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National Lasagna Day
Chicken Wing Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1588 – The Spanish Armada was approaching England — but had to retreat around Scotland
1909 – General Motors buys the Cadillac Automobile Company
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes president of the National Socialist Workers Party
1954 – ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ is published – the first in the Tolkien trilogy
1961 – The Doors hit #1 for the first time with ‘Light My Fire’
1974 – Mama Cass Elliot passed away (from a heart attack, she did not choke on a sammich)
1977 – The City of Buffalo, NY declared today ‘Chicken Wing Day’ to honor the Anchor Bar’s delicious treat
1981 – About a billion people tuned in to watch Prince Charles marry Diana Spencer
1996 – Carl Lewis wins his fourth consecutive Long Jump gold medal at age 35
2000 – Brad Pitt married Jennifer Anniston
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CLASSIC TWO MINUTES OF POLL RESULTS FROM CNN
– CNN CUT SOMETHING KIND OF IMPORTANT OUT OF TRUMP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN
– PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ‘PEACE THRU TRADE’ EXPLAINED
– HOWARD LUTNIK BREAKS DOWN THE EU DEAL WITH THE USA
– MORE FROM JONATHAN TURLEY ON DNI GABBARD’S LATEST RELEASE
– VP VANCE ON THE CINCINNATI THUGS
– WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITOR WAS A SKEPTIC ON TRUMP TARIFFS – BUT, NOW
– SEN SCHUMER IS NOT PLEASED WITH TRUMP’S EU TARIFF DEAL
– VICTOR DAVIS HANSON HAS SOME WORDS ON THE DEALS
– ANOTHER CNN GUEST GIVES TRUMP ADMIN A ‘WIN’ ON TRADE DEALS
– CA SEN PADILLA PROPOSES GIVING CITIZENSHIP TO PEOPLE HERE 7 YEARS OR MORE
– SEN VAN HOLLEN AND DEMS ARE STILL WORKING FOR ILLEGALS
– DHS SEC HAS A RESPONSE FOR THE DEM SENATOR
– GOP REP BYRON DONALDS BREAKS DOWN THE DEM PLAYBOOK
– MAYOR PETE WITH SOME MAJOR PROJECTION ON NPR
– PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AIN’T AFRAID TO SAY SO
– FLASHBACK: JAN 6, 2017 – THE PELOSI INSURRECTION – REMEMBER THIS CLASSIC?
General News
– NYC SHOOTING — (DEAD) SUSPECT REPORTEDLY LEFT A NOTE WITH HIS MOTIVE
– TRAGIC: NYPD OFFICER KILLED BY SHOOTER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
– THREE BYSTANDERS KILLED ALONG WITH NYPD OFFICER
– CNN’s EMBARRASSING REPORTING, ‘A MALE, POSSIBLY WHITE, WEARING SUNGLASSES’
– ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, CNN WANTS GUNS BANNED
– NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATES REACT TO THE MIDTOWN SHOOTING
– SENATOR KENNEDY ON THE NYC SHOOTING AND GUN CONTROL
– THE BARRICADE: EMPLOYEES INSIDE BLACKSTONE OFFICES PILED UP FURNITURE
– THREE PEOPLE SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE CASINO IN RENO, NV
– NC STATE REP SAYS DEPORTATIONS STOPPING CROPS FROM BEING PICKED
– DeSANTIS IS DEFINITELY RUNNING IN 2028 – HERE’S YESTERDAY’S ‘CAMPAIGN’ AD
Other News Catching My Eye
– MORE BILL MAHER AWAKENING — CRITICIZES DEMS FOR SUPPORTING ISLAM
– R-I-P CHICAGO CUBS LEGEND RYNE SANDBERG
– INFURIATING: HOW DOES A CONCICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDER GET PARENTING RIGHTS?
– DID YOU SEE FOX NEWS’ BRETT BAIER WITHOUT MAKE UP? HE POSTED THIS (I DID A DOUBLE TAKE)
