Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1830 – U.S.-built locomotive races a horse-drawn car (and loses)
1963 – Dr. King delivered his ‘I have a dream’ speech at the Jobs & Freedom rally
1965 – Bob Dylan booed for playing an electric guitar in Forrest Hills Tennis Stadium
1972 – Olga Korbut becomes a global superstar leading the Soviet gymnasts to gold
1981 – John Hinckley, Jr pleads innocent in assassination attempt of Pres Reagan
2005 – Hurricane Katrina becomes a category 5 storm, Superdome opens as shelter
2010 – Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ rally attracted a massive crowd in DC
2012 – The GOP nominates Mitt Romney to run against Obama

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– THE DC MAYOR IS ABOUT AS POSITIVE AS ANY DEM COULD BE OVER CRIME CLEANUP
– TRUMP ADMIN TAKES OVER DC’s UNION STATION
– INFLATION? SEEMS LIKE TRAVEL IS CHEAPER
– THINGS ARE CHEAPER IN PA, TOO
– EVERY OFF-SHORE WIND PROJECT IS UNDER REVIEW BY THIS ADMINISTRATION
– SCOTT JENNINGS FOUND THE RIGHT WAY TO SPIN THE ‘SWIFT-KELCE’ UNION
– AT LEAST ONE PROMINENT DEM THOUGHT THEIR MEETING WAS BADLY DONE
– NEWSOM IS NOT CALM AND IS TALKING TOUGH
– NEWSOM IS ALSO PROJECTING WHEN HE TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS BEING STOLEN

(OK, OK, WALZ CORRECTED HIS GAFFE THE NEXT DAY)
More News From DC
– IS THE SOROS FAMILY ABOUT TO BE INVESTIGATED BY THE U.S. GOV’T? (MAYBE)
– FIRST LADY RESPONDS TO THE MN SHOOTING
– THE WHITE HOUSE HONORS THE VICTIMS OF YESTERDAY’S MASS SHOOTING
– POLL: YES, CRIME IS SEEN AS A PROBLEM IN BIG CITIES
– RUSSIA HITS KIEV WITH 10 BALLISTIC MISSILES, IS PUTIN INTERESTED IN PEACE?
– CDC DIRECTOR FIRED JUST FOUR MONTHS AFTER CONFIRMATION
– FOUR OTHER LEADERS RESIGN AFTER THEIR BOSS WAS FIRED
– TRUMP TARIFFS ARE CAUSING MANY TO RECONSIDER THAT NEW LAMBORGHINI

General News
– THE LATEST ON THE MN SHOOTING
– THIS FIFTH GRADER… CERTAINLY HAD MORE POISE THAN I WOULD HAVE HAD
– MN POLICE CHIEF (FROM LATE AFTERNOON PRESSER)
– THE CHIEF ALSO SAID, ‘NO MOTIVE’ (DID HE READ THE WRITING ON THE GUNS?)
– MINNEAPOLIS’ MAYOR WANTS SPEECH TO BE LIMITED – YOU CAN’T SPECULATE ON THIS
– MSNBC SAYS DON’T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE LATEST TRANS SHOOTER
– THE ONLY ANSWER FOR MSNBC IS GUN CONFISCATION
– MICHAEL STEELE CALLS ‘THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS’ — NONSENSE
– SHOOTER’S MOM WORKED AT THE SCHOOL
– GIANNO CALDWELL RESPONDS TO THE MURDERS
– REP BYRON DONALDS ON THE TRANS SHOOTER — THIS IS NOT ABOUT GUNS
– MINNEAPOLIS’ MAYOR WANTS A RALLY FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY
– ABC NEWS REPORTED ‘PRESIDENT TRUMP WRITTEN ON THE GUNS’ (NO MENTION OF ‘KILL’)
– JESSE WATTERS WAS CONNECTING THE DOTS ON TRANS SHOOTERS
– PHILLY TO GET $5B SHIPBUILDING INVESTMENT FROM THE FEDS
– WE ALMOST HAD A GIRL FIGHT AT THE US OPEN YESTERDAY

Other News Catching My Eye
– STING BEING SUED BY FORMER BANDMATES (IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT ROYALTIES)
– WHO KNEW? PEOPLE ARE CASHING IN ON NEW TIKTOK FEATURE
– IS THERE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE SEAT ON PLANES?