Tuesday – December 31, 2024

RADIO TODAY: JOIN ME 9-NOON eastern as I guest host the Chris Plante Show (Listen via WMAL)

NEW YEAR’S EVE – National Champagne Day

It’s Hogmany (Scottish for “Last day of the year.)

Make Up Your Mind Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1776 – Rhode Island sets wage and price controls to try and curb inflation
1781 – The Bank of North America (the first US Bank) opens
1862 – Lincoln signs act letting West Virginia into the Union
1879 – Edison demonstrates his electric light bulb in Menlo Park, NJ
1903 – The NY Times starts the celebration of the new year with fireworks
1907 – The NY Times dropped a 700lb iron and wood ball in Times Sq
1938 – The Harger Drunkolater (breath tester) is introduced in Indiana
1946 – President Trump officially declares WWII is over
1955 – GM is the first US company to earn over $1B in a year
1972 – MLB star Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash
1984 – NYC Subway shooter Bernie Goetz turns himself in
1999 – The Panama Canal is officially turned over to Panama
2020 – Most New Year’s Eve celebrations were killed by COVID

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– DeSANTIS ON H-1B VISAS

– HOMAN VS JASMINE CROCKETT? (MY MONEY’S ON HOMAN)

– REMEMBER ‘THE JOY’ OF THE HARRIS/WALZ CAMPAIGN?

– ANOTHER FLASHBACK TO AN ANGRY ADAM SCHIFF RAILING AGAINST ROBT HUR

– JENNIFER RUBIN AND GEORGE CONWAY CAN’T UNDERSTAND DISNEY SETTLING WITH TRUMP

MORE OUT OF DC

YEAH, TRUMP ENDORSED MIKE JOHNSON FOR SPEAKER…BUUUUUUUT

 – AT LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBER IS NOT A ‘YES’ JUST YET

 – REP VICTORIA SPARKS WANTS SOME GUARANTEES FROM JOHNSON

DC MAYOR BOWSER MEETS WITH TRUMP — CALLED IT ‘GREAT’

CHINA HACKED THE U.S. TREASURY DEPT

DOJ LAWYER WHO PROSECUTED OVER 1500 J6 DEFENDANTS IS RETIRING

RACHEL MADDOW WAS REALLY REALLY REALLY WRONG ABOUT JD VANCE

TRUMP’S STILL 20 DAYS AWAY FROM TAKING OVER — BUT, ICE IS STARTING TO CUT

ALL OF THE TRUMP CABINET NOMINEES HAVE GONE SOCIAL MEDIA SILENT

THE LAST OF THE BERNIE MADOFF VICTIM PAYMENTS ARE SENT OUT BY DOJ

THEHILL.COM’s BREAKDOWN OF THE H-1B VISA STORY

– DC’s PLANS TO HONOR THE LATE JIMMY CARTER

    – GOV’T SHUTDOWN? YES, BIDEN ORDERS GOVERNMENT CLOSED ON JAN 9TH

General News

AS JANUARY ARRIVES, IT’S ABOUT TO GET COLD… WINTER, WHAT A CONCEPT

NJ SAYS TEACHERS DON’T NEED TO BE CERTIFIED IN MATH AND ENGLISH

RECENT CRASHES HAVE MADE AIR TRAVEL IN 2024 THE DEADLIEST YEAR SINCE 2018

BIRD FLU??? CDC REPORTS ‘NOROVIRUS’ IS BREAKING OUT ACROSS AMERICA

2024 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR CAMPUS HATE CRIMES — LOTS OF THEM LISTED HERE

WALMART’S “WORKIN'” BAG HAS SOLD OUT (IT LOOKS SORTA LIKE A BIRKIN BAG)

Other News Catching My Eye

POLL: WE’RE HOPEFUL ABOUT 2025!

WHAT NEWS WAS MAKING NEWS THIS PAST YEAR?

ARE PLANT-BASED MEAT ALTERNATIVES GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?

IT ONLY TOOK 8 YEARS — BRANGELINA ARE NOW TWO NAMES AGAIN

FORD HAD TO APOLOGIZED AFTER ITS TWITTER/X ACCOUNT WAS COMPROMISED

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