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AMERICAN HISTORY: On October 22, 1879, Thomas Edison staged his first successful test of an electric light bulb with a carbon filament. Contrary to popular belief, the first light bulb had been invented more than six decades before Edison’s and, over the intervening ti me, many inventors had created versions of it. What Edison did was create the first commercially viable incandescent light bulb, the one that would change society forever.

CATHOLICS: Father Dan Reehil preaches on our responsibilities as citizens @ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Plbjq8M8HSo [1:40].

DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r_0jJPP1A8M [1:46] to hear an ER doctor describe the beautiful end of life moments of a man who got it right.

FAKE POLLS: [19:15] – Democrats are up in arms after a polling firm that was projecting far-left candidates as strong contenders admitted it had totally made up its polling data.

FLORIDA: Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an arrest warrant has been issued for former Cuban president Raul Castro (95). Castro is wanted on murder charges connected to the February 24, 1996, shooting down of two civilian aircraft from ‘Brothers to the Rescue,’ an organization assisting Cubans fleeing to Florida by sea. Uthmeier said Raul Castro ordered the action, which resulted in the deaths of four Floridians.

FRANCE: @RobSchneider posted, “France has FREE health care, paid parental leave, paid family leave, FREE child care, FREE preschool, 5 weeks paid vacation, a 35 hour work week, generous unemployment and housing benefits, and heavily subsidized higher education. Everything the left says they want AND THEY’RE STILL PROTESTING AND BURNING SHIT DOWN.”

MAHA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JIe4rgpFrfM [:34] to hear about a study in which researchers found that people who slept less than 6 hours per night were 4 times more likely to catch a cold than people who slept more than 7 hours per night.

MEDIA: Ashley Boyd was a nurse at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital (UK) from 2019 to 2024. He’s lost his license after it was discovered he had been performing unnecessary testicular examinations on boys. The BBC cropped his image before publishing the story.

STUPID PEOPLE: Literally hundreds of people explained to Mr. Bill that taxes are factored into rents.

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2112695862690230765 [:36] to watch a LWW either do an aging hippie interpretive dance thing or possibly try to cast a spell. Dunno which (witch) but I’m TOTALLY suuuuuuuuuuuuuure it will convince all y’all to change your votes from R to D!

WHISTLEBLOWER REWARDS: Trump announced that Americans who help recover fraudulent funds will be eligible to receive 1 percent of the amount recovered. The president said he will act as the sole arbitrator of who receives payouts. I’m sitting here wondering why this hasn’t always been the case.

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2112613360122450166 [1:00] to hear Nick Shirley speak about this program from the Oval Office. He was the first and very deserving recipient of the new program.

YOU ARE HERE: All the people I know who emigrate here from communist nations hate communism. But the people who come here from Muslim nations try to force their religion on us.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3xKtGkYKHoo [2:39] to watch a fossil hunter work.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wivxJ1-TaWE [1:44] to watch what happened on the day the St. Louis Arch was completed.

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