A Definite Maybe

So the Russians try to influence other countries' elections by planting fake news on the internet. Well, lots of people do that but, of course, that doesn't make it right. Trump is notorious for spewing out fake news on his own, so I can see why some people might believe that he and the Russians are in it together. Whether or not any of these allegations can be proven remains to be seen.

I heard that Trump just came back from a trip to Europe, but I didn't know that he pissed everybody off over there. Before that he went to Saudi Arabia where they awarded him some kind of medal, so I guess they liked him in that country. I seem to remember that Obama made a favorable impression when he went to the Mideast early in his presidency, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of it. There is still no peace in the Mideast eight years later, so maybe the prize was a little premature.

I saw on the news this evening that there was a big uproar in the Texas state legislature today. They had just passed a bill requiring all Texas law enforcement personnel to cooperate with federal immigration officials when they come looking for illegal immigrants. There were a bunch of illegal immigrants loudly protesting in the visitors' gallery, so one of the legislators called ICE and told them that he knew where they could find some illegals right now. This pissed off a couple of other legislators who had Mexican sounding names. A shouting and shoving match then ensued, among the legislators not the protesters, and there was even some talk of a gun duel in the parking lot. Meanwhile, the visitors gallery was cleared by local law enforcement, but I don't know if ICE got involved or not.

Yesterday they did a story about how a lot of farmers are concerned that they won't be able to find enough cheap labor once the illegals are evicted from the country. Surprisingly, most of those same farmers claim to have voted for Trump and say that they still support him. Go figure!

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