Monday – May 18, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1860 – Lincoln is nominated to be the Republican presidential candidate

1917 – Congress passed the ‘Selective Service Act’ — drafting soldiers to serve in WWI

1942 – NY ended night baseball games until WWII ended

1951 – The United Nations moved its HQ to NYC

1974 – India joined the nuclear club — exploding an atomic bomb

1980 – After 123 quiet years and two months of rumbling, Mt Saint Helens erupted (three times in 24 hours)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW — TRUMP ON FLYNN PLOT TO FOX NEWS — ‘THIS WAS ALL OBAMA’

‘GROSSLY INCOMPETENT’ — PRESIDENT TRUMP DISMISSED OBAMA’S COMMENTS ON CORONA VIRUS

TRUMP FIRED INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTEDLY LOOKING INTO SEC POMPEO OVER DOG WALKING?

PRESIDENT TRUMP RE-TWEETED CLEVER VIDEO USING ICONIC SPEECH FROM ‘INDEPENDENCE DAY’ (AND A HUGE CHUNK OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA LOST IT’S MIND — AND ACTOR BILL PULLMAN RESPONDED

SENATOR KENNEDY’S LATEST QUOTABLE REPLY TO QUESTION ON PELOSI’S NEW $3T STIMULUS BILL

AOC OWES $2000 IN BACK TAXES FOR A FAILED BUSINESS VENTURE

SHARYL ATTKISSON’S COLLUSION AGAINST TRUMP TIMELINE

SOMEONE COMMITTED A CRIME IN THE MICHAEL FLYNN CASE — IT WASN’T HIM

OBAMA TO GRADS IN COMMENCEMENT SPEECH: CURRENT LEADER ARE EVEN ‘PRETENDING TO BE IN CHARGE’

General News

VIRUS UPDATES — NY HAS REACHED EXCESS TESTING CAPACITY, NJ SAYS ‘YOU’D LOOK BETTER IN A MASK’

TWO MAJOR EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE PUSHING TO OPEN THEIR COUNTRIES — OR, RISK TOTAL COLLAPSE

CALIFORNIA GOV ASKS NATIVE AMERICANS NOT TO RE-OPEN THEIR CASINOS ON THEIR OWN LAND

‘IMPEACH KING CUOMO’ – NYers PROTEST THE LOCKDOWN

NY MAN ARRESTED IN HAWAII FOR POSTING BEACH PHOTOS

POSITIVE SIGNS

GRACELAND IS SET TO RE-OPEN THIS WEEK!

NASCAR RETURNED TO DARLINGTON — ALBEIT WITHOUT FANS — CONGRATS TO KEVIN HARVICK

LIVE, PROFESSIONAL GOLF RETURNED — SORT OF

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CHRIS CHRISTIE SPARS WITH THE VIEW’S IRONICALLY-NAMED JOY BEHAR

REPORT: TESLA IS SET TO UNVEIL NEW, MILLION-MILE BATTERY

‘PRICE IS RIGHT’ DONATED $97,000 TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD ON BEHALF OF RU PAUL

HOLLYWOOD LEGAL FIRM HACKED… HACKERS SAY THEY HAVE DAMAGING INFO ON TRUMP, DEMAND $42 MIL

Other News Catching My Eye

SOMEONE PAID $560,000 FOR A PAIR OF GAME-WORN, SIGNED AIR JORDANS

WORST MASKS EVER OR BRILLIANT DISGUISE? HOLLOWED OUT MELONS WORN BY SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTERS

FL MAN CLAIMS HE’S BEEN TRAPPED ON A CRUISE SHIP IN ITALY FOR 8 WEEKS

SEX DOLL DUMPED BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MISTAKEN FOR HUMAN BODY