THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1933 – Hitler’s National Socialists win a majority in Germany’s Reichstag… this would be the last free election in that country until after WWII
1946 – Winston Churchill coined the phrase ‘Iron Curtain’ while speaking in Missouri (see it here)
1963 – Spud Melin gets a patent for his ‘Hula Hoop’ invention (it was sold starting in 1958)
1984 – SCOTUS rules cities can display the Nativity as part of holiday decorations
2004 – Martha Stewart was convicted of insider trading following a suspiciously timed stock trade — the domestic doyenne spent a brief time redecorating a federal minimum security facility
News and The Politics out of D.C.
SEN SCHUMER THREATENS TWO SCOTUS JUSTICES AHEAD OF DECISION IN ABORTION CASE
PRESIDENT TRUMP SLAMS SCHUMER’S WORDS, ‘SERIOUS ACTION MUST BE TAKEN’
SCOTUS CHIEF ROBERTS BLASTS SCHUMER TOOBLOOMBERG OUT… ENDORSED BIDEN
SUPER TUESDAY WINS CONTINUE FOR BIDEN AS HE WINS TIGHTLY CONTESTED RACE IN MAINE
TRUMP SAYS BIDEN’S UKRAINE DEALINGS WILL BE PART OF 2020 CAMPAIGN (IF JOE’S THE NOMINEE)
BIDEN CLAIMED HE ATTENDED A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE (HE DID NOT)
SANDERS CONDEMNS HIS SUPPORTERS’ ‘UGLY, PERSONAL ATTACKS’ AGAINST WARREN
BERNIE WANTS TO KNOW, ‘WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?’
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH — TULSI WITH ONE DEM DELEGATE — WILL SHE QUALIFY FOR THE 3/15 DEBATE?
CONGRESS IS STILL WORKING — THE HOUSE PASSED $8.3 BILLION BILL TO FUND THE CORONA VIRUS FIGHT
General News
COVID-19 UPDATE — FAUCI WARNS THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COULD BE OVERWHELMED
MUTATED? SCIENTISTS DISCOVER MORE AGGRESSIVE STRAIN OF THE VIRUS
FAMILY IN WEALTHY NYC SUBURB IS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 — COMMUNITY FREAKS
‘BONEHEAD’ — NH MAN IGNORED ADVICE TO STAY HOME, NOW OTHERS ARE DISPLAYING SYMPTOMS
CALIFORNIA DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER FIRST DEATH FROM THE VIRUS
CRUISE SHIP OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS A CONCERN
ABOUT THAT WUHAN MARKET WHERE THE OUTBREAK STARTED… IT’S BEEN DEMOLISHED
SOME CATHOLIC CHURCHES REMOVE HOLY WATER AS CONCERNS OVER COVID-19 GROW
CORONA VIRUS FORCED POSTPONEMENT OF JAMES BOND FILM, ‘NO TIME TO DIE’
THE STOCK MARKETS REBOUND AGAIN
GM TARGETS TESLA WITH 13 NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Strange News Catching My Eye
NASA PHOTO OF MARS SHOWS A CURIOUS HOLE ‘THAT MAY CONTAIN ALIEN LIFE’
ALEX TREBEK WITH AN UPDATE ONE YEAR AFTER HIS CANCER DIAGNOSIS
‘WHAT IS JEOPARDY?’ TREBEK TALKS ABOUT THE PLAN FOR HIS FINAL SHOW