THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1796 – British Dr Edward Jenner gave the first smallpox vaccine
1804 – Lewis and Clark leave St Louis, beginning their expedition
1897 – Marconi sent the first wireless telegraph
1904 – The Olympic Games were held in the U.S. for the first time — the host city was St Louis
1948 – Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion founded the State of Israel
1973 – The U.S. launched the space station Skylab
News and The Politics out of D.C.
‘UNMASKING’ — THE WORD OF THE DAY — WHO WAS ON THE LIST? (A LOT OF OBAMA PEEPS, INCLUDING BIDEN)
COINCIDENCE? BIDEN REQUESTED FLYNN UNMASKING THE SAME DAY HIS NAME WAS LEAKED TO MEDIA
TRUMP SAYS BIDEN LIED, CALLED THE UNMASKING ‘A MASSIVE THING’
RAND PAUL UNLOADS ON BIDEN AFTER UNMASKING NEWS BREAKS
GOP SENATOR JOHNSON EXPLAINS WHY THE UNMASKING SCANDAL IS A BIG DEAL
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: SCHIFF TRANSCRIPTS PROVE HE KNEW THERE WAS NO PROOF OF COLLUSION
SCHUMER IS HYPERVENTILATING OVER ‘OBAMAGATE’ — TED CRUZ DROPS A ONE WORD RESPONSE ON HIM
CNN’S STELTER CAN’T HANDLE ‘OBAMAGATE’ FALLOUT, COMPLAINS ABOUT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA
POLL: BIDEN LEADS NATIONALLY, TRUMP IS AHEAD IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES
BIDEN CAMPAIGN CALLED OUT FOR DECEPTIVELY EDITING TRUMP IN AD FEATURING NURSES
BIDEN SPOKESPERSON MELTS DOWN, SLAMS JOURNALIST WITH OFFENSIVE (NOW DELETED) TWEET
FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER PAUL MANAFORT SENT HOME FROM PRISON – HOME CONFINEMENT
REPUBLICAN SENATOR BURR SURRENDERED HIS PHONE TO FEDS INVESTIGATING STOCK TRADES
GOP FLIPPED A DEM-HELD HOUSE SEAT IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998
General News
WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT REVERSES ORDERS CLOSING BUSINESSES
L.A. MAYOR SAYS THE CITY WON’T OPEN COMPLETELY ‘UNTIL WE HAVE A CURE’ (MAYBE NOT THREE MONTHS)
THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR ALSO SAYS YOU HAVE TO WEAR A FACE MASK WHEN YOU LEAVE HOME
92% OF CHICAGO’S COOK COUNTY COVID-19 VICTIMS HAD PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
VA GOV WANTS HELP ENFORCING LOCKDOWN — SHERIFF SAYS NO WAY
PRO GOLF TOURNAMENTS SET TO RETURN NEXT MONTH — WITH SOME EXPECTED CHANGES
NASCAR IS BACK — FOX ANNOUNCERS WILL BE CALLING THE RACE FROM A STUDIO, NOT THE TRACK
FANCY D.C. AREA PREP SCHOOL SAYS IT WON’T RETURN LOANED FED MONEY
CNN ACTUALLY ADDED GRETA THUNBERG TO A CORONA VIRUS TOWN HALL PANEL
THESE VIRUS FACE MASKS COME WITH A ‘STRAW HOLE’ SO YOU CAN DRINK!
TRAGIC: SINGER MELISSA ETHERIDGE’S 21-YR-OLD SON BECKETT LOST BATTLE WITH OPIOID ADDICTION
Other News Catching My Eye
TWO YEARS AFTER LAS VEGAS MASSACRE — WOMAN MARRIES THE MAN WHO SAVED HER LIFE
PLANES ARE STILL CROWDED — IS IT SAFE TO FLY? (YES AND NO, ER, MAYBE)
CAN COVID-19 SURVIVE ON CASH? (YES, BUUUUUUUT)