Thursday – June 13, 2024

National Weed Your Garden Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1777 – Lafayette arrives in South Carolina to serve alongside Gen Washington
1789 – Mrs. Alexander Hamilton brings ice cream to the White House!
1940 – Paris is evacuated as the German Army approaches
1966 – Miranda Rights are established
1967 – Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court

1971 – The NY Times published the “Pentagon Papers” 
1979 – The Sioux Indians receive $105 million for the 1877 US seizure of the Black Hills
2017 – American Otto Warmbier returns from North Korea (in a coma)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN’S IN ITALY FOR G7 MEETINGS (AND HE BROUGHT HUNTER’S ADULT KIDS – NOT HUNTER)

 – BIDEN SET TO SIGN 10 YEAR SECURITY DEAL WITH UKRAINE

RUSSIAN SUBMARINES IN CUBA? (IS IT 1962?)

IS A COMMUTATION THE SAME AS A PARDON? (BTW, KJP WON’T RULE OUT JOE DOING SOMETHING)

WATCH THE HOUSE VOTE TO HOLD MERRICK GARLAND IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS

TRUMP’S LAWYERS PUSH FOR GAG ORDER TO BE LIFTED

POLLING SHOWS OHIO IN GOOD SHAPE FOR TRUMP

 – MAINE IS TRENDING TOWARDS TRUMP

 – AARP POLL: OLDER VOTERS IN ARIZONA FAVOR TRUMP OVER BIDEN

 – GOP WON SPECIAL HOUSE ELECTION IN OHIO – BUUUUUT THE MARGIN IS A CONCERN

POLICE REPORT SAYS FETTERMAN WAS AT FAULT IN CAR CRASH

WATCH: WHOOPI CALLS FOR CLASS-ACTION SUIT ON SCOTUS JUDGES, THE VIEW DISAGREES

CLIMATE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME

ISRAELI OFFICIAL: HAMAS HAS REJECTED GAZA PROPOSAL

General News

MIAMI IN STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER MASSIVE RAINFALL

REPORT: ILLEGALS JUMPING IN FRONT OF CARS IN NY (TO MAKE MONEY)

STANDOFF AT FBI BUILDING IN SEATTLE, ARMED WOMAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

THREE PHILLY COFFEE SHOPS CLOSE AFTER ATTEMPTS TO UNIONIZE THEM

THIEVES STEAL COPPER FROM $600 MIL BRIDGE IN LA (IT’S IN THE DARK NOW)

BIDENFLATION — IN N OUT BURGER RAISING PRICES THANKS TO $20 MIN WAGE

SPEAKING OF INFLATION — MAY PRICES WERE STEADY, STILL 3.3% YEAR OVER YEAR

DRUG SHORTAGES? APPARENTLY WE’RE AT A 10-YEAR HIGH

OPRAH HOSPITALIZED WITH TUMMY TROUBLE (‘COMING OUT FROM BOTH ENDS’)

WOKE

NM HIGH SCHOOL SPENDS GRANT MONEY ON CHEST BINDERS AND LGBTQ BOOKS

WATCH: RON DeSANTIS DESTROYS REPORTER OVER ‘GENDER AFFIRMING CARE’

WHY ISN’T NASHVILLE SHOOTER’S MANIFESTO GETTING MORE ATTENTION? (YOU KNOW WHY)

Other News Catching My Eye

POPE FRANCIS IN HOT WATER AGAIN FOR ANOTHER GAY SLUR?

SONY PICTURES BUYS DINE-IN MOVIE CHAIN, ALAMO DRAFTHOUSES

GOOD NEWS: THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER FIRES 25% OF EMPLOYEES

CAN CHEWING THIS SPECIAL GUM GIVE YOU AN ATTRACTIVE JAWLINE?

RED WINE AND CHOCOLATE TO KEEP ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY IN SPACE? (YES)