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The New York Post and been New York Posting for a long time now.
- As part of Sidney Powell's plea bargain in the Georgia insurrection case, she had to write a "letter of apology." Below is the whole thing. I don't blame her. That's a childish condition of the plea.
- A modern day Christmas story in four Acts:
- Act I. This is really pretty simple. If the government opens up its property to any group, it has to open it up to all religions no matter how out of the mainstream they are. To do otherwise, would be "establishing"/endorsing one religion over another as well as censoring speech based upon its content. Both violate the First Amendment. It's not hard. (Side note: The group isn't a Satanic cult at all. They are actually just a "freedom from religion" outfit.)
- Act II: One guy apparently didn't get the message. And don't celebrate this - that's embarrassing. Instead blame your elected officials for being dumb enough to open up government property to all comers.
- Act III: And we also have an arrest. "The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 35-year-old Michael Cassidy of Lauderdale, Mississippi, was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief." But wait. We have a plot twist. He just happens to be running for a state House seat in Mississippi as a "Christian conservative."
- Act IV: And, in a routine we know all to well, the grifting has begun. This is all so exhausting.
- Four years. Not enough. But do all these people look the same?
- Want to watch a 60 second "public service message" which will absolutely stop you down (or outrage you if you are of a certain type)?
- I call that a successful escape. Video. The sanctuary is "a 232-acre farm home to nearly 450 animals, including cows and bulls, sheep, goats, horses and chickens in rural Suffolk County — about 55 miles northwest of Newark."
- Interesting if you are, well, interested in that sort of thing. Link. It was released this morning.
- Also released this morning: A deep dive by the New York Times. I have a gift link here.
- The Business Second™: Mortgage rates have begun their fall.
- The Business 2nd Second™: Pastor Robert Jeffress' empire has invaded Waco.
- Stuff like this shouldn't be a news story. It happens all the time -- and for far less things than a state championship game.
- Legal nerdy stuff: Everyone was roasting the defense attorneys in the comments under this headline -- "they should be disbarred," one said -- but that legal theory is spot on. At least in Texas, the degree of theft is based upon the "fair market value" of the property stolen. And although the jury doesn't have to agree, they are entitled to consider whether the sale price is the fair market value.
- Legal nerdy stuff 2: Judge Don Willett is a wingnut, but he sure can write. And yesterday he was spot-out when writing about a crazy case out of Midland that made it to the Fifth Circuit:
- Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 4 years and 172 days.
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