Thursday – January 15, 2026

National Bagel Day

– National Hat Day

– National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day

Meme Du Jour

VERIZON OUTAGE MAP FROM MOST OF WEDNESDAY – NO, WE CAN’T HEAR YOU NOW

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1777 – Vermont declares independence from the colony of New York
1870 – Democrats started using the jackass/donkey as their logo — this was the first time it appeared 
1913 – The first phone line between Berlin and New York is connected
1930 – Amelia Earhart sets a (women’s) speed record — flying 171 mph
1967 – Ed Sullivan asked the Rolling Stones to change the lyrics to “Let’s Spend the Night Together” (they did)
     – also ’67 – the Packers beat the Chiefs in Super Bowl I

1972 – ‘American Pie’ hits #1 on the pop charts

2001 – Wikipedia launched  (Anyone else using Grokipedia?)
2009 – Capt Sully Sullenberger lands his plane on the Hudson (Check out ‘Nerves of Steel’ about another miracle)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– REPORTER TRIED TO TELL THE PRESIDENT WHAT HE SAID ABOUT GREENLAND — SHE GOT SCHOOLED

– THE PRESIDENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GREENLAND

– THE MILK SWIGGING MOMENT FROM YESTERDAY’S PRESS EVENT IN THE OVAL WAS. MY FAV MOMENT

– THE AG SEC TALKED ABOUT THE SUPPORT FOR DAIRY FARMERS

– ‘THE LEAKER HAS BEEN FOUND AND IS IN JAIL’ — THE PRESIDENT UPDATED THE PRESS

– AG BONDI GAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE ARREST LAST NIGHT ON HANNITY’S SHOW

– FROM THE FORD PLANT INTERVIEW ON CBS – WATCH THE PRESIDENT TAKE CONTROL OF THIS ONE

– SEN JOSH HAWLEY’S FULL FIVE MINUTES OF TRYING TO GET A SIMPLE ANSWER TO ‘CAN MEN GET PREGNANT?’

– YESTERDAY IT WAS TRUMP’S TESTOSTERONE LEVEL, TODAY, RFK JR IS TALKING ABOUT TRUMP’S DIET

– AG BONDI SAYS SHE FIRED SIX PROSECUTORS IN MINNESOTA

– BILL AND HILLARY NO-SHOW FOR THE HOUSE QUIZ – REP BURCHETT HAS SOME COMMENTS FOR THE PRESS

– ILHAN OMAR IS DENIES THE FRAUD IN HER STATE — ‘ THERE’S NO GODDAMN WAY…’

– DEM REP THANEDAR IS BACK SAYING CRAZY THINGS AND HOPING TO ABOLISH ICE

– FOLLOW THE MONEY — TREASURY SEC SAYS IRANIAN LEADERS ARE SENDING MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY

– SEN ELISSA SLOTKIN RELEASES A VIDEO — JEANINE PIRRO CALLED, ASKING TO INTERVIEW ME

– SEN MITCH McCONNELL TOOK THE MIC TO SPEAK AGAINST TRUMP’S PUSH TO GET GREENLAND (HE HAS A YEAR LEFT)

– JESSE WATTERS REPORTS – KAMALA HARRIS BOUGHT AN $8MIL MALIBU MANSION

– HEY, ART LOVERS, JIMMY CARTER’S PAINTINGS ARE GOING UP FOR AUCTION

More News From DC

– HOMELAND SECURITY STATEMENT ON THE SHOVEL ATTACK ON ICE AGENT

– NASA / SPACEX HAD AN EARLY RETURN TO EARTH – FIRST MEDICAL EVAC OF SPACE CREW

– WERE YOU WATCHING? THE SPLASHDOWN / LANDING WAS VIRTUALLY PERFECT

– THE FORD WORKER WHO YELLED AT TRUMP AND GOT THE FINGER??? HE’S $800K RICHER

– RAND PAUL WAS ON ROGAN’S SHOW — HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE SENATOR LAUGH THIS HARD?

– IRAN UPDATES – THE AIRSPACE IS REOPENED

– IRAN HAS JAMMED STARLINK FROM DELIVERING WEB SERVICE

General News

– FRAUD IN MINNESOTA? CALIFORNIA SAYS, HOLD MY BEER (LITERALLY – THIS FRAUD TIED TO BOOZE)

– GOV WALZ USES THE TERM ‘NEIGHBORS OF COLOR’ TO TRY AND GIN UP PEOPLE

– WALZ ALSO WANTS PEOPLE TP RECORD ICE — FOR THE STATE’S DATABASE (FOR FUTURE PROSECUTIONS)

– ICE AGENT SHOOTS ONE PERSON AFTER BEING AMBUSHED WHILE CHASING ILLEGAL – ATTACKED WITH SHOVELS

     – MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF PRESS STATEMENT — ‘CROWD IS ENGAGING IN UNLAWFUL ACTS’

– MN – MORE VIDEO SHOWING THE TRANSPORTATION FRAUD IN MINNEAPOLIS

– ODDLY ENOUGH, ONE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY IS INSIDE A MONEY TRANSFER COMPANY

– HOW DOES THE MINNESOTA MONEY PIPELINE WORK?

– YOU SAW THE WOMAN DRAGGED FROM HER CAR BY ICE? SHE’S A BIG TIME ‘ACTIVIST’

– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CRAZY VIDEO FROM NYC MAYOR MAMDANI’S REAL ESTATE ADVISOR

– HAVING SOLVED ALL OF WASHINGTON STATE’S PROBLEMS, THE GOV IS FAST TRACKING A BILL TO UNMASK ICE

– STACEY ABRAMS IS ALSO OUT THERE PUSHING THE UNMASKING OF ICE AGENTS

– AT LEAST THE FRAUD HASN’T HIT STATES LIKE MARYLAND — OH, WAIT, $760 MIL IN UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUD FOUND

– MAYBE ALL THE FREAKING OUT OVER MICROPLASTICS WAS NOT NECESSARY 

Other News Catching My Eye

– OPRAH STOPPED BY THE VIEW — ODDLY ENOUGH, THE TOPIC OF WEIGHT CAME UP (WHAT’S ‘FOOD NOISE?’)

– HAVE YOU SEEN THE BILL CLINTON ‘FRIENDSHIP PENDANT?’

– CANDACE OWENS REALLY NEEDS A FRIEND WHO CAN TELL HER THIS STUFF IS JUST NUTS

– ANOTHER GREAT SCOTT ADAMS LESSON — WITH HELP FROM AKIRA THE DON — CHASE MEANING

– REALLY??? REILLY GAINES HAS TO WRAP HER INFANT IN A BULLETPROOF BLANKET DUE TO THREATS