Thursday – January 2, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1788 – GEORGIA IS ADMITTED TO THE UNION

1839 – FRENCHMAN LOUIS DAGUERRE TAKES THE FIRST PICTURE OF THE MOON

1994 – RUDOLPH GIULIANI IS INAUGURATED AS MAYOR OF NYC — THE CLEANUP OF THE CITY BEGINS

2009 – A 1937 UNRESTORED BUGATTI ATALANTE 57S COUPE  IS FOUND IN A BRITISH DOC’S GARAGE… A MONTH LATER, IT SOLD FOR OVER 4 MILLION

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BAGHDAD — AFTER OUR EMBASSY WAS ATTACKED, IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER ATTACKED TRUMP ON TWITTER

ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE ATTACK ON OUR EMBASSY WAS ACTUALLY IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2011

POMPEO’S TRIP TO UKRAINE IS ON HOLD TO DEAL WITH MIDDLE EAST PROBLEM

LIST: 319 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROMISES KEPT BY THE TRUMP ADMIN IN 3 YEARS

GOP SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS IS OPEN TO WITNESSES IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

TREY GOWDY ON THE IMPEACHMENT…AND, POSSIBLY JOINING THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM

MOST DEMS WHO SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT BELIEVE IT WILL FAIL

RUDY G SAYS HE WOULD BE WILLING TO TESTIFY IN SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A CANDIDATE WHO WILL SPILL THE TEA ON UFOs — KLOBUCHAR IS YOUR GIRL

MAYOR PETE’S FUNDRAISING — $24 MIL IN THE LAST QUARTER

THE LIST OF ELIZABETH WARREN’S BAD IDEAS

TED CRUZ’S HISTORY LESSON DESTROY’S MAYOR PETE’S STATEMENTS ON THE FOUNDERS AND SLAVERY

DEM REP — THE GENESIS OF IMPEACHMENT OF TRUMP BEGAN WHEN HE STARTED RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

THE HILL RANKED THE TOP 2020 DEM CANDIDATES — WHO HAS THE BEST SHOT TO WIN IT

HERE ARE 7 SCOTUS CASES TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON IN 2020

OPINION: HARRY KAZANIAS ON NORTH KOREA’S LATEST THREATS… AND, HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM

General News

IT’S 2020… HERE ARE TOP 5 DOOMSDAY PREDICTIONS THAT DID NOT COME TRUE

THE POPE APOLOGIZED FOR SLAPPING THE HAND OF A WOMAN WHO GRABBED HIS ARM

DID YOU GET A SMART DEVICE FOR CHRISTMAS? HERE’S HOW TO KEEP YOUR INFO SECURE

USA TODAY OPINION PIECE WORRIED ABOUT ARMED CHURCH GOERS GETS ROUNDLY CRITICIZED

MORE 2020 NEW LAWS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

COURT RULED “DIET SODA” DOES NOT PROMISE WEIGHT LOSS

Strange News Catching My Eye

REST IN PEACE, DON LARSEN — THE ONLY MAN TO THROW A PERFECT GAME IN THE WORLD SERIES HAS PASSED

AMAZON DRIVER WON’T DELIVER PACKAGE OF BOOZE TO 92-YR-OLD GRANNY BECAUSE SHE HAS NO I.D.

WATCH GEN WESLEY CLARK FLING HIS CELL PHONE DURING A CNN INTERVIEW (LESSON: TURN IT OFF FIRST)

CRIMINAL PRO TIP — DON’T HIDE YOUR METH IN A BOX LABELED; ‘DOPE’

FIRST ‘FLORIDA’ NEWS STORY OF 2020: FLORIDA COUPLE ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT ARGUMENT OVER THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW

‘CLOSE CALL’ (SORT OF) A BUS-SIZED ASTEROID IS GOING TO BUZZ THE EARTH THIS MORNING