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National Tequila Day
National Drive Thru day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1832 – Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rockies
1847 – Religious pioneers settle in the Salt Lake Valley
1959 – VP Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev engage in the famous ‘kitchen debate’ in Moscow
1969 – Apollo 11 returns safely to Earth
1974 – The Supreme Court rules Nixon must hand over secret recordings
1982 – ‘Eye of the Tiger’ tops the pop charts
1998 – ‘Saving Private Ryan’ opens in theaters
2005 – Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th consecutive Tour De France (Oh, wait a minute)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– TRUMP: WE STARTED THE AI RACE AND ‘AMERICA IS GOING TO WIN IT’
– COMPARING AI’s POTENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF SILICON VALLEY
– TULSI GABBARD DROPS A NUKE ON OBAMA – REFERS HIM TO DOJ
– DNI GABBARD: IF RUSSIA WANTED TRUMP TO WIN, THEY’D HAVE RELEASED HILLARY INFO
– WATCH CNN CUT AWAY FROM DNI GABBARD AS THE TRUTH BOMBS WERE DROPPING
– CNN GETS SHUT DOWN BY THE PRESS SEC DURING THE GABBARD PRESENTATION
– WHOA, I AGREE WITH MEGHAN MCCAIN???
– THE PRESS SEC BACKS UP DNI GABBARD’S PRESENTATION
– PRESS SEC: IF YA GOT A PULITZER FOR REPORTING RUSSIA COLLUSION YOU SHOULD RETURN IT
– CNN ANALYST: BRINGING THIS UP ACTUALLY HELPS RUSSIA
– CLAPPER 2018 AND 2019 — HE SEEMS TO CONTRADICT HIMSELF
– AND IN 2017, CLAPPER WAS ON CNN SAYING, ‘WE HAD SOME CONCERNS…’
– NEVER FORGET – LISA PAGE AND PETER STROZK WERE PAID A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THEY LEFT
– VP VANCE: WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO AMNESTY IN THIS COUNTRY
– DEPORTATIONS TO INCREASE, IMMIGRATION COULD BE NET NEGATIVE IN 2025
– NVIDIA CEO SAYS TRUMP’S ACTIONS WILL PUSH AMERICA FORWARD ON AI
– WHAT DID TRUMP DO? THREE NEW EXEC ORDERS TIED TO AI
– REP CROCKETT SAYS ‘SOME DARK MONEY GONNA POUR IN ON THE BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
– IS MAGA LEAVING TRUMP OVER EPSTEIN FILES? NOT ACCORDING TO CNN’s JOHN KING
– NY DEM REP SAYS THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD – WE NEED MORE MIGRANTS FOR REDISTRICTING
– FLASHBACK: WHEN HARRY REID WANTED TRUMP TO GET FAKE INTEL BRIEFINGS
– WATCH RAVENS COACH RESPOND TO A REPORTER’S RUDE QUESTION ABOUT MEETING TRUMP
More News From DC
– PRESIDENT TRUMP TO VISIT THE FED TODAY
– DOJ ANNOUNCES ‘STRIKE FORCE’ TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS IN GABBARD’S REPORT
– COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY TO PAY $200MIL TO U.S. AND $20 MIL TO JEWISH EMPLOYEES
– WSJ REPORTS TRUMP TOLD HIS NAME IS IN EPSTEIN FILES
– GOP LAWMAKERS REACT TO THIS NEWS – MEH
– HOUSE OVERSIGHT TO SUBPOENA DO ON EPSTEIN FILES
– JUDGE DENIES TRUMP ADMIN APPEAL TO RELEASE EPSTEIN GRAND JURY FILES
– GHISLAINE MAXWELL TO TESTIFY TO HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 11
– TRUMP SCORES 16TH STRAIGHT WIN IN THE SUPREME COURT – DON CAN FIRE COMMISSIONERS
– ABREGO GARCIA WAS THISCLOSE TO GETTING RELEASED
General News
– KAYLEE GONCLAVES MOM HAS A MESSAGE TO THE IDAHO KILLER
– DEM’S COMMIE CANDIDATE FOR NYC MAYOR DOESN’T WANT TO MEET WITH MR WONDERFUL
– WINSOME SEARS UNLEASHES VIDEO SHOWING HER OPPONENT, IN HER OWN WORDS
– DELTA FLIGHT HALTS TAKEOFF, NARROWLY AVOIDING AN INCOMING PLANE
– DOC WHO GAVE KETAMINE TO MATTHEW PERRY PLEADS GUILTY
– THE MACRONS ARE FED UP WITH CANDACE OWENS’ CLAIMS – THEY’VE SUED HER
Other News Catching My Eye
– CAN YOU MAKE $80 ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT TAKING OFF YOUR CLOTHES? (YES)
– COUPLE ARRESTED FOR JOINING THE MILE HIGH CLUB ON JET BLUE
– FLORIDA MAN MAKES IT ‘RAIN’ FROM ROOFTOP BAR WITH HIS OWN GOLDEN SHOWER
