History for May 8

History for May 8 - On-This-Day.com 

Harry S. Truman (U.S.) 1884 - 33rd president of the United States

• 1541 - Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. He called it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
• 1794 - Antoine Lavoisier was executed by guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen.
• 1794 - The United States Post Office was established.
• 1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called "Coca-Cola."
• 1959 - Mike and Marian Ilitch founded "Little Caesars Pizza Treat".
• 2018 - U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear accord with Iran and restored harsh sanctions.

Glenn Beck says if you live in THIS state, get out NOW | Blaze Media

Glenn Beck says if you live in THIS state, get out NOW | Blaze Media: 

Even though Democrats lost the last election thanks to their progressive policies that alienated a huge portion of the country, that doesn’t mean they’re rethinking their radicalism.

A perfect example is the state of Washington, which just made a series of terrifying moves that caused Glenn Beck to say, “If you're living in Washington state, may I just say get the hell out now!”

The way we were-----Why The French Revolution Was Worse Than You Thought

The Department of Education Fails Students and You Pay For It (Again)

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claims Democrats ignored report about FAA | Fox News

Duffy blasts Biden, Buttigieg for ignoring report about failing air traffic control system: 'DID NOTHING!'
The report noted several systems that are 'unsustainable'!!

In an X post on Tuesday, Duffy shared an excerpt from a report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled "Air Traffic Control: FAA Actions Are Urgently Needed to Modernize Aging Systems." The report was published on Sept. 24, 2024.

• "A government watchdog warned Biden & Buttigieg about the failing air traffic control system," Duffy wrote.
• "Look at this report. They knew the air traffic control system was strained AND STILL DID NOTHING!"...

The NYT bemoans that Trump has cut over $800 million in spending on LGBTQ health issues - American Thinker

The NYT bemoans that Trump has cut over $800 million in spending on LGBTQ health issues - American Thinker - Andrea Widburg 

It’s a dark time in New York’s Fire Island, San Francisco’s Castro Street, LA’s West Hollywood, or any of America’s other gay meccas.
That’s because, as the New York Times despairingly reports, the “Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health.”
But of course, this isn’t the tragedy the Times implies.
That’s because, as even the Times reveals, the LGBTQ+ research that is getting cut is almost entirely about making it possible to engage in dangerous behaviors with fewer consequences...
Hmmm. 

Why would the Trump administration do that? 

• Could it be because those cancers and viruses result from sexual transmission? 
• Or because we’re trying to medicalize the mental confusion of so-called “transgenderism.” 
• In other words, the problems stem from reckless sexual behavior or culturally-promoted mental illness, not something inherent in identifying oneself as a member of the LGBTQ+ cohort...

Trump bans funding for controversial gain-of-function research | Blaze Media

Trump bans funding for controversial gain-of-function research | Blaze Media: 

Trump's order ends federal funding for the research in countries like China, Iran, and others without sufficient oversight. It also orders U.S. agencies to identify such research that might imperil public safety and end federal funding for any programs. "For decades, policies overseeing gain-of-function research on pathogens, toxins, and potential pathogens have lacked adequate enforcement, transparency, and top-down oversight," read a fact sheet from the administration. "Researchers have not acknowledged the legitimate potential for societal harms that this kind of research poses."

Family Wins Big After Pub Accuses Them Of Not Paying Their Bill

Insane: Over One-Third of Payments Issued by Treasury Cannot Be Tracked Back to Appropriation - Susie Moore

With so much going on these days — on multiple fronts — it's difficult to keep up with it all.
On Tuesday alone, there were multiple cabinet secretaries testifying before Congress, President Donald Trump made multiple appearances, commenting on everything from trade to FIFA, the Houthis cried "Uncle!", and India and Pakistan appear primed to bust out into an all-out war.

• But looking back over some of the key moments, one was particularly jaw-dropping:
• According to Bessent, over one-third of the 1.5 billion payments issued by the Treasury Department in the past year cannot be traced back to a corresponding appropriation. That's 500 million payments (not dollars — individual disbursements) that cannot readily be matched for auditing or accountability purposes.

Watch this exchange between Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Bessent:

Lunch video-----"No One is Prepared for What’s Happening in EUROPE... | Victor Davis Hanson

Noon-toon

 

SHOCKING: American towns before and after globalism took our jobs | Blaze Media

SHOCKING: American towns before and after globalism took our jobs | Blaze Media: 

In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization. The move was presented as progress, but it ultimately caused nationwide devastation.

“The year China joined the WTO, the U.S. imported $102 billion in goods from China. In 10 years that number has more than tripled to $365 billion,” says Glenn.

Our trade deficit with China suffered tremendously as well.

“[It] tripled over the same period to $273 billion. Last year the deficit was $295 billion — by far our largest trade deficit with any nation,” Glenn adds.

I've wondered same!

 

Supreme Court Affirms President Trump Can Block Mentally Unstable People from the Military - The Last Refuge

The Supreme Court lifted a lower-court judge’s ruling that paused the administration’s ban on mentally unstable people who were uncertain of their gender.

• The DEI judges (Latino, Lesbian and Black) dissented.

Previously, President Trump stopped allowing transvestites to participate in military service for obvious ‘mission critical’ reasons.
A lower court said that was unconstitutional and blocked the ban. 

•  The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that stopping psychologically unstable trans-identifying people, was within the scope of authority of the commander in chief.

1 person!

 

DOGE member, Ethan, says he dropped out of Harvard to serve his country. Now most of campus hates him...

Video | Facebook - M.A. Rothman

• It may not seem so now, but he has a brilliant future in many places.

#1 This day 1973-----Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

J6 Prosecutors Brag To Congress About Locking Up Americans

The prosecutors who dedicated themselves to getting Jan. 6 convictions cannot fathom that they were heavy-handed and unjustly charged too many people. - Beth Brelje 

As President Donald Trump dismantles the deep state, angry Democrats desperately defend their Jan.6, 2021 Capitol riot narrative but beam with pride that they locked up so many Americans.

• Mike Romano, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice (DOJ) Public Integrity Section...“Thanks to the work of our team, the Justice Department charged more than 1,500 people with crimes and obtained criminal convictions against almost 1,300 people,” Romano said. “We ensured that the rioters would face accountability, no matter how short-lived. Our work created a public record of the crimes committed that day.”

Sometimes prosecutors forget their job is not to see who can secure the most convictions, but to seek justice within the bounds of the law. 

It is scary to hear a prosecutor brag about the number of charges and convictions he had...

But that's all it is!

 

Man wins 5 events in women's swimming in dominating fashion | Blaze Media

Man wins 5 events in women's swimming in dominating fashion | Blaze Media: 

A man who formerly swam against males is now dominating women's swimming. Ana Caldas, who has formerly been known as both "Hugo" and "Hannah," trounced his competition at the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas, over the weekend. According to event records, Caldas competed in the women's 45-49 category and took home first place in five events: 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke, and the 100-yard individual medley. Caldas won three of the races by more than three seconds.

NPR is a small piece of a vast subsidized groupthink bureaucracy, which needs to be cut.

NPR Should Be Axed Because it's Anti-Thought, Not Anti-Trump - Matt Taibbi

The station doubtless thinks it’s engaged in “public service journalism” by cranking out piles of stories with headlines like 

• Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged ‘Nazi sympathizer’, 
• Trump cuts demolish agency focused on toxic chemicals and workplace hazards, 
• Asian American voters backed Trump in Nevada. Here’s how they feel about him now, 
• The U.S. set the global order after WWII. Trump has other plans, 
• A legal architect of Guantanamo questions Trump’s El Salvador plan, and on, and on. 

Its editors either don’t realize they’ve built an abjectly partisan political operation, or, more likely, they’ve been at this so long, they believe ideological uniformity is truth, and by extension, just “the news.”...
...the CPB would properly be shut down overnight if it was as near-exact a mirror of Fox or the RNC press page as NPR is to Democrats.Org. 

Even if one stipulates it’s too small to need squashing, NPR has come to represent that far larger system of subsidized conformity, infused in everything from Internet search algorithms to AI to academia, whose scale is only beginning to become visible...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for May 7

History for May 7 - On-This-Day.com 

Robert Browning 1812 - Poet, married to poet Elizabeth Barrett

• 1915 - The Lusitania, a civilian ship, was sunk by a German submarine. Nearly 2,000 people were killed.
• 1926 - A U.S. report showed that one-third of the nation's exports were motors.
• 1940 - Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister.
• 1945 - Germany signed unconditional surrender ending World War II. It went into effect the next day.
• 1975 - U.S. President Ford declared an end to the "Vietnam era."
• 1977 - Rookie Janet Guthrie set the fastest time on opening day of practice for the Indianapolis 500. Her time was 185.607.
• 1998 - Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler Corp. for close to $40 billion. It was the largest industrial merger on record.

When Americans' clothes were made in America * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

When Americans' clothes were made in America * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff: 

Under the "a picture is worth a thousand words" category, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative posted a chart on X Saturday showing the steep decline in the percentage of apparel sold in America that is also manufactured in America. Part of President Trump's tariff strategy is to make it more economically feasible for clothing manufacturers to make their products in the United States.