Thursday – May 7, 2020

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