Random News and Notes 13 July

It’s been one year. 52 weeks. 365 days. 8760 hours(approximately). Today is the one year anniversary of the assassination attempt on then candidate Trump in Butler PA.

We still know very little about the shooter. And the fallout continues at the Secret Service. It cost two directors their jobs and recently 6 more were suspended pending final disciplinary hearings.

I said at the time that the attempt on his life secured the election for Trump. I still think that is true.

Congresscritter Alexandria Occasional Cortex may find herself in hot water over a tweet. She posted the same thing that George Snuffleupagus said that cost ABC $15m and an on-air apology. That is, she called President Trump a rapist.

It gets worse for the NY-14 Rep. She posted that from her personal account. Had she posted from her official account, she might have been able to claim the protections of the speech and debate clause. I say might, because defamatory and libelous speech is not protected by that clause.

I would not be surprised if Trump sues. We’ll see I suppose.

TPUSA is holding its annual Student summit in Tampa this weekend. And because the country is the way it is now, some unhinged douche-canoes were present. One accosted border Czar Tom Homan while he was speaking. Another – the focus of this item – decided he was gonna have a go at attendees outside the venue. It did not go the way he planned. Watch:

Here’s another angle:

Dunno about you, but I am not taking swings at random passers-by in front of the cops.

There are new flash-flood warnings up for parts of hard hit Kerr county Texas.

Kerr county was the site of last week’s tragic floods that washed away a bible camp and dozens of homes. More than 170 people remain missing in that area.