Monday — April 1, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

APRIL FOOL’S DAY ORIGINS?

1789 – PA’s Representative Frederick Muhlenberg is elected the very first Speaker of the House of Representatives

1918 Great Britain forms the Royal Air Force (RAF)

1946 – 7.4 magnitude earthquake off Alaska’s coast caused a deadly tsunami that killed 159 people in Hawaii

1963 – ABC-TV airs “General Hospital” for the first time (GH remains one of the few soap operas to survive reality tv’s invasion)

1970 – President Nixon signed the bill banning cigarette ads on radio and tv

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BORDER CRISIS GETS WORSE, TRUMP ADMIN CUTS FUNDING TO CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES

TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO CLOSE THE BORDER WITH MEXICO

JOE BIDEN IN HOT WATER OVER UNWANTED KISS AT CAMPAIGN EVENT, HE CLAIMS NO WRONGDOING

BIDEN’S DEFENSE: IT WAS NEVER MY INTENTION… I WILL LISTEN RESPECTFULLY

WHAT DO BIDEN’S FELLOW DEM CANDIDATES THINK ABOUT THIS LATEST ALLEGATION?

A VIRGINA NEWSPAPER DOCUMENTS JOE BIDEN’S HANDSY HISTORY

AOC’s LATEST JAW-DROPPINGLY STUPID CLAIM ABOUT THE GOP AND THE 22ND AMENDMENT

AP BIAS? COVERAGE OF BETO O’ROURKE FAWNED OVER HIS SPEAKING SPANISH, ‘HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE’

‘WHAT ARE YOU, OPRAH NOW?’ — KELLYANNE CONWAY DOESN’T LIKE FOX NEWS ANCHOR’S PERSONAL QUESTION

General News

ANOTHER BIG CITY BLOCKED CHICK-FIL-A FROM SETTING UP SHOP INSIDE THE NEW AIRPORT

JUSSIE SMOLLETT DID NOT GET MUCH LOVE AT THE NAACP AWARDS ON SATURDAY NIGHT, ESPECIALLY FROM CHRIS ROCK

GRAMMY NOMINATED RAPPER ‘NIPSEY HUSSLE’ SHOT DEAD OUTSIDE HIS LOS ANGELES CLOTHING STORE

PRO-LIFE ‘UNPLANNED’ SCORES AT THE BOX OFFICE — DESPITE A NEAR TOTAL MEDIA BLACKOUT

‘UNPLANNED’ ACTRESS RESPONDS TO ALYSSA MILANO’S PUSH FOR A HOLLYWOOD OF BOYCOTT GEORGIA

CALIFORNIA JUDGE RULES THE STATE’S BAN ON HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS LOST $150 MIL IN SALES AFTER HALTING SALES OF ASSAULT RIFLES

ROLLING STONES TOUR ON HOLD AS 75-YR-OLD MICK JAGGER’S HEALTH IS IN QUESTION (NOT KEITH…REALLY?)

EL CHAPO TO LAUNCH FASHION LINE FROM PRISON

Strange News Catching My Eye

FORGET ‘TRUMPY BEAR’ AND SAY HELLO TO ‘HILDEBEAST’

TOM CRUISE A GOD? (IT APPEARS SCIENTOLOGY THINKS SO)

THE TSA’s INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT HIGHLIGHTS THE DUMB THINGS PEOPLE TRIED TO BRING ON PLANES

TOYOTA’S NEW ROBOT SHOOTS A MEAN 3-POINTER…BUT, CAN’T DUNK (WELL, NOT YET)

‘COW TOILETS’ COULD SAVE THE PLANET — (YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO CLICK ON IT)