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A couple in Alabama helped save children from a murder suspect who shot and killed their mother.
The couple, who wanted to remain anonymous, told WBRC they were traveling along Huffman Road in Birmingham Tuesday when they noticed a little girl looking distressed and calling for help…
Officials say before law enforcement arrived, the husband and wife said they tried to console the victim’s daughter and son. The wife said the alleged killer, Peavy, returned to the scene, and she says he acted as though nothing ever happened.
“[The little girl] said ‘You killed my mama,’” adds the woman. “‘You killed my mama. I saw you kill my mama.’ The little girl said, ‘Please don’t let him kill me.’ I said baby, ‘Don’t worry about it. I’ll take a bullet today, but I won’t let him hurt you. You’re safe now.’”
She says she couldn’t understand why the suspect came back, but she and her husband weren’t going to let him leave.
“He tried to get in the car to leave, and my husband told him ‘No sir, you’re not going anywhere. You only have two choices, and that’s jail or hell.’ He held him at gunpoint until the police got there.”…
For a more comprehensive list of the dozens of October crimes prevented by Americans carrying guns, see https://crimeresearch.org/2024/01/defensive-gun-uses-by-people-legally-carrying-guns-25-cases-during-october-2023/
The Muslims conquered the Iberian peninsula, but as they pushed forward into southern France, their advance was halted at Poitiers by Charles Martel in 745 A.D., thus keeping all of Western Europe except for that Iberian peninsula safe from Muslim conquest. This could, however, not prevent incessant Muslim attacks on coastal villages, especially along the coasts of Italy and France, though such attacks also reached as far as Ireland (the raid on the village of Baltimore in 1631, in which everyone was seized and taken back, as slaves, to Algiers) and, in one famous case, the Muslim corsairs reached as far as Iceland, resulting in the kidnapping and enslavement of the entire population of Grindavik in 1627 by Muslims from Algiers and Salé. The Muslims vandalized and destroyed the Christian villages, and seized their inhabitants, bringing them back to North African shores. The men were used as galley slaves, as laborers on construction sites, and as house slaves, while the women and girls ...
Yes, according to Constitutional scholar Robert Barnes, based on new polling data from his 1776 Law Center.
A week into "the war with no clear strategy or mission," there are still many hopeful, passionate champions of reform and Constitutionalism in the MAGA movement. Not long ago they represented over fifty percent of American voters. But today, the electoral power of the MAGA phenomenon has dropped to thirty percent, and is falling fast toward twenty percent.
Too many voters now feel betrayed by a president infected with hubris. They were led to believe it would be a weekend war. Then a week at most. Then two weeks. Then five weeks. Then the generals said, "At least until September."
What does this mean for the midterms? Mr. Trump has no good ratings, only massive disapproval. His party will lose dominion and influence in Congress. And then his impeachment is on the horizon. Possibly, also, some cabinet members.
Mathematical chances Democrats take the House? They stand today at 75%
The Senate? 85%
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