National Law Enforcement Day
National Apricot Day
National Word Nerd Day (Is there a word for that?)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1493 – Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids
1776 – Thomas Paine publishes ‘Common Sense’
1788 – Connecticut becomes the 5th state in the Union
1863 – The world’s first underground railway opened in London
1908 – The Muir Woods National Monument is established
1942 – The US Joint Chiefs of Staff is created
1956 – The first ‘Dear Abby’ column is published (John Prine paid tribute)
1980 – Rupert Holmes’ Yacht Rock smash ‘Escape’ (The Pina Colada Song) hit #1
2001 – Apple launches iTunes and changes the music business forever
2007 – Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone and changes the cel phone business forever
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– BIDEN MAKES THE CALIFORNIA WILD FIRES PRESS EVENT ABOUT HIMSELF
– WHEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE, BIDEN SAID TRUMP WOULD BRING FIRES, FLOODS
– TRUMP SPEAKS AFTER HIS MEETING WITH THE GOP SENATORS
– 6 YRS AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT CALIFORNIA’S LEADERSHIP FAILURES
– FLASHBACK: DONALD TRUMP ON ROGAN PODCAST — PREDICTING WILDFIRES
– STEPHEN A SMITH RAGES AGAINST JUDGE MERCHAN FOR TRYING TO SENTENCE TRUMP
– MEXICO’S PRESIDENT WANTS TO RENAME THE UNITED STATES TO ‘MEXICO AMERICA’
More News From DC
– DUE TO THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE TRAGEDY, BIDEN CANCELS HIS TRIP TO ITALY
– BIDEN CONFIRMS HE IS CONSIDERING PREEMPTIVE PARDONS
– JOE CLAIMS TRUMP COMPLIMENTED HIM ON THE ECONOMY
– PETE HEGSETH STARTS MEETINGS WITH DEM SENATORS
– SEN WARREN HAS 70 (COUNT’EM) QUESTIONS FOR PETE
– DONALD TRUMP ASKS THE SUPREME COURT TO STOP TOMORROW’S SENTENCING
– ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL OR TWO? IT DOESN’T MATTER TO DONALD TRUMP
– MATT GAETZ (‘MEMBA HIM?) FLOATS POSSIBLE RUN FOR GOV OF FLORIDA
– FORMER CNN POLITICAL WONK SAYS GAETZ WOULD BE THE ‘FRONTRUNNER’
MEDIA — BRIAN WILLIAMS CALLS OUT MSM FOR COVERING UP JOE’S BROKEN BRAIN
– CAPITOL POLICE ARREST MAN WITH A MACHETE OUTSIDE JIMMY CARTER TRIBUTE
– JIMMY CARTER’S FUNERAL IS IN DC TODAY BEFORE HIS BURIAL BACK HOME IN GA
General News
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES – THE LA TIMES UPDATES ARE HERE
– THE LA MAYOR IS A MASSIVE EMBARRASSMENT – SHE WON’T ANSWER QUESTIONS
– LA MAYOR BASS CUT $17+ MILLION FROM THE FIRE DEPT BUDGET
– PALISADES FIRE LIKELY TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE FIRE EVER
– WATCH LA FIREFIGHTER SAVES AMERICAN FLAG
– IF IT IS STILL WORKING, HERE’S THE WEBCAM AT HOLLYWOOD SIGN
– JAMES WOODS WAS ON FOX LAST NIGHT — AFTER LOSING HIS HOME TO THE FIRES
– ABC’s DAVID MUIR GETTING ATTENTION FOR HIS ‘FORM FITTING’ FIREMAN’S COAT
LA’S FIRE CHIEF WARNED THE MAYOR ABOUT CUTTING THE BUDGET
8 YRS AGO CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED $7.5 B TO CAPTURE SNOWMELT – BUUUUUT
REMEMBER WHEN BIDEN ADMIN CANCELLED CONTROLLED BURNS???
FL GOV DeSANTIS PUBLICLY WONDERS IF TRUMP WILL MOVE NASA HQ TO HIS STATE
CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS NUTS AND PROVES IT IN THIS NEW CLIP
Other News Catching My Eye
THE ANNUAL LIST OF PENIS SIZES BY COUNTRY IS OUT (WE’RE NOT IN THE TOP 10 OR 50)
THE NEWEST, FASTEST RISING GROUP OF GUN OWNERS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
WHAT DO REAL LIFE WYOMING LANDMEN THINK OF BILLY BOB THORNTON’S DEPICTION?
REALITY TV STAR SPEAKS OUT SLAMMING PLASTIC SURGERY AS ‘MENTAL ILLNESS’
YES OR NO? — WHERE DO YOU STAND ON A 9-YR-OLD GETTING A TATTOO???
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