Radio Update: Join me 9a-noon (eastern) as I sit in for Chris Plante all across America
National Fruitcake Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1831 – Charles Darwin sets off in HMS Beagle on his five-year voyage
1900 – Carrie Nation brought her anti-alcohol campaign to Kansas, smashing a bar
1932 – Radio City Music Hall opens in NYC
1947 – “Howdy Doody” debuted on NBC (Couldn’t do the show today…)
1952 – “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” hits #1 for Jimmy Boyd
1968 – The U.S. agrees to sell F-4 Phantom jets to Israel
1983 – President Reagan takes responsibility for all 241 Marines killed in a terror attack in Beirut
2001 – China receives permanent normal trade relations with the U.S.
News and The Politics out of D.C.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT, THEY’RE BOTH ON VACATION UNTIL NEXT YEAR
BEFORE BIDEN LEFT, HE SIGNED A 5.2% PAY RAISE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS
VOTERS DESCRIBE TRUMP AND BIDEN USING A SINGLE WORD
DeSANTIS IS BETTING ON DOOR KNOCKING IN IOWA
DON JR SAYS HE’LL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PREVENT NIKKI HALEY FROM BEING HIS DAD’S VP
RAMASWAMY’S CAMPAIGN REPORTEDLY PULLING BACK ON IOWA TV ADVERTISING
CHRIS MATTHEWS SAYS DeSANTIS’ FACE HAS AN ‘UNFORTUNATE’ PROBLEM
– MATTHEWS ALSO SAYS DEALING WITH RURAL AMERICA IS LIKE ‘FIGHTING TERRORISM’
2023 WRAPPED — DOOCY VS KJP (SOME EPIC MOMENTS HERE)
ISRAEL / HAMAS
U.S. NAVY DESTROYER, FIGHTER JETS ‘ENGAGE’ HOUTHIS’ DRONES AND MISSILES
INDIA DEPLOYS THREE WARSHIPS TO WATERS NEAR IRAN
‘JEWISH ADVOCATES FOR PEACE’ STAGE A DIE-IN AT SEN WYDEN’S HOME
General News
CA PIZZA HUTS LAYING OFF DELIVERY DRIVERS DUE TO $20/HR MIN WAGE
– ALSO CA — HIGH EARNERS, HIGHLY EDUCATED PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THE STATE
TWO IL LAWS GO AFTER ‘DEEP FAKES’ AND ‘DOXXING’ STARTING JAN 1
MI GOV WHITMER POSTS A ‘HAPPY KWANZAA’ VIDEO
NEARLY 500,000 PEOPLE MOVED TO TEXAS THIS YEAR (NOT COUNTING ILLEGALS)
HOLIDAY RETAIL SALES JUMP 3.1% OVER LAST YEAR
THE PUSH FOR RANKED-CHOICE VOTING CONTINUES (DESPITE BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION)
WOKE
DELTA AIRLINES EMPLOYEE SHOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH RUDE TRANS-ACTIVISTS
COULD HIGH MALPRACTICE INSURANCE COSTS SLOW DOWN TRANS SURGERIES?
THE PRESSURE TO FIRE PRESIDENT GAY INCREASES ON HARVARD’S SECRETIVE BOARD
HAVING SOLVED CANADA’S PROBLEMS, TRUDEAU IS PUTTING TAMPONS IN MENS ROOMS
Other News Catching My Eye
WOMAN BUSTED FOR BEATING A MAN WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE
WHAT THE HECK WAS THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DOING IN THIS VIDEO?
AVOCADO TOAST INVENTOR BILL GRANGER PASSES AWAY AT 54
THIS MAY BE THE BEST FOOTBALL TROPHY EVER – BEHOLD THE POP-TART BOWL GOODS
SOME EPIC TROLLING OF CHEATING (MOSTLY IN COLLEGE SPORTS) BY THE SIMPSONS
