The Vernal Equinox – The First Day of Spring
– National Ravioli Day
– The Great American Meatout (The Vegan People’s Day)
– Red Nose Day – (If you’re a fan of the British version of The Office, you get it)
– National Macaron Day (When did they get so expensive?)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1778 – Ben Franklin leads a delegation to meet French President King Louis XVI
1782 – The French GOV’T approved the use of the guillotine
1800 – Alessandro Volta announced his invention of the battery
1841 – The first mystery story, Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ is published
1852 – ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is published –
1854 – The Republican Party is founded in Ripon, WI
1861 – President Lincoln’s sons are diagnosed with the measles
1922 – WIP-AM begins broadcasting in Philadelphia (and, they’re still doing it)
1942 – General Douglas McArthur vows, ‘I shall return…’ (after escaping Japanese-occupied Philippines)
1965 – LBJ sends troops to protect a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1973 – Roberto Clemente is the first Latino elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame
1976 – Patty Hearst aka ‘Tonya’ is convicted of armed robbery
1987 – The U.S. approves AZT as a treatment to slow AIDS
1995 – Tokyo’s subway system is attacked by terrorists using Sarin gas
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– THE TRUMP QUIP ABOUT JAPAN THAT HAD THE LEFT SPINNING
– THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY PLEASED WITH JAPAN’S LATEST MOVES
– THE JAPANESE PM DIDN’T SEEM TOO BOTHERED BY IT – IN FACT, SHE SEES US AS ‘BUDDIES’
– THE PM ALSO ANNOUNCED, ‘JAPAN IS BACK!’
– WATCH THE JAPANESE PM’s REACTION WHEN SHE SEES THE BIDEN ‘AUTOPEN’ PORTRAIT
– TRUMP ALSO THANKED THE JAPANESE PM FOR THE NEW CHERRY TREES FOR OUR 250TH
– KARGH ISLAND? THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE CAN TAKE IT ANY TIME WE WANT
– THE GOP OFFERED TO PASS AN ‘ID ONLY’ BILL FOR VOTING — THE DEMS BLOCKED IT
– SEC SCOTT BESSENT EXPLAINS THE PLAN WITH OIL
– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER VIDEO OF A NURSE MAKING AND POSTING A CRAZY VIDEO (SHE’S PISSED AT FETTERMAN)
– 23 YEARS AGO — JOE SCARBOROUGH KNEW WHY DEMS HATED VOTER ID
– MISSING JAMES CARVILLE SAYING VULGAR, RUDE AND ANGRY THINGS ABOUT TRUMP? (YOU’RE WELCOME)
– DEMS? NO THANKS
More News From DC
– IRAN’S SPOKESPERSON IS JOINING THE LIST OF DEAD LEADERS
– REUTERS POLL: AMERICANS BELIEVE TRUMP WILL SEND TROOPS INTO IRAN, AND WE DON’T LIKE IT
– WE JUST APPROVED $16.6 BIL IN EMERGENCY ARMS SALES TO SOME OF OUR MIDDLE EAST FRIENDS
– RUSSIA SAYS IT’S SENDING OIL TO CUBA — THE U.S. DOESN’T THINK SO (WILL WE BLOCK THOSE TANKERS?)
– COMER SUBPOENAS COMEY — I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS ONE
– WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHO OLE MISS HAS BOOKED FOR AN EVENT ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA CAN REGAIN TRUST
– THERE WAS A ‘WAR ON MOTHERHOOD’ — UNDER BIDEN
– ARE THE MIDTERMS LOST? MAYBE NOT – CHECK OUT THIS GREAT BREAKDOWN OF HOW A WIN IS POSSIBLE
General News
– NFL DRAFT HAS PITTSBURGH SCHOOLS SHIFTS TO REMOTE LEARNING — WHAAAT? WHY?
– CRAZY GUY WITH A HAMMER ON CHICAGO TRAIN — BELIEVE WHAT HE TELLS YOU
– WE NOW KNOW THIS IS A VERY BAD PERSON – HE ONLY HAS 30 PRIOR ARRESTS
– CALIFORNIA IS REMOVING CESAR CHAVEZ STATUES — WILL STREETS AND SCHOOLS BE RENAMED NEXT?
– NV SHERIFF IS A HERO – DEFIES JUDGES ORDERS TO RELEASE A VIOLENT CRIMINAL
– NYC MAYOR MAMDANI’S WIFE (WHO IS NOT A PUBLIC PERSON, APPARENTLY) IS NOT A NICE PERSON
– THE MAYOR IS ALSO PISSED THAT A CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN PICKED UP FOR DEPORTATION
– CELEBS REPORTEDLY PISSED ABOUT BEING SEEN WITHOUT MAKEUP AT POST-OSCARS PARTY
ICYMI: LISA RINNA’S DRESS WAS MADE OF ‘RECYCLED HAIR’
– ARE YOU A ‘COLD PLUNGE’ PERSON? IT MIGHT NOT BE AS BENEFICIAL AS YOU THOUGHT
AS OPENING DAY APPROACHES – TEAMS ANNOUNCE NEW FOOD OPTIONS – CHECK OUT THIS ONE FROM THE METS
Other News Catching My Eye
– IMAGINE BEING A JEFFREY EPSTEIN LOOK-A-LIKE – MEET PALM BEACH PETE
– HIGHPOINT’S CHASE JOHNSTON FINALLY HIT A 2-POINT SHOT AND IT WON THE GAME
– USING MOSQUITOS TO IMMUNIZE BATS? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
