National Julienne Fries Day
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1898 – Hawaii is annexed by the United States
1913 – Nabisco registers the Oreos trademark
1955 – The US minimum wage jumps from 75 cents and hour to $1.00
1981 – IBM introduced the PC
1994 – MLB went on strike and it lasted 232 days and there was no World Series
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARES A ‘PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY’ IN DC
– IT’S LIBERATION DAY IN DC, WE’RE TAKING OUR CAPITOL BACK
– THE PRESIDENT SAID HE’LL KNOW IN THE FIRST 2 MINS IF HE CAN DEAL WITH PUTIN
– WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTS TO BE HAPPEN WITH PUTIN, ZELENSKYY, THE EU
– AG BONDI: LET ME BE CLEAR, CRIME IS ENDING AND ITS ENDING TODAY
– JEANINE PIRRO IS NOT PLAYING AROUND – SHE WANTS DC LAWS CHANGED
– THE PRESIDENT’S STORY ON THE RESTAURANT WITH A DIRTY FRONT DOOR
– FAV MOMENT FROM PRESSER: TRUMP DOESN’T WANT THE PRESS TO BE COMFORTABLE
– FBI DIRECTOR TALKS ABOUT WHAT HIS TEAM IS BRINGING TO DC
-AS THE PRESIDENT WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK, THIS CRAZY PROTEST HAPPENED IN DC
– PRES OF THE DC POLICE UNION COMPLETELY AGREES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON CRIME
– OF COURSE, REP JAMIE RASKIN DOESN’T WANT TRUST THE PRESIDENT TO CLEAN UP DC
– ABC NEWS PUSHES BACK AGAINST TRUMP’S ‘HISTORIC ACTION’ TO RESCUE DC
– HOWEVER, LOCAL ABC NEWS ANCHOR IN DC HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA
-TRUMP WANTS DC SAFE – CNN APPEARS TO BE PANICKING
– CNN’s DANA BASH MAY NEED A WELLNESS CHECK
– SECDEF — NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE FORCE MULTIPLIERS ON THE STREETS OF DC
– REPORTER LEARNS – DON’T CALL OUT JEANINE PIRRO ON THE FACTS
– DOES MAXINE WATERS KNOW WHAT YEAR IT IS??? WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?
– CNN PANELIST SPECULATES ABOUT DC MAYOR BOWSER
– MAYOR BOWSER IS ALL IN FOR STATEHOOD
– MSNBC WAS FACT-CHECKING TRUMP IN REAL TIME (BUT LEFT OUT JUVENILE CRIME STATS)
– I’M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WATCHING CNN IS BEING USED INSTEAD OF WATERBOARDING
– HARRY ENTEN: EPSTEIN STORY IS OUT OF GAS, BECOMING A ‘NOTHINGBUGER’
FLASHBACK: 1992 AND JOE BIDEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS DC HAD BECOME
More News From DC
– MEANWHILE, CHINA GETS 90 MORE DAYS TO TALK ABOUT TARIFFS
– WEST POINT AND AIR FORCE ACADEMIES NO LONGER LOOK AT RACE FOR ADMISSIONS
– CONGRATS TO EJ ANTONI! TRUMP JUST NOMINATED HIM FOR BLS GIG
– CHICAGO’S MAYOR SEES THE NATIONAL GUARD AS ‘DESTABILIZING’
General News
– GOV ABBOTT HAS A WARNING FOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON GERRYMANDERING
– BTW, GOV NEWSOM HAS ALSO USED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO DIRECT HIS STATE CAPITOL
– NYC MAYORAL COMMI-DATE AND RICH GUY, MAMDANI HAS A RENT-STABILIZED APT
– YOU LOVE SPORTS SO MUCH, ESPN & FOX ARE GONNA SELL IT TO YOU FOR $40/MO
– MOVE OVER AMERICAN EAGLE, BASKIN ROBBINS SIGNED SYDNEY SWEENEY
– GOLF CARTS ARE TAKING OVER SUBURBIA (APPARENTLY)
– HEY, YOU CAN SWIM IN THE SEINE RIVER AGAIN (YOU FIRST)
– WHAT ARE POCKET PANCAKES AND WHY ARE THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS SELLING THEM?
– FINALLY, DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES HAVE SETTLED THEIR BUSINESS FEUD
Other News Catching My Eye
– GUESS WHO HAS MORE ONLINE VIEWS, CNN OR MEGYN KELLY?
– FLORIDA MAN EARNS $1000 WRANGLING 87 INVASIVE PYTHONS
– WHO KNEW THE LABUBU CRAZE HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT TO INSPIRING ROBBERIES?
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