THURSDAY – MAY 18, 2023

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1808 – Elijah Craig passed away (Why is this important? He’s one of the founding father’s of BOURBON)
1860 – Lincoln is nominated by the Republicans to be their first Presidential nominee
1917 – Congress passes Selective Service Act – establishing the Draft
1942 – NY ends night baseball for the duration of WWII
1951 – The UN moves to NYC and screws up midtown traffic for decades
1953 – TWA
 (remember them?) made the first non-stop transcontinental flight LA to NYC in a DC 7
1974 – India becomes the #6th member of the nuclear club
1980 – Mount St Helens erupts 
(3 times in 24 hours… what a show off)
2005 – Houston, TX experiences a live re-enactment of “The Birds” as grackles attack pedestrians in the streets
2012 – Facebook raised $16 billion in the largest tech IPO in history

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN’S IN JAPAN FOR THE G7 (MEETING WITH THE PM THIS MORNING)

FBI WHISTLEBLOWERS SET TO TESTIFY ON RETALIATION — HAPPENING TODAY AT 9AM

NEVER MIND WHAT JOE AND MAYORCAS SAY, WE’RE STILL SETTING RECORDS ON THE BORDER

HOUSE VOTES DOWN MEASURE TO EXPEL GEORGE SANTOS (FOR NOW)

REP ANNA PAULINA LUNA FILES TO GIVE LYING ADAM SCHIFF THE BOOT FROM CONGRESS

 BTW – SCHIFF IS STILL STICKING TO HIS RUSSIA COLLUSION STORY

SEN TIM SCOTT PICKS UP HIS FIRST SENATE ENDORSEMENT FOR HIS UNANNOUNCED 2024 RUN

WHY ARE SO MANY MILITARY-AGED CHINESE MEN CROSSING OUR SOUTHERN BORDER ILLEGALLY???

REPORT: HUNGARY TO BLOCK ALL EU AID TO UKRAINE (AFTER WAPO REPORT ON UKRAINE PLANS TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE)

OBAMA JUMPS INTO GUN CONTROL PUSH (HE’D LIKE A BAN, NOT JUST CONTROL)

    – SERBIA’S PUSH TO CONFISCATE GUNS MAY HAVE THE ANTI-GUN PEEPS SALIVATING LIKE PAVLOV’S DOG

KEEP THE HEAT ON… THE PUSH TO SAVE AM RADIO IS GAINING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN CONGRESS

General News

THE NON-ROYALS ALLEGED CAR CHASE IN NYC HOODWINKED THE MSM… IT WAS A THIRST TRAP

 – PIERS MORGAN WEIGHS IN

NJ GOV WARNS SCOTUS ABOUT BANNING ABORTION PILL (SOUNDS LIKE HE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT…)

GOV DeSANTIS SIGN BILL BANNING MUTILATION OF CHILDREN (MANY LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARE LOSING IT)

TX LEGISLATURE BANS PUBERTY BLOCKERS, MUTILATING SURGERIES ON CHILDREN

MONTANA IS THE FIRST STATE TO COMPLETELY BAN TIKTOK

NJ MALL HIT BY MASKED GANG — THEY GRABBED $125K IN PURSES

ELON MUSK ADDRESSES SHAREHOLDERS, ANNOUNCES CYBERTRUCK WILL FINALLY BE HERE THIS YEAR

WOKE

ADIDAS IS SHOWING IT’S NEW WOMEN’S SWIMWEAR LINE… MODELED BY MEN

MUSLIM SOCCER PLAYER WON’T WEAR ‘PRIDE’-THEMED JERSEY… THAT’S A FINE (He’s not backing down)

NYC TO TRACK HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION WITH AN EYE ON LIMITING RED MEAT TO FIX THE WEATHER

Other News Catching My Eye

NYC IS SINKING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ITS SKYSCRAPERS

ROBOT APOCALYPSE OR GENIUS? WENDY PLANS UNDERGROUND DELIVERY SYSTEM

WHO KNEW THERE WAS A ‘TACO TUESDAY’ TRADEMARK BATTLE

ABC TO ANNOUNCE ‘THE GOLDEN BACHELOR’ — A SENIOR DATING SHOW (WILL IT AIR AT 4PM?)

FOX NEWS RELEASES STATEMENT AFTER DRUDGE REPORTS ON MAJOR SHAKEUP AT THE NETWORK

PRO RASSLIN’ LEGEND ‘SUPERSTAR’ BILLY GRAHAM IS GONE AT 79