Monday – February 14, 2022

From the Podcast

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

270  – St Valentine beheaded

1797 – The British Navy destroys the Spanish fleet off the coast of Portugal 

1884 – Teddy Roosevelt’s wife and his mother died on the same day, within hours

1912 – New Mexico becomes the 48th State in the Union

1929 – The Capone gang delivered a deadly Valentine’s Day message to the Moran gang in Chicago

1979 – Armed Iranian guerrillas at the U.S. embassy in Tehran

1989 – Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini calls for Salman Rushdie’s death over “The Satanic Verses”

2018 – Teen gunman kills 17, wounds 17 at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, FL

News and The Politics out of D.C.
38 GOP HOUSE MEMBERS CALL FOR BIDEN TO UNDERGO COGNITIVE TESTING ASAP
DURHAM: CLINTON ALLIES SPIED ON THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
‘BIGGER THAN WATERGATE’ – TRUMP FURIOUS AFTER DURHAM SPY SCANDAL BOMBSHELL
BIDEN – PUTIN CALL YIELDS NO MAJOR CHANGES IN SITUATION WITH UKRAINE
WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE RUSSIAN TROOP BUILD UP ON UKRAINE BORDER HITS 130KBIDEN ADMIN IS STILL SAYING RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IS AN “ANY DAY NOW’ POSSIBILITYKAMALA HARRIS HEADS TO MUNICH FOR TALKS ON RUSSIA/UKRAINE 
RUBIO AND MANCHIN INTRODUCE BILL TO BLOCK GOV’T FUNDS FROM BUYING CRACK PIPES

RAND PAUL SUPPORTS TRUCKERS CLOGGING UP CITIES
AOC CAMPAIGNS IN TEXAS, SAYS TURNING THE STATE “BLUE” IS INEVITABLEBERNIE SANDERS USES SUPER BOWL TO PUSH BIDEN ON CANCELLING STUDENT LOANS
PA SENATE CANDIDATE USES “LET’S GO BRANDON” CHANT IN SUPER BOWL AD

General News
MOST PREDICTABLE HEADLINE: CELEBRITIES AT SUPER BOWL DIDN’T WEAR MASKS
EMINEM KNELT… (YAWN) DURING SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW
‘DETROIT RAMS?” DID YOU SEE THE CURIOUS T-SHIRTS SUPPORTING MATTHEW STAFFORD FANS
U.S. SUSPENDS AVOCADO IMPORTS FROM MEXICO THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL
TRUCKER PROTEST: KEY BRIDGE RE-OPENS OTTOWA IS STILL JAMMED BY TRUCKS
JOE ROGAN BLASTS TRUDEAU FOR DEMONIZINGB UNVACCINATED TRUCKERS
CNN CHANGES HEADLINE AFTER COMPARING JOE ROGAN’S LANGUAGE TO JAN 6TH RIOTSCHOOL CANCELS ‘GUY & DOLLS’ DANCE OVER GENDER INCLUSION WORRIES
OK, SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED FOR THE U.S. AT THE OLYMPICS
AMERICAN REILLY OPELKA WINS DALLAS OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AFTER RECORD-SETTING SEMI-FINAL AGAINST FELLOW AMERICAN JOHN ISNER 

Other News Catching My Eye

REPORT: SEN CORY BOOKER AND ROSARIO DAWSON HAVE SPLIT UP
NEW JERSEY MIGRATION: LEAVING NJ, HEADING TO VERMONT, FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
MYSTERY: HUNDREDS OF DEAD BIRDS FALL FROM THE SKY