THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1815 – UNDER ANDREW JACKSON’S LEADERSHIP, A RAG-TAG ARMY DEFEATED THE BRITS IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS (THIS WAS THE LAST BATTLE IN THE WAR OF 1812)
1908 – A SUBWAY LINE CONNECTING MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN OFFICIALLY OPENED
1940 – BRITISH CITIZENS ARE HIT WITH RATIONING OF MEAT, BUTTER, SUGAR BECAUSE OF WWII
1958 – BOBBY FISHER BECOMES THE U.S. CHESS CHAMP AT THE AGE OF 14
1964 – PRESIDENT JOHNSON ANNOUNCED HIS ‘WAR ON POVERTY’
1975 – CT’s ELLA GRASSO IS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED GOVERNOR
2011 – SIX PEOPLE ARE KILLED, 13 WOUNDED — INCLUDING AZ REP GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
News and The Politics out of D.C.
IRAN CLAIMED ITS MISSILES STRIKE U.S. AND COALITION BASES (NO U.S. CASUALTIES)
IRANIAN DIPLOMAT AFTER STRIKE: WE DO NOT SEEK ESCALATION OR WAR
PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDS TO IRANIAN STRIKE, PENTAGON RELEASED A STATEMENT
SEN GRAHAM SPOKE WITH TRUMP AFTER THE IRANIAN ATTACK, ISSUED WARNING TO IRAN
2020 DEM CANDIDATES OFFER PRAYERS FOR TROOPS, CALL FOR DE-ESCALATION OF TENSIONS
WERE THOSE IRAN MISSILES PAID FOR WITH THE MONEY WE SENT THEM? SEN TED CRUZ OPINES
SPEAKER PELOSI URGED THE PRESIDENT TO END ‘NEEDLESS PROVOCATIONS’
CNN REPORTED (INCORRECTLY) THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS TO ADDRESS THE NATION LAST NIGHT
OVER AT MSNC, ONE HOST APPEARED TO BE CELEBRATING THE ATTACK ON AMERICAN TROOPS
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TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO DROP $10 MILLION ON A SINGLE SUPER BOWL AD
BLOOMBERG’S BUYING A SUPER BOWL AD TOO
TRUMP: ‘SOLEIMANI IS NO LONGER A MONSTER…HE’S DEAD’
IRAN LAUNCHED A ROCKET ATTACK ON A BASE IN IRAQ…WHERE U.S. SOLDIERS ARE HOUSED
IRAN RELEASED A STATEMENT CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK
TRUMP VOWS TO FIGHT FOR CHRISTIANS — ‘I MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT, I GET THINGS DONE’
DOJ SEEKS UP TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON FOR MICHAEL FLYNN
OOPSY: BIDEN MIXED UP IRAN AND IRAQ
ILHAN OMAR NAMED ‘ANTI-SEMITE OF THE YEAR’
AOC GOT A PUPPY…AND, SHE THINKS WE CARE
YES, THE SECRET SERVICE IS LOOKING INTO GEORGE LOPEZ’S COMMENT ABOUT KILLING TRUMP
POLL: VOTERS ARE TIRED OF DEM DEBATES AND THE OVERALL CAMPAIGN LENGTH
General News
CNN SETTLES… COVINGTON CATHOLIC’S NICK SANDMAN MAKES A DEAL WITH THE CABLE NETWORK
UPDATE: DOZENS MORE ARRESTED FOR SETTING WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA
STORMS FINALLY ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA, BRINGING RELIEF AND ADDED DANGER
UNRELATED TO MILITARY ACTION: PLANE CRASHED IN TEHRAN, IRAN… ALL 176 ON BOARD HAVE DIED
JUDGE IN WEINSTEIN TRIAL THREATENS HARVEY WITH JAIL FOR CELL PHONE USE
FORMER NISSAN CHAIRMAN SET TO TELL HIS SIDE OF THE BIZARRE STORY OF HIS ‘ESCAPE’ FROM JAPAN
Other News Catching My Eye
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT… CHELSEA CLINTON RAKES IN $9MIL FOR SITTING ON A CORP BOARD
FBI, FAA AND THE AIR FORCE ARE LOOKING INTO THE RECENT SPATE OF DRONE SIGHTINGS OVER 3 STATES
FROM CES: MERCEDES-BENZ SHOWS OFF ‘AVATAR INSPIRED’ CAR
ALSO FROM CES: IVANKA TRUMP’S KEYNOTE SPEECH IS WELL RECEIVED (IN SPIKE OF SNOWFLAKE WHINING)
