National Pigs In A Blanket Day
Meme Du Jour
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1800 – With a $5000 allocation from Congress, the Library of Congress is established
1898 – Spain declared war on the US, refusing to withdraw from Cuba
1949 – Britain ends chocolate rationing
1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1961 – President Kennedy takes full responsibility for failed ‘Bay of Pigs’ invasion
1968 – Leftist students take over Columbia University to protest the Vietnam War
1980 – An attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran ends horribly
1982 – Jane Fonda’s first workout video is released (did this start leg warmers?)
1981 – IBM introduces the personal computer
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News and The Politics out of D.C.
BIDEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN FLORIDA (DOZENS SHOWED UP…)
– GAFFE DU JOUR – HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO PROVE WE CAN’T BE TRUSTED
– BIDEN WAS CONFUSED ABOUT MANY THINGS
– JOE REPEATS THE LIE ABOUT DRIVING AN 18-WHEELER
– MORE PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THAN SUPPORTERS INSIDE THE ‘RALLY’
– OF COURSE HE WAS CONFUSED AT THE END
SENATE JOINS THE HOUSE — PASSES BILL FUNDING UKRAINE/ISRAEL FUNDING
NY TIMES GUEST ESSAY SLAMS THE PROSECUTION OF TRUMP
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON TO MEET WITH JEWISH STUDENTS AT COLUMBIA
MORE THAN 100 ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS ARRESTED OUTSIDE SCHUMER’S HOME
IF BIDEN WINS AGAIN, HE WANTS A MASSIVE JUMP IN CAPITAL GAINS TAXES
NOT A SHOCK — GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING HITS A NEW HIGH
ACTIVISTS INTERRUPT CHINA’S AMBASSADOR SPEAKING AT HARVARD
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General News
TENNESSEE PASSES LAW ALLOWING SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO CONCEAL CARRY
CAMPUS UNREST
– WATCH COLUMBIA STUDENTS GET THE NEWS THEY HAVE TO LEAVE
– UNIVERSITY AND STUDENT PROTEST LEADERS AGREE TO TALK FOR 48 HOURS
– ILHAN OMAR FOUND TIME TO SPEAK AT A HAMAS RALLY IN MINNESOTA
– NYC MAYOR CONFRONTED BY ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTER ON A PLANE
– HERE COME THE LAYOFFS AT TESLA
– CHINA EV MAKER IS CLOSER TO PROFITABILITY
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H/T ‘STRETCH’ – IYKYK
WOKE
DOLLAR GENERAL EMPLOYEE RIPPED FOR ‘MISGENDERING’
WATCH MEGYN KELLY GO OFF ON DEMS OVER ‘WOMEN’S RIGHTS’
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Other News Catching My Eye
GUESS WHO IS USING CANNABIS? (IT MAY SURPRISE YOU)
NEVER MIND EVIDENCE, JOHN LEGEND SAYS HIS GUT TELS HIM DONALD TRUMP IS A RACIST
STEPHEN A SMITH IS WALKING BACK HIS COMMENTS ABOUT TRUMP AND DEMS