Chocolate Fondue Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1783 – Sweden recognizes U.S. independence
1917 – Congress nullifies President Wilson’s veto of the Immigration Act (literacy tests are required – can you imagine?)
1918 – The Soviets proclaim a separation of church and state
1922 – Reader’s Digest begins publishing in NY
1937 – FDR announced his ‘court-packing’ plan (Dems still like the idea)
1952 – NY adopts three-color traffic lights
1972 – Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ is #1
News and The Politics out of D.C.
THE MEDIA CALLS IT THE ‘SENATE BORDER DEAL’ (HOW MUCH $$$ IS FOR THE BORDER?)
– SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS THE BILL IS ‘EVEN WORSE THAN WE EXPECTED’
– JOHNSON ALSO VOWS TO RELEASE ‘STAND ALONE’ BILL TO SUPPORT ISRAEL
– SENATE BILL HAS ZERO DOLLARS FOR UN AGENCY THAT HELPED HAMAS ON OCT 7
– REPUBLICAN GOVS AT THE BORDER ‘DOING THE JOB OF THE FEDERAL GOV’T’
– HOWIE CARR’S OP-ED ON WHAT THE MIGRANTS ARE DOING TO BOSTON
NBC POLL SHOWS MORE BAD NEWS FOR BIDEN — TRUMP’S LEAD IS GROWING
RFK JR IS SCARING BOTH THE DEMS AND THE GOP
TRUMP QUIZZED ABOUT HIS VP PICK AND MORE BY MARIA BARTIROMO
NIKKI HALEY MAKES AN APPEARANCE ON SNL – TAKES SWINGS AT TRUMP
WATCH: BILL MAHER SHOW GOV SUNUNU SOME TRUTH
DARK MONEY IS FLOWING TO ‘DARK BRANDON’
ICYMI: BIDEN’S CONFUSING STATEMENT ON ABORTION
ISRAEL / HAMAS / MIDDLE EAST
U.S. STRIKES IN THE MIDDLE EAST DIDN’T DO MUCH (ACCORDING TO SEN GRAHAM)
– JAKE SULLIVAN WON’T RULE OUT STRIKES INSIDE IRAN
ANNIE LENNOX USES GRAMMY STAGE TO CALL FOR GAZA CEASE-FIRE
NHL ALL-STAR GAME ANTHEM SINGER WAS AN ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST
General News
CALIFORNIA’S GETTING HAMMERED BY ‘ATMOSPHERIC RIVER’
– SECOND WAVE OF STORM IS WREAKING HAVOC
CT IS THE FIRST STATE TO WIPE AWAY MEDICAL DEBT (SO, WHO’S PAYING FOR IT?)
WHY IS BEEF SO EXPENSIVE? WELL, CATTLE NUMBERS ARE AT A 73-YR LOW
FRIDAY’S JOBS REPORT — WHERE DID THE JOBS COME FROM?
CANCER DEATHS IN THE U.S. ARE DOWN – BUT, INCIDENTS OF CANCER ARE RISING
– MICHELLE OBAMA WINS HER SECOND GRAMMY
– KILLER MIKE HAD A GOOD NIGHT AND THEN A BAD NIGHT — WINNING THEN ARRESTED
– CNN’s FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THE GRAMMYS
DO YOU HAVE A LONG HANDLED BISSELL VAC? YA MIGHT WANNA STOP USING IT
WOKE
WATCH FOR THE BACKLASH – SHANE GILLIS SET TO HOST ‘SNL’ (BUD LIGHT $$$?)
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IS PUSHING ‘ECO-CIDE’ (AGAINST FARMING, FISHING, ENERGY)
Other News Catching My Eye
23 & ME TO BE SOLD TO EUROPEAN FIRM? WHAT ABOUT YOUR DATA???
PATRICK MAHOMES DAD NEEDS A DESIGNATED DRIVER (FACES 3RD DUI)
HERE’S THAT PARAMOUNT SUPER BOWL AD — IT IS PRETTY AMAZING
CLASSIC FERRARIS AND PORSCHES UP FOR SALE AFTER EPIC ‘BARN FIND’
DIRE STRAIGHTS’ MARK KNOPFLER AUCTIONS OFF HIS MASSIVE GUITAR COLLECTION