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TexasTowelie's JournalTrump will 'rapidly' lose votes if convicted - David Cay Johnston - Times Radio
“The most recent polling shows he’s heading down not up.”
“Conviction will cause a great rapid drop in support for Trump”, says journalist and author David Cay Johnston.
Is the ocelot, the endangered South Texas wildcat, making a comeback?
McALLEN — It’s been more than 50 years since the South Texas ocelot — a medium-sized spotted wildcat known for parallel stripes running down its neck — was put on the federal endangered species list.
By official counts, there are only about 100 of these creatures remaining in their native South Texas, concentrated in Cameron and Willacy counties, on the state's eastern coast.
So when two conservation groups learned that DNA from a male ocelot killed in 2021 by a motorist dozens of miles away in Hidalgo County suggested a previously unknown population of the animals, they celebrated.
“The results suggest that this cat possibly occupies a region of South Texas not yet known to ocelot researchers,” Sharon Wilcox, senior Texas representative for Defenders of Wildlife, said in a statement. “Hidalgo County may have more ocelots present in its more remote sections where appropriate habitat and access to prey exists.”
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/25/south-texas-ocelot-population/
The ocelot found in South Texas is classified as endangered.
Major cities in Mexico running out of water as extreme heat continues - NBC News
Some major cities in Mexico are facing a shortage in their water supply. This comes as the country has been dealing with extreme heat leading to a severe drought. Telemundo's Vanessa Hauc talks to Mexican residents on how the shortage is affecting their communities.
25 Apr: Nice! Ukrainians unveil & erase a top-secret Russian tank base - Reporting from Ukraine
Day 792: Apr 25
Today, there are a lot of developments in the Kurakhove direction.
In the last few days, there have been a series of attacks and counterattacks around Krasnohorivka, which have increased in intensity and signaled Russian forces' high priority to establish control of this town as a preliminary step to launching an attack on Kurakhove.
After the fall of Marinka, Krasnohorivka became the next logical step due to its high tactical value for the Russians. Taking the town would allow them to push forward into the fields, compromising the supply to the Ukrainian fortress settlements further along the line behind Marinka and providing fire control into the Ukrainian flanks. This way, the Russians would gain a significant advantage by attacking the Ukrainians also from the flanks.
Russian attacks over Krasnohorivka, which have been ongoing for weeks, are conducted on two main vectors: from the south towards the residential district and from the east, through the farms and field lands. The Russians faced heavy resistance in both vectors because these areas had already been heavily fortified since the initial conflict in 2014. As a result, Russian assaults on the city's southern district and from the east through the farms and countryside areas ultimately failed in their first attempt because Russian forces could not consolidate their positions, forcing them to retreat.
However, it took only a short time for Russian forces to regroup and begin preparations for the next assault. These efforts included significant artillery preparation. Among other objectives, geolocated footage confirmed the destruction of Ukrainian electronic warfare equipment, which was in the process of being deployed.
Shortly after that, the Russians finally launched their next wave, attacking from both the east and south vectors. In this last vector, the mechanized assault was remarkable in size, consisting of about two platoons.
The geolocated footage shows a first advance with six armored vehicles, which got under heavy artillery fire already on the approach. Ukrainians made extensive use of cluster munition, and the mechanized attack was finally repelled with the help of FPV drones. What happened next has been the subject of worldwide attention: the Russians led the next mechanized wave with a wholly welded metal plates-covered tank intended as protection against FPV drones. In addition, a strong electronic warfare device was placed at the upper part in order to undermine FPV attacks. This interesting assembly, nicknamed “turtle tank”, was, in fact, able to advance through the southern district and return to its base without being destroyed.
This event prompted remarks from several Ukrainian military analysts for two reasons. Firstly, no FPV drone attacks over the turtle tank were reported, so electronic warfare devices on board proved to be effective. Secondly, the fact that ATGM units did not attack the tank either, and only artillery fire were reported, indicates a worrying material shortage in this front area.
As for the turtle tank, after countless comments on social media, Russian forces finally published a more detailed video where they illustrated the development process of the turtle tank, showing further details. Unfortunately for the Russians, this footage got geolocated by Ukrainian forces, and shortly after that, the turtle tank base was hit and destroyed by a Ukrainian HIMARS attack.
Up next, it was the turn of the Ukrainians.
Geolocated images show Ukrainian forces' counterattack in the same areas of the earlier Russian attack, indicating that Ukrainian troops regained their positions following the initial Russian mechanized assault. The videos show a number of shell and FPV drone attacks over a building in the eastern part of the city. This building was one of the main Russian positions in the area. In the end, the upper floor of the building started to burn, and some parts even began to collapse.
The Russians found it difficult to accept this setback, and as if the scale of the last attack was not big enough, Russian forces doubled down on their effort and increased the scale of their next offensive to a massive level.
Firstly, Russian forces relaunched the turtle tank concept with new iterations, with the same tactical idea of leading several waves of mechanized attacks.
A Ukrainian officer stated that Russian forces conducted mechanized assaults near Krasnohorivka using dozens of armored vehicles...
Pro-Palestinian College Protests Grow as Police Crack Down - The Daily Show
As protests for Gaza ramp up on college campuses, the de-escalation effort doesn't seem to be...de-escalating. Ronny Chieng and Jordan Klepper break down the police crackdown, as well as politicians like Mike Johnson and Benjamin Netanyahu weighing in.
Trump Pleads Total Immunity to SCOTUS While Claiming to be an Everyman - The Daily Show
Jordan Klepper and Ronny Chieng dive into Trump’s double trials, as his lawyers argue to the Supreme Court that he should have complete immunity and David Pecker of “The Enquirer” airs out his dirty laundry. Plus, in the midst of an upcoming election, Trump hits up a construction site while denouncing Bill Barr’s endorsement, and Michael Kosta joins to discuss why he should be above the law.
New York appeals court overturns Weinstein rape conviction - NBC News
In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction. The ruling stated that the judge in the trial made an error in allowing the testimony of three women who were not involved in the case. The decision came as a shock to more than a hundred of Weinstein's accusers. NBC News' Kate Snow reports.
Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction is overturned by New York's top court
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction with a ruling that shocked and disappointed women who celebrated historic gains during the #MeToo era and left those who testified in the case bracing for a retrial against the ex-movie mogul.
The court found the trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against Weinstein based on allegations that weren’t part of the case.
Weinstein, 72, will remain in prison because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape. But the New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against Weinstein.
#MeToo advocates noted that Thursday’s ruling was based on legal technicalities and not an exoneration of Weinstein’s behavior, saying the original trial irrevocably moved the cultural needle on attitudes about sexual assault.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/weinstein-metoo-appeal-ed29faeec862abf0c071e8bd3574c4a3
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