Tuesday – August 25, 2026

National Banana Split Day (Invented at Strickler’s Drug Store in Latrobe, PA)

– National Whiskey Sour Day

– National Kiss and Make Up Day

– National Park Service Founders Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1830 – Machine vs Animal? A locomotive vs a horse 
(The horse won, this time.)
1875 – 27-yr-old Englishman swims the English Channel
1939 – The Wizard of Oz opens nationally in theaters
1944 – Paris is liberated from the Nazis
1950 – President Truman orders government to seize control of the railroads

1962 – Little Eva hits #1 with the Loco-Motion

1982 – The Marines are deployed to Lebanon

2009 – Senator Ted Kennedy dies at 77 

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– PRES TRUMP HAS A WARNING FOR ‘INDOCTRINATING’ SCHOOLS

– SEC BESSENT ON THE TRUMP MOVE TO SQUEEZE IRAN’S ECONOMY

– VP VANCE IN MAINE TALKING ABOUT TARIFFS AGAINST CANADA

– HEGSETH ON THE DEPT OF WAR’S LATEST MISSION — BACK TO BASICS

– WHAT A SHOCK – SUSAN COLLINS DOESN’T APPROVE OF TRUMP’S CANADA TARIFFS

– HILLARY CLINTON ON DEMS AND DSA (THEY’RE GOING THRU A PHASE)

– VICTOR DAVIS HANSON BRINGS CLARITY ON JAMES TALARICO

– EL-SAYED WITH JESSE WATTERS — THE CIRCUMCISION CLIP

     – JESSE ALSO DISCUSSED TAXING RICH PEOPLE

     – IRAN AND THE U.S. BANNING SHARI WERE ALSO DISCUSSED

     – OLD CLIP SHOWS EL-SAYED SUPPORTING REPARATIONS

     – EL-SAYED IS TRYING DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM HASAN PIKER -BUUUUT

– MIKE ROGERS HAS A GREAT LINE ABOUT EL-SAYED

– ME DEMS MAY BE PUSHING A WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR GRAHAM PLATNER

– HAKEEM JEFFRIES TRIED TO EXPLAIN HIS MEETING WITH JARED KUSHNER

– SMILING ANGIE NIXON SAYS DEMS ARE THE BIG TENT PARTY (SHE GOT THE MEMO)

– ANGIE IS NOW AGAINST DEFUNDING POLICE AND JUMPING ON ANTI-FLOCK TREND

– DOES GAVIN NEWSOM HAVE A CATCHPHRASE? (DON’T ALL DEMS?)

– HOW MANY POLLS DO WE NEED TO PROVE VOTER ID IS WHAT WE ALL WANT?

– JIMMY KIMMEL (AND HIS WIFE) USING THEIR KIDS AS HUMAN SHIELDS 

– CNN — SHUT DOWN FOR 30 MINS

     – DID BARKLEY DO IT? (HE HATES CNN)

More News From DC

– THE ATTACK ON IRAN — IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS

– SUPREME COURT LIFTS JUDGES ORDER BLOCKING TRUMP MAIL-IN VOTING RULES

– CANADA SLAPS BACK — RESPONDS TO TRUMP TARIFFS

– ANOTHER WOULD-BE TRUMP KILLER TAKEN OFF THE STREETS

General News

– NO SUNSETS BEFORE 5PM — HOW PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CHANGES US

– THE 80s ARE BACK! NJ BEACHES CLOSED AFTER SYRINGES WASH UP ON SHORE

– HE PLANNED TO SHOOT UP FIVE SCHOOLS… BUT, HE’S BEEN RELEASED? WUT?

– DON LEMON IS MAD THAT KARMELO ANTHONY IS GOING PRISON

– WNBA PROSPECT ENES KANTOR FREEDOM SAYS (S)HE IDENTIFIES AS A WOMAN

     – IS MS. FREEDOM ELIGIBLE TO PLAY IN THE WNBA?

– FDA APPROVES NEW BLOOD TEST FOR ALZHEIMER’S  (THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE)

– BUC-EE’S IS FED UP WITH BLUE STATE MADNESS, FOCUSING ON RED STATES NOW

– GIRLS SOCCER PRACTICE INTERRUPTED BY SICKO IN A PENIS MASK

– BOOTED BEAUTY QUEEN SUING MISS USA PAGEANT OVER HER DISMISSAL

Other News Catching My Eye

– NO MORE SUNSETS BEFORE 5PM — HOW PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CHANGES US

– WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING WITH THIS LAUGHING WEATHERMAN???

– SCIENTISTS GROWING HUMAN BRAIN ‘ORGANOIDS’ FOR SEVEN YEARS

– ZUCKERBERG BUYS A CASTLE IN IRELAND