THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1780 – Pennsylvania became the first state in the union to abolish slavery
1836 – Texas declared its independence from Mexico
1877 – Rutherford B. Hayes was declared President by an Electoral Commission — the first an only time this has happened in America
1962 – The 76ers center, Wilt Chamberlin scored an astounding 100 points in a single NBA game
1966 – Less than two years after it debuted, the one millionth Ford Mustang rolled off the assembly line
2008 – Dimitri Medvedev (a guy who previously never ran for office in Russia) wins the presidency by a landslide. Former President Putin slides over to the office of Prime Minister. (No, nothing squishy here…)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
OBAMA REPORTEDLY CALLED BIDEN AFTER HIS SOUH CAROLINA VICTORY
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON MAYOR PETE’S WITHDRAWAL, ‘DEMS TAKING BERNIE OUT OF PLAY’
ONE BILLIONAIRE BAILED OUT OF THE DEM RACE, ANOTHER KEEPS MARCHING FORWARD
SOME APPLAUDED BLOOMBERG, OTHERS TURNED THEIR BACKS ON HIM DURING ALABAMA CHURCH SPEECH
KLOBUCHAR CAMPAIGN EVENT CANCELLED THANKS TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST
PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSED CPAC AND DID NOT DISAPPOINT THOSE WATCHING
VIDEO FROM CPAC — TRUMP BRUTALLY (AND HILARIOUSLY) MOCKED BLOOMBERG’S HEIGHT
NORTH KOREA REPORTEDLY FIRED TWO SMALL MISSILES INTO THE SEA… JAPAN REPORTS NO DAMAGE
U.S. AND TALIBAN SIGN A PEACE AGREEMENT — TROOP WITHDRAWAL COULD BE NEXT
MEANWHILE, BIDEN’S SON HUNTER TOLD TO BE IN COURT, ‘UNLESS YOUR HAIR IS ON FIRE’
BOYCOTT BUSTER? AZ MEXICAN RESTAURANT GETS A FIVE-STAR REVIEW FROM THE PRESIDENT
General News
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE U.S. JUMPED BY TWO DOZEN FROM FRIDAY
NYC REPORTS FIRST COVID-19 CASEFLORIDA HAS TWO KNOWN INFECTED PEOPLE, PUBLIC EMERGENCY DECLARED
THE AP FACT-CHECKED THE DEMS — DID THE TRUMP ADMIN CUT FUNDING TO THE CDC?
FIVE PARTS OF THE ECONOMY MOST AT RISK THANKS TO THE VIRUS
W.H.O. CHIEF SAYS FINANCIAL MARKETS ‘SHOULD CALM DOWN AND TRY TO SEE THE REALITY’
THE GOOD NEWS… AIR QUALITY IN CHINA IS IMPROVING THANKS TO LOWERED FACTORY ACTIVITY
AMAZON BANNED MORE THAN A MILLION FAKE PRODUCTS RELATED TO CORONA VIRUS / COVID-19
THE LOUVRE WAS CLOSED ON SUNDAY AS WORKERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIRUS
COULD ‘MARCH MADNESS’ GAMES BE PLAYED WITHOUT FANS IN THE STANDS??? MAAAAYBE
OPRAH TAKES A TUMBLE ON STAGE WHILE TALK ABOUT ‘BALANCE’ (SHE SEEMS TO BE OK)
SAY GOOD BYE TO ‘JUDGE JUDY’ — AND SAY HELLO TO ‘JUDY JUSTICE’
MSNBC’s ELDER STATESMAN, CHRIS MATTHEWS WITH ANOTHER ON-AIR EMBARRASSING COMMENT
ALSO MATTHEWS: A FORMER MSNBC GUEST CLAIMED ‘TINGLES’ MADE ‘INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS’ TO HER
Strange News Catching My Eye
A WEEK AGO, WE DIDN’T KNOW HER… SPIELBERG’S DAUGHTER ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
‘WHEEL OF FORTUNE’ CONTESTANT SOLVED THE PUZZLE WITH ONLY TWO LETTERS EXPOSED
COPS DISCOVER A 25-YR-OLD ALLIGATOR LIVING IN OHIO MAN’S BASEMENT
HUMANS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO TALK DURING SEX, COCONUT CRABS ARE ‘CHATTY’ LOVERS
