Merlin Thomas

Now according to the Oklahoma Forestry Service, some wildfires have burned through more than 27,000 acres of forestry And that fire has been zero percent contained. That's according to the Oklahoma National Forestry Service. Now, they've also said that they've issued a risk warning to areas in the panhandle as well. So this is really a lot more to come and the worst is yet to come.

Now according to the Oklahoma Forestry Service, some wildfires have burned through more than 27,000 acres of forestry And that fire has been zero percent contained. That's according to the Oklahoma National Forestry Service. Now, they've also said that they've issued a risk warning to areas in the panhandle as well. So this is really a lot more to come and the worst is yet to come.

He was offered the alternatives of death by electric chair or death by lethal injection, but his lawyers say he chose the more violent option because he had concerns about the effectiveness of the other option. For example, he said that the electric chair would, and I quote, cook him alive. And he feared that the lethal injection would essentially drown him by sending a rush of fluid to his lungs.

He was offered the alternatives of death by electric chair or death by lethal injection, but his lawyers say he chose the more violent option because he had concerns about the effectiveness of the other option. For example, he said that the electric chair would, and I quote, cook him alive. And he feared that the lethal injection would essentially drown him by sending a rush of fluid to his lungs.

And there have been questions around the effectiveness of, say, the lethal injection, because... In South Carolina itself, the three most recent cases of men who were sentenced to death by the lethal injection were declared dead after 20 minutes but appeared to stop breathing after just a few minutes.

And there have been questions around the effectiveness of, say, the lethal injection, because... In South Carolina itself, the three most recent cases of men who were sentenced to death by the lethal injection were declared dead after 20 minutes but appeared to stop breathing after just a few minutes.

And there's also been questions around the lack of transparency in terms of the lethal injection because there was a new law that was brought in in 2023 which shielded the names of the suppliers and the exact contents of those lethal injections. And so lawyers and other critics have said that Because they don't have that information, they can't properly analyse what's in the lethal injection.

And there's also been questions around the lack of transparency in terms of the lethal injection because there was a new law that was brought in in 2023 which shielded the names of the suppliers and the exact contents of those lethal injections. And so lawyers and other critics have said that Because they don't have that information, they can't properly analyse what's in the lethal injection.

And it should be said that this is a really rare instance. Brad Sigmund will only be the fourth person since the country reintroduced the death penalty in 1976 to be executed by firing squad.

And it should be said that this is a really rare instance. Brad Sigmund will only be the fourth person since the country reintroduced the death penalty in 1976 to be executed by firing squad.

It's very possible. In Idaho, there was recently a bill that was passed that could make death by firing squad the primary method. And also, it's still the secondary method in several other states as well, if, for example, a lethal injection drug can't be obtained.

It's very possible. In Idaho, there was recently a bill that was passed that could make death by firing squad the primary method. And also, it's still the secondary method in several other states as well, if, for example, a lethal injection drug can't be obtained.

And it is worth saying that according to a Gallup poll just last year, 53% of Americans are in favor of the death penalty of a person convicted of murder. And so it's still a majority of Americans who are still in favor of this. Merlin Thomas.

And it is worth saying that according to a Gallup poll just last year, 53% of Americans are in favor of the death penalty of a person convicted of murder. And so it's still a majority of Americans who are still in favor of this. Merlin Thomas.

He had a laundry list of his successes and that's how he really started off, talking about how America is back, that this is the revival of the American dream. But he touched on two main focuses of his speech, which were really immigration and also those culture war issues that we heard about.

He had a laundry list of his successes and that's how he really started off, talking about how America is back, that this is the revival of the American dream. But he touched on two main focuses of his speech, which were really immigration and also those culture war issues that we heard about.

And on those cultural issues, he spent quite a lot of time talking about how he was cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion issues, cracking down on some of those trigger point issues as well. So when he talked about renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, making English the official language of the U.S.,

And on those cultural issues, he spent quite a lot of time talking about how he was cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion issues, cracking down on some of those trigger point issues as well. So when he talked about renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, making English the official language of the U.S.,

As well as then moving on to someone who he has been very keen to emphasize the presence of, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected advisor, who is leading the mission to reform and reshape the federal government. And he leads DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. And President Trump listed off a number of those things that he claims were savings that DOGE had identified.

As well as then moving on to someone who he has been very keen to emphasize the presence of, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected advisor, who is leading the mission to reform and reshape the federal government. And he leads DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. And President Trump listed off a number of those things that he claims were savings that DOGE had identified.