Tuesday – August 19, 2025

National Soft Serve Ice Cream Day

National Hot & Spicy Food Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1692 – Five women are hanged in Salem, MA — Their crimes? Witchcraft
1909 – The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 
1913 – Candymaker Clarence Crane registers the trademark for ‘Life Savers’  mint candy
1934 – Myron Scott organized the first All-American Soap Box Derby race
1964 – The Beatles kick off their first American tour at the Cow Palace in San Fran
1976 – Republicans nominated Gerald Ford to be their candidate 
1993 – Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin marry (Boy, did she dodge a bullet.)
2004 – Google stock began trading at $85 ($1000 invested that day would be worth $95K)
2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends

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H/T – Cubby

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– NATO SEC GEN GIVES PRESIDENT TRUMP MAJOR PROPS

– THE ITALIAN PM REALIZED YESTERDAY WAS ‘AN IMPORTANT DAY’

– FINLAND’S PRES SPITS SOME SERIOUS TRUTH AT THE WH SUMMIT

–  TRUMP’S ‘HOT MIC’ MOMENT — ‘I THINK HE WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL FOR ME’

– OF COURSE, ZELENSKYY’S SUIT WAS NOTICED

– TRUMP: AND ANOTHER THING, WE’RE GONNA END MAIL IN VOTING

– SEC RUBIO ON THE ‘BIG MOMENT’ IN THE WHITE HOUSE

– TED CRUZ PREDICTS THE WAR ON UKRAINE WILL BE OVER THIS YEAR

– 70% OF UKRAINIANS SUPPORT A NEGOTIATED PEACE DEAL

– U.S. ATTORNEY PIRRO: FEDS GRABBED WOMAN WHO WANTED TO KILL TRUMP

– KAMALA HARRIS PROVED IT – WE DODGED A MAJOR BULLET

– IT DOES SEEM LIKE JOHN BOLTON HAS A TRUMP OBSESSION

– MSNBC IS CHANGING (JUST ITS NAME) – HERE’S THE SCARBOROUGH ANNOUNCEMENT

– AVERAGE AMERICANS ARE GETTING A $3700+ TAX BREAK THANKS TO THE OBBB

AND, WHAT DOES THE ‘MS’ STAND FOR? (WE HAD FUN WITH THIS ON AIR)

– NO REAL AUDIO FOR RADIO — BUT, LET’S REMEMBER MSNBC

More News From DC

– COINCIDENCE? DC CRIME STATS ARE FALLING OFF A CLIFF

– HERE’S THEHILL.COM’s FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM YESTERDAY’S BIG MEETING

– AND THE AP SAW THIS

– BRIAN STELTER WAS BUTT HURT BY THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE WH

– IF DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE, JEFFRIES IS TARGETING SEC NOEM

– BILL BARR CLEARS TRUMP IN EPSTEIN CONTROVERSY

– NEWSOM 2028? THE ODDS ARE RISING – BUT, THEY’RE STILL ONLY 20%

– MISSOURI AG IS BUMPED UP TO CO-DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT THE FBI

– HAMAS ACCEPTS CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL

General News

– EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS – EVEN MIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS!

– NORTH CAROLINA WON’T GET A DIRECT HIT FROM ‘ERIN’ – BUUUUT THE BEACHES WILL

– CA GOV’s PRESS OFFICE BLAMES TRUMP FOR ILLEGAL WHO KILLED THREE PEOPLE

– DRUNK RI AG PLAYS THE ‘DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?’ CARD

– BALTIMORE CAN’T GET A BREAK – CARGO SHIP EXPLODES (LOTS OF CAMERAS CAUGHT IT)

– IN TIME FOR THE END OF SUMMER, A GUIDE TO FROZEN DRINKS

Other News Catching My Eye

– HOW MANY OF THE ‘NEW WORDS’ DID YOU ACTUALLY KNOW???

– DO YOU TELL YOUR FRIEND WHEN THE GUY SHE’S DATING MATCHED HER ON A DATING APP?

– LIBRARY BOOK RETURNED AFTER 82 (NOT A SEINFELD CLIP)

– WHY ISN’T ESPN COVERING THE WORLD ROBOT GAMES?