National Tattoo Day (I am inkless, you?)
– National Peach Ice Cream Day – (Oh yeah, a scoop on a peach cobbler would be nice)
– National Wrong Way Corrigan Day
– World Emoji Day (ugh — is there an emoji for that?)
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1821 – Spain gave us the keys to Florida (The formal handoff.)
1861 – Congress authorizes Treasury to issue paper currency
1945 – The Potsdam Conference begins (USA, UK and USSR leaders)
1955 – Disneyland opened
1960 – US pilot Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty of spying in a Moscow court
1967 – Jimi Hendrix drops out as the opening act for The Monkees tour
1984 – Jesse Jackson delivers his ‘Rainbow Coalition’ speech at the DNC in San Francisco
1996 – TWA flight 800 blows up in midair over Long Island
2024 – The stock market closed above 41,000 for the first time (52,552 today)

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ADDRESS
– THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT PLEASED WITH NBC, ABC ‘AND OTHERS’ NOT SHOWING HIS ADDRESS
– TRUMP IS MOVING TO ALERT STATES WITH COMPROMISED VOTER DATA
– AS TRUMP WAS SPEAKING, MS-13 NOW JUMPED IN
– TRUMP: DHS REPORT SHOWS AT LEAST 250K FOREIGN CITIZENS REGISTERED TO VOTE
– CHINA CARRIED OUT LARGEST GRAB OF ELECTION DATA – 220 MILLION VOTER FILES
– TRUMP SENDING OFFICIALS TO STATES WITH COMPROMISED VOTER DATA
– CHINA ALSO WORKED TO RECRUIT JOURNALISTS — ACCORDING TO THE ‘DEEP STATE’
– CLOSER: VOTERS ASKED TO CALL CONGRESS AND DEMAND PASSAGE OF ‘SAVE AMERICA ACT’
– MARGARET BRENNAN / CBS NEWS — TALKS OVER THE PRESIDENT
– CBS NEWS’ ASSESSMENT: VOTER DATA? IT’S EVERYWHERE, FOR EVERYONE, NOT NEWS
– ABC NEWS’ JONATHON KARL IMMEDIATELY ACCUSED THE PRESIDENT OF LYING
– MARK WARNER WAS ‘EMBARRASSED’ THAT CBS AND OTHER NETWORKS CARRIED THE SPEECH
– JOHN SOLOMON SAYS INTEL CHIEFS VETTED THE SPEECH/FACTS
– SOLOMON MAKES SOLID POINTS ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX ELECTION SECURITY
– CBS TRIED TO DIMINISH WHAT TRUMP SAID… ‘ONE TYPE OF MACHINE MIGHT BE VULNERABLE’
– JOHN ASHCROFT HAS A LESSON FOR ADAM SCHIFF
– TREASURY SEC REMINDS EVERYONE HE WAS TARGETED FOR ASSASSINATION IN FEB 2024
– TMZ ASKED THE HARD QUESTION OF CHUCK SCHUMER — DID YOU FART?
– CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD COVERED SCHUMER’S FART ”BOOTY TOOTY AIR BISCUITS’
– MEET ONE OF THE (TRANS) PEOPLE HOPING TO REPLACE GRAHAM PLATNER
– AND THEN IT GOT BIZARRE, MORE BIZARRE
– YET ANOTHER MAINE DEM SENATE CANDIDATE — THIS ONE MOTIVATED BY CLIMATE
– AT LEAST THE MAINE CANDIDATES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO JUST BLATHER ON AND ON
– MAINE’S SEC OF STATE IS A CANDIDATE AND ALSO WANTS TO PACK SCOTUS
– EX-MARINE, RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN FL, SAYS TRUMP MUST BE KILLED (HE’S ARRESTED)
(start at 3:35)
– TIM WALZ RESPONDS TO THE DEPORTATION OF A CHILD MOLESTER
– VT DEM REP REBECCA BALINT DELIVERS A (TESTOSTERONE-TAINTED) WORD SALAD

THE CHUCK SCHUMER SIGN ON BUSES???
More News From DC
– WAS THE ‘P-D-B’ MASSAGED TO ALTER THE MESSAGE??? THAT’S THE CLAIM
– THE HILL COVERED TRUMP’S ADDRESS WITH LIVE UPDATE THRU THE SPEECH
– NBC & ABC LISTENED TO AOC – DID NOT AIR TRUMP ADDRESS LIVE
– TDS AIRLINES? WHICH CARRIER WILL ALLOW FLYERS TO AVOID TRUMP INTL AIRPORT (NO FEES)
– OH SEN MORENO WANTS CANADA TO PAY FOR THE NASTY SMOKE AND ASK SMOKE THEY SENT US
– SWALWELL PAL, REP GALLEGO MAY HAVE A PROBLEM — SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH TWO AIDES?
– EX-MARINE ARRESTED IN FL AFTER SAYING TRUUMP MUST BE KILLED
– GEORGE SANTOS’ NEW GIG — REALITY TV SHOW CONTESTANT

General News
– HAS THE SOURCE OF THE ‘EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA FINALLY BEEN FOUND?
– TACO BELL REMOVING LETTUCE FROM ITS MENU ITEMS
– NYC MAYOR MAMDANI’S HOUSING EVENT FEATURED SOME ENTERTAINMENT
– THE BEST STATES FOR TRADE WORKERS TO GET EDUCATED, TRAINED AND FIND A JOB
– THE SHORT SELLERS ARE LOADING UP ON SPACEX STOCK
– MARYLAND WOMAN WINS $50K LOTTO PRIZE USING DEAD BROTHERS’ NUMBERS

Other News Catching My Eye
– FLORIDA MAN (WITH A RESTAURANT) GIVES FREE PIZZAS FOR DEAD SNAKES
– 14% OF US JUDGE PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR PHONE’S BACKGROUND SCREEN