Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Bridgeport lost water for the entire day because the "water line has blown again." Decatur High School even opened up "their showers at the gym" for Bridgeport residents.

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• There sure are a lot of natural gas explosions (assuming that is the cause of this in Fort Worth yesterday.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• It's normal to be windy around here, but last night was crazy. Some red lights were out in Decatur this morning. And for some unknown reason, emergency vehicles are up around the courthouse square as I hit "publish."
• Election news:
• The Iowa Caucus is next Monday but look at the 10 day forecast. That's for the high!:
  
  
  
• A new CNN Poll this morning shows New Hampshire is getting closer. Presidential campaigns change in the blink of an eye this time of year -- we've seen it time and time again.  Is Trump unbeatable? Probably. But is there now a crack? Even a close showing by Haley could change everything:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Update out of Jacksboro. For those of you who don't know, Jack County and Wise County are in the same judicial district so the same D.A.'s office is responsible for both.  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• This is really interesting.  To be on the ballot to be a judge on the Texas Supreme Court, you not only have to pay a filing fee but you also have to submit 50 signatures on a petition for each of the state's 14 appellate districts.  But now a detailed challenge to a candidate's effort, which includes listing the alleged invalid names, has been filed in the Texas Supreme Court to throw a member of that court off the ballot. "Challenging Devine is Brian Walker, who currently sits on the Fort Worth-based 2nd Court of Appeals. Walker’s father is Scott Walker, a member of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals."
  
  
  
• He really is a child, isn't he? Musk, not Cuban.
  
  
  
• Cover of this week's New Yorker.
  
  
  
• It's across the border from El Paso.
  
  
  
  
• Lou Dobbs, out of a job since being let go by Fox News for election denialism in 2021, has found a home with the MyPillow guy.  You would think he would try to keep a little dignity and stay "retired" instead. 
  
  
  
• And with his his first guest (previously recorded), Trump proved he once again cares about himself above all others. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• We don't know who broke up with who, but both sides have made a fortune off each other. 
  
  
  
• And I've got the Liberally Lean First Alert Double Winter Weather Team™ looking at the maps for this weekend's forecast which could be a bit nippy.