Monday – April 20, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1770 – Captain Cook discovers Australia

1775 – The British began the siege of Boston

1841 – Edgar Allen Poe published his first detective story

1916 – The first baseball game is played in the stadium now known as Wrigley Field

1999 – The Columbine HS massacre — 13 students and teachers were killed, 25 others wounded

News and The Politics out of D.C.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS SOME GOVERNORS HAVE ‘GONE TOO FAR’ ON VIRUS RESTRICTIONS

TRUMP SAYS ‘DUMB’ NANCY PELOSI WILL BE OVERTHROWN AS SPEAKER

‘I DON’T REALLY WANT HIS ADVICE’ — TRUMP ADMITS TO SNUBBING MITT ROMNEY ON CORONA CRISIS

IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONGRESS COULD VOTE ON ADDING $$$ TO SMALL BUSINESS FUND ON WEDNESDAY

TREASURY SECRETARY SAYS TRUMP’S NAME ON CHECKS WAS HIS IDEA (AND, NO SIGNATURE)

COULD THE DEMS TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE? NEW DATA SAYS IT’S LOOKING POSSIBLE

MSNBC PANELIST CALLS ANTI-LOCKDOWN PROTESTERS, ‘THE FOX NEWS NAZI DEATH CULT RUMP’ OF THE GOP

SCARIER THAN THE VIRUS? OP-ED ON HOW THE OBAMAS COULD BE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR 8 YRS

General News

VIRUS UPDATE: RUSSIA & SINGAPORE SEE BIG SPIKES, U.S. DEATH TOTALS PASS 40,000

GRAPHS/CHARTS ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY ON THE CURVE AND INFECTION RATES

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CO-MORBIDITIES, IF NOT THE MOST DANGEROUS — OBESITY

ANYONE ELSE WORRIED ABOUT CHINESE-MADE DRONES BEING USED IN 22 U.S. CITIES TO ENFORCE VIRUS REGULATIONS?

THOUSANDS HIT THE STREETS IN DENVER TO PROTEST STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS

NYC MAYOR TELLS PEOPLE TO TAKE A PIC OF SOCIAL DISTANCING VIOLATIONS AND SEND THEM TO CITY

CANADA CLOSES BORDER TO NON-CITIZENS (AMERICANS ARE EXEMPT)

POSITIVE NEWS? SPAIN SAYS DEATHS STILL CLIMBING — BUT, AT THE LOWEST RATE IN A MONTH

SHAKE SHACK IS RETURNING $10 MIL IN GOV’T LOAN/GRANT MEANT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES

GUNMAN KILLED AT LEAST 16 IN RAMPAGE IN CANADA

AFTER A GOOD WEEK, STOCKS LOOK A LITTLE ROCKY TO START THE WEEK

SOME FLORIDA BEACHES RE-OPEN — HULK HOGAN WAS HAPPY TO GO TO THE BEACH

TOM HANKS DETAILS HIS FAMILY’S VIRUS EXPERIENCE, HIS WIFE RITA ‘LOST HER SENSE OF TASTE AND SMELL’

Strange News Catching My Eye

OHIO BEAUTY SALON CAUGHT SNEAKING CUSTOMERS IN FOR ‘HAIR AND NAILS’

NOW IT’S SERIOUS — THERE’S A FROZEN PIZZA SHORTAGE

BOREDOM — MAN FINDS 25-YR-OLD CAN OF SPIDER-MAN PASTA AND SHOWS THE WORLD WHAT’S INSIDE

IF IT MEANS FREEDOM FROM LOCKDOWN, WOULD YOU TAKE A MICRO-CHIPPED VACCINE?

PIG LEADS POLICE ON 45-MINUTE CHASE BEFORE CAPTURE