Wednesday – May 20, 2020

Countdown to the Election — 167 DAYS!

Meme du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1506 – Columbus passed away in Spain

1775 – North Carolina becomes the first colony to declare its independence from England

1862 – President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act opening up 250 million of acres of the West to settlers

1874 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis get a patent for copper rivets on their blue jeans

1927 – Charles Lindbergh takes off from NY — headed to Paris (it only took 33 1/2 hours to get there)

1932 – Amelia Earhart lands in Ireland — becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic 

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP CALLED PELOSI A ‘SICK WOMAN’ WITH ‘MENTAL PROBLEMS’

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS E.O. TO HELP JUMP START THE ECONOMY BY CUTTING RED TAPE

MEANWHILE, PELOSI AND MSNBC ARE PUSHING THE ‘MORBIDLY OBESE’ LABEL SHE PUT ON THE PRESIDENT

DECLASSIFIED SUSAN RICE EMAIL CONFIRMS OBAMA, BIDEN, COMEY TARGETED FLYNN

2017 INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN RICE CONTRADICTS THE REALITY OF HER WRITTEN WORDS

WATCH: MCCONNELL ON INVESTIGATING DEMS – THE SENATE ‘WILL GET THOSE ANSWERS’  

‘THIS WAS SOME SHADY STUFF’ – TREASURY DEPT WAS SPYING ON FLYNN, MANAFORT AND TRUMP FAMILY

GEN FLYNN’S ATTORNEY ASKS APPEALS COURT TO FORCE JUDGE TO DROP THE CASE AGAINST HIM

PHONE CALLS BETWEEN BIDEN AND UKRAINE PRESIDENT LEAKED — DETAILING BILLION DOLLAR QUID PRO QUO

POLL: WHAT’S UNITING AMERICA… A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF US DON’T WANT TO BUY ANYTHING FROM CHINA

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? TSA TO BE IN CHARGE OR SCREENING PASSENGERS FOR THE VIRUS

General News

THE UPDATE FROM THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD

BTW, THE CDC UPDATED GUIDELINES ON HOW THE DISEASE SPREADS — NOT SO MUCH ON SURFACES

CHINA ISOLATES 108 MILLION PEOPLE AS CONCERNS OVER A NEW OUTBREAK ARISE

REMEMBER WHEN WE SHUT DOWN AMERICA FOR THE HONG KONG FLU PANDEMIC OF 1969? (WE DIDN’T)

AZ RESTAURANT OWNER SAYS ‘CARES ACT’ PAYS HIS EMPLOYEES MORE NOT TO WORK

SHORT TERM RENTERS IN THE HAMPTONS ARE NOT LEAVING… BLAME GOV CUOMO’S NON-EVICTION ORDER

FL GOV EASES RESTRICTIONS ON VACATION RENTALS — EXCEPT FOR PEOPLE FROM NY

SPANISH HOTEL OFFERS FREE ANTIBODY TEST AT CHECK IN — AFTER YOU SUBMIT TWO NEGATIVE TESTS

37 PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES GOT A TOTAL OF $80 MIL IN FEDERAL PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE

MATT LAUER ATTACKED RONAN FARROW’S REPORTING — LAUER’S RAPE ACCUSER FIRED BACK

HOWARD STERN MOCKED DONALD TRUMP JR, THEN DON JR POINTED OUT A KEY FACT

Other News Catching My Eye

STORE OWNER POSTS SIGN — ‘NO FACE MASKS ALLOWED!’

ABSURD AND SOMETIMES CREEPY WAYS BUSINESSES ARE ENFORCING SOCIAL DISTANCING

THOUSANDS OF MICHIGANDERS MUST EVACUATE AFTER TWO DAMS FAIL FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS