Happy Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard! (Started in 1790)
– National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
– National Night Out
– National White Wine Day
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1693 – Dom Perignon discovers the process to create champagne — ‘I am tasting the stars!’
1753 – A young VIrginia planter named George Washington becomes a Master Mason
1790 – The U.S. Coast Guard is established
1830 – Plans for the city of Chicago are laid out
1892 – Lizzie Borden’s parents are found dead — and a rhyme was inspired
1914 – England declares war on Germany after their attack on Belgium
1930 – America’s first supermarket opens in Queens — King Kullen Supermarkets
1936 – Jesse Owens wins gold in the long jump in Berlin Olympics (2nd of 4 golds)
1944 – Anne Frank (and her family) captured by the Nazis
1961 – Barack Obama was born (some still debate the location of this birth)
1979 – Jimmy Carter established the Department of Energy
1988 – The U.S. Senate votes to give $20K in compensation to interned Japanese Americans
2006 – ‘Talladega Nights, The Ballad of Ricky Bobby’ opened in theaters
2012 – Oscar Pistorious is the first amputee to compete in the Olympics

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– WI DEM CANDIDATE FOR GOV SAYS IT’S ‘TIME TO 86 TRUMP’ (SHE’LL WAS USING RESTAURANT-SPEAK)
– IS THIS IRAN DEAL DAY? PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THEY HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE
– TRUMP ASKED ABOUT MAMDANI REQUIRING ID TO SHOP IN NYC-OWNED GROCERY STORES
– WHAT ABOUT OIL PRICES AND OIL COMPANY PRICES? THE PRESIDENT HAS SOME THOUGHTS
– THE PRESIDENT DECLARES AN MS-13 REPORTER TO BE ‘FAKE NEWS’ (TELLS HER NOT TO SPEAK)
– DJT IS NOT PLEASED WITH JEANINE PIRRO – ‘SHE FOLDED LIKE AN UMBRELLA’
– THE PRES SPENT 8 MINS ON PIRRO, THE REFLECTING POOL, ETC.
– EVER WONDERED WHO MAKES THE BEST GRASS IN AMERICA? THE PRESIDENT PLUGGED THEM
– DSA CO-CHAIR SAYS DEMS ARE NOT ASKING HER TO TONE IT DOWN
– SENATOR KENNEDY DELIVERS ANOTHER GEM WITH KRISTEN WELKER
– MAYOR PETE WANTS TO PACK THE COURT AND ELIMINATE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
– AARON ROGERS RIPS FAUCI’S RIDICULOUS USE OF THE 5TH AMENDMENT
– ‘DO YOU SUPPORT ANOTHER GOV’T SHUT DOWN?’ MARKEY AND MOULTON ARE ALL IN
– MARKEY WANTS GIRLS TO ‘EMBRACE’ BOYS IN THEIR SPORTS AND LOCKER ROOMS
– MOULTON APOLOGIZES TO THE TRANS COMMUNITY FOR HIS STANCE
– MIKE PENCE IS SHOWING UP A LOT… COULD HE BE THINKING ABOUT 2028?
– MICHELE OBAMA AND JUSTICE JACKSON SEEM TO BE SUPPORTING SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS?

More News From DC
– TRUMP’S WARNING TO IRAN — ‘LAST CHANCE’ HAS OIL PRICES RISING
– CARGO SHIP HIT BY (LIKELY) IRAN ATTACK
– GOV’T SHUTDOWN? NAH… STOP-GAP FUNDING PASSES FIRST HURDLE
– CALLS ARE INCREASING FOR MAX MILLER TO QUIT CONGRESS
– HUNTER BIDEN IS OFFICIALLY A STARVING ARTIST — OWES #17 MIL
– JEOPARDY! CONTESTANTS — WORLD’S THIRD SMALLEST COUNTRY CHANGES IT’S NAME

General News
– GO AHEAD WISCONSIN, ELECT THIS POLICE HATING WOMAN AS YOUR GOVERNOR
– HONG HAS ALSO SUGGESTED CANCELING THANKSGIVING
– HERE’S FIRST TIME SHE SPOKE IN FRONT OF THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE
– FRANCESCA HONG SAYS ILHAN OMAR INSPIRES HER
– HASSAM PIKER IS CAMPAIGNING IN WISCONSIN TOO (HE’S DROPPED THE RADICAL POSE…)
– WAIT TO YOU HEAR MAMDANI’S PLAN FOR THE ‘FARM-TO-TABLE’ FOOD IN NYC JAILS
– THERE’S A COLORADO TOWN WHERE A WHWOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE ON OZEMPIC
– THINK THE RENT IS HIGH IN NYC OR SAN FRAN? SANTA CRUZ, CA SAYS, ‘HOLD MY BEER’
– MORE PEOPLE ARE USING POT THAN CIGGIES
– DO YOU BUY CANNED TUNA? WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON THE LABELS
– THE WNBA NEEDS MEDIA TRAINING FOR ALL PLAYERS, COACHES AND OWNERS (GET A PARTY LINE)

COMPETITION?
Other News Catching My Eye
– ELON MUSK IS HIRING SKILLED TRADESPEOPLE TO WORK ‘ON AND OFF’ THE EARTH
– OH JOY! ROSIE O’DONNELL WILL APPEAR ON ‘THE VIEW’ FOR THE SHOW’S 30TH SEASON
– MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME FEATURES ANNUAL ELAINE BENES DANCE CONTEST
– FEELING LIKE A LOSER? WATCH THIS VIDEO — THIS KID IF TRULY JINXED
– ARGENTINA DECLARES TWO GOLDFISH TO BE SENTIENT BEINGS, GRANTS THEM RIGHTS