Radio Today: Listen 9am to noon (eastern) as I sit in for Chris Plante (available via the WMAL app)
More radio today: I’ll be in for Rich Zeoli on WPHT in Philly 3-7pm (listen via the free Audacy app)
National Pfeffernuesse Day
– Festivus! The holiday for the rest of us.
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1620 – Construction of the Plymouth settlement begins
1783 – George Washington resigns as Commander in Chief after Treaty of Paris was signed
1823 – ‘A Visit from St Nicholas’ is published
1888 – Van Gogh cuts off his ear
1957 – The Champs recorded ‘Tequila’
1972 – Steelers’ Franco Harris scores on the ‘immaculate reception’
1974 – The B-1 Bomber makes its first successful test flight
2003 – The first case of ‘mad cow’ disease is announced in the U.S.
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– YESTERDAY – PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE US A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING ON DAY ONE
– FASTEST TRANSITION EVER? ‘WE’LL BE OPERATIONAL BY 2PM ON JAN 20TH’
– ‘THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA IS UPON US’
– TRUMP AT TURNING POINT – ON DAY ONE… WILL BLOCK TRANS IN MILITARY
– TRUMP VOWS TO PROTECT KIDS FROM TRANSMADNESS TOO
– ‘PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT’ WILL BE THE TARGET OF THE NEW ADMIN
– THE TOPIC OF ‘WOKE’ MAKES TRUMP BREAK HIS LANGUAGE PROMISE TO FRANKLN GRAHAM
– TRUMP TALKS ABOUT RECLAIMING THE PANAMA CANAL (ALMOST 5 MINS LONG)
– THE TPUSA CROWD LIKED TRUMP’S PICK OF RFK JR
– FETTERMAN SPEAKS ABOUT TRUMP AND KAMALA WITH JON KARL
– SCOTT JENNINGS VS VAN JONES ON CNN (MY MONEY’S ON JENNINGS)
– AOC WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT AMERICA IS ALREADY AN OLIGARCHY
– CHRIS CHRISTIE IS STILL HURT TRUMP DOESN’T LOVE HIM… SO HE WENT TO ABC NEWS
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS GASLIGHTING AGAIN
More News From DC
– BIDEN COMMUTES SENTENCES OF 37 OF 40 ON DEATH ROW TO LIFE IN PRISON
– TX REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBER HAS BEEN HIDING IN A ‘MEMORY CENTER’
– A LOCAL DALLAS PAPER DID THE LEGWORK TO FIND GRANGER
– UM, REMEMBER WHEN McCONNELL WENT ‘BLUE SCREEN’ IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA?
– WHAT’S TRUMP PLANNING FOR DAY ONE? INCOMING PRESS SEC SHARES SOME CLUES
– WHAT’S FREAKING OUT THE LEFT AND THE MSM? TRUMP’S PANAMA CANAL COMMENTS
– WHILE HE’S AT IT, TRUMP TALKS ABOUT BUYING GREENLAND (AGAIN)
– SENATE GOP CREATES ‘MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY’ CAUCUS
– BRITS ARE WORRIED ABOUT MUSK’S MONEY COMING TO THEIR ELECTIONS
– A MILLION AMERICANS ARE ABOUT TO GET A ‘CHRISTMAS GIFT’ FROM THE IRS
General News
HORRIFIC STORY OUT OF NYC – MAN LIGHTS WOMAN ON FIRE ON THE SUBWAY
– SUSPECT – A MIGRANT – IS LOCATED AND ARRESTED
– NY GOV RIPPED FOR HER TONE DEAF TWEET ABOUT SUBWAY SAFETY
FLORIDA HOLIDAY DRONE SHOW GOES HORRIBLY WRONG – MANY INJURED
TKTOK PRANKSTER’S ARREST IS A GOOD REMINDER — WASH YOUR PRODUCE!
WOMAN FLYING TO PHILLY FROM LA TRIED TO CARRY ON A BAG FULL OF TROUBLE
JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CARRYING CONCEALED? (ARE YOU? I AM)
IF YOUR 10-Y-OLD GOES FOR A WALK BY HIMSELF, SHOULD YOU BE ARRESTED?
NISSAN & HONDA ANNOUNCE PLANS TO CREATE THE 3RD BIGGEST CAR COMPANY
TESLA’S MARKET CAP IS ALMOST 50% OF GLOBAL AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WILL HAUNT SOME OF YOU LIKE MARLEY’S GHOST…TIL MAY!
Other News Catching My Eye
WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE NYC GYM COSTING $10,000 / MONTH?
OOPSY — WAYMO ROBOTAXI STILL HAS SOME BUGS IN ITS PROGRAM
AIRLINE PASSENGER CLAIMS HE WAS BUMPED FROM FIRST CLASS FOR A DOG
LOOKING FOR A NEW GIG? THE WIENERMOBILE NEEDS DRIVERS!
WHERE ARE YOU ON ‘CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS?’ (MANY ARE LOSING THEIR APPEAL)
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