It’s Purple Day!
– MLB Opening Day Day (Even though it started last night)
– Good Hair Day
– Live Long & Prosper Day
– Spinach Day
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1812 – The term ‘Gerrymandering’ is born thanks to a political cartoon mocking MA Gov Gerry
1953 – Game-changer: Dr. Jonas Salk announces a new vaccine against polio
1955 – ‘The Ballad of Davey Crockett’ hits #1
1979 – Egypt and Israel sign the Camp David Treaty
1982 – Ground is broken for the Vietnam Veterans memorial in DC
1989 – Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Soviet Union in the first free elections in forever
1992 – Mike Tyson is found guilty of rape and sent to prison
1997 – 39 members of the Heavens Gate cult are found dead in a Rancho Santa Fe, CA mansion
2016 – Bernie Sanders wins primaries in Washington, Hawaii and Alaska (before Dems decided to screw him)
2024 – Container ship collides with Key Bridge, killing 6 people and wiping out most of the bridge

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD LIKE ELON TO PAY TSA WORKERS, BUT IT CAN’T HAPPEN
– TRUMP SPOKE AT GOP FUNDRAISING DINNER — ABOUT DEMS PLANS FOR AMERICA
– SOUNDS LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TIRED OF DEMS PUSHING. THE GOP AROUND
– MR TRUMP DESCRIBES THE DEMOCRATS — PULLING NO PUNCHES HERE
– I’M BETTING THIS REPORTER REGRETS ASKING PRESIDENT TRUMP A TARIFF QUESTION
– HAS ANYONE MANAGED TO DECODE THE SECRET MESSAGE SENT OUT LAST NIGHT?
– VP VANCE ANNOUNCES FUNDING STOPPED TO 70 SUSPICIOUS HOSPICES AND HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS IN CA
– DEM REP JASON CROW TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY HIS PARTY IS BLOCKING DHS FUNDING
– SEN KENNEDY TELLS CNN THAT SOLVING THE TSA PROBLEM IS NOT LIKELY TO BE SOLVED BY RECONCILIATION
– SCOTUS RULES IN FAVOR OF PARENTS — ALLOWS FOR OP-OUT OF LGBTQ INDOCTRINATION
– HHS SEC KENNEDY IS GOING AFTER ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS AND MORE — OBESITY IS THE TARGET
– NY DEM REP TOM SUOZZI SAYS THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD — JUST MAKE CRIMINAL ILLEGALS CITIZENS
– FRENCH FIRST LADY (WITH CREEPY MALE TRANSLATION) SAYS FREE SPEECH NEEDS LIMITS
– THE GATHERING OF ‘FIRST LADIES’ HAD A GROUP PHOTO MOMENT — CHECK OUT MELANIA’S CRAZY HEELS
– STEPHEN A. SMITH TELLS DEMS TO STOP BITCHING ABOUT VOTER ID
– JOY BEHAR AND ‘THE VIEW’ ARE CONVINCED THAT THE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICANS WANT TO STOP MIDTERMS
– KIMMEL CONTINUES TO PROVE THE LEFT HATES WORKING PEOPLE — MOCKS DHS SEC’S PAST PLUMBING WORK
– SPRINGSTEEN AND HIS FELLOW 70+ YEAR-OLD BANDMATES ANNOUNCE THEIR TDS TOUR

H/T – Simon Conway
More News From DC
– IRAN UPDATE – DEAL OR NO DEAL?
– HERE ARE THE FIVE CONDITIONS TO END THE WAR (FROM IRAN)
– IS THIS REALLY THE ‘GIFT’ IRAN SENT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP?
– UGANDA SAYS THEY WILL BACK IRAN IF THE COUNTRY IS ATTACKED (DO THEY NOT HAVE TV IN UGANDA?)
– CENTCOM SAYS WE KNOCKED DOWN 100 MISSILES TRAVELING 2000 MPH, AIMED AT ONE TARGET
– POLL: 51% SAY THEY WANT DEMS TO CONTROL THE HOUSE

General News
– CHICAGO’S MAYOR IS AN INSENSITIVE ‘PRINCE’ – THIS STUNT WAS BEYOND OFFENSIVE (AND HE DOESN’T CARE)
– LOYOLA’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER IS EQUALLY STUPID — THIS APOLOGY IS INFURIATING AND EMBARRASSING
– (ULTRA WOKENESS?) OREGON COULD BAN HUNTING, FISHING, RAISING LIVESTOCK FOR FOOD
– HOMELESS STEALING COPPER WIRE FROM LA STREET LIGHTS? — THE FIX, REPLACE THEM WITH SOLAR
– CLARK COUNTY, NV HAS THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY’RE NOW USING ALUMINUM WIRES
– VA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALLOW NON-ENGLISHING SPEAKING STUDENTS TO ENROLL UP 22 YEARS OF AGE
– BILL O’REILLY HAS JUST GOTTEN THE MEMO THAT SAN FRANCISCO HAS BECOME A SH*T HOLE
– TRANS ILLEGAL WANTED FOR PROSTITUTION GETS LIGHT SENTENCE FOR RAPING A 14-YR-OLD
– PA STATE SENATOR SAYS WOMAN ATHLETES ARE JUST AS STRONG AND FAST AND CAPABLE AS MEN
– CREEPY: MANY NYC SCHOOLS ARE TRACKING STUDENTS’ BATHROOM BREAKS AND MORE
– BASEBALL IS BACK! ICYMI — THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS STUNNING! (HOW DID THEY DO THAT FLAG THING???)

Other News Catching My Eye
– ‘THE BACHELORETTE’ THAT NEVER HAPPENED WILL STILL GET PAID BECAUSE THE SHOW HAD FINISHED SHOOTING
– JUDGE DOESN’T BELIEVE WOMAN ON VIDEO WHO CLAIMS SHE’S NOT DRIVING WHILE IN VIRTUAL COURT
– ACTOR JOSH DUHAMEL TELLS ACTORS — ‘NOBODY CARES WHAT ACTORS THINK’