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National Cheesecake Day (The best will always be at San Antonio’s Kangaroo Court)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1838 – The day it (allegedly) rained frogs in London
1956 – Eisenhower signs law making ‘In God We Trust’ the official motto of the U.S.
1965 – LBJ signs Medicare into law
1968 – ‘Apple’ the Beatles clothing store in London closes
1974 – President Nixon surrenders the secretly recorded White House tapes
1976 – Someone named Bruce Jenner wins Olympic Gold in the Decathlon
2003 – The last of 21+ million VW Beetles rolls off the assembly line
2004 – ‘Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle’ opens
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– TRUMP OPENED HIS NEW COURSE IN SCOTLAND WITH AN EPIC FIRST DRIVE
– THE PRES IS NOT THE ONLY GOLFER IN THE FAMILY — MEET CHLOE
– TRUMP ON PLANE COMING HOME — THE PREZ DOES NOT SUPPORT REWARDING HAMAS
– WHEN WILL THE NEW AIR FORCE ONE BE READY? (MAYBE IN FEB)
– TRUMP TALKS ABOUT OBAMA, COMEY AND CLAPPER WHILE RECALLING HOW HE HANDLED HILLARY
– SEN RICK SCOTT WANTS THE GOP TO STAY IN DC TO GET TRUMP’S NOMINEES APPROVED
– DEM REP SEEMS TO THINK AMERICANS LOST IN AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL WAS TRUMP’S FAULT
` WHY DID TOM HOMAN SHUT DOWN HIS LINKED IN ACCOUNT? TOO MANY PEOPLE WANNA WORK THERE
– SPARTACUS BLOWS UP IN THE SENATE (2+ MINS OF GOLD!)
– WATCH: SCHUMER TRIES TO SAVE DEMS BY TROTTING OUT THE OLD JIM CROW ACT
– DOES ANYONE BELIEVE AMY KLOBUCHAR’S GROCERY STORY FABLE?
– SCOTT JENNINGS HAS A MESSAGE FOR DEMS (I HOPE THEY DON’T LISTEN TO THIS)
– WHAT’S THE REAL STORY ON STARVATION IN GAZA — THIS HAPPENED ON CNN
– RFK JR VS CUOMO ON THE REASON AUTISM RATES ARE HIGHER (WANNA GUESS WHO WINS?)
– CUOMO IS ALSO TRYING TO SUCK UP TO TRUMP (NEEDS SOME SERIOUS BLEEPS)
– FLASHBACK: THAT TIME JULIAN ASSANGE SAID HE WOULD PUBLISH DIRT ON TRUMP IF HE HAD IT
– BACK IN 2016 — DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, CBS REPORTED ON A TRUMP INVESTIGATION
More News From DC
– THE SENATE CONFIRMED EMIL BOVE TO THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT
– TURLEY BREAKS DOWN HOW HILLARY AND THE MEDIA DERAILED TRUMP 1.0
– SEN KENNEDY POINTS OUT A KEY PROBLEM WITH FIRTS TIME HOME BUYERS – THEY’RE OLD
– JOSH HAWLEY PITCHES THE IDEA OF TARIFF REBATE CHECKS FOR YOU AND ME
General News
– TSUNAMI WARNINGS OVERNIGHT AFTER MASSIVE QUAKE HITS OFF RUSSIAN COAST
– VIDEOS FROM RUSSIA GETTING HIT BY THE WAVES
– OPRAH CHIDED FOR NOT OPENING HER ‘PRIVATE ROAD’ TO HELP PEOPLE EVACUATE
– GREG GUTFELD RIPS CINCI POLICE CHIEF OVER LACK OF CONTEXT
– THE SAME POLICE CHIEF IS BEING SUED FOR DISCRIMINATION
– NY GOV HOCHUL IS JUMPING ON THE ‘MORE GUN CONTROL’ BANDWAGON
– HOCHUL IS ALSO IN THE TANK FOR POLICE DEFUNDER AND MAYOR CANDIDATE MAMDANI
– VANDERBILT PRESIDENT BRAGS ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING AND STILL DOING DEI CRAP
– WILL JEROME POWELL LOWER RATES TODAY? (HERE’S WHAT CNBC THINKS)
– UPS POSTS SOME DOWNBEAT NUMBERS (MAYBE WE’RE BUYING LESS CHINA CRAP?)
H/T Simon Conway
Other News Catching My Eye
– NOT A DIRTY JOB — ROLEX WATCHMAKERS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND
– COULD THIS ‘MESSAGE FROM MOSES’ PROVE THE BIBLE IS TRUE
– INDONESIAN MONKEYS ARE RUNNING A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
– PIERS MORGAN HAS SOME SMART THINGS TO SAY ABOUT COLBERT’S FIRING– FLASHBACK: BROOKE SHIELDS AND HER CALVINS AND HER GENES
