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Two were killed and 23 were injured in Austin. The driver would eventually get life in prison.
- Although I still think this bill dies in the Senate, it passed with surprisingly high numbers yesterday in the House.
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- Trump's former Treasury Secretary told CNBC this morning he'll buy it. I think I'd rather have China.
- There is an editorial in the Messenger this week where the reporter defends the publishing of this photo after, I think, social media tried to shame him. He didn't need justify it. It's clear journalism.
- I asked my Liberally Lean Weather Team about the chance of potential bad weather and they, sadly, just threw up their hands. It's just too sporadic to predict although they say the best chance seems to be around 11:00 p.m. tonight.
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- Jerry Jones' alleged love child, Alexandra Davis, suffers a loss. (I don't even remember this lawsuit even being filed.) She sued him because he said he wasn't the father and was being extorted.
- "IRVINE, Calif. — An explosion during an indoor training exercise Wednesday sent 16 members of Southern California’s Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to the hospital . . . . It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, but it happened during a training with the sheriff’s bomb squad" (Insert forehead slap emoji.)
- His wife's trial was quite the media sensation just a few weeks ago, but his was very much under the radar. She testified in her own defense and was convicted. He did not and we'll probably learn the result today.
- Elon Musk might be the biggest baby ever. He brings Don Lemon over from CNN for his own show on X, and then cancels him after his first interview because he pressed Musk on his widely known drug use.
- Wise County's newest Congressman is making me power down already.
- This will not sit well with DA's across the state.
- The most unsurprising news ever. He's in the same group as Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
- Incredibly random sports: If you want to see one of the quickest catch-and-release shots in the history of ever, check out this exciting game winner by SFA over Abilene Christian last night. And he had to -- the clock expired while the ball is in the air.
- Legal nerdy stuff that got out of hand on me: The dismissal of some counts against Trump in the Georgia election interference case hardly deserved a headline. They were dismissed not because they were meritless but because the indictment wasn't specific enough.
- Any time the government tries to take a right from you (generally your liberty or your property), you are entitled to "a notice and hearing." That's called "procedural due process."
- In a criminal case where your liberty is at stake, the "notice" is the indictment and it should tell you, with at least some detail, what you did wrong. (The "hearing" part is a full blown jury trial where the government has to prove what they gave you "notice" of, but that's not at issue here.)
- In this case, the problem was with the "notice" - the indictment. It wasn't specific enough. The best analogy is an assault case. In those cases, the "notice" needs to tell you "how" you committed assault. Did you slap someone, or strike someone with a fist, or hit someone with a frying pan? If the government is going to accuse you of something, they have to tell you how. If they don't, the cases can be dismissed, but the government can just refile them with a better worded "notice" document. That's what happened here. The government can just refile if they want and word it better.
- But this "notice" thing can give rise to some odd legal issues that drives the public crazy. For example, if they accuse you of telling you hit someone with a frying pan, do they have to tell you it was a cast iron skillet? Generally, no, but what if they do and instead prove at trial it was a stainless steel skillet?
- Messenger - Above the Fold
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