Memorial Day Savings, Everything Before GTA 6, Jets Collide at Air Show, and More

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

Good morning! Welcome to The Tradesman, a 5-minute newsletter tailored just for America’s tradesmen.

Congratulations to Chuck P. of Roehrenbeck Electric for winning our Thursday Gas Card giveaway!

Chuck, reply to this email if you’d prefer your card from Speedway, Shell, or Sheetz, and we’ll get it sent over!

For many, the best part of Memorial Day is the pools opening, family cookouts, and the first day off in months.

If you are like us, however, you count down the days until you can take advantage of all the Memorial Day sales.

Amazon seems to be on the same page as us, because their sales are going on right now.

Click here to see the best sales going on now.

In theory, Grand Theft Auto 6 is supposed to release on November 19th, 2026, but fans are beyond skeptical at this point.

According to a recent interview with the CEO Strauss Zelnick of Take-Two Interactive, the publisher behind GTA, the original planned release of the game was Spring of 2025. 

He said that the game “is only” 18 months behind the original release date, as if that’s supposed to make fans feel better.

We’ll see if it actually releases this fall. In the meantime, click here to see the projected cost and rollout of the game.

Let’s be honest, we love our kids, but sometimes it feels impossible to carry on a conversation with them.

It makes sense. Their words are completely different from ours. While we worry about aching joints and stolen tools, they’re excited about a bug they saw earlier or what Bluey has been up to.

Don’t worry, we’ve got you. Here are 50 questions to ask your kids at dinner.

On Sunday in Idaho, two Navy jets collided midair during an airshow. 

While both jets plummeted to the ground and exploded, four parachutes were seen ejecting from the jets.

The pilots were taken off the scene by medical personnel. No major injuries have been reported.

Find the video and more information about the incident here.

Is $650 for a LEGO set reasonable?