Friday – March 15, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

44     – Beware the Ides of March! Caesar is shivved in the Senate house by gang including Marcus Junius Brutus (Et tu, Brute?)

1493 – Columbus returned to Spain after his first visit to the Western Hemisphere

1937 – Cook County Hospital in Chicago opened the country’s first blood bank

1956 – “My Fair Lady” opened on Broadway starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews (Harrison also appeared in the movie version made in 1964)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

SENATE VOTES TO KILL TRUMP’S EMERGENCY BORDER DECLARATION

PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTED TO BETO’S ANNOUNCEMENT — HAND MOVEMENTS MOCKED (THINK AN SNL SKETCH IS COMING)

PELOSI ASKED WHAT BETO O’ROURKE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN CONGRESS (SHE CAN’T NAME ANYTHING)

ELIZABETH WARREN IS DISCOVERING CAPITALISM AND THE FREE MARKETS

CORY BOOKER AND ROSARIO DAWSON ARE APPARENTLY DATING…AND HE’S ‘WONDERFUL’ (SAYS DAWSON)

THE SANDERS INSTITUTE IS SHUTTING DOWN, NOT ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR THE TIME BEING

NANCY PELOSI SUPPORTS LOWERING THE VOTING AGE TO 16

DEMS REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING A PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO CONTROVERSIAL REP ILHAN OMAR

RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY REPORTING KIM JONG UN THREATENING TO SUSPEND NUCLEAR TALKS WITH THE U.S.

General News

MOSQUES ATTACKED IN NEW ZEALAND — AT LEAST 49 DEAD IN MASS SHOOTING, CARS FOUND WITH BOMBS

GUNMAN POSTED A 73-PAGE MANIFESTO

BRUTAL, DEADLY TERROR ATTACK WAS LIVESTREAMED ON FACEBOOK

ISRAEL RETALIATES WITH AIRSTRIKES AGAINST GAZA FOLLOWING ROCKET ATTACKS ON THURSDAY

COURT RULES GUNMAKER CAN BE SUED OVER NEWTOWN CT SHOOTING

HALLMARK CHANNEL CUTS TIES WITH ACTRESS LORI LAUGHLIN

THE COST OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL IS HITTING LAUGHLIN’S DAUGHTERS TOO

WHOOPI GOLDBERG SURPRISED HER CO-HOSTS ON ‘THE VIEW’ — DETAILS NEAR DEATH BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA

ALEX TREBEK THANKS WELL-WISHERS FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOLLOWING HIS CANCER ANNOUNCEMENT

Strange News Catching My Eye

BASS FISHERMEN CHARGED WITH FRAUD, ACCUSED OF CHEATING IN TOURNAMENT

EVEN THE TRAILER FOR JORDAN PEELE’S NEW MOVIE ‘US’ IS TERRIFYING

KARMA? SUSPECTED BURGLAR CRUSHED TO DEATH BY 900LB SAFE
CAR WASH CHARGES AN EXTRA $5 TO TESLA OWNERS