National Peppermint Patty Day
– Daytona Pole Day
– National Shut-in Visitation Day (A good reason to play John Prince’s ‘Hello In There’)
– National Latte Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1531 – King Henry VIII becomes the Supreme Head of the Church of England
1751 – America’s first hospital opened, in Philadelphia – founded by Ben Franklin (Of course)
1766 – Virginia declared the Stamp Act to be unconstitutional
1794 – The first session of the US Senate is opened to the public
1809 – Inventor Robert Fulton gets a patent for his steamboat
1812 – MA Gov Elbridge Gerry approves redistricting — now known as ‘Gerrymandering’
1953 – Disney’s ‘Peter Pan’ premiered
1962 – Writer Sylvia Plath commits suicide at the age of just 30
1963 – Julia Child’s show, ‘The French Chef’ debuts on PBS in Boston
1979 – 43 million people tuned in to watch ‘Elvis!’ on ABC TV
– also ’79 – Ayatollah Khomeini grabs power in Iran
-1983 – Weird Al Yankovic records his first album (Admit it, you know at least THREE of his gems.)
1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from a South Africa prison after 27 years of a life sentence
1993 – President Clinton appoints Janet Reno as the first female Attorney General in the U.S.
2006 – Dick Cheney accidentally shoots his pal and hunting partner, Harry Whittington in the face
2012 – Whitney Houston died at just 48
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
TRUMP SITS DOWN WITH KUDLOW
– THE SAVE AMERICA ACT IS AT THE TOP OF THE PRESIDENT’S WISH LIST
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– TRUMP HAS HIGH HOPES FOR HIS NEW FED CHAIR NOMINEE
– DOW 50K IS A BIG DEAL AND THE PRESIDENT REMINDS US OF IT (AND WHAT HE INHERITED)
– MN FRAUD IS BAD – $19 B — CALIFORNIA IS WORSE (WE’RE INVESTIGATING)
– PRESS SEC ADDRESSES LACK OF DEMS INVITED TO WHITE HOUSE DINNER WITH GOVERNORS
– STUNNER — JB PRITZKER TURNED DOWN A FREE DINNER!
– THE WH RESPONDS TO CLAIMS ONLY 14% OF ICE DETAINEES ARE AMONG THE WORST CRIMINALS
– THE TOPIC CAME UP IN THE HOUSE HEARING WITH THE ICE DIRECTOR
– ERIC SWALWELL TRIED TO PAINT THE ICE DIRECTOR INTO A CORNER – HE FAILED
– VP VANCE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GREENLAND TO AMERICAN SECURITY
– SENATE GRILLED HOWARD LUTNICK ABOUT HIS CONNECTIONS TO EPSTEIN
– LUTNICK QUIZZED ABOUT HIS NANNY — WAS SHE SOMEONE EPSTEIN WAS INTERESTED IN?
– LUTNICK’S EMAIL SETTING UP LUNCH ON EPSTEIN’S ISLAND WITH HIS FAMILY
– DECADES AGO — SEN SUSAN COLLINS PROMISED TO ONLY SERVE TWO TERMS IN THE SENATE
– REP LAMONICA McIVER IS REPRIMANDED IN HOUSE HEARING WITH ICE DIRECTOR
– THE ALWAYS ENTERTAINING / INFURIATING REP THANEDAR THREATENS POST-TRUMP PROSECUTIONS
– NY REP CHARLES BARRON IS HAPPY HE’S DRIVING WHITE PEOPLE OUT OF HIS NEIGHBORHOOD
– STEPHEN MOORE WONDERS WHY COSTS ARE SO MUCH HIGHER IN BLUE STATES THAN RED STATES
More News From DC
– OUT IN THE WEST TEXAS TOWN OF EL PASO, ALL FLIGHTS HALTED FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS
– GRAND JURY WON’T INDICT THE SIX DEMS OVER ‘UNLAWFUL ORDERS’ VIDEO
– HOWARD LUTNICK ADMITS THAT HE DID MEET WITH EPSTEIN ON HIS ISLAND
– THE FILIBUSTER — WILL IT BE NUKED OR NOT?
– JOE ROGAN AND CHERYL HINES HAVE NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT SEN JOHN FETTERMAN
– PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASED DRAWINGS OF THE NEW WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM
– MODERNA TOLD ‘NO’ — NEW MRNA FLU VACCINE WILL NOT BE APPROVED
General News
– EL PASO DECLARED A NO-FLY ZONE FOR TEN DAYS???
– NEW GALLUP POLL — ARE AMERICANS OPTIMISTIC?
– THE LATEST FROM THE SAVANNAH GUTHRIE’S MISSING MOM STORY — FOUR PHOTOS RELEASED
– POLICE QUESTION, THEN RELEASE MAN NAMED ‘CARLOS’
– CARLOS’ MOTHER-IN-LAW CLAIMS COPS BROKE IN WITHOUT A WARRANT
– CNN ACTUALLY GOT THE MOTHER-IN-LAW IN AN EXCLUSIVE
– THERE ARE 14 HOURS OF EPSTEIN VIDEOS ON THE FREE PRESS SITE (WHICH IS NOT FREE)
EVANSTON (CHICAGO ADJACENT) STARTS HANDING OUT CASH REPARATIONS TO BLACK RESIDENTS
– CANADIAN MASS SHOOTING – 10 DEAD — INCLUDING THE SHOOTER
– CANADA STRUGGLES TO IDENTIFY THE DEAD SHOOTER
– ARE CANADIAN AUTHORITIES TIP-TOEING AROUND IDENTIFYING THE SHOOTER’S GENDER???
– COULD THE SHOOTER BE TRANS? AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO THE SUSPECT AS ‘THE GUNPERSON’
– EDDIE BAUER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
Too soon? NEVAH!
OLYMPIC GAMES AND ASSOCIATED MADNESS
– WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM BLANKED CANADA 5-0, WAS THIS A GOLD MEDAL GAME PREVIEW?
– ‘QUAD GOD’ MALININ STUNS OLYMPIC AUDIENCE (AGAIN)
– NORWEGIAN SKIIER WINS BRONZE, THEN CONFESSES TO CHEATING ON HIS GIRL
– ONE OF OUR CURLERS IS SHARING HIS ANTI-ICE FEELINGS
– OLYMPIC MASCOT PLUSHIES ARE POPULAR AS ALL GET OUT
Other News Catching My Eye
– THIS IS WHAT A REJECTED DISNEY VOICEOVER LOOKS LIKE
– PAYING APPLE TO FEED YOU NEWS? YOU’RE ONLY GETTING ONE SIDE OF THE STORY
