Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

2.05.2026

The scandal wouldn't pick up steam until May, but there was some serious foreshadowing as early as February.

That seems like a really dangerous job.
Your tax money took another step out the door yesterday in Texas.
This is long, but a great read about a drunken and tragic night in the stockyards. Gift link.
If democracy dies in darkness, the lights are being turned out all around us. The second richest man in the world gutted the Washington Post yesterday.
In Texas, a man got beat up by a bunch of woke kids and got arrested to boot. Story. Video of incident.
Something seems really, really off about this whole case.
Lightning strikes forecasted for D.C. this morning.
Elon is sad.
I've seen lots of headlines about the temporary Assistant U.S. Attorney who said in open court that “The system sucks. This job sucks. I wish you could hold me in contempt so that I could get 24 hours of sleep.” I wondered about the context. Well, here is the complete transcript of the hearing: PDF.
She has a wild gig. If a judgeship opens up in Dallas County where an appointment is needed to fill a temporary vacancy, Gov, Abbott appoints her. But after that, she can't win an election in the blue county. Ballotpedia entry.
Messenger - Above the Fold

Iowa Caucus results

Update on the house fire in Parker County last week which killed three (all the females in this photo.)
Story.
"The note, which the station received Monday and agreed not to report on, contained specific details about the home and what Nancy Guthrie was wearing that night, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, although he would not confirm the accuracy of that information or the legitimacy of the note."
Oh, my.
Biggest donors of Wise County state rep Andy Hopper in the most recently reported finance report:
Seems a little unusual.
This didn't get much attention:
Do they want to turn them into the equivalent of the Hitler Youth? This is not normal.
It's over. Video.
Weird random federal judge order.
"Patrick Mahomes Sr., 55, was booked into the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday morning for a probation violation related to his 2024 felony DWI conviction."

Like most things these days, there was video.

Lake Bridgeport shooting update.
The 27 year old man was being transferred back to jail after a court appearance in downtown Fort Worth about 11:45 a.m. when he ran, barefoot, in the 4600 block of Mark IV Parkway, officials with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
That's a huge escalation to this story.
New this morning. "The cybercrime division of the Paris prosecutor’s office is investigating X in relation to seven accusations, including complicity in distributing images of a child of pornographic nature, denial of crimes against humanity and fraudulent extraction of data."
This is a five alarm fire. Audio. It's over.

And this comes on the heels of the federal government seizing ballots in Fulton County, Georgia last week. This was just a test run to normalize what is coming in November. And we had an update on that story yesterday showing how Trump is orchestrating it all:

Speaking of Tulsi Gabbard: "A cloak-and-dagger mystery reminiscent of a John le Carré novel is swirling around the complaint, which is said to be locked in a safe. Disclosure of its contents could cause 'grave damage to national security,' one official said. It also implicates another federal agency beyond Gabbard’s, and raises potential claims of executive privilege that may involve the White House, officials said." Story.
Katy, TX: The defendant was 22 years old and probation eligible, and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. The accident occurred at 6:45 a.m.
Former Tarrant County judge James Wilson died early last month after a heart attack. (I had heard about it back then but couldn't get it confirmed online.) His memorial service was last Saturday.
“I’m not ripping it down. I’ll be using the steel. So we’re using the structure.” - Trump's plans for the Kennedy Center