DECEMBER 12, 2018
(IF KRISPY KREME IS NEAR YOU, TODAY IS “DOLLAR DOZEN DAY” — THE SECOND DOZEN IS A BUCK)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1870 – Joseph Rainey took his seat in the US House of Representatives — the first black American to do so
1901 – Italian inventor Marconi received the first transAtlantic radio broadcast
1913 – Two years after it was stolen, the Mona Lisa is recovered
2000 – SCOTUS ends the battle over the vote counting in the presidential election — George W. Bush is the winner
News and The Politics out of D.C.
TRUMP SPARS WITH ‘CHANCY’ (CHUCK AND NANCY) IN FIESTY OVAL OFFICE EXCHANGE
PELOSI MOCKED TRUMP’S MANHOOD AFTER THE MEETING
THIS MORNING WE’LL LEARN HOW MUCH JAIL TIME FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN WILL GET
MITCH MCCONNELL CHANGES COURSE, SAYS CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM WILL GET A VOTE IN THE SENATE
GOOGLE CEO GRILLED BY CONGRESS
MIGRANT GROUP DEMANDS $50K EACH FROM TRUMP IN ORDER TO TURN AROUND AND GO HOME
HERE COMES ‘BETO’ — POLL SHOWS TEXAN LEADING BERNIE, BIDEN AND OTHERS IN PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL
STORMY DANIELS ORDERED TO PAY $292K IN DONALD TRUMP’S LEGAL FEES
General News
TERROR ATTACK KILLED FOUR AND WOUNDED 12 IN FRANCE AT CHRISTMAS MARKET
TIME MAGAZINE’S ‘PERSON OF THE YEAR’ — FOUR JOURNALISTS AND A NEWSPAPER
CANADIAN JUDGE GRANTS BAIL TO CHINESE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE FACING EXTRADITION TO AMERICA
WHOLE FOODS RANKED #1 IN CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS FOUND IN FOOD PACKAGING (THEY’RE MAKING CHANGES)
COLLEGE STUDENTS MAKE COMICS SIGN A ‘SAFE SPACE’ AGREEMENT BEFORE PERFORMINGA
SIGN OF SANITY? ‘BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE’ IS BACK ON THE RADIO AFTER LISTENERS RESPONDED
WATCH: NASHVILLE AIRPORT PASSENGERS HONOR THE CHILDREN OF FALLEN SERVICEMEN
COLIN KAEPERNICK SAYS HE’S READY AND WILLING TO PLAY FOR (wait for it) THE REDSKINS
Strange News Catching My Eye
TYPO IN HEADLINE ON JULIA ROBERTS STORY ALSO GOES VIRAL — WITH GOOD REASON
ACTRESS PATRICIA HEATON’S SUGGESTION FOR TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR GOES VIRAL — WITH GOOD REASON
DID THE MILITARY CAUSE THE CURIOUS IMAGES SPOTTED ON WEATHER RADAR OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY?
IF THERE HOPE FOR AMERICA? PERHAPS — FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE ARE ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS’
GUESS WHICH MAJOR AMERICAN CITY HAS CREATED THE FIRST ‘TRANSGENDER CULTURAL DISTRICT’???