Hug Day
– National Freedom to Marry Day
– National Lost Penny Day (What’s a penny?)
– National Plum Pudding Day
Meme Du Jour
ONE YEAR LATER…
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1554 – Queen of England for just 9 days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded
1733 – James Ogelthorpe establishes Georgia on the site of Savannah
1795 – The first state university opens — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1879 – The first artificial ice rink opened in NYC — at Madison Square Garden
1908 – The NYC to Paris Auto Race started (It took 88 days through Alaska and Siberia)
1909 – The NAACP is formed (Aren’t they long overdue for a re-branding?)
1924 – ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is performed in public for the first time
1950 – Albert Einstein warns about the hydrogen bomb
1973 – Hanoi begins releasing America POWs — part of the Paris Peace deal
1974 – Patty Hearst’s kidnappers ask for $230 million in food for the poor
1980 – The Lake Placid Olympics open — Hockey Gold awaits
1999 – The Senate can’t convict Bill Clinton on two impeachment counts — party at the White House later
2008 – Hollywood Writers strike ends after 100 days (the longest one)
Asking for a friend.
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– THE PRESIDENT WELCOMED COAL MINERS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
– TRUMP SIGNED A DEAL TO BUY MORE CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL COAL FOR OUR DEPT OF WAR
– WILL THE SAVE AMERICA ACT PASS THE SENATE? SEN ERIC SCHMIDT SAYS IT’S GONNA BE A BATTLE
– SEN MIKE LEE EXPLAINS THE TALKING FILIBUSTER
SOME BONDI CLIPS
– THE FULL 5:22 OF BONDI V. MASSIE
– THE AG DID ADDRESS THE VICTIMS/SURVIVORS
– REP JAYAPAL WANTS BONDI TO APOLOGIZE TO THE SURVIVORS AGAIN
– JAMIE RASKIN MAKES ME IRRITATED JUST SEEING HIM ABOUT TO SPEAK
– WHILE JERRY NADLER WAS STILL AWAKE, HE RECEIVED A LITTLE BONDI ATTENTION
– THE A.G DID NOT HAVE MUCH LOVE FOR DEM REP TED LEIU
– HANK JOHNSON WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE AG
– BONDI HAS RECEIPTS ON DEM ZOE LOFGREN AND HER CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM REID HOFFMAN
– BONDI VS BALINT — REP BALINT DECLARES ‘WEAK SAUCE’ BEFORE STORMING OUT
– NANCY MACE HAS SEEN THE REDACTED NAMES IN THE EPSTEIN FILES AND SHE’S DISTURBED BY THEM
– FOX BIZ’ CHERYL CASSONE HAD THE BEST BREAKDOWN ON THE JOBS DATA (IMHO)
– KEVIN HASSETT SHARES GOOD NEWS WITH CNN — THE JOBS REPORT
– HASSETT EXPLAINS MORE GOOD NEWS, LOWEST NUMBER OF GOV’T EMPLOYEES SINCE 1966
– TREASURY SEC BESSENT BREAKS DOWN THE ‘RE-PRIVATIZING’ OF THE US JOBS MARKET
– CNN’s KASIE HUNT HAS DEVELOPED THE SCREAMING VERSION OF TDS
– WHO COULD BE MORE IRRITATING THAN GAVIN NEWSOM? HIS WIFE — WATCH
– YEAH, I’M SHARING THE VIDEO OF A SLEEPING JERRY NADLER
– IS CBS CHANGING HOW IT COVERS CONGRESS — WATCH THIS CLIP IN THE HOUSE HEARING ON ICE
– HERE’S HOW ABC REPORTED THE SAME HEARING
More News From DC
– ABOUT THAT EL PASO AIRSPACE SHUT DOWN – IT WAS NOT TEN DAYS –
– DID WE SHOOT DOWN A PARTY BALLOON?
– 99.5% OF HOUSE DEMS VOTE AGAINST SOMETHING 83% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT (VOTER ID)
– HOUSE VOTES TO CANCEL TRUMP’S TARIFFS ON CANADA (THEY KNOW HE HAS A VETO PEN, RIGHT?)
– THE FTC HAS SENT APPLE A NOTE ABOUT ITS ONE-SIDED NEWS AGGREGATION
– LOOKS LIKE ILHAN OMAR IS CALLING TRUMP THE ‘LEADER OF THE PEDOPHILE PROTECTION PARTY’
– GOP CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN TIGHTER
– REP TIM BURCHETT IS WORRIED GHISLAINE MAXWELL WILL BE SHOT IN THE HEAD IF SHE’S RELEASED
– CNBC HAS FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE JOBS REPORT
– JERUSALEM POST SAYS IRAN IS PREPARING FOR U.S. STRIKE
– GALLUP QUITS PRESIDENTIAL POLLING AFTER 88 YEARS
General News
– FORD HAS A REALLY BAD QUARTER (MAYBE STOP WITH THE EV PUSH?)
– PROTESTS ARE STILL HAPPENING IN MINNESOTA — IN TARGET STORES, BUT ARRESTS ARE HAPPENING
– INTERESTING PARENTING — MOM MAKES ‘F*CK ICE’ SIGNS WITH HER YOUNG DAUGHTER
– GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL — JUST ASK THE ICE FORMING AT NIAGARA FALLS
– CANDACE OWENS IS STILL SAYING SOME BAT-CRAP CRAZY STUFF ABOUT ERIKA KIRK
OLYMPICS UPDATE
– IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR THE USA
– NBC CALLED OUT FOR MISGENDERING A TRANS SKIER
– THE GIRLFRIEND OF THE SKIER WHO EXPOSED HIS CHEATING AFTER WINNING A MEDAL IS SPEAKING
Other News Catching My Eye
– THIS IS CRAZY COOL — 19TH CENTURY SECRET PASSAGE TO THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – IN NYC!
– HERO KID SAVES HIS FAMILY AFTER THEY WERE SWEPT OUT TO SEA – HE SWAM FOR HOURS
– R-I-P JAMES VAN DER BEEK – GONE AT 48
– AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE BILL SHATNER — STIRRING THE POT AT 94
