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🚨Exclusive: Hood County Survivors Say Sheriff Roger Deeds’ First Election Victory Came at the Price of Destroyed Ch*ld R*pe Evidence (A THREAD🧵 )
🚨 Sheriff Deeds recently (and rightfully) came under fire for charging and arresting a man for posting a meme on a satire page.
As I said before, I will be releasing MULTIPLE stories regarding Sheriff Deeds; this will be the first in a multi-series of coverups and corruption within the SO and Hood County.
DISCLAIMER: I have interviewed both victims and have obtained full permission from Kirstie Bothwell and Devyn Nicole Claybourn to release this story.
Kirstie’s story is in part 1. Devyn’s story is in the thread (it is very disturbing for some readers)
“She [Devyn] was my stepsister at one time and then became my stepmom. However, she is a victim just like I am, and we went through this together. To know what Deeds did, you need some backstory.” - Kirstie Bothwell
GRANBURY – Two women were reportedly s*xually ab*sed as children by the same man, former officer Christopher Bothwell. Kirstie stated that the evidence that could have put their abuser behind bars vanished the moment Roger Deeds won his election.
The alleged cover-up happened between 2004 and 2008, the exact same election cycle in which Deeds defeated incumbent Gene Mayo and took office.
“My father [Christopher Bothwell] was FUNDING Deeds’s campaign, and it was the first campaign he ran and won.”
According to Kirstie, her father began moIesting her from age 3 to 13. This occurred in Tarrant and Kaufman counties. When she was 13, Bothwell met and later married the mother of another girl. He began abusing that child in Hood County. By the mid-2000s, Bothwell had divorced the stepmother and entered an openly s*xual relationship with his former stepdaughter – the second victim – while she was still a juvenile.
In approximately 2006–2008, the first victim, now a teenager, returned to Granbury and discovered the relationship.
“When I came back around and I found out he was in a relationship with my stepsister, my father gave me everything I wanted just to keep my mouth shut.”
Kirstie recorded Bothwell discussing it in graphic detail and took the recording, plus other evidence to law enforcement.
At the time the report was made:
- Rob Christian was Hood County District Attorney
- Investigator Robert Young handled the case
- Roger Deeds was in the middle of his first campaign for sheriff
- Bothwell was openly hosting Deeds, Mayo, and other local power brokers at his home.
- Bothwell was funding Roger Deed’s campaign.
“After Deeds won as sheriff with my father’s money, the investigation was stopped, and all of the key and major evidence, like r*pe kits and recordings, were destroyed and lost. The case was dropped. The judge that dismissed this case was Judge Walton.”
“I just find it funny that he will arrest someone on felony charges for posting a meme but let a ped*phile go free after s*xually abusing children because of money, politics, and “brotherhood.”
Kirstie says she no longer cares about personal exposure; they simply want the paper trail to speak before any more evidence “disappears.”
“My father is a free man and shouldn’t be … and Sherriff Deeds assisted in that.”
We have sent open records requests for campaign-finance reports from the 2004–2008 cycles. Meanwhile, I have pulled the past charges for Christopher Bothwell, which align with both victim’s stories. Devyn has also provided her civil legal team’s timeline of events.
🚨 Sheriff Deeds recently (and rightfully) came under fire for charging and arresting a man for posting a meme on a satire page.
As I said before, I will be releasing MULTIPLE stories regarding Sheriff Deeds; this will be the first in a multi-series of coverups and corruption within the SO and Hood County.
DISCLAIMER: I have interviewed both victims and have obtained full permission from Kirstie Bothwell and Devyn Nicole Claybourn to release this story.
Kirstie’s story is in part 1. Devyn’s story is in the thread (it is very disturbing for some readers)
“She [Devyn] was my stepsister at one time and then became my stepmom. However, she is a victim just like I am, and we went through this together. To know what Deeds did, you need some backstory.” - Kirstie Bothwell
GRANBURY – Two women were reportedly s*xually ab*sed as children by the same man, former officer Christopher Bothwell. Kirstie stated that the evidence that could have put their abuser behind bars vanished the moment Roger Deeds won his election.
The alleged cover-up happened between 2004 and 2008, the exact same election cycle in which Deeds defeated incumbent Gene Mayo and took office.
“My father [Christopher Bothwell] was FUNDING Deeds’s campaign, and it was the first campaign he ran and won.”
According to Kirstie, her father began moIesting her from age 3 to 13. This occurred in Tarrant and Kaufman counties. When she was 13, Bothwell met and later married the mother of another girl. He began abusing that child in Hood County. By the mid-2000s, Bothwell had divorced the stepmother and entered an openly s*xual relationship with his former stepdaughter – the second victim – while she was still a juvenile.
In approximately 2006–2008, the first victim, now a teenager, returned to Granbury and discovered the relationship.
“When I came back around and I found out he was in a relationship with my stepsister, my father gave me everything I wanted just to keep my mouth shut.”
Kirstie recorded Bothwell discussing it in graphic detail and took the recording, plus other evidence to law enforcement.
At the time the report was made:
- Rob Christian was Hood County District Attorney
- Investigator Robert Young handled the case
- Roger Deeds was in the middle of his first campaign for sheriff
- Bothwell was openly hosting Deeds, Mayo, and other local power brokers at his home.
- Bothwell was funding Roger Deed’s campaign.
“After Deeds won as sheriff with my father’s money, the investigation was stopped, and all of the key and major evidence, like r*pe kits and recordings, were destroyed and lost. The case was dropped. The judge that dismissed this case was Judge Walton.”
“I just find it funny that he will arrest someone on felony charges for posting a meme but let a ped*phile go free after s*xually abusing children because of money, politics, and “brotherhood.”
Kirstie says she no longer cares about personal exposure; they simply want the paper trail to speak before any more evidence “disappears.”
“My father is a free man and shouldn’t be … and Sherriff Deeds assisted in that.”
We have sent open records requests for campaign-finance reports from the 2004–2008 cycles. Meanwhile, I have pulled the past charges for Christopher Bothwell, which align with both victim’s stories. Devyn has also provided her civil legal team’s timeline of events.
The image you see is of Bothwell wearing Devyn’s underw*ar on his head when she was approximately 1 5.
The bottom photo is him with Devyn when she was 1 4. As you can see, her hair is cut short. This is discussed in the next thread.
The bottom photo is him with Devyn when she was 1 4. As you can see, her hair is cut short. This is discussed in the next thread.
The following timeline was Prepared by a civil legal team for Devyn in June 24, 2025. I am providing a copy that was given to to me by Devyn, as well as my own summary of the report.
Police Officer Christopher Bothwell was a colleague of the victim’s mother (we are keeping the mother anonymous), in the Willow Park Police Department; his own father was the chief of police. According to the detailed chronology prepared by the victim’s civil legal team, the abuse spanned from 2004 until her escape in 2011 and left lifelong scars of complex PTSD.
Devyn first met Bothwell through her mother. Their first private encounter in Burleson, Texas, quickly turned inappropriate when the officer began asking the 13-year-old highly s*xual questions.
That summer, during a family trip to South Padre Island, Bothwell allegedly initiated unwanted sexual touching and gr00ming behavior.
The abuse escalated at the family’s home near Kings Creek Golf Club in Kemp, Texas, and later in a Burleson apartment Bothwell leased. Devyn describes repeated forced s^xual acts, including oral contact facilitated by sandwich bags, so severe that she cut her hair short to prevent him from grabbing it.
A trip to Miami, orchestrated to keep Devyn from reacting to Bothwell’s marriage proposal to her mother, became another occasion for abuse. Devyn confided in a friend’s mother, Marcie, but the disclosure did not stop the pattern.
2004-2005 - At this time, Devyn was 13. After Bothwell and Erica Moore purchased a house in Granbury, Texas, the abuse continued unabated. Around this time, Bothwell’s own daughter, Kirstie, made an outcry that triggered a CPS inquiry into Devyn’s relationship with the officer.
Trips to Cozumel and the Dominican Republic provided new settings for alleged s*xual assaults. Devyn says her hair was bleached blonde because Bothwell preferred it that way.
When she was 14, One of the most violent incidents occurred while watching the movie *The Goonies*. Bothwell allegedly pinned the 14-year-old down in a non-consensual assault that caused v*ginal bleeding and profound trauma.
The abuse became almost daily, sometimes in view of open windows while her mother cooked nearby. Bothwell allegedly underwent a vasectomy out of fear Devyn would become pregnant. In one chilling episode, he reportedly held a g*n to Erica Moore’s head in front of Devyn and whispered that he would hire the best defense attorneys if she shot her mother, claiming an insanity plea would succeed.
2006–2007: Wedding Night As*ault and Escalating Control (Ages 15–16)
In April 2006, Bothwell married Erica Moore in Jamaica. Devyn, then 15, served as maid of honor. On the wedding night, while speaking with the victim’s uncle just feet away, Bothwell allegedly assaulted Devyn on the resort patio, hidden by bushes.
- Read on for part 2 of Devyn’s story.
Police Officer Christopher Bothwell was a colleague of the victim’s mother (we are keeping the mother anonymous), in the Willow Park Police Department; his own father was the chief of police. According to the detailed chronology prepared by the victim’s civil legal team, the abuse spanned from 2004 until her escape in 2011 and left lifelong scars of complex PTSD.
Devyn first met Bothwell through her mother. Their first private encounter in Burleson, Texas, quickly turned inappropriate when the officer began asking the 13-year-old highly s*xual questions.
That summer, during a family trip to South Padre Island, Bothwell allegedly initiated unwanted sexual touching and gr00ming behavior.
The abuse escalated at the family’s home near Kings Creek Golf Club in Kemp, Texas, and later in a Burleson apartment Bothwell leased. Devyn describes repeated forced s^xual acts, including oral contact facilitated by sandwich bags, so severe that she cut her hair short to prevent him from grabbing it.
A trip to Miami, orchestrated to keep Devyn from reacting to Bothwell’s marriage proposal to her mother, became another occasion for abuse. Devyn confided in a friend’s mother, Marcie, but the disclosure did not stop the pattern.
2004-2005 - At this time, Devyn was 13. After Bothwell and Erica Moore purchased a house in Granbury, Texas, the abuse continued unabated. Around this time, Bothwell’s own daughter, Kirstie, made an outcry that triggered a CPS inquiry into Devyn’s relationship with the officer.
Trips to Cozumel and the Dominican Republic provided new settings for alleged s*xual assaults. Devyn says her hair was bleached blonde because Bothwell preferred it that way.
When she was 14, One of the most violent incidents occurred while watching the movie *The Goonies*. Bothwell allegedly pinned the 14-year-old down in a non-consensual assault that caused v*ginal bleeding and profound trauma.
The abuse became almost daily, sometimes in view of open windows while her mother cooked nearby. Bothwell allegedly underwent a vasectomy out of fear Devyn would become pregnant. In one chilling episode, he reportedly held a g*n to Erica Moore’s head in front of Devyn and whispered that he would hire the best defense attorneys if she shot her mother, claiming an insanity plea would succeed.
2006–2007: Wedding Night As*ault and Escalating Control (Ages 15–16)
In April 2006, Bothwell married Erica Moore in Jamaica. Devyn, then 15, served as maid of honor. On the wedding night, while speaking with the victim’s uncle just feet away, Bothwell allegedly assaulted Devyn on the resort patio, hidden by bushes.
- Read on for part 2 of Devyn’s story.
BREAKING: A panel of federal judges has enjoined Texas from using its redrawn congressional maps , ordering the state to use its 2021 boundaries. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
NEWS: A panel of Texas judges, led by a Trump appointee, concluded that Texas' mega-redistricting push was likely an illegal racial gerrymander and must be blocked from taking effect.
w/ @andrewjfhoward @joshgerstein
politico.com/news/2025/11/1…
w/ @andrewjfhoward @joshgerstein
politico.com/news/2025/11/1…
@andrewjfhoward @joshgerstein The court also sharply rejected the notion that its ruling would disrupt the midterms. The filing deadline hasn't passed, the judges say, and if anyone is to blame, it's the state for operating on a rushed timeline. politico.com/news/2025/11/1…
The biggest reason e-commerce brands fail is that they're selling products nobody's asking for.
This is the framework I use to find products that actually print🧵👇🏼
This is the framework I use to find products that actually print🧵👇🏼
Stop looking for "revolutionary" products on page 159 of AliExpress.
You're not on Shark Tank.
The biggest secret in e-commerce… just sell products that are PROVEN to sell.
Products with actual market validation.
You're not on Shark Tank.
The biggest secret in e-commerce… just sell products that are PROVEN to sell.
Products with actual market validation.
People say "but those products are saturated."
Saturation is good.
It means proven demand exists.
As long as you differentiate through marketing and positioning, you win.
Saturation is good.
It means proven demand exists.
As long as you differentiate through marketing and positioning, you win.
The average American now works from January 1 until May 6 just to pay federal, state, and local taxes. That’s four full months of your life stolen before you earn a single dollar for yourself or your family. This isn’t “contributing to society.” This is theft with extra steps and better branding.
Your income tax doesn’t fund roads or defense — those are a rounding error. It funds interest on debt to the Fed (private cartel), foreign wars 98% of you oppose, corporate welfare for companies that already dodge taxes, and a bureaucracy that writes 80,000+ pages of new regulations every single year.
Every regulation is a price floor written by the last generation of crony winners to keep the next generation of competitors out. You can’t start a lemonade stand without a permit in most cities now. The state has turned childhood into a licensed activity. How much more absurdity until people snap?
Given that Bishop Orji of the ACNA’s initial public comment on the announcement of the Wood presentment in Anglican Ink was to reflexively slander the authors, I am skeptical that he forms his judgments on the basis of anything other than what he wants to be true.
Bishop Orji’s public comment, since deleted, was originally posted on Facebook in response to this October 21 Anglican Ink article here:
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Notice how very freely ACNA bishops rush to use their platforms to publicly make proclamations on high stakes topics which they have not bothered to inform themselves about with anything approaching due diligence, even as clergy & laity are shamed for making their concerns public
1/
🥈 Something big is happening with silver (AGAIN).
India, China, the US, Australia – four different stories, one message:
silver is quietly moving from “industrial metal” to strategic asset.
Stackers are front-running a reset most people don’t even see.
🥈 Something big is happening with silver (AGAIN).
India, China, the US, Australia – four different stories, one message:
silver is quietly moving from “industrial metal” to strategic asset.
Stackers are front-running a reset most people don’t even see.
2/
Look at India.
Every time global markets wobble, India’s silver imports spike like a heart attack on a chart.
2022 was wild. 2024–25 is back near those extremes.
That’s not normal jewelry demand – that’s a nation vacuuming physical while it’s still cheap.
Look at India.
Every time global markets wobble, India’s silver imports spike like a heart attack on a chart.
2022 was wild. 2024–25 is back near those extremes.
That’s not normal jewelry demand – that’s a nation vacuuming physical while it’s still cheap.
3/
Now zoom to China.
SGE/SHFE vault inventories have been bleeding out while Beijing tightens export controls and licenses on silver.
When the world’s factory starts hoarding metal instead of exporting it, it’s telling you something about the future of supply.
Now zoom to China.
SGE/SHFE vault inventories have been bleeding out while Beijing tightens export controls and licenses on silver.
When the world’s factory starts hoarding metal instead of exporting it, it’s telling you something about the future of supply.
BTC breaking below $90,000 for the first time in ~7 months should have destroyed altcoins.
But this time, alts are not collapsing with $BTC.
This isn’t random.
There are clear reasons why alts are holding better, and the data supports it.
Let’s break it down. 👇🧵
But this time, alts are not collapsing with $BTC.
This isn’t random.
There are clear reasons why alts are holding better, and the data supports it.
Let’s break it down. 👇🧵
The first thing to understand is how $BTC dumped.
This wasn’t normal selling.
It was structured institutional selling, visible in negative Coinbase flows and the way candles formed.
This wasn’t normal selling.
It was structured institutional selling, visible in negative Coinbase flows and the way candles formed.
After the structured selling, we started seeing another layer → panic selling.
Traders who are already down on their buys started to sell in panic.
This creates fast red moves on BTC, but because alts have already reached sellers exhaustion, they didn't drop much.
Traders who are already down on their buys started to sell in panic.
This creates fast red moves on BTC, but because alts have already reached sellers exhaustion, they didn't drop much.
1/11 🧵🚨
My latest investigation🔥
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has formally refused to release the anonymised dataset that maps Covid vaccination dates to dates of death – data they already shared with vaccine manufacturers.
Here’s what they don’t want the public to see. 👇
My latest investigation🔥
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has formally refused to release the anonymised dataset that maps Covid vaccination dates to dates of death – data they already shared with vaccine manufacturers.
Here’s what they don’t want the public to see. 👇
2/11 In response to FOI requests and parliamentary pressure, UKHSA argued that publishing the data could cause “distress or anger” among bereaved families and might “damage confidence in the vaccine programme”. The Information Commissioner upheld their refusal.
3/11 Gareth Eve’s wife, BBC presenter Lisa Shaw, died from vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia. His response to UKHSA’s “protecting mental health” excuse: “My heart is already very much broken.”
I think he speaks for many.
I think he speaks for many.
Paintings and drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien 🧵
1. Conversation with Smaug, 1937
1. Conversation with Smaug, 1937
2. Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves
3. The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the-Water
11 years ago, CNN blurted out the truth about Tylenol:
“Too much acetaminophen over time can FRY YOUR LIVER. It can damage your liver to the point where you need a transplant or even to the point where it KILLS YOU.”
The #1 cause of liver failure in America is not alcohol; it’s Tylenol.
Every year, Tylenol use results in 56,000 ER visits, 2,600 hospitalizations, and 500 deaths. But strangely, you never hear about the dangers of Tylenol in the news anymore.
Got a fever? Habit may have you reaching for Tylenol every time, but this is where things get really uncomfortable…
Because suppressing a fever carries risks no doctor probably ever told you about—and the consequences go far beyond the liver. 🧵
“Too much acetaminophen over time can FRY YOUR LIVER. It can damage your liver to the point where you need a transplant or even to the point where it KILLS YOU.”
The #1 cause of liver failure in America is not alcohol; it’s Tylenol.
Every year, Tylenol use results in 56,000 ER visits, 2,600 hospitalizations, and 500 deaths. But strangely, you never hear about the dangers of Tylenol in the news anymore.
Got a fever? Habit may have you reaching for Tylenol every time, but this is where things get really uncomfortable…
Because suppressing a fever carries risks no doctor probably ever told you about—and the consequences go far beyond the liver. 🧵
The information in this thread comes from the work of medical researcher @MidwesternDoc. For all the sources and details, read the full report below.
midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-does-nat…
midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-does-nat…
Almost instantly, pregnant influencers rushed to show their “trust in science” by filming themselves taking Tylenol.
Some of them took huge doses. One even overdosed. You probably saw the same videos I did. They were all very disturbing.
This reaction revealed something startling: people still believe Tylenol is one of the safest drugs in America. Despite overwhelming research.
The data about autism isn’t fringe. It’s consistent and it’s quite alarming.
If even half of the evidence is correct, America has a massive public-health crisis hiding in plain sight.
Some of them took huge doses. One even overdosed. You probably saw the same videos I did. They were all very disturbing.
This reaction revealed something startling: people still believe Tylenol is one of the safest drugs in America. Despite overwhelming research.
The data about autism isn’t fringe. It’s consistent and it’s quite alarming.
If even half of the evidence is correct, America has a massive public-health crisis hiding in plain sight.
Delighted to see this paper out - working with @grattonecon was fantastic; I learned a lot! We develop the argument that technocracy can serve as an intertemporal insurance device for groups who fear their majority status is ephemeral. Because technocrats weigh minority concerns
more than majority rule would, they protect today’s majority against losing power in the future. This protection is epsecially valuable when that majority cares intensely about the issue it delegates. But when majority status becomes more stable (e.g. via
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entrenchment) or technocratic decisions consistently favour the same group, those disfavoured by technocracy may push back. Democracies can then oscillate between technocratic and majoritarian decision-making; the ensuing cycles can undermine institutional stability and heighten
Hi, I'm Layla, and I'll be live-tweeting today's meeting on Committee on the Budget and Government Operations' Budget Discussion. @CHIdocumenters #CHIdocumenters
All today's meeting details can be found here!: chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Meeting/?meeti…
The meeting has been called to order at 10:21 a.m., and the meeting is now open to public comment.
