Mid Morning Mike Check 8/7/2026

Maybe you really can't fight City Hall. Homeowners in North Dallas have suffered a setback in their efforts to stop a new high-rise development. If the crowds at Cowboys' training camp in Oxnard are any indication, this could be a heckuva year for the Boys. Live to Bryan Broaddus. Traffic stops, churches, schools, Home Depot parking lots....and now airports. ICE widens its net in its illegal immigration crackdown. Kellogg's is dimming the lights when it comes to the blinding colors they use in some of their cereals. Toucan Sam is not happy. Another AI jailbreak. This time it's Meta, confirming that one of its new platforms got loose this week and began targeting the competition. Will the Cowboys break their 30+ year Super Bowl drought? If USA Today is right, they're gonna come close. We love their music, but some of the biggest names in country music aren't very nice people. We'll tell you about the ten biggest dirtbags. If you ask a young co-worker about their plans for the weekend, you might get a blank stare. Why is that? For one thing, a fun weekend isn't cheap.