I'm posting about the Thomas Family now because I can't deny the voices anymore!
Elaine has hyperlexia as one of her more dominant tism traits
You will not be able to find this woman without a book or writing in hand
Doug found it endearing at first but then he caught Elaine up at 5 am devouring a book under a bright night light when he came back home & decided it was probs not a great idea
Duke gets his reading addiction from her absolutely & his parents where trying to set up a proper bedtime but he'd always smuggle a book or puzzle book into his room at night
Doug has a big sister I'm calling Tracy short for Patricia who has a son Jay[Jay is canon although his familial relation to Duke is like just cousin with not much else said] short for Jayden
Doug is a couple years younger than his sister like im thinking 9 or so
Tracy had moved with her husband Alvin Peters & Jay to Bludhaven when Jay was little tho they would visit the rest of the family in Gotham as often as they could
Doug & Tracy's parents are Patrick & Lucinda Thomas & they are wonderful people
When Elaine runs to Gotham she gets a job as an archival assistant at a college library in Gotham, Doug is working on getting a degree in engineering & is immediately smitten with the pretty assistant who helped him get a textbook that was hidden deep in the library
In my head Elaine has Duke before she & Doug even start dating, & Duke is a a toddler when they do get married
But he's too baby to have realized that his parents hadn't been married before
That's all I got for this post but I'm definetly gonna do more, tagging this post spree #void&goldAU
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Nothing to Bragg About
"Bragg, the first black Manhattan DA, grew up in Harlem but on one of the safest blocks around, an upper middle-class enclave of brownstones known as Strivers Row, and since age 4 commuted to the elite Trinity School on Manhattan's Upper West Side - details he conveniently leaves out when he makes his case."
"At least a dozen lawyers have quit Bragg's office in the first two weeks of Bragg's term.' He wants to get rid of all the senior people who prosecuted high-profile cases and replace them with young inexperienced people who think like him and don't want to uphold the law,' said one former prosecutor."
NYC is Gothem City. It was never my favorite place to visit because of the rats and the grime. I did however enjoy day trips for special shows, food, or for a conference. Those days are long gone because like Chicago, NYC is not safe. People like George Soros are deliberately invested in urbicide: widespread and deliberate destruction of the urban environment. He uses crooks like Alvin Bragg as the faces for all the dirty work, and unfortunately Bragg is too blinded by greed to see that he's just a tool. I've seen a few posts that highlight Bragg's skin colour. Yes, he is black but skin colour is not what makes him a crooked cop. It's his character. He's a greedy tool blinded by absolute power which corrupts absolutely.
Alvan Bragg's Victims:
Mother of slain US Veteran
Bodega Owner Stabbed then defended himself against the assault & charged with 2nd Degree Murder. Sent to jail on Rikers Island for 1 week on $500,000 bail
NYC Garage Worker shot twice in stomach
Feb 2022 Calls for Bragg to step down
It only took 12 members out of 23 of a NYC grand jury (where the prosecutor only needs to show a LOW standard of proof that a person has committed a crime) to indict a ham sandwich.
Thomas Sowell graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics
"In every disaster throughout American history, there always seems to be a man from Harvard in the middle of it."-Thomas Sowell
Controversial woke Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is seeing a mass resignation from his prosecutors over his soft-on-crime policies.
Bragg has spent most of his first month in office under fire over his approach, which include calling on prosecutors to ditch felony armed robbery charges and instead charge suspects with petit larceny and not seeking carceral sentences for criminals.
At least a dozen lawyers have quit Bragg's office in the first two weeks of Bragg's term.
'I know one [ADA] who was with the office over 20 years who left without a job,' a law enforcement source told the New York Post. 'They didn't want to work in this kind of office. They wanted to continue prosecuting the law.'
Perhaps the most high profile departure is Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, who successfully prosecuted sex pest Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
Illuzi-Orbon had been in the Manhattan DA's office since 1988, save for a leave in 2015 when she unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for District Attorney of Staten Island.
John Irwin, formerly a trial division chief, is among the other quitters, while a veteran prosecutor was told she was being demoted and would have to work under a hire Bragg made from the nonprofit Legal Aid Society.
'He wants to get rid of all the senior people who prosecuted high-profile cases and replace them with young inexperienced people who think like him and don't want to uphold the law,' said one former prosecutor.
All of the departures are cases of prosecutors quitting, as Bragg has yet to fire anyone.
Bragg, the first black Manhattan DA, grew up in Harlem but on one of the safest blocks around, an upper middle-class enclave of brownstones known as Strivers Row, and since age 4 commuted to the elite Trinity School on Manhattan's Upper West Side - details he conveniently leaves out when he makes his case.
Drug dealers will not be prosecuted for felony crimes unless they commit other offenses on top of drug dealing, and prison should be a 'last resort' - despite the mounting number of violent crimes being committed on the streets of New York by repeat offenders who have been let out of jail early.
NYPD unions, New York Republicans and angry residents were left dumbfounded amid growing fears that the crime-ravaged city will experience the same fate as other progressive-run bastions on the West Coast that have been plagued by looting and lawlessness.
The Police Benevolent Association president Patrick J. Lynch, who leads the nearly 24,000-member union, said that has 'serious concerns' over the new policies.
'Police officers don't want to be sent out to enforce laws that the district attorneys won't prosecute.
'There are already too many people who believe that they can commit crimes, resist arrest, interfere with police officers and face zero consequences.'Under Bragg's new soft-on-crime approach, robberies are directed to be prosecuted as petit larceny if no victim was wounded and there was 'no risk of physical harm'.
However, the manager of the Duane Reade said that she feared for her life and didn't want to go back to work, according to the New York Post.
Former Bronx prosecutor and defense lawyer Michael Discioarro said that Bragg is doing a huge disservice to this woman.
'He just ignored the victim,' Manhattan defense lawyer Michael Discioarro said of Bragg. 'He's telling the victim: You don't deserve protection from the state.'
Meanwhile, prostitution, turnstile jumping, weapons possession (of non-firearms) and marijuana possession won't be prosecuted at all under Bragg.
A former Manhattan DA called Bragg's policies 'an affront to every law-abiding citizen.'
'Violent criminals now have carte blanche to re-offend, knowing full well that they will never again sniff the inside of a jail cell,' added former Manhattan assistant DA Daniel Ollen
'If you thought things couldn't get any worse, think again. God help us.'
Bragg was elected Manhattan DA in November after winning a crowded primary in June.
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