THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1512 – Ponce de Leon reportedly discovers Florida — founding The Villages
1794 – Congress OK’s the funding of six frigates (USS Constitution among them) for the Navy
1912 – Japan’s gift of cherry trees are planted in Washington DC1917 – An American hockey team wins the Stanley Cup for the first time. The team — the Seattle Metropolitans– is no longer around
1976 – Washington DC’s subway system opened
News and The Politics out of D.C.
HEALTHCARE RETURNS AS KEY ISSUE FOR 2020 DEMS AS OBAMACARE FACES ANOTHER DEATH BLOW
MEANWHILE, TRUMP’S BORDER EMERGENCY DECLARATION SURVIVED — HOUSE COULD NOT OVERRIDE TRUMP’S VETO
TED CRUZ PREDICTS ‘EXTREME’ DEMS WILL ‘IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT ANYWAY’
PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY SET TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO STUDY THE THREAT OF AN EMP ATTACK
AS EXPECTED — GREEN NEW DEAL VOTE FAILS MISERABLY IN THE SENATE 0-57
‘AOC’ WAS NOT AMUSED BY SENATOR LEE’S TROLLING…SHE TROLLED BACK.
General News
WAIT…WHAT? JUSSIE SMOLLETT HAS ALL CHARGES AGAINST HIM DROPPED
CHICAGO’S MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE SMOLLETT NEWS
TRUCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS SEEMS TO BE UNRAVELING AS ROCKETS FLY AGAIN
737 MAX RETURNS TO AIRPORT AFTER AN ENGINE PROBLEM — NO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD
ANOTHER PLANE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN CALIFORNIA – LUCKILY KEANU REEVES WAS ON BOARD
COLLEGE ISSUES 40-PAGES OF ‘SPEECH CODE’ — THEN RESCINDS IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
FEDERAL JUDGE OVERTURNS NC LAW BANNING ABORTIONS AFTER 20 WEEKS
DOCTORS WORRIED AS MYSTERIOUS SYNDROME MAKES MARIJUANA SMOKERS VIOLENTLY ILL
DO YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE 25 HEALTHIEST COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA?
SINGER CARDI B ADMITS TO DRUGGING AND ROBBING MEN — SHE CLAIMED IT WAS WHAT SHE HAD TO DO
NEW ORLEANS SAYS ‘THANKS FOR NOTHING, NFL’ AS THE LEAGUE CHANGES CHALLENGE RULE ON PASS INTERFERENCE
Strange News Catching My Eye
WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS — WITH TWO DIFFERENT DADS (SHE CHEATED ON HER HUSBAND)
TIP TO PEOPLE DRINKING AND DRIVING — USING AXE BODY SPRAY AS MOUTHWASH WON’T COVER YOUR BEER BREATH
MALE-ONLY (NON-SEXUAL) CUDDLING GROUP SAYS IT’S ALL ABOUT HEALING
IS FARTING CONSIDERED BULLYING? AUSTRALIAN MAN SUES FOR $1.8 MILLION OVER FARTING BOSS