Super Joe Biden vs. Marjorie Taylor Grinch
This morning's newsletter has what you need to know and some fun stuff to share, too! Like the fact MTG has gone off the deep end, why J.K. Rowling remains terrible and Don Lemon is getting schooled
Welcome to Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. On this day in history, Karl Marx (no relation to Groucho) published his Communist Manifesto in 1848, the Washington Monument was dedicated in 1885, thanks to the support of Eliza Hamilton, Dolly Madison and Louisa Adams. And in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights, N.Y. He was 39.
Here Now the News:
HOW “AMTRAK JOE” SNUCK INTO UKRAINE: By train, of course! Ten hours riding the rails after flying a secret flight that was the result of months of planning, so the president could stand beside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Friday marks one year since Russia invaded. Biden’s trip was the stuff of Mission: Impossible. — CBS News and Washington Post
BIDEN PLEDGES $500M IN MILITARY AID: The Hill
JAPAN DIGS DEEP AND PROMISES $5B TO UKRAINE: CNN
NEXT: NATO TALKS IN POLAND AND A MESSAGE TO PUTIN — CNN
PUTIN EXPECTED TO ADDRESS RUSSIA ON UKRAINE: The New York Times
REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE CALLS FOR BIDEN’S IMPEACHMENT: Because he spent Presidents Day in Ukraine. No, really! — The Daily Beast
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE: MTG PROPOSES “NATIONAL DIVORCE!” I guess she’s taking a cue from her husband, er ex-husband, who divorced her in December? The Georgia Congresswoman wants to divide the U.S., red states vs. blue states. Which is… a violation of the Constitution she swore to uphold. — NBC News
UTAH’S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CALLS GREENE”S PLAN “EVIL”: Fox News
AND JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE, MTG ATTACKED GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE, AGAIN:
You’re a mean one, Taylor Greene.
You really are a heel
You're as cuddly as a cactus
You're as charming as an eel, Representative Greene
You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel
You're a monster, Ms. Grinch
Your heart's an empty hole
Your brain is full of spiders
You've got garlic in your soul, M.T.G.
I wouldn't touch you
With a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!
DEADLY NEW EARTHQUAKE ROCKS TURKEY AND SYRIA: BBC
HOUSEKEEPER’S HUSBAND BUSTED IN MURDER OF L.A. BISHOP: Los Angeles Times
OHIO ROCKED BY DEADLY EXPLOSION NOT FAR FROM TRAINWRECK: CBS News
EPA TO REVISIT EAST PALESTINE AND HEALTH CLINIC TO OPEN: CNN
SUSPECT IN TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OFFICER’S MURDER ALSO MADE THREATS AGAINST A SCHOOL: Philadelphia Inquirer
WHY DID PROSECUTORS DOWNGRADE CHARGES AGAINST ALEC BALDWIN? —BBC
100,000 PROTEST ISRAEL’S HARD-LINE GOVERNMENT AND ITS MOVE TO WEAKEN JUDICIARY: The Guardian
HealthWatch
COVID HURTS YOUR HEART: HERE’S HOW — NBC News
FIFTH PERSON “CURED” OF HIV: ABC News
Politicukoos
SPEAKER McCARTHY RELEASES JAN. 6 VIDEOS TO… TUCKER CARLSON?!?—Axios
M&M CANDIES vs. TUCKER CARLSON: Inc.
REP. GEORGE SANTOS DIDN’T THINK HE’D GET CAUGHT LYING BECAUSE HE GOT AWAY WITH IT IN 2020: The Hill
GOP TARGETING GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE AND RELATED BOOKS: USA Today
FLORIDA’S “REVERSE WOKE ACT” TARGETS TRANS ADULTS: Erin Reed’s Erin In the Morning Substack (You Should Subscribe!)
OMG News
DON LEMON TO UNDERGO “TRAINING” THEN RETURN TO CNN TOMORROW: NYT
ChatGPT WEIGHS IN ON NEW HAVEN’S BEST PIZZA: WTNH-TV
PARKER MOLLOY “INTERVIEWS” A CHATBOT: The Present Age Substack (You Should Subscribe!)
EVEN THE MOST CHARITABLE EXPLANATION OF ROWLING’S HATE SPEECH IS TERRIBLE: The Mary Sue
TITANIC, AS FIRST SEEN IN 1986: YouTube
Star Trek Corner (“In Spaaaace…”)
TODD STASHWICK ON PLAYING CAPT. LIAM SHAW: TrekMovie
BLUE MEAT AND FRIES: Todd Stashwick tweets the meal that introduces his character, and how you, too, can own Starfleet China! —Twitter
SEASON 3, PART TWO STREAMS ON THURSDAY: But TrekMovie provides a glimpse at photos from the episode here, and a short video clip below!
New episodes of Star Trek Picard stream weekly on Paramount+
That’s all for today. I hope to be back tomorrow morning with another edition of this newsletter, but I’m taking COVID day by day. So, until next time, may your news be good news… and DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN! Get vaxxed, get boosted, wear a mask!
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