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Reading court documents and notes from the sentencing of 8 defendants in north Texas who protested at an ICE detainment in 2025.

Benjamin Hanil Song — 1,200 months (100 years). Across counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 (attempted murder), 8–10 (firearm discharge).

Maricela Rueda — 840 months (70 years).

Autumn Hill — 600 months (50 years).

Zachary Evetts — 600 months (50 years).

Savanna Batten — 600 months (50 years).

Elizabeth Soto — 600 months (50 years).

Meagan Morris — 600 months (50 years).

Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada — 360 months (30 years).

They had 14 days to appeal after sentencing.

2009 federal minimum wage $7.25 pound of ground beef $2.20

Texas Representative equates ectopic pregnancy to a hangnail.

Senator Bob Hall - 84 yrs old, Republican, District 2 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering from The Citadel

Promoted misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines during the Pandemic.

Hall and his wife are Southern Baptists. They have 3 adult sons.

Two strong earthquakes rocked Caracas within a minute of each other - the first a magnitude 7.2 and the second 7.5

Rescue crews are searching the rubble, from where BBC Mundo contributor Nicole Kolster said she could hear people calling for help

Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of national emergency and offered her condolences, without specifying how many people have died.

BBC live reporting Venezuela earthquakes

Earthquake Today

I'm a little confused by the BBC. Earthquake Today shows the 2 strong earthquakes epicenter west of Caracas.

“One of the reasons the USA has historically been such a research superpower is that we’ve had a merit-based science funding system, where research is funded by the federal government based on the assessments of other scientists,” she said.

“The system wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t stupid,” Marvel added. “Putting uninformed political hacks in charge of it is deeply stupid.”