National Pack Your Lunch Day
– National Nap Day (I’ll be participating later today. You?)
– Intl Lime Day
– National Ranch Dressing Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1804 – France formally transfers the land in the Louisiana Purchase to the USA
1862 – The first US paper currency is issued
1864 – Lincoln signs Grant’s commission to lead the US Army
1941 – Dodgers GM Lee McPhail predicts all players will wear batting helmets (30 years later)
1955 – ‘Bunny’ Lapin gets a patent for his pressurized, canned whipped cream (Redi-Whip)
1971 – the Senate OKs an amendments lowering the voting age to 18
1982 – The U.S. bans imports of oil from Libya
1987 – The Vatican condemns surrogate parenting, test-tube babies and artificial insemination
1997 – ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ debuts on the WB Network
There was a LOT of this meme action happening all weekend
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– TRUMP WITH BARTIROMO — ELON FOUND HUNDREDS OF BILLION IN FAKE CONTRACTS
– WE’RE NOT TOUCHING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE (JUST THE FRAUD)
– INTEREST RATES ARE DOWN (ENERGY COMING DOWN TOO)
– A BIG DEAL INSIDE LAST WEEK’S JOBS REPORT (AND MSM AIN’T COVERING IT)
– TRUMP ON ZELENSKYY AND WHAT AMERICA GAVE TO UKRAINE
– PRES TRUMP WANTS A COUNTRY WHERE ENTERPRISE CARRIES THE DAY, NOT GOV’T
– THIS WEEK’S ‘MAGA MINUTE’ HAS BEEN SUPER-SIZED TO 1:53
– SEC NOEM SHUTS CBS NEWS’ MARGARET BRENNAN ON ‘FAMILY SEPARATION’ NONSENSE
– SEN RICK SCOTT – POPULATION INCREASED 2% IN FIVE YEARS, SPENDING IS UP 53%
– MSNBC PANELIST CLAIMS UKRAINIANS ARE MORE ‘AMERICAN THAN AMERICANS’
– BILL MAHER RIPS DEMS FOR ANTICS IN LAST WEEK’S TRUMP SPEECH
– SOUNDS LIKE ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFITH IS WAKING UP FROM HER TDS COMA
– TWO MINS OF PIERS MORGAN AND JAMES CARVILLE TROLLING FOR CLICKS
– BERNIE SANDERS MAY WANT TO THINK TWICE ABOUT WHO PERFORMS AT HIS EVENTS
– (NSFB) THE REASON WHY BERNIE NEEDS TO RE-THINK HIS MUSIC CHOICES)
– ON THE DOJ, SEN ADAM SCHIFF THINKS VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF
– MONDAY MONTAGE MEMORY FROM @MAZE – PELOSI DOES EVERYTHING FOR THE CHILDREN
More News From DC
– THE ‘CLEAN’ BILL — IT’S GOT DEMS TALKING ‘SHUTDOWN’
– SECRET SERVICE SHOOTS MAN NEAR WHITE HOUSE
– COMMERCE SEC LUTNICK – THERE’S NOT GOING BE A RECESSION IN AMERICA
– GREENLAND DOESN’T WANT TO BE AMERICAN (OR DUTCH)
– RFK JR OFFERS 80,000 HHS EMPLOYEES A $25,000 EXIT PAYMENT
– WAIT, AOC WAS PAYING AN ILLEGAL $80K TO WORK FOR HER? (HE JUST SELF-DEPORTED)
– DC CLEARS HOMELESS CAMP NEAR STATE DEPT
– IF YOU CARE, HERE’S CANADA’S NEXT PRIME MINISTER
They hate him, but they love his cars
General News
– GAVIN NEWSOM HAS ALREADY BACKTRACKED ON HIS TRANS STANCE
– BOSTON GOV SPEAKS OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HER MOUTH ON GAS PIPELINES
– BOSTON’S MAYOR WILL DESTROY HER CITY
– EIGHT INJURED AS MADMAN PUTS INSTALLS UNWANTED DRIVE-THRU IN A CARMAX STORE
– WAIT, YOU CAN GET PAID TO PROTEST ELON MUSK AT A TESLA DEALERSHIP???
– YOU CAN ALSO GET ARRESTED PROTESTING INSIDE TESLA DEALERSHIPS
– IN FORT MYERS, FL – PROTESTERS GATHERED ON THE SIDEWALKS OUTSIDE TESLA
– ANNNNND IN PORTLAND, A TESLA DEALERSHIP HAS WINDOWS SHOT OUT
– WE SURE HOPE ELON SENT A CYBERTRUCK TO DJ DANIEL’s FAMILY
Other News Catching My Eye
– FROM GORE TO GRETA — 10 CLIMATE PREDICTIONS THAT WERE SOOOOO VERY WRONG
– SLATE WONDERS, ‘WHAT’S WITH ALL THE GIANT, WHITE HOUSES BEING BUILT?’
– CAN BAKING SODA MAKE YOU A FASTER RUNNER?
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