Guest Host Mark Steyn
Topics Discussed on Today’s Guest-Hosted Excursion into Broadcast Excellence
• SteynOnline: A Three Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty-Se’nnight of Steyn – Mark’s Decade in Review
• Breitbart: Quds Force Leader Qasem Soleimani’s Death Marks Huge Blow to Iranian Regime
• UKDM: The moment drone strike blew up Qassem Soleimani, two Iranian Revolutionary Guard GENERALS, a colonel and six others in Baghdad as Supreme Leader promises ‘jihad’ against America amid fears of ‘devastating war’
• AP: Democrats call US killing of Iranian general ‘reckless’
• PJ Media: Report: Obama Administration Stopped Israel From Assassinating Soleimani in 2015
• AP: Iran vows ‘harsh’ response to US killing of top general
• The Hill: Congress reacts to US assassination of Iranian general
• Reuters: Pompeo says U.S. strike on Iranian commander in response to imminent attack
• The Hill: State department urges US citizens to leave Iraq ‘immediately’ after airstrike
• AP: Soleimani, a general who became Iran icon by targeting US
• Reuters: Pentagon says Iranian commander Soleimani was developing plans to attack Americans
• Politico: Trump takes massive gamble with killing of Iranian commander
• AP: ‘A more dangerous world’: Iran killing triggers global alarm
• AP: Iran can call on powerful friends if conflict engulfs region
• Reuters: Israel defends U.S. killing of Iranian commander, puts military on alert
• AP: China, Iran ministers meet, criticize ‘bullying practices’
• The Hill: Schumer: Newly revealed emails a ‘devastating blow’ to McConnell’s impeachment trial plans
• Politico: Why Democrats say they might not vote to convict Trump
• Politico: Judges spar with Democrats, DOJ in impeachment doubleheader
• Reuters: Warren would end ‘subminimum’ wage in plan to aid disabled U.S. workers
• AP: Castro’s exit is latest blow to diversity of 2020 field
• AP: Warren, Klobuchar end 2019 lagging top rivals in fundraising
• New York Times: Democrats Enter 2020 Awash in Cash and Brace for Long Primary Fight
• Washington Post: Trump and the RNC raised almost half a billion dollars last year — and still had nearly $200 million heading into 2020
• New York Times: The Case for a One-Term Joe.
The quickest way to get a President Stacey Abrams or President Pete Buttigieg is to first elect a President Biden
• AP: Pope: Governments must ensure all have access to health care
• New York Times: Australia Is Committing Climate Suicide. As record fires rage, the country’s leaders seem intent on sending it to its doom
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• ABC: Hillary Clinton gets role at Queen’s University in Belfast
• Washington Post: Democrats are starting to look like a ‘Whites only’ party
• New York Post: ‘Affluenza teen’ Ethan Couch arrested for parole violation
• New York Post: John Bolton cheers airstrike that killed Iran general Qassem Soleimani
• LA Times: Black drivers face more police stops in California, state analysis shows
• LA Times: Port ships are becoming L.A.’s biggest polluters. Will California force a cleanup?
• Newsweek: Aircraft Carrying US Troops Take Off From East Coast Bases
• USAToday: Photos reveal extensive damage to US Embassy in Baghdad as American soldiers rush to region
• BizPacReview: Sarah Palin seeks NYT advertising revenue as libel lawsuit heads toward trial
• USAToday: A fugitive was on the run for 40 years. Police finally arrested him for public intoxication
• BizPacReview: Vox editor rings in 2020 by spreading ‘thoroughly debunked’ story in viral tweet
• USAToday: At least 228 police officers died by suicide in 2019, Blue H.E.L.P. says. That’s more than were killed in the line of duty
• CBS: Trey Gowdy will not join Trump’s legal team
• New York Post: The shadowy Iranian spy chief who helped plan Benghazi
• AP: Emotions run high in desert at Palm Springs awards gala
• Reuters: Wicked Ricky takes on Golden Globes in Trump, #MeToo era