National Stuffing Day (Or, is it called ‘Dressing?’)
National Gingerbread Cookie Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed by most of the men on board that ship
1783 – Men fly over Paris in a hot air balloon – a first.
1877 – Scientific American magazine announced Edison’s ‘wonderful invention’ – the phonograph
1906 – President Teddy Roosevelt (while in San Juan) pledges citizenship for all Puerto Ricans
1931 – The film ‘Frankenstein’ starring Boris Karloff as the monster is released
1934 – The National Biscuit Company (later, Nabisco) introduced RITZ CRACKERS
1949 – Bill Veeck sells the Cleveland Indians for $22mil (He needed money to pay for his divorce.)
1959 – VP Richard Nixon and Jack Benny play a duet
1964 – The upper deck of the Verrazano Narrows bridge opened — connecting lower Manhattan & Staten Island
1976 – ‘Rocky’ opens in theaters across America (People started running up the steps of the Philly Art Museum.)
1980 – Millions tuned in to find out ‘Who shot JR?’
1986 – Oliver North (& Fawn Hall) started shredding documents as the Iran-Contra scandal heats up
2017 – CBS fires Charlie Rose after eight women allege sexual harassment
2024 – ‘Artwork’ of a banana duct taped to a wall sells for $6.2 mil (Buyer vows to eat the banana.)
I’m fairly certain this is 100% accurate
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– WHY IS MAMDANI COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY AT 3PM?
– PRESS SEC FACES OFF WITH THE PRESS — IT’S ALSO ABOUT THE ‘SEDITIOUS’ BEHAVIOR POSTS
– PRESS SEC ON DEMS ENCOURAGING MILITARY TO DISOBEY THE PRESIDENT’S ORDERS
– PRESS SEC UPDATES MEDIA ON THE UKRAINE / RUSSIA PEACCE NEGOTIATIONS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS TO FAMILIES AND RECENTLY RELEASED ISRAELI HOSTAGES
– HOWARD LUTNICK REMIND US – THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL STARTS JAN 1
– SEN KENNEDY WANTS THE SENATE TO GET MOVING ON ANOTHER RECONCILIATION BILL
– DEM REP SAYS SHE WAS INDICTED FOR STEALING $5MIL FROM FEMA BECAUSE SHE’S BLACK
– GRABIEN MONTAGE REMINDS US OF THE LAST TIME MEDIA SAID TRUMP WANTED A POLITICIAN EXECUTED
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES SAYS HOMES ARE TOO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
– JASMINE CROCKETT – THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING – POINTING OUT STACEY PLASKETT’S TEXTS IS RACIST
– JAZZY CLAIMS WHITES ARE RANDOMLY LYNCHING BLACKS DOWN SOUTH
– DID WE ALMOST HAVE A CAT FIGHT ON THE VIEW OVER WHAT JAZZY DID WITH HER EPSTEIN STUNT?
– SHELDON WHITEHOUSE IS PISSED THAT TAXPAYERS DIDN’T PAY FOR HIS TRIP TO COP30 IN BRAZIL
– TEXAS REP AL GREEN IS BACK AND SELLING ‘IMPEACHMENT, CONVICTION AND REMOVAL’
– UKRAINE REP IN THE UN HAS REJECTED THE TRUMP APPROVED PEACE PLAN
– MIKE PENCE IS TRYING TO REGAIN RELEVANCE — HERE HE IS TALKING TO A REPORTER AT THE CHENEY FUNERAL
More News From DC
– PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN FOR RUSSIA / UKRAINE
– HOUSE VOTES UNANIMOUSLY — NO $500K PAYOUT FOR THOSE SENATORS TARGETED BY JACK SMITH
– OBAMA IS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO SAVE HIS PARTY – SECRET MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING
– FORMER AIDE TO JEFF VAN DREW INDICTED IN CRAZY STORY — DID MORTON DOWNEY JR MEET TAWANA BRAWLEY?
– JUDGE BLOCKS DC DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD (BUT, GIVES TWO WEEKS TO DEFEND THE IDEA)
– TWO VA BEACH MEN ARRESTED FOR PLOTTING TO KILL ICE AGENTS
– ERIC SWALWELL WANTS TO BE CALIFORNIA’S GOV
General News
– MAMDANI ASKED HOW HE’S GONNA PAY FOR FREE BUSES
– DO WE THINK MAMDANI WILL TELL TRUMP HE’LL BLOCK ICE DEPORTATIONS IN NYC?
– WATCH MN POLICE CHIEF APOLOGIZE FOR EXPOSING MASSIVE SOMALI CRIME
– BARI WEISS IS BLOWING UP CBS NEWS — IT WAS HER DREAM
– ELDERLY WOMAN ASKS PACKED UPWAY RIDERS TO GIVE HER A SEAT – SHE’LL EVEN PAY
– THE AVERAGE 401K IS DOING WELL
– PA’s ‘JETSONS ACT’ WANTS TO HELP THE STATE WELCOME FLYING CARS
– YEAH, THAT WAS A BLIMP FLYING OVER SAN FRAN — AN ELECTRIC BLIMP — WHAT’S UP WITH THAT?
Other News Catching My Eye
– WHO GETS THE DOG AFTER A DIVORCE OR BREAKUP? – JUDGE HAS A UNIQUE SOLUTION
– WANT TO LIVE TO BE 100+? PERHAPS THIS TIP FROM A 104-YR-OLD WOMAN WILL HELP
– EWWWWWWW – THERE’S NO REAL SCIENCE BEHIND THE VIRAL PUSH FOR ‘MENSTRUAL MASKING’ – DON’T DO THIS
– IS WEARING A GIANT PENIS COSTUME TO PROTEST THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERED ‘FREE SPEECH?’
– THE BEAUTY QUEEN WHO STOOD UP TO THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT HOST HAS THE LAST LAUGH – SHE WON
