- Whoa. It was just announced that The Dallas Morning News has been sold to the Hearst corporation -- the same entity that owns the Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Austin American-Statesman. This is not a good development.
- Photos of many of the victims of Texas flooding so far. (Gift link)
- New information from the New York Times. (Gift link.)
- It seems like lots of ambulances are stolen in the DFW area. This was from last night.
- Two people in a vehicle ended up dead when hit by the train that runs between Fort Worth and Dallas. .
- We had another "Blue Alert" go off across Texas yesterday evening. They are looking for a former Marine in that strange ICE ambush in Alvarado which has already led to the arrest of 11 people.
- And I just had to spend two hours in Tulsa the other night. Story.
- This is a little weird. Trump has endorsed every Republican in the Texas legislature who voted for private school vouchers. The whole thing has an odd "approval by the Fuhrer" feel to it.
- Gov. Abbott announced congressional redistricting will be part of the special session. Make no mistake about it, this is an attempt to create more Republican seats in hopes of keeping the House of Representatives during the mid-terms.
- Trump quote of the day yesterday while visiting with African leaders. Video.
- This is just the beginning. It will end with those on Trump's political enemies list being rounded up.
- The Business Second™: I'm not sure I understand this.
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