January 23, 2026 – National Handwriting Day (Do you still ‘cursive?’)
National Rhubarb Pie Day
Thorrablot (A day for celebration in Iceland)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1950 – Jerusalem becomes the capital of Israel
1957 – Wham-O starts making the first frisbees
1960 – Two humans in a sub dive 36,000 ft into the Mariana Trench (twice deeper than Mt Everest is high)
1968 – North Korea captures the USS Pueblo (They still have it.)
1969 – NASA unveils the moon landing unit
1973 – President Nixon announced a peace deal to end the Vietnam War
1977 – ABC begins a record-setting 8-night run of the mini-series of Alex Haley’s ‘ROOTS’
1984 – Hulk Hogan defeats the Iron Sheik to win the first WWF title
1986 – The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame welcomes it’s first honorees
1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Sec of State
2018 – Lebron James scores his 30,000th point (At 33 yrs and 24 days he was the youngest)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– FLYING HOME FROM DAVOS – PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED TO THE PRESS FOR 28 MINS
– ON THE GOLDEN DOME / GREENLAND DEAL
– THERE WAS A LITTLE MESSAGE FOR IRAN
– TRUMP’S STILL TALKING ABOUT CAPPING CREDIT CARD RATES
– HOW WAS THE TRIP? — GREAT! EVEN THE FAKE NEWS
– GAVIN NEWSOM IS STILL WHINING ABOUT GETTING NO PODIUM TIME IN DAVOS
– DEM REP ANGIE CRAID CLAIMS ICE DETAINED A 5-YR-OLD BOY (HIS FATHER ABANDONED HIM)
– JASMINE CROCKETT LOST HER HOOD-SPEAK AND ANNOUNCES SHE A GUN-TOTING FARM GIRL
– MS-13 NOW ANALYST ELIE MYSTAL SAYS WHITES ARE THE PROBLEM (EVEN LIB WHITE ALLIES)
– IS DON LEMON DARING PAM BONDI TO ARREST HIM? (ASK WILLIAM KELLY HOW THAT STRATEGY WORKED OUT)
– 198 HOUSE DEMS VOTED AGAINST SECURE ELECTIONS REQUIRING ID
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES DENIED CALLING THE SAVE ACT ‘VOTER SUPPRESSION’ — LET’S ROLL THE VIDEO
– IGNORANT DEM REP MAXWELL FROST — ‘YOU ARE AN AMERICAN REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR LEGAL STATUS IS’
– GERMANY’S PM MERZ JUST REALIZED WHAT MOST OF US KNEW FOR YEARS — THE E.U. IS A FAILURE
– AUSSIE SENATOR SPEAKS TRUTH — IT’S NOT THE GUNS, IT’S RADICAL ISLAM THAT’S THE PROBLEM
More News From DC
– HOW LOW IS THE MURDER RATE IN THE U.S.??? THE LOWEST SINCE 1900
– THE BRUISE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HAND WILL NO DOUBT TRIGGER MORE WILD SPECULATION ON THE LEFT
– KASH PATEL POSTS PICS OF THREE PERP WALKS IN MINNESOTA
– TRUMP SUES JP MORGAN CHASE FOR $5B OVER BEING DE-BANKED
– THE ‘BOARD OF PEACE’ ASSEMBLED IN DAVOS, HERE’S WHO’S ON IT AND WHO IS NOT
– REMEMBER THAT PLANE QATAR DONATED TO THE U.S.? ONE? IT’S READY TO USE
General News
– MORE THAN 2/3RDS OF AMERICA IS ON STORM WATCH — HERE ARE VARIOUS TRACKING MAPS
– HERE’S WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED HAVE IN THE HOUSE FOR THE STORM
– AMY KLOBUCHAR IS RUNNING FOR GOV OF MINNESOTA
– IT’S REALLY REALLY COLD IN MINNESOTA – SOOOO, PROTESTERS ARE PLANNING ON STAYING HOME
– CRAZY LIBS IN MN WERE OUT IN THE COLD LAST NIGHT, TRYING TO KEEP JD VANCE AWAKE
– MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR WANTS THE ARRESTED CHURCH PROTESTER PLOTTER RELEASED
– ABC NEWS DID NOT MENTION THE THREE ARRESTS OF THE CHURCH PROTESTERS, NOT ONE WORD
– THE LATEST PROTEST TANTRUM AGAINST TARGET IN MINNESOTA — FILL CARTS, LEAVE THEM IN THE STORES
– THE PROTESTERS ARE ALSO MAD AT ENTERPRISE LEASING — RESERVING AND CANCELLING CARS OVER ICE
– JANE FONDA ON COLBERT TO SPEW SOME SERIOUS DISINFORMATION ABOUT ICE
– POPULAR CLEANING PRODUCT RECALL — 1.5 MIL BOTTLES WERE SOLD
– COOKIE RECALL: ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT WHITE CHOCOLATE
How NOT to win hearts and minds.
Other News Catching My Eye
– IS PHIL COLLINS ON YOUR LIST?
– YOUR RHODE ISLAND LICENSE PLATE WITH MR POTATO HEAD JUST GOT MORE VALUABLE
– TRUE CRIME RESTAURANT IS DOING GOOD BIZ – OPENING SECOND LOCATION FOR ‘LAST MEALS’
