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Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1726 – ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift is published
1793 – Game Changer: Eli Whitney applies for a patent on his cotton gin
1886 – The Statue of Liberty is unveiled and dedicated in New York Harbor (have you climbed it?)
1919 – The Volstead Act is passed, the law enforcing Prohibition (it kicked in after the new year)
1927 – Scheduled international air travel became a thing – American flew from Key West to Cuba
1962 – Crisis averted – Khrushchev orders Soviet missiles out of Cuba
1965 – The Gateway Arch in St Louis is completed
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– OF COURSE THERE WAS A LITTLE TRUMP DANCE FOR THE SAILORS TODAY
– THE PRESIDENT WAS WELCOMED BY A CHEERING, CHANTING GROUP OF SAILORS
– YOUR PRESIDENT LOVES YOU – FROM EARLIER TODAY
– ‘FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE’
– ‘EVERYWHERE WE GO, AMERICA IS MAKING PEACE’
– TRUMP ANNOUNCED A NEW INVESTMENT FROM TOYOTA IN AMERICAN FACTORIES
– ABOARD THE GEORGE WASHINGTON – ‘ON BEHALF OF ALL AMERICANS, THANK YOU’
– THE PRESIDENT HAD SOME HIGH PRAISE FOR THE NEW JAPANESE PM
– SCHUMER TRIED TO SHAME PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR TRAVELING DURING HIS SHUTDOWN
– SOUNDS LIKE MSNBC IS TURNING ON SCHUMER AND THE SHUTDOWN
– DICK DURBIN COMPARES ICE DETENTIONS TO JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS
– HERE’S TWO MINS OF DEMS CONNECTING TRUMP AND HITLER
– IL GOV CLAIMS HE NEVER CALLED TRUMP, ‘HITLER’ — WE HAVE THE RECPTS
– HUGE CROWD HONORS CHARLIE KIRK AT LSU
– FL GOV CLEARS PATH FOR TPUSA FOR EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN HIS STATE
-FL SEN RICK SCOTT WONDERS WHY CONGRESS IS GETTING PAID
More News From DC
– POLL HAS MAYOR PETE AHEAD OF NEWSOM IN EARLY 2028 POLL OF DEMOCRATS
– SENATE CHAPLIN MAKES A COMMENT ON SHUTDOWN DURING THE DAILY PRAYER
– SHUTDOWN HAS FOOD BANKS BRACING AS NOV 1 APPROACHES
– SPECULATION: GOP MAY GO NUCLEAR TO END THE SHUTDOWN
– CA SHERIFF EXPLAINS HOW EASY IT IS FOR NON-CITIZENS / ILLEGALS TO VOTE
– BOOK CLAIMS OBAMA WAS FURIOUS WITH PELOSI ENDORSING KAMALA
General News
– MASSIVE HURRICANE MELISSA SLAMS JAMAICA
– US MILITARY FLIES INSIDE MASSIVE HURRICANE’S EYE
– NY GOV CLAIMS SHE DIDN’T KNOW CROWD WAS CHANTING, ‘TAX THE RICH, TAX THE RICH’
– NYC MAYOR’S RACE — CUOMO CUTTING INTO MAMDANI’S LEAD (YEAH, BUT, TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK)
– DAMAGE CONTROL? MAMDANI TRIED TO CORRECT HIS LIE ABOUT THIS AUNT
– DETROIT COPS TO PARENTS: ‘TRUST BUT VERIFY’ THAT HALLOWEEN CANDY (DRUG CONCERNS)
– MASSIVE RECALL ON ALMOST 5 MIL POUNDS OF FROZEN CHICKEN – METAL CONTAMINATION FEARED
– AMAZON TO BEGIN CUTTING JOBS, LOTS OF JOBS, THOUSANDS OF JOBS
– TOP 10 STATES WITH RISING HOME VALUES
– NBA USING AI TO TRACK PROP BETS, INJURY REPORTS, WAGERING
– FEELS LIKE THE GAME UST ENDED – DODGERS WIN 18 INNING MARATHON WITH WALK-OFF HOMER
Other News Catching My Eye
– ARE YOU EATING THESE SIX FRUITS? YOU SHOULD – THEY REPORTEDLY HELP FIGHT OFF CANCER
– ALSO GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH – GO TO AN ART GALLERY
– HAVE A G-MAIL ACCOUNT? CHECK YOUR PASSWORD — THERE WAS A MAJOR BREACH
– KELSEY GRAMMAR WELCOMES HIS 8TH CHILD (DOES HE THINK HE’S ALEC BALDWIN?)
– DO WE CARE? KATY PERRY & JUSTIN TRUDEAU GO PUBLIC
– WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF VEGANS BLOCKED THE MEAT AISLE AT THE SUPERMARKET???
