National Mulled Wine Day
Irish Whiskey Day (3/3 for triple distilled, aged at least 3 years – you knew that)
Canadian Bacon Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1845 – Florida becomes a state – #27
1855 – Congress OK’d $30,000 to buy camels for the military to use in the SW
1863 – Pres. Lincoln signs Conscription Act — (We needed soldiers to fight the Civil War)
1877 – Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated in a private ceremony in the White House1923 – The first issue of TIME Magazine (a weekly) is published
1931 – President Hoover signs a bill making the Star Spangled Banner our National Anthem1991 – The LAPD beating of Rodney King
1999 – Monica Lewsinsky appeared on TV to explain her affair with President Clinton
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– ICYMI — FROM THE PRESS SEC: ‘THE MAGA MINUTE’ (IT’S A LITTLE LONGER THIS WEEK)
– AFTER THE ZELENSKY MEETING, PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE TO THE PRESS
– TRUMP ON ZELENSKY – HE’S GOTTA SAY, ‘I WANT TO MAKE PEACE’
– SEC OF STATE RUBIO BROUGHT CLARITY TO ABC NEWS
– DNI TULSI GABBARD ON THE LONG ARC OF THIS WAR LEADING TO WWIII
– PRESS SEC LEAVITT FACED HOWIE KURTZ OVER THE NEW RULES IN THE PRESS ROOM
– WAS THE SWAMP ADVISING ZELENSKY? SUSAN RICE SURE SOUNDED LIKE IT
– SCOTT JENNINGS HAD THE WASHINGTON POST AGREEING WITH ON FRIDAY
– ‘MEMBA BACK IN 2022 WHEN BIDEN TOLD ZELENSKYY TO BE MORE GRATEFUL?
– BRITISH AMB SOUNDS LIKE HIS COUNTRY IS WAKING UP TO TRUMP’S STRATEGY
– THE BRITS ALSO LOANED UKRAINE A FEW BILLION MORE
– SEC BESSENT SCHOOLS THE MEDIA ON THE ECONOMY
– ANY CHANNEL THAT WELCOMES JAMES CARVILLE MUST BE MOCKED MERCILESSLY
– ODD INTERVIEW WITH ZELENSKYY — HE TALKS ABOUT HOW TOUGH IT WOULD TO REPLACE HIM
– REPORTER ASKS TRUMP ABOUT RUSSIA BREAKING CEASE-FIRE
– ‘WHAT IF A BOMB DROPS ON YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW’ – ISOLATED
– THE FULL MEETING WITH TRUMP AND ZELENSKY — IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
More News From DC
– SPEAKER JOHNSON ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TUESDAY ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
– THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ISSUE IS NOT A SLAM DUNK FOR THE GOP
– VP JD VANCE AND FAMILY MOVED TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION OVER PROTESTERS
– DEMS APPEAR TO BE WAKING UP TO THEIR ‘CRAZY LEFTIST’ PROBLEM
– PENTAGON SENDS MORE TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE BORDER
– TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER MAKING ENGLISH THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
– ON BILL MAHER’S SHOW – CNN’s FAHREED ZACHARIA SPEAKS TRUTH (START AT 2:08)
– MAHER ALSO FLOATED THE IDEA OF DEMS RUNNING FETTERMAN
General News
– HEY EVERYONE, NYC IS ABOUT TO ELECT THE ‘LUV GOV’ AS ITS NEXT MAYOR (LONG)
– SOUTH CAROLINA WILD FIRES… CRAZY
– WHAT’S THE LATEST NEWS IN THE DEATHS AT GENE HACKMAN’S HOME?
– IF I’M A BETTING MAN, DeSANTIS’ WIFE, CASEY SOUNDS LIKE A CANDIDATE
– BYRON DONALDS WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS BY MARIA BARTIROMO
– POPE FRANCIS IS STILL HOSPITALIZED, BUT NOT ON A VENTILATOR
Other News Catching My Eye
– BILL MURRAY GOES VIRAL OVER CHAT WITH JOE ROGAN ON WOODWARD’S BOOK, ‘WIRED’
– THE OSCARS – THE WINNERS LIST
– OF COURSE THERE WAS A SHOT AT TRUMP – ALBEIT A BRIEF ONE FROM CONAN O’BRIEN
– STUNNER AT THE OSCARS – A PRO CHILD MESSAGE! (KIERAN CULKIN WON BEST SUPPORTING)
– ADRIEN BRODY WON HIS SECOND OSCAR – PRETTY POWERFUL, APOLITICAL SPEECH
– BILL MAHER’S TAKE ON THE OSCARS IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE (AND IT’S SHORT)
– OSCAR NOMINEES STILL GET A GOODIE BAG WORTH OVER $270K
– FOR THE GENDER CONFUSED, A GENTLE REMINDER FROM MR ROGERS
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