National Peanut Butter Day (Are you creamy or chunky?)
Beer Can Appreciation Day (see 1935)
Lobster Thermidor Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1848 – Gold is discovered near Sutter’s Mill in California, triggering the gold rush of ’49
1903 – The U.S. and Brits create a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border
1922 – The Eskimo Pie was patented by an Iowa ice cream salesman
1935 – The first canned beer goes on sale
1946 – the UN establishes the Atomic Energy Commission1965 – Winston Churchill died
1984 – The first Apple Macintosh Computers were sold (Day after the commercial ran)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– E-O Du JOUR — JFK, RFK, MLK FILES TO BE RELEASED (SOON, BUT NOT TODAY)
– ALSO A GREAT E-O — TRUMP PARDONS PEACEFUL PRO-LIFE PROTESTERS
TRUMP ADDRESS WEF VIA PREZ-ZOOM
– HEY, BANK OF AMERICA… STOP MESSING WITH CONSERVATIVES
– SPEAKING OF DAVOS AND WEF — JAMIE DIMON IS ON BOARD WITH TRUMP TARIFFS
– TOM HOMAN RESPONDS TO HAITIAN CRIMINAL WHO SAID ‘F**K TRUMP’
– HOMAN IS NOT BACKING DOWN FROM SANCTUARY CITIES
– WATCH DeSANTIS SHUT DOWN A REPORTER WHO SAID ‘UNDOCUMENTED’
– SC REP ISSUES A WARNING TO JAN6 COMMITTEE MEETING MEMBERS
More News From DC
– HEGSETH’S NOMINATION MOVES FORWARD DESPITE TWO DEFECTIONS
– TRUMP TOLD BANK OF AMERICA TO STOP DE-BANKING CONSERVATIVES
– CHECK OUT SOME OF THE MONSTERS ARRESTED IN EARLY DEPORTATION SWEEPS
– CAN WE TALK ABOUT CHINA BUYING MORE U.S. LAND?
– COMER’S BOOK REVEALS WHAT JERRY NADLER SMELLS LIKE
– AP SAYS IT WILL CHANGE MOUNT DENALI TO McKINLEY BUT NO ‘GULF OF AMERICA’
– JFK’s GRANDSON ON THE TRUMP ORDER TO RELEASE ALL THE FILES
– DR KING’S FAMILY REACTS TO TRUMP DECLASSIFYING MLK JR’s FILES
– LOOKIE HERE, CANADA WANTS TO HELP RESTART THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
General News
NYC NOTCHES FIVE DAYS WITHOUT A SHOOTING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30+ YEARS
BIRD FLU HAS EGG PRICES HITTING RECORD LEVELS
PORTLAND CHURCH VOWS TO PROTECT ILLEGALS FROM DEPORTATION
IT LOOKS LIKE MUSK’S STARLINK IS SWEEPING ACROSS AFRICA TOO
FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED AFTER CLIMBING THE WALL AT MAR-A-LAGO
PETA’S CRAPPY STUNT HITS A SNAG THANKS TO NYC FREEZING TEMPS
BUMMER, NOVAK DJOKOVIC PULLS OUT OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMI-FINAL
Other News Catching My Eye
COLORADO COURT RULES ELEPHANTS CAN’T SUE BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT HUMAN
DOES WALKING INTO A HARDWARE STORE MAKE YOU NEED TO POOP? (MAYBE)
FORMER POLITICO REPORTERS SPILL THE BEANS ON CENSORSHIP OF HUNTER’S LAPTOP
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