(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Cheers and Jeers: Monday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-01 Join the conga line, everyone! Here we go, because today... Steve Bannon goes to pri-son! Steve Bannon goes to pri-son! Steve Bannon goes to pri-son! x Embedded Content Steve Bannon goes to pri-son! Steve Bannon goes to pri-son! Steve Bannon goes to pri-son! And he’s scared shitless. Happy Monday, everyone. And now, our feature presentation... Cheers and Jeers for Monday, July 1, 2024 Note: Hooray! It's C&J's annual Moment of Bunting... And now it's over. Thanks. See you next year. —Mgt. - By the Numbers: 6 days!!! Days 'til the elections in Britain: 3 Days 'til Maine's Union Fair and Wild Blueberry Festival: 6 Current annual inflation rate as of May: 2.6% Minimum hourly wage Uber and Lyft agreed to as part of a legal settlement with their Massachusetts drivers: $32.50 Number of Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts: 85,000 Percent of respondents polled by Gallup in Norway, Iceland, and Sweden, respectively, who believe their countries are a "good pace to live" for LGBTQ people, the highest in the world: 92%, 90%, 89% Year that Independence Day was made a formal federal holiday: 1941 - Puppy Pic of the Day: Lessons for li'l sis from big sis… - CHEERS to July! Welcome to the month that starts Act II of 2024 after an intermission lasting exactly zero seconds. America turns 248 Thursday (thanks to the history of conservatives botching everything, we don’t look a day under 500). And Canada turns 157 today. (Don’t forget to expense your Molson on Justin’s tab.) July 20 marks the 55th anniversary of the 1st moon landing. Thankfully Buzz Aldrin is still with us. But be sure to wink at the full moon on the 21st in memory of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and all of our departed space pioneers. July is also National Baked Beans Month and National Ice Cream Month. On the 11th we'll celebrate something called Feest van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap (Translation: "The takeover of the planet by horny gerbils with grenade launchers"). The full moon—aka a “buck moon”—appears on the 21st. (Speaking of full moons, the second week of July is Nude Recreation Week.) The summer movie box office is open, though nothing looks particularly great. (Do we really need another Beverly Hills Cop flick?) Besides, we’re saving our popcorn for the real must-see entertainment this month: Britain’s eviction of the Tories on Thursday and Trump’s sentencing for his CRIMINAL CONVICTION on the 11th. But the only thing we can all truly count on this month, especially thanks to last week’s (and perhaps today’s) anger-inducing Supreme Court decisions and record-setting heat waves: a whole lotta steaming goin' on and I ain't talkin' about cherry pies on window sills although those, too. Which reminds me: what does Trump stooge and insurrection enabler Steve Bannon do during a hot July while fearfully starting a four-month prison sentence? Shake 'n bake, baby. CHEERS to the perfect response. The New York Clickbait Times called on him to step down. Pundits and reporters desperate for the clickbait that would allow them to keep their jobs for another 24 hours tapped out doomsday posts and columns ad nauseum. Republicans and their Russian and North Korean troll allies piled on. But in the wake of President Biden showing up to debate #1 despite suffering from a summer cold, the American people (and, notably, The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board) responded by donating a massive amount to Joe's campaign, fighting like tigers on social media, and giving him a bump in the polls. As for the greatest president of the 21st century himself, his response during a post-debate rally was perfect: "Let me close with this. I know I'm not a young man. I don't walk as easily as I used to. I don't talk as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to. x Folks, I might not walk as easily or talk as smoothly as I used to. I might not debate as well as I used to. But what I do know is how to tell the truth.pic.twitter.com/ep5D0EhT5P — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 28, 2024 - “Well, I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. I know, like millions of Americans, when you get knocked down, you get back up. I know what it will take to bring this economy to everybody. I know what it'll take to rally the world to stand up against Putin and defend freedom. And I know what it takes to keep the world safe and free for the years ahead. Folks, I give you my word as a Biden, I would not be running again if I didn't believe, with all my heart and soul that I can do this job because, quite frankly, the stakes are too high." Meanwhile Joe's opponent—deemed a rapist in court, found guilty of 34 felony counts of election fraud, and the worst president of any century according to all the historians—gets sentenced by a judge in ten days, possibly to prison. As for what that guy believes with all his heart and soul? As soon as he gets one, I’ll let you know. CHEERS to the turning point. 161 years ago today, on July 1, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began, marking the high-water mark of the nasty old slavery advocates. (For the record, Maine won the war for the Union, although we hate to brag because we're modest.) In a show of magnanimity—because, hey, what's a little tyranny between friends—I bought the South a gift today, on account of I thought it was fitting for the occasion. It's an actual “Hour of Glory” Robert E. Lee cuckoo clock: A “Top Christmas Gift.” Gee...thanks, Santa??? Instead of a cuckoo, a little toy cannon goes off every hour. Who knew treason could be so whimsical? - BRIEF SANITY BREAK - x How to repair a cracked wooden plank. [📹 mocnamhuy]pic.twitter.com/RC2gwUj2vr — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 29, 2024 - END BRIEF SANITY BREAK - CHEERS to the right man for the right job at the right time. This week marks the 249th year since George Washington—freshly promoted to general by the Constitutional Mouseketeers—took command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1775. He won some battles, lost some (okay, a lot) and suffered mightily, but had the courage, smarts and fortitude to keep his army together and eventually claim victory by bottling up old Butthead Cornwallis at Yorktown. And he did it all while wearing knee stockings. Suck it, Patton. CHEERS and JEERS to gettin' outta Dodge. Triple-A (Motto: “Three times more A’s than the leading A") is out with its July 4th week holiday traffic prediction. A record 71 million people will be driving, flying, and riding the rails to get to their vacation destination at exactly the same time and at exactly the same place as you. That's up from last year as... ...this year’s projected number of travelers for that time period is a 5% increase compared to 2023 and an 8% increase over 2019. “Tommy! What did we tell you about dropping bombs on people? Do you WANT me to turn this blimp around?” AAA projects a record 60.6 million people will travel by car over Independence Day week – that’s an additional 2.8 million travelers compared to last year. Gas prices are lower than last year when the national average was $3.53. Pump prices will likely continue going down leading up to Independence Day. The number of air travelers is also expected to set a new record. AAA projects 5.74 million people will fly to their July 4th destinations. That’s an increase of nearly 7% compared to last year and a 12% increase over 2019. “Drivers in large metro areas can expect the worst traffic delays on Wednesday, July 3rd, as they leave town, and Sunday, July 7th, as they return,” said Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX. Triple-A also predicts that it will rescue a couple hundred thousand motorists during the holiday period. For reasons that will eventually be traced back to blind devotion to their GPS instructions, half of them will be rescued from lakes, trees, and quicksand. - Ten years ago in C&J: July 1, 2014 JEERS to kissing and running. You remember that married congressman who got caught on surveillance video making out with a staffer (like, tongue and everything), prompting him to announce he wouldn't run for reelection out of shame and embarrassment? Funny story—turns out Rep. Vance Suckface McAllister (R-LA) didn't really mean it, so he flip-flopped and now he’s running again. He said the decision was difficult, but ultimately he came to the conclusion that he doesn't really want to spend more time with his family. (And, presumably, vice versa.) - And just one more… CHEERS to our favorite constitutional monarchy! Happy Birthday, Canada! As America prepares to celebrate the violent upheaval and protracted war with Britain that led to our own "Brexit," today our neighbors to the north commemorated the cool, calm, and civilized "union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada [on] July1st." Okay, whoever decided to post this pic in C&J is just rude, eh. Awesome! Whoooo!!! We luv ya Canada! (Disclaimer: But not your tar sands or your brainwashed MAGA truckers.) Don't get too crazy tonight—you could tear a rotator cuff politely waving at your neighbors. Have a tolerable Monday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today? - Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial Oklahoma educators who refuse to teach students about the Cheers and Jeers kiddie pool could lose their teaching license, Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said in an interview with NBC News on Friday. —NBC News - [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/1/2249634/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Monday?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/