Hobbit Day (Celebrate with seven meals today)
– National Ice Cream Cone Day
– National Elephant Appreciation Day
– National ‘Girls Night In Day’
– (under protest because it does not exist) White Chocolate Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged by the Brits in NYC (His last words, ‘I regret I have but one…)
1862 – Lincoln issue proclamation for all slaves held in rebel states to be freed on Jan 1
1893 – The Duryea Brothers show of their American-made automobile (they were bike makers)
1903 – Italo Marchiony applied for a patent on his ice cream cup waffle making machine
1915 – Southern Methodist University (SMU) holds its first classes
1937 – The first celebration of Intl Hobbit Day (Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ b-days)
1950 – Omar Bradley promoted to the rank of Five-Star General
1969 – Willie Mays hits home run #600 — the first since Babe Ruth to do so
1970 – President Nixon signed the bill giving DC representation in Congress (buuuut)
1975 – Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate President Ford (2nd attempt in under 3 weeks)
1980 – The Iran Iraq War begins as Iraq invaded Iran (it lasted 8 years)
1985 – The first Farm Aid concert was held in Champaign, IL (There’s one on Saturday too)
1991 – The Huntington Library makes the Dead Sea Scrolls available to the public
2015 – China’s leader Xi makes his first visit to the U.S.
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– TRUMP AND MAMDANI RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT MEDIA CREDENTIALS
– THE PRESIDENT WANTS MAMDANI TO BE A GREAT MAYOR
– TRUMP AND MADANI DISCUSSED HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS TEMPORARY STATUS
– SCOTT JENNINGS ASKED IF MAMDANI CAN BE A GREAT MAYOR
– TRUMP ASKED IF HE PULLED PRESS PASSES OVER GAS PRICES
– TREASURY SEC BESSENT ANNOUNCES THE NEXT ECONOMIC SHOE TO DROP ON IRAN
– WILL THIS PREVENT IRAN’S PRES FROM FLYING TO NYC FOR THE UNGA
– UN AMB WALTZ TALKS DIRECTLY WITH CAITLIN COLLINS (WHO HAS BANNED HER?)
– BRIT HUME — TRUMP HAS A CASE ON PRESS ‘BAN’ — HOWEVER…
– VP VANCE ON MEDIA CREDENTIALS FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT BLOCKED
– JD VANCE SAYS POLITICO IS NOT BANNED FROM REPORTING
– THE VEEP ALSO WONDERED WHY A 5-YR-OLD NEEDS A PREFERRED PRONOUN
– CNN / CAITLIN COLLINS ARE BLAMING NATALIE HARP FOR THE CREDENTIALS BAN
– BERNIE SANDERS COMPARES ICE DEPORTATIONS TO NAZIS KILLING JEWS
– DANISH PM ON TRUMP’S DEAL FOR A GREENLAND BASE (SOUNDS LIKE A WIN-WIN)
– EL-SAYED ASKED ABOUT TRANS RIGHTS FROM PERSON WITH GREEN HAIR
– IT SEEMS EL-SAYED HAS A PROBLEM SAYING THE WORD ‘WOMAN’
– EL-SAYED IS ALSO OPEN ABOUT RAISING TAXES
– OH GOODIE… AOC TO DECIDE ON HER 2028 OPTIONS AFTER THE MIDTERMS
– MI DEM REP IS THREATENING / WARNING TRUMP’S CABINET – WE’RE COMING FOR YOU
– BRIAN STELTER USED TO BE UPSET WHEN OBAMA CONTROLLED THE MEDIA
– SUPERCUT OF CNN’s COVERAGE OF OBAMA’S WAR ON THE PRESS
– FLASHBACK TO SCHUMER TELLING CNN ABOUT DEMANDING WHAT FOX NEWS SAYS
– 2023 WHEN ANDERSON COOPER & CNN APOLOGIZED FOR AIRING A TRUMP TOWN HALL
– ABC’S TERRY MORAN IS CROWING ABOUT HAVING A STORY SPIKED
– SUNNY HOSTIN CONTINUES TO SEE EVERYTHING THRU THE PRISM OF RACE
More News From DC
– TRUMP ADMIN WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW TO DISCUSS MEDIA CREDENTIALS
– TODAY: TRUMP ADDRESSES UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
– REPORT: U.S. MILITARY LEADERS DIVIDED ON HOW TO HANDLE HOUTHIS
– TRUMP POLL NUMBERS ARE NOT IN A GOOD PLACE
– NE AIRPORT GROUND STOP CAUSED BY A FIBER OPTIC CABLE BEING CUT
– 2027 COLA INCREASE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY MAY BE A LITTLE BIGGER
– APPEALS COURT ORDERS NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP TO BE USED IN MISSOURI
– ‘TRUMP TV’ HAS JUST LAUNCHED ON YOUTUBE
General News
– GLARING NANCY GRACE ON CLANCY LAWYER’S LATEST TACTIC VS HOLDOUT JUROR
– TALARICO’S CHURCH DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE MUCH RELIGION ATTACHED TO IT
– TALARICO ALSO VOTED AGAINST DECLARING THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS
– NEVER MIND THE CRAZY TALK FROM TALARICO – HE’S POLLING WELL
– BLACK MAN FOUND HANGING IN MARYLAND RULED A SUICIDE
– IL GOV PRITZKER IS FINALLY ADMITTING HOW HE’S LOST 80LBS
– EVEN ’60 MINS’ ADMITS DATA CENTERS’ WATER USE IS OVERBLOWN
– CA WASTE ON DISPLAY — $114M WILDLIFE CROSSING BRIDGE STILL AIN’T DONE
– IF YOU DRIVE A VW OR AUDI SUV, YOU NEED TO READ THIS ONE
– THE TESLA ROADSTER IS COMING BACK — BUT, THE DEPOSIT IS A BIG NUMBER
– THANK GOD – GRETA THUNBERG HAS FINALLY ADDRESSED ED SHEERAN
Other News Catching My Eye
– AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? DON’T WATCH THIS FRENCH TIGHTROPE WALKER
– WHY DO DOGS TILT THEIR HEADS WHEN YOU TALK (WE THINK WE KNOW)
– TIP ABOUT A SWERVING VAN LEADS TO CRACKING A YEARSLONG FRAUD CASE
– DOING THIS VERY ENJOYABLE (AND CHEAP) THING DAILY LOWERS DEMENTIA RISK
