THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1908 – The first text message? A wireless (telegraph) message was sent from the Eiffel Tower
1935 – Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California
1973 – MLB’s American League adopted the Designated Hitter rule (pitchers did not have to bat)
2002 – The first terrorist prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
2010 – A massive earthquake killed more than 316,000 people in Haiti
News and The Politics out of D.C.
THE PRESIDENT VISITS THE BORDER IN McALLEN TEXAS
LINDSEY GRAHAM WANTS THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO SOLVE THE BORDER CRISIS
CNN’S JIM ACOSTA’s REPORT FROM THE BORDER APPEARS TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT’S CLAIM
‘DEAR DIARY’ — TRUMP BRUTALLY MOCKED ACOSTA ON TWITTER
‘MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALL’ — BUUUUUUT, TRUMP CLAIMS HE NEVER MEANT THEY WOULD WRITE US A CHECK
DONALD TRUMP’S FORMER LAWYER/FIXER IS SLATED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS
THIS IS THE FIRST MISSED PAYCHECK FOR FEDERAL WORKERS HIT BY THE SHUTDOWN
SEC OF STATE POMPEO’S RIP-SNORTING SPEECH IN CAIRO — HE RIPPED OBAMA
WHY??? BETO O’ROURKE POSTS HIS DENTAL CLEANING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
General News
POLICE FIND MISSING TEEN JAYME CLOSS ALMOST THREE MONTHS AFTER HER PARENTS WERE KILLED
MANHUNT FOR KILLER OF A DAVIS, CA POLICE OFFICER
JEFF BEZOS HAS BILLIONS IN AMAZON STOCK AND A WHOLE LOT OF REAL ESTATE
BEZOS’ RAUNCHY TEXT MESSAGES ALSO SEEM TO CONFIRM HIS AFFAIR
‘THE ROCK’ SLAMS THE SNOWFLAKES
TENNIS STAR ANDY MURRAY’S TEARFUL PRESSER — THIS MAY BE HIS LAST TOURNAMENT
THE BEST SELLING ITEM ON THE MENU AT CHICK-FIL-A IS NOT CHICKEN (BUT, IT MAKES SENSE)
FROM CES: YOU KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN — SEX TOYS USING ALEXA AND VIRTUAL STRIPPERS
CALIFORNIA CHURCH SIGN DECLARING ‘BRUCE JENNER IS STILL A MAN’ CAUSES A STIR
Strange News Catching My Eye
THE EARTH’S MAGNETIC NORTH POLE IS ON THE MOVE AND SCIENCE DOESN’T REALLY KNOW WHY
FORGET ‘MOVEMBER’ — ‘JANU-HAIRY’ IS ALL THE RAGE — AND, IT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS
BAM! WATCH CAPITALS’ ALEX OVECHKIN FLIP A 6FT 9IN OPPONENT OVER THE BOARDS
NAKED DRIVER CAUSED TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE ON I-95 IN DELAWARE AND PA
STUDY: A HIGH FIBER DIET IS MUCH BETTER FOR YOU THAN THOSE PASTA-HATING LOW CARB DIETS