National Oyster Day
National Couscous Day
(This version of the prep has been here for 7+ years and will hopefully continue for years to come. I do it without charging or embedding ads. That said, if you’ve been using it and/or enjoying it, maybe you’d like to occasionally “BUY ME A COFFEE?”)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1858 – The first transatlantic cable is completed – think, broadband for telegraph (it lasted 3 weeks)
1861 – The U.S. government adopts an income tax to pay for the Civil War
1884 – The cornerstone is laid for the Statue of Liberty on (then) Bedloe’s Island
1909 – Congress passed the first tax on corporations
1914 – The first electric traffic signal is installed in Cleveland, OH
1944 – Polish insurgents free hundreds of Jews from a forced labor camp
1957 – Dick Clark’s ‘American Bandstand’ goes national
1962 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home
1974 – Richard Nixon admits he ordered a coverup for political reasons and national security
1981 – President Reagan fired 11,359 striking air traffic controllers
1983 – ‘Risky Business’ makes Tom Cruise a household name on the road to stardom
1992 – Cuba wins the first Olympic Gold in baseball in the Barcelona Games
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– CONFIRMED: AG BONDI HAS OPENED A PROBE INTO ALL THE TULSI GABBARD REFERRALS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP EDUCATES KRISTEN WELKER ON THE NEW WH BALLROOM
– VAN JONES GETS A LESSON FROM SCOTT JENNINGS
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES ON CNN – WANTS ‘ONE, FAIR, NATIONAL MAP’
– JASMINE CROCKETT CHALLENGES GOV ABBOTT AND HIS CUTE LITTLE WARRANT
– MORE FROM JAZZY – NOT ONLY ARE WE GONNA PUNCH BACK, WE’RE GONNA BEAT YOU DOWN
– ‘WE’RE GOING TO HELL AND IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE A WAY BACK
– THE NY GOV IS TRYING TO HELP TEXAS DEMS – BUT SHE’S NOT MAKING MUCH SENSE
– IL GOV (AND HOST OF MANY DEMS IN HIS HOTELS) HAS THOUGHTS ON TEXAS’ REDISTRICTING
– ELIZABETH WARREN IS ALL IN FOR MAMDANI – AND SAYS HER PARTY SHOULD BE TOO
– THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR IS ENDORSING EVERYTHING – EVEN THE GROCERY STORES
– WARREN TOOK HER MAMDANI LOVE TO CNBC AND ‘GOT WRECKED’ ON LIVE TV
– BILL O’REILLY CALLS WARREN A ‘NITWIT’
– HHS SEC REVEALS HOW MUCH WE’RE SPENDING ON SODAS AND CANDY WITH SNAP MONEY
– NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES ARE COMING TOO — DOWN FROM 450+ PAGES TO 4-6 PAGES
– DERSHOWITZ DENIED SERVICE ON MARTHA’S VINEYARD
– NBC NEWS WANTS YOU TO KNOW ALL THIS DOJ STUFF, THE DNI STUFF IS A ‘DISTRACTION’
– ARTICLE 3 PROJECT FOUNDER ON WHO HE WOULD CALL TO TESTIFY TO GRAND JURY
– 2017: TWO DAYS AFTER TRUMP WAS SWORN IN – SCHUMER SAID THIS ABOUT RUSSIA ALLEGATIONS
– ALEX STEIN IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE – HIS LATEST FROM THE TEXAS SENATE
– STEIN ALSO JUMPED INTO AN MSNBC LIVE SHOT
-WANNA HELP DECORATE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS? MELANIA IS TAKING APPLICATIONS
More News From DC
– MTG WANTS TRUMP TO PARDON GEORGE SANTOS
– NO SURPRISE DEPT: NANCY MACE IS RUNNING FOR GOV IN SC (HER FIRST AD)
– I’M SHOCKED TO LEARN AOC LIED TO GET HER BOYFRIEND A FREE TICKET TO THE MET GALA
– MIKA B HAS NEVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUTH
– IMAGINE HAVING VLADIMIR PUTIN AS YOUR DADDY – PUTIN’S DAUGHTER IS TALKING
– SOUNDS LIKE ISRAEL IS ABOUT TO OCCUPY GAZA IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE HOSTAGES BACK
– FROM DEC. 1960 – PRESIDENT-ELECT KENNEDY ON ‘THE SOFT AMERICAN’
General News
– POLICE ARREST 23-YR-OLD MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY TOSSING A DILDO AT A WNBA GAME
– NEBRASKA REP FACES CRAZY CROWD DEMANDING FREE MEDICARE FOR ABLE BODIED PEOPLE
– AFTER COLBERT GOT CANNED, WHO’S NEXT TO GO? FALLON? SNL?
– WANT TO OWN MULTIPLE GUNS IN CALIFORNIA? IT HELPS IF YOU’RE IN THE NFL
– I HOPE YOU BOUGHT ‘AMERICAN EAGLE’ STOCK LAST WEEK
– REMEMBER THAT ELECTRIC BUS FIRE IN PHILLY? YOU HELPED PAY FOR IT
– CHINESE BUYERS ARE SNAPPING UP HOMES IN CALIFORNIA — LOTS OF ALL CASH DEALS
– FOR CA GOV SCHWARZENEGGER OPPOSES WHAT NEWSOM’S DOING TO REDISTRICTING
– HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY? YOU PAY $325 MIL FOR A WNBA TEAM
Other News Catching My Eye
– LOOK OUT, WEST COAST, HERE COMES THE NEW YORK POST – JUST FOR YOU!
– AMERICA’S FAVORITE THEME PARK IS NOT A DISNEY PARK
– DANISH ZOO WANTS YOUR UNWANTED PETS – TO FEED THEIR HUNGRY PREDATORS
