The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Thursday, August 31, 2023 TRUMP INTERVIEW TODAY The House Stands Adjourned Until September 1, 2023 at 4:30 PM EDT (Pro Forma - back September 12, 2023) The Senate Stands Adjourned Until September 1, 2023 at 11:45 AM EDT (Pro Forma - back September 5, 2023) Secretary Antony J. Blinken has no public appointments. Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria J. Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie D. Jenkins is on travel to Massachusetts, New York, and Colorado from August 28-31, 2023. . . . Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environvmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ National Forecast Charts National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?day=1 A.F. Branco Cartoon – Out With The Old https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-out-with-the-old/ grrrgraphics - Gadsden Flag 1 Marxists 0 https://grrrgraphics.com/gadsden-flag-1-marxists-0/ Mark Parisi @OffTheMarkComic - Elsewhere https://www.offthemark.com/DailyCartoon?prod_id=12460 Michael Ramirez - Putin's New Weapon https://michaelramirez.substack.com/p/michael-ramirez-putins-new-weapon RealityBites by Broc Smith - The Prognosis https://rofcbybroc.com/2023/08/30/the-prognosis/ RealityBites by Broc Smith - All in the Family https://rofcbybroc.com/2023/08/30/all-in-the-family/ Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Daily Cartoon https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/cartoon-08-31-2022/ Tatsuya Ishida @TatsuyaIshida9 - Gadsden Flag https://tatsuyaishida.substack.com/p/2023-08-31 Wokely Correct Comics @WokelyCorrect The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole84 - Luxury Beliefs https://twitter.com/TheRabbitHole84/status/1696900049635017174 Jumble Daily https://fun.chicagotribune.com/game/tca-jumble-daily Congressional Record (Most Recent Issue) https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record 60-Second Civics Podcast https://www.civiced.org/60-Second-Civics Lessons Plans and Activities Search USS Constitution Museum https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/discover-learn/educator-resources/ Draft report of the Open-ended working group on reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours Comments by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) https://docs-library.unoda.org/Open-Ended_Working_Group_on_Reducing_Space_Threats_-_(2022)/ICRC_comments_on_the_Chair's_Draft_Report.pdf Today in History - August 31 https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/august-31 August 31, 2023 - September 1, 2023 Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics Conference 2023 European Central Bank and The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Center for Inflation Research https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/conferences/html/20230831_joint_ECB_FED_conference.en.html https://www.clevelandfed.org/center-for-inflation-research https://www.clevelandfed.org/events/inflation-drivers-and-dynamics/2023/ev-20230831-inflation-drivers-and-dynamics-conference-2023 August 31, 2023 - September 4, 2023 Hoping Together: Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to Mongolia Vatican https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/vatican-publishes-schedule-papal-trip-mongolia https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/08/29/230829b.html https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2023/outside/documents/mongolia-2023.html August 31, 2023 International Day for People of African Descent United Nations https://www.un.org/en/observances/african-descent-day August 31, 2023 TBD Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Gives Morning Update on Hurricane Idalia Recovery Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other state and local officials give an update on Hurricane Idalia response and recovery efforts. https://www.c-span.org/video/?530182-1/florida-gov-ron-desantis-morning-update-hurricane-idalia-recovery August 31, 2023 2:00 AM EDT Oliver Wendell Holmes. Stephen Budiansky talked about his book, Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas, in which he recounted the life of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who served on the high court from 1902 to 1932. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?461314-1/oliver-wendell-holmes 3:00 AM EDT Opening Remarks by Ms Schnabel at Conference "Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics" Organised by the Center for Inflation Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the European Central Bank European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/conferences/html/20230831_joint_ECB_FED_conference.en.html 3:02 AM EDT History Bookshelf: Mark Twain's America Harry Katz talked about his book Mark Twain's America: A Celebration in Words and Images, a collection of photographs, illustrations, and newspaper clippings that depicts the world that inspired Mark Twain's writing. He spoke the day after the book was co-published by the Library of Congress in the Mumford Room of the James Madison Memorial Building of the library. This Books and Beyond event was co-sponsored by the library's Center for the Book and the Publishing Office. https://www.c-span.org/video/?322247-1/mark-twains-america 4:00 AM EDT 7th Meeting, 4th Session Open-ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11m2ueudv 4:00 AM EDT 677th Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1fkxf9pju 7:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Viewers commented on their experiences with government response to a natural disaster. https://www.c-span.org/video/?530101-2/open-phones&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Mariana Socal Discusses the Biden Administration's Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Plan Dr. Mariana Socal of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discusses the Biden Administration’s announcement of the first 10 prescription drugs to be subject to lower Medicare price negotiations. https://www.c-span.org/video/?530101-3/mariana-socal-discusses-biden-administrations-medicare-drug-price-negotiation-plan&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT Data and Analytics Summit GovExec https://www.govexec.com/events https://events.nextgov.com/data-and-analytics-summit/ 8:00 AM EDT Biotech Connector Speaker Series "Advances in Protein Production: Techniques, Challenges, and Opportunities" National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/ras/research-teams/reagents https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43760 8:30 AM EDT U.S. Agriculture in Drought - Released After 8:30 a.m. ET Every Thursday National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/AgInDrought.pdf 8:30 AM EDT World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Weekly Export Sales Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/weekly-export-sales-135 8:45 AM EDT Washington Journal: Miles Yu Discusses U.S.-China Relations Miles Yu, director of the Hudson Institute’s China Center, discusses Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s visit to China this week and the economic and national security challenges the U.S. faces with China. https://www.c-span.org/video/?530101-4/miles-yu-discusses-us-china-relations&playEvent 9:00 AM EDT 8th Meeting, 4th Session Open-ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15qh19xsi 9:00 AM EDT Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:00 AM EDT Blacks in Government (BIG) 44th Annual National Training: Accept the Challenge, Exceed the Standard Through Professional Development Day 2 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43404 9:30 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington. https://www.c-span.org/video/?530101-5/open-phones&playEvent 10:00 AM EDT In-Town Pool Call Time Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 10:00 AM EDT 3,019th Meeting, 110th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1riha0qw8 10:00 AM EDT IDB and World Bank to Announce Groundbreaking Partnership: Strengthening Collaboration to Maximize Development Impact Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank Group, International Organization Affiliated With the United Nations (UN) https://www.iadb.org/en/news/idb-and-world-bank-strengthening-collaboration-maximize-development-impact https://live.worldbank.org/events/strengthening-collaboration-world-bank-ajay-banga-idb-ilan-goldfajn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbC3Mx4liE - World Bank & Inter-American Development Bank Presidents on Economic Resiliency in the Americas World Bank President Ajay Banga and Inter-American Development Bank President Ilan Goldfajn discuss economic development in the Caribbean and Latin America at an event hosted by the World Bank. https://www.c-span.org/video/?530171-1/world-bank-inter-american-development-bank-presidents-economic-resiliency-americas 10:00 AM EDT Dealing with Debt | Report presentation at EAFIT Inter-American Development Bank https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26984?lang=en 10:00 AM EDT Sleep Health and Dysfunction Across the Spectrum of Pulmonary Vascular Disease (Day 2) National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2023/sleep-health-and-dysfunction-across-pvd https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43577 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=51072 10:00 AM EDT HEAL Multi-Disciplinary Working Group - August 2023 (Day 2) National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://heal.nih.gov/news/events/2023-08-mdwg https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=52310 11:00 AM EDT John Spurr, Boston Tea Party Participant Commemoration: Providence, Rhode Island The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolution 250 with the community of Providence, Rhode Island https://www.december16.org/event/boston-tea-party-participant-commemoration-providence-rhode-island 11:00 AM EDT Gender Inclusion Training for Schools School of Hard Knocks Cymru and Paul Hamlyn Foundation https://www.phf.org.uk/ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-inclusion-training-for-schools-tickets-660939035447 11:00 AM EDT Virtual Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Luis Benveniste (NEW) Global Director, Education, The World Bank Business Council for International Understanding https://bciu.org/ https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/EDUCATIONVirtualRoundtableDiscussionwithDrLuisBenveniste 11:00 AM EDT In-person Roundtable with H.E. Marek Magierowski, Ambassador of Poland to the United States Business Council for International Understanding https://bciu.org/ https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/POLANDInpersonRoundtablewithAmbassadorMarekMagierowski 11:00 AM EDT Indianapolis Veterans Job Fair Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52918/ 11:00 AM EDT The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing The White House https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 12:00 PM EDT Remarks by Mr de Guindos followed by Q&A at seminar organised by the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santander European Central Bank https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaysE9bChtGx-MOrqJps9ieSKp5I5Fh3wTrbYWHDVuJAWVTQ/viewform 12:00 PM EDT ALGERIA: Private Consultations with Mr. Tom Strauss, NEW Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) to Algeria Business Council for International Understanding https://bciu.org/ https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/ALGERIAPrivateConsultationswithMrTomStraussNEWSCOtoAlgeria 12:00 PM EDT National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) DEIA 2023-2024 Theme 1 Speaker Series Presentation National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan-diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility-deia https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=51154 12:30 PM EDT Export Market Expansion, Labor-Market Power, and Labor Shares: Evidence from a Small Open Economy Inter-American Development Bank https://www.iadb.org/en/trade/trade-policy-research-seminar-series https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26958?lang=en 12:30 PM EDT Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Ulaanbataar - Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to Mongolia Vatican https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2023/8/31/viaggio-mongolia.html https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2023/outside/documents/mongolia-2023.html 12:55 PM EDT ISS Expedition 69 in-flight event for the European Space Agency with ESA flight engineer Andy Mogensen NASA and SpaceX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAieE-QtOeM 1:00 PM EDT AI Opportunities and Challenges for Small Businesses Bipartisan Policy Center https://bipartisanpolicy.org/event/ai-opportunities-and-challenges-for-small-businesses/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGukVuSNbIY - Small Business Administration Official Discusses Impact of AI Bailey DeVries, associate administrator for the Small Business Administration’s Office of Investment and Innovation, joins the Bipartisan Policy Center for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities with artificial intelligence (AI). https://www.c-span.org/video/?530165-1/small-business-administration-official-discusses-impact-ai 1:20 PM EDT Farewell remarks from NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 from the International Space Station NASA and SpaceX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAieE-QtOeM 1:30 PM EDT America's Software Supply Chain: How Secure Are We? Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) https://www.govexec.com/events https://atarc.org/event/software-supply-chain/ 1:50 PM EDT 1st TSC launches Fort Knox's First Female Mentoring and Morale Program Department of Defense https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/32666 2:00 PM EDT Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM): Basic Principles and Technology Trends Association of Old Crows https://www.crows.org/page/RAM_Basics 2:00 PM EDT Medication-Assisted Treatment Services and Community Reentry Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice https://bja.ojp.gov/events/medication-assisted-treatment-services-and-community-reentry 2:00 PM EDT Getting started with Patent Public Search United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/researchers-librarians/getting-started-patent-public-search-cloned-2 2:00 PM EDT Trademark Basics: What Every Small Business Should Know Now, Not Later United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/trademark-basics-what-every-small-business-should-know-now-not-later-4 2:00 PM EDT NHLBI DEIA 2023-2024 Theme 1 Speaker Series Presentation National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=51154 2:30 PM EDT Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZNOYDOEuOg - TBD White House Daily Briefing White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre briefs reporters and responds to questions on the Biden administration’s policy agenda. https://www.c-span.org/video/?530183-1/white-house-daily-briefing 3:00 PM EDT Quarterly Agricultural Export Forecast Report Release - Quarterly Agricultural Export Forecast Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/quarterly-agricultural-export-Forecast-9 4:00 PM EDT Using Curriculum Based Measures to Identify Instructional Goals in Writing Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) https://daddcec.com/events/using-curriculum-based-measures-identify-instructional-goals-writing 5:00 PM EDT Washington Today Catch up on the stories of the day in Washington, DC. Hear portions of key events and interviews with journalists and policy makers who provide background and perspective. https://www.c-span.org/radio/ 6:00 PM EDT @jsolomonReports and @AmandaHead have an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with President Trump on #JustTheNewsNoNoise >>19462786 pb https://twitter.com/RealAmVoice/status/1697023615290560769 https://americasvoice.news/playlists/show/just-the-news-no-noise/ https://rumble.com/v3cm37q-get-real-news-and-honest-views.html 6:15 PM EDT and 7:15 PM EDT Live! at the Library: Café Concert with Rockville Strings Pop Quartet Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-410114/live-at-the-library-cafe-concert-with-rockville-strings-pop-quartet/2023-08-31/ C-SPAN's The Weekly Connecting today's political discourse with the past 40 years of politics. Using audio taken from C-SPAN's vast Video Library, each episode focuses on a theme tied to current events providing a unique perspective on today's news. https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/?series=theWeekly 6:30 PM EDT Washington Today Podcast Catch up on the biggest stories of the day from Washington with interviews and analysis from leading journalists. Posted weekdays at 6:30 pm ET. F https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/?series=washingtonToday 7:30 PM EDT Marine Band - National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia U.S. Marine Band "The President's Own" https://www.aoc.gov/about-us/news-notices/military-bands-capitol-summer-concert-series https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Calendar/ https://express.adobe.com/page/yDBT8iIq87Mi7/#Marine-Band-5 8:00 PM EDT Library of Congress National Book Festival Author Talk: Angeline Boulley and Trang Thanh Tran - 2023 National Book Festival PBS Books, in collaboration with Kansas City PBS and KERA in Dallas, Texas https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ https://www.loc.gov/item/event-409307/library-of-congress-national-book-festival-author-talk-angeline-boulley-and-trang-thanh-tran/2023-08-31/ https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/angeline-boulley-and-trang-thanh-tran/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjTnXovQBo 9:00 PM EDT Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Deputy Director, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Climate Change and Indigenous Communities United States Geological Survey https://www.usgs.gov/public-lecture-series 10:00 PM EDT Arrival at "Chinggis Khaan" International Airport - Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/vatican-publishes-schedule-papal-trip-mongolia https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2023/8/31/viaggio-mongolia.html https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2023/outside/documents/mongolia-2023.html 10:00 PM EDT Official Welcome - Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/vatican-publishes-schedule-papal-trip-mongolia https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2023/8/31/viaggio-mongolia.html https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2023/outside/documents/mongolia-2023.html