2.23.2026

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




And there would be no hearings on confirmations in the 10 months that followed. 

  • A police chase out of Wise County ended up with an arrest near downtown Fort Worth Friday night. (Facebook source.)

  • A Texas Tech business professor, Daniel Taylor, 50, was charged by the feds with a fentanyl distribution conspiracy on Friday.


  • Dateline Itasca. 

  • Not only is he mayor, he is also the assistant superintendent of Hitchcock ISD. This is all over a  "gaming room" allegation.


  • Things got a little dicey in Mexico yesterday, especially in Puerto Vallarta, after a major cartel leader was killed. 

  • A 21 year old was shot dead at Mar-A-Lago over the weekend.



    • Kash Patel was not involved in the investigation - he was busy. 

  • ICE killed someone a year ago in South Padre Island, and we are just now learning about it. 


  • The big news on Friday was the Supreme Court striking down Trump's tariff's. Trump, as expected, was very angry and held a one hour press conference immediately afterwards.  Highlights:


    • "It's my opinion that the Court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."
    • "I don't want to say whether or not I regret [appointing Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch]. I think their decision was terrible. Yeah. I think it's an embarrassment to their families, you want to know the truth, the two of them. Yeah.
    •  "I read the paragraphs. I read very well. Great comprehension. I read everything there was to read and I said, 'We can't lose this case.'"
  • No one quite understood this action by Trump over the weekend.


  • Age 25.

  • The U.S. hockey team won gold. 
    • This is how New York prepared for the game. 

    • Let's check in on Rep. Ronny Jackson's post game reaction.  

  • Very nerdy legal stuff: “Only a lawyer could fail to appreciate the decisive clarity of so simple and useful a word as “no.”” - from a concurrence released on Friday by the Texas Supreme Court.

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2.20.2026

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




When the Pope got made at Trump. 

  • Not much is known. Story. 

  • The retrial of the Alvarado ICE incident -- after a mistrial over a t-shirt this week -- will occur next week. And the federal judge is changing a few things:
    • He's taken over voir dire, and placing weird time limits on the length of the trial. 

    • And if you want to watch the trial, the judge tells you to drive to Dallas and watch it on a TV screen. 

  • Who knew? 

  • Another stunning confirmation of the grim reality that it is, indeed, over.   

  • With the loudspeakers blaring "YMCA" and the "Gloria", Trump convened his first "Board of Peace" meeting yesterday, and it was a weird as you would expect. 
    • It was held in a federal building which now has Trump's name on it. But he said he would have been happy with some . . . cash. Video.

    • Speaking of cash, he said the U.S. government is giving the board $10 billion.  This "board" isn't even official and was created by Trump out of thin air. And he will control the $10 billion.  


    • And Trump fell asleep during the three hour meeting.  Video.

  • It's all so North Korea-like. 

  • I'm one of the few who never watched Grey's Anatomy, but I saw this guy in Euphoria and thought he was great. 

  • The Business Second™.


  • Legal nerdy stuff: A Texas appellate court yesterday quickly reversed a case because of the trial judge telling the jury panel that "beyond a reasonable doubt" could accurately mean that a juror is 60% convinced of a defendant's guilt.
  • The Supreme Court will release one or more opinions today at 9:00 a.m. CST.  
  • Lauren Whitener Clock: 6 years and 232 days.

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2.19.2026

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




"An El Paso, Texas, school teacher is missing and is likely on the run from law enforcement following an October federal indictment on a variety of drug-related charges involving her family." She was caught and actually sentenced to 15 years in prison the following year. 

  • Overnight: 


  • WFAA has the most complete story on this arrest in Sherman yesterday.  Her lawyer has boldly stated that the blood test, once analyzed, will show absolutely no drugs or alcohol.  Maybe he's right. 


  • Southbound I-35 going out of Dallas was in a bit of bind last night. 

  • Not sure what's going on, but a search warrant was issued yesterday for Facebook in the upcoming Tanner Horner trial.

  • The Tarrant DA said it was the wish of the victims' families to waive the death penalty, but I bet there is a plea deal to life without parole in the works. 

  • So we are just going to attack Iran with no authorization from Congress (much less a Declaration of War) and with no named objective and no post attack plan? 


    • Let's check in on the Secretary of Defense. Posted yesterday.



    • Also: The secretary instituted monthly prayer meetings at the Pentagon last May, and now this guy shows up. (Gift link.)


  • When your new girlfriend refuses to go into "that house."
  • Dueling legal business headlines:
    • From the Wall Street Journal. Oh, come on. 

    • And I saw this article excerpt at about the same time which was posted by a UT law professor. 

  • The Rolling Stone invoked Arrested Development humor. 

  • Messenger: Above the Fold

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