National Raspberries and Cream Day
Countdown to the 2020 Election — 88 days to go!
Meme du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1782 – President Washington authorized the creation of the Purple Heart award for soldiers wounded in combat
1794 – The Whiskey Rebellion — This was a protest against a federal tax on distilled spirits. Rebels burned the regional tax inspectors home and Washington sent 13,000 troops in response. (See, Trump was following George Washington’s lead)
1888 – Theo Van Kannel of Philadelphia received patent #387,571 for the revolving door1959 – We launched Explorer 6 a satellite that sent back a killer picture of earth
1987 – American Lynn Cox swims the 2.7miles from the U.S. to the USSR (across the very cold Bering Strait) — She was the first person to do so and reportedly received a warm welcome from the Soviets
1990 – Operation Desert Shield begins as US Troops are deployed to discourage Saddam Hussein from invading Saudi Arabia
2000 – Al Gore announced he was picking CT’s Joe Lieberman as his running mate
News and The Politics out of D.C.
TRUMP HINTS THE VACCINE MIGHT READY BEFORE THE ELECTION (DID HE?)
BIDEN SAYS BLACKS NOT AS DIVERSE AS LATINOS, TRUMP RESPONDS
BIDEN RESPONDS TO HIS COMMENTS ABOUT LATINO AND BLACK COMMUNITIES
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY SAYS BIDEN’S COMMENTS REFLECT ‘MINDSET OF PLANTATION OWNER’
TRUMP TO GERALDO: BIDEN, DEMS ARE ‘AGAINST THE BIBLE’
‘THIGHLAND’ MISPRONUNCIATION BY TRUMP TRIGGERED SOCIAL MEDIA
WATCH A TENSE PELOSI CALL PBS HOST AN ‘ADVOCATE’ FOR THE GOP
BARR TURNS HIS DETAIL AROUND TO THANK BLUE LIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATORS
NY AG SUES TO BREAK UP THE NRA (WAIT, NOT THE CLINTON FOUNDATION?)
TRUMP FIRES BACK AT NY AG’s NRA ACTION
THE NRA RESPONDS TO NY AG ACTION, CALLS CLAIMS ‘BASELESS’
TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS BLOCK COMMUNICATION WITH OWNERS OF CHINESE-OWNED APPS TIKTOK AND WECHAT
GENERAL FLYNN’S ‘LETTER TO AMERICA’ (HE’S WORRIED FOR OUR NATION)
MEET KANYE’S RUNNING MATE – MICHELLE TIDBALL
General News
LIVE VIRUS UPDATES: ILLINOIS SPIKES, CA AND FL DECLINES CONTINUE
OH GOV TESTS POSITIVE JUST BEFORE TRUMP SHOWED UP (then tests negative)
TWO CATS IN TEXAS TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
OVER 70% OF AMERICANS ARE AFRAID TO SEE THE DOCTOR DURING PANDEMIC
GOV CUOMO SAYS HIS STATE NEEDS ANOTHER $30BIL FROM THE FEDS
RIOTERS ATTACK PORTLAND POLICE STATION IN THE SUBURBS
PORTLAND MAYOR IS FINALLY SEEING THE LIGHT, SLAMMING PROTESTERS
GRAMMY-WINNING MUSIC PRODUCER ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH DOZENS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS
REPORT: ELLEN BULLIED AND 11-YR-OLD BOY, CALLED HIM ‘FAT’ AND ‘STUPID’
PRESIDENT OF NBC Entertainment FORCED OUT OVER CHARGES OF TOXIC WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTBEN AFFLECK
STOPPED FILMING ON A MOVIE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO WEAR A YANKEES CAP
MEGHAN MCCAIN WON’T SAY IF SHE’S VOTING FOR BIDEN… (SHE’S NOT VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP)
Other News Catching My Eye
THIS IS SO 2020 — WE MAY RUN OUT OF HURRICANE NAMES – TOO MANY STORMS
‘DR BIKINI’ BLASTS SEXISTS WITH HER INSTAGRAM RE-ENACTMENT OF A LIFE-SAVING EPISODE
