Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
National Sangria Day
Dot Your I’s Day
Meme Du Jour
I don’t believe Hunter Biden wore this at the White House ‘Holiday’ Party (Not this year, anyway.)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1802 – The US buys the Louisiana territory from France
1880 – Charles Brush lit up Broadway with arc lights ‘The Great White Way’ was born
1928 – Sled dogs started delivering mail from Maine to Montreal
1933 – Germany announced it was sterilizing 400K citizens with hereditary defects
1957 – Elvis Presley gets his draft notice (He did not run to Canada.)
1963 – The Berlin Wall opens for 17 days for the Christmas Accord
1971 – Gloria Steinem published the first ‘preview’ issue of ‘Ms.’ Magazine
1989 – US troops invade Panama to bring down Manuel Noriega
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– REP TIM BURCHETT SPEAKS AFTER VOTING ‘NO’ ON THE SECOND BILL
– REP BURCHETT WANTS ALL INVESTIGATIONS ON HOUSE REPS TO BE RELEASED
– DEM RICHARD NEAL MELTS DOWN OVER ELON MUSK’S INFLUENCE VIA TWITTER/X
– ELIZABETH WARREN GOT SOME TV TIME TO SLAM THE GOP TOO
– DEM REP ROSA DELAURO GOT SO MAD HER HAIR TURNED PURPLE
– ‘THE NADLER’ (soon to be a Batman villian) JUMPED ON THE ‘PRESIDENT MUSK’ PARADE
– SEN MIKE LEE PITCHES ELON OR VIVEK AS SPEAKER
– STELTER AND ACOSTA HAD A HARD TIME WITH ELON AND VIVEK’S SUCCESS
– YOUR SCOTT JENNINGS ON CNN – CLIP DU JOUR
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS SPREADING THE DEM SHUTDOWN FEAR PORN
– PART TWO OF THE JEFFRIES NONSENSE
– THE PENTAGON REVEALS WE HAVE A LOT MORE TROOPS IN SYRIA THAN WE WERE TOLD
– GOOD NEWS FOR NYC, MAYOR ADAMS IN ALL IN WITH TOM HOMAN’S PLANS
– THIS IS CUTE – BIDEN THINKS HE ‘NOT GOING AWAY’ — WILL BE DEEPLY INVOLVED
– JOE DOESN’T REGRET ANYTHING HE’S DONE
– REMEMBER PPP LOANS? A LOT OF CELEBS GOT A LOT OF MONEY FROM YOU
– FRIDAY FLASHBACK: TRUMP, SCHUMER, PELOSI IN SHUTDOWN FACEOFF
More News From DC
– BIDEN & HARRIS ABRUPTLY CANCEL THEIR CHRISTMAS PLANS, RETURN TO DC
– LIVE UPDATES ON WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE CR OR OMNIBUS BILL
– ELON MUSK FOR SPEAKER? RAND PAUL FLOATS THE IDEA
– SEN JONI ERNST ROLLS OUT ‘DRAIN THE SWAMP ACT’ (DOGE INSPIRED)
– TRUMP’S MESSAGE TO THE EU – BUY U.S. OIL AND GAS OR IT’S ‘TARIFFS ALL THE WAY’
– FANI WILLIS SHOWN THE DOOR… BUT, THE CASE STILL STANDS?
General News
FAA BANS DRONE FLIGHTS OVER CERTAIN PARTS OF NJ
– THE BAN INCLUDES A THREAT TO USE DEADLY FORCE
HOME OF DEPUTY MAYOR OF LA SEARCHED AFTER CITY HALL BOMB SCARE
CHARLOTTE HORNETS GIVE KID A PS5 AT HALFTIME EVENT… THEN THEY TOOK IT AWAY
FEDERAL CHARGES ADDED AGAINST THE KILLER OF UNITED HEALTHCARE’S CEO
Other News Catching My Eye
WHAT THE HELL IS A ‘FAIR CATCH KICK?’ — IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN THE NFL
NEXT WEEK’S PREP WILL BE A DOWNSIZED VERSION… AND NO PREP ON CHRISTMAS DAY!
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