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Jilly_in_VA's JournalOhio Sheriff Defends Wanting Kamala Harris Supporter Addresses
An Ohio sheriff whose request on social media for the addresses of Kamala Harris supporters is defending his post after it received nationwide attention and provoked accusations of voter intimidation.
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski responded Wednesday to the outcry over his Facebook post last Friday in which he referred to the Democratic presidential nominee as a “Laughing Hyena” and suggested that people “write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!”
Zuchowski, who is running for reelection, also referred to immigrants as “Illegal human ‘Locust’ [sic]” and said that when they “need places to live...We’ll already have the addresses of the their New families...who supported their arrival!”
Some Portage County residents were alarmed by Zuchowski’s rhetoric — especially amid the false and inflammatory Republican claims about Haitian immigrants in other Ohio cities — and filed complaints with the American Civil Liberties Union, state and federal agencies, as well as members of Congress, local news outlet The Portager reported.
One GOP county commissioner even resigned from the county’s Republican Central Committee, saying in a Facebook video that “this is not the leadership I want to be part of.”
In interviews, local residents said they felt targeted by their sheriff and felt they wouldn’t be able to rely on him to protect them if they needed help.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sheriff-zuchowski-doubles-down-kamala-harris-outcry_n_66eaf877e4b00b7ce2596574
He's using the First Amendment like a ball bat, to bully people. He's a disgrace!
Woman suffers leg burns after hiking off trail near Yellowstone Park's Old Faithful
A New Hampshire woman suffered burns on her leg after hiking off trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog were not injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin, and there is scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
https://apnews.com/article/woman-burned-yellowstone-national-park-90a029e230960b097f7183afd9e7921b
Darwin Award. Stay on the fucking trail, stupid. They're there for a reason!
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdown
Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Wednesday he wants Congress to have more control over selecting the U.S. postmaster general after a mail-service breakdown in his state.
Ossoff’s proposed Postmaster General Reform Act would require the U.S. Senate to confirm a president’s appointment to the role. Right now, the position is appointed by the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors without confirmation from Congress. The legislation would also allow postmaster generals to stay in office for a maximum of two five-year terms. The position currently has no term limits.
“The execution debacle by the U.S. Postal Service in Georgia has been a failure of leadership and a failure of management, and it has reflected the incompetent leadership and the incompetent management of the postmaster general himself,” Ossoff said at a news conference Wednesday.
Lawmakers across states have criticized DeJoy for his management of the Postal Service. The legislation comes as DeJoy has tried to squash concerns from election officials throughout the country that the postal system is not prepared to handle a rush of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election.
https://apnews.com/article/louis-dejoy-postmaster-postal-mail-jon-ossoff-73284ac15539bdb9923a6280b38ffb0a
It's about damn time! DeJoy(less) should be dismissed with prejudice. No pension for you, dude!
A former officer texted a photo of the bloodied Tyre Nichols to his ex-girlfriend
A former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols sent his ex-girlfriend a photo of the badly injured man on the night he was punched, kicked and hit with a police baton following a traffic stop, according to trial testimony Wednesday.
Brittany Leake, a Memphis officer and Demetrius Haley’s former girlfriend, testified during the criminal trial that she was on the phone with Haley when officers pulled Nichols over for a traffic stop. She said she heard a “commotion,” including verbal orders for someone to give officers his hands.
The call ended, but Haley later texted the photo in a group chat comprising Haley, Leake and her godsister, she testified. Prosecutors displayed the photo for the jury. It showed Nichols with his eyes closed, on the ground with what appeared to be blood near his mouth and his hands behind his back.
Leake said that when she saw the photo, her reaction was: “Oh my God, he definitely needs to go to the Med.”
The Med is shorthand for Memphis’ trauma hospital.
https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-beating-death-trial-memphis-21e6dcfc1550b13955233a0dded69358
These guys are just beyond the pale. Lock them up permanently!
Mayor of Atlantic City and his wife are indicted for allegedly beating their daughter
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges for allegedly beating their teenage daughter on numerous occasions, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said the indictment was made Tuesday by a grand jury that accused the couple of child endangerment. Marty Small also was charged with assault and making terroristic threats.
Prosecutors said both parents hit and emotionally abused the girl, who was 15 to 16 years old, on multiple occasions in December and January.
“All people have heard is one side of the story,” Small told The Associated Press. “We look forward to telling our side.”
He said his daughter remains at home with her parents.
“This indictment has absolutely nothing to do with Marty Small’s tenure as mayor of Atlantic City,” said his lawyer, Ed Jacobs. “There’s no charge of corruption or any official misconduct. Marty and La’Quetta Small don’t need the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office meddling into a private family matter.”
https://apnews.com/article/atlantic-city-mayor-marty-small-child-abuse-f6ab2eb6e431c9d7bf9bc7e8cf88eb1a
And they leave the kid at home with them after this?
Cat that comforts trafficked women in London safe house is feline of the year
A cat that offers comfort to trafficked women has been named cat of the year at a national ceremony.
Marley, a black and white cat who lives at a safe house for women who have been enslaved, exploited and trafficked, won the award because of his “gift of empathy”.
Seven-year-old Marley beat thousands of other entries to win Cats Protection’s coveted award in recognition of the compassion he offers women at Caritas Bakhita House in London.
Karen Anstiss, the head of the house, said: “I’m so proud Marley has won national cat of the year. He’s a wonderful example of the power of love. Often Marley placing a paw on our guests’ legs is the first kindness they’ve experienced in years. He has this incredible gift of empathy and has assisted many, many women along the road to recovery.”
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/sep/18/cat-of-the-year-marley-london-safe-house-trafficked-women
Take that, JD Bowman Vance!
Jefferson Co. community comes together to support dogs after woman arrested for aggravated animal cruelty
Paula Whitt, 55, runs the nonprofit "A Life 2go2 Rescue." The nonprofit said it helps all animals "regardless of the situation, breed, age" or sex. Jefferson County deputies, animal control workers and a local shelter went to her location expecting to rescue a few dogs.
When they finished counting, they found she had 68 dogs in her care.
Companion Animal Rescue and Education took in all the dogs. Its director, Mindy Hutcheson, said workers arrived at the nonprofit around 9 a.m. Monday and the last dog was transported around 8:30 p.m.
While she said they are doing their best to help every dog, some could not be helped.
"We did have to have one dog euthanized last night right away. We couldn't let her go overnight. She was in dire need of relief," Hutcheson said.
She said the dogs all need supportive care.
"They are starved. They're completely dehydrated, anemic. So we are feeding, watering — IV fluids in some situations. We're trying everything to just kind of boost their system again. The next step is going to be to start testing them for things such as heartworms to see what they're up against, what their battles are actually gonna be," she said.
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/hamblen-jefferson-cocke-greene/community-comes-together-to-support-dogs-in-poor-condition-in-jefferson-county/51-b09d46df-4f4e-4f51-8d11-581069ff2bea
This is why cities/counties pass pet number limits. While I sometimes think the limits are too low to accommodate licensed breeders and rescues, perhaps those folks would be happy to allow inspections of their properties in return for larger numbers.
How Trump is relying on a racist conspiracy theory to question election results
When former President Donald Trump told millions of Americans during Tuesday’s presidential debate that “our elections are bad, and a lot of these illegal immigrants coming in, they're trying to get them to vote,” he was not just repeating a baseless claim intended to undermine the results of the upcoming 2024 election.
He was also echoing the latest iteration of a once-fringe racist conspiracy theory that has now become mainstream in the Republican Party. The conspiracy – known as the "great replacement" – claims there is a plan to bring nonwhite immigrants into the United States and other Western countries to replace white voters to achieve a political agenda.
Throughout this presidential campaign season, Trump and his allies have repeatedly claimed that Democrats allowed migrants to enter the country so they would vote in the 2024 election – despite the fact that no evidence has surfaced of a mass scheme to register undocumented immigrants. Noncitizen voting in federal elections is illegal and rare, and there are checks in place to deter and prevent it. (A small number of localities permit noncitizens to vote in municipal elections for positions such as school board using separate ballots from those used for state and national elections. The number of noncitizens who ultimately cast ballots is very small.)
“They can't even speak English. They don't even know what country they're in, practically. And these people are trying to get them to vote, and that's why they're allowing them into our country,” Trump said during Tuesday’s debate.
Social media influencers and groups allied with Trump have sought to keep the issue alive, frequently hyping thinly sourced stories claiming noncitizens are being encouraged to vote that have turned up no concrete evidence.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/13/g-s1-22583/trump-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory
So disgusting.
Foster cat news
It is with great sadness and regret that I think I am going to have to return my foster cat Sarai. She is not making any progress whatsoever. We had a setback two weeks ago when the man came to clean the furnace and since then she seems to have regressed and no amount of coaxing or cajoling will encourage her to come out of her shell, be more friendly or playful, or be more approachable. I've tried squeezeable treats, sitting on the floor with her, talking quietly to her, the whole works, but she just comes around for a minute or two and then runs away and hides again. I don't know if she needs another kind of foster environment, or if she just needs to be a barn cat (she was in the barn cat program originally and then was thought to be possibly adoptable). She might be a friendly barn cat like my two.
OTOH, there is a guy in the stray room that I have my eye on as a possible foster. He is 14 years old and very overweight. He is black and white spotted and his name is Paco. I don't know why he was turned in but he is a very sweet boy and I would be happy to foster him, whatever his needs are; one of them is most certainly more space and a decent diet! If he is diabetic or has thyroid issues (he was supposed to see the vet today) I can medicate him, no problem. His coat is in terrible shape, very dry, but I attribute that to poor diet previously; I brushed him today and he absolutely loved it. purred the whole time. If not him, there is a gray boy called Mosby who is shy but sweet. However, I think Paco needs me more.
Woman suing Browns QB Deshaun Watson over alleged sexual assault to meet with NFL, her attorney says
A woman accusing Deshaun Watson of sexual assault may meet in the next two weeks with the NFL, which is investigating the Cleveland Browns quarterback’s off-field behavior, the woman’s lawyer said Thursday.
Attorney Tony Buzbee said in an email to several media outlets that his client, who filed a civil lawsuit in Houston on Monday accusing Watson of sexual assault and battery, will soon speak with the league.
Additionally, Buzbee, who represented two dozen other women in suits against Watson, said he has a video and two additional witnesses.
Watson, who served an 11-game suspension to start the 2022 season over the earlier allegations, could face additional punishment if he did not disclose the incident with this woman during the league’s previous inquiries. This incident took place in 2020, according to the lawsuit.
The woman, identified only as “Jane Doe,” said in the lawsuit that Watson “roughly sexually assaulted her for several minutes” while at her apartment on a dinner date.
The Browns have remained supportive of Watson, who will start on Sunday against Jacksonville. Coach Kevin Stefanski said he did not consider benching Watson despite the seriousness of the new accusations.
https://apnews.com/article/deshaun-watson-lawsuit-b56eed4aa5a1ac0349ffdf9f7a4356bf
Throw the (bum) out! Colin Kaepernick hasn't played since 2011 for a hell of a lot less......
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