Today is Wednesday, November 26, 2025, one day before Thanksgiving 2025. Sadly, we learn today – just a day before this national holiday – that two National Guard members were shot in an ambush-style attack in Washington, D.C., this afternoon. This breaking story is covered online by CBS News in an article by Cara Tabachnick entitled “2 National Guard members shot in D.C., suspect in custody, officials say.”

The two Guard members are in critical condition, but it was erroneously reported that the troops had died by West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey. He has since cited “conflicting reports” as an explanation for the error.

The Metropolitan Police Department said the crime scene was secured and a suspect is in custody. Police said the suspect was wounded and was taken to a hospital.

Now that suspect has been identified as a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. Law enforcement believes he has acted alone.

The shooting took place near the Farragut Metro stop, a few blocks from the White House, at 17th and I Street NW.

Eyewitness accounts suggest the gunman waited in concealment before striking as they stood outside a Washington, D.C., metro station. Multiple Guard personnel inside the metro station ran out to assist after hearing shots.

The attack, meanwhile, is prompting some concern among officials about the widespread deployment of National Guard personnel for domestic security. The shooting has been described to CBS News by several law enforcement officials as “devastating” and “cautionary.”

Of course, the idiot in chief did not offer words of consolation to the families who have been affected by this tragedy, but only stoked more fuel for the fire, saying the shooting was “an act of terror” and “an act of evil, an act of hatred.” He also decided to deploy 500 more National Guard troops to the area rather than pulling back as a result of this shooting. Let’s not forget who is responsible for deploying these troops to American cities in the first damn place? None other than Donald J. Grump and, it’s my belief, he shares some responsibility in this heinous act.

In addition, this cruel and irrational regime is now asking a federal appeals court for an emergency stay of an order from a federal judge to remove the National Guard from Washington, D.C. Last week, the judge ruled the deployment was unlawful.

Possibly, the only silver lining amid all of the terrible news coming out of Washington is a special election being held next Tuesday in all places, Tennessee, which is formerly a Grump bastion, but is now exhibiting remarkable progress made by a progressive Democrat who is running against Republican Matt Van Epps in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Mark Green. The Democrat’s name is state Rep. Aftyn Behn and she is running almost neck to neck with her opponent. Van Epps is leading Behn by just two points, 48 percent to 46 percent.

The substantial closing of the gap suggests an even nastier political climate for Republicans than previously anticipated heading into next year’s midterms.

However, the expectation among strategists is that Behn will not win anyway, but her strong performance so far in a deep red state means that next year’s elections will be an uphill battle for repugnicans overall. This is music to my ears!

Dump’s approval in the district is completely underwater, a new poll shows. After winning the state by double-digits, only 47 percent approve of his job performance while 49 disapprove. The change has been driven by Independents, with 59 percent disapproving.

I urge everyone to keep their eyes peeled in next Tuesday’s race in Tennessee to see if there could be a surprising upset there.

Anyway, it’s time to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. I hope you can enjoy the holiday with your loved ones without arguing about trivial and not-so-trivial matters. It’s time to bury our differences and be more understandable of others’ differences across the holiday table.

Tomorrow Elliot and I will be guests at our friend “Patricia”s West Side Tennis Club, in Forest Hills, for Thanksgiving. There will be a buffet around 1:30 and we’re going to meet her in the Club’s front room. We were her guests last year and everything was fabulous. It’s great not to have dishes to wash and no mess in the kitchen after hosting either one or two guests. So the same will be true this year, as well.

I’ll be with you on Friday evening.

And so it went!