Monday – August 17, 2026

Baby Boomer Recognition Day

– National Thrift Shops Day

– Black Cat Appreciation Day

– National Non-Profit Day (Maybe you could donate to one today.)

– National Massachusetts Day (Hug A Masshole Today)

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1833 – The first steamship to cross the Atlantic under its own power
1903 – Joseph Pulitzer puts up a million bucks to establish the Pulitzer Prize
1939 – The Wizard of Oz opened in NYC

1957 – Woman hit by two consecutive foul balls at Phillies game (breaking her nose and leg)
1962 – East Germans kill a man trying to cross the Berlin Wall — they shot him, left him to die
1969 – The final night of Woodstock
 (It continued into the next morning)
1977 – Elvis’ funeral
 (A record-setting day for florists in Memphis.)
1988 – Republicans nominated George H.W. Bush

1998 – Bill Clinton testifies to a grand jury about his affair with Monica Lewinsky

2012 – Moscow court upholds a 100-year ban on gay pride parades in Russia’s capitol

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– AS THE M-O-U EXPIRES — TREY YINGST UPDATES US ON THE PROGRESS (OR LACK THEREOF)

– TRUMP ON AOC AND DEMS TRYING TO DISAVOW THEIR WOKE BELIEFS

– VIOLENT CRIME IS WAY DOWN ACROSS AMERICA (TRUMP EFFECT?)

– GOV BASHEAR, ANOTHER DEM’28 HOPEFUL IS PUSHING ELIMINATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

– MIKE LEE INVITES JOHN FETTERMAN TO JOIN THE GOP

– RO KHANA SEEMS TO WANT TO STAND ON ALL SIDES OF BIG ISSUES ISSUES

– THE MORE WE DIG, THE MORE CRAZY COMING FROM ABDUL EL-SAYED

– RADICAL DEMS BELIEVE THE BIG TENT = ‘VIBRANCY, WELLNESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’

– FLASHBACK: 2014 GAVIN NEWSOM KNEW THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT WAS JUST HYPE

– DID THE DNC CHAIR THROW A PHONE AT A STAFFER? HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF TIMES

– DSA-NYC CO-CHAIR SAYS CLOSING PRISONS IS NOT A RADICAL POSITION

– EX-MSNBC HOST MEHDI HASAN ADVOCATES FOR THE MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER

– IS STEVE BANNON TROLLING OR DO YOU THINK HE BELIEVES THIS?

– AL SHARPTON SMELLS BIG GRIFTING OPPORTUNITIES IF DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE

-UNLIKE CNN, BILL MAHER IS OK WITH TRUMP CHANGING PLANES TO AVOID ASSASSINS

More News From DC

– M-O-U WRAPS UP — WHERE ARE WE KNOW (ACCORDING TO THE AP REPORTING)

– TRUMP IS PUSHING THE SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON HIS BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION

– JARED KUSHNER IS REPORTING SOME MAJOR MEETINGS WITH KEY FIGURES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

– FORMER SENATOR SINEMA SAYS SHE WAS SLEEPING WITH HER MARRIED SECURITY GAURD

–  NANCY MACE LAUNCHES HER NEW SHOW, REVEALS A BUNCH OF NEW INK ALL OVER HER BODY

– SO, WHAT’S MACE’S NEW SHOW GOING TO LOOK LIKE? CHECK IT OUT

MAKES SENSE

General News

– HURRICANE LALA BRUSHES HAWAII OVER THE WEEKEND

– DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A MASS SHOOTING IN VA THIS WEEKEND? ALMOST NO COVERAGE

– CA BILLIONAIRE SPENDING TO FIGHT THE STATE’S PUSH TO TAX THEM 

– HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? MAYOR OF TOWN IN MASS CAN’T SPEAK ENGLISH? (HE’S ALSO ARRESTED)

– THE ECONOMIC POWER OF MILLENNIALS — THEY ARE TAKING OVER (ACCORDING TO THIS)

– ARE MASS LAYOFFS COMING?

– UC BERKLEY PROFESSOR SAYS HER STUDENTS CAN’T DO FRACTIONS

– BEEF PRICES ARE NOT COMING DOWN ANY TIME SOON

– TYSON FOODS CLOSES PLANT IN ILLINOIS – FIRES 2500 WORKERS (THEY GOT 2 MONTHS PAY)

Other News Catching My Eye

– CHILD STAR HAYDEN PANETTIERE DIES AT THE AGE OF 36

– RARE HAMMERHEAD SHARK SIGHTING OFF MALIBU

– WHAT ARE THE RUDEST THINGS PEOPLE DO AT THE GROCERY STORE? (SPEAKER PHONES!)

– THINKING ABOUT ROBBING A COSTCO WITH A MACHETE AND PICK AXE? THINK AGAIN

– FERRARI’S FIRST EV SOLD FOR A STAGGERING $40 MIL AT CHARITY AUCTION

– SELF-DRIVING TECH COMPARED — WHO’S GOT THE BEST (I’M STILL A SOLID ‘NO!’)