THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1783 – Sweden recognized the U.S. independence (Tack sa mycket, Sweden!)
1917 – Congress nullified President Wilson’s veto of the Immigration act… Literacy tests were then required
1918 – Soviet Union declared the separation of Church and State1922 – The first steel-framed tennis racquet is tested
1937 – FDR proposed an expansion of the Supreme Court (so he could pack it with liberals) — the idea flopped
1971 – Apollo 14’s Alan Shephard and Ed Mitchell walked on the moon — Shephard hit two golf balls
News and The Politics out of D.C.
AHEAD OF SOTU, TRUMP GETS A BOOST IN LATEST GALLUP POLL
CNN ANCHORS/REPORTERS SNUBBED BY WHITE HOUSE — NOT INVITED TO SOTU PREVIEW LUNCH
BOO HOO — AOC AND OTHER SQUAD MEMBERS SKIPPED THE SOTU
PELOSI’S ODDLY BRIEF INTRO, TRUMP’S HANDSHAKE SNUB, PELOSI’S RIPPING UP THE SPEECH AT THE END
THE SPEAKER SAID RIPPING UP TRUMP’S WORDS WAS, ‘THE COURTEOUS THING TO DO’
TRUMP HONORED CHARLES MCGEE, 100-YR-OLD TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND HIS GREAT-GRANDSON
THE PRESIDENT SURPRISED A MILITARY FAMILY WITH A REUNION DURING SOTU
DEMS DID NOT STAND WHEN THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR A YOUNG BLACK GIRL
VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER JUAN GUAIDO GETS A STANDING OVATION FROM BOTH SIDES
CT SEN MURPHY CALLED THE SOTU ‘A DISGRACE’ (I’M NOT SURE HE HEARD THE SAME SPEECH I DID)
RUSH LIMBAUGH RECEIVED THE ‘MEDAL OF FREEDOM’ DURING THE SOTU
SUSAN COLLINS EXPLAINED WHY SHE WILL VOTE TO ACQUIT PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY
IOWA CAUCUSES — AROUND 5PM, DEMS DROPPED THE FIRST DATA LOAD, 62% OF VOTES COUNTED
IOWA UPDATE — 72% OF VOTES COUNTED, MAYOR PETE MAINTAINS HIS SLIGHT LEAD OVER BERNIE
BERNIE SANDERS WANTS TO NATIONALIZE ELECTRICITY
WELL.WELL.WELL… FORMER CLINTON CAMPAIGN VETERANS WERE BEHIND THE IOWA CAUCUS DEBACLE
BIDEN’S DOCTOR SAYS THE CANDIDATE IS HEALTHY…BUT, OBAMA’S DOCTOR JUST UNDERCUT THAT REPORT
BLOOMBERG OPENS HIS WALLET EVEN MORE…DOUBLES UP ON SPENDING AND HIRING
DID ELIZABETH WARREN GET OFF A PRIVATE JET AND HIDE BEHIND A STAFFER TO AVOID BEING TAPED?
WATCH: IOWA VOTER WANTS TO CHANGE HER VOTE WHEN SHE LEARNED MAYOR PETE HAS A HUSBAND
FORMER DEM SENATOR MCCASKILL HAS TO APOLOGIZE FOR HER TWEET WITH RACIAL OVERTONES
General News
CALIFORNIA COUPLE INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS ‘GET MUCH WORSE’ – TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
3700 PEOPLE QUARANTINED ON CRUISE SHIP OFF JAPAN — AT LEAST 10 ARE INFECTED, INCLUDING 1 AMERICAN
DISNEY EXPECTS TO TAKE A $175 MIL HIT THANKS TO CORONAVIRUS
TESLA STOCK CONFOUNDS EXPERTS AS STOCK PRICE CONTINUED HITTING NEW HIGHS
CA GOV WANTS TO STOP FITNESS TESTS FOR STUDENTS….BECAUSE, SHAMING AND BULLYING
JAY-Z EXPLAINS WHY HE AND BEYONCE STAYED SEATED DURING THE SUPER BOWL (RIIIIIGHT)
PIERS MORGAN DECLARED J-LO & SHAKIRA’S 1/2TIME SHOW TO BE HOT AND SEXY…BUT, NOT EMPOWERING
‘IT’S ONLY A VULVA’ — PALTROW’S $68 T-SHIRTS ARE BEING SOLD TO HELP AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE VICTIMS
FEEL BAD FOR THE JURORS… NAKED PICS OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN REPORTEDLY SHOWN AT TRIAL
Strange News Catching My Eye
73-YR-OLD FLORIDA MAN WANTED A DIVORCE FROM HIS 68-YR-OLD WIFE, SHE REPEATEDLY TASED HIM
8-YR-OLD PAID OFF SCHOOL LUNCH DEBTS FOR SEVEN SCHOOLS BY SELLING $5 KEYCHAINS
SOUTH CAROLINA ANIMAL SANCTUARY IS LOOKING FOR ‘PIGGIE CUDDLERS’
