Monday – August 17, 2020

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NATIONAL VANILLA CUSTARD DAY (meh)

Countdown to the 2020 Election — 78 days to go!

Meme du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1835 – Solymon Merrick of Massachusetts gets a patent for his “wrench”

1960 – American Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty to spying after his was caught flying a U2 spy play over the Soviet Union

1969 – The original “Woodstock” wrapped up three days of peace, love and rock n roll

1998 – President Bill Clinton admits to having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky

2008 – Swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 8th gold medal in a single Olympics — breaking the record set by Mark Spitz back in 1972

News and The Politics out of D.C.

NEW POLL: BIDEN’S ONCE DOUBLE-DIGIT OVER TRUMP IS LEAD DOWN TO 4%

PRESIDENT TRUMP LOSES HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, ROBERT TRUMP

ANNNND, WAPO USED ROBERT TRUMP’S DEATH TO SMEAR THE PRESIDENT

TRUMP SHARES FAUCI’S ADVICE ON VOTING IN PERSON

ALL OF THE HYPE ABOUT DISMANTLING MAIL SORTING MACHINE IS JUST THAT

FACT CHECK: UNPACKING THE POST OFFICE DRAMA — MONEY, MACHINES, ETC

PELOSI CALLING HOUSE BACK TO SAVE THE POST OFFICE (NO ON GETTING RELIEF TO WORKERS HURT BY COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, BUT USPS… THAT’S AN EMERGENCY)

THE HOUSE HAS ALSO SUMMONED POSTMASTER GENERAL DeJOY TO TESTIFY ON AUG 24TH (THEY CALL IT AN URGENT HEARING… URGENT… IN A WEEK, RIGHT)

ALSO – PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE POSTMASTER’S DC HOME

DEM’S ‘VIRTUAL CONVENTION’ BEGINS — MICHELLE OBAMA, JOHN KASICH (yeah, he still says he’s a Republican) SET TO SPEAK TONIGHT — HERE’S WHAT TO WATCH

BARACK OBAMA REPORTEDLY HAD ‘GRAVE CONCERNS’ ABOUT BIDEN’S 2020 RUN

FOX NEWS’ WALLACE UNLOADS ON BIDEN CAMPAIGN FOR AVOIDING INTERVIEWS

‘FUTURE PRESIDENT’ KANYE WEST CONGRATULATES KAMALA HARRIS

SD REJECTS TRUMP $300/WEEK RELIEF PAYMENTS (THEY DON’T NEED IT)

WELL, THERE IT IS… TAYLOR SWIFT HAS WEIGHED IN ON THE USPS STORY

RAND PAUL’S EDUCATION BILL WOULD HAVE MONEY FOLLOW EACH STUDENT

SQUAD MEMBER CALLS FOR UNREST IN THE STREETS AS LONG AS THERE’S UNREST IN OUR LIVES

WH & TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAY KAMALA HARRIS IS ELIGIBLE TO RUN, SERVE AS VP

NEWSWEEK APOLOGIZES FOR OP-ED QUESTIONING KAMALA’S LEGITIMACY

NO SHOCK — MAIL-IN VOTING DOMINATED SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

General News

9/11 ‘TRIBUTE IN LIGHT’ MEMORIAL IS NO LONGER CANCELLED

CHICAGO SPEND $66MIL ON A COVID-19 FACILITY THAT TREATED 38 PATIENTS

NEW ZEALAND IS DELAYING ELECTIONS BY FOUR WEEKS… DUE TO COVID-1984

VIRUS AND VIOLENCE — NYC RECORDS 49 SHOOTINGS IN 72 HOURS

ALSO VIRUS RELATED — DYSTOPIAN VIDEO SHOW NYC’s 5TH AVE BOARDED UP

DYSTOPIAN? BULLET-PROOF VESTS ARE A HOT SALES ITEM IN NYC

NC SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN AS ‘LEARNING CENTERS’ – JUST $140/WEEK PER KID

OKLAHOMA SORORITY UNDER QUARANTINE AFTER 23 MEMBERS TEST POSITIVE

CALIFORNIA SET TO PASS NATION’S FIRST WEALTH TAX TARGETING THE UTRA RICH

CAUSE – EFFECT… RICH AND FAMOUS GETTING THE HELL OUT OF CALIFORNIA

ALSO CALIFORNIA… ROLLING BLACKOUTS ARE BACK!

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RIOT DECLARED IN PORTLAND

Other News Catching My Eye

WHAT DOES “KAMALA” MEAN? IN FINLAND: GHASTLY, TERRIBLE, HORRID

FAV MOMENT FROM SUNDAY TALK SHOWS: BERNIE GETS SKYPE CALL ON CNN

FYI — HERE’S EVERY MAJOR PARTY’S VP CANDIDATE SINCE WWII

DISNEY ‘MAKES HISTORY’ WITH FIRST BISEXUAL CARTOON CHARACTER

WHAT HAPPENED TO EPSTEIN’S ‘LOLITA EXPRESS’ JET — TAKE A LOOK INSIDE

ANOTHER EX-‘ELLEN’ SHOW STAFFER SAYS IT WAS A HOSTILE WORKPLACE