Mike Opelka · Two-Minute Drill: Joe Biden’s MSNBC interview may not have been a good idea (for him)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1486 – Columbus convinced Queen Isabella to fund his expedition to find the new world
1915 – The Lusitania (a British luxury cruise ship) leaves NYC for Europe, a week later it would be sunk by a German U-boat’s torpedo
1931 – The Empire State Building opened
1948 – North Korea is established
1960 – American U2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers is shot down over Russia
1986 – Russia’s news agency reported an “accident” at their Chernobyl nuclear power plant
2011 – President Obama announced the killing of Osama bin Laden
News and The Politics out of D.C.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMS HE’S SEEN EVIDENCE LINKING THE VIRUS TO THE WUHAN LAB
ON BIDEN — TRUMP SAYS BIDEN ALLEGATIONS COULD BE FALSE — BUT, ‘HE SHOULD RESPOND’
TODAY ON THE BBN — JOE BIDEN TO APPEAR ON ‘MORNING JOE’ AT 8AM TO RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS
BIDEN’S ACCUSER SAYS SHE’S HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTION TOO — UNDER OATH
REPORT: BIDEN SENT CAMPAIGN OPERATIVES TO REVIEW HIS PAPERS AT UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
WATCH PELOSI SNAP AT REPORTER WHO ASKED ABOUT DEMS DOUBLE STANDARDS ON BIDEN ALLEGATION
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CONSIDERING BRINGING GEN FLYNN BACK INTO HIS ADMINISTRATION
‘DON’T CLOSE RAZOR’ — MORE DETAILS EMERGE POINTING TO AN FBI SET UP OF GENERAL FLYNN
PELOSI WANTS ANOTHER TRILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDS — FOR STATES AND LOCAL GOV’T
BUT, IT’S NOT POLITICAL — PELOSI APPOINTS ONLY DEMS TO THE HOUSE VIRUS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
JUST BECAUSE IT’S FRIDAY — SOME OF KIM JONG UN’s CRAZY MOMENTS
OPINION: AS BIDEN STRUGGLES, HILLARY WAITS FOR THE CALL
General News
THE VIRUS UPDATE — NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
MICHIGAN IS SENDING FREE CONDOMS TO LOCKED DOWN LOVERS
THE MICHIGAN HOUSE REJECTS LOCKDOWN, VOTES TO SUE GOVERNOR
IT’S ABOUT PRIORITIES — BEVERLY HILL CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO ALLOW COSMETIC SURGERIES TO RESUME
GERMANY CONSIDERS ISSUING ‘CORONAVIRUS CARDS’ TO ALLOW IMMUNE CITIZENS TO TRAVEL FREELY
ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER BIG HIT TO THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS — 30+ MILLION NOW OUT OF WORK
CHICKEN SH*T MOVE? SWEDISH TOWN SPREADS A METRIC TON OF POOP ON FESTIVAL SITE
TIME FOR A GAP YEAR? HARVARD TELLS STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR ONLINE ONLY FALL SEMESTER
McDONALD’S STARTS TO RATION MEAT AS SUPPLY CHAIN CONCERNS ARISE
WATCH: MIKE ROWE SAYS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ‘NON-ESSENTIAL’ WORKER (HE’S RIGHT)
Other News Catching My Eye
BREAKING NEWS — CNN’S ANDERSON COOPER ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, WYATT
#FIRECHRISHAYES IS TRENDING BECAUSE MSNBC HOST DARED TO COVER BIDEN SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATION
CDC EXTENDED SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES TO DOGS
CHICAGO AND OPRAH ARE SET TO HOST THE FIRST CITY-WIDE, VIRTUAL GRADUATION FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS
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