Monday – January 20, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1841 – AFTER THE OPIUM WAR, HONG KONG IS CEDED TO THE BRITISH

1885 – THE ROLLER COASTER IS PATENTED BY LAMARCUS THOMPSON OF CONEY ISLAND, NY

1964 – ‘MEET THE BEATLES’ IS RELEASED IN THE U.S. — THE FIRST RELEASE HERE IN AMERICA

1986 – MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY WAS CELEBRATED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY

2009 – BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN ARE SWORN IN… IN FRONT OF A MASSIVE CROWD IN D.C.

News and The Politics out of D.C.

THE NY TIMES HAS MADE UP IT’S MIND OVER THE 2020 DEM CANDIDATES… SORT OF.

TRUMP SPEAKS TO FARMERS IN TEXAS, RAILS AGAINST IMPEACHMENT, BERNIE AND WARREN

PRESIDENT TRUMP ZINGS ‘MINI MIKE BLOOMBERG’ OVER HIS COMMENTS ABOUT CHURCH SHOOTING HERO

WILL MCCONNELL’S IMPEACHMENT RULES INCLUDE A ‘KILL SWITCH?’

LINDSEY GRAHAM WANTS A QUICK TRIAL… BACKS OFF HIS CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL

AFTER DEMS HELD NUMEROUS SECRET HEARINGS TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT, THEY’RE WORRIED THE GOP-CONTROLLED SENATE WILL RETURN THE FAVOR

TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TEAM MEMBER ALAN DERSHOWITZ SAYS ‘ABUSE OF POWER’ NOT IMPEACHABLE

DID YOU MISS FRIDAY’S ‘NOTHINGBURGER’ FROM DEMS? TEXTS FROM LEV PARNAS TO REP NUNES

WARREN ASKED: IS IT OK FOR A CANDIDATE TO LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

FIVE MEMBERS OF JOE BIDEN’S FAMILY APPEAR TO HAVE CASHED IN ON JOE’S NAME…IN A BIG WAY

IS THE VIRGINIA SECOND AMENDMENT RALLY A ‘BIG SET UP?’ — ON STATE SENATOR ISSUED A WARNING

SEN SCHUMER’S 1999 LETTER ABOUT IMPEACHMENT IS COMING BACK TO BITE HIM

BILL MAHER DECLARES PARNAS ‘NOT CREDIBLE’ — BIDENS TO BECOME A ‘BIGGER SCANDAL’ IF THEY TESTIFY

AFTER COLLECTING $17 MIL IN ‘DARK MONEY,’ THIS CLINTON OPERATIVE WANTS DARK MONEY BANNED

TRUMP ADMIN SET TO HONOR A BLACK WWII VETERAN IN A VERY LARGE WAY

DEMS FUNDRAISING IS CRUSHING TRUMP’S — AS LONG AS THEY COUNT THE MONEY TOGETHER

Other News

THE 4TH ANNUAL ‘WOMEN’S MARCH’ HAPPENED ON SATURDAY… ATTENDANCE WAS WAAAAAAAY DOWN AGAIN

PUERTO RICO’S GOVERNOR FIRED EMERGENCY MANAGER AFTER STOCKPILE OF SUPPLIES IS DISCOVERED

4.5 MAGNITUDE QUAKE SHAKES SOUTHERN KANSAS… NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES REPORTED

‘BAD BOYS’ = GOOD NEWS FOR THE BOX OFFICE…

MEDIA GOES NUTTY AFTER BRAD PITT CONGRATULATES JENIFER ANNISTON AT SAG AWARDS

JOB OPENINGS SLID LAST MONTH…BUT, THEY STILL OUTNUMBER PEOPLE OUT OF WORK

IS TOM BRADY HINTING HE WILL BE A FREE AGENT? PERHAPS A MOVE OUT WEST?

PRINCE HARRY FINALLY BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON ‘MEGIXT’ – ‘THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION’

Strange News Catching My Eye

DREXEL UNIVERSITY EX-PROFESSOR CHARGED FOR BLOWING $200K IN GRANT MONEY ON STRIPPERS

DISNEY APPEARS TO BE CRACKING DOWN ON ‘BABY YODA’ KNOCKOFFS

FORGET THE CHIP IMPLANT… AMAZON WANTS TO USE YOUR PALM PRINT TO PAY IN STORES

WHITE MODELS WEARING CORN ROW WIGS… RELEASE THE ‘OFFENDINISTAS’ AND CUE THE OUTRAGE POLICE

SINGER-SONGWRITER DAVID OLNEY STOPPED PERFORMING, SAID, ‘I’M SORRY’ CLOSED HIS EYES AND DIED