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There's a Wikipedia entry on the race. It looks like this UT car went about 100 more miles
then gave up the ghost.
- Looks like we had a jury verdict of acquittal in Wise County yesterday. The defense lawyer was Alexandria Cazares-Perez out of Dallas. The cause number is CR23349.
- Once I saw the news of this happening in Lake Worth, I knew I was about to see Bridgeport's own, Police Chief J.T. Manoushagian, in front of the cameras. He always does very well.
- As the Olympics open up today, there has been an incident in Paris. "Coordinated arson attacks disrupted service on three high-speed train lines in France on Friday, causing travel chaos across the nation on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris. Train service is expected to be affected through the weekend, causing travel issues for more than a million people, including French vacationers and Olympic athletes."
- Last night, Trump backed out of the debate scheduled for ABC. That's a bad look.
- This guy thought he was set for life until his daddy got in trouble, and now he's gone. The plan was for him to take the role of lead pastor next year even before daddy's issues came to light.
- As nutty as J.D. Vance's "childless cat ladies" comment was, another clip has surfaced which is even nuttier. He said that parents should be able to vote on behalf of their children. “Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give control over those votes to the parents of those children.” Video.
- Trump might be rethinking his choice.
- The New York Times suggests this morning that Trump was hit by the bullet. (Gift link.)
- Let's check in on Fox News: Sean Hannity tried to end Kamala Harris' campaign with a clip showing she once joked about smoking weed. How will she ever recover?! Edit: A faithful reader reminded me her marijuana prosecution record. This makes more sense now.
- Dan Patrick is insufferable.
- Google has gotten worse and worse over the years. I think this is a big development:
- Legal stuff:
- Legal nerdy stuff (kind of): I thought I understood how bail bonds work, but I'm a little lost in this scheme. They allegedly "conspired to falsify and obtain falsified co-signer financial reports so individuals with criminal offenses who would not meet the terms of their bonds, would be able to qualify." I don't know what that means. I know that in Wise County that a bail bond is only signed by the bondman and the guy in jail and does not have a "co-signer" at all. And legally, even if there was a co-signer, that co-signer's financial status should have nothing to do with a person in jail being "able to qualify" for a bond.
- Random caption from the Fort Worth Court of Appeals yesterday:
- Bad legal take from Trump. If you want to buy a flag and burn it in your own backyard, that's free speech. It might be offensive, but that's goes to the very heart of free speech. Now it is something completely different to set a flag - or anything - on fire in a public place.
- Sports fun fact: Of the 27 largest operating athletic budgets for public universities, 25 are either in the SEC or Big 10 The other two are Florida State and Clemson.
- Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 5 years and 21 days.
