THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1781 – Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus
1793 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
1852 – The first appearance of a drawing of “Uncle Sam” in the NY Lantern
1877 – Chester Greenwood got a patent for earmuffs
1881 – Czar Alexander II is assassinated by “The People’s Will” – a revolutionary group
1918 – Women are scheduled to march on the NYC St Patrick’s day parade due to a shortage of men (WWI)
1985 – Gorbachev becomes leader of the USSR after Chernenko’s death
1991 – Exxon paid over $1B in fines and clean up costs for its Alaskan oil spill
2005 – Disney named Bob Iger as chief (for the first time)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
SVB STORY
SVB STORY – UPDATED DEVELOPMENTS
THE U.S. GOV’T STEPS IN TO PROVIDE A ‘BACKSTOP’ FOR DEPOSITS
PRESIDENT OF SILICON VALLEY BANK RECORDED A MESSAGE TO STAFF – WATCH IT
SILICON VALLEY BANK EMPLOYEES GOT BONUSES JUST BEFORE THE CRASH
IS ANYONE SURPRISED TO LEARN FAILED SILICON VALLEY BANK WAS ALL-IN ON WOKE PROGRAMS?
REGULATORS SHUT DOWN A SECOND BANK IN AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN SVB FALLOUT
DR. FAUCI CAN’T BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE MAD AT HIM AFTER ALL HE DID FOR US
REP COMER ON CHINESE MONEY FLOWING TO THE BIDEN FAMILY — ‘IT’S AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT’
SEN KENNEDY RIPS BIDEN FOR LACK OF ACTION ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? A TOP DEM SENATOR CALLS TIKTOK A PROBLEM, CALLS FOR A BAN
NJ SENATOR MENENDEZ DOESN’T WANT MEXICAN CARTELS TO BE CALLED TERRORISTS… WAIT, WHAT?
NJ GOV MURPHY SURE LOOKS LIKE HE’S A 2024 DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
MIKE PENCE UNLOADS ON TRUMP — CALLS JAN6TH ‘A DISGRACE’ AND ‘HISTORY WILL HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE’
DeSANTIS HOLDS A LEAD OVER TRUMP IN NEW POLL… BUT, IT’S A FLORIDA POLL
NBC’s CHUCK TODD SAYS DeSANTIS IS ‘POLITICIZING’ COMMUNISM BY TEACHING THE EVILS OF IT
TRUMP HAS THE #1 SONG ON ITUNES…
MICHAEL COHEN SET TO TESTIFY IN NYC’s GRAND JURY LOOKING INTO TRUMP
ADAM KINZINGER JUST KEEPS EMBARRASSING HIMSELF
TUCKER CARLSON’S VERY PERSONAL INTERVIEW FOLLOWING HIS WEEK IN THE CROSSHAIRS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SVB DELETED ITS TWITTER ACCOUNT
General News
BORDER PROBLEM??? WATCH MASSIVE GROUP SWARM EL PASO CROSSING
TEXAS WARNS ANYONE THINKING ABOUT VISITING MEXICO… DON’T
ALSO… THE OSCARS WERE LAST NIGHT — THE LIST
JAMIE LEE CURTIS WON HER FIRST ACTING AWARD (AT JUST 68 YEARS OLD)
MICHELLE YEOH HAD A MESSAGE FOR DON LEMON IN HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
‘SCREAM 6’ CRUSHES IT AT THE BOX OFFICE — (NO NEVE, NO PROBLEM)
ACTOR RAINN WILSON HAS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT HOLLYWOOD AND ITS ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S TOUR SIDELINED WITH ILLNESS
WOKE NEWS
POPE FRANCIS HAS SOME STRONG THOUGHTS ON ‘GENDER IDEOLOGY’
INDIANA UNIVERSITY FIRST YEAR MED STUDENTS ARE GETTING DEI INDOCTRINATION
Other News Catching My Eye
FLIGHT FROM HELL — LUFTHANSA DEMANDED PASSENGERS DELETE PICS AND VIDEO FROM AWFUL FLIGHT
ROYAL JUSTICE #1 – PRINCE ANDREW IS UPSET HE HASN’T GOTTEN ANY OF HIS LATE MUMMY’S MILLIONS
ROYAL JUSTICE #2 – RUMOR SAYS MEGHAN AND HARRY LOST A BOATLOAD OF MONEY IN THE SVB CRASH
DAD CUT OFF DAUGHTER’S CAR PAYMENTS AFTER LEARNING SHE WAS STRIPPING
VINYL RECORDS OUTSOLD CDs FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1987
MAINE RESIDENTS FIGHTING TO KEEP ‘SKETCHY’ VANITY PLATES — IS IT A PROBLEM? WHAT DO YOU SEE?