National Guacamole Day!
– National Tattoo Story Day (Do you have ink and a story behind it?)
– National Sit With A Stranger Day
– National Play-Doh Day
– National Stepfamily Day
Meme Du Jour
This sign also needs to be outside the US Capitol – looking at you, Sen McConnell
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1620 – The Mayflower leaves England for the promise of the new world
1782 – The Great Seal of the United States is used for the first time
1810 – The fight for Mexico’s independence breaks out
1848 – France abolishes slavery in all its territories
1893 – 50,000 ‘Sooners’ placed claims on land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma
1908 – William Durant creates General Motors1940 – Congress authorizes the first peacetime draft (Selective Service)
1945 – Japan surrenders Hong Kong to Great Britain
1963 – ‘The Outer Limits’ premiered (Great opening titles, no?)
1975 – Vietnam draft dodgers are offered limited amnesty (Swear allegiance to the US and…)
1975 – Women can become Rhodes Scholars
2013 – Gunman kills 12 at DC Navy Yard
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– VP VANCE IS MAKING THE CASE FOR VOTING GOP VS DEM IN MIDTERMS
– ‘PRESS SEC’ BLANCH IS AMAZING KAROLINE LEAVITT DID THIS JOB
– APPARENTLY THERE’S MORE COMING OUT ABOUT THOMAS CROOKS
– BLANCH ON THE DEMS’ SUDDEN INTEREST IN AN A-I THREAT
– ANOTHER TRUMP OFFICIAL CONFIRMS INVESTIGATION INTO ILHAN OMAR
– SEN RAND PAUL SUPPORTS TRUMP ADMIN ACTION ON IMMIGRANTS
– DON’T FORGET THE DEM SENATE CANDIDATES ARE ALL IN FOR SEIZING PROPERTY
– KASH PATEL VS SEN BOOKER (COUNTER PUNCHING HERE BUT I THINK KASH WON)
– THE FBI DIRECTOR AND THE NON-MENSA MEMBER MAIZIE HIRONO
– DICK DURBIN THOUGHT HE WAS SMARTER THAN PATEL
– REP BRANDON GILL VS AL JAZEERA REPORTER IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS
– MAXINE WATERS HAS A NEW WIG, SAME BAD BEHAVIOR IN HOUSE HEARING
– AYANA PRESSLEY IS SCREAMING AT SCOTT BESSENT TOO
– AOC WON’T LISTEN TO ED SHEERAN ON THE RADIO OVER MACKLEMORE BAN
– EL-SAYED IS NEVER GOING TO DENOUNCE HASAN PIKER
– GAVIN NEWSOM TRIES TO SLAM CAPITALISM AS HE SUPPORTS IT (WUT?)
– STEPHEN A. SMITH IS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECENT ICE HATRED
– CNBC’s SARA EISEN DID PRETTY WELL ON ‘THE VIEW’ YESTERDAY
More News From DC
– AFFORDABILITY CRISIS? HOUSEHOLD INCOME BREAKS A 58-YEAR RECORD
– THE DAILY COST OF THE IRAN WAR — ARE YOU SITTING DOWN?
– SAUDIS KNOCK DOWN A HOUTHI DRONE ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS SITE
– TWO DEMS JOIN GOP IN VOTING TO GIVE TRUMP TARIFF POWER TO HURT RUSSIA
– SEVEN REPUBLICANS HELP DEMS PASS WAR POWERS BILL REBUKING TRUMP
– WHY ARE JUST LEARNING THIS STUFF ABOUT TRUMP SHOOTER THOMAS CROOKS?
– CNN: JD VANCE ADVISES GOP TO TALK ABOUT EL-SAYED (GOOD IDEA, I THINK)
General News
– THREE DEAD – LOS ANGELES NEWS HELICOPTER CRASHES IN CHATSWORTH, CA
– THE COPTER CAMERA WAS LIVE AS IT STARTED COMING DOWN
– FL PREACHER EMBARRASSES SCHOOL BOARD BYREADING APPROVED BOOK ALOUD
– SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF ASKED IF THEY SHOULD TURN ON THE CITY CAMERAS AGAIN
– FLESH-EATING BACTERIA LINKED TO OYSTERS HAS KILLED A 4TH PERSON
– PARENTS SEND KIDS TO EXPENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL TO DO FARM WORK AND CHORES?
– NOT ONLY IS COSTCO OIL EXPENSIVE, THEY’RE LIMITING PURCHASES TOO
– HEADS UP PARENTS, YOUR KID’S SQUISHIES MIGHT NOT GET PAST TSA
– SIX MINUTES OF READING CAN REDUCE STRESS, INCREASE BRAIN HEALTH
– GOT A FORD F-150 FROM 2023-27? IT’S LIKELY BEEN RECALLED
– O’CHARLEY’S IS CLOSING FOR GOOD, ALL OF THEM
– MORE FALL OUT FROM THE MACKLEMORE STORY (I HOPE YOU DON’T HAVE TICKETS)
Other News Catching My Eye
– ADVENT CALENDARS ALREADY IN STORES — AND THERE’S A LEGO ADVENT CALENDAR
– FORBES LIST OF WEALTHIEST PERSON IN YOUR STATE (MUST HAVE OVER $4.4 BILLION)
– FOUR SECRET DRINKS YOU NEED TO ORDER AT THE BAR (TO SOUND COOL)
– CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL RENAMES PART OF LAKE ERIE, ‘GULF OF CLEVELAND’
