The FBI conducted a pre-dawn raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida house.

- This reminds me of the time the FBI did the EXACT SAME THING TO ME when I was late in returning to my local library a copy of “Disc Jockeying for Dummies”.

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Trump's Secret Service agents were not allowed to watch the FBI agents carry out the raid - which took 9 hours - and even included agents rifling through Melania's wardrobe.

- Did they really think they’d find Donald’s paper’s there?? I don’t think Melania’s let Donald into her Drawers in a long time.

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Hillary Clinton is fundraising off the Trump raid… selling baseball caps on her website that read: “But her emails” which critics say is a “cheap shot”.

- When asked if he thought it was a cheap shot, Bill said, “I guess that depends on what your definition of ‘Is’ is”

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Researchers in London have released a list of the “10 Best Songs to Play in the Car if Your Dog Gets Stressed Out on Road Trips”… including “Desperado” by the Eagles” and “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner”. But the #1 Song to play to relax Rover is… “How Deep is Your Love” by The Bee Gees.

- What... No "Puppy Love" by Paul Anka??

- They found that playing “The Bitch is Back” by Elton John tends to upset dogs… especially the girl ones.

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Democrats claim that the 87,000 NEW IRS AGENTS they’re planning to hire with funds from the recently passed “Inflation Reduction Act” WON’T lead to more Audits of everyday Americans... but will instead mean more agents will be available to answer your questions.

- Questions like: Why am I being Audited??

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A new study reveals that just three grams of fresh salmon can significantly reduce high blood pressure.

- Not for the Salmon.

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RIP… Olivia Newton John… who co-starred with John Travolta in the movie “Grease” and the singer of many hits including, “You’re the One That I Want”, “Have You Never Been Mellow”, “Summer Nights”, “I Honestly Love You”, and “Hopelessly Devoted to You” has died at the age of 73 after a 30 year battle with Breast Cancer.

Also, RIP… author David McCullough who died at age 89.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!

-Dick