No matter how dead a town might be, if there’s a good bbq place there people will come.

Sounds like a shithole place 😂😂😢

I remember when this happened. Bonkers.

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In season one of Cheer, they highlighted how Monica Aldama took kids who had issues and gave them a life, hope, support, skills etc. Try dealing with just one teenager.. I know I can’t do it. I still have so much respect for her cause I know she’s just human, not God. But she has so much heart and strength to deal with teens and young adults year after year after year.

It's frustrating to think of a territory like Texas, deprived of bears, wolves, jaguars, bisons, antelopes, and elks. Few lions... And to think that all the native fauna has been replaced by exotic beasts. I'm not against hunting regardless, but for me it's sad to find myself in an ecosystem where the animals that populate it are not native to the place.

It's like a zoo, you go to watch the animals in their man made environment, but then you shoot them.

Excellent journo! These guys would never be elected if they ran on their own policies.

Dominionism is nothing new. Many political figures such as Bush family or Samuel Alito follow it. As conspiracy theory sounding as it it might sound. The goal is to hijack every aspect of government in order to form a theocracy. Just look back in 2005 where they tried to sneak creationism into schools pretending to be a science (intelligent design). Thankfully to Bush jr's disappointment the judge he appointed ultimately ruled against the Discovery Institute's text books as being unconstitutional and pseudoscience.

The fact that her Jerry Harris was caught with with 2 minor boys and now her son has a similar crime. 🤔. Not good…..

This was really well done. Congratulations JB

The trifecta in my house growing up was Raul Velasco, Don Francisco, and Johnny Canales. RIP

The movie brought me to tears, I was around at that time and I spent time with some of the Von Eric Brothers. I remember being in wrestling school, and Kevin Von Eric would take time to encourage and talk to us during wrestling practice. I remember talking with Kerry after a match, my daughter was there and we had a picture taken with Kerry. I had heard that David was not well and Kevin had told him Not to go to Japan,didn’t know if it was true or not I was heartbroken knowing now he was Ill before going to Japan. Also the end of the movie when Kevin was crying ask his dad you were supposed to take care of it is to be there for him, I called you and I Fritz had to say it was he called you you’re the one that wasn’t there. My main question is why wasn’t Chris in this movie? I managed a couple of gym’s in Denton Texas, Cris would come to workout, he was very nice kid, but he seemed to be troubled. Because he definitely was part of theVon Eric family. I was still in Denton when Mike von Erich took his life, I couldn’t believe it. But their dad was a tyrant, He those boys trying to to get what He never did, and pushed one by one into a hopeless situation. Rest in peace, David, Mike, Chris, Kerry and Jack. Fan/ Wrestler, Debbie Death

Ima try em tomorrow!!! Can't wait

We are sick of your Christian hate. Go do a story on George Soros

Sounds like Jimmy did it but he wasn't alone.

ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVE BANDS, THESE DUDES!

I never liked Jerry, I always knew he was trying to hard to be liked and get attention, turns out he was a pedo predator, not even surprised. And Monica? If she were a man, this video wouldn't even have happened.

God Bless Tim Dunn.

And yes I was unaware of this story so thank u

I’m in Kilgore right now for a family funeral I’m from music city my home The rangerettes are amazing no question and lovely of course My daddy loved them and always watched them on tv events and did the Eisenhower inaugural PARADE with them when he marched with the corps at VMI in 52 I think in DC

Great job Skip❤

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Hoping items can be recovered from Philippines house. 🙏

What about the allegations against her son? That was back in December so it could've have certainly been mentioned. Or the lawsuit Monica is now filing against the cheerleader who claimed Monicia helped cover up her SA? I understand how Aldama's reputation has been attacked but this piece comes across as one-sided in it's coverage.

If a young girl on a team you are responsible for overseeing is raped, you help her file charges with the police- it’s that simple. Then the legal system takes over … there’s no reason to cover it up because the district attorney will decide if there’s enough evidence to prosecute. This decision should be in the hands of the DA not a cheer coach. Really should have been a clear cut moral decision for Monica.

Thank you for making this!

Thank you for writing this story. I knew something was off with Abbott pushing the vouchers so much....now I know why. How dare anyone with wealth decide that what voters want doesn't matter.

You two have done a wonderful job on these podcasts. I don't feel that way about Terry. I don't trust him.

I like how they just skip over the whole situation with Monica's son.

This is so biased.

This is the biggest piece of PR for her I’ve ever seen

I knew Monica was abusing all of them the second that show started. The nurse guy was like “what is she doing?” And this was just what she was willing to let us see on camera

The downfall of Gabby in contrast to Ladarious would have been good to touch on as well. He was always the villain until he wasn’t

TexasMonthly is one of the most underrated publications. Every piece is phenomenal.

Jerry was not HER lowest point. That SA victim’s assault and subsequent coverup was not HER lowest point. As a journalist I would expect a bit more perception when it comes to someone’s wording. I too work with the public and that type of speaking shows you what you need to know. Her concern is with herself, so for those people I reserve my sympathy as they supply themselves enough. It’s those who can introspect and at the very least face that they may have played some role. Those who will ALWAYS put a victim first in the narrative because they recognize what actually mattered then…they deserve this “redemption” you speak of. The downfall of Navarro’s reputation wasn’t the worst moment. Be honest here. It was 2 young brothers separately beginning to feel predated on by Jerry, feeling like the worlds new fav could harm them. It was the moment that victim had her bodily autonomy stolen. GET A GRIP.

Ummm what about the allegations against her son!?! As a parent that would rock me more than anything else that happened

how is this story not more widely known? excellent article btw!

Such an odd video

This is a bizarre video that treats being dropped from a lawsuit as tantamount to total vindication and exonerated of any wrongdoing. That didn’t happen, so why is it being presented as such? And why are other publications being belittled as if their scrutiny of the reputation she made for herself is now their responsibility to rehabilitate???

What about the victim’s redemption? How about the victims family? I wonder how the news outlets reporting on all of the lawsuits made the victim feel or how it impacted their family? I wonder how those kids she verbally abused feel and how theyre lives have been changed because of her verbal abuse? Booooooooo booooooooo tomato tomato boooooo im throwing tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅

This video told us little. I loved Monica and still wish her the best. Such a strong role model and leader to push those kids to such greatness and give some crappy little Texas school such a phenomenal reputation. Sh*t happens in any organization. Everyone has skeletons in their closet.

Why does this woman look like she’s about to cry talking about this?

I feel sorry for Monica but if I was her I would never do it again. She not only possibly lose her marriage, her family, her likelihood and jobs. That's a lot to lose. It was one thing when Jerry did what he did. His actions couldn't account for the whole team but afterwards better so fade back out of the spotlight. Sad i enjoyed the show but sad.

Just because they dropped her from the lawsuit doesn't mean she didn't help cover shit up

I feel like they should’ve expected for the show to be as big as it was because of Gabi Butler. I mean we all know Gabi’s story especially with being on Cali Smoed and she’s a huge cheerlebrity, so it makes sense the any show with someone like Gabi being on it…..it’s gonna be huge.

Uhhhh are we not going to mention the heinous charges against her son??? That story also somehow miraculously disappeared out of circulation. I’m sure she helped cover that up too

I used to be a competitive cheerleader and when the Netflix show Cheer came out, I could not get into it 🤷‍♀️

All you anti religious, anti church being involved in politics are then ultimate hypocrites. You enjoy all the Judeo Christian benefits set forth by the founding fathers only to trash those who wish to continue the America's shining example of freedom.

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