National Taco Day (Not on a Tuesday?)
Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day
National Frappe Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1805 – Lewis and Clark’s expedition makes it to the Pacific Ocean
1820 – President James Monroe is re-elected
1874 – Cartoonist Thomas Nast uses the elephant to symbolize the Republican party
1916 – Montana’s Jeanette Rankin is the first woman elected to Congress
1944 – FDR wins an unprecedented 4th term as President (And, inspires an Amendment)
1966 – John Lennon meets Yoko Ono (The beginning of the end.)
1967 – President Johnson signed a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
1972 – Nixon wins re-election over George McGovern
1991 – Magic Johnson announced he has AIDS
2000 – Hillary Clinton elected to the carpetbagging senate seat in NY, Presidential (Bush v Gore) race is too close to call
From our friend and brilliant journalist James Rosen
(And, you should be following James on X @JamesRosenTV)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT MINCE WORDS WHEN ASKED ABOUT PELOSI’S RETIREMENT
– SPEAKER JOHNSON ANNOUNCES PELOSI’S RETIREMENT
– PRESIDENT TRUMP SOUNDING EVEN STRONGER ON KILLING THE FILIBUSTER
– I REMEMBER WHEN OBAMA PUSHED KILLING THE FILIBUSTER
– IN 2021 HAKEEM JEFFRIES SAID THE FILIBUSTER WAS A RACIST RELIC FROM THE JIM CROW ERA
– MR TRUMP ON TARIFFS AND THE SCOTUS CASE
– TRUMP CLAIMED THAT TRILLIONS WILL HAVE TO BE PAID BACK IF HE LOSES
– TRUMP ON FOOD ASSISTANCE – IT WAS MEANT FOR PEOPLE WITH REAL PROBLEMS
– PRESIDENT ON THE ECONOMIC DISASTER THAT IS OBAMACARE
– THE OTHER VERMONT SENATOR ADMITS OBAMACARE DID NOT LOWER THE COST OF HEALTHCARE
– TRUMP SIGNS DEAL THAT WILL LOWER COST OF WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS TOO
– THE PRESIDENT IS IN FAVOR OF DENUCLEARIZATION — FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD
– RFK JR REVEALS THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT THAT MAY BE LOST DUE TO THIS NEW DEAL
– DR OZ ON WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE MAN FAINTED DURING THE WH EVENT YESTERDAY
– I ENJOYED THIS TOO MUCH – SEN RON JOHNSON SLAMS SEN DICK BLUMENTHAL
– GAS PRICES ARE NOT THE PROBLEM
– SCOTT JENNINGS SAYS THE GOP SHOULD FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY — THE VEEP SAID THAT TOO
– MORE SCOTT JENNINGS — DODGING LIGHTNING AFTER CNN PANELIST LIES ABOUT OBAMACARE
– JENNINGS HAS AN IDEA FOR NANCY PELOSI’S POST-CONGRESS CAREER (IT’S GOOD FOR US TOO)
– STEPHEN A. SMITH LIKES MAMDANI BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
More News From DC
– SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE SICKENS MULTIPLE PEOPLE, TRIGGERS EVACUATION AT U.S. BASE
– SENATE TO VOTE ON A ONE-YEAR, PARTIAL FUNDING PACKAGE
– FAA CUTS TO AIRPORT TRAFFIC STARTS HITTING TODAY – THE LIST
– WHO WILL FILL PELOSI’S SEAT IN CONGRESS? (MY BET’S ON THE NEPO BABY)
– 17TH BOAT GETS THE TRUMP TREATMENT
– SCOTUS GIVES TRUMP A 6-3 WIN ON PASSPORT SANITY
– FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED ADMIN TO FULLY FUND SNAP FOR NOVEMBER – AND DO IT TODAY
– NO SHOCK AS DC JURY FINDS SANDWICH TOSSER NOT GUILY IN MISDEMEANOR CASE
General News
– MASSIVE RECALL OF THE MOST-PRESCRIBED DRUG IN AMERICA
– TRANS PERSON AT THE CENTER OF LA GYM STORY HAS A CRIMINAL PAST
– REPORT: TESLA SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE ELON’S MASSIVE PAY PACKAGE
– MARSHAWN KNEELAND FOUND DEAD OF APPARENT SUICIDE
– FORMER NFL STAR ARRESTED IN DUBAI, TO FACE MURDER CHARGES HERE IN THE U.S.
– QUANTAS SHOWS OFF NEW PLANE THAT WILL FLY 22 HOURS NON-STOP (SYNDEY TO NYC)
– THE PASSWORD FOR THE LOUVRE’S SECURITY SYSTEM WAS ‘LOUVRE’
– NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR OF KANSAS TOWN ISN’T A CITIZEN AND CAN’T LEGALLY VOTE, BUUUUT
Other News Catching My Eye
– SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE POP CHARTS THIS WEEK — AND, IT HASN’T HAPPENED SINCE 1990
– SYDNEY SWEENEY IS STILL WINNING
– SOME CLASSIC FRIDAY WISDOM FROM THE LATE GEORGE CARLIN ON ‘PEOPLE OF COLOR’
