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Texan, dog rescuer, Eagle Scout, and U.S. Marine vet

[Austin Videos @ATXVideos]

Joyce tells the story of her neighbor being shot while walking his dogs during this past weekend's shooting spree and shelter-in-place. Her neighbor went to the hospital, and his dogs are missing. He was one of 4 victims of random shootings committed by Christian Mondragon and the other two teenagers who stole a number of cars, and shot at fire stations all over Austin.

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@CartNarcs Austin?

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@BrandonTucker @YoungerGolf I hear a new one is in the works (not Austin beach club)

[Austin Justice @AustinJustice]

Memphis was one of the most dangerous cities in America. It’s now becoming a model for how to fight crime when you have a terrible DA.

From the peak:
- Murders down 47%
- Carjackings down 48%
- Robberies down 51%.
- Vehicle theft down 80%.

What changed:

1. State troopers took over interstate patrol, freeing up local officers.

2. Police launched focused initiatives targeting fugitives, violent repeat offenders, and gang members.

3. National Guard, federal agents, and US Marshals came in and made 9,000+ arrests, including 400+ gang members. Plus 629 illegal firearms seized, 150 missing children located.

4. Technology filled the gaps. Police deployed license plate readers citywide, expanded drone use, and opened a downtown command center. A cancer center went from a crime attempt every other week to none.

Overall crime is now down more than 43% compared to the same period last year

Memphis has a long way to go and remains a dangerous city. Its DA is still dismissing 3 out of every 4 felony cases. In fact, the state legislature just passed a bill to audit and potentially remove him.

But the city is showing that a rogue DA doesn't have to be a death sentence for public safety. Flood the streets with law enforcement, target repeat offenders, and make arrests faster than he can dismiss them.

[Beth Ann Nichols @GolfweekNichols]

More angles of @anwagolf champion Maria Jose Marin’s perfect “first chip” at an Arkansas baseball game. Practiced it for the first time just before she went on the field.

The catcher: “That was sick!”

[Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews]

BREAKING - A Baltimore mom is receiving massive praise after returning to the same food stand her son robbed just days before to reconcile with the owner, return the money, and apologize for her son’s actions, confirming she placed him in a treatment facility.

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@BryanTweed16 Bobby Fairways

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

This annoys all the right people.

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@BryanTweed16 @hyattlostpines Check out Crystal Falls in Leander

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@patrickjkoenig @OpenTeebooking @DelawareSprings Nice little hidden gem

[Mike Dickson @mikedicksongolf]

TOM WATON’S SECRET TO GOLF. Here’s a great drill to work on the body movement in your back and down swing. Tom Watson said he figured it out on the range at Harbortown on a Tuesday at 3:45. Tom figured out if his right shoulder replace his left shoulder in the down swing. The

[Austin Justice @AustinJustice]

AUSTIN MAN walks up to a stranger using a computer on the fourth floor of the Central Library, punches him in the head so hard he's knocked out of his chair, stomps on his head multiple times while he lies unconscious on the floor -- then calmly walks back to his own computer and sits down.

The victim is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. Police Chief Lisa Davis (@APDChiefDavis) happened to be in the building and made the arrest herself.

On a city bus in 2024, Vasquez threatened an 11-year-old boy, cocked his leg back to kick him full-force, then stood up and punched the kid's mother in the face. She's a Spanish speaker and couldn't even understand the threats. A female bystander tackled Vasquez to protect them. He punched her in the head repeatedly. All was on video.

Child endangerment charge and two assaults charges. Dismissed.

Six months before that, he punched a CapMetro bus driver in the mouth hard enough to cause a bloody laceration. During the arrest, he called an officer a racial slur and spit directly in his face. Felony harassment of a public servant. Dismissed to "pre-trial diversion."

He also had a felony terroristic threat against a public servant. Also dismissed.

His Travis County record:
• 10 cases
• 3 felonies -- all dismissed
• 4 assaults -- all dismissed
• 0 jury trials

Now someone is fighting for their life in a hospital because a man with a documented pattern of unprovoked violence kept walking out of the courthouse.

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Blackhawks and C130s over Leander earlier tonight

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

Incredible. When Jack Hughes was a teenager, he said his dream was to be teammates with his brother one day

“My preference would be to play with him.”

They both just became Olympic gold medalists for Team USA

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Jimmy Carr echoing Peter Thiel with a line that lands hard:

“Minus the screens from any room, we’re still living in the 1970s. Nothing’s happened in physics since 1972. String theory has not got us anywhere.”

But the real shift?

“Take the compute power of AI and point it at physics… everything else in science is stamp collecting. Physics is the real thing.
That gave us every bit of technology we have. What happens when you point AI at that?”

He sees two roads ahead:
a world of plenty with 50× productivity and human flourishing…
or something that goes “another way.”

If AI finally cracks physics in the next decade — what single breakthrough do you hope comes first: limitless energy, gravity control, new materials… or something we haven’t even named yet?

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

https://t.co/GFfob61imm

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

WOAH 🚨 Spencer Pratt just received an advanced copy of the House Judiciary Committee's report on Pacific Palisades Fire Aid

Of the $100 million dollars of Fire Aid raised

- $75 million has been LOST
- $100,000 went to voter participation
- $500,000 to political advocacy groups
- $100,000 went to a podcasters
- $500,000 went to bonuses, salaries, and money for consultants for nonprofit organizations

“This is just the tip of the iceberg and more letters went out today demanding that the recipients of fire aid money prove how they spent their funds. $75 million has been lost, but the scam is over.”

[Adam Huntington @Adventuring_RE]

The maintenance is the least of our worries at this point. San Diego is careening towards bankruptcy in the next six months... everything you see around are Canaries in the Coal Mine.

To see this section cleaned a few years ago...👇

[ꪻꫝể ꪻꫝể @TheThe1776]

5 things Corrupt leaders don't want conservatives and liberals realizing:

1. Ban hedge funds from buying single-family homes.

2. Prohibit Congress and families from stock trading.

3. Remove big money from politics: Ban unions, corporations, super PACs; limit individual donations to $100 per election.

4. Require single-issue bills, no hidden provisions.

5. Eliminate foreign influence in politics and elections.

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@WallStreetMav Blocked