From the podcast:
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1777 – The American Flag (star and stripes) is carried into battle for the first time under General William Maxwell
1783 – The Treaty of Paris is signed by the US and Great Britain — ending the Revolutionary War1838 – Frederick Douglas, disguised as a sailor, escapes slavery
1939 – Britain and France declare war on Germany (After Hitler invaded Poland)
1967 – Sweden switched from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right
1976 – The US unmanned spacecraft Viking2 lands on Mars, takes first color pics of the planet
News and The Politics out of D.C.
BIDEN SLAMS TEXAS ABORTION LAW, MEDIA SAYS JOE’S A ‘DEEPLY CATHOLIC’ PRESIDENT
– PRESS SEC SNAPS AT MALE REPORTER’S QUESTION ABOUT BIDEN’S CATHOLICISM AND ABORTION
LEFTIST BEMOANS TEXAS ‘HEARTBEAT LAW’ — UPSET THAT BABIES WITH DOWN SYNDROME WON’T BE ABORTED
LIBERALS LOSE THEIR MINDS OVER TEXAS ABORTION BILL, START ATTACKING THE DECEASED JUSTICE RUTHER BADER GINSBERG
MANCHIN WARNS DEMS TO HIT THE ‘PAUSE BUTTON’ ON MASSIVE SPENDING BILL
– PROGRESSIVES ARE COMING FOR MANCHIN AFTER HE WANTS A PAUSE
HOUSE GOP DEMANDS FULL, UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT FROM BIDEN’S CALL WITH PREZ GHANI
TALIBAN TAUNTS DESPARATE EVACUEES — ‘TELL THE STATE DEPT TO F**K THEMSELVES’
NPR POLL HAS BIDEN AT HIS LOWEST RATING EVER… INDEPENDENTS DUMPING JOE
WITH DIVING POLL NUMBERS, JOE PUTS ON HIS ‘EMPATHY CAPE’ AND BECOMES GRIEFMAN
– THE BIDENS VISITED WOUNDED SOLDIERS AT WALTER REED – LATER TODAY, GRIEFMAN HEADS TO NEW ORLEANS
PRESIDENT BIDEN CLAIMS HE VISITED THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE AFTER ATTACK… HE DIDN’T
20 STATES SUE BIDEN FOR TRANS MANDATE THAT ALLOWS BOYS TO COMPETE AGAINST GIRLS IN SCHOOL ATHLETICS
BIDEN’S COMING TAX INCREASE WOULD BE THE LARGEST SINCE 1968
General News
FAUCI SAYS ‘MU’ VARIANT NOT AN ‘IMMEDIATE THREAT’ TO THE U.S.
MOVING THE GOAL POSTS… FAUCI EXPECTS ‘FULLY VACCINATED’ TO MEAN 3 DOSES
CALIFORNIA NURSING SHORTAGE CONNECTED TO VACCINE MANDATES
VACCINE MANDATES? THE ACLU SAYS THIS EXPANDS YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES – WAIT, WHAT?
AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS ON-DEMAND TRACKING OF CITIZENS AS THEIR COVID CRISIS WORSENS
NY YANKEES ANNOUNCER HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM HIS CAR DURING THE FLASH FLOOD
SOME POWER RESTORED IN NEW ORLEANS
FAA GROUNDS RICHARD BRANSON’S SPACE FLIGHTS OVER ‘MISHAP’
THE JOBS NUMBER… WILL IT BE A HIT OR A MISS (OR A BIG MISS?)
Other News Catching My Eye
AFTER RORY McIROY’S COMMENTS… I MAY HAVE TO DENOUNCE GOLF
TODAY’S REILLY OPELKA STORY — A TERRIFIC PIECE IN VANITY FAIR
IN CASE YOU THOUGHT THE NFL HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, THINK AGAIN
RAIDERS OWNER IS BUILDING A 15,000 SQ FT MANSION IN NEVADA
WOMAN CLAIMS HER BREAST REDUCTION FAILED AFTER HER BOOBS RE-GROW
FRIDAY’S DUMB STORY… IS BIGFOOT REAL AND IN IDAHO? VIRAL VIDEO REIGNITES THE DEBATE