Monday – June 22, 2020

National Onion Rings Day

Countdown to the 2020 election – 134 days to go!

Meme du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1633 – The Inquisition forced Galileo into renouncing his belief the Earth revolved around the sun.

1772 – Slavery is outlawed in England1870 – The U.S. Department of Justice was created 

1938 – Joe Louis floored Max Schmeling in the first round of the Yankees Stadium fight

1944 – FDR signed the “G.I. Bill of Rights”

1965 – Kellogg’s registers the trademark “Pop-Tarts” – and the rest is history

News and The Politics out of D.C.

QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP’S LOW RALLY ATTENDANCE? WAS IT TIKTOK OR KPOP?

THE WOMAN WHO INSPIRED THE TIKTOK STUNT CALLED IT A ‘PROTEST’ ON CNN

TULSA FIRE DEPT SAYS RALLY ATTENDANCE WAS CLOSER TO 6200

WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP JOKING ABOUT SLOWING DOWN TESTING? NAVARRO SAYS YES 

LINCOLN PROJECT’S NEW AD SLAMS TRUMP ON RALLY SIZE, ‘SMALLER THAN EXPECTED

THE DOJ DEFENDS IDAHO’S BAN ON TRANS FOLKS COMPETING IN WOMEN’S SPORTS

DEMS WHISPERING, ‘BIDEN LANDSLIDE’

BIDEN OUTRAISES TRUMP IN SPRING, FORMS TRANSITION TEAM

MICHAEL MOORE WARNS DEMS ‘NO MASSIVE, INTENSE LOVE OF JOE BIDEN’

ANTICIPATED SCOTUS DECISION ON ABORTION CASE PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON ROBERTS

WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO KNOW? TRUMP ASKED ABOUT ‘AREA 51’

TEDDY ROOSEVELT’S STATUE AT THE NYC NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IS COMING DOWN

TOM PETTY’S FAMILY DOESN’T WANT TRUMP USING ‘I WON’T BACK DOWN’

General News

DEADLY WEEKEND IN SEATTLE, CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS AS NYC CRIME SPIKES TOO

WELL, WELL, WELL — THE U.N. DELETED THIS PRO-ANTIFA TWEET

JACKIE ROBINSON’S SON SAYS HIS DAD WOULD SUPPORT THE FLOYD PROTESTS

SON OF MUHAMMAD ALI SAYS HIS FATHER WOULD NOT LIKE THE BLM PROTESTS

SERIOUSLY? FRANCIS SCOTT KEY’S STATUE IS TAKEN DOWN IN SF

NASCAR DEBUTS ‘BLUE LIVES MATTER’ CAR  TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

NOOSE FOUND IN BUBBA WALLACE’S STALL A TALLADEGA

UH-OH, SECOND PRO TENNIS PLAYER TESTS POSITIVE FOR VIRUS AFTER TOURNAMENT

Other News Catching My Eye

HEY, WANNA BUY A GENTLY-USED CRUISE SHIP?

BYE, BYE ESKIMO PIE

SCOTTISH MAN FINED $350 FOR CALLING IRISHMAN A ‘LEPRECHAUN’

DID YOU KNOW THERE’S A NATIONWIDE ‘COIN SHORTAGE?’

PETITION TO CHANGE THE NAME OF COLUMBUS, OH TO ‘FLAVORTOWN’ GAINS SUPPORT