6.25.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



Someonw hit the "pay" button twice. 


  • A child was killed in a house fire in Fort Worth last night. 


  • "The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the first, a 7.2 magnitude quake, was near the town of San Felipe, about 100 miles west of the capital, Caracas. It was followed 39 seconds later by a second, larger earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.5 and was close to the town of Yumare, the USGS said."

  • I haven't read this story. but that's a wild opening sentence. 

  • "Family members said the pair left their hotel at around 7 a.m. Tuesday to hike the Hanauma Bay Rock Bridge Trail, according to officials. Passersby found a backpack containing the man's belongings near the trail at 8:45 a.m. and notified the Honolulu Police Department, the release said." That's a short trail and not difficult:


  • Trump did the strangest thing yesterday by cancelling the public ceremony for the signing of a bill on housing affordability only hours before it was to begin. It was an easy win, but he screwed it up.


  • New banners on Department of the Interior.  I'll say it again: He's not leaving.


  • As the flooring for the UFC fights on the White House lawn is removed, we now see the condition of the grass and it is not good,


  • The Business Second™. From the list of the most read stories in the Dallas Morning News right now. 

  • The Supreme Court will release more opinions at 9:00  a.m. this morning. These are the big ones still to be decided: 

  • Legal nerdy stuff: You don't see the "ecclesiastical abstention doctrine" being used to get a case dismissed, but it worked yesterday.

  • Messenger - Above the Fold