August 23, 2018 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
The Austin American Statesman published an editorial by Little Bubba and his buddy, Big Bill. Little Bubba has had all he can take from Ted Cruz’s defense of people’s right to endanger the lives of other people and call it the First Amendment. Pretty much the same for the Second Amendment, too, but that’s for another time.
So, he wrote an editorial for the Austin.
Enjoy!
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Fantastic … Thank you!
1Unfortunately, it’s behind a pay wall, so I can’t read it. Got an alternate version you can post?
2Yes, indeed, fantastic. Thanks for the link!
3You must be bursting with pride….well said and you tell em!
4Great work. Thanks for sharing.
5Can’t get in. Statesman wants me to do something I can’t.
6That was a seriously impressive takedown of Ted Cruz. I am also heartened by the number of positive comments from the supporters of Beto O’Rourke. Mrs. Bankston, that’s a good kid you’ve got there.
7Updated: 6:02 p.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2018 | Posted: 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Dear U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz,
As counsel for the Sandy Hook parents in their Texas defamation lawsuits, we ask that you reconsider your recent statements about InfoWars host Alex Jones.
Over the past month, you have repeatedly defended Jones against Facebook’s decision to ban his account. Just a few days ago, you wrote yet another tweet defending InfoWars against what you called “tech censorship online.”
When it comes to Jones, we can only presume that you are speaking from ignorance and that you do not know the nature of the conduct you are now zealously defending, nor the harm that has befallen my clients and many others. This is not a question of free speech. This is not a question of disagreeing with a person’s political views. This is a question of just how much damage we’re prepared to let a madman inflict on the lives of innocent victims through malicious lies and willful harassment.
We beg that you have your staff provide you the court filings in Pozner v. Jones, Cause No. D-1-GN-18-001842, and that you read the affidavit of former Statesman editor Fred Zipp, who details the monstrous five-year campaign of lies and dangerous harassment waged against the Sandy Hook families. You’ll learn that when Leonard Pozner had videos about his son removed from YouTube, Jones retaliated by revealing addresses and displaying maps that could be used to find the family. You’ll learn that in 2017, an InfoWars follower was sentenced to prison when law enforcement caught her stalking the Pozner family and threatening their lives.
ALSO READ: Lawyers accuse Alex Jones of deleting evidence in Sandy Hook case.
Have your staff provide you the court filings in Heslin v. Jones, Cause No. D-1-GN-18-001835, and you’ll learn that an InfoWars host laughed as he mocked a Sandy Hook father as a fake, claiming he could prove the father was lying about having held his dead child. Read these filings and understand what he and his reporters have done to endanger the community in Newtown, Conn., before you say anything else about Jones.
It doesn’t stop with Sandy Hook. Consult the court filings in Fontaine v. Jones, Cause No. D-1-GN-18-001605, and read the affidavit of former Snopes.com editor Brooke Binkowski.
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You’ll learn that InfoWars maliciously accused an innocent young man of being the shooter in Parkland, Fla., based on a tip from neo-Nazi trolls on a gutter website famous for child pornography and other illegal activity. After InfoWars spread his image to millions, and as Jones insisted Parkland was a “false flag,” conspiracy fanatics harassed this young man and threatened his life, alleging he was a “crisis actor.”
Nor does it stop with the cases we are handling here in Texas. Jones also faces lawsuits in Virginia, Connecticut and Ohio. An armed InfoWars follower opened fire inside a pizzeria following Jones’ bizarre lies about a pedophile dungeon in the basement run by Washington, D.C., elites. Jones told his followers that “you have to go investigate it for yourself.” After Jones told his viewers that the Sutherland Springs church shooting was an operation ordered by the “deep state,” conspiracy fanatics yelled violent threats at the pastor.
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We’re not sure what it will take for you to stop defending Jones. Does a Sandy Hook parent need to die before Facebook is allowed to deny this man a platform for his mayhem on their private service? Our clients fully recognize that if Jones wants to tell lies about them in the public square, there is very little anyone can do outside a courtroom to stop him. But we ask you not to defend the idea that private companies like Facebook must empower Jones to harass and endanger the lives of innocent victims.
Nor is this a political issue, nor a fight between Democrats and Republicans. Jones accused President Bush of staging 9/11, and he attacked your family, claiming your father, Rafael Cruz, killed JFK. Ever since the 2016 campaign, we have never understood why you refused to stand up for your family against the people who spread these lies — and you worked hard to ingratiate yourself to them. We are sure you had your reasons. And we are not asking you to stand up for the Sandy Hook families now; we just want you to fully understand what you are defending before you throw the weight of your office behind the man who has tormented their lives and so many others.
Bankston and Ogden are attorneys representing Sandy Hook parents in Texas defamation lawsuits against Jones.
8@ Charles. R. Phillips: Thanks so much for posting this. And, yes, JJ’s little boy is really something!
9Thank you, Charles! I tried mightily to get that op ed by Mark from other sources but the Statesman kept getting in the way!
10Well done. I would suggest changing just one word, where it says: “your office”, should be changed to ‘our office’. No way that that US Texas Senatorial office belongs to Mr. Cruz, it belongs to the people of Texas (and the US). And there’s a good chance that the office will be vacated by Cruz very soon.
“we just want you to fully understand what you are defending before you throw the weight of your office”
11Well said, Little Bubba, you are the son every mother dreams of having! May the Force be with you as you stand up for truth, Justice, and what should be the American way.
12(Sounds familiar)
Excellent piece. Now, if only Cruz would read it and investigate the cases listed, and have a change of heart. Hah. Who am I kidding?
13Thanks you, Guys. I can’t post whole articles here because I could get into trouble, but if my readers post it, oh well, what can I do?
I miss the little boy who used to play in my backyard. I do. But, I love, love, love the man he’s become.
14Huffington Post picked up your letter … go Little Bubba!!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sandy-hook-parents-lawyers-ted-cruz-alex-jones_us_5b7eccd4e4b0348585fe5ce9
15Raphael Cruz and a number of other snacilbupeR make me regret the demise of public punishments like stocks and etc. Yes they are inhumane, but some less than human beings learn no other way. Mr Cruz, “… You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?”
16@Rosemary from Indiana
Unless you practice as a cardiologist, I cannot agree that Raphael Cruz has “heart” in any sense of the word.
17I’ve never sent a Texicanian a political contribution before, but I just sent Beto $200. He’s got a primo shot at beating Lyin’ Ted, and from what I hear, he could be from Oregon!
18JJ I know how proud you are of Little Bubba, and I pray he prevails in giving these good people some relief. However I am also glad he is taking on Ted Cruz. Go Beto!
19Good letter, well written. Oozy Croozy is such a nasty excuse for for a human being.
GO BETO O’ROURKE!!!!!
20Why oh why did I read the comments? So many morans in this world.
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