It's Monday, February 17th.
I'm Jane Coston, and this is what a day.
Happy President's Day to all who celebrate.
And since I'm not super into this particular president, I'm thinking about a president I like more.
Like President James Garfield, who seems fine but died in 1881, not because he was shot by Charles Guiteau, but because a doctor named Dr.
Yes, a doctor named Dr.
Didn't wash his hands before messing around with the wound.
So Dr.
Dr.
Willard Bliss killed a president.
There's a fun fact for you on today's show.
Thousands more federal workers are fired by the Trump administration, and phase two of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is in doubt.
But let's start with the Department of Justice, because right now the DOJ is in a real and very serious crisis.
Last week, the Justice Department ordered attorneys to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Emile Beauvais, the acting US Deputy attorney general, issued a memo last Monday saying that the charges were getting in the way of Adams's ability to fight illegal immigration and violent crime.
In case you may have forgotten, those charges stemmed from allegedly improper gifts and illegal campaign contributions Adams got from various entities going back a decade.
When federal prosecutors announced those charges in September, they made it clear that they believed those gifts were being made in exchange for preferential treatment from Adams.
But according to the Trump administration, that's all good now.
No worries on taking those steeply discounted flights on Turkish Airlines.
What really matters is whether or not Eric Adams can do what the Trump administration wants him to do.