Dr. King Day / Inauguration Day
National Coffee Break Day
National Cheese Lovers Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is formed
1945 – FDR is sworn in for the FOURTH time (He died on April 12 of the same year)
1949 – 10 million people watched President Harry Truman’s televised Inaugural Parade
1964 – The world’s largest cheese was made (34,000 lbs of cheddar)
1977 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in and surprises everyone by walking to the White House
1981 – Ronald Reagan is sworn in as President while Iran is releasing 52 Americans
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– BIDEN DECLARED THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO BE ‘THE LAW OF THE LAND’
– YESTERDAY, JOE DECLARED, ‘I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE’
– TRUMP VICTORY RALLY HIGHLIGHTS
– TOMORROW (MEANING TODAY) AT NOON THE CURTAIN CLOSES ON
– GET READY FOR EXECUTIVE ORDER-PALOOZA! TRUMP VOWS ACTION BY SUNDOWN
– HERE COMES TRANSPARENCY – RELEASE OF JFK, MLK DOCUMENTS
– TRUMP BROUGHT ELON OUT — NOTICE THAT VIVEK IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DOGE
– DON JR WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY
– SPEAKER JOHNSON REVEALS THAT EVERYONE IN THE WH KNEW BIDEN WAS TOAST
– SCOTT JENNINGS ON CNN ADDRESSING THE ‘BIDEN COVERUP’
– WATCH JEN PSAKI AND RACHEL MADDOW PROCLAIM, ‘OLIGARCHIES SUCK!’
– COULD ELON MUSK OWN TIKTOK? IF HE TRIES, SEN MARKEY WILL BE PISSED
– PETER SCHWEIZER ON WHY TIKTOK MUST BE BANNED
– AOC ISSUES A DIRE WARNING ABOUT THE COMING FASCISM
– CRAZY DC CROWD CHANTS, ‘HEY HEY, HO HO, ELON MUSK HAS GOT TO GO’
– COLBERT IS WORRIED HE WILL ‘DISAPPEAR’ AFTER TRUMP IS SWORN IN
– SNL’s OPEN GAVE A LOAD OF HEAT TO MSNBC
– NANCY PELOSI’S DAUGHTER IS CALLING JILL BIDEN WHAT WE’VE BEEN CALLING HER
INAUGURAL FLASHBACK — THE MASKED BIDEN’S WALKED THE PARADE ROUTE
EVERYONE WAS MASKED
More News From DC
– No OUTDOOR Inauguration, No OUTDOOR Parade – WHAT’S HAPPENING WHERE AND WHEN
– TRUMP TO SIGN 200 EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DAY ONE
– BIDEN TOSSES ANOTHER BILLION DOLLAR LOAN TO A FAILING EV COMPANY
– FYI – 83 BILLIONAIRES SUPPORTED KAMALA HARRIS
– NEWSWEEK HAS UNIQUE INAUGURAL GUIDANCE FOR LEFTISTS
– NEW CNN POLL IS BAD NEWS FOR DEMOCRATS
– HOW WORRIED IS BIG TECH? EVEN BILL GATES IS SAYING NICE THINGS ABOUT TRUMP
– WHO GAVE THE LONGEST INAUGURAL ADDRESS???
General News
ICYMI – THIS IS WHAT COST CNN AT LEAST $5MIL
– CNN HAS LOST A LOT OF MONEY DUE TO FALLING RATINGS
– YOU KNEW THIS, SCHUMER WAS PART OF THE CREW THAT PUSHED BIDEN OUT
– POLK COUNTY, FL SHERIFF TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP ON DEPORTATIONS
COLD WEEK FOR MANY – BUT, WHAT WILL SPRING BE LIKE IN YOUR STATE?
Other News Catching My Eye
– WOMAN MAKES HER HUSBAND PAY A $206/MO ‘WOMAN TAX’
– STEAK & SHAKE’ SWITCHES FROM SEED OILS TO BEEF TALLOW – IT’S A BIG DEAL
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