Dan DeFreest

@dandefreest.bsky.social

Author of the book "Jesus Was A Democrat". U.S. Air Force veteran. Owned by 5 rescues. History, politics, New England Democrat, classic TV and movies New York Giants. #Resist #BreakfastCrew

This should be crystal clear to everyone- Trump is not threatening to put ICE in polling areas to protect voting integrity, he's doing it to try to protect himself from prosecution form the Democrats if they take back Congress.

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Good morning #BreakfastCrew Resisters! Happy Tuesday!🏝️☀️🌊 We will be spending the day in the Mediterranean at this Italian villa with breathtaking views for today’s Virtual Meet & Greet!🏡🇮🇹🌅 Coffee, Tea, Juices & Cocktails ready!🍹☕️ Meet new friends.👫👬 Everyone welcomed! Comment ✍️ & say Hi! 👋

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Its National Sons and Daughters Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Nothing is more precious or important in our lives than our children They make us proud, laugh, cry and worry I cannot think of a greater blessing in my life, than my children We will be okay Love Foxy

1896 Harvey Hubbell patents an electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
1934 First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay
1942 British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle is hit by four German torpedoes and sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, 81 miles south of Mallorca
1945 Allies refuse Japan's offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status
1950 Ethel Rosenberg testifies before grand jury on allegations of spying for the Soviet Union
1964 US premiere of The Beatles' debut film "A Hard Day's Night" in New York City
1973 "American Graffiti", directed by George Lucas, opens in cinemas across the United States
1979 British rock band Led Zeppelin performs for what becomes their final time in England at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, before over 200,000 fans
1984 During a radio voice test, US President Reagan jokes that he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes."
1988 Al-Qaeda is formed at a meeting between Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Dr. Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan
2003 A heatwave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44°C), leaving approximately 144
people dead
2020 President Vladimir Putin, in a propaganda stunt, announces Russia has become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine called "Sputnik V" despite no scientific data being published or phase 3 trials having even begun
2020 US Democratic candidate for President Joe Biden announces California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, the first woman of color selected by a major party

It’s National S’mores Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 S’mores consists of a roasted marshmallow with a layer of chocolate bar sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker. The first recorded version of the recipe can be found in the 1927 publication of Tramping and Trailing with the GS We will be okay

1776 News of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London during the American Revolutionary War
1846 US Act of Congress passes establishment of the Smithsonian Institution, now the world's largest museum and research complex
1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt is stricken with a paralytic illness at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello, which is thought to be polio at the time but could possibly be Guillain-Barré syndrome
1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as a full-time player
1943 Adolf Hitler watches a lynching of Allied pilots
1960 Discoverer 13 launches into orbit and returns the first object from space
1970 Jim Morrison's trial for "lewd and lascivious behavior" begins in Miami, Florida
1974 Roberta Flack scores her third No. 1 single with "Feel Like Makin' Love"
1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being the
"Son of Sam" .44 caliber killer
1993 Columbia Records releases "River of Dreams," singer-songwriter Billy Joel's twelfth and final studio album
2020 Global COVID-19 cases pass 20 million and are accelerating; the first 10 million take almost 6 months, while the second 10 million take just 43 days
2021 Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo resigns amid a sexual harassment scandal

50 years ago today, Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace from the presidency. If the Democrats take back both houses of Congress in November, I would not be surprised to see Trump be the 2nd president in US history to resign his office to avoid another impeachment and possible removal from office.

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It’s National Book 📕 Lovers Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 There is nothing better than losing yourself in a good book! I absolutely love to read! I get so involved I tune out everything around me Have you read any good books this summer? We will be okay Love Foxy

1905 Ty Cobb's mother, Amanda, kills her husband after mistaking him for a burglari
1910 Chicago resident Alva Fisher receives a US patent for an electric washing machine
1923 New York State Golf Association forms
1930 Animated character Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's cartoon "Dizzy Dishes"
1946 First time all Major League Baseball games (8) are played at night
1961 James Benton Parsons is the first African American to be nominated to a US Federal District
Court
1966 The Beatles release their "Yellow Submarine" single and their album "Revolver" in the US
1974 Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States, and Vice President Gerald Ford takes the oath of office to become the 38th US President
1975 Dodger Davey Lopes steals his record 32nd consecutive base without being caught
1985 Adventure comedy film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," starring Paul Reubens, is released
2001 US President George W. Bushannounces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells
2017 A giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump is placed outside the US
White House as a political protest; Trump is out of town at the time
2017 North Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in a continuing escalation of tension between it and the US
2023 US President Joe Biden bans American investments in key technology industries that could be used to enhance Chinese military capabilities

Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.

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