Wednesday – January 30, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1835 – Shots fired in the House of Representatives — President Andrew Jackson survived an assassination attempt by a man named Richard Lawrence

1844 – Richard Greener is the first African American to graduate from Harvard

1933 – Adolph Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg

1948 – Gandhi was assassinated — and, in 1949, a year later, 100,000 people prayed at the site of the assassination

News and The Politics out of D.C.

NEW TELL-ALL BOOK FROM FORMER TRUMP INSIDER GETS SLAMMED BY THE PRESIDENT

U.S. INTEL HEAD SAYS NORTH KOREA IS A GREATER THREAT TO THE NATION THAN THE BORDER

GEORGIA RISING STAR STACEY ABRAMS TAPPED TO DELIVER DEMS RESPONSE TO SOTU

DEMS CONSIDERING REMOVING ‘SO HELP ME GOD’ FROM OATH OF OFFICE

POLLS SHOW PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD HAVE TROUBLE WINNING RELIABLY RED TEXAS IN 2020

‘AOC’ HAS NOT BEEN IN OFFICE FOR A MONTH AND DEMS ARE WHISPERING ABOUT A PRIMARY CHALLENGE

STARBUCKS BOYCOTT IS PLANNED IF THE COMPANY’S FOR CEO HOWARD SCHULTZ RUNS AS AN INDEPENDENT

AUTHOR/ACTIVIST MARIANNE WILLIAMSON IS JUMPING INTO THE ALREADY CROWDED 2020 FIELD

General News

IT’S REALLY REALLY REALLY COLD IN THE MIDWEST — WIND CHILL AS LOW AS -75

DUE TO THE FRIGID TEMPS, POSTAL SERVICE WILL NOT DELIVER MAIL IN THESE STATES

CASE CLOSED — THE FBI SAYS THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTER’S MOTIVE WAS NOT APPARENT…PERHAPS HE WANTED FAME

VENEZUELA’S SUPREME COURT BARS OPPOSITION LEADER FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY, FREEZES HIS ASSETS

NY GOV WANTS TO BAN THE RELEASE OF MUG SHOTS AND CRIMINAL’S INFORMATION

CALIFORNIA UTILITY IS BANKRUPT AND WANTS $130 MILLION TO PAY BONUSES TO EXECS

‘EMPIRE’ STAR SURVIVES ALLEGED HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK IN CHICAGO, POLICE INVESTIGATE AS A HATE CRIME

SUPERMODELS AND SOCIAL INFLUENCERS CAN BE SUBPOENAED IN FYRE FESTIVAL BANKRUPTCY TRIAL

Strange News Catching My Eye

REST IN PEACE GRAMMY WINNER JAMES INGRAM, GONE AT 66

THIS WORLD CAPITAL HAS BANNED DOG-WALKING

FINALLY RESCUED! DOG SURVIVED FIVE MONTHS IN A DRAINAGE DITCH

‘EMPTY TRASH BAG’ SPOTTED ORBITING THE EARTH