Monday – November 25, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1783 – GEORGE WASHINGTON LEADS THE TROOPS INTO NYC AS THE LAST BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE (The British had taken NYC in 1776.)

1952 – AGATHA CHRISTIE’S ‘THE MOUSETRAP’ OPENED IN LONDON (it’s still running there, different theater)

1963 – JFK’s BODY IS BURIED AT ARLINGTON CEMETARY

1986 – IRAN-CONTRA IS REVEALED — THE U.S. WAS SECRETLY SELLING ARMS TO IRAN AND FUNNELING THE MONEY TO HE CONTRAS IN NICARAUGUA

2002 – PRESIDENT TRUMP NAMED TOM RIDGE AS THE FIRST SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY

News and The Politics out of D.C.

IT’S OFFICIAL, BLOOMBERG IS ALL IN

POLLS INDICATE IMPEACHMENT MAY BACKFIRE ON DEMS – INDEPENDENTS ARE FED-UP WITH IT

TRUMP, GOP SPECULATE PELOSI MAY NOT GO THROUGH WITH IMPEACHMENT (YEAH… RIGHT)

SCHIFF CLAIMS CASE AGAINST TRUMP IS ‘IRONCLAD’ — BUT, WON’T COMMIT TO IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT

SENATOR KENNEDY SLAMS PELOSI FOR USING IMPEACHMENT AS ‘ROUTINE POLITICAL WEAPON’ 

GIULIANI SLAMS BIDEN, LIKENING THE FORMER VP TO KAY CORLEONE FROM ‘THE GODFATHER’

U.S. COMMANDER WARNS OF POSSIBLE IRANIAN ATTACK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

BIDEN ASKED ABOUT HIS HEALTH…DODGES THE ISSUE, PIVOTS TO CALLING OUT TRUMP

STATE DEPT RELEASED DOCUMENTS DETAILING THE BIDENS’ DEALINGS IN UKRAINE

TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE FIRING OF NAVY SECRETARY RICHARD SPENCER

HERE’S TRUMP’S NEW PICK FOR NAVY SECRETARY — REAR ADMIRAL BRAITHWAITE

DEVIN NUNES DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS THREAT TO TAKE CNN, DAILY BEAST TO COURT

CLASSY POLITICAL PUNDIT, OSCAR WINNER ROBERT DE NIRO: MAYOR PETE HAS THE ‘BEST SHOT’ TO BEAT ‘PIECE OF SH*T TRUMP’ IN 2020

JUSTICE GINSBURG SPENT MOST OF THE WEEKEND IN THE HOSPITAL — SHE’S BACK HOME AND BETTER

CHUCK SCHUMER WANTS FAMILY SEPARATIONS TO END… FAMILY SEPARATIONS ON AIRPLANES

SNL’s CELEBRITY-PACKED MOCKING OF THE LAST DEM DEBATE WAS ACTUALLY FUNNY

General News

STUDY: FAMILIES REALLY DON’T FIGHT OVER POLITICS ON THANKSGIVING

NO SHOCK: ‘FROZEN II’ DESTROYED EVERYTHING ELSE AT THE MOVIES THIS WEEKEND — THE HAUL, $127M

GIGANTIC VOTER TURNOUT IN HONG KONG — PRO-DEMOCRACY LANDSLIDE MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR BEIJING 

THE NYPD’s MASSIVE FINGERPRINT DATABASE WAS SHUT DOWN BY A COMPUTER VIRUS

A COMPROMISE IN THE TRADE WAR? CHINA RELEASED NEW GUIDELINES ON IP THEFT

EPSTEIN’S MADAM REPORTEDLY SET TO COME OUT OF HIDING AND TALK TO THE FBI

ELON MUSK’S PERSONAL FORTUNE TOOK A HUGE HIT AFTER TESLA’S CYBERTRUCK ANNOUNCEMENT

REDSKINS’ ROOKIE QB MISSED THE LAST PLAY OF HIS FIRST WIN BECAUSE HE WAS TAKING A SELFIE

Strange News Catching My Eye

MILLENNIALS WANT TO BAN ‘SECRET SANTA’ BECAUSE, WELL…IT MAKES THEM ANXIOUS

NAIL SALON CUSTOMERS WATCH AS EMPLOYEE BUTCHERED A DEER INSIDE THE SALON

WHEEL OF FORTUNE CONTESTANT LOST $10,000 OVER AN EXTRANEOUS CONJUNCTION

82-YR-OLD POWERLIFTER TAKES DOWN A 28-YR-OLD WHO TRIED TO BREAK INTO HER HOUSE