Random Friday Morning Thoughts

This was written a few days after the first debate. It still holds up, because Trump's alure really was, and still is, as simple as that. Just replace "political correctness" with "woke." 

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• Trump is in the air on his way to Alaska to meet with Putin to either (1) tell Putin the war must end or (2) divvy up Ukraine.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Fun fact: On average, that's a seven hour flight. 
• In a matter of six short months, we have normalized sending troops into American cities. 
  
  
  
  
• There's a weird border-line tropical storm, with an even weirder name of "Invest 98-L", which has quickly formed in the Gulf of Mexico.
  
  
  
• After the Sandwich Throwing Incident, Pam Bondi has a message for all the potential evil-doers out there . . .
  
  
  
• . . . except, you know, these guys.
  
  
  
  
  
• More concentration camps.
  
  
  
  
• Totally normal in a democracy.
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This isn't exactly the Republican limited-government party I grew up with. 
  
  
  
  
• Get your bids in.  It didn't sell at it's list price of $27.5 million.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• First poll we've seen which doesn't have Paxton leading bigly. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• The Business Second™. 
  
  
  
• Legal stuff: Tough sanctions for using A.I. in federal court. 
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 42 days.