Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

1.28.2026

They finally deflated the tires and drove out.

Senior Caden Nowicki.
The identities of those dead in the law firm jet crash in Bangor, Maine have been slowly trickling in. We've now learned the identity of the pilot (lower left) and another passenger (lower right) who was employed as a chef "for a luxury travel company owned by the [named partner Arnold] family." There are two more still to be identified, one crew member and one passenger.
Photos of the three brothers who drowned in a pond in Bonham. "Cheyenne Hangaman said she and her children had been staying at a friend’s house across the street from the pond, and that she’d warned them to not go near it. But, she said, on Monday her youngest daughter ran to tell her that her brothers were in the water."
Srayed with some brown liquid from a syringe. Video.

The "woman in the pink jacket" who filmed it from the sidewalk was on CNN last night. She said that no one with the federal government had contacted her since the incident.
On gun rights. Video.
"[W] get one person a little bit wrong." Video

The Business Second™. News yesterday about Amazon, UPS and Twin Peaks.
Time flies.
Very legal nerdy stuff: The Texas Supreme Court will routinely deny an agreed motion to continue an oral argument setting. It happened again on Friday. (PDF of Motion, and Order by postcard.)

He survived.

Sledding victim identified.
There's little information, but we know it was three brothers who went to a pond off of "Recreational Road Three"
There is still little information as well about the private jet crash in Maine which was registered to the Houston law firm of Arnold & Itkin. But we do know two of the victims are Tara Arnold, a lawyer in the firm and wife of the named partner, and Shawna Collins who is listed as an event planner.
Minneapolis developments:

Bovino and Noem are no longer the face of ICE in Minneapolis. But make no mistake about it, the policy hasn't changed. It's just that those two are bad at lying (and they also managed to rile up the Second Amendment folks.)
But putting this guy in charge is like sending gasoline to a fire.
And the press secretary didn't exactly do a great job on the Second Amendment front yesterday. I don't know where she came up with this:
Just two weeks ago Trump told us . . .
Can you imagine being a Minnesota congressman who cares so little that he even copies and pastes the part he's not supposed to copy and paste.

Random old video of a Dallas official reminding you to pay your poll tax in 1963. (One minute video.)
Press release yesterday.
Fun sports fact: "USC has had 26 QBs selected in the NFL Draft, the most of any school. Somehow, Sam Darnold will be the first one to start a Super Bowl."

Right before the Iowa caucuses, Trump skipped the debate on Fox News because the network wouldn't remove Megyn Kelly from the panel.

Ten shots fired by masked and secret federal police has left a U.S. citizen dead in the streets. I never really understood the phrase "The storm is coming," but I do now.

You've probably seen all the videos but, if not, here are the three critical ones: Initial one to hit the Internet (from across the street). Second one from the middle of the street. Third one (the best video taken from the sidewalk) And the New York Times breakdown of all of them is great.
It is 100% clear that the (legally carried) gun on the deceased was removed from his holster by ICE before any of the 10 shots were fired. The guy in the gray jacket (visible in all of the videos, above) comes into the pile clearly without anything in his hands, reaches in, and then pulls a gun out matching the gun that ICE claims the dead man had. The Washington Post analysis of all of this is fantastic. (Gift link.)
As disturbing as it is for the government to execute someone in the streets, a close second is how the federal government lies to us about what we saw with out own eyes. And rushing to microphones to do it. This give ICE a green light to kill in the future.

The Border Patrol chief was in front of the microphone within two hours with an insane conclusion that the deceased was there to "massacre law enforcement."
Kristi Noem, within five hours to process it, said that the dead man was "brandishing" a weapon and called him a domestic terrorist. It's Orwellian.

The Second Amendment crowd has told us for years that the right to bear arms is to protect the citizenry from the "tyranny" of the federal government. Well, the FBI Director and Treasury secretary both said (here and here) on the Sunday talk shows, that you can't bring a gun to a protest. And apparently the penalty for doing so is an extra-judicial execution.
It's an op-ed piece, but it is not wrong:

Last night, a plane carrying eight people crashed on takeoff in Bangor, Maine. It was registered to the Houston law firm of Arnold & Itkin, but no identities of the victims have been confirmed. I mentioned one of the named partners ten days ago when he purchased a massive ranch near Weatherford.

I never knew there was a live TxDot camera in Bridgeport. All cameras can be found here. But you have to toggle them on.
That track of land is surrounded by massive homes. It has the appearance of being owned by someone who has refused to sell to developers over the year. Google satellite view.

"Preliminary investigation indicates a 16-year-old male was operating a Jeep Wrangler while pulling the two females on a sled. Witnesses reported the sled struck a curb and collided with a tree near the intersection of Majestic Gardens Drive and Killian Court at approximately 2:26 p.m.. This incident remains under active investigation, with support from the Denton County District Attorney’s Office."

Google Streetview from five years ago
He pulled a Ted Cruz.
Speaking of, he doesn't realize he should never joke about is Cancun trip.

You don't see this very often.
Defense attorneys say Tarrant County lawyer’s removal from Juvenile Board list is ‘deeply troubling’ (Gift link)