Judge Tony Graf Rejects Defense Bid to Ban Cameras From Charlie Kirk Murder Trial

  100PercentFedUp

"A Utah judge has ruled that cameras will stay in the courtroom for the trial of Tyler Robinson, the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

"State District Judge Tony Graf issued the decision Friday afternoon, denying a defense motion that sought a blanket ban on all electronic media coverage. Robinson’s attorneys argued that cameras and live broadcasts would poison the jury pool and turn proceedings into a spectacle. The judge disagreed.

"The ruling is a significant win for transparency in one of the most closely watched criminal cases in recent memory." . . .

"Fox 32 Chicago reported on Judge Graf’s Friday ruling and the arguments that led to it:

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State District Judge Tony Graf ruled Friday afternoon that news outlets will be allowed to film, photograph, and livestream the high-profile murder case against Tyler Robinson, the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk. Robinson’s defense attorneys had sought a blanket camera ban, arguing cameras and live broadcasts could bias potential jurors by fueling online commentary that portrays Robinson as evil or unremorseful based on his courtroom appearance.

Media organizations, prosecutors, and Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk all pushed for cameras to remain, arguing transparency is the best guard against conspiracy theories. Kirk was speaking to roughly 3,000 people at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, when investigators say Robinson fired a single shot from around 140 yards away, killing Kirk at age 31. Robinson is 22 and faces an aggravated murder charge, with prosecutors intending to seek the death penalty if he is convicted. Judge Graf also moved the preliminary hearing to July 6 through July 10.

"Robinson is charged with aggravated murder and has not yet entered a plea. Prosecutors have stated they intend to seek the death penalty if he is convicted.

"The defense had compared allowing cameras to inviting a media circus, but Judge Graf found they had not provided sufficient evidence to justify shutting out coverage entirely. Instead, he imposed structured rules designed to protect the proceedings while preserving the public’s right to see what happens inside that courtroom." . .   .More...

Tax hike on California employers spurs plea for help to cover Gavin Newsom’s 'failures'

 New York Post 

“If you don’t pay a bill, you’ll get hounded by a collection agency,” Jones said. “But apparently if you’re the governor of California, you can ignore the tab and force someone else to pick it up.”

"A state senator is calling on Congress to bail out California and stop employers from picking up the tab on a $20 billion debt Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers have so far refused to pay.

"Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones issued a joint resolution with other Republican state senators urging Congress to suspend looming federal payroll tax increases tied to the state’s unpaid unemployment insurance (UI) debt.

"California employers will soon pay a 5.2% payroll tax — nearly nine times as much as those in other states that are debt free, according to the California Business Roundtable." . . .More...

Gavin Newsom’s 5 Biggest Failures on California Budget

"As Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his latest state budget proposal this week, Reform California Chairman and State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio is calling it out as a dishonest and disastrous mess — one that he says is driving California toward a fiscal cliff.

“'Gavin Newsom is a liar who is utterly incapable of fixing the fiscal crisis he created,” says DeMaio. “This is not just a deficit — it’s a full-blown meltdown, and Californians are going to pay the price.”

"DeMaio, a recognized national expert on budget reform, is sounding the alarm on Newsom’s failed leadership and has outlined five major failures driving California’s fiscal collapse:" . . .

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Europeans Are Also Tired Of Dumb Leftists Ruining Everything

 The Federalist

"Miracles happen: British voters have figured out that they don’t want their country to be systematically ruined by weak-minded leftist trash. The United Kingdom just had local and regional elections, and they went like this:

"The left-wing London newspaper The Guardian sees more or less the same point: “Keir Starmer’s leadership on line after Labour’s disastrous election night.”

"After years of ugly institutional decline, mass immigration from unvetted Islamist refugees who are eroding British culture, and a long period of completely insane nanny state speech policing, leftist Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is bleeding to death in a confrontation with voters. It’s not the end for Labour as a national party, since the elections aren’t for seats in the House of Commons, but the signs of ruin are unmistakable.

"The first sign that a big change is underway: The news media are in a panic, and making the usual pants-wetting noises. NBC News headline: “Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections.” (Here’s CNN doing the same “hard-right” thing.) Everything that isn’t soggy, dimwitted leftist mental slop is “far right” or “hard right.”

"The “hard right” they’re warning about is the Reform Party, led by Nigel Farage. From its website, here’s a screenshot of Reform’s major policy concerns:

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