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

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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)