Stuff in the news right now. But before we get to that, lets kick it off with a fun crime story thats out of this world. And now that i hear that, it probably sounded like it has something to do with outer space, which it doesnt. No, its not out of this world. Its pretty cool, though. A wild chase worthy of the big screen. The suspect in a multimillion dollar ponzi scheme tried to escape the feds under the water of lake shasta. The u. S. Attorneys office says mathew percy took off in his truck when the f. B. I. Showed up at his home and eventually jumped on a sea scooter, a device that propels people up to 100 feet under water. Well, agents eventually spotted his bubbles and waited him out. When he finally came out, they cuffed him. Trevor man, there is so much i love about this story. First of all, i love how the guy had the sea scooter ready, like, he knew he was going to have to outrun the feds at some point. Thats going to be a hard one to explain to the judge. Not guilty, your hon
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This was the scene in Freedom Plaza in Downtown Washington saturday as supporters of President Trump rallied here and in several other cities. Conservative activists spoke to the crowd, stop the steal organized the marches. A small rally. So turned into a massive rally. I just want to say welcome to d. C. [cheers and applause] that was not very impressive. Lets give that one more shot. With welcome to d. C. . [cheers] much better. Our team, women for american first, pulled together a feat if i say so myself, is impressivement we started this official process on monday and here we are. And this is because of all of you. Its because of all of us, americans showing support for our president , donald j. Trump. Can i get a round of applause . Thats right, yes [cheers and applause] we see whats going on and the silent majority is silent no more. Not at all. Make some noise, silent majority, let everybody know youre here [cheers] i have to go through housekeeping items. We know how things are
Much better. Our team has managed to pull feat that was pretty impressive. We started the official process on monday and here we are. This is because of all of you, because of all of us americans showing support for our president , donald j. Trump. Can i get around of applause . [applause] thats right. We see what is going on and the silent majority, the silent no more. , silente noise majority, let everyone know you are here. [applause] over somego housekeeping items because we know how things are. Covid. Just hear me out. Wear a mask unless you are medically exempt. If you are not wearing a mask, we will assume you are medically exempt. [applause] wear a mask and socially distance unless you are with family. Hello, family. [applause] wash your hands and sanitize your hands often, that is just standard, basic hygiene. That is it. This goes without saying because our groups are very clean, pick up after yourself because we dont want to be stuck with a huge bill. That is pretty much it.
What a crowd. I am the director of coalition for women for America First and on behalf of our organization who had this crazy idea the day after the election to throw a small rally, so it turned into a massive rally. I just want to say welcome to d. C. [applause] that was not very impressive. Lets give that one more shot. Welcome to d. C. [applause] much better. Has managed to pull together women for America First has managed to pull together something that was pretty impressive. We started the official process monday and here we are and this is because of all of you. It is because of all of us americans showing support for our president , donald j trump. Can i get a round of applause . All right. We see what is going on, and the silent majority is silent no more. Make some noise, silent majority. Let everybody know you are here. I have to go over some housekeeping items because we know how things are. Covid. So just hear me out. Wear a mask unless you are medically exempt. If you are