Monitoring Biden and other Contemporary Events

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Okay. When do you reckon that might happen? Next 30-90 days? Early in the new year? After Spring break?

What do I know? One of the legal people I follow is https://www.emptywheel.net/
You might check in with her now and again.

Ok, that's some funny stuff right there. I'm not sure how comedic you actually are.

.....but if they’re actually serious when they post it, they need their heads examined.

Biden isn't any more or less a puppet that Trump was.

At least five people were killed and at least 18 were injured late Saturday in a shooting at an L.G.B.T.Q. nightclub in Colorado Springs, officials said on Sunday morning, praising patrons inside the club for subduing the gunman.

Here are the details:

The police received an initial call about a shooting at the nightclub at 11:56 p.m., said Lt. Pamela Castro, the Colorado Springs Police Department spokeswoman. Within six minutes, officers had entered the nightclub, Club Q, and had taken a suspect into custody, she said, adding that the suspect was also injured and being treated at a hospital.

The city’s police chief, Adrian Vasquez, said in a news conference that the gunman had used a long rifle. Two guns were recovered at the club, the chief said. He identified the suspect as Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, and said that officials were investigating a motive.

The injured were taken to several hospitals, Lieutenant Castro said, adding that some also drove themselves to seek treatment, making the exact number of injured uncertain. Not all of the injuries were from gunshot wounds, officials said.

The F.B.I. said that it was involved in the investigation, and several Colorado lawmakers condemned the shooting. In a statement, Gov. Jared Polis praised the “brave individuals” at the nightclub who had “blocked the gunman.”

In a statement on its Facebook page, Club Q said it was “devastated by the senseless attack on our community.” The shooting at Club Q had echoes of the 2016 massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 after proclaiming allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group.

Joshua Thurman, 34, said he was at Club Q when the shooting started. “I was on the dance floor and heard about 4 or 5 shots,” he told reporters Sunday morning. “At first, I thought it was just the music, and I kept dancing. Then I heard more shots and saw the flash from the muzzle of the gun, and ran to the back, to a dressing room. I was with another customer, and we just locked the door and laid down on the floor.”

Angelo Patino, 18, performed a drag show at the Club Q Saturday night and then left the club, about half an hour before the shooting. “I am in shock,” Mr. Patino said Sunday after hearing the news, and said of the club, “It was my safe space." He added, “It hurts me that I could not protect my friends when they needed it.”

Hours before it was hit by a deadly mass shooting Saturday night, Club Q in Colorado Springs posted on Facebook about a planned “all ages drag brunch” on Sunday morning. The event was described by the club as a celebration of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the memory of transgender people who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence.

The motive behind the attack at Club Q was still unknown on Sunday morning. As the investigation continued, observers around the world lamented that the deadly shooting at the club came just before an event for victims of anti-L.G.B.T.Q. hate crimes.

Early reports indicate that the suspect entered the nightclub wearing body armor and began firing with an AR-15 style assault rifle, according to two law enforcement officials briefed on the shooting. He was tackled and subdued by someone inside the club, possibly a combat veteran, the officials said.