Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1862 – Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
1961 – President Kennedy signs legislation creating the Peace Corps
1969 – Willie Mays hits home run #600 — the first since Babe Ruth to reach that number
1975 – President Ford survives a second assassination attempt in less than three weeks
1985 – The first Farm Aid concert is held in Champaign, Il
1994 – “Friends” debuts (I still have not seen an episode, and yet, could likely name the characters)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
WHOOPSY – BIDEN PRAISES ‘CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS’ AND HISPANIC CAUCUS EVENT
BIDEN ANNOUNCES ANOTHER $325MIL TO UKRAINE
McCARTHY DENIED ZELENSKYY REQUEST TO ADDRESS JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
– PENTAGON EXEMPTS WEAPONS SHIPMENTS TO UKRAINE FROM ANY GOV’T SHUTDOWN
BIDEN SENDS 800 FRESH TROOPS TO THE BORDER, BUT NOT TO SECURE IT
DONALD TRUMP VOWS THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
WATCH KJP LOSE IT WHEN PETER DOOCY QUIZZES HER ON THE BORDER MADNESS
– ALSO KJP – WATCH BILL MELUGIN RESPOND WITH A MIC DROP MOMENT FROM THE BORDER
JUST SEVEN MONTHS LATER, BIDEN APPOINTS DISASTER COORDINATOR FOR EAST PALESTINE
FETTERMAN VOWS TO WEAR A SUIT OF THE GOP DOES THIS
– JOE MANCHIN WANTS DRESS CODE RESTORED, FILES BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION
– EVEN DICK DURBIN IS NOT PLEASED WITH THE FETTERMAN DRESS CODE
– FETTERMAN ALSO GOT EMOTIONAL IN SENATE HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
CLAPTON HELPED RFK RAISE $2.2 MIL AT LOS ANGELES EVENT (TULSI WAS THERE TOO… HMMM)
‘THE VIEW’ NOW FOCUSES ON DeSANTIS… JOY SAYS ‘BOO HIM,’ WHOOPI SAYS HE’S A BATMAN VILLAN
A THIRD IRS WHISTLEBLOWER COMES FORWARD TO SPILL THE BEANS ON DOJ CORRUPTION
MILITARY WATCHDOG: ONLY HALF OF OUR F-35 FLEET IS MISSION READY
COVID VACCINE MRNA FOUND IN BREAST MILK? DID THE CDC LIE TO US?
General News
RUPERT MURDOCH STEPS ASIDE, HIS SON TAKE THE HELM AT FOX (CNN IS DOING CARTWHEELS)
ONE OF THE VEGAS TEENS WHO KILLED A RETIRED COP ON A BICYCLE PREDICTS HE’LL BE OUT IN DAYS
–THE 64 YR OLD WASN’T THE ONLY ONE HIT BY THESE MISCREANTS
BANKING VOTES TODAY: VA GOV YOUNGKIN KICKS OFF EARLY VOTING IN OFF-YEAR ELECTION
STATE DEM CANDIDATE CLAIMS HIS FRAT DIDN’T HOLD A ‘SLAVE AUCTION’ — THEN EVIDENCE ARRIVED
CHICAGO IS GOING TO SPEND (AT LEAST) $30MIL TO BUILD A MIGRANT CAMP WITH HEATED TENTS
– AND, IF YOU WORK FOR AN IMMIGRANT SHELTER YOU ARE MAKING A BLOODY FORTUNE
DAVE McCORMICK IS RUNNING FOR THE SENATE IN PA (And, he’ll wear a suit to work)
SEATTLE MAKES PUBLIC DRUG USE ILLEGAL
PORTLAND, OREGON POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS AS CITY CONTINUES TO DECLINE
BALTIMORE HAS 13 HIGH SCHOOLS… GUESS HOW MANY STUDENTS (NOT SCHOOLS) ARE PROFICIENT IN MATH?
OLIVE GARDEN WARNS OF DECLINE IN ‘FINE DINING’ (WAIT, OLIVE GARDEN IS FINE DINING?)
WOKE
FACULTY UNION SAYS NURSING STUDENTS SHOULD ASK 3-YR-OLDS ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY
ONLY 93% OF VOTERS SAY GRAPHIC SEXUAL IMAGES IN ‘GENDER QUEER’ BOOK ARE ‘INAPPROPRIATE’
WAIT, OKTOBERFEST IS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION? — ACCORDING TO A BAVARIAN PRINCE
STANFORD HAS ALMOST AS MANY ADMINISTRATORS AS UNDERGRADS
Other News Catching My Eye
JIMMY KIMMEL CANCELS ‘STRIKE FORCE THREE’ LIVE SHOW AFTER GETTING COVID FOR A THIRD TIME
OOPS – A 2024 CHEVY CORVETTE FELL OFF A LIFT IN THE SHOP
DOUBLE OOPS — WINGSUITED DAREDEVIL DECAPITATED SECONDS AFTER JUMPING FROM PLANE
TO GET INTO THIS ART EXHIBIT, YOU NEED TO SQUEEZE BETWEEN TWO NAKED MODELS (CAN WE PICK THEM?)
OSCAR MAYER BACKS UP… RETURNS TO CALLING THE WIENERMOBILE, THE WIENERMOBILE
