TUESDAY – OCTOBER 1, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1847 – AMERICAN ASTRONOMER MARIA MITCHELL DISCOVERS A COMET — SAME DAY SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS (THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE SO HONORED)

1908 – FORD MOTOR COMPANY STARTS SELLING THE MODEL T — $825 — IN ANY COLOR YOU WANT AS LONG AS IT’S BLACK (BTW, that car was cheaper than a new iPhone 11 Pro)

1949 – CHAIRMAN MAO ESTABLISHED THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CONGRESS

1964 – THE AMERICAN FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT STARTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY CAMPUS

1964 – JAPAN’S BULLET TRAINS (HIGH SPEED RAIL TRAVEL) BEGIN SERVICE (WE HAVE AMTRAK…MEH)

1971 – 16 YRS AFTER DISNEYLAND OPENED IN CALIFORNIA, DISNEYWORLD OPENED IN FLORIDA

1975 – ALI BEATS FRAZIER IN THE ‘THRILLA IN MANILLA’

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP PRESSED AUSSIE LEADER TO HELP BARR INVESTIGATE MUELLER INQUIRY ORIGINS

AUSTRALIAN PM SAYS NO COERCION — WAS ‘READY TO ASSIST’

SEC OF STATE POMPEO REPORTEDLY LISTENED IN ON TRUMP’S CALL TO UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT

SEN GRAHAM CALLED OUT THE NY TIMES REPORT SAYING TRUMP ‘PRESSED’ AUSSIE PM

HOUSE DEMS WANT GIULIANI TO TESTIFY IN IMPEACHMENT PROBE – READ THE LETTER

PHOTO SHOWS JOE, HUNTER BIDEN PLAYING GOLF WITH UKRANIAN GAS COMPANY EXEC

NIKKI HALEY DESTORYS KAMALA HARRIS’ DEFENSE OF JOE BIDEN’S UKRAINE CONNECTIONS

IF HOUSE VOTES TO IMPEACH TRUMP — MCCONNELL SAYS HE’LL HAVE NO CHOICE TO TAKE UP ARTICLES

BTW – HERE’S THE AP’s TIMELINE ON DEMS IMPEACHMENT PUSH

KAMALA HARRIS WANTS TWITTER TO SUSPEND TRUMP OVER WHISTLEBLOWER TWEETS

GOP REP DIGS UP RECORDING OF REP ADAM SCHIFF FALLING FOR PRANK CALL OFFERING TRUMP DIRT

BERNIE SANDERS’ TAX PLAN WILL TAKE MONEY FROM HIGHLY PAID CEOS — BUT…IT WON’T GO TO WORKERS

FEDERAL JUDGES HOLDS UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL LIABLE FOR ACTIONS AGAINST CHRISTIAN GROUPS

HILLARY CLINTON ON JOE BIDEN TOUCHING WOMEN AND CHILDREN — ‘GET OVER IT!’

FORMER SENATE AIDE SAYS AL FRANKEN GROPED HER BUTT WITHOUT CONSENT

General News

TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS FLY IN HONG KONG AS BEIJING MARKS COMMUNISM’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY

MAN WHO DROVE SUV THRU MALL NEAR CHICAGO IS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM

U.K.’s PRINCE HARRY CAN’T GET OUT OF BED BECAUSE…CLIMATE ANXIETY (BUT, HE’LL FLY ANYWHERE ON A PRIVATE JET TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT)

CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO LET COLLEGE ATHLETES MAKE MONEY — PROBLEM?

YOUNG BLACK GIRL CLAIMS WHITE BOYS CUT HER DREADLOCKS… MEDIA REACTS AND THEN, WELL…

OPRAH OPENS UP ABOUT HER RECENT HEALTH SCARE…AND URGES PEOPLE TO DO THIS

Strange News Catching My Eye

HOW RISKY IS EATING RED MEAT? NEW RESEARCH CLAIMS IT’S NOT RISKY ENOUGH TO STOP EATING IT

LUKE SKYWALKER IS TRIGGERED BY PHOTO OF IVANKA TRUMP’S 3-YR-OLD IN A STAR WARS COSTUME

BRITISH WORKERS ATTACKING ROBOTS FOR FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS

TEAM OF ALIEN HUNTERS LED BY BLINK-182 CO-FOUNDER MAKES A BIG CLAIM ABOUT FINDING EVIDENCE