Friday – January 17, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1950 – THE GREAT BRINKS ARMORED TRUCK ROBBERY…(THEY ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT. BOSTON COPS CAUGHT THE CROOKS JUST DAYS BEFORE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXPIRED.)

1953 – CHEVROLET UNVEILED THE ‘CORVETTE’ 

1961 – PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S FAREWELL ADDRESS INCLUDED THE FAMOUS WARNING ABOUT THE LOOMING ‘MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX’

1994 – PAULA JONES ACCUSED BILL CLINTON OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT 

1998 – PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON BECAME THE FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY AS A DEFENDANT IN A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL TRIAL

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS IS SWORN IN AS JUDGE IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

SCHUMER DEMANDS WITNESSES IN SENATE TRIAL…BUT, DURING CLINTON TRIAL

SEN SUSAN COLLINS STATES HER POSITION ON WITNESSES AND THE TRIAL PROCEDURES

PELOSI SIGNED IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES…TRUMP’S APPROVAL RATING TURNED POSITIVE

GAO: TRUMP ADMIN BROKE THE LAW WITHHOLDING UKRAINE AID (OBAMA, BUSH BROKE THE SAME LAW)

RAND PAUL TROLLED ADAM SCHIFF WITH A HILARIOUS TWEET ABOUT THE LEV PARNAS STORY

TED CRUZ ALSO DID SOME TROLLING… REFUTING SETH MEYERS’ CLAIM THE GOP LACKS DIVERSITY

REPORT: JAMES COMEY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR LEAKING

SEN MCSALLY WON’T APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING CNN’S MANU RAJU ‘A LIBERAL HACK’ (Wolf Blitzer asked) 

BTW: ILHAN OMAR SNAPPED AT THE SAME CNN REPORTER A WHILE BACK…CNN SAID NOTHING

ILHAN OMAR IS ABOUT TO GET A 2020 OPPONENT…A REPUBLICAN WOMAN, MUSLIM REFUGEE

PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN CALLED TRUMP AN ‘OUTLAW’ LIKE BILLY THE KID AND AL CAPONE

CLIMATE EXPERT TELLS CONGRESS CLAIMS MADE BY AOC AND GRETA THUNBERG ARE OVER-HYPED

ANDREW YANG’S WIFE SAYS SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY HER OB-GYN

WISCONSIN WOMAN CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED FOR PRO-TRUMP POSTS ON FACEBOOK

LEAKED! BERNIE SANDERS’ CAMPAIGN ‘RIDER’ — BERNIE HATES LOW-FLOW TOILETS (JUST LIKE TRUMP)

General News

BREAKING: 11 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WERE INJURED IN IRAQ MISSILE ATTACK LAST WEEK

VIRGINIA SUED OVER SECOND AMENDMENT GUN RALLY BAN

IRAN’S LEADER IS ENRICHING MORE URANIUM THAN EVER

NEW QUESTIONS ARE RAISED ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S DEATH… DO ‘THE EYES HAVE IT?’

ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR ODELL BECKHAM FOR SLAPPING COP’S BUTT IN LSU LOCKER ROOM

MLB’S SIGN-STEALING STORY CLAIMS ANOTHER MANAGER — CARLOS BELTRAN IS OUT, BEFORE HE STARTS

Strange News Catching My Eye

JAMES BOND PRODUCERS: 007 CAN BE ANY COLOR…BUT, WILL ALWAYS BE A MALE

TWO PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED, NEIGHBORHOOD TRAUMATIZED BY A BLOODTHIRSTY SQUIRREL (yes, a squirrel)

THERE IS A LOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR THE BEAUTIFUL, PURPLE SKIES OVER SNOWFLAKE, AZ 

‘FLORIDA MAN’ WEARING HOVER SHOES GLIDES OUT OF WALMART WITH $561 WORTH OF STOLEN GOODS