Friday – August 21, 2025

National Eat A Peach Day!

National Pecan Torte Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1776 – The British land on Long Island
1851 – The U.S. wins the first ‘America’s Cup’
1865 – The first patent issued for liquid soap
1922 – Irish politician Michael Collins is killed in an ambush
1956 – The GOP re-nominates Eisenhower/Nixon ticket
1969 – Hurricane Camille hits the Gulf (of America) coast, killing 256 people 
1975 – President Ford survives a second assassination attempt in 17 days
1989 – Nolan Ryan registered his 5,000th strike out
1994 – DNA testing links OJ Simpson to a couple of murders in Brentwood
2007 – The Rangers set an MLB record in their 30-3 thumping of the Orioles

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– PRESIDENT TRUMP GOES ‘ON PATROL’ IN DC WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD

– THE PRESIDENT THANKS THE CREW FOR CLEANING UP DC

– SEC DEF HEGSETH ADDRESSED THE TROOPS SECURING OUR CAPITOL

– HUGH HEWITT WITH SOME GREAT CLARITY ON THE TRUMP WIN OVER TISH JAMES AND NY

– ‘MS NOW’ IS MELTING DOWN OVER THE APPEALS COURT TOSSING TRUMP FINE

– CNN’S LEGAL ANALYST SEES THE APPEALS COURT DECISION AS A HUGE WIN FOR TRUMP

– FLASHBACK: LETICIA JAMES ON THE VIEW TALKING ABOUT TARGETING TRUMP

– JAMES COMER EXPLAINS WHAT HE HEARD FROM BIDEN AIDE IAN SAMS (LONG CLIP)

– KEVIN McCARTHY (‘MEMBA HIM?) EXPLAINS REDISTRICTING TO CNN

– CROCKETT TELLS NEWSOM — ‘ICE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FANCY UBER DRIVER’

– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WHY CNN IS UNWATCHABLE

– NICK SEARCY TELL (ANOTHER) HORRIFIC STORY OF WHAT WAS DONE TO J6 DEFENDANTS

More News From DC

– FED CHAIR POWELL SET TO DELIVER A BIG SPEECH TODAY (RATE CUT HINTS?)

– SCOTUS GIVES TRUMP ANOTHER WIN, OK TO CANCEL $713 MIL IN NIH GRANTS TIED TO DEI

– FEDERAL JUDGE WANTS ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ TO DISMANTLE PARTS OF THE CENTER

– TSA HAS A NEW LIST OF ‘NO GO’ ITEMS — IF YOU’RE ABOUT TO FLY, CHECK THIS

– THE FDA WARNS ‘MOUSSE’ SUNSCREENS MAY NOT WORK

– DON’T LOSE TRACK OF WHAT CHINA IS DOING — AUSTRALIA AND THE PHILIPPINES AREN’T

General News

– CALIFORNIA’S REDISTRICTING RESPONSE TO TEXAS IS ADVANCING

– ARE CALIFORNIANS FOR THIS OR AGAINST IT?

– KENNEDY EXPLAINS NEWSOM’S REDISTRICTING

– CA POLITICIAN – THIS BROKE STATE FINDS $250MIL FOR A POWER GRAB???

– IL GOV PRITZKER ALSO DROP ANOTHER NAZI/HITLER COMPARISON TO TODAY’S AMERICA

– TX STATE REP (A DEM) FEELS LIKE A BLACK SLAVE OR A JEW UNDER HITLER

– PARENTS RIP SCHOOL BOARD FOR ALLOWING A BOY TO TAKE A GIRLS SPOT ON TEAM

– MN AG KEITH ELLISON BRAGS ABOUT FIGHTING TO KEEP BOYS IN GIRLS SPORTS

– IS SOMEONE REALLY BUYING UP THE SCORCHED CALIFORNIA COASTLINE?

– WHAT CENTURY IS THIS? CA RESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR THE PLAGUE

– VA LT GOV WINSOME EARLE-SEARS ON PROTECTING GIRLS IN SPORTS

– CRACKER BARREL STOCK HAD A TOUGH DAY AFTER MAKEOVER LIT UP SOCIAL MEDIA

– CHOCOLATE PRICES – YEAH THEY’RE HIGHER — BUT, MAYBE BY EASTER SOME GOOD NEWS?

– THE BEATLES RELEASE A ‘NEW’ ALBUM

– HAS CHINA SOLVED THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH EVs? (BATTERY SWAP SYSTEM)

Other News Catching My Eye

– WHAT WOULD YOUR ‘LAST MEAL’ BE? (IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE)

– THE CITY WITH THE MOST DUIs PER CAPITA MIGHT SURPRISE YOU (OR NOT)

– JUST 17% PERCENT OF YOUNG AMERICANS HAVE COMPLETED 5 “ADULTHOOD” THINGS

– SOLO TRAVELER SHOCKED BY ANSWER FROM A FELLOW TRAVELER OVER ONE QUESTION

– THE LIST OF RESTAURANTS WHERE YOU’LL PROBABLY NEVER GET A RESERVATION, EVER