Monday – January 8, 2023

National English Toffee Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1800 – The first soup kitchens open in London to feed the poor

1963 – President Kennedy attended the unveiling of the Mona Lisa in Washington DC
1979 – The U.S. advises the Shah to leave Iran
1992 – President Bush got sick in Japan and vomited on the Prime Minister
2011 – House member Gabby GIffords is shot and wounded by Jared Loughner (He also killed 6 people and wounded 12 others

News and The Politics out of D.C.

DID OBAMA WARN BIDEN CAMPAIGN??? WELL, THE BIDEN PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING

 – P.S. JOE’S TEAM RAISED MORE THAN A MILLION BUCKS IN 24 HOURS AFTER HIS PA SPEECH

SPEAKER JOHNSON ANNOUNCES A SPENDING DEAL

 – SOME REPUBLICANS ARE REPORTEDLY PISSED

SEC OF DEFENSE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL – QUESTIONS OVER TRANSPARENCY INCREASING

INTERNAL SECRET SERVICE MEMO UNDERCUTS KEY CLAIM BY J6 COMMITTEE

AOC’s SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MOST OF US EXPECTED

JIM JORDAN WARNS HUNTER BIDER COULD FACE SERIES JAIL TIME OVER CONTEMPT CHARGES

JP MORGAN ANALYST PREDICTS WHEN BIDEN WILL DROP OF OUR 2024 RACE

SC REP CLYBURN SAYS TRUMP IS TIED TO MURDERS AT MOTHER EMANUEL CHURCH

PELOSI ASKED IF TRUMP IS INELIGIBLE — “DIFFERENT LAWS FROM STATE TO STATE”

WATCH: ELISE STEFANIK VS KRISTIN WELKER ON MTP

FETTERMAN SAYS EFFORTS TO TAKE TRUMP OFF BALLOTS ARE ‘NOT HELPFUL’

LAUREN BOEBERT DENIES PUNCHING HER EX-HUSBAND AFTER HE WAS ‘AGGRESSIVE’

HOLLYWOOD IS TRYING TO TAKE TRUMP’S STAR OFF THE ‘WALK OF FAME’

ISRAEL / HAMAS

SEC OF STATE BLINKEN IS TRYING TO KEEP THE WAR FROM SPREADING

 – BLINKEN ALSO REPORTED TO SAY PALESTINIANS MUST BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN GAZA

General News

WILLIAM PENN IS NOT WELCOME AT PHILLY’S ‘WELCOME PARK’

 – THE MISSION? TO MAKE THE PARK ‘MORE INCLUSIVE’

ALASKA AIRLINES TO JAPAN AIRLINES — ‘HOLD MY BEER’ (TOO SOON? NOBODY DIED!)

NH HOUSE PASSES LAW BANNING GENDER MUTILATION SURGERIES ON MINORS

FL GETS OK FROM FDA TO IMPORT DRUGS FROM CANADA IN BULK

CA RESIDENTS CAN LEGALLY CARRY A FIREARM AGAIN

BORDER CROSSINGS DROP BY 75% AFTER MEXICO STEPS UP ENFORCEMENT – WILL IT LAST?

MIGRANTS WITH CARS IN NY??? — HOW DID THEY GET THEM? (I THINK WE PAID FOR THEM)

STRAY DOGS DID MORE THAN $250K IN DAMAGE TO CARS AT A DEALERSHIP

ICYMI – FALCONS’ COACH WAS NOT PLEASED THE SAINTS RAN UP THE SCORE ON HIS TEAM

 – DID THE SAINTS PLAYERS GO ROUGE AND DEFY THEIR COACH’S DIRECTION?

WSJ GOES AFTER ELON MUSK, CLAIMING RAMPANT DRUG USE 

MUSK FIGHTS BACK

WOKE

PROGRESS! LIA THOMAS INELIGIBLE FOR OLYMPICS

FEMALE SWIMMER MAKES A POINT ON THE TRANS-MADNESS

ACADEMICS CALL BREASTFEEDING ‘ETHICALLY PROBLEMATIC’

Other News Catching My Eye

THE GOLDEN GLOBES WINNERS LIST

THE FIRST U.S. MOON LAUNCH IN DECADES WILL INCLUDE ‘SPACE BURIALS’

 – NAVAJO NATIONS DEMANDS THE LAUNCH BE DELAYED

MEHDI HASAN IS OUT AT MSNBC (HIS SHOW WAS CANCELLED WEEKS AGO TOO)

DID YOU KNOW YESTERDAY WAS ‘THE SUPER BOWL FOR DATING APPS?”