Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

4.15.2026

Cruz was actually beginning to believe he could beat Trump for the Republican nomination.

Part of his examination of Horner's phone revealed this incriminating Google search after the murder.

Wise County Constable Kevin Huffman, who has young girls of his home, actually talked to Horner as he was delivering a package right down the road from where the abduction will happen the next day.
Two women testified that Horner assaulted them in a relationship while they were both 16 and while Horner was in his early 20s. Both were identified by name on the video feed but their images were obscured.
Jacqueline Ferrara, a former (?) forensic analyst for DPS who began the DNA extraction process from Athena's body and other evidence, testified by video.

Dateline Dallas. “The shooting in the Tran case happened Aug. 11, 2023, at the DFW Gun Range and Academy on West Mockingbird Lane. . . . . 'He heard a voice telling him that this young man was going to kill him,' defense attorney Neil Pask said. 'So he shot him.'”
This event allegedly occurred at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth. There is a lot going on here. Gift link.
Not Baby Jessica!
Still not a lot of details in this weird story from Denton:
I'm still not sure what all is going on here.

Oh, my. And in Nebraska of all places.
This happened last week and no one heard anything about it until the video was released yesterday.
Dateline West Texas A&M. A Randall County grand jury has indicted eight West Texas A&M students in connection with a February break-in at a building that formerly housed a university fraternity. Seems like overkill.

And, finally, in News About Democracy Dying, we have more re-writing of history. Incredible. Trump had already let these guys out of prison but had not pardoned them. Now U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has filed motions on appeal asking a federal court to vacate their convictions. "Stand back and stand by," indeed. It's over.

Flashback: From March of last year. Wise County Rep. Andy Hopper welcomed convicted Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes -- yep, the same one -- in his office after Rhodes was released by Trump from his 18-year sentence.

I'll occasionally read a BigLaw subreddit just to see how miserable that life seems.

Wylie made national news when a major hail storm blew through.

After a suicide attempt while in the Wise County Jail, various letters were found in his cell. Some of them were read to the jury.
FBI agent David Rogers was in charge of the recovery of Athena Strand's body from the Trinity River.
Let me tell you, the chief medical examiner for Dallas County looked nothing like I thought she would. And she does a very good job.
I'm pretty sure that's the parents of Athena in the gallery during a break.
Jail Administrator Joseph Thomas was called to prove up telephone calls made by Horner from the Wise County Jail.

We know that Rep. Andy Hopper couldn't get a simple Wise County water bill approved in the legislature last session, and now we get to see how he does with this proposal:
I don't know if I'd make that job change.
You could see this coming from a mile away.
Two congressman engulfed in sex scandals, one from Texas, resigned yesterday.
Metroplex news is getting harder and harder to come by:

The headline is absolutely the only information in the story.
This prominent story right now on Fox 4 features an event that happened way back on March 4th.

Trump was asked about his Jesus post yesterday: “I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with Red Cross as a Red Cross worker there, which we support, and only the fake news could come up with that one.” No one lies as much, and has less respect for his supporters, than Trump.

Flashback to this moment in the Oval Office when Trump didn't think he was a doctor.
And if you are wondering who that lady was standing next to him, she was allegedly a Door Dash worker "delivering" McDonalds to the Oval Office, and claiming that she saved $11,000 because of Trump's "no tax on tips" policy. Her husband has cancer so Trump gave her $100. (She also has been used as a political prop in Nevada.)

A five shot lead headed into the back nine fell apart in 2016.

It's certainly national news now. Not always accurate, but it is a national story.
Friday witness: A G-Man was in charge of the search of the Fed Ex vehicle.
Screenshot of the interior cameras from the abduction van which will record the audio of the killing.
The actual abduction van.
Former Wise County Sheriff’s Office crime scene investigator Alise Amey testified.
An unnecessarily combative Sgt. Brett Yaro of the sheriff's office was the last witness on Friday to testify.

The headline is all that we know.
"According to a police report, the victims are two women and three men ranging from 20 to 24 years old."
"One worker has died and a second worker has been critically injured in an electrocution incident while working on a pole at a gas station in the 5800 block of E. Berry Street, FWFD confirms."
She was fired on a vote to 4-3 by the city council. I wouldn't want to be a city manager.

"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy." He picked a fight with the Pope? The Pope??!!
Then he posted this image depicting himself as Jesus last night. Let the anti-Christ discussion begin -- with good reason. (The changes he made from the "original" image are also weird.)

As "peace" talks with Iran fell apart on Saturday night, Trump was at a UFC fight.
Sunday morning: Trump oddly announced that the entire Strait of Hormuz would be blockaded by the U.S. So it was going to be a blockade of Iran's blockade?
Then he walked that back later and said the blockade referred only to Iranian ports and not the Strait. It still doesn't make any sense.

The Trump of Hungary was defeated by a landslide in an election despite the real Trump's full support.

Trump has tricked up his proposed arch again. It now stands 250 feet tall. No one asked for this.