National Day of Unplugging
National Cereal Day
National Fish Fry Friday (Hello Lent)
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
1923 – Robert Frost Published ‘Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening’
1965 – ‘Bloody Sunday’ – 60 years ago – Peaceful civil rights march met with violence2010 – Katherine Bigelow wins Best Director Oscar

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– ADAM SCHIFF HOLDS THE LITTLE MICROPHONE AND SENDS A STERN MESSAGE TO TRUMP
– HERE’S THE ENTIRE GRIPPING MESSAGE FROM SCHIFF
– PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED WITH THE PRESS FOR 45+ MINUTES IN THE OVAL OFFICE
– TRUMP ASKED, ARE YOU GOING TO GET RID OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
– TRUMP WAS ‘VERY EMBARRASSED FOR THE DEMOCRATS’ (ON TUESDAY NIGHT)
– MSNBC/NICOLE WALLACE GET ROASTED AFTER THAT THEIR POST SPEECH COMMENTS
– TWO MINS OF TRUMP ON WHAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT HIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINS
– TRUMP WANTS A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS
– TRUMP’S MESSAGE TO ASTRONAUTS LEFT IN SPACE FOR 9 MONTHS
– WHAT ABOUT THE TIKTOK DEADLINE??? WILL IT BE EXTENDED?
– SECDEF HEGSETH: THE PRESS IS INTERESTED IN NARRATIVES, OUR PRESIDENT WANTS PEACE
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES BADLY FUMBLES QUESTION ON MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS
– IS DEM REP JASMINE CROCKETT’S ACT A PUT ON?
– REMEMBER THE CROCKETT / MACE DUSTUP?
– TO BE FAIR, CROCKETT DOESN’T ALWAYS USE THE STREET PARLANCE
– BYRON DONALDS CALLS OUT CNN ON ITS PAST BIASED COVERAGE ON INFLATION
– SENATOR KENNEDY ON ELON MUSK AND DOGE
– SENATOR FETTERMAN SCOLDS HIS OWN TEAM
– SEC BESSENT – WE DON’T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM, WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM
– SCOTT JENNINGS AND VAN JONES BATTLE OVER THE TRANSGENDER MICE STORY
– KENNEDY CENTER INTERIM DIRECTOR RICK GRENELL ON THE ‘HAMILTON’ PULL OUT
– CHARLIE KIRK GETS GAVIN NEWSOM TO AGREE TO NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS
– WITNESS A WEEPY JUSTIN TRUDEAU REALIZING HE’S TOAST
– LATEST PROTEST OF MUSK??? PUT ON A MASK!

More News From DC
– TRUMP MEETS WITH CABINET, LAYS OUT ELON’S JOB
– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BAD DEM IDEA ON HOW TO MAKE THEM LOOK COOL?
– WHY HAVE WE BEEN GIVING SBA LOANS TO ILLEGALS? (TRUMP’S STOPPING IT)
– SERIOUSLY, WHO IS SHOCKED THAT NOBODY’S BUYING HUNTER BIDEN’S ‘ART?’
– SEN JONI ERNST’S OFFICE IS DENYING REPORTS OF AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP
– THE VIEW SPENT 4 MINS DISCUSSING IF THEY COULD BE FRIENDS WITH TRUMP SUPPORTERS
– OOPS. SOUTH KOREA HALTS MILITARY EXERCISES AFTER THEY BOMBED HOUSES
General News
– SPACEX BOOSTER IS CAUGHT BY TOWER AFTER LAUNCH
– BUUUUT THE ROCKET BROKE APART AND FELL TO EARTH
– SPACE X DEBRIS FORCES FLORIDA AIRPORTS TO BRIEFLY CLOSE
– TODAY’S UPDATE ON THE GENE HACKMAN STORY
– SW AIRLINES FLIGHT HAD A 45-MIN, NAKED WOMAN FREAK OUT
– WALGREENS COMPLETES DEAL TO GO PRIVATE
– DAVID HASSELHOFF’S EX WIFE TAKES HER OWN LIFE
– SOMEONE PAID OVER $87K FOR A CHEETO THAT LOOKS LIKE A POKEMON?
Other News Catching My Eye
– STARBUCKS MANAGER CLAIMS HE WAS FIRED FOR BEING STRAIGHT
– CHARLES BARKLEY ON TEAMS NOT GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN INVITED
– IT’S FRIDAY! YOU NEED TO SEE BABY EAGLES, DON’T YOU?
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