Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

And then we would learn that the co-pilot had locked the pilot out of the cockpit and 

then intentionally flew the plane into the ground. 

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• For goodness sake, just admit all of you made a horrible mistake and be done with it. Instead the entire Trump Administration has gone 100% Orwellian and telling us not to believe our eyes and ears. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• We've never had a Secretary of Defense look and act like this as he put an embarrassing spin on the situation and then walked away without taking any questions.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Incredible.
  
  
  
• But by the end, he just went into the "not my problem" mode. 
  
  
  
• Four U.S. soldiers went  missing over 24 hours ago in an area of Lithuania nine miles from the border of Belarus. 
  
  
  
• And Trump seemed as if he didn't know about it all late yesterday afternoon.
  
• Get ready. Assuming he doesn't change his mind tomorrow. 
  
  
   
• The queen of photo-ops was at it again yesterday. Yes, this is real. 
  

  
  
  
  
• One thing about the Trump Administration this time around, they are media geniuses.  Example? In light of the beating over SignalGate they've taken over the last three days, they made the actual Attorney General and the actual FBI director go the the scene of an arrest this morning at 4:30 a.m. and invited Fox News along.  And then they held a press conference about it at 8:00 a.m. to announce the arrestee is "one of the top leaders" of MS-13.
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The U.S. government snatched another college student off the streets (video) who had every right to be here. Her sin? For "engaging in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans." What did she actually do? She wrote an op-ed in the school newspaper criticizing Israel for killing tens of thousands of people in Gaza.  And next they come for who? 
  
  
  
  

  
• You've got to see Marjorie Taylor Greene go off on a British reporter, and please wait until the end when she turns to an American reporter for a different question. It's perfect. 
  
  
  
• Let's check in on Fox News yesterday.
  
  
  
• For those who haven't seen the naked woman going nuts at DFW airport last week, here ya go.
  
  
  
• Decatur Fire Department training photos for those interested.
  
  
  
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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

She was a district court judge at the time. She has since gone on to win a current seat on the court of appeals in Austin.

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• SignalGate Breaking News: After Trump and Trump's men called the editor of The Atlantic a "sleazebag" and a liar, and said there was "no classified" information in the group chat, the editor has called their bluff this morning. 
  
  
  
• "Fort Worth police say 27-year-old Dylan Lofton left Tarrant County Commissioner Manny Ramirez a series of voicemails using racist language and threatening to kill him."
  
  
  
• This is the mass shooting case that left 23 dead in El Paso in 2019.  The D.A. inherited the case from his predecessor who turned it into an absolute cluster.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Oh, everyone calm down. (Video of the remarks.)
  
  
  
  
• I'm almost more interested in a guy in Flower Mound who sends his regular laundry to the cleaners and orders coffee by DoorDash.
  
  
  
  
• Less than two weeks after a deadly pile up in Austin on I-35, there was a 10 car pileup that led to one death on I-35 in Round Rock on Sunday.
  
  
  
• Oh good gawd.
  
  
  
• The Authoritarian Regime continues to send a message that anything that Trump does should not be challenged in court or your firm will pay the consequences. This should scare you to death. 
  
  
  
• SignalGate Update (from yesterday):
• How big of a moron is Waltz? Buddy, you're the one who added the journalist to your unsecured group chat!
  
  
  
• And last night he ran into the friendly arms of Fox News where he basically claimed that the reporter hacked his way into the group chat! (Video.) Incredible. Liars all around. 
  
  
  
• Unfair?  The journalist is the most patriotic guy on the group chat. 
  
  
  
• Good grief.
  
   
  
  
  
• This is being buried by all the other news, but yesterday's executive order by Trump regarding detailed voting requirements he is imposing on the states might be the most dangerous thing he's done. It's not so much what the order does, but the fact that Trump is now exercising "presidential power" over federal elections - something which he has no authority to do, and certainly can't be trusted with.
  
  
  
• And there are more changes coming. Why is he concerning himself with something which no longer impacts him personally? Something's up. 
  
  
  
• One man had thoughts. You think what is below is crazy? Get ready.  There has to be a plan.  
  
  
  
• Robert Jeffress, FBC Dallas pastor, appeared side by side on Fox News with the crazy gal below who wants your $1,000. (Side note: Instead of talking about the prayer he gave in the Oval Office, Jeffress went on a rant about liberal judges. Very Jesus-like.)
  

  

  
  
  
  
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• Four sheriff's deputies in the Harris County Sheriff's Office have committed suicide in the last six weeks. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Ted Cruz entered the presidential race. 

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• Wise County Criminal News Yesterday: Robert A. Moriarty pled guilty to the capital murder of his 11 year-old daughter and was sentenced automatically to life in prison without parole. The way I read this, he pled to the maximum sentence due to the fact that the only thing worse, the death penalty, wasn't available because of this law passed in 2019.  It both giveth to the State and taketh away.
  
  
  
• In a shocking breach of security, the top people in Trump's administration, in a group chat within unsecured commercial app Signal, discussed in detail the plans for the bombing in Yemen which took place a few days ago. If that wasn't bad enough, the accidentally included the editor of The Atlantic to the chat and no one even noticed. They are going to get soldiers killed with this kind of recklessness.
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• And when secrets weren't being revealed, they texted like teenagers.
  
  
  
  
  
• As the Administration was confirming the story, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth -- whose qualification was being a Fox News host -- got off of a plane in Hawaii and lied to us all. And he did what MAGA always does: Attack the media. Even Fox News' Brit Hume couldn't believe it. 
  
  
  
• Trump attacked the media as well and has since seemed disinterested in the security breach. As long as those involved are loyal to him, nothing else matters.
  
  
  
• You won't believe the way Fox News handled the story last night.  Or maybe you will. Here's the quick video intro which almost has to be seen to be believed.
  
  
  
• Elon was at another cabinet meeting yesterday and, as always, was dressed to kill.
  
  
  
• This silly threat to take over Greenland continues to get ramped up.  The visit by Usha Vance is not at the invitation of Greenland and, in fact, its prime minister said it was a "very aggressive" provocation.  Despite this, Trump told us all yesterday she was "invited." (Video.)
  
  
  
• Trump doubled down on his authoritarian attack on law firms yesterday: "Behave yourself,"  he warned. This comes on the heels of his memo on Friday to the Justice Department to, in essence, target "despicable firms" who challenge his actions.  This is only going to get worse, and he'll move on to the media next.  It's over. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• In the Alien Invasion Act case (where the alleged gang members were summarily rounded up and shipped off in planes without the right for innocent people to say they were picked up by mistake), the judge wants to know when those planes were in the air since he had ordered the deportations to temporarily stop. Last night, Trump's Justice Department refused to answer the judge by invoking a privilege that doesn't apply.  This is just defying the court order.
  
  
  
• Seems like a big deal. And he hasn't been seen since. Edit: Reportedly free this morning. 
  
  
  
• An Amber Alert was issued last night for a 15 year old Rowlett boy (who was found a few hours later), but it didn't sound like an abduction.  Aren't those alerts supposed to be limited to abductions?