Tuesday – February 18, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1861 – The Confederacy inaugurated Jefferson Davis as its provisional president

1885 – Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ is first published

1930 – Formerly known as the ‘9th Planet’ — Pluto is discovered

1959 – Ray Charles records ‘What’d I Say’

2001 – Dale Earnhardt Sr died from injuries sustained at the Daytona 500

News and The Politics out of D.C.

 NPR POLL PUTS BLOOMBERG INTO THE NEXT DEM DEBATE 

OBAMA’S STILL TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THE GREAT ECONOMY… PRESIDENT TRUMP REPONDS

AFTER OBAMA’S CLAIM ABOUT THE ECONOMY, JAMES WOODS AND TED CRUZ TOOK TO TWITTER

#TDS? PELOSI INSISTS TRUMP WAS NOT ACQUITTED

WILL THE SENATE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION THE WHISTLEBLOWER? (IT FEELS LIKE IT)

SNEAKY… DEM SENATORS HOLD SECRET MEETINGS WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS

BERNIE HEADS TO NEVADA CAUCUSES WITH A 7 POINT LEAD

BLOOMBERG TARGETS SANDERS SUPPORTERS IN NEW AD

OLD VIDEO FROM BLOOMBERG: ‘BLACK AND LATINO MALES’ DON’T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE IN THE WORKPLACE

MORE FROM BLOOMBERG’S HISTORY — TAX THE POOR! FOR THEIR OWN GOOD, OF COURSE

BLOOMBERG FRAMES FARMERS AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS AS SIMPLETONS IN DEMEAMING DIATRIBE

MAYOR PETE IS ASKED… WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF TRUMP LOSES AND WON’T LEAVE, ‘HE CAN DO CHORES’

OVER 2000 FORMER ‘DOJ OFFICIALS’ ARE CALLING FOR AG BARR TO RESIGN (NOT BETTING ON THAT)

SEN GRAHAM FIGHTS BACK OVER DEMS’ PUSH TO FORCE AG BARR TO RESIGN

STACEY ABRAMS: I WOULD BE HONORED TO RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT

JOHN BOLTON SPEAKS… BUT, DOESN’T REALLY SAY MUCH

ANTHONY WEINER PETITIONS COURT TO GET BETTER ACCESS TO HIS SON’S SCHOOL… PARENTS FREAK OUT

SHARPTON STILL OWES ALMOST A MILLION BUCKS FOR HIS FAILED 2004 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

General News

DENNY HAMLIN WINS HIS 3RD DAYTONA 500, DRIVER RYAN NEWMAN IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER FIERY CRASH SECONDS BEFORE THE RACE ENDED

DAYTONA 500 RATINGS HIT A 5-YR HIGH — WAS IT A ‘TRUMP BUMP?’

CORONA VIRUS PREDICTION FROM LOS ALAMOS EXPERTS IS A DISMAL ONE

HOSPITAL DIRECTOR IN WUHAN CHINA HAS PASSED AWAY FROM THE CORONA VIRUS

APPLE WARNS THE CORONA VIRUS WILL HIT THE COMPANY’S EARNINGS IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY

‘PRICE IS RIGHT’ PRODUCTION HALTED AS DREW CAREY GRIEVES OVER DEATH OF HIS EX-FIANCEE

PLYMOUTH ROCK PAINTED RED, VANDALIZED AHEAD OF 400TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

VIRGINIA GUN BILL SHOT DOWN AFTER A FEW DEMS VOTE AGAINST BAN ON AR-15 STYLE WEAPONS

BOY SCOUTS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION AMID WAVE OF ABUSE SUITS

Strange News Catching My Eye

YA GOTTA SEE THIS VIDEO OF A NEW JET PACK TAKING OFF (WE’D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IT LAND)

MINI-HORSE / SERVICE ANIMAL IS ALLOWED IN FIRST CLASS (I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH THIS)

CONSERVATIVES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE SELF-CENSORING… WHY? YOU ALREADY KNOW WHY

PROFESSOR LOSES LAWSUIT OVER HIS REFUSAL TO USE TRANSGENDER PRONOUNS