In today's edition of The Update Journal, we ask the question nobody saw coming in 2026: do we… gotta go back to Mo’s? Modell’s is reportedly plotting a comeback, but online first — because apparently even nostalgia has to clear the digital checkout line before it can reopen a storefront. Still, if this is the first step toward hearing “Gotta Go to Mo’s” again in public, then yes, I am emotionally prepared to pretend I didn’t miss a sporting goods store this much.

Then, Boar’s Head has entered the Thanksgiving group chat with a deep fried turkey breast, which sounds delicious, dangerous, and like something that would get the fire department called if we tried making it ourselves. It’s Thanksgiving energy with deli counter access — the kind of thing that makes you wonder if someone at Boar’s Head looked at a holiday dinner and said, “What if this came sliced, seasoned, and with fewer relatives asking about your life choices?”

And in today’s honorable mention, California cities are dominating the national catfish rankings, proving once again that the West Coast can’t just have sunshine, beaches, and traffic — it also needs emotional fraud with a profile picture from 2017. Apparently, some people are out here getting lured in by fake profiles, fake promises, and dating bios that have more fiction than a CW reboot.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, A former chief of staff to ex Mayor Adams was arrested in a federal bribery case about a lucrative migrant shelter contract, the latest sign that prosecutors continue to scrutinize Adams’ inner circle months after the scandal-bruised Democrat left office.

Mayor Mamdani’s slate of fiery progressives swept establishment-backed Democrats in the state’s congressional primaries, ousting two sitting congressmen in a resounding show of force for the democratic socialist leader of America’s largest city, who is fighting to reshape the Democratic Party in New York and beyond.

And in Texas, Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors at the Christian camp for girls along the Guadalupe River.