2.04.2026

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




Iowa Caucus results


  • Update on the house fire in Parker County last week which killed three (all the females in this photo.)
  • Story

  • "The note, which the station received Monday and agreed not to report on, contained specific details about the home and what Nancy Guthrie was wearing that night, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, although he would not confirm the accuracy of that information or the legitimacy of the note."


  • Oh, my

  • Biggest donors of Wise County state rep Andy Hopper in the most recently reported finance report: 

  • Seems a little unusual

  • This didn't get much attention:

  • Do they want to turn them into the equivalent of the Hitler Youth? This is not normal.
  • It's over. Video

  • Weird random federal judge order.

  • "Patrick Mahomes Sr., 55, was booked into the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday morning for a probation violation related to his 2024 felony DWI conviction."



2.03.2026

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts





Like most things these days, there was video.


  • Lake Bridgeport shooting update


  • The 27 year old man was being transferred back to jail after a court appearance in downtown Fort Worth about 11:45 a.m. when he ran, barefoot, in the 4600 block of Mark IV Parkway, officials with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.


  • That's a huge escalation to this story. 

  • New this morning. "The cybercrime division of the Paris prosecutor’s office is investigating X in relation to seven accusations, including complicity in distributing images of a child of pornographic nature, denial of crimes against humanity and fraudulent extraction of data."

  • This is a five alarm fire. Audio. It's over. 


    • And this comes on the heels of the federal government seizing ballots in Fulton County, Georgia last week. This was just a test run to normalize what is coming in November. And we had an update on that story yesterday showing how Trump is orchestrating it all:

  • Speaking of Tulsi Gabbard: "A cloak-and-dagger mystery reminiscent of a John le CarrĂ© novel is swirling around the complaint, which is said to be locked in a safe. Disclosure of its contents could cause 'grave damage to national security,' one official said. It also implicates another federal agency beyond Gabbard’s, and raises potential claims of executive privilege that may involve the White House, officials said."  Story.

  • Katy, TX: The defendant was 22 years old and probation eligible, and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. The accident occurred at 6:45 a.m.

  • Former Tarrant County judge James Wilson died early last month after a heart attack. (I had heard about it back then but couldn't get it confirmed online.)  His memorial service was last Saturday.

  • “I’m not ripping it down. I’ll be using the steel. So we’re using the structure.” - Trump's plans for the Kennedy Center


2.02.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




"[A Wise County man] destroyed a front door, vandalized several cars and fought several people on Meadowdale Drive, police have said. Brown was hit twice by Tasers deployed by officers before he was fatally shot by a Saginaw police officer."  Video is still online


  • Early Saturday in Weatherford. The headline is all that we know.


  • We had a big upset in a race watched nationwide. 

    • The map of the district in Tarrant County.

    • The dollars involved: 
    • Trump backed the ultimate loser on Truth Social three times in two days before the vote. And yesterday he claimed he didn't know anything about the race.  Video

  • This is real post from the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas.

    • This is also real. 


  • Incredible, What would be one of the biggest corruption scandals in American presidential history is just a news blip now. 

  • I don't understand it either. Story (including embedded PDF of court's ruling.)
  • "The Trump administration is bypassing a Congressional review process to send $6.5 billion of weapons aid to Israel. The package includes Apache attack helicopters and combat vehicles. It's the third time the Trump administration has gone around Congress to send arms to Israel." There is no Congress any longer. (Gift link.)

  • If you are a federal judge and are going to order a kid wrongfully captured by ICE to be released, and include a dramatic ending and a photo of the kid to your written order, please get the date right. (Order here.)

  • Update on Trump suing his own IRS for a billion dollars. Video.
  • Trump orders it “for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.” He's not going to raze it, is he? 
  • Gift link


  • Story


  • Sports:
    • Super Bowl news:.

    • Former Dallas Cowboy running back  Scott Laidlaw has died.  (Note: He spoke at the Bridgeport All Sports Banquet in the late 1970s.)
  • BREAKING: An 84-year-old woman who was reported missing in Arizona under "concerning circumstances" has been identified by officials as the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie.