MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STORY: French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub it into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.

This special edition of the Talking Tigers Podcast pays tribute to Rod Bramblett on the fifth anniversary of his passing, along with his wife Paula. It features
Brad Law Andy Burcham Paul Ellen Stan White Quentin Riggins & Hal Baird.

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Martha-Ann Alito told The Post in 2021 that flag was ‘signal of distress’ - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Witold Pilecki is often described as one of the bravest men that have ever lived.

He volunteered to infiltrate Auschwitz as a prisoner in order to send info to the resistance.

The Polish hero was murdered by the Soviet communists on May 25th, 1948.

Rest in Peace 🇵🇱

#OTD in 1986, Van Halen released the single 'Dreams'. To promote the song and take advantage of the popularity of TOP GUN, Warner Bros quickly produced a video using stock footage of the Blue Angels. The video became a hit on MTV and a recruiting boon for the Navy.

This wasn’t even a funding bill and I do not take corporate PAC money. You are just word vomiting phrases you read on the Internet and making up stances as you go. Stick to your white nationalist conspiracy theory lane.

I'm really glad that vice presidential candidate, Nicole Shanahan, tweeted this because it gives me a chance to talk about how reporting is done. This is called a 'no surprises' letter and was my final attempt (after a half dozen interview requests and questions to the RFK

Putin's ultimate goal is the Baltic states and Poland -- that is why he must be stopped and defeated in Ukraine now.

Ruben Diaz Sr is a lunatic, fringe, freak homophobe who got smoked in his campaign for Congress in the South Bronx so of course Trump brings him up on stage

Honored to announce a groundbreaking initiative w/ MuseumJewishHeritage and Gray Foundation to bring 85,000 8th grade public school students to the museum to combat antisemitism. Proud to stand w/ my colleagues NYC Jewish Caucus and Chancellor David C. Banks Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣 CSA Mark Treyger 🍎 1/4

NEW: The int’l president of the American Federation of Musicians is speaking up after the recent OpenAI-Scarlett Johansson controversy to argue that Congress should act to protect professional speech performers from the economic harm that AI could wreak. politico.com/newsletters/po…

Looking forward to Trump backing Lawler losing his House seat and then losing by 15 points for Governor

BREAKING

The UNGA has adopted the Srebrenica Genocide resolution, which establishes an annual global day of commemoration every July 11.

🟢 84 votes in favor
🔴 19 against
⚪ 68 abstentions

Happy 100th Birthday to WWII veteran Harold Green!

Harold served his country from 1944-1946 as a member of the U.S. Army's 36th Infantry Division in Central Europe.

Please share your birthday wishes by signing the virtual card at the link below.

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Got asked about RFK Jr

“[Robert F. Kennedy Jr] talked about battling mercury poisoning in interviews going back to at least ‘04…He said in multiple subsequent interviews in ‘05, ‘08, ‘10, ‘11 & ‘12 he had ‘recently’ been found to have high levels of mercury in his blood, leading to memory loss.”

”We are ready here when NATO is calling for us.”

For the first time, jets assigned to NATO’s Air Policing mission are flying out of Latvia 🇱🇻

Check out these 🇩🇪 German Eurofighters #SecuringTheSkies 👇

There you have it: your full SALT tax deduction is never coming back if Republicans keep the House.

This is the LaLota, Johnson & Trump agenda: add $4.6 Trillion to the deficit to keep tax cuts for the super-rich & big corporations. Cuts to Social Security & Medicare come next.

A big win for servicewomen and military families 💪