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[Shesretro @shesretro1]

Released today on https://t.co/qBsUTrdPoj a bit of winter ingenuity

[Shesretro @shesretro1]

I delved into this and it should raise concerns for everyone the summary is based off of what I found and my own questions about it because reading it is a red flag and actually working out nuances are what I was aiming for.

Texas HB 218 raises serious constitutional and due-process concerns that deserve scrutiny.

Under the proposed legislation:

Article 7B.154: A judge could issue a temporary firearm surrender order without notifying or hearing from the gun owner, based on a finding of reasonable cause. Firearms would have to be surrendered within 24 hours.
Article 7B.155: The individual would receive a hearing within 14 days. A longer order would require clear and convincing evidence.
Article 7B.157: That longer order could remain in effect for one year, with the individual generally unable to request an early review until the 91st day.

Consider what this means in practice.

Someone could make an allegation against you without your knowledge. A court could consider that allegation and issue an order affecting your Second Amendment rights before you've had an opportunity to hear the evidence, challenge its accuracy, or present your defense.

Although the legal burden of proof rests with the person seeking the order, the practical consequences fall immediately on the gun owner. Firearms could be surrendered first, with the opportunity to contest the allegations coming afterward.

That raises legitimate questions:

What safeguards prevent false, exaggerated, or malicious accusations? What evidence establishes reasonable cause? What protects medical privacy? Who pays the legal expenses of defending against an unfounded allegation? And what remedy exists for someone whose firearms were taken unjustifiably?

Emergency protective measures may serve legitimate public-safety purposes, but constitutional rights and due process cannot be treated as afterthoughts.

The central concern is not whether dangerous individuals should be prevented from harming others. It is whether the government should be permitted to restrict an individual's constitutional rights through a proceeding conducted without that individual's knowledge or participation.

A judicial order is not the same as a criminal conviction, and an allegation is not proof of wrongdoing.

HB 218 remains proposed legislation, not enacted law. But these questions deserve answers before lawmakers consider granting the government such authority.

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@MattPinner_ I'm starting to sweat here. Can I call a friend?😂

[DIEGO RANCH INC 🇺🇸 @Diegoranchinc]

A veteran walked onto Diego Ranch several months ago. Didn't talk much. His wife said he'd been gone a long time, not physically, but the man she married wasn't home anymore.
First session, he just stood next to the horse. Didn't mount. Didn't need to. The horse didn't care about his medals or his nightmares. It just stood there, breathing steady, like it had all the time in the world.
Week two, he started talking. Not to me but to the horse. About things he hadn't said out loud in years. Horses don't interrupt. They don't judge. They just listen with their whole body, and somehow that makes a man finally hear himself.
Last week he helped a nine-year-old boy buckle his helmet. The kid has autism and had never let anyone that close. The veteran got down on one knee, took his time, and said, "It's okay. I've got you."
That moment right there.... That's what this ranch is about. A place where the people who've been through hell learn to be the calm in someone else's storm.
We've helped thousands of kids and veterans, and Diego Ranch is still going. If you believe in this work, here is the link to help. https://t.co/Qi4R6J8pXu Every dollar goes straight to the horses, the kids, and the vets who need it.
Some people just see a horse. We see a mirror and it shows people who they really are. HAPPY VETERANS DAY

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@mooseincrisis yes and do Hummingbirds go home and go man what a day? had to eat 47 times, fought three strangers over a flower and some asshole put plain water in the feeder.

[Kelly Boesch🏳️‍🌈 @kellyeld]

“Christmas With Myself” I know it feels a bit early for Christmas but I’m learning about song release schedules. This week I will have three Xmas songs. I know I’m getting in the mood a bit early after making the videos 😄❤️ #ai #aiar #christmas

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@kellyeld It's lovely, all of it.

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@DamarRising Keeping me centered during difficult trials.

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I want to say thank you to @Tanvir48992 for being my 100th follower. And to everyone else so far it is greatly appreciated.

[Tanvir 🫎 @Tanvir48992]

Prompt:

Cinematic golden-hour portrait of a young woman seated sideways on a folding bistro chair with a dark metal frame and wooden slats, on a high balcony overlooking a sprawling hillside city. Her torso is turned toward the camera and her arm rests along the stone balustrade, while she gazes off into the distance with a calm, dreamy, slightly wistful expression and soft green eyes. Her face is tilted up toward the light. Very long, voluminous, curly copper-orange red hair blown dramatically by the wind, strands streaming across the frame and glowing fiery orange in the warm backlight. Fair, freckled skin with a soft natural glow, minimal fresh makeup, rosy cheeks, soft natural lips. In her hands she holds a simple cream-white ceramic mug. She wears a strapless cream-ivory chiffon gown with a gathered, softly structured bodice and a long, flowing, layered skirt of airy tulle and chiffon that billows in the wind and pools across the foreground in luminous folds. Setting: a cream-colored classical stone balcony with a turned balustrade and architectural column on the right, a terracotta-tiled roof edge below, and a wide panoramic view of a European hillside city with rooftops, domes and green trees stretching toward a hazy horizon. Sky: heavy dark slate-grey storm clouds breaking open with golden sunlight at the horizon. Palette of fiery copper, warm amber, cream, terracotta and moody slate grey. Windswept, romantic, peaceful mood. Dramatic golden backlight, strong rim light on the hair, volumetric glow, painterly cinematic realism, photorealistic digital art, ultra-detailed hair strands, chiffon and stone texture, low-angle shot, shallow depth of field, vertical 2:3 composition, 8k, masterpiece

[David @DamarRising]

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. -Isaiah 41:10

[Shesretro @shesretro1]

@Justin_Nunley Thanks for the laugh. He's a Nobel Laureate that one.

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@BamaSaltyMarine Pickles are tone deaf.

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Why can Florida do this and not everywhere else?

[Professor Anthony @ProfAnthony0114]

Starting in 2027 under Florida’s HB 991, Florida driver’s licenses and state IDs will show the holder’s citizenship status. The main goal is to strengthen election integrity by making citizenship status easier to verify for voter registration and voter-roll maintenance.

What is the rest of the country doing to prevent illegals from voting ?

[Shesretro @shesretro1]

@ProfAnthony0114 Not enough.

[Shesretro @shesretro1]

On this Veterans Day I want to give my heartfelt thanks to each and every one who serves and has served. My father served in the Air Force and my grandfather served in WWII. My grandfather lied about his age to serve. He went in with black hair and came home with white. He never spoke of it.

Few of us can truly understand the sacrifice it takes to do what is asked of these individuals and many will never tell you. The very least we can do is honor them and thank them. So, thank you.

[Shesretro @shesretro1]

Why Do They Do It?

Service men and women serve in a job that is too often thankless. They sacrifice to an extent we can only guess at. They work unforgiving hours in places and conditions most would balk at.
To sign up is to relinquish a measure of yourself to that service. Do you understand what that truly means?
They surrender freedoms and autonomy that most of us take for granted, accepting obligations that may take them far from home and into danger on behalf of people they have never met and may never meet.
Some never return. Others come home with their bodies and lives forever altered.
To fail to care for them, or respect what they have given, is a travesty that words cannot adequately espress.

So why do they do it? Ask them. You should. God Bless them all.

[Shesretro @shesretro1]

@grumpyvetdoug You will get no argument from me. Ever.

[Healthy with Biany @HealthyBiany]

Small accounts don't need motivation. We need impressions. LOTS of impressions. 😂