Mike Opelka ยท Two-Minute Drill: Some inspiring wisdom from Ronald Wilson Reagan
National (World) Biscuit Day
158 Days until the election
Meme du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1790 – Rhode Island became the 13th State in our Union
1848 – Wisconsin became a state — #30
1949 – Abraham Lincoln is granted a patent for his device to lift boats over shoals (The only president with a patent.)
1886 – Coca-Cola advertised for the first time (it had been invented the year before)
1919 – The pop-up toaster was patented by Charles Strite of Stillwater, OK
1953 – MT Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
1961 – The first food stamps were issued to a couple from West Virginia
1971 – The Rolling Stones hit #1 with ‘Brown Sugar’
News and The Politics out of D.C.
TRUMP SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER SQUEEZING AMERICAN SOCIAL MEDIA
AND THEN, TWITTER CENSORED THE PRESIDENT’S TWEET SAYING IT GLORIFIED VIOLENCE
THE PRESIDENT TELLS MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR TO TAKE CONTROL OR HE WILL
NEW FBI DOCS CONFIRM TRUMP CAMPAIGN WAS INVESTIGATED WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION
LINDSEY GRAHAM URGES OLDER JUDGES TO STEP ASIDE SO TRUMP CAN REPLACE THEM NOW
BIDEN AND WAPO PUSH AD PROMOTING MASKS — EVEN OUTSIDE — THEN, TRUMP CAMPAIGN DROPS THIS
BIDEN VP CANDIDATE AMY KLOBUCHAR DECLINED TO PROSECUTE COP AT CENTER OF FLOYD KILLING
SENATOR TIM KAINE AND HIS WIFE TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-1984 ANTIBODIES
General News
PROTESTERS BREAK INTO MINNEAPOLIS POLICE PRECINCT, SET IT ON FIRE
COLLECTED COVERAGE OF PROTESTS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY
GEORGE FLOYD’S GIRLFRIEND ON HOW HE WOULD HAVE REACTED TO THE RIOTS AND BURNING OF HIS CITY
KAEPERNICK IS BACK — SUPPORTING THE VIOLENT RESPONSE TO FLOYD KILLING
CARDI B ON RIOTS, ‘IT IS WHAT IT IS’
THE MN COP WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD HAD A HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS
AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE ARRESTED AT NYC PROTEST OVER THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD
SEVEN SHOT (ONE CRITICALLY) IN LOUISVILLE PROTEST FOR BREONNA TAYLOR
NOW YOU CAN GET FIRED FOR NOT WEARING A MASK AT WORK
98.1% OF COVID-1984 DEATHS IN MASS HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE OUT OF WORK IN AMERICA THAN LIVING IN CALIFORNIA
SCIENTISTS IN JAPAN CREATE VIRUS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO FIGHT CANCER
ONE MOVIE THEATER CHAIN IS LOOKING TO OPEN AGAIN IN JULY
Other News Catching My Eye
MASSIVE, POST-VIRUS LOCKDOWN ORGY PLANNED…
THERE’S A NEW, OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA (BECAUSE THE LAST ONE PASSED AWAY AT 112)
GOOGLE TELLS WORKERS WHO WANT TO STAY HOME THEY CAN EXPENSE $1000 IN OFFICE FURNITURE
AUTO THEFTS SURGING DURING LOCKDOWN AND SUBSEQUENT UNEMPLOYMENT SPIKE
