Monday – February 11, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1809 – Fulton patents the steam engine

1953 – Disney’s ‘Peter Pan’ premieres (it would likely have a hard time playing as it is today)

1970 – Japan launched a satellite into orbit — it is the 4th nation to do so

1990 – After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela is a free man, 4 years later he would be elected president of South Africa

2012 – The night before the Grammy Awards, singer Whitney Houston died

News and The Politics out of D.C.

PREDICTION: TRUMP WILL DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON THE BORDER

TICK TOCK — HERE’S LATEST ON NEGOTIATIONS TO STRIKE A DEAL TO KEEP THE GOV’T OPEN

AXIOS REPORTS MORE LEAKED TRUMP PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE

HOUSE DEMS ON JUDICIARY PANEL UNLOAD ON ACTING AG WHITTAKER

AMY KLOBUCHAR ANNOUNCED HER CAMPAIGN, THE PRESIDENT TWITTER-TROLLED HER…SHE TROLLED BACK

ELIZABETH WARREN SAYS TRUMP MIGHT NOT BE AROUND FOR 2020

BETO TO CO-STAR IN COUNTER RALLY WHEN TRUMP HOLDS HIS BORDER RALLY TONIGHT

TAX REFUNDS ARE SMALLER??? (HERE’S WHY)

DEM REP OMAR CALLS FOR DHS TO BE DEFUNDED….AN HOUR AFTER CALLING FOR TSA TO GET BACK PAY

GALLUP POLL SHOWS 42 MILLION LATIN AMERICANS WANT TO COME TO AMERICA, 5 MILLION THIS YEAR

REP MAXINE WATERS HONORS DR KING BY WARNING TRUMP, ‘WE ARE GOING TO GET THOSE TAX RETURNS’

DEM REP OMAR’S ANTI-SEMITIC TWITTER RANT DRAWS CALLS FOR AN APOLOGY

General News

GRAMMYS: WOMEN AND RAP WERE BIG WINNERS

MICHELLE OBAMA’S SURPRISE VISIT TO THE GRAMMYS… (I STILL THINK SHE’S RUNNING)

DOLLY PARTON CRUSHED IT AT THE GRAMMYS — PERFORMING WITH A GAGGLE OF GREATS

DRAKE WINS BEST RAP SONG AND MAKES A SURPRISING APPEARANCE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD, HIS SPEECH WAS CUT OFF

THERE WERE SOME PRO-TRUMP FASHION STATEMENTS AT THE GRAMMYS


JEFF BEZOS’ TEXT MESSAGES TO HIS LOVER WERE LIKELY RELEASED BY HER BROTHER, A TRUMP SUPPORTER

SKIIER LINDSEY VONN ENDS HER BRILLIANT CAREER WINNING A BRONZE MEDAL

REMEMBER THE JUSSIE SMOLLETT STORY?

‘LET’S GO TO THE VIDEO TAPE’ — SPORTSCASTING LEGEND IN HOT WATER FOR VANDALISM

Strange News Catching My Eye

WANT A GIFTED CHILD??? START THINKING POSITIVE THOUGHTS

TREE BRANCHES FALL AT IRISH ZOO… CHIMPS USE THEM TO BUILD A LADDER TO ESCAPE THEIR ENCLOSURE

HEY! WHERE’S NEW ZEALAND? IKEA APOLOGIZED AFTER LEAVING THE COUNTRY OFF ITS WORLD MAP

INSPIRING: MOM CARRIED DYING BABY TO FULL TERM IN ORDER TO HELP OTHER BABIES SURVIVE