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Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1776 – After crossing the Delaware on Christmas, Washington leads an attack on the Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, NJ and captures 900 men
1878 – John Wanamaker has electric lights installed at his store in Philly (a first)
1917 – As WWI rages, the US Gov’t takes over control of the railroads
1982 – TIME’s ‘man of the year’ is the personal computer
1996 – 6-yr-old “beauty queen’ JonBenet Ramsey is found murdered in her family’s home
2004 – More than 230,000 died after a tsunami hits Indonesia
News and The Politics out of D.C.
NATIONAL DEBT HAS INCREASED TWICE AS FAST UNDER BIDEN AS IT DID UNDER TRUMP
BTW – WE DON’T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM — THE IRS COLLECTED $4.9 TRILLION
SEC DEF’s HOME GETS A CHRISTMAS VISIT FROM ANGRY PROTESTERS
MTG IS TARGETED FOR SWATTING, AGAIN – ON CHRISTMAS!
CBS NEWS’ HERRIDGE PREDICTS ‘INCREDIBLE LEGAL EXPOSURE’ FOR HUNTER BIDEN
HERRIDGE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HER FEARS OF A ‘BLACK SWAN’ EVENT
AOC’s TAKE ON JESUS’S BIRTH IS BEYOND THE PALE
TRUMP ASKS APPEALS COURT TO DISMISS JACK SMITH’S CASE
MN SEC OF STATE PREDICTS TRUMP WILL BE ON ALL BALLOTS OR NO BALLOTS
– GAVIN NEWSOM RESPONDS TO EFFORTS TO BUMP TRUMP FROM CA BALLOT
LINCOLN PROJECT RELEASED ‘LIMBURGER’ AD SAYING DONALD TRUMP SMELLS
NH GOV SUNUNU CONTINUES HIS ATTACKS ON TRUMP
STILL NO SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR RFK JR
UKRAINE CLAIMS TO HAVE DESTROYED OUT A RUSSIAN NAVAL SHIP
ISRAEL / HAMAS
BIDEN ORDERS STRIKES ON IRAN PROXIES AS THREE U.S. TROOPS INJURED
EGYPT’S PROPOSAL TO END THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR GETS A COOL RECEPTION
BY THE WAY — THIS WAR COULD GO ON FOR MONTHS
NETANYAHU VISITS GAZA — VOWS NO END TO FIGHTING
IRANIAN OFFICIAL KILLED BY IDF STRIKE IN SYRIA
General News
ICYMI – ALL TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARDS GO DARK — THEN, THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS IS TOLD
WHICH STATES HAVE THE MOST AND LEAST CREDIT CARD DEBT?
CO GOV POLIS POSTS A CRINGEY VERSION OF ‘FELIZ NAVIDAD’
COULD WASHINGTON STATE ELECT A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR???
CNN HOSTS PRIEST SAYING JESUS WAS A ‘PALESTINIAN JEW’ BORN IN AN ‘OCCUPIED’ COUNTRY
WOKE
NEVADA IS SPENDING MILLIONS ON TRANS SURGERIES AND MEDS FOR CHILDREN
WHO WOKE UP AL GORE? HE’S WARNING CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CREATE 1 BIL REFUGEES
JANE GOODALL WANTS HUMAN POPULATION REDUCED BY 95%
Other News Catching My Eye
OOPS. SPIRIT AIRLINES PUTS UNACCOMPANIED 6-YR-OLD ON THE WRONG PLANE
TOTALLY AI-GENERATED NEWSCAST? WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
KEVIN SPACEY’S BIZARRO INTERVIEW AS FRANK UNDERWOOD (WITH TUCKER)
CRAZY $5 NFL PARLAY WINS ALMOST $500,000
IS IT CHEAPER TO LIVE ON A CRUISE SHIP THAN ON LAND? (THESE TWO SAY (‘YES’)