Tuesday – August 12, 2025

National Julienne Fries Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1898 – Hawaii is annexed by the United States

1913 – Nabisco registers the Oreos trademark

1955 – The US minimum wage jumps from 75 cents and hour to $1.00
1981 – IBM introduced the PC
1994 – MLB went on strike and it lasted 232 days and there was no World Series

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARES A ‘PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY’ IN DC

– IT’S LIBERATION DAY IN DC, WE’RE TAKING OUR CAPITOL BACK

– THE PRESIDENT SAID HE’LL KNOW IN THE FIRST 2 MINS IF HE CAN DEAL WITH PUTIN

– WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTS TO BE HAPPEN WITH PUTIN, ZELENSKYY, THE EU

– AG BONDI: LET ME BE CLEAR, CRIME IS ENDING AND ITS ENDING TODAY

– JEANINE PIRRO IS NOT PLAYING AROUND – SHE WANTS DC LAWS CHANGED

– THE PRESIDENT’S STORY ON THE RESTAURANT WITH A DIRTY FRONT DOOR

– FAV MOMENT FROM PRESSER: TRUMP DOESN’T WANT THE PRESS TO BE COMFORTABLE

– FBI DIRECTOR TALKS ABOUT WHAT HIS TEAM IS BRINGING TO DC

-AS THE PRESIDENT WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK, THIS CRAZY PROTEST HAPPENED IN DC

– PRES OF THE DC POLICE UNION COMPLETELY AGREES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON CRIME

– OF COURSE, REP JAMIE RASKIN DOESN’T WANT TRUST THE PRESIDENT TO CLEAN UP DC

– ABC NEWS PUSHES BACK AGAINST TRUMP’S ‘HISTORIC ACTION’ TO RESCUE DC

– HOWEVER, LOCAL ABC NEWS ANCHOR IN DC HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA

-TRUMP WANTS DC SAFE – CNN APPEARS TO BE PANICKING 

– CNN’s DANA BASH MAY NEED A WELLNESS CHECK

– SECDEF — NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE FORCE MULTIPLIERS ON THE STREETS OF DC

– REPORTER LEARNS – DON’T CALL OUT JEANINE PIRRO ON THE FACTS

– DOES MAXINE WATERS KNOW WHAT YEAR IT IS??? WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?

– CNN PANELIST SPECULATES ABOUT DC MAYOR BOWSER

– MAYOR BOWSER IS ALL IN FOR STATEHOOD

– MSNBC WAS FACT-CHECKING TRUMP IN REAL TIME (BUT LEFT OUT JUVENILE CRIME STATS)

– I’M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WATCHING CNN IS BEING USED INSTEAD OF WATERBOARDING

– HARRY ENTEN: EPSTEIN STORY IS OUT OF GAS, BECOMING A ‘NOTHINGBUGER’

FLASHBACK: 1992 AND JOE BIDEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS DC HAD BECOME

More News From DC

– MEANWHILE, CHINA GETS 90 MORE DAYS TO TALK ABOUT TARIFFS

– WEST POINT AND AIR FORCE ACADEMIES NO LONGER LOOK AT RACE FOR ADMISSIONS

– CONGRATS TO EJ ANTONI! TRUMP JUST NOMINATED HIM FOR BLS GIG

– CHICAGO’S MAYOR SEES THE NATIONAL GUARD AS ‘DESTABILIZING’

General News

– GOV ABBOTT HAS A WARNING FOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON GERRYMANDERING

– BTW, GOV NEWSOM HAS ALSO USED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO DIRECT HIS STATE CAPITOL

– NYC MAYORAL COMMI-DATE AND RICH GUY, MAMDANI HAS A RENT-STABILIZED APT

– YOU LOVE SPORTS SO MUCH, ESPN & FOX ARE GONNA SELL IT TO YOU FOR $40/MO

– MOVE OVER AMERICAN EAGLE, BASKIN ROBBINS SIGNED SYDNEY SWEENEY

– GOLF CARTS ARE TAKING OVER SUBURBIA (APPARENTLY)

– HEY, YOU CAN SWIM IN THE SEINE RIVER AGAIN (YOU FIRST)

– WHAT ARE POCKET PANCAKES AND WHY ARE THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS SELLING THEM?

– FINALLY, DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES HAVE SETTLED THEIR BUSINESS FEUD

Other News Catching My Eye

– GUESS WHO HAS MORE ONLINE VIEWS, CNN OR MEGYN KELLY?

– FLORIDA MAN EARNS $1000 WRANGLING 87 INVASIVE PYTHONS

– IF YOU STEAL LUNAR ROCKS FROM NASA AND THEN PUT THEM IN YOUR BED, DOES IT COUNT AS HAVING SEX ON THE MOON?

– WHO KNEW THE LABUBU CRAZE HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT TO INSPIRING ROBBERIES?

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