Open Mic MONDAY 14th SEPTEMBER + Political Caption Competition

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: The first British Prime Minister was Robert Walpole, starting in 1721.

POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When the president during the campaign
said he was against nation building,
I didn’t realize he meant our nation.”
― Al Franken

POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
One chance in ten waits,
We teach the machine to think—
Then pray it needs us.

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