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Trial update: Wisconsin judge accused of helping illegal alien escape detention set to appear at final pretrial hearing
In April, a Wisconsin judge allegedly helped a violent illegal alien evade federal officers who were waiting outside her courtroom. With her case finally going to trial next month, the judge is set to appear at a final pretrial hearing Wednesday.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan will appear in court for arguments about jury selection and other procedural questions, according to the Associated Press.
Jury selection will take place on December 11 and 12, days before the trial is set to begin.
The AP reported that prosecutors offered Dugan a plea deal, but it was declined. Her defense attorneys argued that Dugan is innocent and acted within her judicial authority.
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Dugan allegedly showed Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, a Mexican national who was facing three counts of battery, a side door to flee from federal officers. Flores-Ruiz was apprehended after a foot race outside the courthouse.
Jury selection will take place on December 11 and 12. Her trial will begin on December 15. Dugan faces up to six years in prison if convicted on charges of obstruction and concealing a person of interest.
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In defense of Karens: Do we owe America’s manager-summoning moms an apology?
Whether she’s demanding to speak to the manager, lecturing the barista, or calling the cops on a neighbor’s backyard BBQ — nobody likes a Karen. That’s why there are hundreds of thousands of internet memes aiming to mock her out of existence.
But maybe we’ve jumped the gun in villainizing America’s entitlement queens. Maybe Karens (irritating antics aside) serve a critical purpose in society.
That’s what Christopher Rufo and Jonathan Keeperman — BlazeTV hosts of “Rufo & Lomez” — argue.
“We need to mount a principled, unashamed, and unapologetic defense of the Karen archetype,” says Rufo.
The “Karen,” he explains, “is precisely the person who upholds the civic order. [She’s] the mother, the authority figure who is nosy enough and assertive enough to say, ‘Hey, wait a minute. You’re transgressing these important pillars of our social order.”’
Keeperman, who once “wrote an impassioned defense of the Karen,” agrees: “In a society that is undergoing this decay and in which our sort of infrastructure doesn’t work and basic service has been degraded … the attack on the Karen is a way to avoid ever having to confront that these things are breaking down.”
The Karen, he argues, is one of the only ones bold enough to stand in the gap and demand order and quality in a world of chaos and low bars. Even if Karens do go about it in annoying, “hysterical [ways],” they nonetheless “demand that things work … demand that there is a certain baseline presumption and expectation of etiquette in our public spaces” — and that, he says, is a good thing.
But not all Karens are equal. The one screaming about micro-aggressions and misgendering is not the same as the one demanding that rulebooks and protocols be followed.
The latter, says Rufo, is a “defender of civilization,” a warrior for “right and wrong,” and a lover of tradition. But this “universal tough mother” who defends what is good, right, and true unfortunately has been conflated with the “tote bag NPR Karen.”
Rule-loving, high-expectation sticklers — annoying as they can be — are the last line of defense against civilizational sloppiness. Mock them into silence and the only Karens left will be the ones policing pronouns instead of pool rules.
To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above.
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Male, 58, points gun at 12-year-old girls singing Christmas carols door-to-door, police say
A 58-year-old Maryland male pointed a gun at 12-year-old girls who were going door-to-door singing Christmas carols Saturday night, Anne Arundel County Police said.
Southern District officers responded to a report of an assault that occurred around 8:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of Point No Point Drive in Annapolis, police said.
‘… loud and belligerent behavior …’
The investigation revealed three girls were going door-to-door in the area, singing Christmas carols, when the suspect at one of the homes pointed a firearm at them from a window inside his residence, police said.
The suspect — identified as Paul Brian Susie — was located and taken into custody and charged with first- and second-degree assault and related charges, police said.
The firearm, a 40-caliber Glock handgun, was recovered, police said.
WJZ-TV said it all started after the girls knocked on Susie’s door. Citing charging documents it obtained, the station said the carolers ran away after seeing him pointing a gun at them from a bay window.
Susie admitted he was the man involved in the incident, the station said, citing documents. Officers located the loaded gun in a safe, WJZ added.
Susie also was charged with reckless endangerment as well as one count of wearing and carrying a handgun while under the influence, the station said, citing the Banner.
WJZ said an officer wrote the following in charging documents:
Given Susie’s reckless behavior in pointing a loaded firearm at a group of nonthreatening 12-year-olds he could clearly see on his well-lit stoop, his loud and belligerent behavior during my conversation with him, and his admission of consuming an alcoholic beverage, I know through my training, knowledge, and experience Susie was likely under the influence.
Susie was released from custody after posting a $10,000 unsecured bond, the station said, adding that he is due back in court Dec. 17 for a preliminary hearing.
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Signal No. 1 still over Kalayaan Islands as Verbena moves over West PH Sea
The Kalayaan Islands are still under Signal No. 1 as Severe Tropical Storm Verbena maintained its strength and moved westward over the West Philippine Sea, the state weather bureau said late Wednesday evening.
5 most common holiday health concerns and how to avoid them
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TAGAYTAY CITY – With Christmas less than a month away, the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday advised the public to take better care of their health and be on the lookout for the five most common health concerns that Filipinos usually experience during the holidays.
