- Big Wise County news this morning:
- Edit: Even @Fox4Terry showed up.
- Edit: The Fox 4 story link above said there was a second suspect in a car that got away, but the Messenger has confirmed that the person turned out to not be involved.
- Tesla released its first quarter report yesterday which showed that profits plummeted. Elon is beginning to realize that pissing off half the country, and the group most likely to buy an electric car, was not a good idea.
- Trump strangely backtracked yesterday on both being "tough" on China with tariffs and with his threats to fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
- So what happened to cause this change of tone?: Three people got to Trump that he apparently, at least for today, listened to.
- But he followed it up with this lie about a subject he won't be able to get away with.
- This was actually a retrial - she lost the first one, too. And now just watch this case be the one which the Supreme Court used to overrule New York Times v. Sullivan.
- The corruption is now out in the open and no one will stop him. Gift link.
- Who could have predicted that?
- A while back I posted a video of an attorney getting viciously punched in court by his client at the beginning of a criminal trial in Hill County. That trial finally took place this week with a new attorney. But I discovered that I had completely missed the name of the injured lawyer: Pat Dohoney. He used to come to Wise County from time to time.
- The measles outbreak in Texas has risen to 624 cases in 26 counties. As a result, a "measles tracker" was unveiled by the Texas Tribune,:
- Oh, good grief.
My red lines: Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, Paula White, Kristi Noem, RFK, Jr. - Back in normal times, this news would launch congressional hearings. Their resignation letter to Todd Blanche is here.
- If you are familiar with the incident where White Supremist Nick Fuentes visited the West Texas Oilmen PAC's working arm, Pale Horse Strategies, in Fort Worth, you'll be interested in this short thread.