THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1690 – The first paper money is issued in America from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1783 – Spain officially recognized American independence
1912 – New rules for football — 100 yr field, 4 downs instead of 3, touchdowns = 6 points not 5
1927 – President Coolidge creates the Federal Radio Commission to regulate radio airwaves
1962 – President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba
2005 – Alberto Gonzales becomes the first Hispanic Attorney General of the United States
News and The Politics out of D.C.
ANOTHER TOP TERRORIST LEADER KILLED BY A U.S. STRIKE — THIS TIME IN YEMEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES A HEIGHT JOKE ABOUT ‘MINI-MIKE’ — AND BLOOMBERG FIRED BACK
AHEAD OF IOWA CAUCUSES, BERNIE WANTS DEMS TO UNITE (BEHIND HIM) TO BEAT TRUMP
IOWA PAPER SHELVED RELEASE OF NEW POLL EXPECTED TO SHOW BERNIE LEADING… SANDERS’ PEOPLE ARE PISSED
ALSO BERNIE — SANDERS SPENT $1.2 MIL ON PRIVATE JET TRAVEL IN THE LAST 3 MOS OF 2019
WARREN AND BIDEN CAMPAIGNS WERE TARGETED BY SOME CLEVER PRANKSTERS
RUMOR DU JOUR: HILLARY CLINTON AS SOMEONE’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
DEM POLL: CHRISTIANS PREFER BIDEN, THOSE KNOWN AS ‘NONES’ LEAN BERNIE’S WAY
JOHN KERRY’S F*CKING TWEET… OOPS (THE REAL QUESTION, IS KERRY THINKING ABOUT RUNNING?)
BOLTON’S SECURITY CLEARANCE IN JEOPARDY OVER HIS BOOK
CPAC MAKES IT OFFICIAL: MITT ROMNEY IS OFFICIALLY, FORMALLY NOT INVITED
THE REST OF US ALREADY KNEW IT… BILL KRISTOL COMES OUT OF THE (POLITICAL) CLOSET
THE NRA RESPONDED TO BLOOMBERG’S MISLEADING SUPER BOWL AD
General News
SUPER BOWL ADS… HERE’S WHAT THE EXPERTS THOUGHT
ALSO… MR. PEANUT RETURNED, SORT OF… BABY PEANUT AD
CASES OF CORONAVIRUS HIT 14,000+ — FIRST DEATH OUTSIDE OF CHINA
CHINA’S FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE CRUSHED BY THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PENTAGON APPROVED QUARANTINE USE FOR MILITARY BASES TO HOLD 1000 PEOPLE
MOVE OVER CORONAVIRUS, CHINA’S REPORTING A NEW BIRD FLU (H5NI) BREAKING OUT
ALSO CHINA: A 1000 BED MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL IS COMPLETED AND OPENED IN WUHAN
LONDON STABBING ATTACK ENDS WITH POLICE SHOOTING, KILLING MAN CALLED A ‘TERRORIST’
BEYONCE AND JAY-Z (AND THEIR CHILD) REMAINED SEATED DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
LORI LOUGHLIN AND HER HUSBAND HAVE PUT THEIR BEL AIR MANSION BACK ON THE MARKET FOR $28MIL
Strange News Catching My Eye
FLORIDA MAN’S $500,000 HOME GETS A NEW PAINT JOB THAT HAS NEIGHBORS UP IN ARMS
IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE’VE HAD A ‘WHEEL OF FORTUNE’ BLOOPER…SO, HERE YA GO
PAM ANDERSON’S MARRIAGE TO HUSBAND #5 DID NOT LAST TWO WEEKS…
27,000+ SINGLE WOMEN APPLIED TO TAKE A TRIP INTO SPACE WITH A JAPANESE BILLIONAIRE… BUUUUT
