National Pizza with the Works (except anchovies) Day
Happy Hour Day
National French Dip Day (Created by Cole’s Restaurant in 1908)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1799 – The first recorded meteor shower in America (Spotted by astronomer Andrew Ellicott)
1867 – Mount Vesuvius erupts
1892 – Pudge Heffelfinger is paid $500 to play football – he is the first pro football player
1923 – Adolf Hitler arrested in Germany for the ‘Beer Hall Putsch’ attempted coup
1954 – Ellis Island closes – After processing 12 million immigrants since 1892
1955 – Marty McFly traveled (back) to the future (1985) thanks to a lightning strike at 10:04pm
1968 – The Supreme Court voids Arkansas law blocking the teaching of evolution in schools
1979 – President Carter shuts off oil imports from Iran – eight days after the embassy takeover
1982 – Two days after Brezhnev died, Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union
1998 – VP Al Gore signed the Kyoto Protocol (The U.S. never ratified it.)
2021 – After 14 years, a judge liberates Britney Spears (That worked out well, right?)
Problem identified
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL – HONORING OUR VETERANS
– ‘AMERICA STANDS TALL BECAUSE AMERICA’S VETERANS STOOD SO STRONG’
– PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE SHUTDOWN AND DEMS RENEGOTIATING O-B-B
– THE PRESIDENT DROPS AN ‘OOHH-RAH’ ON SOME NEW MARINES (THEY RESPOND)
– I HAVE A FEELING TRUMP’S NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL THE NFL CHANGES THE KICKOFF
– THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH PAT McAFEE (22 MINS)
– VP VANCE SPOKE BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY AND WAS HILARIOUS
– THE BBC IS GOING TO GET SUED BY TRUMP
– TRANSPORTATION SEC CALLS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS BACK TO WORK
– SEC BESSENT HAS THE STATS ON WHERE WE ARE VS. WHERE WE WERE
– THE MOMENT BESSENT COOKED MORNING JOE
– DEM REP RO KHANA IS WALKING BACK HIS CALL FOR SCHUMER TO STEP DOWN
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES SAYS THE SUPREME COURT IS CORRUPT
– JASMINE CROCKETT WANTS TAXPAYERS TO PROVIDE MORE SECURITY FOR HER
– ALSO JAZZY — ON DEC 8TH, THERE MAY BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A SENATE RUN
– NOTE TO SUNNY HOSTIN, DON’T LECTURE SENATORS (EVEN JOHN FETTERMAN)
– ANA NAVARRO THOUGHT SHE WAS READY FOR SCOTT JENNINGS (SHE WAS NOT)
– WAS WHOOPI NOT AWARE THAT SEC OF WAR PETE HEGSETH SERVED IN COMBAT?
– COLBERT WAS NOT PLEASED WITH DEMS WHO VOTED TO END THE SHUTDOWN
– KIMMEL HAD SOME WORDS FOR CHUCK SCHUMER TOO
– CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD SAYS DEMS SHOULD USE JASMINE CROCKETT AS A TROJAN HORSE
– CNN’s ABBY PHILLIP EXPLAINS HER JOB – TO EDUCATE CONSERVATIVES
– WATCH: ONE OF THE COOLEST FLAG COLLECTIONS YOU’LL EVER SEE
Spotted on X – H/T Gregg Opelka
More News From DC
– BRIAN STELTER SEEMS TO BE DEFENDING THE BBC’s MISLEADING EDIT OF DONALD TRUMP
– SUPREME COURT BLOCKS FULL RETURN OF SNAP PAYMENTS AS SHUTDOWN NEARS END
– WHAT’S IN THE SENATE DEAL TO RE-OPEN THE GOV’T?
– FETTERMAN SAYS IT OUT LOUD, ADMITS — ‘NOBODY KNOWS’ WHO IS INCHARGE OF HIS PARTY
– WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR TRUMP’S $2000 TARIFF REBATE
– POLICE GET CALLED TO LETICIA JAMES’ HOUSE IN VA (BUT, IT’S ONLY A DOZEN TIMES)
– IF YOUR NAME IS ‘JIHAD’ IS YOUR DESTINY TO ATTACK TPUSA SUPPORTERS?
– THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN CHINA – JUST MONTHS AFTER THIS MASSIVE STRUCTURE OPENED
– MILITARY FAMILIES ON FLORIDA BASE TOLD TO TAKE DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS (FOR NOW)
H/T – Simon Conway
General News
– SUDDENLY, MAMDANI THINKS IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO MAKE NICE WITH TRUMP
– IL SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE DEMANDS WE STOP CALLING PEOPLE ILLEGAL ALIENS
– ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED IN DC WAS JUST 12 YEARS OLD (MOM? DAD? WHERE ARE YA?)
– HOUSING CRISIS? LOOK WHO IS BUYING HOMES
– 600 PARAMOUNT EMPLOYEES REJECT ORDER TO COME BACK TO THE OFFICE, ACCEPT BUYOUT
– PARENTS IN CANADA TOLD NOT TO LET KIDS BRING HAM SANDWICHES TO SCHOOL (ANY GUESSES?)
– JIMMY KIMMEL’S GOOD FRIEND AND BAND LEADER DIED SUDDENLY – HE WAS JUST 59
Other News Catching My Eye
– LOOKING FOR THE ‘BEST CITY TO MOVE TO?’ LOTS OF JOBS, CLOSE TO A MAOR MARKET
– WHEN YOU HEAR A MYSTERIOUS MEOW COMING FROM YOUR CAR, PAY ATTENTION
– 9.51 CARAT ‘MELLON BLUE’ DIAMOND SELLS FOR $26MIL (I WAS OUTBID)
– HAS ‘NOAH’S ARK’ BEEN FOUND?
– DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A ‘HOUSEKEEPING OLYMPICS?’ (WE NEED THIS IN L.A. NEXT YEAR)
