Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Our County Judge had been in office for only a month and

was already making baller moves. 

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• I'm so used to seeing fake stories online that my brain initially doubted even this headline from the Dallas Morning News yesterday --  which was actually the first thing I looked at after I got up. (Kudos to them for having late breaking news in the Sunday morning edition.)
  
  
  
  
• The Villains: Billionaire owner Miriam Adelson and general manager Nico Harrison
  
  
  
• Mavs fans treat the trade as if Luka had died at a makeshift memorial outside the AAC.



• In one of the goofiest moves yet, Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. I'm not convinced the tariff threat isn't just a bluff. That he calls it off and then announces a victory despite nothing about the status quo changing at all.

• The Wall Street Journal didn't mince words. 

• And then Trump went back to his weird rant about making Canada the 51st state. Are we going to invade them like Austria?
  
  
  
  
• After pardoning the criminals, Trump now fires their prosecutors and the police who investigated them.   We are watching a fascist revolution in real time.

• Speaking of, eliminating the media, and replacing them with his Pravda-like mouthpieces, is another sign of fascism. Three major examples from the weekend:

Kicked out of the Pentagon

Musk's X is the official communication channel

Trump sues 60 Minutes and now his FCC
goes after them.

• Did someone elect this oligarch to anything? 
• He now has access to everything and control of the government's financial infrastructure.
  
  
  
  
• And he's shutting down entities authorized by Congress. This one is the world's largest distributor of food assistance.
  
  
  
• And is just a strange guy.
  
  
  
  
• The guy is literally in a wheelchair.  And, yes, physical disability is included in DEI.

• A Learjet crashed into the heart of Philadelphia on Friday night, and it came down like a rocket. Six onboard were killed and one on the ground.  Video 1. Video 2.

Someone's dashcam caught it.

It left an eight foot crater.

• Watch debris from the crash fly into a restaurant and strike the guy circle in blue in the head. Video. 
  
  
  
• Politician cosplay:
• The new secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, is really leaning into her gig.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• State rep. Jeff Leach (middle) at the Fort Worth Stock Show playing cowboy as well. 
  
  
  
  
• Kanye West's girlfriend showed up naked to the Grammy's last night. Video. (Insert appropriate warnings here.)