THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1776 – Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” — calling for complete independence from King George III
1908 – Count Zeppelin announced plans for an airship to carry 100 people
1956 – The first ‘Dear Abby’ column was published (John Prine’s “Dear Abby” said it best.)
2007 – Steve Jobs unveiled the very first iPhone — it would be on sale in June of the same year
News and The Politics out of D.C.
TRUMP’S OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS – NO ‘NATIONAL EMERGENCY’ DECLARED…BUT, SOME PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS
‘CHANCY’ (Chuck and Nancy) RESPOND TO TRUMP IN A CURIOUS, TWO-HEADED ADDRESS
‘AOC’ GOES BONKERS AFTER TRUMP’S ADDRESS
OBAMA’S BORDER PATROL CHIEF ADVOCATES FOR THE WALL
COLLEGE STUDENTS HATE ‘TRUMP’S STATEMENTS’ ON THE WALL, BORDER CRISIS — BUT, DEMS ACTUALLY SAID THEM
KELLYANNE CONWAY BATTLES WITH CNN’S ACOSTA, TELLS HIM HE’S A ‘SMART ASS’
KAMALA HARRIS DEFENDS OCASIO-CORTEZ’S SOCIALIST PITCH — ‘IT’S FANTASTIC’
‘AOC’ HEADS TO SUNDANCE FESTIVAL TO SEE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HERSELF
JUSTICE GINSBURG MISSES A SECOND DAY IN A ROW — IS SHE ON THE WAY OUT?
DEMS INTRODUCE BILLS TO END OFFSHORE DRILLING
PAUL MANAFORT REPORTEDLY SHARED POLL DATA WITH RUSSIAN
WAPO ADMITS THERE IS A ‘BONA FIDE CRISIS’ AT THE BORDER
ICYMI — STORMY DANIELS OFFERED AN 8-MINUTE VIDEO ALTERNATIVE TO THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS
General News
TRAVELING ANY TIME SOON? HERE’S HOW THE SHUTDOWN MIGHT AFFECT YOU
BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF BELIEVES HE WILL BE REMOVED BY FLORIDA’S NEW GOVERNOR
WORST MEASLES OUTBREAK IN DECADES IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
DOES IT SEEM LIKE EVER OTHER TV AD IS FOR A PRESCRIPTION DRUG? TV PHARMA SPENDING HITS $30 BILLION
RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS WANT TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY FOR GOOD
FROM CES: FANCY NEW CLAMSHELL COULD REPLACE LAPTOP, PHONE AND CAMERA
FROM CES: WEARABLE AI TRANSLATOR LETS YOU TALK IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
DUUUUUUUDE, OREGON HAS A GLUT OF MARIJUANA — ALMOST A HALF POUND FOR EVERY PERSON, PRICES PLUMMET
Strange News Catching My Eye
FEMALE JOGGER ATTACKED AFTER DOG CHASES HER IN A PARK — SHE WAS ATTACKED AND BITTEN BY DOG’S OWNER
SHOCKED…NOT SHOCKED — THAT “CLOTHING-FREE” PARIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSING (too many hot soup mishaps?)
BOY FINDS RARE PANNY IN HIS LUNCH MONEY CHANGE…IT COULD BE WORTH UP TO $1.7 MILLION
FLORIDA MAN TELLS DEPUTIES…’THOSE SYRINGES FOUND IN MY RECTUM ARE NOT MINE’
EWWWWW – POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR PROWLER WHO SPENT 3 HOURS LICKING A VIDEO DOORBELL
BOY UNDERGOING CANCER SURGERY MISSES HIS DOG, SO A STRANGER DRIVES THE POOCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY
CHICAGO BREWERY BACKS BEARS’ KICKER, OFFERS FREE BEER FOR A YEAR TO ANYONE WHO CAN MAKE THE KICK