Backstory Podcast #38 The Bully Pulpit

5,851,494 SARS-COV-2 infections world-wide, 1,720,0000 in the USA with 16,554 in Alabama with 281 cases in Baldwin County, Alabama. The CDC says antibody tests are at best 50/50. The Bully Pulpit as coined by President Teddy Roosevelt, meant "the best" or "greatest"; time has not been kind to the term "BULLY" and we have some prime examples. President Donald J Trump has taken to Twitter and made some questionable comments to say the least. Suggesting that former Republican Congress Joe Scarborough (R-Pensacola, Florida) killed one of his staff members, regardless of the evidence to the contrary. When flagged by Twitter he responds with an Executive Order related to censorship on social media platforms. Bully. Mr. Ripp attended the Fairhope Council Meeting and the Bully Catalyst Council was on full display. Mr. Ripp was advocating for Paula DiNardi, the victim of an assault case at the hands of local Irish Pub owner Ronan McSharry, the case was tossed by Circuit Judge Clark Stankoski. The City Prosecutor "mansplained" to Mayor Karen Wilson that he has nothing to account for to the People, Ms. DiNardi, nor to her. Locally Sheriff Huey Mack (as a petty retaliation for Paul Ripp dragging him into court by his ear) has suspended Mr. Still's security pass to the Courthouse over some suspicious photography activity that Mr. Still explained to the Courthouse Security Committee; who have refused to buck the Sheriff. This is the second since the Podcast started that the Sheriff has employed this tactic but this time Mr. Still is not allowed to take any electronic devices into the Courthouse. Bully. An addendum has been filed to the Judicial Inquiry Commission Complaint filed against Circuit Judge Joseph Norton with some interesting diagrams that purport to demonstrate several conflicts of interest in his hearing the Bass v. Baldwin County Sewer Service (Burke, Delaney, Pennstar, ect, ect, ad nauseum). Strawman Dorsey, Taxman Elliott, and a menagerie of other Catalyst players in this episode.