Monday – June 17, 2024

Eat Your Veggies Day, Apple Strudel Day (You CAN do both)

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1775 – The Battle of Bunker Hill begins – Prescott famously orders Americans, ‘Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.’
1885 – Statue of Liberty arrived in NY HarborĀ (Some assembly required, base not included)
1930 – Smoot-Hawley becomes law, slapping huge tariffs on imports
1940 – France signals it will surrender to the Nazis
1953 – Soviet tanks used to fight off German workers rioting in East Berlin
1963 – SCOTUS bans required reading of the Bible, the Lord’s Prayer in public schools
1972 – Five men were arrested for burglarizing Dem headquarters in DC (Watergate)
1978 – “Cheeseburger in Paradise” peaked at #32 on the pop chartsĀ (that’s all?)
1994 – OJ and his buddy Al led police on a low-speed ‘chase’ in a white Bronco
2020 – Quaker Oats announced they are retiring Aunt Jemima after criticism the character perpetuated racial stereotypes

News and The Politics out of D.C.

WHAT A WEEKEND, TRUMP WENT TO CHURCH IN DETROIT, BIDEN TO HOLLYWOOD

 – BIDEN COLLECTS $28 MIL IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT OBAMA HAD TO WALK HIM OFF STAGE

 – TRUMP TELLS BLACK VOTERS BIDEN IS ‘WORST PRESIDENT FOR BLACK PEOPLE’

 – TRUMP AT BLACK CHURCH IN DETROIT, IS TOLD OBAMA & BIDEN NEVER CAME TO THE HOOD

 – POLL: HOW’S BIDEN DOING WITH BLACK VOTERS IN SWING STATES?

 – POLL: 538 PREDICTS A TRUMP WIN FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

 – HEARD ON CNN — ‘BIDEN’S A DRAG ON THE TICKET’

SPEAKING OF CNN – HERE ARE THE FINALIZED DEBATE RULES

– BYRON DONALDS WANTS SCOTUS TO INTERVENE IN TRUMP’S NYC CONVICTION

‘PAROLE IN PLACE’ – BIDEN PLANS TO OFFER LEGAL STATUS TO UNDOCUMENTED

 – BORDER PATROL SEIZES 25 AK-47 STYLE RIFLES HEADED TO TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL

WHY WASN’T KAMALA IN CALIFORNIA? – SHE WAS GIVING UKRAINE MORE OF YOUR MONEY

ADAM SCHIFF CONTINUES TO INSULT TRUMP SUPPORTERS (‘IMMORAL MAJORITY’)

IS THERE A MILITARY DRAFT BEING PLANNED?

WATCH: HILLARY CLINTON IS STILL OUT THERE WAITING FOR JOE TO STUMBLE

ELON MUSK SAYS ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE MUST GO

WATCH: NINE YEARS AGO YESTERDAY – TRUMP CAME DOWN THE ESCALATOR…

WATCH: 44 YEARS AGO, REAGAN WANTED TO ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN’

ISRAEL LOSES EIGHT SOLDIERS IN GAZA WAR’S DEADLIEST DAY IN MONTHS

General News

CONNECTICUT BAR WARNS CRITICS OF TRUMP PROSECUTIONS

TEXAS DEM ARRESTED AFTER PULLING A ‘JUSSIE SMOLETTE’

DOC OZ STEPS IN TO HELP UNCONSCIOUS PASSENGER ON JET BLUE FLIGHT

POSSIBLE CHEMICAL AGENT RELEASED AT PRIDE EVENT IN BALTIMORE

20% OF CALIFORNIANS LIVE IN POVERTY

FORMER CDC HEAD: BIRD FLU PANDEMIC IS NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT WHEN

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FLAGRANT FOUL ON CAITLIN CLARK

RORY McILROY PULLS A ‘CHOKE AND RUN’ AFTER BLOWING LEAD AT US OPEN

WOKE

NASHVILLE JOURNALIST FACES JAIL TIME FOR LEAKING TRANS-SHOOTER’S MANIFESTO

WAIT, I’M AGREEING WITH BILL MAHER AGAIN??? (HE WANTS TRAD-DADS BACK)

Other News Catching My Eye

GORDON RAMSEY ALMOST DIED IN CYCLING ACCIDENT (THE BRUISE IS CRINGE)

AMERICANS SICK OF THE COUNTRY’S DIRECTION, BUILDING OFF THE GRID CITY

COULDN’T GET A SITTER? BANK ROBBER HOLDS CHILD IN ARMS DURING ROBBERY

35 BOTTLES FILLED WITH CHERRIES FOUND UNDER MOUNT VERNON (CAN WE TASTE?)

JEOPARDY! CHAMP ARRESTED IN FRONT OF HIS STUDENTS AT ELITE NYC SCHOOL