2.23.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




And there would be no hearings on confirmations in the 10 months that followed. 


  • A police chase out of Wise County ended up with an arrest near downtown Fort Worth Friday night. (Facebook source.)

  • A Texas Tech business professor, Daniel Taylor, 50, was charged by the feds with a fentanyl distribution conspiracy on Friday.


  • Dateline Itasca. 

  • Not only is he mayor, he is also the assistant superintendent of Hitchcock ISD. This is all over a  "gaming room" allegation.


  • Things got a little dicey in Mexico yesterday, especially in Puerto Vallarta, after a major cartel leader was killed. 

  • A 21 year old was shot dead at Mar-A-Lago over the weekend.



    • Kash Patel was not involved in the investigation - he was busy. 

  • ICE killed someone a year ago in South Padre Island, and we are just now learning about it. 


  • The big news on Friday was the Supreme Court striking down Trump's tariff's. Trump, as expected, was very angry and held a one hour press conference immediately afterwards.  Highlights:


    • "It's my opinion that the Court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."
    • "I don't want to say whether or not I regret [appointing Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch]. I think their decision was terrible. Yeah. I think it's an embarrassment to their families, you want to know the truth, the two of them. Yeah.
    •  "I read the paragraphs. I read very well. Great comprehension. I read everything there was to read and I said, 'We can't lose this case.'"
  • No one quite understood this action by Trump over the weekend.


  • Age 25.

  • The U.S. hockey team won gold. 
    • This is how New York prepared for the game. 

    • Let's check in on Rep. Ronny Jackson's post game reaction.  

  • Very nerdy legal stuff: “Only a lawyer could fail to appreciate the decisive clarity of so simple and useful a word as “no.”” - from a concurrence released on Friday by the Texas Supreme Court.