Thursday – July 31, 2025

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– National Chili Dog Day

– National Avocado Day

– National Cotton Candy Day

Meme Du Jour

H/T – Chris Plante

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1714 – Queen Anne Died (the end of the Stuart line)
1790 – The first U.S. Patent is granted (Patents made America the land of opportunity)
1946 – 20th Century Fox signed Marilyn Monroe for $150/week
1962 – McKee Baking trademarks ‘Little Debbie’ for its delicious products
1971 – Apollo 15 astronauts went for a drive on the moon in our Lunar Rover
2007 – After 38 years, the British Army withdraws from Northern Ireland

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH 2 MINUTES OF GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS (THE FIRST 30 SECONDS IS GOLD)

     – U.S. AUTO PRODUCTION IS THRU THE ROOF

– WITH DR OZ, TRUMP ANNOUNCES NEW UPDATES TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

     – RFK JR WAS AT THE MEETING — HE OPENED WITH A STATEMENT ABOUT THE OVAL OFFICE

– NO, THE FED DID NOT LOWER INTEREST RATES — TRUMP KNEW IT WAS NOT COMING

– TRUMP LIKES THE IDEA OF BANNING STOCK TRADING FOR CONGRESS AND HIMSELF TOO

– PELOSI DOESN’T LIKE BEING ASKED ABOUT HER STOCK TRADES ON CNN

     – THE PELOSI ACT (THE STOCK TRADING THING) PASSES OUT OF COMMITTEE

– HAWLEY WAS ON WITH JESSE WATTERS LAST NIGHT, TALKING ABOUT THIS BILL

– LIFELONG CATHOLIC TOM HOMAN HAS SOME WORDS FOR THE POPE

– SPOT THE DIFFERENCES: FOX AND CNN BOTH REPORT ON THE GREAT GDP NUMBER

– SCOTT JENNINGS BRINGS THE FACTS TO CNN TO REMIND THEM OF THEIR OWN WORDS

– SCHUMER CALLS TRUMP’S GDP SURPRISE A ‘MIRAGE’

      – O’REILLY CALLS OUT SCHUMER FOR LYING

     – SCHUMER DEMANDS TRUMP RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES BY AUGUST 15

– CNBC IS OPENLY MOCKING DEMS AFTER GDP REPORT

     – SEN WARREN WAS FOR POWELL CUTTING RATES BEFORE SHE WAS AGAINST IT

– DR. MAKARY DROPPED A SERIOUS TRUTH BOMB ON WHAT FAUCI FUNDED WITH NIH

– LEE ZELDIN EXPLAINS CONSUMER CHOICE UNDER THE TRUMP ADMIN (NY STATE MISSED OUT)

– FLASHBACK: FOR ALMOST A DECADE, PELOSI HAS WANTED TRUMP IN PRISON

More News From DC

– SOUNDS LIKE DEMS ARE WAKING UP – KAMALA IS NOT RUNNING FOR CA GOV

– SCOTUS TO CONSIDER GHISLAINE MAXWELL’S PETITION

– HERE’S WHY ‘BURN BAGS’ WAS TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA YESTERDAY

– ARAB NATIONS URGE HAMAS TO GIVE UP ARMS AND POWER IN GAZA (FOR THE FIRST TIME)

– REP ERIC SWALWELL IS A LYING LITTLE TWIT (CLAIMS HE’S NEVER HEARD OF GREG GUTFELD)

– HERE’S CLIP THAT HAS ENRAGED SWALWELL

– THIS CLIP OF SWALWELL BLASTING ONE LIVE ON MSNBC WILL NEVER GET OLD

General News

– MAMDANI THE COMMIE RETURNS TO NYC FROM UGANDA – CALLS FOR ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

    – MAMDANI LOVES HIS NYPD SECURITY DETAIL

    – NEVER FORGET MAMDANI’S TWEETS ABOUT THE POLICE

– DeSANTIS CALLS FOR A CENSUS DO-OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DECADE

     – DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS ADMITS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE COUNTED

– WATCH: PUBLISHER SHARES STORY OF VA DEMOCRAT BEING SET ON FIRE BY A CRAZY MAN

– UNIVERSITY OF IOWA OFFICIAL EXPLAINS HOW THEY’RE WORKING AROUND DEI BANS

– 45-YR-OLD VENUS WILLIAMS CAN’T QUIT TENNIS (CHECK OUT HER U.S. OPEN DOUBLES PARTNER)

Other News Catching My Eye

– WATCH: MATT WALSH TRASHES FEMALE POLICE CHIEFS

– DUNKIN’ HAS A RESPONSE TO THE SYDNEY SWEENY STUPIDITY

     – A PILATES INSTRUCTOR FIRES OFF THIS SALVO TOWARDS AMERICAN EAGLE

– AUSTRALIA TO BLOCK YOUTUBE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16

– HARRISON FORD IS CRITICAL OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT MADE HIM WEALTHY