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National Junk Food Day (What’s your fav?)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1861 – The Battle of Bull Run, first major battle of the Civil War
1873 – It rained ants in Nancy, France
1904 – The Trans-Siberian Railway is completed, connecting Western Russian with the Pacific
1925 – John Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution, fined $100
1944 – The U.S. Army and Marines land on Guam in the Marianas Islands
1972 – George Carlin arrested for his act featuring the ‘Seven Words You Can’t Say On TV’
1996 – ‘The Daily Show’ premiered on Comedy Central with host Craig Kilborn
2007 – The final Harry Potter book is published – ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows’
2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis lands for the last time – ending the US Space Shuttle program
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– LINDSEY GRAHAM WARNS PUTIN, ‘TRUMP’S ABOUT TO PUT A WHUPPIN’ ON YOUR ASS’
– TULSI GABBARD LAYS OUT WHAT SHE AND HER TEAM JUST DECLASSIFIED
– ‘THE IMPLICATIONS ARE HISTORIC’
– REP BYRON DONALDS ON HOW THE OBAMA ADMIN CONSPIRED AGAINST THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY
– FOR YEARS PELOSI HAS BEEN TRYING TO SAY TRUMP IS TIED TO PUTIN
– LET’S NEVER FORGET HOW OBSESSED KEITH OLBERMANIAC WAS WITH RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA
– SWALWELL IS MAD ICE AGENTS WEAR MASKS, ‘REAL MEN DON’T TERRORIZE WOMEN’
– NADLER PRETENDS HE’S NEVER HEARD OF ATTACKS ON ICE AGENTS
– BORDER CZAR HOMAN CORRECTLY IDENTIFIES NADLER AS A ‘BUFFOON’
– HOMAN HAS SOME STRONG WORDS FOR THE PEOPLE OF PORTLAND AND SEATTLE (NEEDS A BEEP)
– SHOCK: MICHAEL COHEN ON CNN – I NEVER SAW DONALD TRUMP DOODLE
– SMERCONISH: TRUMP WOULD NEVER HAVE WRITTEN THE LETTER TO EPSTEIN
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES: WHEN REPUBLICANS REDISTRICT IT’S RIGGING, WHEN DEMS TO IT, IT’S FAIRNESS
– DNI GABBARD CONNECTS THE DOTS ON THE OBAMA / RUSSIAGATE SCANDAL
– JOHN BRENNAN DID NOT WANT TULSI GABBARD TO BECOME DNI
– ADAM SCHIFF HAS BEEN SPREADING RUSSIAN COLLUSION CRAP FOR A LONG TIME
– MORE IRONY FROM SCHIFF — HE’S WORRIED ABOUT BEING INVESTIGATED
– OBAMA BELIEVES BOYS NEED THE ‘PERSPECTIVE’ OF GAY PEOPLE
– FLASHBACK: 2017 — CNN REPORTING SOME SERIOUS FAKE NEWS
– HEY LOOK, BETO O’ROUKE HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TO RALLY DEMS TO ‘GET RUTHLESS’
– COLBERT SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO JOHNNY CARSON
– JAMIE LEE CURTIS ON COLBERT FIRING – ‘IT WON’T WORK, WE’LL JUST GET LOUDER’
– FORMER CEO OF NPR: COLBERT WAS UNAFRAID TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER IN A BIPARTISAN WAY
– COLBERT ON THE PRESIDENCY — FROM 2017 TO THIS PAST WEEK
More News From DC
– ALAN DERSHOWITZ – THE INSIDE SCOOP ON JEFFRY EPSTEIN
– FLASHBACK: TRUMP TELLS LESLEY STAHL, ‘THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN’
– POLITICO: GABBARD THREATENS PROSECUTION OF OBAMA ADMIN OFFICIALS
– TRUMP WANTS NAME CHANGES FOR THE COMMANDERS AND THE GUARDIANS (WILL IT HAPPEN?)
– WE’RE ABOUT 470 DAYS FROM MIDTERMS – THEHILL THINKS THESE SENATE SEATS ARE IN PLAY
– POLYMARKET SAYS THIS PERSON IS A SHOE-IN TO BE ONE PARTY’S CANDIDATE IN 2028
– TEXAS HOUSE DEM JAMES TALARICO SAYS THE BIBLE IS NOT ANTI-ABORTION
– INFURIATING: THIS IS THE LIGHTEST SENTENCE FOR THE WORST IMMIGRANT CRIME (IMHO)
– DOUBLY INFURIATING: CBP OFFICER SHOT IN THE FACE BY AN ILLEGAL, DURING A ROBBERY
– THERE’S FOOTAGE OF THE AMBUSH/SHOOTING
General News
– ASTRONOMER CEO HAS STEPPED DOWN FOLLOWING THE COLDPLAY CONCERT CONTROVERSY
– THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES MOCKED THE SCANDAL BRILLIANTLY
– LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, THE (NOW FORMER) ASTRONOMER CEO SAID THIS
– ANDREW CUOMO SAYS HE’LL MOVE TO FLORIDA IF MAMDANI IS ELECTED MAYOR
– LA MAYOR BASS GETS CALLED OUT ON HER B.S. RELATED TO ICE AND IMMIGRATION
– DELTA PILOT EXPLAINS WHY HE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION WHEN A B-52 WAS TOO CLOSE
– SPATE OF OVERDOSES IN BALTIMORE MAY BE LINKED TO A NEW DRUG BEING MIXED WITH FENTANYL
– THIS SURE LOOKS LIKE AN ORGANIZED GANG ROBBED THE ‘REAL REAL’ STORE IN SANTA MONICA
– THE SAME GANG APPEARED AT A JEWELRY STORE IN ANAHEIM – BUT FACED ARMED OWNERS
– THE ALAMO TO DISPLAY PEE WEE HERMAN’S BIKE (FROM THE MOVIE – DO YOU THE BRAND?)–
WNBA ALL STARS TAKE THE COURT WEARING SHIRTS SAYING ‘PAY US WHAT YOU OWE US’
– CAITLIN CLARK WAS ASKED ABOUT IT (SHE WORE THE SHIRT OO)
– ESPN ANNOUNCER IN HOT WATER OVER HALFTIME COMMENT DURING WNBA ALL-STAR GAME–
LUNCH VIEWING: THE 20 MIN HIGHLIGHT REEL FROM SUNDAY’S FINAL ROUND OF THE OPEN–
SPORTSCASTER MIKE FRANCESA WITH A TOTALLY WRONG PREDICTION ABOUT THE BRITISH OPEN
Other News Catching My Eye
– NYC WHITE SHOE LAW FIRM FIRES SUMMER INTERN OVER HER BITING HABIT
– REMEMBER WHEN ELON MUSK WAS WARNING EVERYONE ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
– KATY PERRY’S AWFUL YEAR CONTINUES AS HER MASSIVE, FLYING STAGE PROP FAILS
– CULTURAL SHIFT: EA SPORTS PUTS TRUMP VICTORY DANCE IN VIDEO GAME
