Wednesday – October 1, 2025

PUDDING SEASON BEGINS!

World Vegetarian Day

National Homemade Cookies Day

Pumpkin Seed Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1867 – Karl Marx published ‘Das Kapital’

1907 – The Plaza Hotel opened on the corner of 5th Ave and Central Park South
1908 – The Ford Model T hits the market
 (it would sell 15 mil, all black cars)
1949 – Mao established the People’s Republic of China
1958 – The American Express Card is launched
 (The original cards were paper.)
1962 – ‘The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson’ debuted
 (it ran until 1992)
1971 – Disney World Opened in Orlando, FL
1974 – The first McDonalds opened in London
1975 – Ali beats Frazier in the ‘Thrilla in Manila’
1979 – The U.S. handed over the Panama Canal to Panama
1982 – Sony introduced us to the now-obsolete CD player
2023 – Never mind COVID 19 deaths, the world population hit 8.1 billion
2025 – Today is the first day we have been without AOL dial-up service

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– SHUTDOWN? PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE DEMS PLANS

– THE PRESIDENT REMINDS MANU RAJU – I’M CUTTING DRUG PRICES

– TRUMP – THEY (DEMS) WANT TO GIVE HEALTHCARE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

– PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES DEAL ON DRUG PRICES WITH PFIZER

– PFIZER IS ALSO OFFERING MOST-FAVORED-NATIONS PRICES TO OTHER COUNTRIES

– ICYMI – THE MOMENT A 9-YR-OLD ANGEL TOLD HER CANCER STORY TO THE PRESIDENT

– REPORTER: TRUMP COULD CURE CANCER AND THE PRESS WOULD CRITICIZE HIM

– THE PRESS SEC READS A LETTER FROM TRUMP TO THE PHARMA CEOS

– DR OZ ON CNN EXPLAINING SOME OF THE DETAILS ON TRUMP’S NEW DRUG PRICE DEAL

– SEC KENNEDY ON ANOTHER PROMISE MADE AND KEPT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP (SHORT)

     – SEC KENNEDY’S LONGER REMARKS ON THE BIG NEWS

– BOBBY SNEEZED ON TRUMP, THE PRESIDENT WAS WORRIED ABOUT CATCHING COVID

– HEGSETH HAS A LIST OF THINGS ‘WE’RE DONE WITH’

– WE’RE GONNA CUT OUR HAIR AND TRIM OUR BEARDS

– NO MORE FAT GENERALS EITHER

– ‘THE VIEW’ SEEMED TO BE CONFUSED BY THE SEC OF WAR’S MESSAGE

– SHUT DOWN – LEADER THUNE SAYS THE SENATE WILL VOTE AGAIN TODAY

– THUNE PLACES THE BLAME SQUARELY ON THE DEMS

– MAXINE WATERS – DEMOCRATS ARE DEMANDING HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE (EVEN ILLEGALS)

– OMB DIRECTOR IS READY TO TRIM THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE AS THE GOV’T SHUTS

– ON TROLLING: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER WANTS TRUMP TO ‘SAY IT TO MY FACE’

– SCHUMER IS STILL STEAMED ABOUT THE MARIACHI MEME

– AOC HAS GONE OFF THE DEEP END – SAYS TRUMP ‘WANTS TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE DYING’

– BERNIE SAYS HE WON’T ALLOW ‘TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FELLOW AMERICANS DIE’

– BACK IN 2007, PELOSI WAS AGAINST TAXPAYERS FUNDING HEALTH CARE FOR ILLEGALS

– DEM REP SWALWELL HAS A WARNING FOR THE GOP AND ANYONE WHO WORKED WITH THEM

– BEN FROM BEN & JERRY’S TAKES A CHAIN SAW TO A MODEL OF THE PENTAGON

– WATCH ICE DROP INTO CHICAGO APARTMENT BUILDING FROM A HELICOPTER GRAB ILLEGALS

– RUTGERS REPORT — THE LEFT AND LEFT OF CENTER CAN JUSTIFY KILLING MUSK AND TRUMP

More News From DC

– YUP, THE GOV’T IS SHUT – HERE’S WHAT THAT MEANS

– SC CONGRESSMAN FILES TO HOLD CONGRESSIONAL PAYCHECKS DURING SHUT DOWNS

– WHITE HOUSE PULLS NOMINATION OF EJ ANTONI FROM BLS

– TRUMP ADMITS TO TROLLING SCHUMER AND JEFFRIES WITH ‘TRUMP 2028’ HATS

– GEE, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOV’T EV SUBSIDIES ARE PULLED FROM FORD?

General News

– OH LOOK, DES MOINES’ SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT HAS RESIGNED

– BOMB THREAT? 6,000+ SHOWED UP FOR A TPUSA RALLY IN UTAH

– ‘FIRE IN THE HOLE!’ THEN BOOM. WHAT SOMETHING PLANTED AT THE TPUSA EVENT?

– JUDGE REJECTS DIDDY’S REQUEST TO DROP PROSTITUTION CHARGES

– TRAVELING TO LONDON OR ITALY OR 27 OTHER EURO COUNTRIES? PREPARE FOR E-E-S

– ELON MUSK REPORTEDLY CANCELED HIS NETFLIX ACCOUNT AFTER HEARING ABOUT THIS 

Other News Catching My Eye

– TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT? WATCH THE NEAR MISS AT LAX

– TYREEK HILL ASKS FOR PRAYERS AS HE WAITS ON HIS KNEE SURGERY

– FAT BEAR WEEK HAS ENDED AND WE HAVE A WINNER

– WHEN A SELF-DRIVING CAR MAKES AN ILLEGAL U-TURN, WHO GETS THE TICKET?

– ADAM COROLLA HAS A GREAT IDEA FOR RE-BRANDING ICE