Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

6.04.2025

Rick Perry announced this week he would run for president, and the polling at the time (above) showed the race a free for all.

We knew that Wise County rep Andy Hopper famously failed to get the votes for the Wise County Water District bill, but a member of the Senate tried to help us out by having the same bill introduced in that chamber. (SB 1359) It remained alive after the House shot down Hopper, and was actually then passed by the Senate and sent to the House for approval. Alas, it died there in committee.
The Messenger had breaking Decatur restaurant news last night.
We knew it would happen eventually: Elon has turned on Trump for trying to crush the U.S. with more debt because of his "Big Beautiful Bill" now pending in the Senate.

And to think that a few MAGA folks had been on the verge of buying a Cybertruck.
Trump has yet to return fire at Elon.
Now Marjorie over in the House says she wished she had read the bill because she would have voted against it.

County Judge Tim O'Hare, who once cost Farmer's Branch millions of dollars due to his racist policies as mayor, engineered the gerrymandering of the Tarrant County commissioners court yesterday. The change will ultimately cost the only black female county commissioner her job in the next election.
And immediately after the vote to gerrymander the boundaries, the five-time-married guy, who just exited the Texas House, announced that he intends to to take that seat.

That guy who was caught on Monday tried to pull off a Saddam Hussein spider hole.
The rains didn't hit everywhere in the metroplex last night but, when they did, they came down in buckets.
Two police officers from different small towns in Denton County were indicted over something less than the crime of the century.
The war on being woke sure does feel a whole lot like acting woke.

And there's more coming so as to not leave out blacks, jews, Hispanics, and more

As a prosecutor, you might not want to fire off a tweet proclaiming someone guilty of a crime before you receive the case file which, upon review, will cause you to determine there was no crime.
There's way too much Kevin Hart on my TV.

And the fact that she would became a voice for the conservative movement is almost as shocking.

Oh, my. In Haltom City yesterday. No serious injuries.
A guy jumped off a bridge onto Central Expressway in Dallas yesterday during rush hour traffic.
Isn't the CIA supposed to be a secretive instution by its very nature?
When this acting head of FEMA made his first address to the agency, I knew he was a goofball. He proved it again yesterday. (He has since said he was just joking.)
Chart of number of social media posts made by Trump: First term vs. Second term.
The Business Second™. I'm already convinced.
Legislature quick hits

Judges got a 25% raise yesterday, with base pay increasing to $175,000. Wise County rep. Andy Hopper voted against it.
It was never enforceable anyway.
A long term conservative House rep from North Texas has retired. He now has time to dedicate to his fifth marriage.
Will he or won't he? All eyes are on Gov. Abbott to see if he will veto the All-THC-Is-Illegal bill. I think he might do it.

Talk about a lawyer not wanting to go to court. (Gift link.)
Legal stuff: If you are a law enforcement officer, an example of how not to act on the witness stand was on display yesterday in the Karen Read retrial. Video.
I told you last week that college softball is fantastic, and the OU/Tech game last night is Exhibit A. Down to their last strike, OU homered to tie it up (video) only for Tech to win it at their next at bat. They now face the Evil Empire in the finals in a best of three series.

That last line.

This happened on Friday and I've seen references to it being in Wise County, but it was actually just over the Tarrant County line on FM 718. I think I've got the house pinpointed at 12000 Melissa Cove. (There's some nice houses out there.)
Breaking: Finally captured in Kaufman County this morning.
A firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado yesterday afternoon of supporters of the Israeli hostages, injuring eight, was insane. You've probably seen the video of him ranting post-attack. We've since learned that the attacker was in the country illegally, so you've got a perfect online storm brewing.

After Russia carried out 114 aerial attacks on Ukraine on Saturday with drones and missiles, killing at least 10 and injuring 33, Ukraine unleashed one of the greatest surprise attacks ever yesterday deep into Russia. Zelensky did have some cards to play after all.

Remember the judge who was arrested for allegedly interfering with ICE agents? Video has been released (but it doesn't really change much.)
This insanity was barely a blip on the radar.
If you haven't seen this Senator's dismissive, "We are all going to die" statement, or her non-apology the next day (filmed in a cemetery), here ya go: Here and here. Both are bizarre.
Elon Musk showed off a shiner in the Oval Office on Friday.
The former police chief in Arkansas is still on the run after his prison escape. Side note: He had was already the subject of a documentary called "Devil in the Ozarks."
Texas legislature quick hits (today is the last day to pass anything):

Rep. Jeff Leach and Lt. Dan Patrick are at war with each other over this.
A rare defeat for tort reform:
Cell phones in schools to be banned:
Seems big: Last might the House voted to ban all vaping by a vote of 96-35. I don't know if there is any more work to be done on it before it is sent to the governor.

An incredible story out of Waco: A death row inmate’s appeal has been limbo for 4 years as a McLennan County trial court hearing was never held. Neither the DA or the judge knew the case had been remanded in early 2021 by the Court of Criminal Appeals on a post conviction writ.
A crazy multi-vehicle crash in downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee yesterday afternoon. Video of aftermath.