Random Friday Morning Thoughts

Trump was really uncomfortable during that traditional meeting.  

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• If you company's email is funneled through Outlook, you had an unusually slow day yesterday (and maybe today.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Stepbrothers. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• At an apartment complex headed into Fort Worth. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton updates:
• Probably should have finalized it after the primaries.
  
  
  
  
• But he seems to be celebrating as he was spotted headed to Fiji with his girlfriend (although they are dressed for a possible Amish barn-raising.) 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This is a really bizarre story. He just lost it yesterday. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Pete Hegseth actually did the smart thing from a PR standpoint for once.
  
  
   
  
  
  
• Update on a story from a couple of weeks ago: 
  
• Nvidia updates:
• The newly name interim CEO has an MBA from SMU. 
  
  
  
• Trump might want to sit this one out. 
  
• Friday fun: "Here's a look at one of Rashee Rice's recent pay stubs from the Kansas City Chiefs (via his bankruptcy filing)." He's the guy who was sued after the car wreck on Central Expressway a couple of years ago. 
  

  
• Lauren Whitener Clock: 7 years and 133 days.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

My post from the day after the election. I was so naive. (As a bonus, my "Election Night Open Thread" exists from the night I wanted to forget.)

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•  That was close. It occurred in the Northside/Diamond Hill area of Fort Worth.  Video.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• There are absolutely no details about what is going on here, and I really want to know. 
  
  
  
• Oof. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Brooklyn 911. There was a big excavation project going on next to it before the collapse. 
  
  
  
  
• Big Breaking Nvidia news from moments ago: 
  
  
  
  
• This new story didn't help him yesterday (although it is a minor headline when compared to the Chinese spy affair.)
  

  

  
  
  
  
• And the New York Times was all over this a year ago. From 10/9/2025:
  
  
  
• Place your bets. Yes, you can bet. 
  
  
  
  
• If you haven't seen this video, you must.  The soldier is braver than all current members of Congress. 
  
  
  
• Meanwhile, moments before. Video.
  
  
  
• Another Senate race was finally called last night. And you know what the incumbent said?: “While this is not the outcome we worked for, or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters. I want to congratulate Scott Colom…” That's the way it is supposed to work. 
  
  
  
• "But now Cranbury, New Jersey, a town of about 4,000 people, is reeling from a distinctly modern catastrophe: a cybertheft to the tune of $26 million after they were tricked into wiring money to the wrong place for a land purchase." Oh, my. 
  
• He hates feet now? (Flashback.)
  
• And the Star-Telegram comes from the top rope with an incredibly disrespectful headline:
  
  
  
  
• Messenger - Above the Fold

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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

And he won re-election in 2020. 

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• There was a little mishap behind the courthouse annex right off the square in Decatur yesterday. 
  
  
  
• I have lots of questions about this updated story from yesterday. Story.
  
  
  
• Eleven Democrats failed to vote. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• This 37 year old election denier, who has no ties to Texas, is being rushed through the Senate to be confirmed as a federal judge for the Northern District of Texas.  He got the call last Wednesday. 
  
  
  
• MAGA has apparantly learned nothing. 
  
  
  
• Gift link. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• But this grift didn't last very long. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• If you ever listen to Mark Levin, you'll appreciate this post yesterday by him. And the comments are absolute gold. 
  
  
  
• Last night an unsportsmanlike conduct flag was thrown because the video scoreboard displayed multiple goal post uprights in an attempt to disorient the kicker during his field goal attempt. Video.
  
• The handwritten draft of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech is going up for auction in January and is expected to fetch over $10 million.  Fun fact: The words "I have a dream" are not in it.