Tuesday – February 27, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1827 – New Orleans held it’s first Mardi Gras celebration 

1844 – The Dominican Republic gained its independence from Haiti

1879 – Saccharin was discovered by researchers at Johns Hopkins University (The FDA put a warning label on the artificial sweetener from 1977-2000 until research showed it was not a carcinogen.)

1908 – Oklahoma enters the Union wearing #46

1936 – 7-yr-old Shirley Temple inks a new deal with 20th Century Fox, paying the child star $50,000 per film

1951 – The 22nd Amendment is ratified, limiting the President to two terms

News and The Politics out of D.C.

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PRESS CONFERENCE ON COV-19 PUTS VP MIKE PENCE IN THE LEAD

COURT HANDS TRUMP HUGE VICTORY IN SANCTUARY CITIES CASE

PELOSI WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH SANDERS ON TOP OF THE TICKET

BIDEN LEADS SOUTH CAROLINA BY 18 POINTS

BIDEN APPEARS TO QUESTION NIKKI HALEY’S BRAIN POWER — SHE RESPONDS

ABC NEWS SUSPENDS REPORTER AFTER JAMES O’KEEFE POSTS VIDEO WITH CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS

MSNBC SUSPENDS CONTRIBUTOR AFTER RACIST SLAM TO SANDERS CAMPAIGN STAFF

REP CLYBURN SURPRISED NO ONE AND ENDORSED BIDEN AHEAD OF S.C. PRIMARY

NYC MAYOR DE BLASIO BLASTED BLOOMBERG IN FOX NEWS INTERVIEW

ODDSMAKERS SAY BERNIE WINS ALL SUPER TUESDAY STATE BUT ONE

POLL: TRUMP CRUSHES BERNIE SANDERS IN THIS HEAD-TO-HEAD POLL

General News

CORONA VIRUS CASES GROWING FASTER OUTSIDE OF CHINA

CDC CONFIRMS FIRST U.S. CASE OF CORONA VIRUS OF ‘UNKNOWN ORIGIN’

CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA HIT HARD — 938 NEW CASES

AS THE VIRUS SPREADS, ‘CHINATOWNS’ AROUND THE WORLD ARE CRUSHED BY FEAR

SAUDI KINGDOM BARS FOREIGN VISITORS TO HOLY CITIES OF MECCA AND MEDINA

83 PEOPLE ON LONG ISLAND ARE UNDER OBSERVATION FOR COVID-19

VIRUS NEWS APPEARS TO HAVE TRIGGERED STOCK FUTURES TO PLUMMET

FIVE PEOPLE AND THE SHOOTER ARE DEAD IN MILWAUKEE MASSACRE

NEW HOME SALES SOAR… PRICES RISING TO RECORD HIGHS

JUDGE NAP CALLS ‘SECRET’ ROGER STONE HEARING ‘STALINISTIC’

THE POPE TELLS CATHOLICS, FOR LENT, GIVE UP TROLLING

TMZ CLAIMS NYC PRISON CHIEFS WORRIED WEINSTEIN MAY BECOME ANOTHER EPSTEIN

SNL’s PETE DAVIDSON IS WALKING BACK HIS APOLOGY TO REP. DAN CRENSHAW

MY MOM SELLS SEX TOYS… SHE’S A BADASS AND A FEMINIST — GWYNETH PALTROW’S 13-YR-OLD SON

Strange News Catching My Eye

‘FLORIDA WOMAN’ CHARGED AFTER COPS FIND SHE LEFT HER BOYFRIEND IN A SUITCASE (HE DIED)

1776 ‘CONTINENTAL DOLLAR’ BOUGHT AT A FLEA MARKET BOUGHT FOR 56 CENTS IS WORTH $______

WOULD YOU LIKE A SLICE OF MAYONNAISE ON YOUR SANDWICH? (SCIENCE CREATED SLICEABLE MAYO)