Thursday – January 29, 2026

NATIONAL PUZZLE DAY

CORN CHIP DAY

KANSAS DAY

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY


1845 – POE’S ‘THE RAVEN’ IS PUBLISHED
1861 – KANSAS ENTERS OUR UNION AS THE 34TH STATE
1886 – KARL BENZ PATENTS HIS MOTORWAGEN (FIRST VEHICLE WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE)
1892 – THE COCA-COLA COMPANY IS INCORPORATED
1929 – THE SEEING EYE – THE FIRST SCHOOL TRAINING SEEING EYE DOGS OPENS IN TENNESSEE
1936 – BASEBALL’S HALL OF FAME OPENS – FIRST CLASS IS NAMED (CAN YOU NAME THE FIVE PEOPLE?)

1964 – ‘DR STRANGELOVE’ PREMIERED (If you haven’t watched it in a while, or ever, you should.)
1972 – DON McLEAN’S ‘AMERICAN PIE’ HITS #1 ON THE POP CHARTS
1979 – PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER COMMUTES THE SENTENCE OF PATTY HEARST

1984 – REAGAN ANNOUNCES HE IS RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM
1991 – IRAQI FORCES ATTACK A SAUDI TOWN – THEY ARE TURNED BACK BY COALITION FORCES
2002 – GEORGE W. BUSH COINED THE PHRASE, ‘AXIS OF EVIL’ TO DESCRIBE IRAN, IRAQ, NORTH KOREA

2019 – JUSSIE SMOLLETT CLAIMED HE WAS ATTACKED IN CHICAGO BY TWO VIOLENT MAGA VOTERS

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– MN — NBC NEWS CONFIRMED THE NEW VIDEO SHOWING ALEX PRETTI ATTACKING FADS ON AN 13TH

– THE BIG EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY — TRUMP ACCOUNTS (NO DEM VOTED FOR THESE)

– TRUMP – GIVING EVERY NEWBORN CHILD A CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM

– TRUMP — IT’S ABOUT GIVING OUR KIDS A CHANCE

– THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TRUMP ACCOUNTS IS BRINGING BUSINESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE

– ‘MR WONDERFUL’ WAS ON HAND TO CHEER ON THIS NEWS

– MIKE DELL JOINED THE EVENT TO SHARE HIS THOUGHTS ON TRUMP ACCOUNTS

– CEO OF ALTIMETER CAPITOL EXPLAINS HOW TRUMP ACCOUNTS WILL WORK

– NICKI MINAJ SPOKE TO THE CROWD — PRAISING THE PRESIDENT

– TIM WALZ IS BLAMING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE ATTACK ON ILHAN OMAR

– CNN’S ABBY PHILIP DID IT TOO

– REPORT: PRESIDENT TRUMP CONSIDERING A FEDERAL LIMIT ON WHAT STATES CAN CHARGE FOR GAS TAX

– GOV NEWSOM IS BACK FROM DAVOS AND SPREADING ‘TRUMP 2028 FEAR’

– TIM KAINE VS MARCO RUBIO — I DO BELIEVE RUBIO WON THIS ONE

– SOROS-BACK DA LARRY KRASNER IS TRYING TO UNITE OTHER DEM DAa AGAINST THIS ADMIN

– NICKI MINAJ AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS AUTO WORKERS FORGETTING TRUMP WAS THERE

– COLBERT IS NOW SAYING ICE AGENTS ARE WORSE THAN NAZIS

– ANA NAVARRO’S DATING ADVICE DID NOT AGE WELL

– ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD DOUCHEBAG IS CALLING FOR A REVOLUTION — NOT ALL OF US WOULD DIE

More News From DC

– WAIT, THEY LIKE US NOW? DENMARK SAYS TALKS WITH THE U.S. ARE BACK ON TRACK (SO THERE’S A CHANCE?)

– CNN STACKS ITS MINNESOTA TOWN HALL WITH ACTIVISTS

– TRUMP ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF DOJ TO OPEN A FRAUD DIVISION — LET’S SEE SOME ARRESTS

– FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS, AMERICA IS MAKING MORE STEEL THAN JAPAN

– ILHAN OMAR EXPLAINS WHY SHE WENT AFTER THE GUY WHO CHARGED HER ARMED WITH VINEGAR

– APPLE CIDER VINEGAR? IS THERE SOMETHING DANGEROUS ABOUT WHAT WAS SPRAYED ON REP OMAR

– THE BROTHER OF THE VINEGAR SPRAYER IS SPEAKING TO MEDIA — CLAIMS HIS BRO IS A RIGHT WINGER

– ONLY SIX YEARS LATER, THE FBI IS LOOKING INTO GEORGIA ELECTION FRAUD

– NOW THAT THE BALLOTS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE FEDS, LOCALS SAY THEY’RE NOT SAFE

– SO, INVESTIGATING ELECTION INTERFERENCE IS NOW BEING CALLED ELECTION INTERFERENCE

– SEN ED MARKEY MAKES HIS CASE FOR DEFUNDING DHS

– MAHA NEEDS TO GET MOVING — OUR OBESITY NUMBERS ARE NOT FALLING (YET)

WHY AREN’T PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA ANGRY ABOUT DEATHS CAUSED BY THESE PEOPLE?

General News

– FORGET LAST WEEKEND’S STORM ‘FERN’ — HERE COMES THE BOMB CYCLONE WITH A BUNCH OF SNOW

– NYC’S NEW MAYOR IS CLAIMING THE CITY IS FACING A FISCAL CRISIS

– SON OF FORMER NYC MAYOR DEBLASIO IS ARRESTED IN PROTEST

– FL GOV (AND 2028 CANDIDATE) DESANTIS ANNOUNCES LAW TO PREVENT HIS STATE FROM BECOMING MINNESOTA

– VA ELECTED DEMS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS — THEY’RE ABOUT TO TAX THE BEJESUS OUT OF YOU

– WHICH STATE HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE GROCERIES? (NY IS NOT EVEN IN THE TOP 10)

– MN – THE ‘BANANAS AND RICE’ LADY WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING FEDERAL OFFICERS

– ALSO COMING TO MN, THE FEDS ARE LOOKING INTO THE STATE ALLOWING MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS

– ELON MUSK IS MOVING AWAY FROM MAKING CARS TO MAKING ROBOTS — HE’S ENDING MODELS S AND X

– THE PRICE OF GOLD? HOLYFLURKINSCHMIDT

– HILTON HEAD CONSIDERS BIG FINES FOR PEOPLE WITH CARS FULL OF JUNK (WHO DECIDES?)

– SOME ARE CALLING THIS IVF FIRM’S OPTIONS, EUGENICS

Other News Catching My Eye

– CLASSIC WARREN BUFFETT CLIP TALKING ABOUT WEALTH AND WHY MOST PEOPLE NEVER GET RICH

– MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD TELL CANDACE OWENS THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK — LEAKING ERIKA KIRK ZOOM CALL

– CONSIDERING A TRIP TO INDIA? MAYBE THINK TWICE ABOUT IT — THE NIPAH VIRUS IS BUBBLING THERE NOW