The Feast of San Juan of Capistrano (The swallows leave today.)
National Boston Cream Pie Day (It’s not a pie.)
National Canning Day
BONUS: ‘INCONVENIENT STUDY’ – THE INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY IS LINKED HERE
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1819 – NY Gov Dewitt Clinton rides the first boat through the Erie Canal
1941 – Disney released ‘Dumbo’
1958 – Boris Pasternak wins Nobel Prize for ‘Dr Zhivago’ – he later refused it
1983 – Suicide bomber kills 241 U.S. service personnel in Beirut
1993 – Toronto Blue Jays’ Joe Carter hits the first World Series walk-off homer
1998 – Netanyahu and Arafat reached a ‘land for peace’ deal
2002 – Chechen rebels take 700 hostages in a Russian theater
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING THE SHUTDOWN A SHAME
– HAVE YOU HEARD? THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST BALLROOM EVER BUILT!
– TRUMP DESTROYS JEFF MASON OVER HIS TAKE ON THE WH BALLROOM PROJECT
– ANOTHER DRUG FILLED BOAT IS EVAPORATED
– RUBIO GETS IT RIGHT ON THE BLOWING UP OF NARCO-TERRORISTS
– FETTERMAN KNOWS HE’S BEING TARGETED BY HIS PARTY, HE DOESN’T CARE
– BUT WAIT, THERES MORE FROM SEN FETTERMAN
– #2 HOUSE DEM SAID SOMETHING REALLY DUMB ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN
– TREAS SEC BESSENT ON THE SANCTIONS JUST HITTING RUSSIA
– CARVILLE’S CRAZY CLIP DU JOUR – HE WANTS ALL TRUMPERS ROUNDED UP, HEADS SHAVED
– JAMES ALSO THINKS ANTIFA DOES NOT EXIST
More News From DC
– NATIONAL DEBT HITS $38 TRILLION
– THE AP WANTS YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM
– CNN IS PUSHING THE ‘WHITE HOUSE DEMOLITION’ LINE
– WHO IS DONATING TO BUILD THE NEW BALLROOM?
– GOP FLOATS FUNDING GOV’T TO DEC 2026 TO END THE SHUTDOWN
– DOES COVERING UP A NAZI TATTOO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER? MAINE DEM THINKS SO
– TRUMP HITS RUSSIAN OIL COMPANIES WITH SANCTIONS, BRENT CRUDE PRICES JUMP
– BEYOND MEAT SURGED OVER 1000% IN FOUR DAYS
General News
– FROM THEHILL.COM – FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FINAL NYC MAYORAL DEBATE
– MAMDANI IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING A WORD SALAD
– NC GOP PASSES NEW DISTRICT MAP – SHOULD GIVE GOP ANOTHER SEAT
– SUSPECT IN DEADLY CA TRUCK CRASH APPEARS TO BE ILLEGAL (MAY HAVE BEEN DRUNK)
– MEGAMILLIONS JACKPOT HITS $680 MIL
– ELON MUSK SHUT OFF SATELLITES SERVING MYANMAR — TO BLOCK SCAMMERS

Punctuation is important.
Other News Catching My Eye
– WAIT, THERE WAS ONLY ONE CAMERA IN THE LOUVRE GALLERY WHERE THE JEWELS WERE?
– SEVEN THIEVES IN SPAIN CHARGED WITH STEALING 1000 RESTAURANT CHAIRS
– SPOOKY OR COOL? (MAYBE BOTH) VINTAGE CAR GRAVEYARD IN GERMANY