Friday – May 8, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1541 – De Soto discovered the Mississippi River — he called it Rio de Espiritu Santo (What? You expected him to have named it DeSoto Water?)

1877 – The first Westminster Dog Show is held

1914 – Congress passed a law designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day

1945 – V-E Day marked the Allies victory in Europe in WWII

1978 – David Berkowitz (the ‘Son of Sam’) plead guilty to killing six people in NYC

1984 – Can you say payback? The Soviet Union announced they would not be part of the Los Angeles Olympics

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP VALET TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS — THE PRESIDENT WAS TESTED AGAIN TOO… HE’S NEGATIVE

DOJ DROPPING THE CASE AGAINST GEN MICHAEL FLYNN

HOUSE INTEL PANEL RELEASED LONG-AWAITED INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS IN SCHIFF’S RUSSIA PROBE

THE TRANSCRIPTS SHOW WHAT TRUMP’S BEEN SAYING – NO COLLUSION AND DEMS KNEW IT

OBAMA KNEW — IT SURE LOOKS LIKE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE FLYNN ACTION

SUPREME COURT TOSSED THE ‘BRIDGEGATE’ CASE — AND THE DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS

SCHUMER AND PELOSI ARE ABOUT TO UNVEIL A ‘ROOSEVELTIAN’ MASSIVE PLAN

WELL LOOKIE HERE — PELOSI’S ‘SELECT’ COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING GOV’T VIRUS RESPONSE IS GETTING A FEW REPUBLICANS

1996 COURT DOCUMENT SHOWS TARA READE TALKED ABOUT BIDEN’S HARASSMENT WITH EX-HUSBAND

BIDEN ACCUSER SITS DOWN WITH MEGYN KELLY – SHE’LL TAKE A POLYGRAPH IF BIDEN DOES FIRST

NEW POLL: TRUMP LEADS BIDEN IN SIX KEY STATES

MICHELLE OBAMA SAYS HAVING CHILDREN WAS ‘A CONCESSION’ THAT COST HER ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS

General News

NYC APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY GATEWAY OF THE VIRUS SPREAD INTO THE U.S.

WOULD YOU GET THE VACCINE? ONLY 64% OF AMERICANS ARE JUMPING AT THE CHANCE

PROFESSOR: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE LOCKDOWNS WILL KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN THE VIRUS

GO FUND ME FOR DALLAS SALON OWNER SHELLEY LUTHER HITS A BIG NUMBER

TEXAS WOMEN FACE 180 DAYS IN JAIL FOR GIVING MANICURES FROM A HOME

VITAMIN D LEVELS MAY BE KEY TO BATTLING/SURVIVING THE VIRUS

FATHER AND SON CHARGED WITH MURDER OF AHMUAD ARMERY

AIRFARES EXPECTED TO SOAR 50% AS ADJUSTMENTS TO CABINS ARE INEVITABLE

THE VIRUS HITS ANOTHER RETAILER, NEIMAN MARCUS FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

PRO SPORTS TO START BACK THIS WEEKEND (TENNIS TODAY AND NASCAR NEXT WEEK)

THE NFL SCHEDULE IS OUT!

Other News Catching My Eye

‘WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT, MARS OR A HOUSE?’ — ELON MUSK IS SELLING HIS HOUSES

HERE’S YOUR DAILY ‘MURDER HORNET’ POST — A GRISLY VIDEO SHOWS A BATTLE WITH A PRAYING MANTIS

FLORIDA WOMAN ARRESTED FOR HAVING VIRTUAL SEX WITH HER INCARCERATED BOYFRIEND