plaintiffs. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.

you are so right. one of my last gigs with a band the bartender gave us some chocolate chip cookie edibles.i had hit a piece when we first got there. well we got set up and all met at the bar and he pulled his cookie bag out. everyone did some and i was not wanting to look greedy but he told me get another piece. when i did he looked at me strange. buddy when it kicked in i was as high as i have ever been on pot. i was fine but i was not expecting it and i told the guitar player i was going home for real. he talked me out of it and said it would pass and it would be like i smoked a normal joint. he was right. i did some of my best singing in years and after one song i opened my eyes and they were doing the old cig lighter thing. so yes folks need to be careful for sure.

a couple of you cats acted like i was lying when i mentioned bo before but here it proof. enjoy.............

Bo Nix takes big jump up Heisman Trophy ranking after Ducks’ 5th-straight win Zachary Neel 4 minutes The buzz is certainly starting to grow for Oregon Ducks quarterback Bo Nix. After yet another impressive performance, this time with 3 rushing touchdowns and a completion percentage that started with an 8 (20-for-25), it’s clear that the former Auburn Tigers’ transfer is having a career best season in Eugene after reuniting with offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham. Whether it’s that relationship, a familiarity with the offense, or a chance to work behind arguably the best offensive line in the nation, Nix is starting to be talked about as he should be — among the best quarterbacks in the nation, statistically speaking. Here are his season statistics so far: 70.4% Comp | 1,526 Yards | 8.2 YPA | 12 TDs | 3 INTs 40 Carries | 331 Yards | 8.3 YPC | 8 TDs That’s not too far behind Ohio State’s CJ Stroud (70.6% Comp, 1,737 Yards, 10.9 YPA, 24 TDs, 3 INTs), and it’s actually comparable than guys like USC’s Caleb Williams (64.9% Comp, 1,590 yards, 14 TD, 1 INT) and Alabama’s Bryce Young (67.2% Comp, 1,202 yards, 14 TD, 3 INT). This blistering start to the season has Nix as a dark-horse candidate for the Heisman Trophy award, and as he continues to put up numbers, we’ve started to see him rise up the rankings. Check out where he is in this week’s Heisman Poll according to USA TODAY: C.J. Stroud, Ohio State Buckeyes Total Points: 108 First-place Votes (19) Last Week: No. 1 2022 Season Stats: 70.6% Comp | 1,737 Yards | 10.9 YPA | 24 TDs | 3 INTs For more on Stroud check out Buckeyes Wire Hendon Hooker, Tennessee Volunteers Total Points: 51 First-Place Votes (4) Last Week: No. 4 2022 Season Stats: 70.0% Comp | 1,432 Yards | 10.2 YPA | 10 TDs | 0 INTs For more on Hooker check out Vols Wire Caleb Williams, USC Trojans Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Total Points: 25 Last Week: No. 2 2022 Season Stats: 64.9% Comp | 1,590 Yards | 8.5 YPA | 14 TDs | 1 INT For more on Caleb Williams, check out our Trojans Wire Bryce Young, Alabama Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports Total Points: 12 First-Place Votes (1) Last Week: No. 3 2022 Season Stats: 67.2% Comp | 1,202 Yards | 9.0 YPA | 14 TDs | 3 INTs For more on Young check out Roll Tide Wire Bijan Robinson, Texas Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Total Points: 10 Last Week: No. 11 2022 Season Stats: 110 Carries | 645 Yards | 5.9 YPC | 10 TDs 12 Receptions | 203 Yards | 16.9 YPR | 1 TD For more on Robinson check out Longhorns Wire Will Anderson, Alabama Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Total Points: 7 First-Place Votes (1) Last Week: No. 5 2022 Season Stats: 29 Tackles | 13 Solo | 10.0 TFLs | 5.0 Sacks | 1 INT | 1 TD | 26 QB Pressures For more on Anderson check out Roll Tide Wire Bo Nix, Oregon James Snook-USA TODAY Sports Total Points: 3 Last Week: No. 10 2022 Season Stats: 70.4% Comp | 1,526 Yards | 8.2 YPA | 12 TDs | 3 INTs 40 Carries | 331 Yards | 8.3 YPC | 8 TDs D.J. Uiagalelei, Clemson Total Points: 3 Last Week: No. 13 2022 Season Stats: 63.9% Comp | 1,462 Yards | 7.7 YPA | 14 TDs | 2 INTs 67 Carries | 311 Yards | 4.6 YPC | 3 TDs For more on Uiagalelei check out Clemson Wire Blake Corum, Michigan Total Points: 2 Last Week: No. 14 2022 Season Stats: 118 Carries | 735 Yards | 6.2 YPC | 11 TDs For more on Corum check out Wolverines Wire Chase Brown, Illinois Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports Total Points: 1 Last Week: No. 15 2022 Season Stats: 151 Carries | 546 Yards | 5.8 YPC | 4 TDs 12 Receptions | 54 Yards | 4.5 YPR | 1 TD

i have been smoking ot off and on for since i was about fourteen. i have never had a problem. my vapes are legit so i have no problems. however if you buy vapes from the street you are playing a dangerous game as they have found some vapes laced with fentanyl and has killed and or put some folks in the hospital. i just wanted to be clear. i know a guy and his buddy sprayed a joint with windex of all things. they smoked it and it messed him up for a couple of years. he has just now decided to go back to the doc and has started participating in family stuff. but make no mistake he spent two weeks in the looney bin either in cullman or decatur

Quote from Bruce Pearl about his contract extension last year Basketball Nathan King dropped this nugget on 247 as a preview of his upcoming interview: Here's a nugget from BP when I asked him about last year's contract extension: "I knew there would be opportunities. My buyout had gone way, way down. If I had waited till the end of last year, it would have been easy to go. There were a number of jobs out there I could have gotten. I just wasn't interested. I worked too hard to build this program. I've never been happier; I've never loved a place more; I've never loved where I live more; I've never loved the fanbase more. It's just never been a better fit." Just thought y'all could use a nice pick-me-up to start your day. War Damn!

many of you are interested in coach freeze. here is him being introduced to the ol miss football team. it is very impressive. make up your own minds i just thought this video lets us see the potential he could bring if he comes.

original author. i see no difference between pot and booze. you got some booze that will put you on your behind. strength wise it goes reg pot. vapes. waxes and edibles. all my stuff comes from a legit store and it is clearly labeled in strength and portion size. most vapes contain one gram of pot oil and last me about a month and sometimes i hit it hard.

Does Auburn’s offense have an identity crisis at season’s halfway point? Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 7:10 a.m. 6-8 minutes Auburn’s offense is in the middle of an identity crisis. The Tigers entered the season wanting to build out their offense from a strong run game, centered on preseason All-SEC running back Tank Bigsby, but that ground game has struggled to get going midway through the season. The passing attack, meanwhile, has been sporadic — while also dealing with an injury to season-opening starting quarterback T.J. Finley, as well as injuries across the offensive line. The results have not been pretty, and they’ve left second-year coach Bryan Harsin searching for answers, and for hope as his team embarks on the second half of its schedule this weekend with a trip to Oxford, Miss., to take on No. 9 Ole Miss (11 a.m. on ESPN). Read more Auburn football: Auburn’s poor run-blocking has Tank Bigsby mired in mediocrity The pressing issue Auburn’s offense must resolve against Ole Miss Goodman: Bryan Harsin proving Doug Barfield wasn’t so bad “I think the identity right now, we want to be balanced,” Harsin said Monday. “We want to run the ball, throw the ball. We want the play-action off some of the run game. We want to be able to get out on the perimeter and still be firm and be able to run downhill, inside the tackles, and really try to be balanced as much as we can. Utilize our personnel. “So, that hasn’t changed. Have we been very good at that at this point? Are we where we want to be right now? We’re not. But that’s what our identity is.” Through the first half of the season, Auburn ranks last in the SEC and toward the bottom of FBS in several offensive categories: scoring (20.3 points per game), third-down conversion rate (32.9 percent), passing efficiency (113.77), completion rate (55.2 percent), passing touchdowns (five) and total touchdowns (15). The Tigers are also 13th in the SEC in yards per play (5.56, just ahead of Missouri’s 5.52), 11th in passing offense (218.8 yards per game), 10th in yards per pass attempt (7.3), 10th in rushing offense (148.3 yards per game) and 13th in yards per carry (4.12). Auburn has had to adjust its offense in recent weeks following the shoulder injury Finley sustained against Penn State, tailoring the gameplan to better suit the skillset of Robby Ashford. It has also had to navigate injuries along the offensive line — first losing starting center Nick Brahms before the start of the season, then losing his replacement, Tate Johnson, to an elbow injury; Alec Jackson and Austin Troxell also both sustained injuries during Auburn’s loss to Georgia. “Injuries happen, unfortunately,” Harsin said. “Again, that’s where your depth comes in. You want to have really good depth. That’s why you’re building your team every year. Most of the time, you’re losing a quarter of your team, you’re bringing a quarter of it in, right? In the middle is where your depth is at—your starters and maybe some of your young guys. So, your backups have got to be ready to play. They’ve got to execute the gameplan. “You can’t really pull back in the middle of a game. You’ve got to keep pushing forward.” Auburn hasn’t helped its own cause offensively, with negative plays (36 tackles for loss, 13 sacks allowed), fumbles (an FBS-leading 16 total, with five resulting in turnovers) and penalties that have placed the offense behind the chains and often put itself in difficult down-and-distances. In its four games against Power 5 competition, Auburn’s average third-down distance to gain has been 9.43 yards. As a result, Auburn has struggled to sustain drives and keep its offense on the field, punting 24 times over its last four games. “What we put together each week — you don’t get to every single play,” Harsin said. “Sometimes the game changes, and you don’t get to all the plays you have in there. You don’t get to every single thing that you wanted to get to, because maybe you’re not in that field position. You’re not in that down-and-distance. You can bump it up, but you’re really game-planning that for that moment. That’s where sustaining drives, that’s where getting more plays, that’s where staying on the field is going to allow us to get more into that rhythm.” The closest semblance of Harsin’s desired offensive identity that he has seen from his team came early on in Auburn’s loss to LSU two weeks ago. Auburn put together two impressive touchdown drives in the first half of its eventual 21-17 loss, including a six-play, 69-yard drive on the game’s opening possession. On that drive, Auburn had a 4-yard run on a sweep to the perimeter by Ja’Varrius Johnson, followed by a third-down conversion from Ashford to Koy Moore for 10 yards. Tank Bigsby picked up 2 yards up the middle, and then after an incomplete pass, Ashford found Johnson on a deep ball for a 53-yard touchdown pass. Auburn’s second touchdown drive was even more impressive on paper, as it went 99 yards on six plays while using up just under three minutes of clock, despite the ground game sputtering a bit. Ashford completed passes of 20, 61 and 18 yards on the drive while extending some plays with his legs. The 61-yarder got running back Jarquez Hunter involved in the passing game, and Ashford capped the drive with the 18-yard touchdown pass to freshman Camden Brown. Auburn didn’t produce another touchdown against LSU after that, but the team still moved the ball more successfully than it has since its season-opener against FCS opponent Mercer, totaling 438 yards of offense and averaging 6.26 yards per play while generating more chunk plays through the air. “Some of those drives — that’s what you want it to look like,” Harsin said. “I think we want to continue that.” It’s on Harsin and his staff to adjust and tinker with the gameplan to best accentuate the ability of its playmakers — guys like Ashford, Bigsby, Hunter and Johnson — in order to better establish the team’s preferred offensive identity. Until that happens, Auburn will continue to totter offensively in search of answers. “We’re still working on building that identity,” Harsin said. “We have the vision for it. We’ve got to actually do it.” Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Bryan Harsin shares how he stays motivated amid a rough start Updated: Oct. 12, 2022, 5:21 p.m.|Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 4:01 p.m. 3-4 minutes An Auburn series gone wrong: Bryan Harsin's reaction to every play By Nubyjas Wilborn | nwilborn@al.com Auburn (3-3, 1-2 SEC) heads into Saturday’s (11 am CT) matchup against No. 9 Ole Miss (6-0, 2-0 SEC) seeking to end a two-game losing streak in conference play and keep alive a six-year winning streak against the Rebels. Head coach Bryan Harsin’s squad won its last game against a ranked opponent when the team downed Ole Miss last Halloween weekend at Jordan-Hare. Auburn was 6-2 with a 3-1 record in Southeastern Conference play, with wins against LSU, Arkansas, and Ole Miss while carrying a #18 ranking. The Tigers are 1-6 in SEC contests since the win against LSU, with losses against Texas A&M, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and the Iron Bowl against Alabama last season. This year the Tigers are 1-2 in conference action and would likely be 0-3 in the SEC if not for a miraculous bounce on a fumble in the end zone by Missouri running back Nathaniel Peat. Harsin came to Auburn with a 69-19 record as Boise State’s head coach. Read More Auburn Football: Bryan Harsin updates recovery of QB T.J. Finley: ‘He’s getting better’ Watch Bryan Harsin react to Robby Ashford’s fumble against Georgia Robby Ashford learns tough lessons from the 42-10 Georgia loss The former Broncos’ quarterback won three Mountain West conference titles as his alma mater. He also went 7-5 at Arkansas State in 2013 before Boise hired him for the 2014 season. Harsin didn’t leave the comforts of his hometown to go 9-10 through 19 games into his second year as the Tigers’ head coach. Alas, that’s where he is with his squad as a 13.5-point underdog against a hot Ole Miss team at Vaught Hemmingway Stadium, where Auburn is 13-2. “We’re coaching football here and trying to develop a football team,” Harsin said. “We’re trying to develop people, and we’re trying to grow these people while they’re here in our program. At the end of the week, we know the result will be whatever happens in the game, and we want that result to be in our favor.” How does one stay engaged when they aren’t used to losing and are on the hot seat? “It’s not that complicated for me,” Harsin said via teleconference. “I try to focus on the things I can control. Control the things you can manage and continue to enjoy the fact that you get the chance to play or coach football. That never goes away; there’s a reason why we do what we do. We love what we do.” Like most coaches these days, Harsin regularly preaches about going 1-0 each week and focusing on getting one-percent better every day. Those sayings sound great when you’re winning. However, when a team is treading water, it might ring hollow. Harsin seems committed to finding a solution to Auburn’s problems on the football field. What we’re doing and what we have the opportunity to do,” Harsin said. “I haven’t lost love for that and appreciation for the fact that we get to go out there and bring people together. I want to help these young men grow in their lives. We have a job responsibility, but there’s a bigger purpose in everything we do. That’s what gets me out of bed every single morning.” Nubyjas Wilborn covers Auburn for Alabama Media Group. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

Lane Kiffin Makes His Opinion On Auburn Extremely Clear Hunter Hodies 2 minutes OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI - SEPTEMBER 03: head coach Lane Kiffin of the Mississippi Rebels during the game against the Troy Trojans at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on September 03, 2022 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images) Justin Ford/Getty Images Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin isn't taking Auburn lightly heading into this weekend. The Tigers are currently 3-3 through their first six games, but Kiffin doesn't care. He thinks that they're still a talented team and that his squad will have their hands full when they go up against them. '"We've struggled against Auburn. They're a very talented team that we know will come to play. We'll have our hands full," Kiffin said. Kiffin wasn't kidding when he said that the Rebels have struggled against the Tigers. They've lost the last six in this series and haven't beaten them since 2015. They've also lost 11 of 14 against them dating back to 2008. Even though history hasn't been kind to the Rebels in this series, they look poised to win this year's contest. They're currently the No. 9 team in the country with a 6-0 record and have scored 20+ points in all six games. Meanwhile, the Tigers haven't looked good in their first six games which has led to a lot of speculation that head coach Bryan Harsin could be on his way out. Kickoff for this contest will be at Noon ET on Oct. 15.

Greg McElroy explains the circumstances behind the timing of Bryan Harsin leaving Auburn Keith Farner 2-3 minutes Greg McElroy is well aware of the perception around Bryan Harsin at Auburn, and admitted in the latest episode of his “Always College Football” podcast that Harsin is likely the next coach to be fired, at least that’s the consensus around college football. There’s one major hold up about that, though. McElroy doesn’t believe there’s an interim coach on the staff. “In order to make a move on a head coach,” McElroy said, “you must first understand who the interim’s going to be. Who on Auburn’s staff is capable of being an interim coach.” McElroy then shared either the lack of experience, or struggles in an area of the team where it makes it difficult to choose any of several assistants to address the team, and run practices. McElroy mentioned Cadillac Williams, Eric Kiesau and Jeff Schmedding but had issues with all of them. “It’s not like they have a guy that’s like, for sure he can take over that he can run the team at this point,” McElroy said. “I have heard that people have said it’s likely he finishes the season.”

promote from within. he is still coach. he is still supposed to be fulfilling his duties regardless of if he is retained or not. personally i think he is in over his head and hiring the potato boy whom i assume he thought were outstanding coaches are just not all that. if he gets on a pod or a news thing and announces the oline guy has been let go how can they stop him? it would be a bad look on auburns part and he could claim interference. it can be done.......look this is a long shot but those kids on the oline were probably hopeing for a shot in the nfl and if harsin has a coach that is letting them down then in my opinion i think he is letting those kids down.

Poll: Majority in US see relations with adversaries souring ELLEN KNICKMEYER and NUHA DOLBY Mon, October 10, 2022 at 11:06 PM·4 min read WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of U.S. adults expect America's relations with foreign adversaries like Russia and North Korea to grow more hostile, according to a new poll, a major shift in public opinion from four years ago under President Donald Trump. Two years into the Biden administration, 60% of U.S. adults say relations with adversaries will get worse, up from 26% four years ago at the same point in the Trump administration, according to the poll from the Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Just 21% say relationships with allies will deteriorate, down from 46% then. In general, 39% expect the country’s global standing to worsen, compared with 48% who said that in 2018. Crucially, the United States’ own sharply divided domestic politic s influences views of the country’s standing abroad. “Those results really, clearly show that it’s hyperpartisanship” affecting how confidently or bleakly, respectively, Democrats and Republicans see the U.S. standing abroad, said Sheila Kohanteb, a political scientist and executive director of the Global Forum at the Chicago-based Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. In terms of the opinions that people in the U.S. are expressing on U.S. dealings abroad, the key factor is “political bloc sticking with political bloc,” Kohanteb said. Four years ago, three-quarters of Democrats expected U.S. global standing to suffer. Now, roughly that same percentage see stability or improvement in the near future. By comparison, about 6 in 10 Republicans predicted improvements in 2018; now that same percentage expect the current administration to stumble. Other countries are “probably laughing at us, waiting for us to fall apart,” said Kristy Woodard, a 30-year-old Republican in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She said she saw the economy and U.S. leadership as suffering under President Joe Biden. “I don’t think we really have allies anymore because the United States is just a joke at this point,” Woodard said. But David Dvorin, a 49-year-old Democrat in Pittsburgh who works as a price specialist, said Biden was winning respect abroad by rallying international allies to respond to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “The war in Ukraine has shown the leadership of the Biden administration, to be able to hold most of Europe together,” Dvorin said. Still, as Russia amps up its assault on Ukraine, tensions with China grow over Taiwan and other issues and the U.S. confronts North Korea and Iran over those countries' nuclear programs, similar percentages of Republicans and Democrats say that relationships with adversaries will get worse in the next year. The Pearson Institute/AP-NORC poll also shows strong support for a U.S. foreign policy that protects women and minorities around the world — even though few people think the U.S. is doing a world-beating job of protecting those same interests at home. Majorities of U.S. adults said they see preventing discrimination against women and minorities around the world as an important U.S. foreign policy goal and that the U.S. government has significant responsibility for protecting the rights of those groups. And 78% of people in the United States believe the U.S. should withhold financial support from other countries that are failing to protect the rights of women and minority groups. However, only about 1 in 5 U.S. adults thinks the country is leading the world in safeguarding the rights of women and racial, ethnic and religious minorities, or LGBTQ people. Many think the U.S. is among several countries that are doing it well, but about a third say there are other countries doing better. Rick Reinesch, 61, of Austin, Texas, who works as a project manager for a consulting firm and describes himself as a Democratic-leaning political independent, calls safeguarding the freedoms of women and minorities abroad “essential” for the U.S. But the increasing Republican and Democratic divide at home means Americans' performance on that point is a “mixed bag,” with rights deteriorating in states most influenced by former President Donald Trump's dismissive outlook, he said. Chris Ormsby, 53, of Edmond, Oklahoma, an administrator in higher education who describes himself as a political independent, pointed to women's rights in Iran, where women are spearheading weeks of protests triggered by government demands that women cover their hair, as among the rights issues playing out overseas. “Maybe we can take more proactive steps” abroad on that, Ormsby said. But “I think there's other things to worry about, nuclear proliferation and things like that.” He called slowing climate change by moving the world away from fossil fuels a priority for U.S. policy abroad. That all makes for a strange split for those charged with shaping America's policy on protections of human rights, Kohanteb, the Pearson Institute official, said. “American policy is not as adamant about protecting our own rights as Americans believe we should be doing abroad,” she said. ___ Dolby reported from New York. ___ The poll of 1,003 adults was conducted Sep. 9-12 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.

Tulsi Gabbard says she is leaving the Democratic Party Dylan Stableford ·Senior Writer Tue, October 11, 2022 at 8:43 AM·2 min read Tulsi Gabbard says she is leaving the Democratic Party. In a video posted to Twitter, the former U.S. congresswoman from Hawaii — who mounted an unsuccessful campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination — said she can “no longer stomach” the direction that “woke Democratic Party ideologues are taking our country.” “I can no longer remain in today's Democratic Party that's under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers,” Gabbard said, “who are driven by cowardly wokeness who divide us by racializing every issue and stoking anti-white racism, who actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms that are enshrined in our Constitution, who are hostile to people of faith and spirituality, who demonize the police but protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans who believe in open borders, who weaponize the national security state to go after their political opponents and above all, who are dragging us ever closer to nuclear war. “Now I believe in a government that's of the people, by the people and for the people,” Gabbard continued. “Unfortunately, today's Democratic Party does not. Instead it stands for a government that is of, by and for the powerful elite.” The 41-year-old U.S. Army Reserve officer, who represented Hawaii's Second Congressional District from 2013 to 2021, said she is calling on “fellow common sense, independent-minded Democrats” to join her in leaving the party. She posted a similar, lengthy statement online explaining her departure. Tulsi Gabbard at a Democratic presidential debate in Westerville, Ohio, on Oct. 15, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) During the 2020 Democratic primary, Gabbard participated in several debates, sparring with fellow candidates over foreign policy. She also sued Hillary Clinton for seeming to suggest that Republicans were “grooming” Gabbard to be a spoiler as a third-party candidate. Clinton, who did not mention Gabbard by name, further suggested that she was “the favorite of the Russians.” (Gabbard eventually dropped her lawsuit.) Gabbard won just two delegates during the primary, both from American Samoa. She dropped out of the race in March 2020 and endorsed Joe Biden. Since leaving Congress, Gabbard has been a regular on Fox News, even serving as a fill-in host for Tucker Carlson. The reaction to her announcement was swift, at least on Twitter. Shortly after the video was posted, the phrase “Good riddance” was trending.

How potent is pot as a midterms issue for Democrats? Mike Bebernes Biden pardons federal offenses of marijuana possession ahead of midterm elections Yahoo Finance's Rick Newman discusses why President Biden made a move to pardon federal marijuana possession offenders. What’s happening President Biden announced last week that he is pardoning thousands of people with federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana. “Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It’s time that we right these wrongs,” Biden wrote in a statement announcing the decision. The president urged the governors of all 50 states to follow his lead and pardon those convicted of possession at the state level, where the vast majority of marijuana convictions occur. He also instructed his administration to begin a review of whether marijuana should be reclassified under federal law. The drug is currently listed as a Schedule I drug — a category for substances with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse” — alongside drugs like heroin and LSD. As policy, Biden’s pardons represent a relatively modest change. It will only apply to about 6,500 people, none of whom are currently in prison on possession charges. But they serve as a marker of the extraordinary evolution that the country (and Biden himself) has undergone when it comes to marijuana. While serving in the Senate, Biden was a key architect of a series of laws that created harsh sentences for drug offenses. In 2020, however, he called for marijuana possession to be decriminalized nationwide — a step short of legalization that would mean anyone found possessing marijuana would face no criminal penalties. Until 10 years ago, recreational marijuana use was banned nationwide. Today, it’s legal in 19 states and Washington, D.C. Five more states could be added to the list next month if voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota approve legalization measures on the midterm ballots in their states. A total of 37 states allow marijuana use for medical purposes. Why there’s debate Poll after poll shows that a strong majority of voters, including about half of Republicans, favor marijuana legalization. But there’s debate over how much of a boost Democrats will actually get from being on the right side of public opinion as they attempt to maintain control of Congress. Some political analysts say the issue of marijuana legalization could be exactly what Democrats need to tip the scales in tight races across the country. They point out that support for legalization is especially strong among young voters and people of color, two core Democratic constituencies that the party has struggled to motivate since they helped Biden win the presidency in 2020. Others say keeping marijuana policy at the center of debate will allow Democratic candidates to portray the Republican opponents, who largely oppose any steps toward legalization, as out of touch and behind the times. But skeptics say that, while the majority of the public may agree with Democrats on marijuana, the issue just isn’t very important to most voters when compared to things like the economy, crime and abortion. Some pundits on the left argue that Biden’s modest actions aren’t enough to change the minds of progressive voters who are looking for major change on a whole host of issues. Others believe the move could give the GOP opportunity to paint Democrats as soft on crime. What’s next Any steps to decriminalize or legalize marijuana nationwide would have to come from Congress. The House passed a decriminalization bill last year, but the odds of that bill or anything similar becoming law in the near future are slim unless Democrats can garner enough votes to reform the Senate filibuster. Perspectives Pot policy may convince reluctant young voters to turn out for Democrats “For a president who has been criticized for being too beholden to the most conservative members of his party, his recent pivot to issues that are enormously popular with younger and more left-leaning Democrats has the potential to be a major animator in the final weeks before November.” — Scott Bixby and Ursula Perano, The Daily Beast Popularity of an issue doesn’t necessarily translate to votes “Sixteen percent of Americans—more than 50 million people—say they smoke marijuana. The key untested question is how much their use decides their vote, or convinces them to vote, in a way that decides elections. It’s not a question that many political forecasters and pundits emphasize. Weed is something that many people don’t take seriously.” — Alex Halperin, Slate The impact will be small, but could prove important in tight races “I think this is an issue that the White House is doing because they wanna excite the base of the parties, particularly younger voters that are following this issue very closely. … So, this is something that could very well excite them and help Democrats on the margins.” — Josh Kraushaar, Axios The GOP could turn marijuana politics against Democrats “President Joe Biden is taking a historic step that is likely to be widely popular and could energize core Democratic constituencies just over a month from the midterm elections. … But it also risks playing into searing Republican attacks branding Democrats as soft on crime, which are rocking multiple key contests ahead of elections that could hand control of the Senate and the House of Representatives to the GOP.” — Stephen Collinson, CNN The issue forces Republican candidates to defend deeply unpopular positions “Supporting legalization, and the expungement of the records of people with marijuana convictions, is not just a smart move by any rational criminal justice measure. It’s a smart political move. … And that’s especially the case for Democrats running against Republicans who have expressed opposition to legalization as part of a broader attack on progressive priorities.” — John Nichols, The Nation Biden’s pardons will resonate with voters more than most complex legislation does “This proclamation says more to the average voter about how government intersects with their daily lives than most of the inside-the-Beltway, three-dimensional chess moves of the past two years.” — Gabrielle Gurley, The American Prospect Modest reforms may not be enough to change disappointed voters’ minds “If young voters are unhappy with the Democratic president but still dislike Republicans, will they just stay home, as their counterparts did in 2010 and 2014? Obviously Democrats want to keep that from happening, but it’s not 100 percent clear that young voters’ disdain for Uncle Joe is a problem they can solve.” — Ed Kilgore, New York Biden’s intervention could make pot much more of a partisan issue than it currently is “Presidential involvement on any issue tends to polarize public opinion. Since Democrats are already almost all in favor of legalization, there is nothing to be gained on that side. At the same time, Republican voters who currently support marijuana legalization may flip to opposing it once it’s identified with a Democratic president.” — Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg Is there a topic you’d like to see covered in “The 360”? Send your suggestions to the360@yahoonews.com. Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images let me say this. i guarantee you more than sixteen percent of americans use pot in some form or fashion.

it just blows my mind the stuff trump got his followers to do. he is a danger to the constitution and our liberties. but i bet some repub will come in and say it was good for the good of the country.

Pro-Trump Georgia Election Officials Plotted to Swipe Voter Data, Emails Reveal Justin Glawe 11-14 minutes Skip to main content Pro-Trump Georgia Officials Plotted to Swipe Voting Data. We Caught Them Emails obtained by Rolling Stone reveal how a group of county officials in Georgia tasked with protecting the election instead discussed a plan to pull sensitive data — and have taxpayers pay for it Voting machines are studied in Georgia shortly before the 2020 election. Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Weeks before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Donald Trump’s legal team went to Georgia in a last-ditch effort to find election fraud. Led by lawyer Sidney Powell, the team copied data from voting machines in Coffee County. The effort represented a new front in the MAGA assault on elections, with Trump’s team colluding with friendly local election officials to pull sensitive data out of election equipment. That search has landed Trump’s team in court, with groups charging Powell and company of potentially compromising sensitive data in a failed, partisan effort to overturn the 2020 election. The illegal data breach in Coffee County is now being investigated by a district attorney looking into Republican attempts to overturn the election here. The Washington Post and CNN, among others, have reported extensively on the developments in Coffee County, which come with an undercurrent of the unknown about what exactly the purpose was for the illegal data breach. But it turns out, Coffee County wasn’t the only Georgia county where pro-Trump forces were working to swipe election data in search of nonexistent fraud. And in Spalding County, it wasn’t Trump’s team leading the effort — it was the election officials themselves. Emails and contracts obtained by Rolling Stone reveal that Spalding County election officials hatched a plan to illegally obtain data from voting machines. A pair of pro-Trump members of the county election board, alongside the election supervisor, plotted to hire a third-party tech firm to copy data from voting machines, the election server, and even iPhones used by election staff. The plotted data swipe was an effort to prove Trump’s false claims of a stolen election in Georgia, and in Spalding County, the trio wanted to do it all with up to $10,000 in taxpayer dollars. The trio aborted their plot after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office stepped in to warn them it was illegal, but even their initial foray has drawn the attention of state-level officials. Rolling Stone has learned that the Georgia State Election Board has launched an investigation into the Spalding County officials’ actions. “My head is spinning,” says Mike Hassinger, a representative for Raffensperger’s office. “I can see no justification, legal or otherwise, for anyone to have a third party come in and access election equipment. It sounds like they tried to commit a crime.” The episode reveals just how deep Trump’s voter-fraud lies have penetrated the Republican Party, with even local officials tasked with election security perverting their duty to try to find voter fraud that doesn’t exist. And it reveals a danger ahead, as some of the same officials currently attempting to unwind Georgia’s 2020 election will still be in place when voters head to the polls next month — and also when Trump is likely to be back on the ballot in 2024. IN AUGUST 2021, a pair of Spalding County officials were concerned about an upcoming Georgia effort to verify that their election system was in good order after the board discovered security issues on county equipment. A representative sent by Secretary of State Raffensperger was coming to Spalding County to test voting machines by running a simulated election. Raffensperger is a Republican, but Spalding’s election officials didn’t fully trust the state office — and they started hatching a plot of their own. Election supervisor Kim Slaughter emailed the county attorney to ask if the board could even allow the secretary of state’s office access the equipment. “Can we legally proceed with this action?” Slaughter asked county attorney Stephanie Windham in an email from August 16, 2021. Slaughter was joined by Ben Johnson and Roy McClain, members of the election board who, at the time, were recent additions to the board, put there by the local Republican Party. The board has administrative power over elections, handling everything from the number of voting precincts and their staff to adjudicating ballots and securing voting machines and other election equipment. Johnson, McClain, and Slaughter did not respond to requests for comment. In emails, Slaughter claimed the effort was made on behalf of the voters of Spalding County, while Johnson, McClain and Windham claimed the illegal data breach was necessary due to a security issue involving election equipment and pending election lawsuits. The secretary of state’s office rejected both of those as a legal rationale. The board was revamped in early 2021, shortly after a new law specific to Spalding County was passed that required board members and the election supervisor to live in the county. The law resulted in the removal of the election supervisor, a Democrat, and one Democratic board member. Two other Democrats on the board resigned in in protest of the law, also citing harassment from Trump supporters. In total, the five-member board went from a three-two Democrat-Republican split to three Republicans and two Democrats. That includes Johnson, who posts frequently about a wide array of election and far-right conspiracy theories, including QAnon. “Election fraud is not a myth,” Johnson tweeted last February, using a hashtag that referenced a conspiracy theory about Dominion Voting Machines, which Spalding and every county in Georgia used to conduct elections. (Johnson and McClain are now the subject of an ethics complaint over a July 2021 visit to a room containing election equipment during which they were not accompanied by Democrat board members, as required by law.) In the run-up to the state review, Johnson and McClain exchanged emails doubting Raffensperger’s office. “Letting someone do a mock election or anything similar to that is going to be questioned,” McClain wrote in an August 16, 2021, email to Johnson and other staff. “Optics!” Ahead of the secretary of state’s visit to recertify the equipment, the pair wanted a third party to make a “forensic copy” of all data held on the county’s election equipment. According to a pair of proposed contracts obtained by Rolling Stone, this included “on-site collection” of data from the election-management server, as well as data from all 18 voting precincts in the county, poll pads, and iPhones used by election office staff. The company would then provide the data on an “encrypted hard drive” along with a report documenting everything it collected. The cost: between $5,000 and $10,000, to be paid for by Spalding County taxpayers. Johnson and McClain used the “security issue” of logged-in devices as rationale for the illegal data breach when explaining their plans to Democratic colleagues. They, and later the county attorney, also cited a “litigation hold” as a reason that the illegal breach was necessary — the result of a pair of election-related lawsuits that named Spalding County. Neither of those reasons were legal, however, as explained by the secretary of state’s office. To sell the illegal scheme to their Democratic colleagues, Johnson came up with a seemingly harmless comparison. “It’s basically like taking pictures of a car before you rent it and noting any damage,” Johnson wrote to skeptical Democratic board members on Aug. 16. For their “photographer,” the two made a fateful choice: SullivanStrickler. The Atlanta-based tech firm is the same one Powell tapped in Coffee County for their data-copying operation. There, the firm’s actions are under investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is probing Trump-led Republican efforts to bolster false claims of voter fraud in an attempt to overturn the election. SullivanStrickler has not responded to questions from Rolling Stone about its operations in Spalding County and elsewhere. On Aug. 17, SullivanStrickler sent over a pair of contracts that detailed the work it would perform. That work included copying unidentified data from iPhones used by elections office staff, as well as the “forensic copy” of election equipment described by Johnson and McClain. “Unless anyone else has any concerns we need to move forward quickly,” Johnson said in an email that same day to his fellow board members. Johnson wanted to move forward with the contract to not “hold up” Slaughter, who was negotiating with the secretary of state’s office on a date to travel to Spalding County and recertify election equipment. As it turns out, others did have concerns about Johnson’s plans for an election board to use taxpayer dollars to hire a third-party tech firm to make copies of sensitive voting data. It’s not clear exactly how or when, but, at some point, Raffensperger’s office learned of the board’s plans to hire SullivanStrickler and quickly stepped in to squash the operation. “Do NOT allow an IT company to image or conduct any activity on voting equipment,” an office staffer told Slaughter on Aug. 18. “That is NOT allowed.” Slaughter defended the attempted hiring of SullivanStrickler, saying the board “had only good and proper intentions for the voters of Spalding County when considering” the plan. Johnson then asked if the data breach would be permissible if a representative of the secretary of state was present. But it seems the admonition was enough to short-circuit the attempt. After discovering the emails, Rolling Stone sought comment from the State Election Board, a bipartisan body — separate from Raffensperger’s office — with investigative power over elections and voting. The board says it was not aware that SullivanStrickler was at work anywhere other than Coffee County, and it had no idea about Spalding County’s attempted hiring of the firm. As a result of the emails and contracts obtained by Rolling Stone, the board is now investigating officials in Spalding County and their plan to illegally breach election equipment. “Voting is a cornerstone of our democracy and the State Election Board is committed to protecting the integrity of our voting system,” the board writes in a statement to Rolling Stone. “The Board will investigate and respond to conduct that erodes citizen trust in our election processes.”

actually some tv preacher mentioned but funny he did not mention the whole thing. and that would be local as in alabama or maybe tennessee but it has been a while.

Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million to Sandy Hook Families Nikki McCann Ramirez 7-9 minutes Skip to main content Alex Jones Mocks Jury Ordering Him to Pay $1 Billion to Sandy Hook Families The conspiracy theorist is not mad, he's laughing, actually, about the hundreds of millions of dollars he now owes families of the victims of the 2012 massacre Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on Sept. 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images A jury has found InfoWars founder Alex Jones liable for $965 million worth of damages in a defamation suit brought by the family members of eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. The verdict, delivered on Wednesday, comes after Jones was ordered to pay $45.2 million to families in a separate case in August. He now owes families of the victims over $1 billion. Robbie Parker, whose six-year-old daughter was killed in the shooting, received $120 million alone for defamation and emotional distress. Jones did not take the verdict seriously, mocking the damages on InfoWars. “Do these people actually think they’re getting any of this money?” he asked. As the jury reads the damages and the Sandy Hook parents weep, Alex Jones is on his broadcast, laughing and assuring his audience that he won't actually be paying any of this money. "Do these people actually think they're getting any of this money?" pic.twitter.com/k9brmHaBWC — Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) October 12, 2022 In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, in which 20 children and 6 administrators were killed, Jones claimed the shooting was a “hoax” and that the murdered children and their families were “crisis actors.” In both of the trials against Jones, family members and law enforcement officials have testified to the barrage of harassment they experienced at the hands of InfoWars viewers. Jackie Barden, whose son Daniel was killed in the shooting, testified in Connecticut about receiving letters from people claiming to have urinated on her son’s grave and threatening to dig up his body. Barden was awarded $28.8 million on Wednesday. Mark Barden was awarded $57.6 million. Another victim’s mother, Nicole Hockley, described being sent death threats and photos of dead children, and how the resulting stress led her to sleep with a knife and baseball bat near her bed for fear of an attack. Hockley was awarded $73.6 million on Wednesday. Ian Hockely was awarded $81.6 million. Robbie and Alissa Parker recalled how Jones held a broadcast the day of their daughter’s funeral, accusing them of “staging it” and of reading cue cards at a press conference several days before. Jones was combative throughout the trial, forcing the removal of the jury from the courtroom several times and claiming the trial to be little more than “a deep state” situation. “Is this a struggle session?” he exclaimed late last month. “Are we in China? I’ve already said I’m sorry, and I’m done saying I’m sorry.” The conspiracy theorist’s disparagement of the proceedings it could not happen to a more deserving guy. getting rich of of peoples pain and sorrow makes me sick. lock him up!

you ever wear pink jj? grins

i want some of what you are smoking. that is pretty out there so no crack nor meth. just good ol fashioned pot.

unless harsin is going to quit coaching all together it is a bad look in my personal opinion. even if he faces a mountain of trouble if he gives up i am pretty sure that is a no no.