Radio Today: 9a-noon – I’m in for Chris Plante – Listen via WMAL app
Boxing Day
National Candy Cane Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1776 – George Washington leads the US to its first major victory in Trenton, NJ
1865 – James Mason gets a patent for the first coffee percolator
1878 – Wanamaker’s in Philadelphia gets electric lights – the first US store to do so
1917 – The US GOV’T took over control of railroads for the duration of WWI
1941 – Churchill addresses Congress, warns Axis powers will stop at nothing
1946 – Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas
1962 – Eight East Berliners escape by crashing an armored plated bus thru the gates
1973 – ‘The Exorcist’ opened in theaters
1982 – TIME magazine’s ‘Man of the Year’ is the personal computer
1991 – Jack Ruby’s gun (the one that killed JFK’s killer) sells for $220k
1996 – The body of 6-yr-old Jon Benet Ramsey is found in the family’s basement
2004 – Massive earthquake off Sumatra causes a tsunami that killed 220k people
2006 – Former President Gerald Ford passed away at the age of 93
(From six months ago – The Bee, sooooo on it.)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– ‘THE MOOCH’ DECLARES ELON HAS ‘POTOMAC FEVER’
– SCOTT JENNINGS’ CHRISTMAS EVE CLIP OF THE DAY
– FORMER KAMALA FUND RAISER LEAVES THE DEMOCRAT PARTY
– FLASHBACK – REAGAN ON WITH CARSON – TALKING TAXES
– NEVER FORGET NANCY PELOSI HAD VERY BAD TDS LAST SUMMER, VERY BAD
– ICYMI – SHAWN FARASH AS TRUMP READS ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS’
More News From DC
– PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNS 50 BILLS
– BIDEN SIGNS BILL MAKING IT OFFICIAL – THE BALD EAGLE IS OUR NATIONAL BIRD
– CONTRASTING CHRISTMAS MESSAGES — BIDEN’S AND TRUMP’S
– DAILY CALLER LOOKS BACK ON BIDEN’S 2024
– TRUMP’S CABINET IS ALMOST FULL (PENDING CONFIRMATIONS, OF COURSE)
– TRIAL OF TRUMP’S WOULD-BE ASSASSIN DELAYED UNTIL LATER IN 2025
– RFK JR WANTS TO BAN ADS ON TV – IT WON’T BE EASY
– RUSSIA’S CHRISTMAS DAY ATTACK ON UKRAINE GETS A RESPONSE FROM BIDEN
General News
WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED WITH THE AZERBAIJAN PLANE CRASH?
DEAD BODY FOUND IN WHEEL WELL OF PLANE AFTER FROM CHICAGO LANDS IN HAWAII
NO ONE CAME TO THE AID OF YOUNG WOMAN STABBED IN THE NECK AT GRAND CENTRAL
THE CALIFORNIA EFFECT — IN & OUT BURGER OWNER HAD TO CLOSE OVER CRIME
BIRD FLU KILLS 20 BIG CATS AT WASHINGTON STATE ANIMAL SANCTUARY
IF YOU BUY YOUR EGGS AT COSTCO – READ THIS NOW
EYE DROPS RECALLED FOR POSSIBLE FUNGAL INFECTION ISSUES
WOKENESS RETURNS: INDIANA UNIVERSITY IS TEACHING KIDS THEY ARE OPPRESSORS
Other News Catching My Eye
THE MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING HAD NO BIG WINNER AND BREAKS THRU $1B
ELON MUSK IS USING MOUNJARO TO LOSE WEIGHT
THIEF RETURNS STOLEN BABY JESUS WITH A NOTE OF APOLOGY
HIGHEST-PAYING, LOWEST-STRESS JOBS FOR 2025
WILL VIBRATING MOLECULES BE THE ANSWER TO OUR CANCER PROBLEMS?
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