While on the campaign trail in Iowa, this appears to the first time Trump delivered a long (95 minute) and wild speech where he would go off script. It made headlines everywhere. But it would become his trademark.
- Last month, a visiting judge in Wise County imposed a life sentence in a case involving Jeffrey Allen Short after a plea of guilty without the benefit of a plea bargain. Short attempted to appeal the sentence but yesterday the Fort Worth Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal because of a, uh, procedural problem.
- Missing Dallas lawyer and professor on the Appalachian Trail.
- A fan rushing Ariana Grande in Singapore turned out to be harmless, but she had every right to be scared to death at that moment. Video.
- Lots of very poor decisions made here.
- Everything is for a photo-op. Everything is for show.
- Oh, my. (New York Times gift link.)
- The only attorney that Trump could find in the U.S. to indict James Comey and Leticia James probably won't be on those cases much longer.
- I'm not sure I agree with much of what this guy says, but he's 100% correct on this.
- The Business Second™ (breaking news). He's 59 and has been the CEO since 2014. This seems a little odd.
- The Business Second™. (Gift link.) "Hillwood celebrated the development Thursday during a ceremony to unveil the 6,000 home project. Model homes in the first phase of 747 homes are expected to open in the spring. The first phase is northwest of Interstate 35W and Robson Ranch Road . . . . The project will also be home roughly 3,000 apartment units."
- Can Baylor go a couple of years without bad press? He also resigned his position as chair of the College Football Playoff selection committee. It sounds like he has an anger issue.
- Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 133 days.











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