THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1824 – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony debuted in Vienna
1847 – The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia
1945 – Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies in Rheims, France
1987 – Shelley Long makes her final (regular cast member) appearance on ‘Cheers’ (she was moving on to a hoped for career on the big screen…uh, never mind)
1992 – The 27th Amendment is ratified — it prohibited Congress from giving itself a raise in the middle of a term
2000 – Vladimir Putin is sworn in as Russia’s President (Vlad is approaching ‘Uncle Joe’ Stalin’s record of control)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT DISBANDING THE VIRUS TASK FORCE
TRUMP ALSO SAID THE VIRUS IS A WORSE ATTACK THAN PEARL HARBOR AND 9-11
POLL: BIDEN’S NEW SURGE APPEARS TO BE FADING, TRUMP TRUSTED ON ECONOMY & VIRUS
WHO IS VAL DEMINGS? — A FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS BUBBLES UP ON BIDEN’S VP SHORT LIST
GRENELL GIVES SCHIFF AN ULTIMATUM, ‘RELEASE SECRET RUSSIAGATE TRANSCRIPTS OR I WILL’
REPORT: SCHIFF IS PANICKING OVER REPORT THAT RUSSIA PROBE CAME UP EMPTY…BUT PRESSED ON
MERCENARIES? U.S. IS LOOKING INTO THE STORY OF TWO AMERICANS DETAINED IN VENEZUELA
WATCH: ONE OF THE CAPTURED AMERICANS IN VENEZUELA HAS ‘CONFESSED’
MIC DROP — PRESS SECRETARY REMINDS THE MEDIA HOW IT DOWNPLAYED THE VIRUS
HISTORY MATTERS — IN 91 BIDEN WAS AGAINST CREATION OF OFFICE TO DEAL WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT
WAIT… WHO FLUSHED THE TOILET DURING WEDNESDAY’S SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS???
General News
NY GOV WANTS STATE TAXES FROM HEALTH WORKERS WHO CAME TO THE STATE TO HELP
(DIDN’T WE KNOW THIS?) EVIDENCE MOUNTS SHOWING OUTSIDE IS SAFER THAN INSIDE FOR US VS VIRUS
TEXAS GOVERNOR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASED OF JAILED SALON OWNER
THOUSANDS DONATE TO HELP TEXAS WOMAN JAILED FOR OPENING HER SALON
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED, NY STATE WANTS PEOPLE WHO CAME TO HELP THE SICK TO PAY TAXES
SCOTUS DECLINED LIFTING THE LOCKDOWN ORDERED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR
Other News Catching My Eye
STRANGEST TWITTER FIGHT OF THE YEAR — AXL ROSE VS TREASURY SEC MNUCHIN
SICK OF YOUR KIDS? CONNECTICUT IS SET TO OPEN SUMMER CAMPS
THAT 5-YR-OLD KID WHO STOLE MOM’S CAR GETS A RIDE IN A LAMBORGHINI
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE FUTURE, WATCH ‘THE SIMPSONS’ (SERIOUSLY… PANDEMICS, MURDER HORNETS)
WE USED TO CALL THIS BEING ‘WHIPPED.’ PRINCE HARRY SELLS HIS RIFLE COLLECTION