Monday – April 8, 2024

Eclipse Monday! St Walter of Pontoise Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1789 – The U.S. House of Representatives meets for the very first time
1913 – 17th Amendment ratified – requiring the direct election of Senators
1935 – Congress approves the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
1974 – Hank Aaron hits #715, breaks Babe Ruth’s non-steroid home run record
1975 – Frank Robinson is the first Black manager of an MLB team (Cleveland Indians)
1990 – ‘Twin Peaks’ debuts on ABC TV (and now I want cherry pie)
1993 – Astronaut Ellen Ochoa is the first Hispanic woman in space

News and The Politics out of D.C.

HERE’S WHERE WOMEN STAND ON A BIDEN – TRUMP REMATCH

CHA-CHING — TRUMP FUNDRAISER NEARLY DOUBLES BIDEN’S NYC GRAB

 – TRUMP ALSO TO ANNOUNCE HIS POSITION ON ABORTION TODAY

BIDEN SET TO CANCEL MORE STUDENT DEBT WITH EVENT IN WISCONSIN

RFK JR’S VOW TO APPOINT J6 SPECIAL COUNSEL COULD PULL VOTES FROM TRUMP

JOHN FETTERMAN: ‘SQUATTERS HAVE NO RIGHTS’

TONY BOBULINKSI SUES DEM REP GOLDMAN FOR DEFAMATION

GOP CANDIDATE LARRY HOGAN DOESN’T HAVE ‘ANY BURNING DESIRE’ TO BE A SENATOR

WATCH: EVEN WELLESELY STUDENTS ARE SICK OF HILLARY CLINTON

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN SHUT DOWN BY SCREAMING UGA STUDENTS

ARSON SUSPECTED IN FIRE AT “BURNIE” SANDERS’ VERMONT OFFICE

 – ARREST MADE – SUSPECT IN CUSTODY

CDC SAYS, ‘MY BAD’ – THOSE INFLATED COVID NUMBERS ON KID DEATHS – IT WAS A TYPO

UKRAINE IS HITTING RUSSIA’S OIL ASSETS

SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS IT’S TIME TO STOP LECTURING ISRAEL

IRAN THREATENS ISRAEL’S EMBASSIES: ‘NO LONGER SAFE’

ISRAEL PULLS TROOPS FROM SOUTHERN GAZA – BUT, INSISTS ‘THE WAR’S NOT OVER’

General News

TX GOV ACCUSES BIDEN OF ‘DESTROYING AMERICA’ – USING MIGRANTS AS PAWNS

GUESS HOW MUCH EACH ILLEGAL IS COSTING NYC TAXPAYERS PER YEAR?

PROTESTERS IN DEARBORN MICHIGAN HEARD CHANTING ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’

PEOPLE ARE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR HOTELS ALONG THE ECLIPE’S PATH

CARGO SHIP REPORTEDLY LOST POWER IN NY HARBOR JUST BEFORE VERRAZANO BRIDGE

YOUR LATEST BOEING MISHAP – SW AIRLINES JET MAKES EMERGENCY RETURN TO DENVER

 – DEPARTING BOEING CEO’s PAY PACKAGE IS LIKE A LOTTERY WIN

APPLE LAYING OFF OVER 600 EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA OFFICE

THE ‘DIDDY’ STORY KEEPS GROWING – HIS SON, ‘KING’ IS NAMED IN SEX ASSUALT SUIT

WOKE

SC WOMEN’S COACH DAWN STALEY IGNITES CONTROVERSY OVER TRANS COMMENTS

 – SHE ALSO HAD TONGUES WAGGING AFTER WINNING THE NATL CHAMPIONSHIP

IF YOU’RE WEARING JEANS, BUYING NEW JEANS, YOU’RE WRECKING THE PLANET

FINALLY, RUTGERS, JOHNS HOPKINS END MASK MANDATES

Other News Catching My Eye

TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS SELLS JOE BIDEN TOILET FLUSHERS

MOUNT ETNA’S BLOWING SMOKE RINGS AGAIN – SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?

YES, THE SPOOKY DUDE GEORGE SOROS IS BUILDING A RADIO PORTFOLIO

WATCH: TRUMP FLAG CUT DOWN BY POLICE AT UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS BASEBALL GAME

SNL WEEKEND UPDATE MOCKED NYC EARTHQUAKE AND TRUMP’S COCAINE COMMENT