Wednesday – August 14, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1945 – JAPAN SURRENDERED TO THE U.S. — ENDING WORLD WAR II

1995 – SHANNON FAULKNER IS THE FIRST FEMALE CADET TO ENTER THE CITADEL IN SC…PROTESTS AND DEATH THREATS FORCED HER TO LEAVE A WEEK LATER

2003 – MASSIVE BLACKOUT HITS 50 MILLION IN THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRADE WAR UPDATE: SOME TARIFFS DELAYED, STOCK MARKETS SOAR

CHINA CLAIMS TRUMP BLINKED…SAYS WE’RE LOSING THE TRADE WAR

SPEAKING OF CHINA…HERE’S A LINK TO AN UPDATED HONG KONG TIMELINE

RIOT POLICE STORM AIRPORT IN HONG KONG

FBI INVESTIGATES TWO SHOOTING INCIDENTS AT ICE OFFICES IN SAN ANTONIO

TRUMP’S ACTING DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION SERVICES IN TROUBLE OVER STATUE OF LIBERTY POEM

PRESIDENT TRUMP ALERTS THE WORLD ON CHINA’S TROOPS NEAR HONG KONG

HARRIS AND WARREN’S CLAIM THAT MICHAEL BROWN WAS MURDERED GET A FACT CHECK

MAYOR PETE HAS AN AWKWARD MOMENT WITH WOMAN WHO SHOOK RFK’s HAND IN 1968

GAINING STEAM…PETITION TO HAVE JOE ROGAN HOST A 2020 PRESIDENIAL DEBATE

General News

EPSTEIN STORY:

REPORT: GUARDS FALSIFIED LOGS TO SAY THEY WERE MONITORING EPSTEIN…BUUUUUT.

WARDEN AT CORRECTIONAL CENTER IS RE-ASSIGNED, GUARDS SUSPENDED

JUDGE OVERSEEING KEY EPSTEIN CASE HAS DIED (RELAX CONSPIRACY PEEPS, HE WAS 96)

AUTHOR IS SPILLING HIS STORY ON EPSTEIN, HEARING TALES OF DIRT ON THE RICH AND POWERFUL

COMIC WHO TRUMP RE-TWEETED OVER EPSTEIN/CLINTON LINK IS GETTING DEATH THREATS

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OPERA LEGEND ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

REUNITED: CBS & VIACOM ARE MERGING IN A $30 BILLION MEGA-MEDIA DEAL

DOES CNN HAVE AN ANGER PROBLEM WITH ANCHORS? DON LEMON SUED FOR ASSAULT

FACEBOOK IS COLLECTING USER AUDIO AND PAYING TO HAVE IT TRANSCRIBED

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ANNOUNCED MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR FRESHMEN

NFL ANNOUNCED A DEAL WITH JAY-Z… TO WORK ON ‘SOCIAL JUSTICE’ ISSUES

SALADS FROM MCDONALDS BLAMED FOR MAKING 436 PEOPLE SICK

WHAT IS ‘ORTHOREXIA?’ AND WHY ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IT CLASSIFIED AS ‘A THING?’

MIKE TYSON SMOKES POT… A LOT OF POT. (IF YOU CONSIDER $40K A MONTH TO BE A LOT)

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS REPORTED ATTACK ON COMEDIAN ANDY DICK

Strange News Catching My Eye

SERIOUSLY… WHO IS GOING TO BUY THESE TRANSPARENT, MENS BEACH SHORTS?

COULD YOU LIVE IN A ‘GLAMPERVAN?’ MILLENNIALS HAVE A SOLUTION FOR HIGH RENTS

BRITISH POLICE WARN PEOPLE NOT TO MOCK MUG SHOTS OR FACE INVESTIGATION

STUDENTS SIGN PETITION TO REMOVE THE ‘OPPRESSIVE’ WHITE MAN STICK FIGURE ON STREET CROSSINGS

COUPLE IN THEIR 7TH DECADE OF MARRIAGE SAYS THIS IS THE SECRET TO A HAPPY UNION