Wednesday – August 13, 2025

National Filet Mignon Day! (May I suggest Heartbrand Beef? Just THE BEST)

National Prosecco Day

Intl Left-handers Day

Meme Du Jour

IMITATION IS FLATTERY, RIGHT?

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1889 – William Gray patents the first coin-operated telephone
1942 – Work begins on the Manhattan Project
1952 – Big Momma Thornton records ‘Hound Dog” (Four years before Elvis did)
1961 – Construction begins on the Berlin Wall
1982 – ‘Fast Times At Ridgemont High’ opens
1993 – Appeals Court tells Congress to preserve all emails

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– REP COMER ON HIS BIPARTISAN SUBPOENA TO BILL CLINTON

– MATT TIAIBI WAS A SKEPTIC, HE NOW THINKS INDICTMENTS ARE COMING

– DC RESIDENTS SEEM TO WELCOME TRUMP SENDING NATL GUARD

– PHILLY DA: ‘PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN’T LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY’

– INFLATION? THE FACTS ARE HERE

– REP JAYAPAL: ‘INFLATION IS LIKE A THEORETICAL WORD ECONOMISTS USE’

– CNBC ON INFLATION REPORT AND TARIFF EFFECTS, ‘WE’RE OVER THE HUMP’

– BETO O’ROURKE CONTINUES TO FILL THE SWEAR JAR WITH F-BOMBS

– BETO PROVES HE CAN GIVE A SOUND BITE WITHOUT AN F-BOMB

– SEC BESSENT SAYS WE NEED TO REVISE (UPWARD) THE TARRIF REVENUES

– DON’T THINK YOUR HAIR TELLS A STORY? WATCH THIS MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR

– FORMER DC POLICE CHIEF LIKES WHAT TRUMP IS DOING

– DC POLICE CHIEF DOES NOT KNOW WHAT ‘CHAIN OF COMMAND’ MEANS

 – ZERO CONTEXT – BUT, HERE’S THE DC CHIEF SAYING, ‘I’M JUST A TREE’

– JOE SCARBOROUGH READS A MESSAGE FROM HIS LIBERAL FRIEND ABOUT DC CRIME

– JOE ALSO ADMITS DC DEMS WOULD LIKE TO FEEL SAFE IN THE CAPITOL

– IS S.E. CUPP WAKING UP? ‘YOU NEVER TELL VOTERS HOW THEY FEEL’

– I’M BETTING TRUMP LIKES THE NEW NICKNAME HE JUST GOT FROM CNN’s ABBY PHILLIP

– BENNY JOHNSON WANTS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM FOR ‘BIG BALLS’

– HANG ON A SECOND, DOES SEN SCHUMER HAVE IMAGINARY FRIENDS???

– UFC FIGHT ON JULY 4, 2026 AT THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE ON CBS

– FLASHBACK: A MONTAGE OF SCHIFF AND THE RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA THING

More News From DC

– FRIDAY’S TRUMP-PUTIN SUMMIT — WHAT TO EXPECT

– GALLUP: DESPITE LOW RATINGS, DEMS INCREASE THEIR POPULATION

– INFLATION BREAKDOWN IN A CHART OR TWO

– SOCIAL SECURITY COST OF LIVING BOOST MAY BE 2.7% NEXT YEAR

– GRAVEL-VOICED SHERROD BROWN WANTS BACK IN THE U.S. SENATE

– THE FEDERALIST POSTS 266 PAGES OF NEWLY DECLASSIFIED RUSSIA COLLUSION DOCS

General News

– LA MAYOR BASS IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WORK AGAINST ICE

– MR WONDERFUL IS EXPOSING MAMDANI’S PLANS AS HOLLOW, UNWORKABLE

– MAMDANI ONLY HAS A 19 POINT LEAD IN NYC MAYORAL POLLING

      – CURRENT MAYOR ADAMS GETS THE ENDORSEMENT OF FORMER NY GOV

– HEY, MAMDANI… KANSAS CITY’S CITY RUN GROCERY STORE HAS CLOSED

– IF DC IS SO SAFE, WHY ARE GIANT GROCERY STORES BANNING BACKPACKS AND KIDS?

– ADAM CAROLLA PREDICTED WHAT IS HAPPENING POST-FIRES IN THE LA AREA

– WHISTLEBLOWER IN KY SAYS THE DMV WAS SELLING DRIVER’S LICENSES

– APPRENTICES IN THE TRADES MAKE MORE THAN COLLEGE GRADS

– ICYMI: MIKE ROWE AT THE ENERGY AND INNOVATION SUMMIT — HE WAS SOOOO RIGHT

Other News Catching My Eye

– THE HOTTEST TICKET IN LAS VEGAS? (IT’S NOT TAYLOR, CELINE OR THE EAGLES)

– CHUBBY CHECKER TO SKIP ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION (GREAT REASON)

– WHAT’S THE RIGHT WAY TO CHECK OUT OF A HOTEL? (PEOPLE ARE REALLY ARGUING ABOUT THIS)

THE NEW ‘WAR OF THE WORLDS’ IS SETTING RECORDS ON ROTTEN TOMATOES (BAD RECORDS)