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A washed up Josh Hamilton is traded from the Angels back to the Rangers with $74 million still left on his contract. Astonishingly, the Angels agree to pay $68 million of it with the Rangers only be responsible for $6 million.
- Lake Bridgeport is two foot above "full", and the flood gates are fully open (photo). That's a good thing, because the incoming Trinity River from Jack County will crest this afternoon at 29 feet. For perspective, the river's flood stage is 20', and it normally runs at just 4'.
- We now have the first ever paid parking lot in Wise County history. It sits in Decatur just west of the post office. And seemingly everyone was surprised to learn that the lot has been privately owed all these years. .
- Is it just me, or does the Messenger story about the death of Roy Cooper seem to carefully interject the word "investigation" into it quite a few times?
- After three people were found dead in a remote area of Parker County, the Sheriff's Office arrested three people on Monday for capital murder (which carries the death penalty). Then they realized they shouldn't have arrested one of them. That's a bad way to start off a case.
- Denton County has reported its first measles case.
- I'm not sure that was a "fall" in that it looked more like "launch." Video.
- Trump had a cabinet meeting yesterday:
- Elon Musk made his final (?) appearance at the table -- and literally wore two caps.
- Also at the cabinet meeting, Trump weighed in how tariffs might impact Christmas spending. Video.
- The rest of the cabinet meeting was straight out of North Korea:
- "A Reuters drone on Monday (April 28) captured detainees at the Bluebonnet immigrant detention center in Anson, Texas, spelling out a message to the outside world: S-O-S."
- If you want to watch some Republican on Republican crime, watch this clip (or the whole thing) when Brian Harrison appeared before a committee chaired by Jeff Leach. Man, they hate each other.
- Legal stuff: The Texas House modified the Senate's version of the "Ban all Weed Including Hemp" bill yesterday evening by keeping Delta-9 with THC less than .3% in its "natural flower" form. Maybe the whole bill is in trouble. (The revised bill is here, and I think the relevant part is at the bottom of page 57.)
- Messenger - Above the Fold
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