7.27.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




A news heavy week in the county ten years ago. 


  • ICE in Wise County updates:
    • On Friday afternoon, the Messenger released a good story about what's going on. (Paywall)

    • In that story, there was a reference to an online video of a group of people being rounded-up into a bus at the Women's Building.  Here's a screenshot: 

    • Presumed ICE vehicles at the Wise County Sheriff's Office. 

    • Wise County Rep. Ronny Jackson weighs in:

  • The case was originally filed as a misdemeanor and then was pled down to the lowest level possible: A Class C (the equivalent of a traffic ticket). But social media went after him with pitchforks. 


  • An absolutely wild video of guys shooting at each other at 8:30 a.m. in the morning in Sendera Ranch near the Wise County border. 


  • In that weird story where a realtor in DFW was arrested in a "cold case",  her defense lawyer issued a press release which is really good.  And he even points out something I thought: That doesn't look like a woman caught on the old footage. 

  • I wonder from time to time if anyone ever gets away with a "murder for hire" plan.  


  • You get temporarily furloughed by your employer, the City of Dallas, and on your first day back at work . . . 

  • News from Friday I didn't get around to: 


  • Remember when after ICE killed a man in Houston they bizarrely claimed that it looked like the dead man had methamphetamine on his dashboard? Well, it turned out to not be drugs at all
  • Oh. come on. When you make a bold move, stand by it. 

  • Trump: 
    • There was another Orwellian development on Friday: 

    • This was admitted in federal court pleadings. 

    • If you missed the White House Correspondent's Dinner footage, consider yourself lucky. Here's a transcript of Trump's attempt at comedy when he wasn't going on tirades:


  • After finishing almost last in an amateur golf tournament, Tony Romo's day got worse on Friday:

    • But if it is going to happen to you, Wisconsin is apparently the place to be.  

  • The Business Second™.

  • Trouble this morning at the University of North Carolina where Bill Belichick enters his second year: The school just placed GM Mike Lombardi on paid administrative leave.