Resilience and redemption on the band book club. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning to you, it is saturday, may the fourth. Week three has wrapped in the first criminal trial of donald trump. The Republican Partys twice impeached for four times impacted presumptive president ial nominee. He is the first former president to find himself facing a criminal trial and the possibility of spending time in jail. Even though hes in this precarious position right now he continues to be the same abrasive man he has always been, someone who thinks the rules dont apply to him. On tuesday, the judge presiding over his criminal trial, judge juan merchan, ruled trump has violated his Gag Order Nine Times so far. He ordered the former president to pay a total fine of 9000. 00 and if necessary, he would impose a cursory tory punishment. Trump could face more consequences as soon as next week. In addition to that ruling, another hearing was scheduled, was held this week rega
Texas bans abortions under “heartbeat” bill, executes man on same day
Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed a reactionary “heartbeat” abortion ban into law on Wednesday de-facto banning abortions, on the very same day that Quintin Jones was executed following a rejection by the Texas parole board to spare his life and Abbott’s decision to ignore Jones’s plea for clemency. The Republican governor’s actions mark a definite escalation of the assault on democratic rights in the United States.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Jones was convicted in 2001 for the murder of his great-aunt, Berthena Bryant. Bryant’s sole surviving sibling forgave Jones in a clemency petition, and both she and Jones’s twin brother asked the governor and the state pardons board to commute his sentence. Abbott and the pardons board ignored these appeals. Notably, media were not allowed to witness the execution, the first time reporters have not been present at a Texas execution in ov