Radio Today: Once again 9am-noon (eastern) for Chris Plante – Listen via WMAL / iHeart
National Fruitcake Toss Day (Should be an Olympic sport, no?)
Drinking Straw Day
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1777 – George Washington defeats the Cornwallis-led Brits at Princeton, NJ
1870 – Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge (finished over 3 yrs later)
1888 – Marvin Stone got a patent for a wax coated paper drinking straw
1924 – King Tut’s sarcophagus is discovered near Luxor, Egypt
1957 – The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the battery operated watch
1959 – Alaska is admitted to the Union as our 49th state
1961 – The U.S. breaks diplomatic ties with Cuba
1977 – Apple Computer incorporates
1996 – The first flip phone, Motorola’s Star-Tac went on sale
2000 – Charles Schulz created his last ‘Peanuts’ comic strip (His estate made $30mil in 2024 – Good enough for #8 on the dead celeb’s wealth chart)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– BIDEN YESTERDAY: HE’S HILARIOUS, ISN’T HE?
– JAMES ROSEN’S REPORT ON BIDEN (AND HIS CONDITION) IS WORTH YOUR TIME
– LV-MPD SHERIFF ON THE MAN BELIEVED TO BE THE CYBER TRUCK BOMBER
– IMPEACHED DHS SECRETARY CLAIMS NOLA TERRORIST ACTED ALONE
– MSNBC ADMITS IT: ‘TRUMP IS NOT WRONG’ (ON IMMIGRATION)
– BIDEN HONORS LIZ CHENEY AND OTHERS YESTERDAY
– PELOSI’s BACK FROM HER HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND POSTING STUFF LIKE THIS
– FLASHBACK FRIDAY: SEN JFK ON THE BORDER (FROM JAN 2024)
More News From DC
AXIOS: BIDEN CONTEMPLATED BOMBING IRAN IF THEY GOT CLOSE TO A NUKE
119TH CONGRESS STARTS TODAY — HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT
– ABOUT THE BATTLE FOR THE SPEAKER’S GAVEL
– SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS HOUSE WILL INVESTIGATE J6 COMMITTEE
– SOME GOP HOUSE MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING UP FOR JOHNSON
BREAKING EARLY: BIDEN SET TO BLOCK NIPPON / U.S. STEEL DEAL
CARVILLE ADMITS HE WAS WRONG ABOUT KAMALA
TED CRUZ, OTHERS RIP BIDEN FOR ‘HONORING’ LIZ CHENEY
FDA IS TESTING CHEESE FOR BIRD FLU
FEDERAL COURT WON’T REFER CLARENCE THOMAS TO AG OVER ETHICS CLAIMS
BIDEN DOJ POURED OVER $100 MIL OF YOUR MONEY INTO DEI, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE EFFORTS IN SCHOOLS
General News
INSIDE THE NOLA TERRORIST’S HOME – A BOMB-MAKING STATION AND MORE
– KILLER HAD RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS… LOTS OF THEM
– VIDEO SHOWS SHOOTOUT BETWEEN POLICE AND TERRORIST
LAS VEGAS EXPLODING TESLA STORY TOOK SOME STRANGE TURNS YESTERDAY
– CYBER TRUNK BOMBER’S WIFE REPORTEDLY BROKE UP WITH HIM JUST DAYS AGO
CARVILLE FLOATS AN ODD THEORY ABOUT BOTH GUYS INVOLVED IN THESE EVENTS
MANY PEOPLE WERE GROUSING ABOUT ALLSTATE CEO’s PRE-SUGAR BOWL STATEMENT
MORE KIDS ARE GETTING KIDNEY STONES — COULD IT BE DIET-RELATED?
DID YOU BUY BROCCOLI AT WALMART? (IT’S BEEN RECALLED IN 20 STATES)
40 FOOT WIDE SINKHOLE CLOSES SECTION OF I-80 IN NJ
DID YOU MAKE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR? HERE ARE THE MOST POPULAR
CATHOLIC PODCAST, ‘THE ROSARY IN A YEAR’ TOPS APPLE’S CHARTS ON DAY ONE
Other News Catching My Eye
CAN THE UK’s NEW AI CAMERAS TELL IF A DRIVER IS DRUNK???
SKI RESORT OWNER BUILDS A STATUE OF VIRGIN MARY, LIBS ARE TRIGGERED
APPLE TO PAY $95 MIL TO YOU AND ME BECAUSE SIRI WAS EAVESDROPPING
ALMOST 90% OF NEW CARS SOLD IN NORWAY WERE EVs (It’s the size of New Mexico.)
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