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
– 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