MASTERS THURSDAY!
– National Gin & Tonic Day
– National Former POW Day
– National Unicorn Day
– National Mature Women’s Day
– National SMR Day (AKA – creepy whispering on camera day)
– National Winston Churchill Day (He was an honorary U.S. Citizen — JFK held the ceremony in 1963)
Meme Du Jour
Newsom’s mythical train has gotten more GOV’T dollars than Amtrak has received in its history.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1770 – Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay in Australia
1859 – Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain received his steamboat pilot’s license
1872 – Sam Percy gets a patent for dried milk
1900 – British troops rout the Boers in South Africa
1945 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hanged just days before the allied troops liberated the POW camp holding him
1959 – NASA introduces us to the first class of astronauts
1965 – The entire cast of ‘Peanuts’ was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine (magazines?)
also 1965 – The Houston Astrodome opened (briefly with REAL grass)
1968 – Dr. King is buried
1970 – Paul McCartney announced the break up of the Beatles
2003 – U.S. forces take Baghdad – statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down on live TV
2005 – Prince Charles (now King) married Camilla Parker Bowles
2025 – The stock market jumped 2900 points as President paused his tariffs for 90 days
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
IT WAS NATO DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
– PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT SUGAR COATING HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT NATO
SEC GEN RUTTE SUPPORTS TRUMP’S FLAMING ALLIES FOR NOT HELPING WITH IRAN
– RUTTE TELLS CNN THE WORLD IS SAFER BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT’S ACTION
– THE SEC GEN TELLS TAPPER THAT TRUMP SPOKE TRUTH ON NATO’S PITIFUL RESPONSE
– PRESS SEC ON WHAT THE KEY POINT FOR OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN — IT’S ABOUT THE URANIUM
– IS THE CEASE-FIRE HOLDING? LAST NIGHT WAS A QUIET NIGHT IN THE SKIES OVER ISRAEL
– KEIR STARMER CLAIMS, ‘WE JUST REACHED A CEASE-FIRE.’
– VP VANCE WARNS IRAN NOT TO SCREW UP THE CEASE-FIRE
– IS THE VEEP INVOLVED IN THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS? YOU BET
– GEN KEANE SAYS TRUMP WON’T MAKE A BAD DEAL
– STEPHEN A. SMITH RANTS ON WHY THE 25TH AMENDMENT TALK IS A WASTE OF TIME
– DON’T BE SURPRISED BY SHARPTON’S LATEST GRIFT – NO BLACKS CELEBRATE USA 250 (HE HAS A BETTER IDEA)
– HEY, CNN FINALLY SLAMMED HASAN PIKER (CHECK THE SKY FOR FLYING PIGS AND FALLING PIG POOP)
– BILL MAHER AND CHERYL HINES SHARE THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUMP (THEY BOTH MET HIM AND WERE STUNNED)
More News From DC
– PREDICTION MARKETS ARE PAINTING A GRIM FUTURE FOR THE GOP (UNLESS…)
– PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS U.S. MILITARY AIN’T LEAVING THEIR MIDDLE EAST POSTS UNTIL A DEAL IS LOCKED
– IRAN ACCUSES THE U.S. OF BREAKING THE CONDITIONS OF THE CEASE-FIRE
– ARMY VET ARRESTED FOR LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFO TO MEDIA
– X POSTER ‘END WOKENESS’ MAKES A PRETTY SOLID PREDICTION ON WHAT DEMS WILL DO WITH POWER
General News
– GAVIN NEWSOM TALKED ABOUT CALIFORNIA IN 2018 AND NOW? (IT’S A GREAT A/B COMPARISON)
– FL GOV DeSANTIS IS MOVING TO BAN FIRST COUSINS BEING ALLOWED TO MARRY IN THE STATE
– AT LEAST FL IS TRYING TO BLOCK OR BAN SHARIA IN ITS SCHOOLS AND IN THE STATE IN GENERAL
– VA GOV IS NUTS. BUT, SHE ALSO KNOWS THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT HER CRAZY POLICIES
– MN COLLEGE IS REGULATING SPEECH ON CAMPUS
– PENN CANCELS STEVEN CROWDER ‘FREE SPEECH’ EVENT — HE’S TALKING ABOUT IT
– WATCH: KINDERGARTEN TEACHER EARNS $7500/MO AND WHINES ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE LIFE IS
– GOLFING GREAT LEARNS THE ‘NO CELL PHONE’ POLICY AT THE MASTERS IS REAL — HE GOT THE BOOT
– 8-YR OLD FRANKIE FLEETWOOD STEALS THE SHOW AT THE MASTERS
– ROUTE 66 TURNS 100 THIS YEAR – (HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THEIR KICKS THERE?)
– BREAKTHRU: USING SCIENCE TO CREATE A HEALTHIER FRENCH FRY THAT ALSO DOES NOT SUCK
– ARE WE CLOSE TO A MAJOR CANCER BREAKTHROUGH? MAKING THE ‘TUMOR-EATING BACTERIA’
AUGUST IN CHICAGO? — (TICKETS ARE GOING FAST)
Other News Catching My Eye
– SOLVING BITCOIN’S GREATEST MYSTERY — WHO CREATED THE CRYPTOCURRENCY?
– IT APPEARS THAT DENMARK HAS FALLEN – SLAMS WHITE PEOPLE DATING AS ‘INBREEDING’
– ARE YOU EATING CRUMBL COOKIES? WATCH THIS SHORT CLIP — YOU WILL LIKELY STOP
– WE HAVE A NEW WINNER IN THE ‘WOKE OLYMPICS’ – GOLD MEDAL FOR THIS ACRONYM – MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+
