Thursday – August 20, 2026

NATIONAL RADIO DAY (WHY ISN’T THIS A HOLIDAY?)

– National Bacon Lovers Day

– National Hawaiian Pizza Day (Some say putting pineapple on pizza is a hate crime.)

– World Mosquito Day

Meme Du Jour

Does anyone remember Lorena?

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1619 – The first ship of slaves arrived in Jamestown, VA
1667 – Milton publishes ‘Paradise Lost’ 
(We were supposed to read in high school. Did you?)
1866 – The ‘official’ end of the Civil War as President Johnson declares Texas insurrection over
1896 – The rotary dial telephone is patented
 (the what?)
1940 – Churchill’s iconic broadcast salute to the RAF, ‘Never was so much owed to so few…’
1974 – President Ford names Nelson Rockefeller as his VP
 (nobody voted for either guy)
1986 – The origin of ‘going postal’ — 14 killed by postal worker on a rampage in OK
1991 – Estonia declared its independence from the USSR 
(slow history day?)

1998 – U.S. launches cruise missile attacks on al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– TRUMP ON TARIFFS AND TRADE WITH CANADA

– TRUMP ON DEALING WITH NOKO’s KIM JONG UN

– TRUMP ON ‘TERM LIMITS’

– TWO MINS OF THE PRESIDENT RAILING ON INTEREST RATES

– THINGS I NEVER EXPECTED #79 — A TRUMP EXPLANATION OF THE LIFE OF GRASS

– HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW HELIPAD?

– IS THERE A DSA SURGE HAPPENING? HARRY ENTEN HAS THE NUMBERS

– LINDSEY GRAHAM’S SISTER IS IN DAMAGE CONTROL MODE (I DON’T THINK IT’S WORKING)

– NEW ADS FROM MIKE ROGERS FEATURE DEMS WHO WILL VOTE GOP NOT EL-SAYED

– EL-SAYED IS QUITE OPEN ABOUT ELIMINATING ALL PRIVATE HEALTH INS

     – AND DID YOU KNOW HE’S ALSO AFRICAN?

– THE CRAZY WOMAN WHO BEAT VINDMAN WANTS ALL HAITIANS TO STAY HERE (BECAUSE, CULTURE)

     – ANGIE NIXON ALSO DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO PAY FOR THIS SOCIALISM STUFF

     – CAMPAIGNING IN A CHURCH AND QUOTING A CONVICTED COP KILLER

– GAVIN NEWSOM’S SHOCKING ANSWER TO QUESTION, ‘WOULD YOU BE A GOOD PRESIDENT?’

     – NEWSOM ALSO DUCKS A QUESTION ON EDUCATION FAILURES, NO SATs

– JAKE TAPPER AND CNN ARE ALL BENT ABOUT HEGSETH USING THE TERM ‘TRANNIES’

– DSA CO-CHAIR BELIEVES CUBA HAS BETTER / MORE DEMOCRACY THAN AMERICA

– CHIEF OF STAFF OF CA STATE ASSEMBLY IS OBSESSED WITH NICK SHIRLEY’S PENIS SIZE

– LAST NIGHT’S ROSIE O’DONNELL CLIP (YEAH, SHE’S HOSTING KIMMEL’S BITCHFEST)

More News From DC

– WAIT, WE’RE $40 TRILLION IN DEBT? NO PROBLEM, RIGHT?

– TRUMP ANNOUNCES CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION  ON IRAN (WHAT WERE WE DOING BEFORE?)

– ALINA HABBA SHUTS DOWN WHISPERS THAT SHE’S UP FOR THE PRESS SEC GIG

– JEWS IN MICHIGAN ARE ORGANIZING AGAINST EL-SAYED (NOT A MASSIVE VOTING BLOCK)

– DEMS FLIP A SEAT IN PA STATE HOUSE

General News

– SKIN CANCER VACCINE SHOWS PROGRESS IN LARGE TRIAL

– L.A.’S CAMPAIGN FUNDING MATCH SURE SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM TO ME

– HARVARD’S MEDICAL SCHOOL ENDOWMENT IS $53 MILLION LIGHTER AFTER SETTLEMENT

– IF YOU LOVE BLUEBERRIES, MAYBE IT’S TIME FOR A BREAK (TODAY’S E. COLI ALERT)

– MOST OBVIOUS SIDE EFFECT OF GLP-1s? MORE PEOPLE ARE SHACKING UP, GETTING HITCHED

– AMERICA’S GETTING A ‘FAITH LIFT’ AS CHRISTIANITY IS RISING

– WHAT’S THE WORLD’S MOST-ORDERED COCKTAIL?

– AMAZON IS EXPANDING ITS DRONE DELIVERIES

– OOPSY — AMAZON DRONE DELIVERY DROPS PACKAGE IN HOMEOWNER’S POOL

– DESIGNER MARC JACOBS OFFERS TO ‘STYLE’ KILLER LUIGI MANGIONE FOR COURT

Other News Catching My Eye

– AMERICA’S FAVORITE VEGETABLE (No, not Mitch McConnell) IS AT RISK DUE TO THE CA DROUGHT

– THIS IS BAD: AI TRAFFIC IS CREATING MORE THAN HUMANS ARE CREATING – AND IT’S COSTLY

– AMERICA WILL AGAIN BE FREE OF MEGHAN MARKLE (THE NON-ROYALS HEAD BACK TO THE UK)

– NOTHING LIKE A TRUCKLOAD OF SPILLED SQUID TO STINK UP A RHODE ISLAND SUMMER DAY

– BROOKE BALDWIN STILL THINKS WE NEED / WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HER SEX LIFE