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Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington DC
1931 – The bridge connecting NY and NJ is renamed the George Washington Bridge
1943 – Hitler declares ‘total war’ against the Allies
1969 – The NY Jets win the Super Bowl in a stunning upset, guaranteed by Joe Namath
1981 – ‘Dynasty’ debuts on ABC prime time
1990 – Virginia elects Douglas Wilder as governor (the state’s first Black gov)
1999 – Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from basketball
2010 – Massive 7.0 earthquake hits Haiti –
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– GREENLAND’S PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE’S READY TO TALK
– JD VANCE ON FOX TALKING ABOUT THE GREENLAND IDEA
– VANCE ALSO WISHED JOE BIDEN WELL, BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
– ALSO JD VANCE ON WHO AMONG J6 CONVICTS SHOULD TRUMP PARDON
– ICYMI: FROM FRIDAY – BIDEN SAID HE COULD HAVE WON
– FBI DIR WRAY CLAIMS HE HAD NO INTERACTION WITH THE BIDEN WH ON TRUMP LAWFARE
– SEN LANKFORD IS A ‘YES’ ON TULSI GABBARD TO HEAD DNI
– MSNBC IS RUNNING COVER FOR NEWSOM AND MAYOR BASS (BLAMING TRUMP & MUSK)
– NBC POLITICAL ANALYST SAYS TRUMP IS AT HIS STRONGEST, RIGHT NOW
– KJP DROPS MASSIVE HINT ABOUT MORE PREEMPTIVE PARDONS COMING THIS WEEK
– MICHAEL COHEN IS BEGGING BIDEN FOR A PARDON
– SEN BARRASSO: ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, A ‘BLIZZARD OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS’
– CANADIAN MP IS A BIG TALKER, HAS A WARNING FOR DONALD TRUMP
More News From DC
– BIDEN TO DELIVER HIS FINAL FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS TODAY
– SEN MARK KELLY BELIEVES TIKTOK IS A THREAT AND WILL GO DARK NEXT WEEKEND
– STEVE BANNON VOWS TO KEEP MUSK OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
– HEGSETH’S HEARING IS THIS WEEK, KEY SENATORS RECEIVE HIS FBI REPORT
– AS BIDEN PREPARES TO LEAVE, FEWER AMERICANS ARE WORKING THAN IN 2020
– PETER THIEL OP-ED ON TRUMP’S RETURN
– ISRAEL ‘CAUGHT OFF GUARD’ BY HAMAS’ LATEST OFFER ON HOSTAGE RELEASE
General News
CALIFORNIA WILD FIRES UPDATES – DEATH TOLL HITS 24
– GOV NEWSOM HAD TIME TO GO ON THE OBAMAM BROS PODCAST
– NEWSOM TALKS TRUMP AND SAYS RESERVOIRS ARE ALL FULL (BUT THEY WERE NOT)
– WHY IS MAYOR KAREN BASS SMILING THROUGH ALL THIS???
– IT DOES APPEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE VISITING LOS ANGELES
– LA FIRE CHIEF THROWS MAYOR BASS UNDER THE BUS
– NEWSOM SUSPENDS MUCH OF THE STATE’S ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT PROCESS
– STEPHEN A. SMITH SAYS NEWSOM AND BASS MUST RESIGN
– AI PARODY DU JOUR — ‘ NEWSOM DIDN’T START THE FIRE’
– DEMS TRIED TO CASH IN ON THE FIRES BY USING ‘ACT BLUE’ TO FUND RAISE
– VIDEO OF THE FIRE DEVASTATION ALONG THE PCH
NC STORM VICTIMS REMIND AMERICA NOT TO FORGET ABOUT US
FORGET ‘LEAF PEEPING’ CHECK OUT NEW HAMPSHIRE’S ‘ICE CASTLES’
NOTRE DAME COACH TAKES THE HIGH ROAD WHEN ESPN ASKED AN AWFUL QUESTION
Other News Catching My Eye
IS OPRAH LEAVING THE U.S. BEFORE TRUMP IS SWORN IN? (LOTS OF RUMORS)
TRUMP ‘BING BING BING’ MONTAGE
MLB HITS TWO YANKEES FANS WITH LIFETIME BAN AFTER WORLD SERIES INTERFERENCE
GOOD IDEA??? VIETNAM IS PAYING PEOPLE TO SNITCH ON BAD DRIVERS
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