Monday – January 26, 2026

National Bubble Wrap Day

National Spouses Day

National Community Manager Appreciation Day

National Peanut Brittle Day

International Sous Vide Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1788 – A British settlement begins in Australia
 (A bunch of ships filled with convicts arrived in Sydney Harbor.)
1838 – Tennessee passes the first Prohibition law
 (Seriously, Tennessee?)
1861 – Louisiana secedes from the Union
1924 – Petrograd is renamed Leningrad
1932 – Doctor writes a prescription for alcohol for Churchill 
 (he was coming to American)
1961 – President Kennedy appoints the first female Presidential physician
1979 – The Dukes of Hazard debuts on CBS
 (What kind of car was General Lee? A 1969 Dodge Charger.)
1986 – The Chicago Bears beat the Patriots to win the Super Bowl
2005 – Condoleeza Rice is sworn in as the first Black female Secretary of State

2020 – Kobe Bryant is among 8 people who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– GOV WALZ WAS ASKED ABOUT FINDING A WAY TO WORK WITH TRUMP ADMIN

– THE ANNE FRANK STORY WAS A LITTLE BIZARRE TO ME

– DHS SEC NOEM ON THE DEADLY SHOOTING

– AN OFFICER HAD THE TIP OF HIS FINGER BITTEN OFF BY ONE OF THE PROTESTERS

– FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL GIVES AN UPDATE ON ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE CHURCH INVADERS

– WALZ DECLARES ICE IS NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT

– DEMOCRATS ARE ITCHING FOR ANOTHER GOV’T SHUTDOWN

– DO REPUBLICANS HAVE A PLAN TO COUNTER THE DEMS? MAYBE

– IS CANADA GETTING INTO A BAD DEAL WITH CHINA? SCOTT BESSENT HAS SOME THOUGHTS

– CANADIAN PM CARNEY SAYS HE’S NOT LOOKING AT A FREE TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA

– BILL MAHER HAS NOTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT THE NYC MAYOR

– RAHM IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT — TRUST ME — THIS SHOULD BACK THAT UP

More News From DC

– BILL MELLUGIN HAS SOME VERY IMPORTANT REPORTING ON THE WEEKEND SHOOTING IN MINNESOTA

– TRUMP SHARES DETAILS ON THE ‘DISCOMBOBULATOR’ – THE WEAPON USED IN VENEZUELA

– OBAMA PUTS OUT A STATEMENT ON MINNESOTA SHOOTING (ONLY 29 MIL VIEWS AS OF THIS MORNING)

– BILL CLINTON ALSO POSTED A STATEMENT (BILL’S GOT 5 MIL VIEWS)

– CHAD PERGRAM HAS SOME CLARITY ON DEMS DRIVING US TO ANOTHER RGOV’T SHUTDOWN (OVER ICE)

– DEM REP CLAIMS A TRUMP FAN PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE AT A SUNDANCE FILM FEST PARTY

– THERE WAS AN ARREST – VARIETY HAS THE STORY

General News

– UPDATES OUT OF MINNESOTA – THIS STARTED AFTER THE SHOOTING ON SATURDAY

     – PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS ON GOV WALZ, MAYOR FREY AND ALL DEMS TO COOPERATE ON CRIMINAL ALIENS

– GOV WALZ FINALLY DEPLOYED THE NATIONAL GUARD IN MINNEAPOLIS – TO HAND OUT DONUTS

     – SEN KLOBUCHAR WAS ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS – SHE CLAIMS VICTIM WAS JUST A GUY WITH A CELL PHONE

     – WE CAN’T FORGET ABOUT THIS CLIP FROM FRIDAY — THE WOMAN WHO GAVE US ‘BANANAS AND RICE’

– IS THIS A MANUAL FOR AN ORGANIZED REVOLUTION?

– WHO IS FUNDING THIS? IT SURE FEELS LIKE IT’S ORGANIZED — DATA REPUBLICAN HAS DETAILS

– ARE THE TIES TO WALZ AND OTHER MINNESOTA DEMS CLEAR ENOUGH?

– MORE DETAILS OF THE CHURCH INVASION — READ WHAT WAS DONE TO THE CHILDREN

– QUESTIONS ARISE ABOUT THE MINNEAPOLIS FAMILY THAT CLAIMED THEY WERE TEAR GASSED IN THEIR CAR

– ANOTHER CRAZED LIBERAL WHO HAPPENS TO BE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL VOWS TO NOT TREAT MAGA

– VIOLENT RADICALS ARE NOW BREAKING WINDOWS AT HOTELS WHERE THEY BELIEVE ICE IS STAYING

– MINNEAPOLIS’ POLICE CHIEF IS NOT A VERY SMART MAN

– THE POLICE CHIEF WAS ON CBS AND MANAGED TO AVOID AN IMPORTANT QUESTION

– CHICAGO’S POLICE CHIEF RESPECTS LAW ENFORCEMENT

– IMAGINE BEING A PARENT IN CALIFORNIA — YOU CAN’T MAKE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR KIDS 

– THESE ARE THE 10 BEST MARKETS FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS

– HARTFORD, CT IS ALSO ONE OF THE HOTTEST HOUSING MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY

– NEW HOUSING TREND: CO-BUYING A HOME WITH A FRIEND?

– EVEN DON LEMON’S FORMER COLLEAGUE CHRIS CILLIZZA QUESTIONS LEMON’S JOUNALISM CRED

Wanna bet the ACLU has already taken her case?

Other News Catching My Eye

– 40-YR-OLD AMERICAN ROCK CLIMBER TELLS THE STORY OF HIS ROPELESS CLIMB OF TAIPEI 101

– KUDOS FOR BRAZILIAN PRISON HOLDING A SINGING CONTEST FOR FEMALE INMATES

– IN WHICH STATES ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO DIE FROM AN ANIMAL OR INSECT ATTACK?

– ACADEMIC STUDY FINDS WOMEN ARE MORE ATTRACTED TO MEN WITH LARGER ‘EQUIPMENT’

– FLORIDA WOMAN JAILED FOR ATTACKING HER MOTHER WITH A PORK CHOP

– STUCK SOMEWHERE BECAUSE OF THE STORM? INVEST 88 MINS WATCHING MIKE ROWE AND JAMES WOODS