National Orange Blossom Day
– Ice Cream Cake Day
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1871 – Japan debuts a new currency called the Yen
1923 – The first successful aerial refueling of a plane
1954 – Russia opens the first nuclear power plant in Obninsk (near Moscow)
2024 – JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP DEBATED (ONLY ONE MAN’S RUN WOULD SURVIVE)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– HEGSETH RIPS THE PRESS OVER ITS COVERAGE OF TRUMP AND THE IRAN STRIKES
– FROM THE WHITE HOUSE – THE PRESIDENT IS WORKING ON CLOSING THE DEAL ON OBBB
– SEN GRAHAM WANTS YOU TO KNOW IRAN WON’T STOP (SO, WE SHOULDN’T?)
– IN CASE YOU FORGOT HOW EFFECTIVE THE STRIKE WAS – PRESIDENT TRUMP REMIND US
– THE PRESIDENT SPOTLIGHTS A DOOR DASH DRIVER TO PROMOTE NO TAX ON TIPS AND OBBB
– ‘THE DAY I SIGN THIS BILL INTO LAW…’
– FINALLY! JAKE TAPPER EXPLAINS / CLARIFIES CNN’s JOB IN JUST 8 SECONDS
– THERE’S MORE FROM TAPPER ON CNN’S ‘OBLIGATION’
– CNN EXPERT CONTRADICTS CNN’S REPORTING ON THE IRAN STRIKE
– FLASHBACK TO CNN HYPING BIDEN’S DEBATE PREP AND THEN, HOW CNN IS REPORTING IT NOW
– COMMERCE SEC ON WHAT HAPPENS IF OBBB DOESN’T PASS
– AOC DEFINES CAPITALISM (OR TRIES TO DEFINE IT)
– SEN VAN HOLLEN JOINS FORCES WITH CNN TO ATTACK TRUMP/HEGSETH
– HERE’S YOUR FRIDAY SENATOR KENNEDY VITAMIN — AND IT HAPPENED ON CNN
– THINK TWICE IF YOU ARE A DEM AND WANTING TO ASK KARI LAKE A QUESTION
– ADAM KINZINGER IS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY TDS (ESPECIALLY OVER IRAN STRIKES)
– FLASHBACK TO MSNBC AHEAD OF THE DISASTROUS DEBATE FROM ONE YEAR AGO
– ‘WE FINALLY BEAT MEDICARE!’ MOMENT
– ‘I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT HE SAID’ MOMENT
– JILL BIDEN BEFORE THE DEBATE (IRONY ALERT)
– ALSO FROM LAST YEAR’S DEBATE – A FAV MOMENT
More News Out of DC
– WAIT, CONDI RICE SAID SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT THE TRUMP-ORDERED STRIKE ON IRAN?
– REPORT: IRAN DID NOT MOVE URANIUM
– IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS ISRAEL STRIKE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE
– I LOVE IT WHEN DEMS LIKE SEN CHRIS MURPHY CONTRADICT THEMSELVES ON IRAN
– AG BONDI IS SUING MINNESOTA FOR OFFERING FREE COLLEGE TO ILLEGALS
– THE NEW AND CRAZIEST GROUP OF DERANGED DEMS??? MEET THE 4AM CLUB
– BAD IDEA – TRYING TO DELIVER BIBLES AND RICE TO NORTH KOREAN — SIX AMERICANS DETAINED
General News
– NYC DEM’s HAVE CHOSEN A GUY WHO WANTS REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
– MAMDANI WOULD BE VERY BAD FOR LAW AND ORDER
– HIS POLICY ACTUALLY STATES HE WANTS TO SHIFT TAX BURDER TO ‘WHITER’ NEIGHBORHOODS
– BERNIE SANDERS IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT MAMDANI’S POTENTIAL
– WHOA! TWO SPECTACULAR WATERSPOUTS SPOTTED OVER FLORIDA RIVER
– TRUMP EFFECT? SHIPPING RATES TUMBLE AS CEASE-FIRE IS HOLDING
– WELL, WELL, WELL – IT APPEARS THE OLYMPICS ARE WAKING UP TO BIOLOGICAL REALITY
– HERTZ IS USING AI SCANNERS TO SPOT DAMAGE AFTER YOU RETURN YOUR RENTAL CAR
Other News Catching My Eye
– R-I-P DUKES OF HAZARD’S DEPUTY CLETUS HOGG
– 64-YR-OLD WOMAN WITH A LAWN CHAIR AND A GUN STOPS TRAFFIC NEAR HOUSTON