Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again
World Play Your Ukulele Day
National Tater Tot Day
National Sled Dog Day (Why? Check 1925.)
National Crepe Day
Meme Du Jour
Too soon?
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1653 – New Amsterdam becomes a city (Later to be re-named New York.)
1848 – The treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo ends the Mexican – American War and we got CA, UT and NV for $15mil
1876 – Eight baseball teams officially formed the National League (American League was years later.)
1887 – The first Groundhog Day (Not GROUNDHOG’s Day.)
1901 – Queen Victoria’s funeral is held at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle
1913 – After a decade of construction, Grand Central Terminal opened in NYC
1921 – The first Airmail service begins from NYC and San Francisco
1925 – A team of 13 dogs with musher Gunnar Kaasen delivered diphtheria anti-toxin to save Nome, Alaska
1943 – The last German stronghold surrendered to the Red Army in Stalingrad
1960 – The Senate approved the 23rd Amendment (Calling for a ban on poll taxes)
1974 – ‘The Way We Were’ is Barbara Streisand’s first #1 hit
1979 – Sex Pistols’ Sid Viciousdied of a drug overdose in NYC (He was under indictment for murder at the time)
2014 – Phillip Seymour Hoffman died of a drug overdose in NYC (The Oscar winning actor was 46.)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP AT MAR-A-LAGO — ASKED ABOUT IRAN’S THREAT
– THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT DON LEMON — HE SHARED HIS THOUGHTS
– TRUMP: IF CHINA TAKES OVER CANADA, THEY WILL END ICE HOCKEY
– IT SURE SOUNDS LIKE DC WILL BE GETTING AN ARCH (AND IT WILL BE A BIG ONE TOO)
– KEVIN HASSETT SAYS THE TRUMP ADMIN IS FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
– DEP AG TODD BLANCHE CALLS OUT GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS OVER ABC’S COVERAGE OF DON LEMON
– DEM SENATOR MURPHY GETS CALLED OUT TO HIS FACE FOR LYING ABOUT ICE
– SPEAKER JOHNSON HAS SOME WORDS FOR CHUCK SCHUMER AND HIS DREAMS OF CUTTING ICE FUNDING
THE SPEAKER WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT MTG’s CLAIM THAT JOHNSON IS NOT IN CONTROL
– SENATOR KENNEDY ON SENATOR FETTERMAN — HE’S COOL — AND HE DRESSES LIKE ADAM SANDLER
– SPEAKING OF FETTERMAN – HE WANTS NOEM FIRED, BUT IS OK WITH MASKED ICE AGENTS
– ON MTP, WELKER TRIED TO GET THE SPEAKER TO TRASH TRUMP — HE REFUSED
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS A HORRIBLE PERSON WHO SPINS LIES WHENEVER HIS LIPS ARE MOVING – HERE’S PROOF
– REP RANDY FINE IS CONVINCED THAT DON LEMON IS GOING TO PRISON
– PROTESTERS INVADE TRUMP TOWER TO CHANT ABOUT PALESTINE AND MINNESOTA
– CNN HAS TO REPORT THAT ‘MELANIA’ IS A ‘HUGE SUCCESS’
– FLASHBACK: ELIZABETH WARREN AND GAYLE KING USED TO REALLY RESPECT INDICTMENTS FROM GRAND JURIES
– DON LEMON’S ATTORNEY IS UNHAPPY ABOUT HOW MR LEMON WAS ARRESTED
– LEMON WARNS MAGA — YOU HAVE AWAKENED A SLEEPING GIANT
– OF YOU THOUGHT THE FRAUD IN MINNESOTA WAS BAD — THE CALIFORNIA FRAUD IS MASSIVELY WORSE
– FROM FRIDAY: THE VIEW WANTED ARNOLD TO TRASH ICE AND DHS — HE DID THE OPPOSITE
More News From DC
– EXTREME MAKEOVER? TRUMP-KENNEDY CENTER CLOSING FOR A TWO YEAR TOTAL MAKEOVER
– RELATED: DEM TED LEIU HAS A UNIQUE SET OF REQUIREMENTS TO GET HIS NOD FOR THE 2028 RACE
– DEMS WIN SPECIAL ELECTION IN TEXAS – GOP HOUSE MAJORITY IS JUST ONE VOTE
– GOLD AND SILVER’S ROLLER COASTER RIDE CONTINUES
– NICK SHIRLEY’S PARTNER IN MINNEAPOLIS FRAUD INVESTIGATION IS SPEAKING TO CONGRESS THIS WEEK
– DON’T HAVE A REAL I.D.? YOU CAN STILL FLY — IT’S JUST GONNA COST YOU $45
– FROM FRIDAY – BUT STILL BEING UPDATED — THE AP IS LOOKING DEEP INTO THE LATEST EPSTEIN FILES
– A NORWEGIAN PRINCESS SENT SOME FLIRTY AND CREEPY EMAILS TO EPSTEIN
General News
GRAMMYS
– HOST TREVOR NOAH MANAGED TO SLAM BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND NICKI MINAJ IN ONE JOKE
– NOAH BURNED BOTH TRUMP AND BILL CLINTON WITH THIS GREENLAND JOKE
– BAD BUNNY SAYS ‘ICE OUT’ AND THEN LECTURES GRAMMY WATCHERS AND ATTENDEES
– DID YOU KNOW A FEMALE SCOTUS JUSTICE WAS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY? (SHE LOST)
– SECOND STRANGEST MOMENT? ‘POTATO’ — A SHOT AT POLYMARKET?
– STRANGEST MOENT? CHER’S ‘LUTHER GRANDROSS’ BRAIN FART
– CHER ALSO FORGOT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE OUT ONE MORE AWARD
– AT LEAST SZA FIGURED IT OUT AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED (WHAT? NO.)
– LAPD CHIEF WON’T SUPPORT GAVIN NEWSOM’S BAN ON FACE MASKS WORN BY ICE AGENTS
– THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN LA IS TARGETED BY ANTI-ICE CROWD
– CHICAGO MAYOR SIGNS E.O. ORDERING POLICE INVESTIGATIONS INTO ICE AND DHS
– NY GOV HOCHUL (THE SHOVELER) ADMITS — ‘HALF OF NYERS ARE ON MEDICAID’
– IN PORTLAND — THE COMMUNISTS WERE GATHERED TO SCREAM ‘DEPORT ICE’
– MN: WALZ AND ELLISON WILL TESTIFY IN A HOUSE HEARING ON MARCH 4TH
– MN: PROTESTS SURE SEEM TO BE ORGANIZED, VERY WELL ORGANIZED
– MN: WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS SHE WAS ‘PERP WALKED’ OUT OF HER JOB AFTER RAISING CONCERNS
– DID YOU RECENTLY PUT YOUR MONEY IN BITCOIN OR CRYPTO? UH-OH… IT DROPPED BELOW $75K
– DOCTORS HIT WITH $2MIL JUDGEMENT FOR TRANSITIONING A TEENAGER
– OK OK FLORIDA, WE GET IT… COLD WEATHER MAKES IGUANAS FALL FROM TREES
Other News Catching My Eye
– R-I-P DEMOND WILSON ‘LAMONT SANFORD’ — GONE AT 79
– IMAGINE GETTING HIT SO HARD YOUR HAIR POPPED OFF? IT HAPPENED IN THIS FIGHT
– THE BOXER, JARRELL MILLER WAS HONEST ABOUT IT (‘He slapped that sh*t off.’)
– WE HAVEN’T HAD A ‘FLORIDA MAN’ STORY IN A BIT — HOW ABOUT A ‘FLORIDA WOMAN?’
– MOVE OVER ‘FLORIDA MAN,’ ‘ALABAMA MAN’ SURVIVED TWO CRUSHINGS IN THE GARBAGE TRUCK
– LIZARD IN A BLIZZARD — REPTILE RESCUED FROM SNOWY BURIAL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
