Tuesday – January 16, 2024

National Fig Newton Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1605 – Cervantes’ ‘Don Quixote’ is published
1786 – The Council of Virginia guarantees religious freedom
1919 – Prohibition is ratified by the states
1920 – The League of Nations held its first meeting in Paris

1945 – Hitler descends into his bunker
1979 – The Shah of Iran gets the hell out of the country
1991 – The Persian Gulf War begins (It ended less than six weeks later on 2/28)
1997 – Bill Cosby’s son Ennis is killed just off the interstate in Los Angeles

News and The Politics out of D.C.

IOWA

TRUMP STOMPS THE COMPETITION, RON GETS SILVER, NIKKI BRONZE, VIVEK IS OUT

 – VIVEK SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN, ENDORSES TRUMP

 – IOWA GOV SAYS SHE’LL SUPPORT TRUMP IF HE’S THE NOMINEE

    – LINCOLN PROJECT’S RICK WILSON PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN GOP NOMINATION

MEDIA OUTLETS TAKE HEAT FOR VERY EARLY CALL — AHEAD OF SOME VOTING

CNN CAUCUS ENTRANCE POLL: 68% BELIEVE BIDEN DID NOT LEGITIMATELY WIN IN 2020

KAMALA MAKES A BOLD PREDICTION ABOUT NOVEMBER (she’s sure they’re winning again)

POLL: TRUMP, DeSANTIS, HALEY AND OPELKA WOULD ALL BEAT BIDEN (OK 3 OUT OF 4)

BIDEN CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES BIG FUNDRAISING NUMBERS (BUUUUUUUT)

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER ETHICS PROBLEM FOR FANI WILLIS

JONATHAN TURLEY: FANI WILLIS COULD BE REMOVED — BUUUUUT

RFK JR DEFENDS HIS DAD’S WIRETAP OF MLK (‘HAD TO DO THAT’)

GERMANY (AND EUROPE) PREPPING FOR WWIII WITH PUTIN

NORTH KOREA NEEDS ATTENTION, KIM’S TIRED OF BEING NICE TO SOUTH KOREA

SEC-DEF AUSTIN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL

IT’S OFFICIAL, THE FEDS ARE KILLING THOSE CLEVER, PUNNY HIGHWAY SIGNS

ISRAEL / HAMAS

IRAN LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILE STRIKE NEAR U.S. CONSULATE

CHINA HALTS SHIPMENTS TO ISRAEL

PHILADELPHIA HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL VANDALIZED WITH SWASTIKAS

WHITE HOUSE AND FED WORKER WALK OUT DAY? — SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS FIRE ‘EM

General News

BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE — HERE’S THE MAP WITH PROOF

WOULD YOU LIKE RENT-FREE HOUSING AND FREE FOOD FOR 14 MONTHS?

NINTH CIRCUIT RULES HOMELESS HAVE A RIGHT TO CAMP ON THE STREET

GEORGIA CREDIT UNION WON’T LET YOU USE YOUR OWN MONEY TO BUY A GUN

NYC MAYOR TO PUT A CURFEW ON MIGRANTS (CITY IS ‘OVERWHELMED’)

‘CONGRATS’ TO THE SOUTH… MANY SOUTHERN STATES MADE THE ‘UNHEALTHIEST’ LIST

THE WEALTH OF THE FIVE RICHEST MEN HAS DOUBLED SINCE 2020

ICELAND’S LAVA PROBLEM IS BURNING UP ABANDONED TOWNS

WOKE

DENVER SCHOOLS MEMO: ‘WHITENESS’ BRINGS ‘DEEP HARM’ TO OTHER STUDENTS

‘THE VIEW’ GETS MORE MORE OBSESSED WITH RACE EVERY DAY

RICE UNIVERSITY MOCKED FOR ‘AFROCHEMISTRY’ COURSE

IL TAXPAYERS SPENT $700K TO TRAIN COPS IN D-E-I

I’LL SEE MYSELF OUT…

Other News Catching My Eye

EMMYS LAST NIGHT? YEAH, HERE’S WHO WON

    – ELTON JOHN JOINS THE SMALL GROUP OF EGOTS

NYC TO LONDON IN 3 1/2 HOURS? NASA DEBUTS ‘SON OF CONCORDE’ JET

VIDEO: MAN RESCUES CHIHUAHUA FROM A COYOTE… CHOKED IT, TOSSED IN DUMPSTER

PASSENGER SMACKS PILOT OVER 13-HOUR DELAY FOR HIS FLIGHT