Santa Fe

A sawed-off shotgun and a .38-calliber handgun.

Ten lives.

The state of Texas stands still.

The survivors of parkland still blacklisted as they urge the government for reform, while the public cry in every perspective(The Survivors Outbreak). Texas Greg Abbott calls off his shotgun giveaway as referenced in Mason"s article. Dimitrios sits in a Galveston jail held without bond.If convicted, he will not face the death penalty(CNN News coverage over Dimitrios).The Dallas Independent school district issues a district-wide campaign titled, "See Say Do Something" which commenced this pass Monday, May 21, 2018(See Say Do Something Outtakes).Which held a question panel between the Teen Board of DISD and a group of presenters, two who were representatives from the FBI and Homeland security, Safety expert Mark Herrera, and DISD Police Chief Craig Miller.

March for Our Lives was held in March.

The School Walkout was in April.

The 22nd school shooting took place in Santa Fe, Texas in May.

The victims whose lives were taken away were  Sabika Sheikh, Shana Fisher, Jared Black, Chris Stone, Angelique Ramirez, Christian Riley Garcia, Aaron Kyle McLeod and Kimberly Vaughan. Teachers Glenda Ann Perkins and Cynthia Tisdale.


All this begs the question,
























What will happen in June?

"Crisis actors" - Avery Vance

In the aftermath of the parkland shooting many kids from the school have spoken out and to great effect. However some ignorant, disrespectful people, the ranks of which include genuine politicians have made claims that the children are "crisis actors". This is incredibly painful for these children as they are just trying to express their grief and that grief is being labeled fake by the people in power.

This incident was a tragedy, a very real tragedy and shouldn't be taken lightly or be called fake. I hope anyone who has made such offensive remarks  apologizes.

Kevin Spacey - Avery Vance

Actor Anthony Rapp has accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting him when he was 14. Anthony's allegation was from sexual advances in 1986, in Kevin Spacey's apartment. Kevin Spacey issued a public apology but said he did not remember the incident.  Anthony Rapp said he felt he was compelled to come forward after the Harvey Weinstein scandal became national news.

Brock Turners fierce return - Avery Vance

Brock Turner was given a very light sentence last year for the sexual assault of an unconscious classmate behind a dumpster in 2016. Despite being literally captured on the scene by two heroic classmates, Brock and his scumbag father fought tooth and nail to keep Brock out of jail. Brock's father stated "this is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of 20 plus years of his life", illustrating just how scummy he is. Sadly Brock has returned to the news because his lawyers are trying once again to get him out of trouble by claiming his court trial was unfair. Hopefully his lawyers and him get shafted him preferably in prison by a very burly hairy man who'll teach him what it feels like to be penetrated without consent.

Gal Gadot alleged refusal to wonder woman sequel - Avery Vance

Gal Gadot, actress and star of the hit film Wonder Woman, has been reported to have said that she will not be a part of the Wonder Woman sequel unless Warner Bros. dumps Brett Ratner, a prominent producer in hollywood who has been accused of sexual assault by many women including actresses such as Ellen Paige. There has been no statement released by either Warner Bros. or Gadot herself, however these reports seem plausible as Gadot had recently dropped out of an awards ceremony where she was supposed to give Ratner a lifetime achievement award. This statement along with her quite obvious stance on sexual assault in the industry makes these reports seem as though they hold more weight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRrWUwje8s

Roy Moore sexual assault scandal - Avery Vance

Candidate for Alabama senate Roy Moore has been accused of sexual assault, derailing his campaign. Thirty eight years ago, judge Moore allegedly sexually assaulted a fourteen year old girl when he was thirty two years old. Clearly an illegal act, the stance taken in a situation like this is usually "innocent till proven guilty". However, since this involves someone potentially in a position of political power, that is a not the stance being taken. This mans campaign has been almost entirely derailed as a result of this and while I do hope the accusations are false as that means less evil is being conducted in the world, if these allegations are true I hope judge Moore gets put behind bars and soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyRrWUwje8s

 The Texas shooting

 This shooting took place in Sutherlands, Texas.

 This shooting took the lives of 26 people. 

 This shooting... Isn't being politicized? 

Well there's a reason why. 
This article holds the events that happened in that church where 26 people lost their lives. 

Everyone is pulling up reports of mental health and the failures of the Air Force left and right. 

Here and there are articles that hold records of things that people yearn to see. 


However, this articles holds the events that happened that unfaithful day in sutherlands, Texas. 

This article has real accounts from real witnneses. 
This is a short summary of what happened: 
 26 people lost their lives to a single person with an assault rifle. The gunman targeted children, Couples, the elderly, the young, those who had days left...and those who had life barely given to them. 

26.



Gone. 






This sparked an outrage of people who wanted to express their views on gun control. 

Some wanted it enforced so that no one will repeat this horrific scene again.

Some want to make sure that there is going to be less deaths with more guns.

This is all being  referenced to the 2nd amendment.


This is the article:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-church-shooting-survivors-devin-patrick-kelley-shot-crying-babies/

More Accusations Risk Weinstein's Imprisonment-Victoria Gonzalez #1-3rd 6 Weeks

     Harvey Weinstein, a business man and well-known Hollywood producer, has been accused of groping and raping some of his clients. This includes models, actresses and as much as 60 women who have accused him of rape. Most often it has been meetings in his hotel rooms, office and anywhere in which he is free to attack on an unsuspecting victim without any witnesses. However, out of the 60 cases, accusations and claims that Weinstein is a rapist this case strikes the police as powerful due to "The strongest case we've had that first within the statute of limitations,".  Also, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, the case is even more credible to actually press charges due to the intimate detail of when, where, why, and how these events occurred.  However, I do believe that these cases need to be more encouraging of women to come forward. When they decide to finally step up and speak about their issues, it's too late to acquire details about the events due to the long time gap between stepping forward and the night the attack occurred.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/03/entertainment/paz-de-la-huerta-weinstein/index.html

Young girl taken into custody after surgery

Summary: After having emergency gallbladder surgery in Corpus Christi, an undocumented 10 year old girl with cerebral palsy,  is being allowed release after being held in federal custody. Upon finding out that the young girl’s family who took her to the hospital was undocumented, border patrol agents followed them to the hospital. After being sued by The American Civil Liberties Union, Rosa Maria is being sent back with her family to recover.

Synthesis: Not too long ago, another family suffered from the same situation. Their child was a newborn baby who had to have emergency surgery in Corpus Christi but since they were undocumented, it was possible that they could get deported. 

Analysis: It’s sad that people can’t even provide their children with proper healthcare without the possibility of having their family torn apart. I get that these are the laws and border patrol agents are just enforcing them, but something has to change. I’ve been hearing, what seems like many stories like these, and it makes me wonder how many other families have been put in a position where they have to determine whether they want to help their children or have their family split up. However, it gives me hope to see that there are people who fight for others and give them a voice. The support these families get is incredible to witness and it just goes to show that there are still good people in this world. 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/03/politics/undocumented-child-federal-custody/index.html

Harvey Weinstein - Avery Vance

Producer Harvey Weinstein has come under an extreme and essentially irrefutable amount of accusations of sexual abuse and assault. The accusations come from many, and I do mean many famous actresses along with several not so famous. The most disgusting thing about this situation is how much of a "known secret" it appeared to be within the Hollywood community. Regardless, Harvey Weinstein is already facing some of the consequences for his actions, such as being cut loose from the Weinstein company and being expelled from the motion picture academy.

I think this is disgusting and it's horrifying that potentially so many people have just let it happen. All that does is just add to America's rape culture and that's a travesty in and of itself. We have to stop stuff like this so that everyone can feel safe and comfortable in their work environment and that people in a position of power aren't allowed to abuse said power.

DISGUSTING! New Massive Allegations Expose Years of Abuse! Explaining The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

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Valerie Garcia- Michelle Obama slams women who voted for Trump

During a talk at a market meeting in Boston Michelle Obama was talking about the women who voted for Trump. 41 percent of women voted for Trump in November. Michelle said that the women who voted for Trump voted against their own interest. She went to suggest that women only voted with him to go with the pact.
I agree with Michelle because everyone knows what Trump did to those women. I wouldn't understand why women would vote for him after all that bubbled up to the top. If i was able to vote i know i wouldn't have voted for him. I think is important to know where Michelle stands on this because she was the last First Lady. I feel like women need to open up more and actually speak their mind and not just go with the pact.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/27/michelle-obama-slams-women-who-voted-for-trump.html

Valerie Garcia- Tom Price Resigns

Tom Price resigned from being health secretary because he was using $51,887.31 of the tax payers money for his own travel cost. Trump brought in Price to help write a new health care bill to replace the Obama care. Trump does publicly point out that he is not happy with Price. He would take private charter flights when cheaper commercial flights were available. When Price was in office he was worried about making the tax payers spend more than they need to and not even acknowledging what he was doing. 
This is signification because it shows that powerful people our using are hard earned money on things they don't need to use. when need to know what people are using our money on and way. That money could have gone to all the places the hurricanes have hit. I am glade he resigned but i fell like he needs to give us our money back.
http://www.fox4news.com/politics/price-says-hes-reimbursing-costs-for-his-private-flights

Valerie Garcia- Las Vegas Shooting

On October 1st during a concert a 64 year old man opened fire on a strip of crowed people in Las Vegas. He was on the 32nd floor of  a Las Vegas hotel. They are calling it a "lone wolf" act and that he did it just to do it. They found 17 guns in the room and a semiautomatic guns to allow shooting. At least 59 people were killed and 527 injured. All of the injured were rushed to the hospital either buy the police or other people at the concert. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S history.
Before this the deadliest mass shooting was the shooting at Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people. Honestly, I'm so sick of hearing about these shootings and bombings in the new. You would think after the first time something like this happened we would ban guns and not let it happen again. In my opinion i think we should ban guns because any person could buy a gun and do this again and again as we've seen. This 64 year old man was just an average person and even the guy at the gun store didn't see any red flags when selling the guns to him.  Then he goes and starts a mass shooting all by himself. I hope we can take away from this and start to make some changes.
http://www.fox4news.com/news/u-s-world/shooting-on-las-vegas-strip-kills-2-wounds-dozens

mexico earthquake - Avery Vance

There was a huge earthquake in Mexico. It was a magnitude 6.1 earthquake and the epicenter was located 12 miles from El Barrio de la Soledad, Oaxaca, Mexico. It has destroyed much of the urban areas in Mexican cities.


This is clearly a tragedy, and in conjunction with the recent hurricanes, just feels like a kick in the teeth. If anyone would like to donate, the UNICEF link is below


UNICEF

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Hurricane Maria has left the entire island of Puetro Rico destroyed. The whole island is without power and necessities and food supplies are depleting. There is also a curfew inforced, dawn to dusk, most likely to insure safety. Gas levels are low and of course no cell service. With the U.S being in control over of Puerto Rico, they sent thousands of troops to aid in repair. I think that this situation is a big issue for the developement of this country, and is the effects of the hurricane are so devastating because the country is so underdeveloped and technologically behind.

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Earthquake in Mexico by Victoria Valdez

Mexico was hit last week with a deadly earthquake.  Mexico had pledged to send emergency aid to Texas after the destruction of Hurricane Harvey but after the earthquake they decided to pull those funds to help their own citizens affected by the devastation.  The earthquake killed 95 people in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco.

www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/americas/mexico-pulls-texas-aid/index.html




I completely understand why Mexico pulled the aid that it was going to send in Texas.  The citizens of Mexico have been devastated by the recent earthquake and they must take care of their own now.

valerie garcia (2nd post)

in the last few weeks and days there have been two big hurricane in the south and east coast. in late August hurricane Harvey hit in south Texas and hurricane Irma hit in florida. They have both categorized as level fours leaving a whole bunch of damage behind. Together both of theses hurricanes equal up to the same cost of damage as hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Harvey cost $108 billion and Irma cost from $64 to $92 billion. Together they cost around $150 to $200 billion. Katrina costing $160 billion. 

This is important because it shows that even with these level four hurricanes Katrina is still a big one for the books. We as a nation will have to take the time out to help rebuild all the damage that happened. we need everyone we can to help and send love and peace to all the people and places the hurricanes have hit and hurt. Disasters like these show us how together we can help one another. 

money.cnn.com/2017/09/11/news/hurricane-irma-harvey-economic-cost-updates-/index.html

China Censors Bomb Test Discussion by Victoria Valdez

China has chosen to censor any online discussions about the situation with North Korea.  Many bloggers have expressed their fears online.  Any content regarding nuclear weapons and North Korea are being removed from  the internet.  Even search terms such as "hydrogen bomb" have been removed.  Free speech is not a right afforded by Chinese  citizens.  What they say online is controlled by the government.

www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41152784



It is a shame that concerned citizens of  China cannot speak  out  about the tense situation with North Korea.  They are very controlled within the country and have to live in the world that the government creates for them.