Tuesday – July 16, 2024

July 16, 2024 – National Corn Fritters Day

Meme Du Jour

IS IT A MATTER OF WHEN OR IF?

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1790 – Congress declares a new capitol will arise on the Potomac River
1918 – The Romanovs are executed – ending a 300 year imperial dynasty
1945 – The first successful atomic bomb test in Alamogordo, NM
1951 – J.D.Saliger’s ‘Catcher In The Rye’ is published
1969 – Apollo 11 blasts off and heads to the moon
1973 – The existence of the Watergate tapes is disclosed by Alexander Butterfield
1999 – JFK Jr (and his wife, sister in law) die in a plane crash
2020 – Walmart, Sam’s Club, Starbuck’s and others require MASKS due to COVID

Too Soon?

News and The Politics out of D.C.

DISMISSED! JUDGE CANNON TOSSES DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST TRUMP

 – JACK SMITH TO APPEAL HIS FIRING

GOP CONVENTION

YES, MR TRUMP WAS THERE, LOOKING GOOD – BANDAGED EAR AND ALL

    – SMILING TRUMP, TOO

 – CHRIS WALLACE THOUGHT TRUMP’S APPEARANCE WAS ‘ELECTRIC’

 – TUCKER CARLSON HAD REALLY GOOD SEATS AND A FEW THINGS TO SAY

 – DON JR VS MSNBC REPORTER (GUESS WHO WON?)

 – REPORTED: TRUMP AND RFK JR MET TO DISCUSS AN ENDORSEMENT

 – VAN JONES’ TAKE ON AMBER ROSE’S SPEECH WAS INTERESTING

     – ELON MUSK TO COMMIT $45MIL/MONTH TO PRO-TRUMP PAC

     – RFK JR TO GET SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION

VEEPSTAKES WINNER — IT’S JD VANCE

 – OF COURSE THERE’S ALREADY AN ATTACK ON VANCE’S WIFE

 – KAMALA HARRIS CALLED TO CONGRATULATE VANCE

 – MEDIA FAWNED OVER KAMALA’S CALL TO JD

 – WHO WILL TAKE VANCE’S SEAT IF TRUMP WINS? (VIVEK RAISES HIS HAND)

BIDEN AND LESTER HOLT SAT DOWN TO CHAT – IT GOT TENSE AT TIMES

 – JOE TOLD SOME LIES IN THE INTERVIEW…ONE WAS HUGE

 – BIDEN ADMITS CALLING FOR A ‘BULLSEYE’ ON TRUMP WAS A MISTAKE

 – FIVE THINGS THEHILL.COM NOTICED ABOUT THE BIDEN INTERVIEW

SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR SAYS ‘THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME’

 – POLICE SPOTTED SHOOTER WELL AHEAD OF TRUMP TAKING THE STAGE

 – FBI HAS GAINED ACCESS TO TRUMP SHOOTER’S PHONE

 – COREY COMPERATORE’S WIDOW REFUSED BIDEN’S CALL – HERE’S WHY

SQUAD MEMBER CORI BUSH HAS A SERIOUS PRIMARY CHALLENGE

CNN CONTRIBUTOR: ‘DEMOCRATS NEED TO TURN THEIR FIRE ON DONALD TRUMP’

General News

‘MORNING JOE’ WAS M-I-A YESTERDAY MORNING — WHAT WAS MSNBC AFRAID OF?

DON’T LOOK FOR ANY RATE CUTS FROM THE FEDS UNTIL INFLATION HITS 2%

RENT CONTROL? BIDEN’S PROPOSAL COULD FORCE LANDLORDS TO LIMIT RENT HIKES

HACKER CLAIMS AT&T PAID $400K RANSOM

CHILD LITERACY PROBLEM IN YOUR STATE? MISSISSIPPI SHOWS THE WAY

APPLE RELEASES A NEW OS FOR IPHONES – WHAT IT HAS, WHERE TO GET IT

H/T eagle-eyed Simon Conway

Woke News

WOKE COLLEGE PROFESSORS DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING DUMB ABOUT THE SHOOTING, DID THEY?

PRO-PALESTINIAN STUDENT GROUP CLAIMS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS STAGED

Other News Catching My Eye

NO NEED TO BUILD ON THE MOON JUST YET… CAVES CAN PROVIDE SHELTER

TACKIEST WEDDING EVER? COUPLE SERVED INSTANT RAMEN NOODLES AT RECEPTION