Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

 "A man wielding a machete and a can of wasp spray entered Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Friday and was shot by an officer as he threatened TSA agents near a checkpoint." He would later die.

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• Less than three hours after Trump's crazy Twitter rant yesterday morning about impeaching the federal judge, the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, realizing the country is on fire, issued a rare, rare statement.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Wise County now has crazy Ronny Jackson representing the north side and the guy below representing the south side. We are doomed. 
  
  
  
• Trump, who told us time and time again that he would end the Russian/Ukraine war "within 24 hours" of taking office, spoke to Russia's Putin for over an hour yesterday.  The results:
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Elon Musk's Tesla has had a bad month for its stock.  But, yes, damaging and burning Teslas on the streets is bad. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Wise County state rep Andy Hopper has removed his name as a sponsor on the bill which would ban cell phones in public schools.   Wild speculation: The West Texas Oilmen PAC instructed him to do so because they are pro-vouchers and don't want anything done to improve public schools. 
  
  
  
• The astronauts finally made it back yesterday.  I would think you would have to go to physical rehab for several days just to get your body back in shape enough to walk after all that time of weightlessness.  (Which reminds me of one of my greatest random thoughts: We have too much gravity on Earth. It would be better if it were cut back, say, 50%.)
  
  
  
• The federal government is now dictating the terms of what a private university can teach. This is not normal.  
  
  
  
• Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem traveled to San Diego to cosplay once again. Can DOGE look into how much these stunts are costing us? (Side note: Her $200 million taxpayer funded commercial praising Trump, which is everywhere, has a very North-Korea-Dear-Leader feel to it.)
  
  
  
• Legal quick hits: 
• This is an unusual one. The DA's office indicted him 15 times, and then tried him, one indictment at a time, three times to different juries. A 10 year sentence was the result of each.  After that, he then pled to the remaining 12 counts and took a 10 year offer.  But that's what happens when you have a video of you stomping kittens again and again. It looks like the defense lawyer, at least for one of the trials, was a Kent Starr out of McKinney.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• That's a shot at his local D.A.  (h/t @dejonredd)
  
  
  
• He didn't really think this one through, did he?
  
  
  
• Sign up for the Liberally Lean March Madness Pick 'Em Tourney while you still have time.