National Hugging Day
Museum Selfie Day
National Cheesy Socks Day (You work with someone who is celebrating this.)
International Sweatpants Day
Meme Du Jour

HMMM. AFTER YESTERDAY, THIS MAKES EVEN MORE SENSE
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1793 – Louis XVI lost his head after a conviction for High Treason
1924 – Lenin dies – he was 54 and a brain hemorrhage took him out
1968 – An American B-52 with 4 nuke aboard crashes into a fjord in Greenland – the crew ejected
1976 – The Concordes took off from London and Paris at the same time – ushering in supersonic flight
1977 – Jimmy Carter pardons draft dodgers — Same day — Carter told us to set thermostats to 65 degrees
1990 – John McEnroe is the first person ever DQ’d from the Australian Open (It may have been related to his behavior)
1991 – CBS News’s Bob Simon and his crew are captured by Iraquis and held for 40 days
2009 – Toyota passes GM as the biggest car maker

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP ON WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MINNESOTA
– WHAT DOES POTUS NEED TO GET DONE TO CONSIDER HIS PRESIDENCY A ‘SUCCESS?’
– TRUMP PROVIDES MORE CLARITY ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IRAN ATTACKS HIM OR AMERICA
– HOWARD LUTNICK BRINGS SERIOUS CLARITY TO FOX BIZ — WHY HAVE YOUR ADVERSARY MAKING YOUR MEDS?
– OF COURSE, CANADA STANDS WITH DENMARK ON THE GREENLAND THING
– AFTER TRUMP’S PRESSER YESTERDAY, CNN RUSHED TO TRASH IT
– RFK JR GIVES PRESIDENT TRUMP SOME STRONG GRADES ON HIS FIRST YEAR IN SECOND TERM
– VP VANCE HEADED TO MINNEAPOLIS ON THURSDAY
– CLASSLESS GHOUL: REGISTERED NURSE WISHES BAD THINGS FOR TRUMP’S PREGNANT PRESS SEC
– WATCH LIBS LINE UP TO SMASH A TRUMP DOLL

More News From DC
– PENTAGON: WE HAVE NO PLANS TO INVADE GREENLAND
– DOJ DELIVERS SUBPEONAS TO WALZ, FREY AND A BUNCH OF MN OFFICIALS
– AF-1 TURNED AROUND – TRUMP SWITCHES PLANE – WE’RE TOLD IT WAS A ‘MINOR ELECTRICAL ISSUE’
– MORE PROOF THAT JUSTICE JACKSON IS NOT THE SMARTEST OF THE NINE JUSTICES
– KAMALA HARRIS’ PEOPLE REPORTEDLY ASKED TIM WALZ IF HE WAS AN AGENT OF CHINA
– POLL: IT’S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN THE BORDER SUCCESS TO KEEP SOME GOP SUPPORT ALIVE
– SECOND LADY USHA VANCE ANNOUNCES SHE’S EXPECTING THEIR FOURTH CHILD (A BOY)
– AS MANY AS 6.4 MIL PEOPLE WERE ENROLLED IN OBAMACARE AND THEY DIDN’T KNOW?
– TOP SECRET BUNKER UNDER THE WHITE GETTING A MAKEOVER? (ALSO, HOW SECRET IS IT, REALLY?)
– SILVER IS STILL ON THE RISE – COULD IT HIT $100/OZ?

General News– STORM? BIG STORM? MASSIVE STORM? CATASTROPHIC STORM? MAYBE
– MICHELLE TAFOYA FILES TO RUN FOR THE SENATE IN MINNESOTA (AS A REPUBLICAN)
– FIRST THEY SANG IN TARGET STORES, NOW THEY’RE BUYING SALT AND RETURNING IT (TO MUCK THINGS UP)
– ONE OF THE CHURCH PROTESTERS IS BASICALLY DARING THE DOJ TO ARREST HIM
– IT SOUNDS LIKE SEC NOEM MAY READY TO MAKE HIS DREAMS COME TRUE
– CONNECT THE DOTS — MN AG WAS IN CONGRESS — ONE THE BILLS HE PUSHED HELPED SEND MONEY TO SOMALIA
– MN STATE REP WHO IS TRANS – CALLS FOR STORMING OF CHURCHES TO CONTINUE
– TEACHER IN MN CAUGHT ON VIDEO SAYING SOME IGNORANT THINGS TO A STUDENT
– THE SAME TEACHER WROTE A PRETTY WOKE DISSERTATION TO EARN HER PHD
– PORTLAND DEMS SUE RAILROAD COMPANY FOR BLOCKING HOMELESS FROM SETTING UP CAMP
– IN LOS ANGELES, A HOMELESS MAN HAS BUILT AN ENTIRE HOUSE ON THE SIDEWALK
– THE VIEW MAY BE PART OF ABC NEWS, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY FACT CHECK STUFF
– INFURIATING: SELLING FAKE NURSING DIPLOMAS AND TRANSCRIPTS? LOTS OF THEM, THOUSANDS OF THEM

Other News Catching My Eye
– HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THIS NEW HOTEL TREND – BATHROOM DOORS GOING AWAY
– TENNIS STAR NAOMI OSAKA USED TO SAY SHE DIDN’T WANT SO MUCH MEDIA ATTENTION — BUT, NOW
– ARKANSAS MAN FOLLOWS A HUNCH – WINS $100K LOTTERY – TRUST YOUR HUNCHES
– IS THAT A HEARSE AT THE DRIVE-THRU WINDOW?
– WHAT DID THE LA RAMS PUT IN THEIR SOCKS TO STAY WARM IN CHICAGO? (DID IT WORK?)