Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

And not a small bribe either-- it was $200,000. But he surprisingly received three years probation out of federal court.

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• Gift link.  I don't want a landfill (or data center for that matter) in my backyard either, but they have to go somewhere, right?  
  
  
  
• Big revision to Dallas PD's "dress code" went live yesterday. 
  
  
  
  
• Love it or hate it, it probably will be a "circus."
  
  
  
• Millions breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when the Supreme Court (barely) decided that the law for the last 160 years is still the same law. 
  
  
  
  
• But Trump's main henchman, Stephen Miller, immediately went all in on The Handmaid's Tale about the court's decision.
  
  
  
• And Wise County's state representative fell right into the goose-step line. 
  
  
  
• Buried in the headlines yesterday was this news about this fall's term for the Supreme Court. They will strike all of the firearm bans down, but it's still noteworthy. 
  
  
  
• No wonder he spends so much time distracting us with craziness. 
  
  

  
  
  
          
  
  
• Speaking of grift, Trump is flying to North Dakota this morning in his gifted plane from Qatar.
  
  
   
• NPR ran with a pre-written "Justice Alito is resigning" story yesterday before quickly retracting it.  But the released message from the reporter which was sent to Alito to apologize is downright weird. 
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
• Trump will have the flags flying at half-staff by noon. 
  
  

  

  
  
• A socialist defeated a 15 term Congressman in Colorado last night. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

The origin of what would turn out to be one of my worst predictions of all time. 

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• The driver wasn't indicted for manslaughter or even criminally negligent homicide. Nope, it was the "hit and run" law.  
  
  
  
  
• But look at this curious paragraph from the CBS 11 story:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• You could definitely see it yesterday.
  
  
  
  
• Dallas Police doing bits while on the clock. 
  
  
  
• A law which allows the late counting of mail-in ballots so long as they are postmarked by the day of the election is OK. 
  
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton news:
• So we learned he was headed to Iceland with his girlfriend. 
  
  
  
  
• A new New York Times poll:
  
  
  
• But the polymarkets see it a differently. I think they are right.
  
  
  
• Speaking of doing bits. 
  
  
  
  
• What's he up to now?
  
  
  
• Hey, I thought that looked familiar. 
  
  
  
• Justice Clarence Thomas was seen roaming around the halls of Congress yesterday. Video.
  
  

  
  
  
  
• I don't think this is how a Capitalist talks:
  
  
  
• The network had access to Tech beginning bacj in January so this could actually be pretty good. 
  
  
  
• It's Birthright Citizenship decision time at 9:00 a.m. CST. 

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

At least we have access to the old story now.

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• It looks like one of the State's witnesses turned on the prosecution mid-testimony.  That is not a good sign.
  
  
  
  
• Dateline Del Rio. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The vote was 9-5 on Friday. If only they would try to keep AR-15s out of schools with the same gusto they use to put Bibles in it.  
  
  
  
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• If I had 10 jurors tell me they were voting "not guilty", I don't think I'd be re-trying the guy. 
  
  
  
• That sure was a lot of prosecutors mugging for the camera after a plea hearing.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The problem with the "Memorandum of Understanding" is that no one apparently understood it. 
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton and his paramour caught in the wild. Video.
  
  
  
• Weekend Trump craziness:
• Story.
  
  
  
• Can he go just one weekend without embarrassing the United States?
  
  
  
• Nothing feels more like democracy on the 4th of July than troops guarding water. 
  
  
  
• Not only does he lie about his poll numbers, he doesn't even know what "despite" means. 
  
  
  
  
• The Business Second™. That's a ton of homes (but I'd call it more of a Denton development than a north Fort Worth development.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Mabank fire chief was killed after being hit by vehicle while directing traffic outside of the Mabank Rodeo over the weekend.