Wednesday – September 30, 2026

National Chewing Gum Day  (Where are you on GUM? Don’t ask Singapore.)

– National Mulled Cider Day

– World Stroopwafel Day (Big fan)

– Intl Podcast Day – Salute to ‘The Podfather, Adam Curry’

– National Pet Tricks Day (Ours does zero tricks. Just looks adorable.)

Meme Du Jour

100% would try 

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1776 – Washington writes to his nephew kvetching about the militia’s lack of discipline
1868 – The first volume of Alcott’s ‘Little Women’ is published
1889 – Wyoming lawmaker gave women the right to vote in that state
1927 – Babe Ruth hit home run #60 that year, a record that stood for 34 years
1934 – FDR dedicates the Boulder Dam (Now, the Hoover Dam)

1954 – The Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine is commissioned
1955 – James Dean died in a car crash
1960 – ‘The Flintstones’ premiered on ABC

1972 – Roberto Clemente gets his 3,000th hit (It was also the last hit of his career)
1991 – ‘The Jerry Springer Show debuts in syndication with the throwing of the first chair

1997 – Hooters paid $3.8 mil to settle suit after not hiring male servers

2004 – Gov Schwarzenegger signs bill banning foie gras in California (overturned in 2015)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES TIME-SAVING ‘AMERICA.GOV’

– IS IT THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING TRUMP’S DONE? (S-BOMB DROPPED)

– TRUMP: ‘IT’S NOT A-I, IT’S S-I’ — GET IT RIGHT

– THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THE OFFICIAL RENAMING OF A-I TO S-I

– THE RE-BRANDING OF A-I IS FURTHER EXPLAINED BY THE PRES (ARTIFICIAL NEWS)

– TRUMP AND THE TECH BROS ON CONFLICT BETWEEN INNOVATION & SAFETY

– TRUMP: XI WILL TAKE EVERY DATA CENTER THAT WE DON’T WANT

– TRUMP ASKED WHY NOKO CAN HAVE NUKES BY IRAN CAN’T

– KAROLINE LEAVITT INTRO’D MUSK AND HUANG AT ‘HELLO AMERICA’ EVENT

– MUSK & TECH BROS ANNOUNCE ‘JOINT DECLARATION ON S-I SAFETY’

– JD VANCE APOLOGIZES FOR DROPPING A ‘CLUSTERF*CK’ ON STAGE YESTERDAY

     – VANCE OFFERED CLARITY ON THE ‘DOOMERISM’ TIED TO A-I OR S-I

– SEN KENNEDY MAKES JACK SMITH UNCOMFORTABLE  – (NO FAMILY TALK)

     – KENNEDY AND SMITH SQUARE OFF (THE TOOTH FAIRY QUESTION)

     – ‘WITH RESPECT, DICK… HE’S NOT BAMBI’S BABY BROTHER

– TED CRUZ TOOK SOME SHOTS AT SMITH OVER REPUBLICAN ONLY PERSECUTION

– SEN HAWLEY SAYS HE UNDERESTIMATED JACK SMITH’S COMEDIC TALENT

– CORY BOOKER THINKS ALL TRUMP IMMIGRATION POLICIES ARE WRONG, ALL OF THEM

– RUBIO ANNOUNCES APPLYING FOR PASSPORTS ONLINE AT AMERICA.GOV

     – DOGE LEGEND ‘BIG BALLS’ IS A CODER FOR AMERICA.GOV

– CLIMATE PROTESTERS DISRUPT SCHUMER EVENT, THROW MONEY AT HIM

– FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL – ‘I CAN’T TELL YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR’

– WHOA – SUNNY HOSTIN DEFENDS THE CORNELL 7

– PODCASTER KYLE KULINSKI HAS SOME PRETTY AWFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT TRUMP

More News From DC

– SCOTUS GIVES TRUMP TEMP OK FOR QUICK DEPORTATIONS TO OTHER COUNTRIES

– NOT GOOD FOR GOP IN  MIDTERMS — CONSUMERS AIN’T THAT CONFIDENT

– BULWARK CLAIMS TRUMP VOTERS ARE ATTACHING TO EL-SAYED

– DEM REP FACING PRISON AND PREGNANCY LAMONICA McIVER ANNOUNCED SHE PREGGO

– THE MIGRANT CARAVAN IS STILL MARCHING TOWARDS THE U.S. BORDER

General News

– APPEAL DENIED, TN SLATED TO EXECUTE A (FEMALE) MURDERER TUESDAY MORNING

– TX GOV DECLARES A DIESEL DISASTER!

– LINDSAY CLANCY’S LAWYER CHANGES DIRECTION — ASKS ‘WHERE’S THE EVIDENCE?’

     – CLANCY’S LAWYER IS ALSO FED-UP (WITH YOUR OPINION OF HIM)

– JUDGE RULES AGAINST MAMDANI’S PIED-A-TERRE TAX

     – KIMMEL INVITES MAMDANI TO COME TO L.A. AND BE THEIR MAYOR

– JURY FINDS FORMER AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT ‘GUILTY’ (ON ALL COUNTS)

– DATA CENTER PAYOFF? TOWN RESIDENTS PROMISED $10K EACH

– NEW POLL SHOWS PAXTON SURGING AHEAD OF TALARICO

Other News Catching My Eye

– CAN YOU ADD SOFTWARE TO MAKE YOUR CAR ‘SELF-DRIVING’? (MAYBE)

– DOES TRAVELING WITH A PET BEAT TRAVELING WITH A PERSON  (HALF SAY YES)

– ARE WE GETTING MESSAGES FROM DEEP SPACE?