Friday – June 12, 2020

Mike Opelka ยท Two-Minute Drill: Can we get a ‘wellness check’ on Joe Biden?

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1849 – Lewis Haslett patented the gas mask

1901 – Montreal, Canada passed a law making indoor toilets mandatory

1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY (remember baseball?)

1942 – Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday

1967 – The Supreme Court rule interracial marriage cannot be banned

1991 – Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines begins erupting for the first time in 600 yrs.

News and The Politics out of D.C.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PREPARING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON POLICE ACTIONS APPROVING ‘FORCE WITH COMPASSION’

PRESIDENT TRUMP VOWS HE WON’T LET SEATTLE BE OCCUPIED BY ANARCHISTS

ATTENDING A TRUMP RALLY? YOU’LL HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER

PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED SCHOOL CHOICE THE CIVIL RIGHS ISSUE OF OUR TIME

(SERIOUSLY???) BIDEN WARNS, ‘TRUMP WILL STEAL THIS ELECTION’

BIDEN MIXED UP HISTORY AGAIN

BIDEN SAYS FLOYD’S DEATH HAD A BIGGER IMPACT THAN DR KING

THE GOP IS HEADED TO JACKSONVILLE FOR THEIR CONVENTION

RENAMING BASES — TRUMP AND CONGRESS ON A COLLISION COURSE

BLACK LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILL TO REMOVE CONFEDERATE STATUES FROM CAPITOL

General News

SEATTLE MAYOR CALLED THE CHAZ, ‘PATRIOTIC’

ABOLISH POLICE, FREE COLLEGE — THE LIST OF DEMANDS FROM SEATTLE

LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT — TAKE BACK THE CHAZ BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

WHO SAW THIS COMING??? CRIME SPIKES 300% IN THE AUTONOMOUS ZONE

ANOTHER COLUMBUS STATUE IS TAKEN DOWN AND BEHEADED

STARBUCKS BANS EMPLOYEES FROM WEARING #BLM APPAREL AND PINS

DATA SUGGESTS GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS NOT CAUSING VIRUS SPIKE

UH-OH — FL BREAKS SINGLE DAY RECORD FOR VIRUS INFECTIONS

DOES SCIENCE HAVE A SYSTEMIC RACISM PROBLEM? (SOME SCIENTISTS SAY YES)

DOW DIVES 100+ POINTS AS COVID-19 SECOND WAVE FEARS SPOOK INVESTORS

Other News Catching My Eye

PLANNING A TRIP TO HAWAII? PREPARE FOR A 14 DAY QUARANTINE 

LADY ANTEBELLUM IS NO MORE — GROUP IS NOW ‘LADY A’

MORE LANGUAGE POLICING — L.A. TIMES EDITOR SAYS ‘LOOTING’ IS RACIST

97-YR-OLD NJ MAN LEAVES AN AMAZING TREASURE TROVE OF BASEBALL CARDS

PET OWNER ACCUSED OF ANIMAL CRUELTY FOR GIVING ICE CREAM TO HIS CAT