THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1128 – POPE HONORIUS II RECOGNIZED THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AS AN ‘ARMY OF GOD’
1846 – PRESIDENT POLK SENDS GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR AND 4000 TROOPS TO THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER
1898 – ‘J’ACCUSE!’ – FRANCE’S EMILE ZOLA PUBLISHED HIS LETTER ACCUSING THE GOV’T OF A COVERUP IN THE DREYFUS TREASON CASE
1990 – DOUGLAS WILDER, THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN ELECTED AS GOVERNOR OF A STATE, TAKES OFFICE
1999 – NBA LEGEND MICHAEL JORDAN ANNOUNCED HIS SECOND RETIREMENT FROM BASKETBALL
News and The Politics out of D.C.
TRUMP SIGNALS HE’D BE WILLING TO USE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO BLOCK JOHN BOLTON FROM TESTIFYING
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETS IN FARCI AND ENGLISH IN SUPPORT OF IRANIAN PROTESTERS
IF THERE IS AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, TRUMP WANTS PELOSI & SCHIFF TO TESTIFY
JOHN KERRY: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GAVE IRAN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY
BLOOMBERG HOLDS A RALLY IN SAN ANTONIO — 45 PEOPLE SHOWED UP (THAT’S NOT A TYPO)
ALSO BLOOMBERG: ‘I’M SPENDING ALL MY MONEY TO GET RID OF TRUMP’
SANDERS AND WARREN ARE OPENLY SPARRING OVER CAMPAIGN TACTICS
FISA COURT SPARKS OUTRAGE BY APPOINTING AN ANTI-TRUMP ATTORNEY TO OVERSEE FBI FIXES
DCCC CHAIR CAN’T SAY IF AOC IS GOOD FOR THE CAUCUS
WHAT ARE THE ODDS THE DEMS WON’T HAVE A CLEAR WINNER AFTER THEIR PRIMARIES?
COULD THERE BE A NEW, PRO-TRUMP CONSERVATIVE TV NETWORK TO COMPETE WITH FOX NEWS?
General News
REMEMBER THAT SHOOTING AT THE FL NAVAL AIR STATION? WE JUST EXPELLED A BUNCH OF SAUDIS
WHO SAW THIS COMING??? GRETA THUNBERG’S FATHER APPEARS TO BE THE AUTHOR OF HER FB POSTS
NY’s CONTROVERSIAL NO-BAIL PROGRAM RELEASED A SUSPECTED ROBBER WHO THEN ROBBED A BANK
THE AFTERSHOCKS AND EARTHQUAKES CONTINUE TO RATTLE PUERTO RICO, THOUSANDS IN SHELTERS
UCLA PROF SAYS ELIMINATING PRIVATE HOME OWNERSHIP IS KEY TO ENDING CLIMATE CHANGE
‘ALIENS EXIST, NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT’ — BRITAIN’S FIRST ASTRONAUT SEEMS QUITE CERTAIN OF THIS
JAPANESE OLYMPIC OFFICIALS SWEAR THEIR CARDBOARD BEDS ARE OK FOR SEX… JUST, NO THREESOMES
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, QUEEN TO PERFORM FOR THE AUSTRALIA WILDFIRE RELIEF CONCERT
LIST: THE GROSSEST THINGS PEOPLE DO ON AIRPLANES
FASHION OR FOOLISHNESS? I’M NOT BUYING THE PUSH FOR MEN TO PAINT THEIR FINGERNAILS
HERE’S MY OBLIGATORY STORY ABOUT THE IDIOTIC STORIES ABOUT THE ‘ROYAL FAMILY SPLIT’
Strange News Catching My Eye
VIRAL VIDEO: WHO DOESN’T LOVE A STUPID ANSWER TO A ‘FAMILY FEUD’ QUESTION
SOLD OUT! THOSE $75 CANDLES THAT (REPORTEDLY) SMELLS LIKE GYWNETH PALTROW’S VA-JAY-JAY
CALIFORNIA’S ROAD KILL LAW TOOK EFFECT ON JAN 1…BUT, YOU CAN’T ‘KILL IT AND GRILL IT’ JUST YET
THE ‘SECRET SERVICE OF HOLLYWOOD’ — WHO IS BEHIND THE PEOPLE PROTECTING THE STARS?
YOUNG GIRLS THOUGHT THEY WERE DATING A TEEN BOY…IT WAS A WOMAN, GROOMING THEM FOR SEX
