Wednesday – June 17, 2020

Mike Opelka ยท Two-Minute Drill: Biden’s racist remarks are getting a free pass (No shock here.)

National Apple Strudel Day

Countdown to the 2020 Election — 139 days to go

Meme du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1775 – The Battle of Bunker Hill — The Brits won this one

1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC (in pieces, without a base)

1940 – The Soviets occupied Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

1950 – The first kidney transplant is performed in Chicago

1994 – OJ Simpson’s white Ford Bronco is in low-speed car chase

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER ON POLICING 

SENATE GOP BILL HAS MUCH IN COMMON WITH TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER

PELOSI CALLS OUT MCCONNELL OVER BLOCKING HOUSE POLICE REFORM BILL

TRUMP ADMIN SUES BOLTON OVER BOOK RELEASE

PROGRESSIVES WARN BIDEN – CHANGE POLICING POLICIES OR RISK LOSING THEIR SUPPORT

WATCH: HILLARY CLINTON’S RUNNING MATE SAY AMERICA ‘CREATED’ SLAVERY

HOUSE DEMS SET TO VOTE ON DC STATEHOOD BILL (IT’S DOA IN THE SENATE)

General News

CORONAVIRUS: DEXAMETHASONE PROVES FIRST LIFE-SAVING DRUG

MODEL PREDICTS VIRUS DEATHS IN U.S. TO HIT 200,000 BY OCTOBER

PUT THE TOILET LID DOWN…  ‘TOILET PLUMES’ CAN SPREAD VIRUS

NY GOV CUOMO SAW COVID-19’S THREAT TO NURSING HOMES, THEN ADDED TO IT

FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF BEIJING ARE BEING CANCELLED AS VIRUS RETURNS

SEATTLE AND PROTESTERS AGREE TO CHANGES IN AUTONOMOUS ZONE

MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND SLAMMED FOR SPENDING LESS THAN 1% OF DONATIONS TO BAIL OUT PROTESTERS

NOKO IS SENDING TROOPS TO THE BORDER SITES WITH SOUTH KOREA

THE VIRUS TAKES ITS TOLL ON 24HOUR FITNESS — 134 GYMS CLOSED

GOOGLE DENIES NBC’s REPORT THEY ARE DEMONETIZING CONSERVATIVES

Other News Catching My Eye

CHELSEA HANDLER’S ACCEPTANCE OF FARRAKHAN’S ANTI-SEMITISM

MULTIPLE AIRLINES ARE ENDING ALCOHOL SERVICE ON FLIGHTS

NETFLIX HIT FILM ‘365 DNI’ MAKES ’50 SHADES OF GREY’ LOOK LIKE A PG MOVIE

MAN FIRED AFTER STRANGER POSTS PIC OF HIM MAKING ‘WHITE POWER’ SIGN (OR MAYBE HE WAS CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES)