Friday is upon us!
National Cheese Pizza Day
National Food Bank Day (Maybe you make a donation?)
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1698 – Tsar Peter I imposes a tax on beards
1774 – The first Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia
1836 – Sam Houston elected President of Texas
1882 – More than 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day Parade in NYC
1972 – Palestinian terrorists begin massacre at Munich Olympics, two Israeli athletes killed, nine were taken hostage and died in a shootout with German police
1975 – President Ford survives first assassination attempt (by Squeaky Fromme)

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
FAV MOMENTS FROM YESTERDAY’S HEARING WITH RFK JR
– SEC KENNEDY EXPOSES CDC CORRUPTION ON MMR VACCINE DATA
– RFK JR SPITS TRUTH ON THE ‘DATA CHAOS’ AT CDC
– STUNNING (BAD) NEWS — 76% OF AMERICANS HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS
– SEN WYDEN (INCORRECTLY) THOUGHT HE HAD THE GOODS ON KENNEDY (HE DID NOT)
– BERNIE SANDERS JOINED THE SHOUTING
– ELIZABETH WARREN TRIED, SHE REALLY TRIED
– VA SEN WARNER CHANGED THE SUBJECT WHEN KENNEDY BROUGHT FACTS
– MN SEN TINA SMITH SOUNDS LIKE A REAL TREAT
– SEN SMITH DOESN’T WANT A CONVERSATION – ‘I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME’
– SEN LUJAN OF NM WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT – DEMANDING INFORMATION THAT’S PUBLIC
– SEN LUJAN WON’T GIVE HIS STARFISH PIN TO SEC KENNEDY
– SEN MAGGIE HASSAN WAS SHOT DOWN BY KENNEDY TOO, ‘THIS IS CRAZY STUFF’
– SEN WHITEHOUSE GOT SHUTDOWN LIKE SOMEONE NAMED SHELDON MUST BE SHUT DOWN
– SEN ROGER MARSHALL’S JAW-DROPPING STATEMENT ON REQUIRED VACCINES
– SEC KENNEDY’S FULL OPENING STATEMENT – 7:26
– CNN POLL SAYS RFK JR IS THE MOST POPULAR CABINET OFFICIAL
– TRUMP’S TECH SUMMIT: SAM ALTMAN KISSES THE PRESIDENT’S BUTT
– APPLE’S TIM COOK JOINED THE CHORUS
– YEAH, ZUCKERBERG WAS THERE TOO
– GOOGLE’S SERGEI BRIN DID SOME SERIOUS SUCKING UP
– SOOOO WHERE WAS ELON MUSK? HE RESPONDED ON TWITTER / X

– FL GOV DeSANTIS ANNOUNCES THAT ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ WILL REMAIN OPEN
– TRUMP EXPECTED TO REQUEST NAME CHANGE FOR THE DEFENSE DEPT TOMORROW
More News From DC
– NO MORE ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS?
– REPORT: TRUMP DOJ LOOKING INTO BANNING TRANS FOLKS FROM OWNING GUNS
– VENEZUELA AIR FORCE BUZZED ONE OF OUR SHIPS? SERIOUSLY?
– NPR HIT PIECE ON JEANINE PIRRO
– PROTESTER WITH HALITOSIS BUMPS INTO REP BURCHETT
– SORRY DEM HATERS, THE NATL GUARD IS STAYING DC UNTIL DEC
– CONCERNS RISE ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S PHYSICAL HEALTH

General News
– BUCKLE UP CHICAGO – IT’S NOT UST NATIONAL GUARD COMING
– FORMER CHICAGO MAYOR ‘LOOTFOOT’ JOINS THE ANTI-TRUMP CHORUS
– AUSTIN, TX DOES A REBRAND (THEY’VE FORGOTTEN ‘KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD’)
– RUMORS SWIRL – NYC MAYOR MAY DROP OUT OF RACE
– DEARBORN HEIGHTS MICHIGAN MOVES CLOSER TO BECOMING DEARBORNISTAN
– MN SCHOOL SHOOTER STORY JUST GOT MORE BIZARRE – KILLER HAD A GIRLFRIEND WHO WAS/IS A ‘FURRY’
– NFL ‘SPITGATE’ — WHO FIRED THE FIRST SHOT BETWEEN DALLAS AND PHILLY?
– WAIT, HOW MUCH ARE NFL TEAMS WORTH? (#1 IS OVER $12B)

Other News Catching My Eye
– USING THAT CELL PHONE WHILE ON THE TOILET MAY LEAD TO PROBLEMS
– STUDY FINDS — YOU SHOULD HAVE A STEAK TONIGHT (MY INTERPRETATION)
– BILL MAHER SPEAKS TRUTH (AGAIN)
– IS THE CLASS OF 2029 THE ‘MOST SCREWED COLLEGE CLASS EVER?’