10.10.2025

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




All the press that the Dallas DA was getting over her mental health probably didn't do much to help her mental health. This D Magazine story is still available. 

  • "A prosecutor handpicked by President Trump secured an indictment of New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, on bank fraud and false statement charges in the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday after the president publicly demanded Ms. James be charged."  

    • Trump, as he directed in social media post meant as a DM, has now achieved the indictment of two of the three people he targeted. Oh, and the lawyer with no experience he told AG Pam Bondi to appoint to do this dirty work, has now been on the job for less than three weeks. 


    • And there's more coming. Retribution is here.  It's over. 
  • And new this morning, the Nobel Peace Prize goes to . . .  not Trump.  (Stolen! Rigged!)

  • Oh my. The final score in Decatur v. Diamond Hill Jarvis last night was 91-8. And that was with  the second half being designated as two 10-minute quarters with a rolling clock.

  • Last night.  Always assume that the guy in the next car is crazy because they probably are.  

  • I haven't looked into this story ,but it certainly sounds wonky. 

  • All he does is watch the news and then issue a press release.

  • "On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial."  Many comments made reference to Albert Speer, and I had to look him up. 

  • Highlights of Trump's cabinet meeting yesterday:
    • Kristi Noem is either a liar or dumb or both. 

    • Is there no one in his life to tell him to stop saying this? 

  • It came down via parachute, but still quite the sight. 


  • A playoff series ended on this play last night. Video.

  • Very, very nerdy legal stuff. Yesterday, the Court of Criminal Appeals granted a PDR brought by a pro se defendant. The complete point of error and argument taken from his petition is below. (The State Prosecuting Attorney summarizes what the issue is here.). And you know what? I think he'll win.

  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 98 days.

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10.09.2025

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




I was hot and heavy on the Silk Road article in Wired. It had been operated by the guy who was pardoned by Trump earlier this year.

  • Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd tap the brakes on this deal before declaring it the greatest thing since sliced bread.  The first step is for Hamas to release all of the hostages which is expected to happen Monday. If that doesn't happen, everything falls apart. 

    • Case in point: Part of the agreement is for Israel to release some Palestinian prisoners, too.  We are seeing cracks in the deal already this morning:

    • Trump was giddy about announcing the deal yesterday afternoon after Marco Rubio handed him a note that he needed to hurry up and approve the Truth Social post about it. 

    • What's the hurry? Oh:  

  • Ugh.

  • Story.
    • I googled the guy's name and came up with this from June: 
  • Northwest ISD shows a little backbone.

  • Does he think walking on one turns you gay? 


  • It failed by a vote of 48-51 last night.  Congress might as well not exist. 


  • We are witnessing a made-up campaign against the Boogeyman of "Antifa" which the Trump Administration will use to declare all sorts of emergencies in order to do whatever they want -- from sending troops to American cities to controlling elections. Video.

    • Girlfriend? Of a "founder"? Please.  And by "eliminate," does she mean "kill"? 

    • Yes. Yes, she does. 

  • The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump's insane social media post telling Pam Bondi to indict his enemies, including former FBI Director James Comey, was meant as a private personal message. 


  • Under the radar news: The White House announced last night that  "On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up."  But he already had his yearly check-up in April.
  • Legal nerdy stuff:  We had an appellate court opinion on Tuesday overturning the civil forfeiture of $41,680.00 found in a vehicle during a traffic stop. No criminal charges were ever filed. 
  • Messenger - Above the Fold

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10.08.2025

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts





They were filming the Hulu mini-series, which starred James Franco, which would come out the next year. 

  • This happened yesterday evening. The ages of the boys were 5 and 7, but we don't know much more than that.


  • They don't come out and say it, but this death seems to have occurred as the result of friendly fire. Also, the sheriff's office is housed in the courthouse and the incident occurred after an interrogation/interview. Story

  • Oh, no.

     

  • The state's biggest headline seeker announces an undercover investigation. No worries. You'll never hear another word about this.  


  • Troops from the Texas Army National Guard 36th Infantry Division arrived in Illinois yesterday. Those boys have had a few cheeseburgers.

    • And Trump had suggestions of who they should arrest this morning. None of this is normal.  

  • He had been here longer than ICE has existed.

  • The Secretary of War (ugh) was cosplaying yesterday. 

  • AG Pam Bondi's embarrassing appearance yesterday in front of Senate Judiciary Committee should scare us all. She was performing for an audience of one (Trump), and she acted exactly like his personal lawyer instead of the head of an independent Justice Department. More importantly, she had total scorn for the committee and feared absolutely no consequences for refusing to answer questions. It's as if she knows there will never again be a change of political powers in Washington.  It's over. 

    • She even brought pre-written retorts of attack points (which she had trouble remembering.)

  • Marjorie will save us. 

  • And Fox?

  • Texas Tech has officially unveiled a new logo which does away with the famous beveled look. 

  • Dolly Parton's sister, via social media post, implied that Dolly was on her death bed yesterday. She has since apologized.



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