THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1814 – Napoleon’s forces are defeated in Paris
1867 – The U.S. agrees to purchase Alaska from Russia for about 2 cents an acre… “Seward’s Folly” indeed
1868 – The Pullman Car company introduced the first dining car (Hence the day.)
1870 – President Grant signs a bill readmitting Texas to the Union (The last state to do so.)
1870 – The 15th Amendment is adopted, granting all men in the U.S. the right to vote
1909 – The Queensborough Bridge (59th Street) opens – connecting midtown Manhattan to Queens
1943 – “Oklahoma” opened on Broadway – the first collaboration from Rodgers and Hammerstein
1981 – President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr.
1997 – “Wannabe” from the Spice Girls hit #1 on the pop charts
2020 – COVID-19 history – Disneyland and Disney World close indefinitely
News and The Politics out of D.C.
BLACKHAWK HELICOPTERS CRASH IN KENTUCKY DURING TRAINING EXERCISE – MULTIPLE DEATHS, INJURIES
IS THIS THE ‘PATRIOT ACT, PART 2?’ BEWARE OF THE ‘RESTRICT ACT’ BEING PUSHED TO BAN TIKTOK
SENATORS HAWLEY AND PAUL CLASH OVER BANNING OF TIKTOK
WATCH SHOUTING DEMOCRAT LOSE IT WHEN FACED WITH FACTS ABOUT GUNS
WATCH: REP MATT GAETZ VS. SEC OF DEFENSE — IT DID NOT GO WELL FOR THE SECRETARY
SENATOR FETTERMAN MAY RETURN ON APRIL 17TH (DID THEY SAY WHAT YEAR?)
TRUMP PRAISES THE MANHATTAN GRAND JURY FOR PUSHING THE PAUSE BUTTON
DOCUMENTS REVEAL FEDS WERE TOLD NOT TO ARREST PROTESTERS AT SCOTUS JUSTICES HOMES
CNN REPORTS THAT BIDEN IS CRITICIZING THE GOP FOR STUFF HE WAS PUSHING YEARS AGO
EX-CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER’S OLD TWEETS ABOUT GUNS CONTRADICTS HIS LATEST TWEETS
DENMARK HAS RECOVERED, IDENTIFIED A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT FOUND NEXT TO THE NORDSTREAM2 PIPELINE
NOT A SHOCK — NOT EVERYONE ON A CONSERVATIVE DATING APP IS CONSERVATIVE – BE CAREFUL
FDA APPROVES OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES OF NARCAN
NASA TO NAME FIRST LUNAR ASTRONAUT CREW IN 50 YEARS… 2 AMERICANS, 1 CANADIAN TO CREW ‘ARTEMIS 2’
JOY BEHAR WANTS TRUMP TO WIN THE GOP NOMINATION
ZELENSKYY INVITES XI TO VISIT UKRAINE
General News
86-YR-OLD POPE FRANCIS HOSPITALIZED WITH RESPIRATORY INFECTION
NASHVILLE HOLDS A VIGIL FOR THOSE LOST IN LAST WEEK’S MASS MURDER AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
AZ GOV’S PRESS REP RESIGNS OVER NASHVILLE SHOOTING ‘TRANSPHOBE’ TWEET
THE BILL FOR PROPOSED REPARATIONS IN CALIFORNIA IS APPROACHING $800 BILLION
EGG PRODUCER’S PROFITS ARE THRU THE ROOF…
IMPLAUSIBLE… GERMANY IS REALIZING (AS ARE OTHERS) “NET ZERO CARBON’ IS NOT REALISTIC
EU IS DRAFTING A BILL TO ALLOW E-FUEL COMBUSTION ENGINE CARS
WOKE
THE AP WANTS JOURNALISTS TO REFERENCE ‘ASSIGNED AT BIRTH’ WHEN SPEAKING OF BIOLOGICAL GENDER
MAN SMASHES WOMEN’S POWERLIFTING RECORD IN CANADA… HE DID IT AS A PROTEST
GIRL STRADDLED BY DRAG QUEEN AT NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL SHOW SPARKS OUTRAGE
HERE ARE STATES WITH LIMITS ON MEDICAL SEX CHANGES ON CHILDREN
MN TEACHER FANTASIZES ABOUT SECRETLY INJECTING KIDS WITH PUBERTY BLOCKERS
’60 MINS AUSTRALIA’ AND THE SEGMENT ON ‘THEYBIES’ — LET KIDS CHOOSE THEIR OWN GENDER
Other News Catching My Eye
ELON MUSK SIGNS LETTER ASKING FOR A 6-MONTH PAUSE ON AI
UPDATE FROM THE ODD GWYNETH PALTROW TRIAL (IT’S NOT LIKE THE DEPP TRIAL, BUT IT’LL DO)
GREENLAND PUTS ITS FOOT DOWN — NO MORE MOVING THE DAMN CLOCKS — EVER!
MEET ‘BIG E’ — HE’S A 14-YR-OLD, 6-10, HIGH SCHOOLER WITH A SIZE 23 SHOE
CAN YOU AVOID A BEER BELLY BY GETTING MORE SLEEP? (LOOKS LIKE IT)
