Tuesday – December 17, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1777 – FRANCE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

1903 – THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MADE THEIR HISTORIC FLIGHT AT KITTY HAWK, NC

1969 – THE AIR FORCE ENDED ITS’ ‘BLUE BOOK’ PROJECT, CLAIMING NO EVIDENCE OF EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL LIFE FOLLOWING A SPATE OF UFO SIGHTINGS

1989 – ‘THE SIMPSONS’ DEBUTED ON AMERICAN TELEVISION (NOW THE LONGEST RUNNING TV SHOW)

1992 – NAFTA WAS SIGNED (GIANT SUCKING SOUND HEARD ACROSS AMERICA)

2010 – REMEMBER THE ‘ARAB SPRING?’ IT BEGAN ON THIS DAY WHEN A TUNISIAN MAN SELF-IMMOLATED, SPARKING A REVOLUTION

News and The Politics out of D.C.

A GUY WHO WAS THE ‘MOST POWERFUL’ PERSON ON THE PLANET FOR 8 YEARS SAYS MOST PROBLEMS COME FROM MEN HOLDING ONTO POWER — THANKS, OBAMA

IT APPEARS PELOSI HAS THE VOTES NEEDED TO IMPEACH, WEDNESDAY COULD BE THE DAY

SCHUMER WANTS ‘FAIRNESS’ IN SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL — WHITE HOUSE CALLS IT ‘LAUGHABLE

AS IMPEACHMENT ROLLS ON, PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES TO THRIVE

SCHIFF: IF TRUMP IS ACQUITTED BY THE SENATE, IMPEACHMENT IS NOT A FAILURE

IMPEACHMENT WILL NEVER BE OVER… DEMS SIGNAL THEY’LL CONTINUE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATIONS

THE DEM’S NEXT DEBATE HANGS IN THE BALANCE OVER A LABOR DISPUTE

WARREN TURNS TO SEXIST CLAIMS ON BLOOMBERG — WANTS TO NEGATE ALL NDA’S WOMEN HAD TO SIGN

2020 DEM HOUSE CANDIDATE HAS A PLAN FOR JERUSALEM… IN INVOLVES A BULLDOZER

CARLY FIORINA: TRUMP SHOULD BE IMPEACHED, BUT NOT REMOVED… I MIGHT VOTE FOR HIM IN 2020

(I THOUGHT AOC WAS PRO-CHOICE) THE DEM REP WAS OVERWHELMED BY TOO MANY CHOICES ON OBAMACARE WEBSITE

MAXINE WATERS PROMOTES TRUMP CONSPIRACY THEORIES ON CNN, ADMITS SHE HAS NO EVIDENCE

CONGRESS SET TO BAN TOBACCO SALES TO ANYONE UNDER 21

ROBERT DE NIRO (SOUNDING A LITTLE INCOHERENT) SAYS HE’D DISOWN HIS KIDS IF THEY WERE LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CHILDREN

General News

BRITISH MEDICAL SYSTEM ACCUSED OF ‘OVER-DIAGNOSING’ TRANS KIDS OVER FEAR OF BEING CALLED ‘TRANSPHOBIC’ IF THEY DON’T

STOCKS STILL RISING… FOR A 4TH STRAIGHT DAY, HITTING NEW RECORDS

WHAT DO BIG COMPANIES REALLY PAY IN TAXES? THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE/ANGER YOU

POPEYE’S CHICKEN POKES FUN AT CHICK-FIL-A — SEEKS EMPLOYEES WHO CAN WORK ON SUNDAY

WHAT IS IT ABOUT FAST-FOOD CHICKEN SAMMICHES? WOMAN CALLS COPS OVER HER KFC SAMMIE

HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S LAWYERS TRY TO USE HIS BACK INJURY IN A PITY PLAY TO SLOW DOWN LEGAL ACTION

MADONNA’S NEW BOY TOY…A DANCER WHO IS JUST 25, TWO YEARS OLDER THAN MADGE’S DAUGHTER

PRINCE ANDREW MAKES AN APPEARANCE AT THE ROYAL FAMILY’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

CHINESE WOMAN GETS LIGHT SENTENCE IN ‘BIRTH TOURISM’ CASE

NY’s DMV LINES JUST GOT LONGER AS ‘UNDOCUMENTED’ PEOPLE CAN GET DRIVER’S LICENSES NOW

Strange News Catching My Eye

THE END OF ROBOCALLS MAY FINALLY BE HERE

GOOD NEWS – HEISMAN WINNER’S SPEECH SPARKS $300K IN DONATIONS FOR THE HUNGRY

IT TOOK 25 YEARS, FINALLY HITTING #1 — MARIAH CAREY’S ‘ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU’

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: SEATTLE TAXPAYERS FUND TRANSGENDER STRIPPER PERFORMANCE AT HOMELESSNESS CONFERENCE