Tuesday – August 20, 2024

National Lemonade Day, St Bernard of Clairvaux’s Day (Patron Saint of beekeepers)

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1741 – Dutch explorer Vitus Bering spots Alaska
1866 – President Andrew Johnson declares the US Civil War is over
1882 – Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” debuts in Moscow
1940 – Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico
1960 – USSR’s Sputnik 5 returns to earth and the two dogs on board survived
1966 – The Beatles are pelted with rotten fruit at a Memphis concert
1974 – Gerald Ford assumes the office of President following Nixon’s resignation
1986 – The term “going postal” is born after mail carrier Patrick Sherrill shot up a USPS office, killing 14 and wounding six others
1991 – Estonia declare independence from the USSR

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN’S BIG NIGHT / BIDEN’S BYE BYE

– DNC PARTY PLATFORM (BIDEN’S NAME WAS STILL IN IT)

– BIDEN VS THE TELEPROMPTER (GUESS WHO WON?)

 – KAMALA AND I ARE COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

– ‘WE HAVE A THOUSAND TRILLION BILLIONAIRES IN AMERICA’

– BIDEN REPEATS DEBUNKED ‘SUCKERS & LOSERS’ CLAIM

– OF COURSE, JOE REPEATED THE ‘BLOODBATH LIE’

– NEVER MIND THE COST OF EVERYTHING, BIDEN SAYS HE’S BEEN SUCCESSFUL

– JILL BIDEN SAYS JOE DUG DEEP INTO HIS SOUL TO DECIDE TO QUIT

– VAN JONES ON BIDEN DELIVERING HIS OWN EULOGY

– AOC SHOWED US THE DEMS HAVE MORE WORD SALAD CHEFS

– JAMIE RASKIN HAD A FROZEN TELEPROMPTER MOMENT LAST NIGHT

– CHRIS COONS’ PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO START ‘WE LOVE JOE’ CHANT

– HILARY CLINTON WANTS YOU TO KNOW ‘KAMALA CARES’

– GOV WHITMER SAYS HER KIDS THINK WALZ IS JUST LIKE HER

– NY GOV ASKS IF YOU ARE READY TO ELECT KAMALA AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT?

    – BRIT HUME’S ANALYSIS — BRUTALLY ON POINT

– BILL HEMMER NOTED THE TIMES BIDEN STRAYED FROM THE TELEPROMPTER

    – CNN’S JAKE TAPPER WAS MORE EXHAUSTED THAN IMPRESSED BY DEM’S OPENER

    – SMERCONISH WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY KAMALA

– NBA COACH STEVE KERR PROVES HE CAN SPEAK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH

PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION PROVED ‘WALLS DON’T WORK’

TRUMP WAS IN YORK PA TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY

MIGHT OFFER ELON A CABINET SPOT AS HE ENDS EV TAX CREDITS

INTEL SOURCES SAY TRUMP CAMPAIGN WAS HACKED BY IRAN

YOUGOV POLLING NUMBERS SHOULD MAKE TRUMP HAPPY

VAN JONES IS CONCERNED THAT KAMALA HAS NOT PULLED AWAY FROM TRUMP

CARVILLE IS WARNING DEMS TO ‘STOP BEING GIDDY’

BLACK MALE SWING STATE VOTERS ON WHY THEY SUPPORT TRUMP

TIM WALZ SOUNDS LIKE HE’S A FAN OF COMMUNISM

JUDGE DENIES HUNTER’S PLAN TO USE TRUMP RULING IN HIS OWN TAX CASE

General News

FORD AND GM RECALL 221,000 CARS — CHECK THE STORY TO LEARN WHICH ONES

WILL THE BOSTON CELTICS BECOME THE BEZOS CELTICS?

Other News Catching My Eye

TRUMP’S GRANDDAUGHTER (THE ONE FROM THE RNC) IS PLAYING GOLF AT MIAMI

PHIL DONAHUE REMEMBERED

    – MARLO THOMAS PAYS TRIBUTE TO HER HUSBAND PHIL DONAHUE