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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1770 – Crispus Attucks and four others die in the ‘Boston Massacre’
1918 – The Soviets move the capitol from Petrograd to Moscow
1933 – Newly inaugurated President Roosevelt, halts trading of gold
1936 – ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ wins Best Picture at the 8th Oscars
1946 – Churchill delivers his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech (in Fulton, MO)
1956 – Brown v Board of Education is affirmed – no more segregation in schools
1963 – Patsy Cline dies in an airplane accident (Did she “fall to pieces?”)
1966 – Staff Sgt Barry Sadler hits #1 with ‘Ballad of the Green Berets’
1971 – Led Zeppelin plays ‘Stairway to Heaven’ live for the first time in Belfast
1984 – The Supreme Court rules cities can display Nativity scenes

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SPEECH 1:39:37 – LOADS OF STANDING OVATIONS, ANGRY DEMS
– ‘NOTHING I COULD DO OR SAY TO THE DEMOCRATS’
– THE CLOSE: ‘THIS WILL BE OUR GREATEST ERA’
– DEMS STAYED SEATED AS PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT RESTORING LAW & ORDER
– INFLATION FIGHT IS TIED TO ENERGY — DRILL BABY DRILL
– PRESIDENT TRUMP REPORTED ON ZELENSKYY’S NOTE
– 3 MINS OF WASTE DISCOVERED BY DOGE – SO FAR
– SECURE THE BORDER? ALL WE NEEDED WAS A NEW PRESIDENT
– ONE OF THE AD LIBS – ABOUT OLD PEOPLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY ROLLS
– DEM REP AL GREEN GOT TOSSED AND TALKED WITH THE PRESS
– CNN MOCKED DEMS FOR NOT ENGAGING THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET
– CNN TALKED WITH VOTERS AFTER THE SPEECH — (SPOILER – VOTERS LIKED IT)
– CNN’s POLLING BACKED UP WHAT THEIR FOCUS GROUP TOLD THEM
– AXELROD: DEMS SHOULD HAVE STOOD, WHAT AL GREEN DID WAS DESPICABLE
– SCOTT JENNINGS SUMMED IT UP IN UNDER A MINUTE
– MADDOW WAS PISSED ABOUT THE 13 YR OLD CANCER SURVIVOR MOMENT
– NICOLE WALLACE ON MSNBC – SHE’S JUST BROKEN
– ONE DEM REP FROM CALIFORNIA DELIVERED THE BEST FREUDIAN SLIP EVER
– BEFORE THE SPEECH, A DEMOCRAT UNICORN SPOKE WELL OF TRUMP ON THE BORDER
– MEET THE 13 YR OLD CANCER FIGHTER, DJ — THIS KID IS JUST INSPIRATIONAL
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– 2028 DEM CANDIDATE STEPHEN A SMITH PUTS JOY BEHAR IN A BODY BAG, LIVE ON ABC
– ‘CRINGE’ ALSO JOINED THE VIEW FOR SOME NONSENSE
– ‘SH*T HEARD ON DAY ONE’ VIDEO SHOWS DEMS REPEATING THE EXACT SAME MESSAGE
– AS OF 5:30PM TUESDAY, THE COUNT WAS 23 DEMS REPEATING THIS STUNT
– CORY BOOKER CLAIMED TO BE THE BRAIN CHILD OF THE IDEA, REJECTED CYBERTRUCK
– SEN KENNEDY TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOGE IS DOING
– JAKE TAPPER ADMITS THE EU IS SPENDING MORE ON RUSSIAN OIL & GAS THAN ON UKRAINE
More News From DC
– FBI, DOJ HEADQUARTERS MAY BE SOLD OFF IN DC REAL ESTATE PURGE
– MUSK SAYS ALL GOV’T AGENCIES COOPERATING WITH DOGE
– BLACKROCK MAKES DEAL TO CONTROL PORTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PANAMA CANAL
– POLLSTER FRANK LUNTZ SAYS DEMS’ NEW ATTACK STRATEGY IS NOT GOING TO WORK
– MAXINE WATERS KEEPS TRYING TO GET INTO DC BUILDINGS (AND FAILING)
– OUCH! DOW DROPS AGAIN ON ‘TARIFF TUESDAY’ BUUUUUUT

General News
– POPE FRANCIS MARKS ASH WEDNESDAY WITH HIS 20TH DAY IN THE HOSPITAL
– HOME PRICES ARE SET TO FALL IN SOME STATES — HERE’S WHERE
– WEATHER-SCHMEATHER, NEW ORLEANS STILL CELEBRATES MARDI GRAS
– GOV DeSANTIS MOCKEED CANADA IN HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
– GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY DATA SHOWS LINK TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
– TESLA CHARGING STATIONS SET ON FIRE???

Other News Catching My Eye
– CONGRATS TO VINCE COGLIANESE – HE’S REPLACING DAN BONGINO
– LOOKING FOR LOVE? GERMANS CHOOSE TIMBER OVER TINDER
– MEGHAN MARKLE’S NETFLIX COOKING SHOW IS SAVAGED BY CRITICS
– CRAZY TWIST IN THE GENE HACKMAN STORY — THE DOG WAS MISIDENTIFIED?
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