BOOKER BLAMES D-TEAM FOR PARTY FAILING PURITY TESTS
Sen. Cory Booker thinks his own party is coming up short. In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press tied to his new book, the New Jersey Democrat said the party has “failed this moment,” arguing that internal “purity tests” have shrunk its coalition to one “too small to make a big change.” He called for a “generational renewal” and “new leadership” focused on cooling partisan tensions rather than exacerbating them, stressing that Americans “are not each other’s enemies.” “Our ability to fund common ground has always been our greatest hope” and “it is time for a new vision of our country that’s far more uniting, that brings people together, doesn’t deepen divides,” he said, per USA Today.
Senator Cory Booker, in a plucky feat of political self-inspection, has decided his own party’s going off the rails with “purity tests” that shrink their mojo faster than a snowball in a heatwave—apparently, unity means pocketing all the dissenting voices and never, ever daring to lionize the guy who’s definitely the party’s “main character,” aka Trump. Booker's grand plan, delivered with all the urgency of a man hawking his latest book on an NBC couch, is to rally around AI and robots—because nothing says bipartisan cooperation like sharing your fears of the future with a machine. Meanwhile, his campaign coffers, padded by a 25-hour speech-marathon that surely sparked countless soggy napkins in Senate offices, suggest that while he forbids focusing on his own celebrity subplot, he’s quietly auditioning for a major role in the 2028 sequel, or at least another six years of reruns from New Jersey. Comedy, tragedy, or just pure Senate drama? Stay tuned.
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)April 17, 2026
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Bandaranaike's husband became prime minister of Ceylon in 1956 and was assassinated three years later. In the election that followed, Bandaranaike's party was victorious—making her the world's first female prime minister. She headed two coalition governments and served again as prime minister when she was appointed by her daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunga, who was elected president in 1994. While in office, Bandaranaike promoted a new constitution that changed the country's name to what?
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Bandaranaike's husband became prime minister of Ceylon in 1956 and was assassinated three years later. In the election that followed, Bandaranaike's party was victorious—making her the world's first female prime minister. She headed two coalition governments and served again as prime minister when she was appointed by her daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunga, who was elected president in 1994. While in office, Bandaranaike promoted a new constitution that changed the country's name to what?Today’s Holiday
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Verrazano DayApril 17, 2026
Observed in New York state, Verrazano Day commemorates the discovery of New York Harbor by the Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano on April 17, 1524. With the backing of King Francis I of France, Verrazano sailed his ship to the New World, reaching the Carolina coast in March 1524, and then sailing northward, exploring the eastern coast of North America. He also discovered Block Island and Narragansett Bay in what is now Rhode Island. In naming the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, New York gave Verrazano official recognition.
Observed in New York state, Verrazano Day commemorates the discovery of New York Harbor by the Italian navigator ARTICLE OF THE DAY
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Exquisite CorpseApril 17, 2026
Exquisite corpse is an exercise in which a collection of words or images is assembled by several participants, each of whom adds to a composition by either following a predetermined sequence—such as adjective-noun-adverb-verb-article-adjective-noun—or by looking at the end of the previous entry. The name of the game is derived from the phrase that French Surrealists created when they first played it in 1925: "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau," which means what?
Exquisite corpse is an exercise in which a collection of words or images is assembled by several participants, each of whom adds to a composition by either following a predetermined sequence—such as adjective-noun-adverb-verb-article-adjective-noun—or by looking at the end of the previous entry. The name of the game is derived from the phrase that French Surrealists created when they first played it in 1925: "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau," which means what?
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