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After a long (two hours) but slow (10 mph) police chase, which had people gathering on bridges in the metroplex to watch it, cops finally got the vehicle stopped by ramming it with a SWAT vehicle followed by an army of officers jumping out. (Video.)
- Everyone needs calm down with all these headlines. It will be appealed and/or ignored. And raise your hand if you've ever heard of the "U.S. Court of International Trade."
- And what purpose does Stephen Miller have in spreading the identities of the judges other than to intimidate. Or worse.
- But do not ask Trump what he thinks about his nickname on Wall Street of "TACO" -- which stands for "Trump always chickens out" when it comes to imposing tariffs.
Mary Cassella of CNBC - Musk is gone from the Trump Administration ending a chapter to one of the most colossal missteps anyone has ever taken.
- A window blew out on the fifth floor of the Texas Capitol last night during a storm and almost fell down to the rotunda. That's so far up, I'm not sure the public is even allowed there.
- No word on why. He was 56.
- A very, very large home caught fire in Mira Vista in Fort Worth yesterday morning, but I certainly wouldn't call it destroyed. Video.
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick held a silly press conference yesterday where he displayed a bunch of THC products. It had a very Reefer Madness feel to it. During it, he called a reporter "stupid" for asking if there was a way to do a ban "where grown adults still have access to the products."
- Gold.
- More crazy pardons are coming. Side note: There's no way he watched the trial because (1) he doesn't have the attention span, and (2) it was in federal court which doesn't allow TV cameras.
- Trump appointed one of his personal lawyers, and more importantly a sycophant, to the Third Court of Appeals.
- The Business Second™. Big news in Wichita Falls.
- "After receiving a call of shots fired shortly after midnight, cops found Foster with multiple gunshot wounds inside a car and died at Delta Health Center 35 minutes later." Story.
- Extremely legal nerdy stuff for criminal practitioners. The Court of Criminal Appeals ruled yesterday that a passenger has standing to challenge a vehicle search which occurs after an illegal prolonged detention under Rodriguez. (Honestly, I never really thought otherwise.) The case now goes back to the lower court to decide, presumably, if reasonable suspicion existed to prolong the traffic stop and, if so, can a detention for nearly an hour before a drug dog arrives be reasonable.
- Messenger - Above the Fold
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