Friday – July 17, 2026

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

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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

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