Wed. – December 18, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1865 – THE 13TH AMENDMENT IS RATIFIED, ABOLISHING SLAVERY

1944 – SCOTUS UPHELD FDR’s WARTIME INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS

1956 – JAPAN WAS ADMITTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS

2010 – THE SENATE VOTED 65-31 TO REPEAL BILL CLINTON’S ‘DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’ POLICY THAT FORBID OPENLY GAY PEOPLE FROM SERVING IN THE MILITARY

News and The Politics out of D.C.

IMPEACHMENT CONTINUES TO ROLL ON… THE HOUSE PREPS FOR A HISTORIC VOTE

WITH IMPEACHMENT ON THE AGENDA, TRUMP PREPS FOR BATTLE… BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN

‘YOU HAVE FOUND NOTHING!’ – TRUMP’S ANGRY SIX-PAGE LETTER TO PELOSI

PELOSI REPLIED TO TRUMP’S LETTER, CALLING IT ‘RIDICULOUS’ WHILE ADMITTING SHE HAD NOT READ IT

MCCONNELL: ‘I’M NOT AN IMPARTIAL JUROR’  — CALLED IMPEACHMENT A ‘POLITICAL PROCESS’

UKRAINIAN OLIGARCH PAID $700K TO THE HUSBAND OF A DEM ON THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

DID YOU ATTEND ONE OF THE ‘PRO-IMPEACHMENT’ RALLIES LAST NIGHT (THEY WERE SMALLER THAN OTHERS)

MCCONNELL, SENATE MAY DISMISS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AFTER OPENING ARGUMENTS

LISA PAGE ON MSNBC, EXPLAINING ‘INSURANCE POLICY’ TEXTS

FISA COURT SLAMS FBI IN A STUNNING PUBLIC REBUKE

HOUSE PASSED HUGE $1.4 TRILLION IN SPENDING TO AVOID GOV’T SHUTDOWN

BIDEN NEW CAMPAIGN AD RIPPED BY POLITICAL PANEL, ‘ONE OF THE WORST SLOGANS EVER…’

AS HER POLL NUMBERS ARE DIVING, ELIZABETH WARREN IS BACKING AWAY FROM MEDICARE-FOR-ALL

EX-TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL RICK GATES SENTENCED TO 45 DAYS…TO BE SERVED ON WEEKENDS

‘IMPEACHMENT BACKFIRING HORRIBLY’- NEW POLL SHOWS TRUMP LEADING ALL DEM RIVALS

General News

WAIT… DETROIT IS ADDING JOBS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY? FORD SAYS, YES, 3000 JOBS!

SCOTUS ALLOWS LOWER COURT RULING ON HOMELESS SLEEPING ON SIDEWALKS TO STAND

GIFT CARD GRINCHES? WATCH OUT FOR THIS NEW SCAM INVOLVING GIFT CARDS BOUGHT AT STORES

THIS MIDWESTERN CITY WILL PAY YOU $15,000 TO MOVE THERE (OF COURSE THERE ARE CONDITIONS)

SEATTLE-AREA HOMELESS DIRECTOR RESIGNED AFTER TRANSGENDER’S LAP DANCE AT SEMINAR

OVER 40% OF KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO SEXTING BY THE AGE OF 14

HOPE YOU’RE NOT PLANNING ON CHRISTMAS IN PARIS — STRIKES SHUTTING THE EIFFEL TOWER & TRANSIT

ALSO PARIS — CHIEF ARCHITECT SAYS THE CATHEDRAL MAY NOT BE SAFE

Strange News Catching My Eye

WAIT…JESUS WAS FATHERED BY A NORWEGIAN MAILMAN? THIS NORWAY POSTAL AD IS RAISING IRE

‘I HAVE NO FRIENDS’ — BRITISH MAN’S VIRAL VIDEO IS RESONATING ONLINE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

PUERTO RICO SET TO LEGALIZE COCKFIGHTING…DESPITE FEDERAL BAN – THEY CITE ‘TRADITION’

COLORADO CONSIDERS JOINING WASHINGTON STATE IN ALLOWING HUMAN BODIES TO BE COMPOSTED

FLORIDA MAN (YES, FLORIDA) ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY AFTER POP-TART TOSS