Today’s Two-Minute Drill
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1803 – The U.S. buys the Louisiana Territory from France for $15million — a steal!
1860 – South Carolina secedes from the Union — the first state to do so.
1957 – Elvis Presley is drafted by the U.S. Army
News and The Politics out of D.C.
AMID CONGRESSIONAL GRIDLOCK, TRUMP VOWS THE U.S. MILITARY WILL BUILD THE WALL
SENATE APPROVED A STOP-GAP SPENDING BILL, SENDS IT TO THE HOUSE…WILL THE WH SIGN IT?
U.S. TO WITHDRAW ALL TROOPS FROM SYRIA — IN A HURRY
REP KINZINGER SAYS ISIS WILL USE THE SYRIA PULLOUT AS A RECRUITING TOOL
NORTH KOREA SAYS IT WILL NOT DENUCLEARIZE UNTIL THE U.S. REMOVES ITS NUKES FROM THE PENINSULA
FED LIFTS THE PRIME LENDING RATE FOR THE FOURTH TIME THIS YEAR — VOWS FEWER RAISES NEXT YEAR
JUDGE PRESIDING OVER FLYNN SENTENCING ALSO STUCK DOWN NEW, TOUGHER ASYLUM RULES
NY TIMES REPORTS DEMS USED RUSSIA’S DECEPTIVE 2016 ELECTION TACTICS IN THE ALABAMA SENATE RACE
HELL FREEZES OVER — ALSO, VAN JONES GAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP A COMPLIMENT…ON CNN!
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS A PLAN TO LOWER DRUG PRICES — LET THE GOV’T MAKE THEM
YOU KNOW THAT MONTHLY FEE YOU PAY FOR 9-1-1? IT’S BEING RE-ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE
BIZARRO WORLD — EXITING CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR WARNS DEMS ABOUT SPENDING TOO MUCHREAD PAUL RYAN’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
General News
AMY SCHUMER IS TAKING CREDIT FOR TAKING DOWN THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW
JIMMY KIMMEL SKETCH SAYS TED CRUZ SHOULD BE IN HELL, CRUZ DESTROYED HIM
FINANCIAL TIMES PERSON OF THE YEAR? GEORGE SOROS
KEVIN HART HAS THE LAST LAUGH — HE’S #2 ON THE HIGHEST PAID COMEDIANS LIST
RETAILER ‘FOREVER 21′ APOLOGIZED FOR USING A WHITE MODEL TO PROMOTE ITS’ ‘BLACK PANTHER’ SWEATER
CHRISTMAS RETURNS HAPPENING BEFORE THE HOLIDAY ACTUALLY HAPPENS? SO SAYS UPS
DID YOU KNOW GEORGE H.W. BUSH ANONYMOUSLY SPONSORED A 7-YR-OLD FILIPINO BOY FOR A DECADE?
STUDY: JUST SIX MONTHS OF WALKING MAY REDUCE COGNITIVE DECLINE
Strange News Catching My Eye
GINGERBREAD MEN REPLACED BY GINGERBREAD PERSONS… YOU ALREADY KNOW WHY
POLICY REPORT TERRIFYING ‘SUPERNATURAL’ EVENTS WHILE QUESTIONING ‘JOHN OF GOD’ IN SEX ABUSE SCANDAL
