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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Under the Texan Sun

rows of cameras ...
the sheriff with a cowboy hat
and two pistols
pronounces, thank you God Almighty!
the mass shooter was shot dead

"My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, all those affected by this senseless act of violence." The sheriff's words that end this news briefing are almost the same as last time. Beside me, the grey-haired reporter mutters to himself, "what has been done will be done again."