Wednesday – March 27, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1512 – Ponce de Leon reportedly discovers Florida — founding The Villages

1794 – Congress OK’s the funding of six frigates (USS Constitution among them) for the Navy

1912 – Japan’s gift of cherry trees are planted in Washington DC1917 – An American hockey team wins the Stanley Cup for the first time. The team — the Seattle Metropolitans– is no longer around 

1976 – Washington DC’s subway system opened

News and The Politics out of D.C.

HEALTHCARE RETURNS AS KEY ISSUE FOR 2020 DEMS AS OBAMACARE FACES ANOTHER DEATH BLOW

MEANWHILE, TRUMP’S BORDER EMERGENCY DECLARATION SURVIVED — HOUSE COULD NOT OVERRIDE TRUMP’S VETO

TED CRUZ PREDICTS ‘EXTREME’ DEMS WILL ‘IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT ANYWAY’

PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY SET TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO STUDY THE THREAT OF AN EMP ATTACK

AS EXPECTED — GREEN NEW DEAL VOTE FAILS MISERABLY IN THE SENATE 0-57

MIKE LEE TROLLS G.N.D. WITH POSTERS OF BABIES, RONALD REAGAN RIDING A DINOSAUR WHILE FIRING A MACHINE GUN

‘AOC’ WAS NOT AMUSED BY SENATOR LEE’S TROLLING…SHE TROLLED BACK.

General News

WAIT…WHAT? JUSSIE SMOLLETT HAS ALL CHARGES AGAINST HIM DROPPED

CHICAGO’S MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE SMOLLETT NEWS

TRUCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS SEEMS TO BE UNRAVELING AS ROCKETS FLY AGAIN

737 MAX RETURNS TO AIRPORT AFTER AN ENGINE PROBLEM — NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD

ANOTHER PLANE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN CALIFORNIA – LUCKILY KEANU REEVES WAS ON BOARD

COLLEGE ISSUES 40-PAGES OF ‘SPEECH CODE’ — THEN RESCINDS IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY

FEDERAL JUDGE OVERTURNS NC LAW BANNING ABORTIONS AFTER 20 WEEKS

DOCTORS WORRIED AS MYSTERIOUS SYNDROME MAKES MARIJUANA SMOKERS VIOLENTLY ILL

DO YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE 25 HEALTHIEST COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA?

SINGER CARDI B ADMITS TO DRUGGING AND ROBBING MEN — SHE CLAIMED IT WAS WHAT SHE HAD TO DO

NEW ORLEANS SAYS ‘THANKS FOR NOTHING, NFL’ AS THE LEAGUE CHANGES CHALLENGE RULE ON PASS INTERFERENCE

Strange News Catching My Eye

WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS — WITH TWO DIFFERENT DADS (SHE CHEATED ON HER HUSBAND)

TIP TO PEOPLE DRINKING AND DRIVING — USING AXE BODY SPRAY AS MOUTHWASH WON’T COVER YOUR BEER BREATH

COLLEGE PALS INSPIRED BY BEAR GRYLLS TRIED TO LIVE NAKED IN THE RAINFOREST, EATING BUGS… IT ENDED BADLY 

MALE-ONLY (NON-SEXUAL) CUDDLING GROUP SAYS IT’S ALL ABOUT HEALING

IS FARTING CONSIDERED BULLYING? AUSTRALIAN MAN SUES FOR $1.8 MILLION OVER FARTING BOSS