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... Jonathan Braun was sentenced to 27 months behind bars.

The Long Island man had been accused of swinging an IV pole at a hospital nurse and threatening to kill her, screaming at a member of his synagogue, groping his family's nanny and evading bridge tolls.

Brooklyn federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto said she hoped Braun's "expressions of remorse" and promises to "lead a law-abiding life" were in good faith, noting that many of the people who he had harmed have since forgiven him.

"Don't squander it," she said to Braun.

Prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence, the maximum punishment allowed, arguing that a lengthy stint behind bars was "necessary to protect the public from further crimes.

"The defendant's brazen and violent conduct caused fear and terror in his victims," prosecutors wrote in a court filing ahead of his sentencing. Braun, they said, has continued to show that he is a "serious danger to the community". ...

@#86 ... The GOP cares about Americans and works in their best interest ...

Of course they do...

/s

@#5 ... As a child, we all read The Emperor's New Clothes.

Lots of us didn't understand it. ...

Good analogy.

An analogy that seems to beg the question ...

How long might it be, and what might it take, before MAGA comes to the understanding the Pres Trump seems to be focused upon increasing the wealth of the wealthy?

@# ... Whites aren't popular after they perpetrated hundreds of years of slavery, genocide, and apartheid.

This is totally understandable. ...

Yea.

And now, when people want to reverse that damage inflicted upon a large portion of America, white Christian nationalists are suddenly screaming... bias!!

So, what were they screaming when they were inflicting similar damage upon those of color?

@#4 ... I love it when us PoC's ...

"Us" ???

More trolling by your current alias than anything else.

So, what else it got?

@#12 ... Or maybe he thought his vote for Andrew Cuomo was going to be his tail wind because . . . Trump. ...

That's also my view at this point.

Billionaires have now seem to have learned that they can become even more wealthy by sucking up to Pres Trump.

OK, my first question might be along the lines of ...

Is MAGA that dull to understand that it is an Onion-like satirical site?

I have other questions.

But, let's start with that one.

Oh, geesh, what did he say this time? ...

From the cited article ...

... Donald Trump promoted the false claim that Barack Obama has earned $40m in "royalties linked to Obamacare" in a post to his 11 million followers on Truth Social on Sunday.

The fictional claim that the former US president receives royalty payments for the use of his name to refer to the Affordable Care Act, which he signed into law in 2010, has been repeatedly debunked since at least 2017, when it was featured on America's Last Line of Defense, a satirical website that produces fake news reports designed to generate engagement from outraged conservatives. ...

Peace in the area will not be simple.

@#30

OK, the story behind that is ...

Back in the day, about four decades ago, I went to the area YMCA to ~work out~ and keep fit.

The exercise room at that Y was just off from the pool. So between sets, I used to walk out and talk with the lifeguard on duty.

One time, when talking to the lifeguard, I asked her whether she became bored with what she was doing.

She showed me a scribble on her daily log. The scribble was, "Haunted When The Minutes Drag.

One thing I will note, and I do want to emphasize here, is that all the conversations I have had with those various lifeguards at the YMCA, never once did they look at me.

Their gaze was always focused upon the pool and the people in it.

I always have respected them for that.

OK, here's a tune with a story behind it ...

@#1 ... When we arrived here, there was an 11-year-old little girl dragged by these masked individuals ...

And, if I may ask, did those individuals doing the dragging show their badges or identify themselves?

If not, how is an American citizen to know if a person exhibiting similar behavior is an ICE agent or just a common criminal?

What is the distinction?

More from the article ...

... The Department of Homeland Security said agents were conducting immigration enforcement operations near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue when an unknown man driving a black Jeep fired shots at agents and drove off.

DHS further alleges a group of people also threw a paint can and bricks at Border Patrol's vehicle. The Chicago Police Department was called in for help and cleared the scene.

CPD said their officers were sent to the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue for reports of shots fired at federal agents. Officers secured the scene and there are no reports of anyone hit by gunfire.

One police officer, however, was accidentally hit by a GMC pickup truck driven by a 20-year-old woman. The officer suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital in good condition, while the woman was issued two citations, according to CPD.

The suspect who reportedly fired shots at the agents and the Jeep he was driving have not been found.

Those who live in the area, however, are accusing federal agents of being aggressive.
Judges use Laken Riley Act to order detained immigrants' release

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward) said he asked agents for warrants and identification after hearing they tried to detain a man in a vehicle.

"When we arrived here, there was an 11-year-old little girl dragged by these masked individuals and the neighbors are trying to surround to make sure that they didn't take her," he said.

Sigcho-Lopez added that witnesses told him agents broke the window of a car. ...

Friggin' wow.

That's the best rated-G comment I can come up with at the oment.

Jus' friggin' wow.

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... Moreover, the National Cybersecurity Agency of France (ANSSI) discovered that the museum's office network used obsolete systems, such as Windows 2000, which no longer guaranteed antivirus updates.

In 2017, a security audit report stated that the threat of an attack with potentially dramatic consequences could no longer be ignored.

It's unclear whether the passwords remained unchanged during the time of the heist and whether other security shortcomings were addressed. ...

@#14 ... As the article points out, naming it the LewzerDome would cost them a lot of money they would gain from some deep pocketed corporate sponsor paying to have their name on it. Lewzer will, of course, will pay nothing. Probably charge them to use his name, in fact. ...

So, you seem to have an understanding of the situation.

@#66 ... that will be in 2027 hopefully. ...

Let us know when it occurs.

What's your Doctorate in? What is your thesis about? What University is granting it?

thx.

Were they actual ICE agents, or just common criminals?

How can we tell a difference?

[serious question]

@#55 ... BTW, if you're sure the Democrats will do it ... explain why they didn't end the filibuster when they could've. ...

Oh.[waving arms] ... pick me... pick me... pick me ...

Because the Democrats knew that if they did that, they would face a time when the Republicans controlled government.

@#35 ... I'm getting a Doctorate in Management ...

So, now we should refer to your comments with an attribution of Dr. Boaz?

... America's biggest export might soon be its own citizens. ...

And, Pres Trump, in tallying, the dollars exported vs dollars imported, will likely place a zero sum on those who leave.

Why?

Because Pres Trump does not seem to care about Americans.

@#11 ... The Washington Yams be more like it. ...

Hey, I like sweet potatoes.

Please don't associate them with Pres trump.

                              :)

@#4 ... PS... thanks, Lamplighter for the wonderful HTML lesson! :-) ...

Oh, geesh, what did I do this time?