2.24.2026

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




It was a different time. 

  • Dateline: Commerce, Texas. I was curious about label on the bottle of her homemade bomb since it seemed unusual.  I clicked on the story link and found this caption under the photo: "Molotov cocktails sits inside the barricade which surrounds the Donetsk Regional Administration building on April 18, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)." Yep, it was just a stock photo.

  • I'm surprised that place rejected it.

  • "ARLINGTON, Texas — A three-alarm apartment fire damaged 16 units of a residential building Monday afternoon, displacing 25 people, including five children, the Arlington Fire Department said. Firefighters were called at 1:34 p.m. after reports of a fire at the Oak Chase Apartments building."

  • This is getting so messy that they can't even add to the headline that the staff member later killed herself.



  • Wichita Falls has an opening in law enforcement. 


  • Trump said yesterday: "It's going to be a long speech. Because we have a lot to talk about." 

  • That decision is pretty easy, even for her, once a grand jury unanimously rejected her request for indictments in the case.  It's still shockingly insane that the government even attempted to criminally prosecute these senators. 


  • Lewis from Revenge of the Nerds. "His manager and brother Keith Carradine said in a statement Tuesday to NBC News that the actor had 'succumbed to bipolar disorder after fighting it for almost 20 years.'”

  • Random and confusing Trump tweet where he sounded like a character from Bring It On. "It has already been gotten . . . ."

  • KERA does a really good job of covering this case. The judge picked a jury yesterday after last week's trial ended abruptly with a mistrial. 

     



  • Wise County state rep Andy Hopper has filed his most recent campaign report. Top Donors:


  • "BREAKING: Savannah Guthrie posts a new video, saying the family is offering a reward of up to $1 million for the recovery of their mother Nancy."
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2.23.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




And there would be no hearings on confirmations in the 10 months that followed. 

  • A police chase out of Wise County ended up with an arrest near downtown Fort Worth Friday night. (Facebook source.)

  • A Texas Tech business professor, Daniel Taylor, 50, was charged by the feds with a fentanyl distribution conspiracy on Friday.


  • Dateline Itasca. 

  • Not only is he mayor, he is also the assistant superintendent of Hitchcock ISD. This is all over a  "gaming room" allegation.


  • Things got a little dicey in Mexico yesterday, especially in Puerto Vallarta, after a major cartel leader was killed. 

  • A 21 year old was shot dead at Mar-A-Lago over the weekend.



    • Kash Patel was not involved in the investigation - he was busy. 

  • ICE killed someone a year ago in South Padre Island, and we are just now learning about it. 


  • The big news on Friday was the Supreme Court striking down Trump's tariff's. Trump, as expected, was very angry and held a one hour press conference immediately afterwards.  Highlights:


    • "It's my opinion that the Court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."
    • "I don't want to say whether or not I regret [appointing Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch]. I think their decision was terrible. Yeah. I think it's an embarrassment to their families, you want to know the truth, the two of them. Yeah.
    •  "I read the paragraphs. I read very well. Great comprehension. I read everything there was to read and I said, 'We can't lose this case.'"
  • No one quite understood this action by Trump over the weekend.


  • Age 25.

  • The U.S. hockey team won gold. 
    • This is how New York prepared for the game. 

    • Let's check in on Rep. Ronny Jackson's post game reaction.  

  • Very nerdy legal stuff: “Only a lawyer could fail to appreciate the decisive clarity of so simple and useful a word as “no.”” - from a concurrence released on Friday by the Texas Supreme Court.

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2.20.2026

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




When the Pope got made at Trump. 

  • Not much is known. Story. 

  • The retrial of the Alvarado ICE incident -- after a mistrial over a t-shirt this week -- will occur next week. And the federal judge is changing a few things:
    • He's taken over voir dire, and placing weird time limits on the length of the trial. 

    • And if you want to watch the trial, the judge tells you to drive to Dallas and watch it on a TV screen. 

  • Who knew? 

  • Another stunning confirmation of the grim reality that it is, indeed, over.   

  • With the loudspeakers blaring "YMCA" and the "Gloria", Trump convened his first "Board of Peace" meeting yesterday, and it was a weird as you would expect. 
    • It was held in a federal building which now has Trump's name on it. But he said he would have been happy with some . . . cash. Video.

    • Speaking of cash, he said the U.S. government is giving the board $10 billion.  This "board" isn't even official and was created by Trump out of thin air. And he will control the $10 billion.  


    • And Trump fell asleep during the three hour meeting.  Video.

  • It's all so North Korea-like. 

  • I'm one of the few who never watched Grey's Anatomy, but I saw this guy in Euphoria and thought he was great. 

  • The Business Second™.


  • Legal nerdy stuff: A Texas appellate court yesterday quickly reversed a case because of the trial judge telling the jury panel that "beyond a reasonable doubt" could accurately mean that a juror is 60% convinced of a defendant's guilt.
  • The Supreme Court will release one or more opinions today at 9:00 a.m. CST.  
  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 232 days.

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