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April 30, 2024
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police said Tuesday they’re launching an investigation into who provided drugs that resulted in 51 suspected overdoses and possibly eight deaths throughout Austin.
During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, detectives told reporters they detained at least two people, calling them persons of interest in this deadly overdose investigation. One of those people is now facing a felony charge of in possession of a firearm, police said. However, more charges and arrests could be forthcoming.
“It is apparent there is a deadly batch of illicit narcotics in our community,” APD Asst. Chief Eric Fitzgerald said, adding police will find the people responsible and hold them accountable.
Travis County Judge Andy Brown called what unfolded in the last 27 hours as the “largest opioid overdose outbreak we’ve seen in years.” The earliest response to this surge began at about 9 a.m. Monday, and Austin-Travis County EMS paramedics said it was initially concentrated in the downtown area. However, other calls followed through Tuesday morning in different parts of the city.
Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/atcems-to-provide-more-details-on-multiple-overdose-incident-downtown/
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There were numerous reports of cardiac arrest related to the batch of drugs. It is suspected that fentanyl was used to lace other street drugs.
Austin police investigate 51 suspected overdoses that left 8 dead - KXAN
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police said Tuesday they’re launching an investigation into who provided drugs that resulted in 51 suspected overdoses and possibly eight deaths throughout Austin.
During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, detectives told reporters they detained at least two people, calling them persons of interest in this deadly overdose investigation. One of those people is now facing a felony charge of in possession of a firearm, police said. However, more charges and arrests could be forthcoming.
“It is apparent there is a deadly batch of illicit narcotics in our community,” APD Asst. Chief Eric Fitzgerald said, adding police will find the people responsible and hold them accountable.
Travis County Judge Andy Brown called what unfolded in the last 27 hours as the “largest opioid overdose outbreak we’ve seen in years.” The earliest response to this surge began at about 9 a.m. Monday, and Austin-Travis County EMS paramedics said it was initially concentrated in the downtown area. However, other calls followed through Tuesday morning in different parts of the city.
Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/atcems-to-provide-more-details-on-multiple-overdose-incident-downtown/
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There were numerous reports of cardiac arrest related to the batch of drugs. It is suspected that fentanyl was used to lace other street drugs.
April 30, 2024
Luke and Jessiah discuss a CNN focus group that bolsters the idea that Trump's criminal trials will HURT him significantly in the election.
Trump Hit With The News He's Been Dreading in This Brutal Video! - Luke Beasley (with Jessiah from Pondering Politics)
Luke and Jessiah discuss a CNN focus group that bolsters the idea that Trump's criminal trials will HURT him significantly in the election.
April 30, 2024
Join us as we unravel the absurdity of these claims. It's like something out of a bad spy movie, but unfortunately, it's all too real.
"10-year-olds butchered our soldiers on the streets" - Break the Fake - TVP World
Join us as we unravel the absurdity of these claims. It's like something out of a bad spy movie, but unfortunately, it's all too real.
April 30, 2024
Court's been treating Trump colder than Melania.
Last Week in the Republican Party - April 30, 2024 - The Lincoln Project
Court's been treating Trump colder than Melania.
April 30, 2024
CLASS WITH JAMIE RASKIN episode 3: Jamie Raskin takes on the rightwing fallacy that as Commander-in-Chief, the President has both the power to do whatever he wants and absolute immunity from any legal consequences for criminal actions.
SUPPORT DEMOCRACY SUMMER: https://jamieraskin.com/democracy-summer/
00:00 Does the president have the power to do whatever he wants with absolute immunity?
04:09 Congress is an essential check on the president’s power
06:27 Trump attempted to bypass and overthrow the constitution on January 6
11:18 Trump’s claim vs. judicial review
18:25 Trump claims he’s categorically immune from criminal prosecution
23:08 Could the president order an assassination of his political rivals?
24:30 January 6th was an unprecedented assault
29:10 This fallacy is debunked
29:43 Q&A start
32:00 If the Supreme Court rules that Trump has immunity to commit criminal acts with impunity, would this extend to Biden?
33:55 On the complicity of the Supreme Court to take up this absurd question
35:57 What would it mean if Trump was granted immunity, if he were to win in November?
37:59 On Trump’s claim that a president can’t get anything done without immunity
39:40 Civil immunity vs. criminal immunity
40:47 Next up on Class: Emoluments Clause
41:30 Conclusion
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Note: I have not watched the video yet due to the length, so please don't ask me to reveal what the worst news is.
Must-See: Jamie Raskin drops worst news on Trump - Brian Tyler Cohen
CLASS WITH JAMIE RASKIN episode 3: Jamie Raskin takes on the rightwing fallacy that as Commander-in-Chief, the President has both the power to do whatever he wants and absolute immunity from any legal consequences for criminal actions.
SUPPORT DEMOCRACY SUMMER: https://jamieraskin.com/democracy-summer/
00:00 Does the president have the power to do whatever he wants with absolute immunity?
04:09 Congress is an essential check on the president’s power
06:27 Trump attempted to bypass and overthrow the constitution on January 6
11:18 Trump’s claim vs. judicial review
18:25 Trump claims he’s categorically immune from criminal prosecution
23:08 Could the president order an assassination of his political rivals?
24:30 January 6th was an unprecedented assault
29:10 This fallacy is debunked
29:43 Q&A start
32:00 If the Supreme Court rules that Trump has immunity to commit criminal acts with impunity, would this extend to Biden?
33:55 On the complicity of the Supreme Court to take up this absurd question
35:57 What would it mean if Trump was granted immunity, if he were to win in November?
37:59 On Trump’s claim that a president can’t get anything done without immunity
39:40 Civil immunity vs. criminal immunity
40:47 Next up on Class: Emoluments Clause
41:30 Conclusion
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Note: I have not watched the video yet due to the length, so please don't ask me to reveal what the worst news is.
April 30, 2024
Several months ago, Republican Senator Ted Cruz attached a proposal to a funding bill that would have allowed any lawmakers, Cabinet members, or federal judges to get extra security and VIP treatment with security detail at airports across the country if the lawmaker was receiving threats. But Congress this week said NO WAY to that idea, and stripped the proposal from their version of the legislation, leaving Cruz to have to travel like a commoner. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
Back in February, Republican Senator Ted Cruz put forth a proposal as part of the funding bill for the, uh, FAA. And this proposal would've created special privileges, essentially VIP treatment for any lawmaker federal judge or cabinet member who, uh, you know, gets a lot of threats. So what Ted Cruz's proposal would do is say if you're one of these people and you're getting a lot of threats, well we're gonna create at every airport in this country, right? Spend hundreds of millions of dollars. You are gonna get your own special check-in. You are gonna get your own private security screening area, and you are gonna be accompanied by armed TSA agents throughout your entire travel experience because, you know, Ted Cruz doesn't want to be stuck in the same security line as us commoners. He doesn't want to have to take his shoes off and put his bag in the bin, or maybe not put the bag in the bin.
Who knows? 'cause they changed the rules like every day. But he didn't want to go through that. He wanted the VIP treatment. He wanted people walking around him so that the commoners couldn't approach him and tell him what a scumbag he is. And then this week, democratic representative Benny Thompson, decided, no, we're not gonna do that. And Thompson managed to remove Ted Cruz's proposal from the house version of the bill that is now headed for a full floor vote. So unfortunately for Ted Cruz, his request to be treated as a VIP in every airport in this country has effectively been denied. And by the way, it's not just because Benny Thompson was like, no, I wanna screw over Ted Cruz. You see, the reality of it, as I had previously mentioned, is that this would probably cost hundreds of millions of dollars, at least tens of millions way into well over a hundred million to set these things up.
'cause you would still have to have those big scanners, you know, for the bags to go through the X-ray machines. You'd still have to have the full body scanners and you would have to have more TSA agents on duty to man these private battle stations. And then even more on duty to just walk around the airport with you while you go and get a Cinnabon and the Ts a's like, yeah, we don't have the manpower to, to do that. Um, this would put an unnecessary strain on our already strained organization here. So please, Congress do not give into Ted Cruz's wacky demand. But let's be real about this. This isn't about security. It never was with Ted Cruz. I mean, Ted Cruz has never had to like run for his life in an airport. I mean, honestly, like people have to go through security to get in there. We know they're not carrying
Weapons or anything like that. They can't hurt you. I mean, that doesn't mean they can't necessarily hurt you. We've seen fights at airports, but not with lawmakers. What Ted Cruz didn't want to happen was just average people walking up to him in an airport, like I said, saying, you're a scumbag. We don't like you. That's all Ted Cruz wanted to avoid. He can't stand criticism, and he would rather have the federal government dole out tens of millions of dollars so that he doesn't have to face criticism than to just suck it up for a few minutes while he waits to get on his plane. Luckily, this will not be a reality in the United States, and Ted Cruz will still have to sit there with the rest of us commoners.
Congress Tells Ted Cruz No To His Request For Special VIP Treatment At Airports - Ring of Fire
Several months ago, Republican Senator Ted Cruz attached a proposal to a funding bill that would have allowed any lawmakers, Cabinet members, or federal judges to get extra security and VIP treatment with security detail at airports across the country if the lawmaker was receiving threats. But Congress this week said NO WAY to that idea, and stripped the proposal from their version of the legislation, leaving Cruz to have to travel like a commoner. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
Back in February, Republican Senator Ted Cruz put forth a proposal as part of the funding bill for the, uh, FAA. And this proposal would've created special privileges, essentially VIP treatment for any lawmaker federal judge or cabinet member who, uh, you know, gets a lot of threats. So what Ted Cruz's proposal would do is say if you're one of these people and you're getting a lot of threats, well we're gonna create at every airport in this country, right? Spend hundreds of millions of dollars. You are gonna get your own special check-in. You are gonna get your own private security screening area, and you are gonna be accompanied by armed TSA agents throughout your entire travel experience because, you know, Ted Cruz doesn't want to be stuck in the same security line as us commoners. He doesn't want to have to take his shoes off and put his bag in the bin, or maybe not put the bag in the bin.
Who knows? 'cause they changed the rules like every day. But he didn't want to go through that. He wanted the VIP treatment. He wanted people walking around him so that the commoners couldn't approach him and tell him what a scumbag he is. And then this week, democratic representative Benny Thompson, decided, no, we're not gonna do that. And Thompson managed to remove Ted Cruz's proposal from the house version of the bill that is now headed for a full floor vote. So unfortunately for Ted Cruz, his request to be treated as a VIP in every airport in this country has effectively been denied. And by the way, it's not just because Benny Thompson was like, no, I wanna screw over Ted Cruz. You see, the reality of it, as I had previously mentioned, is that this would probably cost hundreds of millions of dollars, at least tens of millions way into well over a hundred million to set these things up.
'cause you would still have to have those big scanners, you know, for the bags to go through the X-ray machines. You'd still have to have the full body scanners and you would have to have more TSA agents on duty to man these private battle stations. And then even more on duty to just walk around the airport with you while you go and get a Cinnabon and the Ts a's like, yeah, we don't have the manpower to, to do that. Um, this would put an unnecessary strain on our already strained organization here. So please, Congress do not give into Ted Cruz's wacky demand. But let's be real about this. This isn't about security. It never was with Ted Cruz. I mean, Ted Cruz has never had to like run for his life in an airport. I mean, honestly, like people have to go through security to get in there. We know they're not carrying
Weapons or anything like that. They can't hurt you. I mean, that doesn't mean they can't necessarily hurt you. We've seen fights at airports, but not with lawmakers. What Ted Cruz didn't want to happen was just average people walking up to him in an airport, like I said, saying, you're a scumbag. We don't like you. That's all Ted Cruz wanted to avoid. He can't stand criticism, and he would rather have the federal government dole out tens of millions of dollars so that he doesn't have to face criticism than to just suck it up for a few minutes while he waits to get on his plane. Luckily, this will not be a reality in the United States, and Ted Cruz will still have to sit there with the rest of us commoners.
April 30, 2024
Beau speaks about the situation in Al Fashir, Sudan where there is social conflict is imminent and famine is a possibility. - TxT
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about a city in trouble....
Beau speaks about the situation in Al Fashir, Sudan where there is social conflict is imminent and famine is a possibility. - TxT
April 30, 2024
AI Hannity cheated on his wife, but Joe Biden made him do it!
AI Hannity: Biden Made Me Cheat! - Jabari Jones
AI Hannity cheated on his wife, but Joe Biden made him do it!
April 30, 2024
The Legal Breakdown episode 271: @GlennKirschner2 discusses Trump being found in contempt in his Manhattan trial.
Breaking: Trump gets news he's dreaded in court - Brian Tyler Cohen
The Legal Breakdown episode 271: @GlennKirschner2 discusses Trump being found in contempt in his Manhattan trial.
April 30, 2024
In response to the seizure of $300 Billion of Russian assets Russia has seized businesses and assets owned by the West valued at over $107 Billion. In a latest development Russian businesses have started to take advantage of the Decree issued by President Putin that states that any assets purchased must have a DISCOUNT of at least 50% to the market value. In this video I provide details of two Share Buy Back deals that have been announced recently by Russian Companies, discuss the implications for shareholders and the Russian businesses, look at the companies that have lost the most value so far and discuss the implications for the Russian Economy.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:11 COMPANY SHARES
5:59 RUSSIAN BUYBACKS
8:58 BUYBACK ECONOMICS
13:40 COMPANY LOSSES
19:27 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
Russia Seizes More Western Assets as Russian Companies Buy Back Shares at Huge Discounts to Market - Joe Blogs
In response to the seizure of $300 Billion of Russian assets Russia has seized businesses and assets owned by the West valued at over $107 Billion. In a latest development Russian businesses have started to take advantage of the Decree issued by President Putin that states that any assets purchased must have a DISCOUNT of at least 50% to the market value. In this video I provide details of two Share Buy Back deals that have been announced recently by Russian Companies, discuss the implications for shareholders and the Russian businesses, look at the companies that have lost the most value so far and discuss the implications for the Russian Economy.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:11 COMPANY SHARES
5:59 RUSSIAN BUYBACKS
8:58 BUYBACK ECONOMICS
13:40 COMPANY LOSSES
19:27 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
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