Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Feb 27, 2017

I'm a Poll Man:

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll gives PRESIDENT TRUMP a 44-percent job approval rating, a record low for a new commander in chief. Almost half the respondents --48 percent-- disagree with Trump's performance so far.
No surprise of the partisan divide, with 85-percent of Republicans approving of the job Trump has done, compared with just nine-percent of Democrats. By one comparison, Trump's four-percent net negative rating at the point in his presidency compares with GEORGE H.W. BUSH, who had a net positive rating of 45-percent this early in his presidency.
Roughly one-third of respondents in the new poll --32 percent-- also believe Trump has shown since the inauguration that he is not up for the job.
However, in that same poll, 51-percent of Americans said the media is too critical of Trump, while 41-percent think news organizations have been fair and objective. (Pacelli)

Losers in Lockup:

Nearly a hundred hospital workers have been arrested in Italy.
Authorities say ninety-four employees of Loreto Mare hospital in Naples are under house arrest for allegedly clocking in to work, then disappearing. Officials say the workers --including doctors and nurses-- would report to work then vanish to go play tennis, go shopping, and even report to other jobs. The arrests came after a two-year investigation which included surveillance. Many of the employees are charged with fraud. At least one worker is accused of swiping the badges of dozens of others who allegedly never showed up to work at all. (Still)

Grace notes from Vinny Marino:

The late actor BILL PAXTON also had a musical past. He was in an 80's New Wave duo called MARTINI RANCH which had a minor hit with "How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" It was produced by the guys from DEVO, who also added some musical help. Bill was also in the video for the novelty classic, "Fish Heads" by BARNES & BARNES, which featured "Lost In Space" star BILLY MUMY. (Marino)

Bad luck:

Talk about being up s**t creek without a paddle!
More than 140 gallons of raw sewage has been flowing into Southern California from the Tijuana River in Mexico for the last two weeks. SERGE DEDINA, the mayor of Imperial Beach, California, says some of his residents are complaining about the smell. He wants the chief of the International Water Commission to resign, since he obviously isn't paying attention to cross-border sewage issues.
Editor's note: Anyone else thinking that Mexico is trying to send their thoughts on the wall via a sewage spill? (Myers)