Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group's insurance unit, was fatally shot outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning, in what is believed to be a targeted attack ... read more
Allegations of a second child sex abuse case surfaced against Robert Morris, founder of Gateway Christian Church. Four others knew of his history of sexual abuse and did nothing to stop it. All four have been removed. Robert Morris was on President-elect Donald's Trump's evangelical advisory board for his campaign in 2016. Gateway Christian Church has over 25,000 people that attend services.
In 2023, the year that followed Florida's initial 15-week abortion ban, the state saw an increase in the number of infants ... who died from lethal congenital anomalies or fatal birth defects before celebrating a first birthday. read more
Elon Musk said Saturday that he would randomly award $1 million a day to registered voters who sign a petition for his pro-Trump political action committee. The petition, posted on the America PAC website, said that to be eligible for payments, signees "must be registered voters of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin." Musk called up John Dreher saying he was one of the petition signers and handed him a giant check for $1,000,000.
Trump appointees at the Bureau of Prisons, a division of the Justice Department, provided an array of gender-affirming treatments, including hormone therapy, for a small group of inmates who requested it during Mr. Trump's four years in office. In a February 2018 budget memo to Congress, bureau officials wrote that under federal law, they were obligated to pay for a prisoner's "surgery" if it was deemed medically necessary. Still, legal wrangling delayed the first such operation until 2022, long after Mr. Trump left office. read more
Florida law - which Gaetz should know:
(1)A person 24 years of age or older who engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of age commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.www.leg.state.fl.us
(4)The victim's prior sexual conduct is not a relevant issue in a prosecution under this section.
Florida Statute section 794.021 explicitly states that ignorance or belief regarding a victim's age is not a defense:
794.021Ignorance or belief as to victim's age no defense."When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim's being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.www.leg.state.fl.us
only one aspect is faster at this time, and it's not "faster" it is instantaneous. All the beforehand set up and staging is considerable.