Random Monday Morning Thoughts

    The outrage before the movie's release was actually a thing back then. 

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• He tweets this on Saturday, and you tell me that he's just kidding, right?  Nope. It's over. It's too late to stop him. 
  
  
  
• And just to for good measure, the official White House account reposted the tweet (and added Trump's mugshot.) Trump's tweet is now the official position of the U.S. Government. 
  
  
  
• And more dangerously, it's a message to all his Ultra-MAGA vigilantes that their conduct, even violent conduct, is justified as well so long as they believe they are "saving the country." I can't believe we are here. 
• And Trump has his propaganda machine in full gear. Despite trying to stop "government waste", he flew down to the Daytona 500 yesterday.  And then the White House account had a whopping 21 posts about it. And they didn't even post one video looking out from inside Air Force 1 as it circled the racetrack before landing.  He's P.T. Barnum. And it's working. 
  
  
  
  
  
• Over the weekend, we learned that the man in charge of dismantling the government has yet another child. That makes it number 13 from 4 different women. This one from a 26 year old.
  
  
  
  
• This is how we learned about it.
  
  
  
  
  
• When Elon learned that the woman might have plotted to have the child with him all along, his response with "Whoa."   She responded with a request that he contact her. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And then the baby momma issued a press release through a PR company. 
  
  
  
• So in this very odd joint interview scheduled for air on Tuesday, you'll be looking at two men who have 18 children from 7 different women. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Elon's DOGE update: 
• Let's slow down their a little bit, buddy.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Yea!?
  
  
  
  
• Boo!
  
  
  
• Judges are now being let go. 
  
  
  
  
• This isn't DOGE, but Elon just casually tweeted that he thinks AI could replace all teachers right now. 
  
  
  
• Trump said that if Hamas didn't release all of the hostages by noon Saturday, then all hell would break loose. They instead released three. His reaction:
  
  
  
• Update on the Texas anti-vax story:
  
  
  
  
• Things are going well for the Mavericks.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Vehicles going over a bridge and catching fire is never good.  But @Fox4Terry was on the scene. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Jay-Z, who has more money than God, has previously threatened plaintiff's lawyer Tony Buzbee for filing the this lawsuit.  I bet he goes after him. (PDF of Motion to Dismiss.)
  
  
  
• Ken Paxton, or someone, registered a certain URL this weekend.(h/t Bud Kennedy.)  It is currently "parked" at host GoDaddy.com, but those auto-generated links that appear at the site when you look it up aren't the best look. 
  
• Legal nerdy stuff. There is a felony assault case against rapper A$AP Rocky wrapping up with closing arguments held Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom. The prosecutor started off rebuttal with the worst two minutes of closing argument you will ever seen.   And he did the exact same thing in the Robert Durst trial! Video of both, side by side, are here. Spoiler alert: It involves donuts.
  
  
  
• The Justice Department finally found someone to sign the dismissal of the Eric Adams case on Friday, but not after seven assistant U.S. Attorneys quit in protest. I'm sure you've seen it, but one shot off a resignation letter that is suitable for framing -- especially the lending.