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He did not call McCabe for advice. He called McCabe to … “request” that the photographs be taken down.
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Super Bowl LI halftime score:
Atlanta 28
New England 3
Game over. You could have gone to bed right there…not.
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No shit, right? After the W administration and now this malignant shit funnel, with the GOP senate twisting itself in the pretzels to enable him… What do these people really have left to claim? They are conservatives because they say so, apparently… 
And don’t even start to tell me that they are the party of Law and order! 
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Then I guess he can hold himself in contempt of himself.
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More political good news that TPM is ignoring:
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Here’s what the article says:
That sounds like the County Judge is asking the attorney for advice about whether he can force the photos to be deleted, and the attorney advised him that the county judge did not have the power to do so.
BTW, there is no indication in his bio that County Judge Gravell is an attorney. He was “in the ministry” for 30 years, then became a Justice of the Peace, which in Texas does not require a law license. Neither does being a County Judge, which is an administrative and not legal position.
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Under Texas law the “County Judge” was a position from our constitution. Starting in the late 1900s in most urban areas the position didnt actually participate as a judge in the justice system but became an administrator of county government.
The shame of this is that in a still Republican county he had been doing a pretty good job praising judges for reducing the county jail population and therefore exposure, public breakdown every day of cases that was clear and concise, working with the hated liberals in Travis county (Austin) and setting up orders that made sense.
As said above and below do as I say not as I do or I, me, me and mine are too important to follow the rules.
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Who’s more strategic? The governor or Covid-19?
Neither.
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You obviously do not understand how “family values” work as a linchpin of conservative standards and morals. The God-fearing parents of this kid cared enough to not abort him, right? If he happens to die because his grandfather puts him and his family at risk during a coronaviral pandemic, the preacher can remind the ten mourners standing six feet apart at graveside that the Children of Israel lost sons and daughters to pestilences in Biblical times too.
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Yes, I saw that, thanks.
Plus there’s this:
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OT: Ho-hum. Another day, another expose on Trump’s criminal negligence.
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I saw the Soros item yesterday and wondered why it wasn’t getting more play. Thanks for shining a light into the dark corner. You are so good at doing that!
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Anti-Vaxxers Are Just as Bad as Climate Deniers
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/anti-vaxxers-are-just-as-bad-as-climate-deniers/
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Slightly clearer information from Click2Houston:
[quote] After pictures of the judge in the firefighting suit were reportedly posted to Twitter, Gravell called a Williamson County defense attorney about having the photos taken down, the TV station reported.
“And, I immediately made it clear that I have no control over those photographs, I did not take the photographs and that I would do nothing to help them,” attorney Robert McCabe told the station.
KXAN reported that Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick “filed a criminal referral” about the matter with the county attorney. [/quote]
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OT: Florida is a swamp but I’m guessing you knew that. If Trump had a twin, he would be De Santis. They are such a mess.
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Hmm …
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Someone actually took the time to make this judgment?
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I wonder if they discovered how much overlap there is between the two groups.
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I would imagine a Venn diagram consisting of two concentric circles…
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By and large, they are the same group—as are those who don’t believe the virus is as bad as it is.
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