8.19.2025

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts





The first ever pieces of what would become a full blown scandal began this week a decade ago with a Deadspin article, and a court conviction later in the week. 

  • Calm down, buddy.

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  • Texas House Member Held Hostage: "House Speaker Dustin Burrows told lawmakers that members who broke quorum could only leave the House chamber upon agreeing in writing to be released into the custody of a Texas Department of Public Safety officer tasked with ensuring their return when the House reconvenes at 10 a.m. Wednesday." One of them refused to sign. She's still there.



    Sample of pledge agreement signed by other lawmaker.

  • It's not as much as Fox, which paid Dominion $787.5 million back in 2023, but Newsmax has less than 10% of the audience that Fox News has.

  • He's not gonna leave, and he's not going to lose control of his do-nothing Congress.


    • And he'll do it one way or another. 

  • This five minute video out of Rhode Island is a masterpiece. As a lawyer, nothing provides more pleasure than cops jacking up another lawyer in the wrong who tries to play the lawyer card. These two drunk ladies, who just got kicked out of a restaurant, were asking for it. And their husbands/dates need to get some scene control. 


  • I wouldn't get too excited over this. But it does keep this Trump headache in the news. 

  • Per DPS, we are getting a new driver's license design.

  • I'm not sure if anything was accomplished with the big meeting in the White House yesterday, but we learned this morning that Trump still doesn't know that Russia invaded Ukraine. 
  • Legal stuff: The topless DA in West Texas was all set to go to trial yesterday until her docket fell apart because she admittedly "had to learn another hard procedural lesson this morning."

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8.18.2025

Random Monday Morning Thoughts



A tremendous picture coupled with my naivety of Trump's electability. 

  • Trump and Putin and Ukraine update:
    • Friday's summit in Alaska turned out to be a big bag of nothing. 




    • And last night, Russia bombed Ukraine and killed at least 10.


    • And how Trump continues to blame Zelensky for being invaded is one of the million mysteries surrounding Trump. Last night: 


    • Zelensky is coming to the White House today, but Europe is bringing in the calvary to back him up. 

       

  • A strange story of a guy trying to burn down a house in Midlothian.

  • 14 year olds. Dashcam/Bodycam footage.

  • This story has a feel like the movie Bully. 
     

  • D.C. militarization update:
    • ICE bragged about eight agents tearing down a sign protesting their presence. Video.
    • Masked federal agents slam a guy into the street.  Video.


  • Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick threatened, illegally, to kick anyone out of the gallery of the Texas Senate who does not stand for the invocation. Video 

  • I would expect no less from her.



  • Trump had a "Covfefe"  moment yesterday morning.

  • In case you were wondering what the Little Ball of Insurrection aka the January 6th Metroplex Real Estate Agent is doing these days, she has moved to Florida and hanging out with other January 6ers.

  • MSNBC, which has been sold out of the NBC family, announced it will become MS NOW by the end of the year. (The MS, oddly, stands for Microsoft which hasn't been a partner in the company since the 2005.)

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8.15.2025

It's Friday Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




This was written a few days after the first debate. It still holds up, because Trump's alure really was, and still is, as simple as that. Just replace "political correctness" with "woke." 

  • Trump is in the air on his way to Alaska to meet with Putin to either (1) tell Putin the war must end or (2) divvy up Ukraine.


    • Fun fact: On average, that's a seven hour flight. 
  • In a matter of six short months, we have normalized sending troops into American cities. 

  • There's a weird border-line tropical storm, with an even weirder name of "Invest 98-L", which has quickly formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • After the Sandwich Throwing Incident, Pam Bondi has a message for all the potential evil-doers out there . . .

    • . . . except, you know, these guys.



  • More concentration camps.

  • Totally normal in a democracy.



  • This isn't exactly the Republican limited-government party I grew up with. 

  • Get your bids in.  It didn't sell at it's list price of $27.5 million.  


  • First poll we've seen which doesn't have Paxton leading bigly. 


  • The Business Second™. 

  • Legal stuff: Tough sanctions for using A.I. in federal court. 
  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 42 days.

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