Yesterday, Pope Francis delivered an Easter message encouraging peace between warring parties like Russia and Ukraine.

- And Donald and Stormy. And Donald and De DeSantis… And Donald and Alvin… (that’s “Bragg”… not Simon & Theodore).

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Later this morning, thousands of children will join the President and 1st Lady on the White House Lawn for the Annual “Easter Egg Roll”.

- The tradition was begun in 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and has remained the same - except for the Bill Clinton years - when Women were invited instead of Children and the event was known as the “Easter Egg Roll-in-the-Hay”.

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After 70 years in business, shares of Tupperware fell nearly 40% in early trading Monday following news that the company may be headed for bankruptcy.

- But the companies CEO said the drop in stock price is just a “Hiccup”… or in Tupperware’s case… as my Mother used to say… a “Burp”.

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“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” Universal’s new film based on the classic video game, crushed the competition earning $204.6 million over the long Easter weekend.

- It did WAY better than their LAST movie… “The Super Creepy Cuomo Bros.” which didn’t even do well when they showed it on CNN.

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An analysis of new data found that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant drop in life expectancy for New Yorkers.

- On a bright note… it’s WAY more fun than getting pushed in front of the subway!

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A Virginia man bought 20 tickets for a single “Pick 4” lottery drawing - with the exact same numbers - … and won 20 times, for a total prize of $100,000.

- In a related story… A Florida man was charged 34 TIMES for spending $130,000 and it cost tax payers $200 MILLION!!!

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!

-Dick