WEDNESDAY – MAY 24, 2023

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1775 – John Hancock becomes President of Congress
1844 – Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message “What hath God wrought?”
1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge opens (It took 14 years to build at a cost of $18 mil)
1929 – ‘The Coconuts’ —  first film from the Marx Brothers debuts
1931 – The first air-conditioned train car begins running from Jersey City, NJ and DC
1941 – Robert Zimmerman is born (In 1961 he changed his last name to Dylan)
2020 – As restaurants close due to COVID-19, rats become more aggressive in hunt for food

News and The Politics out of D.C.

DeSANTIS MAKES IT OFFICIAL TODAY — ON TWITTER

 – DeSANTIS TEASES HIS PLAN FOR A 7-2 SUPREME COURT

 – GOP MEGA DONOR FLIPS TO DeSANTIS TEAM AND THINKS TRUMP SHOULD DROP OUT

 – VA GOV GLENN YOUNGKIN IS REPORTEDLY THINKING HE MIGHT JUMP IN THE 2024 RACE TOO

TIM SCOTT HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO WHOOPI GOLDBERG ABOUT ‘CLARANCE THOMAS SYNDROME’

TRUMP LEGAL TEAM REQUESTS MEETING WITH MERRICK GARLAND

 – TRUMP ALSO RESPONDS TO E. JEAN CARROLL’S LATEST LAWSUIT

 – MANHATTAN JUDGE SETS TRUMP TRIAL DATE FOR THE MIDDLE OF PRIMARY SEASON

WATCH: JIM JORDAN SCHOOLS DEM SQUAD MEMBER ON HER BORDER SECURITY CLAIM

CNN POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR GOP PLAN ON THE DEBT CEILING

 DEBT CEILING DEFAULT? McCONNELL SAYS EVERYBODY NEEDS TO CALM DOWN

 DEMS REPORTEDLY PISSED THERE ARE NO TAX INCREASES IN DEBT DEAL TALKS (WHO WANTS MORE TAXES?)

BIDEN KEEPS REPEATING THAT HIS SON BEAU DIED IN IRAQ

MITT ROMNEY IS GETTING A PRIMARY CHALLENGER

STAGGERING NUMBERS OF MILITARY-AGE, CHINESE MEN CROSSING INTO AMERICA

SAM BRINTON IS HEADED TO A MALE PRISON IN MARYLAND (FOR A WEEK, ANYWAY)

General News

YOU DID IT… FORD BACKS OFF PLAN TO KILL AM RADIO IN NEW CARS

IL LAWMAKER WARNS OF VIOLENCE IF THE STATE PASSES ALL-GENDERS BATHROOM BILL

NC PASSES SCHOOL CHOICE — SO, THE GOV DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY

ANOTHER TRAVEL WARNING FOR FLORIDA??? THIS TIME IT’S A WARNING TO SOCIALISTS

TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED AFTER WILD BRAWL BREAKS OUT AT CHICAGO’S O’HARE AIRPORT

KARI LAKE LOSES ELECTION CASE — MAY TRY TO APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT

NETFLIX CRACKDOWN ON PASSWORD SHARING HAS BEGUN

DROP IN PRIVATE JET USE MAY BE A WARNING SIGN ON THE ECONOMY

WOKE

UPDATE: CRAZY NYC PROFESSOR WHO ATTACKED PRO-LIFE STUDENTS GOES AFTER REPORTER WITH A MACHETE

REPORT: TARGET HOLD ‘EMERGENCY MEETING’ TO HANDLE BLOWBACK OVER ‘TUCK-FRIENDLY’ CLOTHING DISPLAYS

 – TARGET CEO THINKS TUCK-FRIENDLY CLOTHING IS ‘A GREAT THING FOR OUR BRAND’

MALE RUNNER COST FEMALE RUNNER A CHANCE TO COMPETE AT A STATE TRACK MEET

TULSI GABBARD HAMMERS LA DODGERS FOR CAVING, INVITING ANTI-CATHOLIC GROUP TO PRIDE NIGHT

PIERS MORGAN CONFRONTS TRANS ACTIVIST ON MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS (HE’S STILL WRONG ON GUNS)

Other News Catching My Eye

NOT FUNNY — COMEDIANS ARE DYING… ALL OVER THE WORLD

SHE WON ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ IN 2020, NOW SHE’S BACK SINGING ON THE SUBWAY 

GEN-Z MEN HAVE FINALLY CANCELLED SKINNY JEANS