National Hot Tea Day
Kiss a Ginger Day
National Pharmacist Day
National Clean Your Desk Day (You know who you are.)
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1773 – The first public museum opened in the Colonies in Charlestown, SC
1803 – The U.S. Senate approved the team Jefferson nominated to purchase New Orleans
1904 – Henry Ford sets a land speed record of 91.37 mph (Did they have a radar gun?)
1906 – Football’s rules committee legalized the forward pass
1915 – Congress establishes Rocky Mountain National Park
1932 – Oliver Wendell Holmes retired from the Supreme Court at the age of 90
1943 – The Office of Price Administration replaces hot dogs with ‘Victory Sausages’
1969 – The NY Jets win the Super Bowl 16-7 over the Colts — backing up Namath’s guarantee
1981 – ‘Dynasty’ premiered on ABC TV
1998 – 19 European nations agreed to ban cloning of humans
2010 – Massive earthquake killed 300K+ in Haiti (And made the Clintons even wealthier, allegedly.)

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP: IRAN IS CLOSE TO CROSSING MY RED LINE
– SAME GAGGLE — PRESIDENT TRUMP RE-AFFRIMS CNN IS STILL ‘FAKE NEWS’
– ONE WAY OR ANOTHER – PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS WE’RE GETTING GREENLAND (SO RUSSIA AND CHINA DON’T)
– MORE TRUMP TRUTH BOMBS ON NATO AND GREENLAND
– MR TRUMP SPEAKING WITH PRESS ON AF-1 AND HE HAS NOTHING TO GRAB
– SEN FETTERMAN CONTINUES TO SPILL THE TEA ON HIS OWN, HORRIBLE PARTY
– HEY MN, SEC NOEM IS SENDING HUNDREDS MORE ICE AGENTS TO YOUR STATE
– ILHAN OMAR LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE NEXT TO SOME OF THE RADICAL (AND PROFANE) PROTESTERS
– OMAR ALSO FOUND TIME TO SPREAD A NEW LIE ABOUT THE ICE SHOOTING
– MEANWHILE ON MSNBC – THEY’RE WONDERING WHY ICE AGENTS CARRY GUNS (BIDEN WAS ARMING IRS AGENTS)
– IF YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR DOC RIVERS TO WEIGH IN ON THE ICE SHOOTING – HERE YA GO
– FLASHBACK: WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS NOT HAPPY WITH ALL THE ILLEGALS COMING INTO AMERICA

More News From DC
– TRUMP LIKES THE IDEA OF MARCO RUBIO LEADING CUBA
– NBC / CNBC REPORTING TRUMP IS CONSIDERING ‘OPTIONS’ AGAINST IRAN
– MEDIAITE SAYS TRUMP HAS ORDERED MILITARY TO DRAW UP GREENLAND INVASION PLANS
– FED CHAIR POWELL UNDER INVESTIGATION (THE EXPENSIVE REMODELING OF THE FED IN QUESTION)
– DHS SEC NOEM ON CNN — CLASHING WITH JAKE TAPPER
– THE ‘DOOMSDAY PLANE’ IS SPOTTED AT LAX – SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED?
– POLYMARKET SAYS THERE WILL BE A LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN IRAN THIS YEAR
– THE NOBEL PEOPLE DON’T WANT ANY SHARING OF THEIR AWARDS (ESPECIALLY IF ONE IS NAMED TRUMP)

General News
– THANK GOD FOR MAMDANI – NYC IS GONNA GET SOME NEW (EXPENSIVE) PORT-A-POTTIES
– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MAMDANI ADVISOR SAYING AWFUL THINGS
– MEANWHILE IN L.A. — A TRUCK WAS DRIVEN INTO IRANIAN PROTESTERS
– ARE SAN FRANCISCO PROTESTERS SPELLING ‘MURDER’ OR ‘HURDER’ IN THE SAND?
– MN – LAST NIGHT ICE UNLEASHED SOME TEAR GAS AND LESS THAN LETHAL ROUNDS AT PROTESTERS
– MN – WATCH ICE SMASH SOME WINDOWS AND DRAG PROTESTERS OUT OF A CAR
– PORTLAND, OR POLICE CHIEF IS CRYING DURING A PRESSER
– THE LIST OF CRIMINALS PICKED UP IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THEIR CRIMES ARE JUST AWFUL
– MICKEY D’S CEO EXPLAINING WHY THE COMPANY IS PLANNING TO LEAVE CHICAGO
– THE HOUSING MARKET MIGHT BE GOING IN A GOOD DIRECTION
– MISSISSIPPI’S LARGEST SYNAGOGUE TORCHED? ARSON IS SUSPECT IN THE FIRE

Other News Catching My Eye
– GOLDEN GLOBES – ‘EVERYTHING’ YOU NEED TO KNOW
– DAVID LETTERMAN IS NOT A FAN OF THE NEW MANAGEMENT AT CBS NEWS
– THE UK IS STILL ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR OPINING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
– HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF A BILLIONAIRE BOUGHT UP YOUR SMALL TOWN?