Tuesday – February 5, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1783 – Sweden recognized the U.S. independence

1922 – Reader’s Digest begins publishing in New York

1937 – FDR proposed adding justices to the Supreme Court — “packing” the court (the idea was rejected)

1971 – Two more American astronauts walk on the moon — Apollo 14 (The golf shot mission w/Alan Shepard and Ed Mitchell)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

THE AP PREVIEWS SOTU — WHAT TO EXPECT

THE PRESIDENT TO CALL FOR UNITY TONITE…AND THREATEN TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY ON THE BORDER

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S POLITICAL DEATH WATCH

VA’s LT GOV WONDERS IF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGE FLOATED AGAINST HIM CAME FROM HIS BOSS

DEMS BLOCK ‘ANTI-INFANTICIDE BILL’ IN THE SENATE

JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG APPEARS IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER CANCER SURGERY

FRESHMAN REPS ‘AOC’ AND CRENSHAW TRADE BARBS ON TAXES, THE SUPER BOWL AND KAEPERNICK

NANCY PELOSI KEEPS QUOTING HER FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE…BUT, IT’S NOT IN THE BIBLE

NEW POLL SUGGESTS A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WANT THE RICH TO BE TAXED A LOT MORE

TRUMP’S INAUGURAL COMMITTEE IS SUBPOENAED BY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NY

OPINION: THE INTEL OPERATION AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL GOING STRONG

General News

IF YOU THOUGHT NY AND VA’s ABORTION BILL’S WERE LIBERAL, WAIT TIL YOU READ VERMONT’S

BIG GAME RATINGS WERE NOT SO SUPER

‘STARTLING’ RISE OF OBESITY-RELATED CANCERS AMONG MILLENNIALS

RUSSIA SHOWS OFF NEW WARSHIP-MOUNTED WEAPON THAT MAKES PEOPLE VOMIT AND HLLUCINATE

THE PUSH FOR ‘SUSTAINABLE FOOD’ HAS LONDON DINERS BEING OFFERED GREY SQUIRREL STEW

IS THE CELERY JUICE DIET A NEW HEALTH MIRACLE?  (SHORT ANSWER — NOT REALLY)

GET READY FOR THE NEW, SMALLER, $9000 ELECTRIC CARS AND TRUCKS

Strange News Catching My Eye

27-YR-OLD MAN PLANS TO SUE HIS PARENTS FOR HAVING HIM WITHOUT HIS CONSENT

190 MILLION IN CRYPTOCURRENCIES MAY BE GONE FOREVER AS BOSS DIES AND THE PASSWORDS DIED WITH HIM

FLORIDA WOMAN ARRESTED FOR BATTERING HER BOYFRIEND WITH A FROZEN PORK CHOP

MARIE KONDO AND THE RISE OF ‘CLUTTER SHAMING’

SAY HELLO TO THE ISLAND OF ‘HUNGA TONGA’ — CREATED BY AN UNDERWATER VOLCANO AND TEEMING WITH LIFE