President Joe Biden‚ who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection‚ clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country. Biden became his party’s presumptive nominee when he won enough delegates in Georgia. That pushed Biden’s count past 1‚968 for a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this...

Bill Moczulewski is a 57-year-old hardworking janitor at Walmart in Cabot‚ Arkansas. He works the night shifts from Tuesday through Friday‚ 10 pm to 7 am. Bill lives 5 miles from his job‚ and he has to walk there and back every day‚ no matter the weather conditions. The entire walk‚ round trip‚ takes about 2 hours a day. According to GoFundMe‚ Bill used to ride his bike to work but was struck by a car one day‚ but he wouldn’t let that stop him from returning to his job. He’s such a hard worker that he still made it to work using a walker. A few years later‚ Bill was struck by a car again.A long walk like that could be troublesome for most people‚ but Bill is legally blind‚ which makes the trek even more dangerous. "I don't call out‚" Bill told CBS News. "I want to work."A couple of years ago‚ Christy Conrad saw Bill on his daily walk and offered him a ride. The two struck up a friendship and she vowed to give him a ride whenever she could. "He's going to go to work no matter what‚" Christy said. “I picked him up in nine degrees the other morning.”Unfortunately‚ Christy couldn’t always be there for Bill‚ so she created a Facebook group called Mr. BIll’s Village to build a team to help Bill get to work and back. Now‚ group members drive around looking for Bill and give him a ride if they can. It’s like Cabot has its own game of “Where’s Waldo” going on in the streets. Village members watch for Bill‚ pull over and give him a ride if he needs one.The group is a way for members to come together to ensure that Bill can get around and members also pick him up meals from time to time‚ too.Today‚ the group has nearly 4‚000 followers and Bill just about always has a ride to work. "It's never the same person from one day to the next. There's a lot of good people in this world‚ all over the place‚ you know‚" Bill said.To help with Bill’s commute‚ Chris Puckett‚ a local auto dealer‚ offered to give Bill a car. But given his vision problems‚ a car wouldn’t do him much good. So he gave the gift to Christy.The group has also established a GoFundMe campaign to help Bill with his expenses. Christy has been using the money to get him a bite to eat from time to time. They recently enjoyed some Domino's pizza Bill hadn’t had in quite a while.The story of Bill Moczulewski and the village that supports him is a wonderful example for all to share. If you work hard‚ you can inspire others to work hard for you. "It's never the same person from one day to the next. There's a lot of good people in this world‚ all over the place‚ you know‚" Moczulewski said.

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I want to like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Online Harms Act. Children are ostensibly its biggest beneficiaries. Bill C-63 aims to shield minors from easy access to graphic pornography‚ online predators‚ and other forms of exploitation. Given that Canada gave the world Pornhub — the world’s largest adult site‚ which‚ in recent years‚ has been exposed as “profiting from rape‚ child abuse‚ [and] sex trafficking” — it’s high time the country took action. (RELATED: More Women Are Watching Porn Than Ever Before) And it finally has — more than three years after the Pornhub revelations were splashed across the front page of the New York Times. Why did Trudeau wait so long? After all‚ he was reelected in 2021 on the back of a promise to “introduce new online harms legislation within the first 100 days” of taking office. But the more important question for Trudeau is: Why mingle sorely needed safeguards for kids with reams of Kafkaesque claptrap about hate speech? Bill C-63 is far more than most Canadians bargained for. According to the National Post‚ the bill will amend the nation’s Criminal Code and Human Rights Act‚ “creat[ing] a new standalone hate crime offence that would allow penalties up to life imprisonment to deter hateful conduct‚ as well as rais[ing] the maximum punishments for hate propaganda offences from five years to life imprisonment for advocating genocide.” Variations of the word “hatred” appear dozens of times in the proposed legislation — a term it defines as “the emotion that involves detestation or vilification and that is stronger than disdain or dislike.” Anyone found guilty of using “the Internet or any other means of telecommunication” to foment hatred is liable for tens of thousands of dollars in fines and prison time. READ MORE: Canada Pauses Plans to Euthanize the Mentally Ill But that’s not even the worst part. Bill C-63 creates a de facto thought crime or “pre-crime” (think Minority Report) that it dubs “fear of hate propaganda offence or hate crime.” Under this provision — and I had to read it twice to believe it — defendants are subject to measures like “house arrest‚” “ankle monitor[s]‚” and compulsory blood samples if their accuser “fears” they may post “hate propaganda” or commit a “hate crime.” In Canada’s brave new world‚ you don’t even have to be guilty of a crime to be tried as a criminal. Any member of the public is allowed to file a complaint against another. And no judge or jury is necessary for the ordeal: Everything will be looked after by the quasi-judicial Canadian Human Rights Tribunal‚ which is conveniently staffed by appointees of the ruling government — in other words‚ Trudeau’s Liberals. The person who submits the complaint does not have to be the one whose feelings were hurt. In fact‚ this person doesn’t even have to be a Canadian citizen. And not just new content is assessed by the tribunal; even the accused’s old posts and videos are considered. If found guilty of posting content that is “likely” to foment hatred‚ the accused must pay up to $20‚000 per complaint to the complainant and up to $50‚000 in fines to the government. Unlike the traditional court system‚ the accuser accrues no financial cost and is unlimited in the number of accusations he can make. Further‚ he can even choose to keep his identity secret. Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant illustrated in a several chilling posts on X how this could play out in the case of a high-profile Canadian like Jordan Peterson. “Even if you ‘win’‚ you lose‚” Levant quipped. “[T]he process is the punishment. And of course‚ they’re going to win. This will become an industry — to enrich woke grifters and destroy you financially.” Levant called it “the Trump treatment”: Overwhelm the target with endless nuisance suits that take time and money to fight. Even if the complaints are dismissed‚ you’re still at a loss. And if literally hundreds of complaints are filed against someone like Prof. Peterson‚ even if only 5% are upheld‚ that’s economically devastating. It’s for good reason that Trudeau’s Online Harms Act has come under intense criticism since it was tabled last month. Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre labeled it Trudeau’s “latest attack on freedom of expression”; Jordan Peterson‚ “Trudeau’s illiberal manifesto.” The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has warned that the bill “not only chills free speech but also undermines the principles of proportionality and fairness in our legal system.” Anyone reading Bill C-63 could be forgiven for thinking that Trudeau’s real goal is to silence his critics‚ not protect Canadians from creeps on the internet. They might even conclude that the greatest harms in Canada are found not online but in Ottawa itself. The post Trudeau’s Orwellian Dream: Deploying ‘the Trump Treatment’ to Destroy Canada appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Despite their best efforts‚ have Democrats begun an inexorable elevation of former President Donald Trump? For the better part of a decade‚ Democrats and the Left have thrown everything they could think of against the man they live to loathe. In the process‚ they have created a quasi-caricature that appears to be decreasingly believable to an increasing proportion of Americans. The question is whether these attacks have come full circle‚ accomplishing what Democrats most sought to avoid. Have they vilified Trump to victimhood and prosecuted him back into the presidency? READ MORE: Biden’s Silence: Anti-Democracy Democrats Refuse to Certify a Trump Win Since Trump burst on the political scene in 2016‚ Democrats and the Left have busted their guts laughing at him. When that didn’t work and he won‚ they burst all boundaries going after him. Their efforts have ranged from slights to a Russian dossier to two impeachments. Even after Trump left office‚ they refused to stop. Unquestionably‚ these efforts have had an effect — and equally unquestionably‚ Trump has given ample fodder to use against him: the result being that with Trump poised to win an unprecedented third successive major party presidential nomination (a feat last accomplished by Franklin D. Roosevelt 84 years ago)‚ he has become a highly polarizing figure. Yet amid their attacks‚ Democrats and the Left must confront a nagging reality. Trump is not simply continuing to win political contests; his popularity is growing. In 2016‚ Trump won the presidency with 45.9 percent of the popular vote. In 2020‚ he lost the presidency with 46.9 percent of the popular vote. Today‚ in the RealClearPolitics average of national polling‚ he stands at 47.4 percent in a two-way contest with President Joe Biden. The gains are not dramatic‚ but neither can they be ignored. For a politician so relentlessly attacked — in the establishment media‚ throughout entertainment‚ and across America’s elite — this is nothing short of astounding. It is also counterintuitive. It raises the possibility of whether the attacks have reached the end of their effectiveness and are now having a positive effect. Instead of bearing the fruit they desired‚ are Democrats and the Left about to reap a harvest of the forbidden fruit they detest? There are several instances in which it is possible to see Democrats’ efforts falling like dominoes in Trump’s favor. The ham-handed attempt to bar Trump from state ballots comes first to mind. Only the biggest zealots could have seen this as acceptable: allowing states to unilaterally determine who could run on a ballot for the highest federal office. Clearly‚ none of the Supreme Court justices did. By the overreach of their own hand‚ Democrats now face the prospect that Americans will perceive that the other court cases against Trump are equally politically motivated‚ that they are equally invalidated‚ and that Trump is vindicated. (RELATED: Nine Justices Preserve President Trump’s Ballot Status) Collectively‚ these other court cases against present further instances for Democrats to feel a whipsaw effect. What if one — such as the one in Georgia where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has turned this into a sideshow worthy of TMZ — is turned away? Or‚ worse yet for Democrats‚ what if Trump wins in one of these cases? The risk is that such an outcome could‚ in Americans’ minds‚ extend to the other cases too. Even if Trump does not prevail‚ the risk remains that Trump could be perceived as having been more persecuted than prosecuted. Sound far-fetched? Just look back to Bill Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky scandal. Despite being convicted in the legal process‚ he was acquitted in the court of public opinion. Although the scandal played out publicly for months in 1998‚ ultimately leading to his impeachment and being disbarred‚ Clinton left office in 2001 with higher approval ratings than he had during his first term. Another example: high-profile Biden administration policy failures. Many of those most opposed by the public seem to have been pursued by Biden as anti-Trump knee-jerk reactions. The administration’s wildly unpopular illegal immigration policy stands out. Trump wanted to build a wall‚ so Biden bent over backwards in opening the border. Ditto in foreign policy‚ where we’ve seen a precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan and then deliberately seeking reproachment with terrorist Iran in response to Trump’s abandonment of the nuclear deal. To Trump’s “drill baby drill” approach‚ the Biden administration went full throttle to expensive green energy initiatives that raise costs on working Americans. In each of these‚ Democrats let their anti-Trump mindset paint themselves into a corner with the American public. Then there is Biden himself. Democrats and the Left coalesced around Biden for one reason: to beat Trump. While Biden accomplished that run‚ he has failed to succeed on his own. Only the most partisan can claim to ignore Biden’s failing performance‚ which has stretched from his refusal to campaign in 2020‚ to his refusal to face the press during his first term‚ to his rare‚ little-short-of-disastrous public appearances today. And now a demanding 2024 campaign‚ in which he must play catch-up‚ awaits. Again‚ the results of Democrats’ anti-Trump crusade. And what if Trump should win in November? Democrats have set him up for early success. All Trump need do to look presidential is to not be Biden. By simply undoing Biden’s policies‚ Trump will reap immediate approval in simply doing his job. Each of these dominoes is one Democrats have set up. And on each‚ Democrats could not keep from pushing in their pursuit against Trump. Certainly‚ Trump bears a substantial onus for his high negative ratings. But this raises the question higher: How has a president out of office for four years and under constant attack from Democrats and the Left not simply retained his high daunting support but continued growing it? For an answer‚ his opponents should begin by looking at themselves. Rather than eviscerating Trump‚ have they exonerated him to a growing number of Americans? J.T. Young was a professional staffer in the House and Senate from 1987–2000‚ served in the Department of Treasury and Office of Management and Budget from 2001–2004‚ and was director of government relations for a Fortune 20 company from 2004–2023. The post In Prosecuting Trump‚ Democrats Have Exonerated Him appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

“Big Brother’s Watching You‚ J.K. Rowling‚” editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich for The American Spectator‚ March 12‚ 2023. The post Big Brother’s Watching You‚ J.K. Rowling appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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The Monday evening edition of the PBS NewsHour featured a spicier-than-usual “Politics Monday” segment with NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report‚ both seeing a more favorable issue landscape for President Joe Biden. But it was co-anchor Geoff Bennett that sucked up to Biden the most. Geoff Bennett: ….Mr. Trump mocked Biden's childhood stutter and pounced on the president saying in an interview with MSNBC over the weekend that he regretted using the term “illegal” during his State of the Union address to describe the suspected killer of the University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. The term “illegal” is considered offensive on the left‚ and Biden eventually bowed to media and left-wing pressure to apologize for his word choice. PBS aired the relevant clips: Joe Biden: I shouldn't have used illegal. I should have -- it's undocumented. And‚ look‚ when I spoke about the difference between Trump and me‚ one of the things I talked about on the border was that his -- the way he talks about vermin‚ the way he talks about these people polluting the blood. I talked about what I'm not going to do‚ what I won't do. I'm not going to treat any -- any -- any of these people with disrespect. Donald Trump: He was an illegal migrant and he shouldn't have been in our country and he never would have been under the Trump policy….And Biden should be apologizing for apologizing to this killer. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett lunged immediately to shield Biden from Trump. Bennett: Let's bring in our Politics Monday team. That's Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter‚ and Tamara Keith of NPR. It's great to see you both. And‚ look‚ we should correct the record because President Biden never apologized to the alleged killer‚ as Donald Trump said he did. He never even apologized for using the word illegal…. MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart asked Biden do you "regret" the word choice‚ and he agreed. Even on screen at MSNBC‚ the screen read "Biden regrets calling migrant an 'illegal' at the SOTU." He didn't say "sorry" or "I apologize‚" but how desperate is PBS here? Tamara Keith of National Public Radio came with the requisite spin. Keith: ….Immigration and the border keeps rising in terms of voter concern‚ voter priorities. And President Biden is not running away from this issue. There was a time where he sort of was‚ but that time is past. And now he has something to say‚ which is‚ hey‚ there was this bipartisan deal in the Senate. It was tough on the border. I would have supported it. I did support it. And Trump tanked it. And that is Biden's message that you're going to hear again and again. Now‚ will it work? I don't know…. The segment shifted from immigration‚ then to social spending and Donald Trump’s vague pronouncements in a CNBC interview about “cutting” entitlements. Bennett took the Democratic election-year line‚ seeing no worries on the immediate horizon for Social Security. Bennett: So‚ look‚ Social Security is solvent through‚ what‚ the year 2034. Medicare is solvent through 2028. After that‚ some choices have to be made. But to talk about potentially making cuts to these programs‚ that's a choice. Keith also kicked the can down the road and pretended‚ for the sake of Democratic electoral convenience‚ that congressional Republicans would ever actually threaten entitlements anytime soon. Keith: And these are obviously very difficult public policy issues that are going to have to be dealt with eventually‚ and they are concerns for some voters. But‚ generally speaking‚ President Biden should send a thank you note to former President Trump‚ because the idea that Trump is going to come for your Social Security and Medicare was just‚ that case was just made easier by what Trump said on TV‚ because this is an issue that Biden has been trying to push‚ trying to say that Republicans want to take away these programs that you care about a lot…. This segment was brought to you in part by BDO. A transcript is available‚ click “Expand.” PBS NewsHour 3/11/24 7:37:37 p.m. (ET) Geoff Bennett: President Biden traveled to New Hampshire today‚ his latest trip to a battleground state after he and former President Donald Trump held dueling rallies over the weekend. Mr. Trump mocked Biden's childhood stutter and pounced on the president saying in an interview with MSNBC over the weekend that he regretted using the term illegal during his State of the Union address to describe the suspected killer of the University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Joe Biden‚ President of the United States: I shouldn't have used illegal. I should have — it's undocumented. And‚ look‚ when I spoke about the difference between Trump and me‚ one of the things I talked about on the border was that his — the way he talks about vermin‚ the way he talks about these people polluting the blood. I talked about what I'm not going to do‚ what I won't do. I'm not going to treat any — any — any of these people with disrespect. Donald Trump‚ Former President of the United States (R) and Current U.S. Presidential Candidate: He was an illegal migrant and he shouldn't have been in our country and he never would have been under the Trump policy. (Cheering and applause) Donald Trump: And Biden should be apologizing for apologizing to this killer. Geoff Bennett: Let's bring in our Politics Monday team. That's Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR. It's great to see you both. And‚ look‚ we should correct the record because President Biden never apologized to the alleged killer‚ as Donald Trump said he did. He never even apologized for using the word illegal. But‚ Tam‚ the Biden campaign has been saying for weeks now that they want to draw a contrast between these two visions. And never before‚ you could argue‚ have differing visions been so clear on this topic of immigration that more voters say they care about‚ prioritizing over the economy. Tamara Keith‚ National Public Radio: Right. Immigration and the border keeps rising in terms of voter concern‚ voter priorities. And President Biden is not running away from this issue. There was a time where he sort of was‚ but that time is past. And now he has something to say‚ which is‚ hey‚ there was this bipartisan deal in the Senate. It was tough on the border. I would have supported it. I did support it. And Trump tanked it. And that is Biden's message that you're going to hear again and again. Now‚ will it work? I don't know. Trump is taking a very different tack‚ and he is running — sort of rerunning the playbook that he ran in 2016‚ all the way down to‚ in 2016‚ he also talked about a young woman who was killed in an incident that involved someone who was in the country illegally. And now he is very focused at this time on the Riley case and saying — quite explicitly saying suburban housewives are worried about illegal immigrants coming into their homes and going to their kitchens‚ I mean‚ which is a very Trumpy way to say things. But he's being very explicit that he is running a campaign based on the idea that his immigration policies will make you safe‚ that you — this thing you're worried about‚ I'm going to be tough. And Biden is running on sort of a more nuanced‚ we need to be tough‚ but we also need to be compassionate. Geoff Bennett: How do you see it? Amy Walter‚ The Cook Political Report: Yes‚ that's exactly right. The ways in which we talk about the term immigration sound different to different groups of people. And so if you say border security‚ I think that's one thing that across the board voters say that they are concerned about. What to do about it is a different question. And I was digging into some polling that Pew did a couple of weeks ago asking Hispanic voters specifically what they thought the answer could be to solving some of this. And one of those is‚ OK‚ increase more deportations. Well‚ among non-Hispanic voters‚ 59 percent say that sounds like a great idea. Only 33 percent of Hispanic voters say that they think that's a good idea. Do you think it's increasing crime? Again‚ overwhelming percentage of non-Hispanic voters say‚ yes‚ I do think that what is happening on the border is having an impact on crime. Latino voters are split on that issue. And we see it too in just who's the most concerned about this issue. We saw it in Katie — Senator Katie Britt's response in — to the State of the Union. We have seen it in ads for congressional candidates that have been running thus far. And‚ of course‚ we see it in the rhetoric of Donald Trump . The issue of the border is the number one topic for their base. And so that to me is the question. It's — we know‚ Republicans‚ this is their very top issue. It's not as important of an issue for Democrats. What is it going to mean for these other groups of voters who don't align themselves in either camp? Geoff Bennett: Yes. Well‚ look‚ there's also a contrast on this issue of social spending. President Biden‚ as you all both know‚ released a 2025 budget today that calls for broad new social spending‚ higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. Donald Trump‚ meantime‚ on CNBC said there is a lot that can be done in terms of cutting the government programs‚ Social Security and Medicaid. Donald Trump: There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements‚ in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements‚ tremendous bad management of entitlements. There's tremendous amounts of things‚ numbers of things you can do. Geoff Bennett: So‚ look‚ Social Security is solvent through‚ what‚ the year 2034. Medicare is solvent through 2028. After that‚ some choices have to be made. But to talk about potentially making cuts to these programs‚ that's a choice. Tamara Keith: Right. And these are obviously very difficult public policy issues that are going to have to be dealt with eventually‚ and they are concerns for some voters. But‚ generally speaking‚ President Biden should send a thank you note to former President Trump‚ because the idea that Trump is going to come for your Social Security and Medicare was just — that case was just made easier by what Trump said on TV‚ because this is an issue that Biden has been trying to push‚ trying to say that Republicans want to take away these programs that you care about a lot. You saw it in last year's State of the Union‚ an entire extended back-and-forth about this very topic. And it became an applause line for President Biden for half the year. Did you see my State of the Union where I negotiated to preserve Medicare and Social Security with the Republicans? This is something that the Biden campaign is going to be very happy to talk about. Amy Walter: Well‚ it's also difficult‚ though‚ to make a campaign about what you want to make it about. If it were up to — right. If it were up to Democrats‚ this would be an election about health care. It would be an election about protecting Social Security and Medicare‚ all the issues — it would be about abortion‚ all the issues where they have a natural advantage. Instead‚ we have a crisis on the border and we have the American consumer who's not feeling great about the economy. Those are the issues that are in front of them at this moment in time. Now‚ with billions of dollars that will be spent on the election‚ and‚ of course‚ we have months to go where other issues can pop up‚ this may make it into the — it's definitely going to make it into their advertising. Whether it makes it into the consciousness of voters as their top salient issue‚ we will have to wait and see. Geoff Bennett: Well‚ meantime‚ the Biden campaign is looking to lock in the image that President Biden projected at that State of the Union address last week. Here's a new ad from his campaign released over the weekend. Joe Biden : Look‚ I'm not a young guy. That's no secret. But here's the deal. I understand how to get things done for the American people. Geoff Bennett: So walk us through the new strategy here‚ Tam. Tamara Keith: If you can't change it and you can't hide from it‚ why not run straight into it headlong? And that's exactly what they're doing with the age issue‚ which is — it's a challenge that they can't fix‚ because every single day‚ Joe Biden gets older. That is a benefit of living‚ is that every day you get older. But it's a challenge for his campaign. And even though they say this is a media creation and a media fixation‚ I will tell you‚ when I was out talking to voters last week‚ they brought it up. I didn't bring it up. They brought it up‚ not just Republicans‚ but also Democrats. It was something that was discussed repeatedly by voters as a concern. They are trying to neutralize it with this ad and with other things and arguing‚ as President Biden has now said a few times‚ it's not about your age. It's about the age of your ideas. And that is the way that he's trying to turn it‚ at least in this current iteration‚ $30 million of spending in the next six weeks. And that's just the beginning. Geoff Bennett: Thirty million dollars‚ that's real money. Amy Walter: Yes‚ you can do a lot of stuff with $30 million‚ although it's $30 million in — are we still in March? It's still in March. Tamara Keith: It's March. Amy Walter: It's still in March. Amy Walter: We have got a long way to go before November. But‚ look‚ I think the issue for Biden is‚ his age is also a stand-in for voters thinking he's not being effective‚ right? And so when we hear about this term of he doesn't sound right‚ or he looks weak‚ getting a win on something‚ whether that is on a border legislation‚ whether that's something else that we're going to see in these next few months‚ I think that is going to be more important than a conversation about whether he's really all that old. Geoff Bennett: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith‚ thanks‚ as always‚ for your analysis. Tamara Keith: You're welcome. Amy Walter: You're welcome.

A Texas woman described the harrowing series of events after she went to her home to find a naked man smoking drugs after ransacking her belongings. Austin police said that a SWAT team had to respond to her home after 44-year-old Larry Robinson broke in. Elena Doguet told KEYE-TV that she had returned home from visiting her husband when she realized someone had trashed the house. Her guard dogs were barking and foaming at the mouth. That's when she found Robinson allegedly naked with a drug pipe and a lighter. “I guess I hadn’t heard him come in‚ because he didn’t have shoes on or any other clothes‚ so I saw him and was obviously startled and just kind of froze there‚" said Doguet. She said that she told him to leave her home‚ but he didn't respond. “He didn’t have any real reaction; he seemed almost like he wasn’t even there‚” she said. “There’s no better word for it‚ than he was out of his mind.”She said that the man started to smoke from the pipe again so she took the opportunity to call 911 but the call was cut off. She decided to make a run for a window but she was unable to open it. That's when Robinson hit her with a dog crate that was on the floor. “He basically slammed me against the wall with the crate‚ and it cut my leg‚” Doguet said.She said the man walked around the house‚ and she thinks one of their dogs bit him because he cursed at the dog. Then‚ he turned his attention back to her in the living room. “I just remember‚ that was my one moment of panic‚” she said.She jumped out of the window backward and waited for police to arrive. When she told them that there were loaded weapons in the home‚ they called in the SWAT team. Robinson was arrested after a 90-minute standoff. “While I think I may be handling it pretty well‚ there’s a lot under the surface that is gonna take some time to repair‚” Doguet said. The man is facing burglary charges. Doguet says that she found urine in her front hallway and feces in her bathtub. They are waiting for their homeowner's insurance claim to be processed and have set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for the damage from the bizarre incident. Elected officials defunded the police department in Austin in 2020 by millions of dollars‚ but voters later approved a proposition to fund more police officers. Here's the interview with Doguet: Naked intruder terrorizes Austin woman in her own home www.youtube.com Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!