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2014—The Supreme Court rules in Hobby Lobby that people who are corporations have religious rights, too. 2009—Oil futures prices zoom when a trader on an epic drunk makes an unauthorized 7 million barrel trade. 2003—The Army Times reports that the Bush administration wants to cut combat and family-separation pay for troops in combat zones. 1984—GOP Chairman: “Put Ronald Reagan’s face on Mt. Rushmore.” 1982—With help from Ollie North, FEMA promulgates Rex 84, a plan to suspend the Constitution and put dissidents in concentration camps. 1980—The Supreme Court rules that a woman’s right to a federally-funded abortion is nullified by the religious beliefs of complete strangers. …

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2016—The 477-foot tanker Chem Venus runs aground off Goat Island, damaging itself and three boats at the Kittery Point Yacht Club. 2006—“It was not always certain,” says President George W.[MD] Bush, “that the U.S. and America would have a close relationship.” 1989—The Washington Times reports that high officials in the Reagan & Bush I administrations are under investigation for involvement in a homosexual prostitution ring. Quickly and conveniently, the story evaporates. 1987—“We don’t care,” declares Attorney General Ed “Meese is a Pig” Meese, “about the political or ideological allegiances of a prospective judge.” His audience bursts out laughing. 1966—U.S. planes begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong …

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2018—A Trump supporter with a grudge and a shotgun kills five in the Capital Gazette [Md.] newsroom. 2005—Operation Red Wings goes sideways: 19 U.S. special operators die in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, including Daniel R. Healy of Exeter, N.H. It’s the greatest single loss for U.S. special ops since WW II. 1994—The Department of Energy admits hundreds of U.S. citizens were used as unwitting guinea pigs in radiation experiments during the Cold War. 1972—Nixon says no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam, further eroding an anti-war movement already weakened by the lottery. 1971—Muhammad Ali’s conviction for draft evasion is overturned. 1969—Gays and lesbians battle cops …

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2018—Donald Trump’s banker’s father announces he’s creating a vacancy on the Supreme Court by retiring. 2015—Bree Newsom scales a pole at the South Carolina State House and removes the Confederate battle flag. 2006—Pinkos in the Senate block a Flag Protection Amendment.® 1995—Days after Rep. John Boehner [R-Ohio] handed out tobacco lobby checks on the floor of the House, tobacco price supports are extended. 1986—Losing Nicaragua v U.S., the U.S. tells the International Court of Justice, “You’re not the boss of me.” 1973—Reading Nixon’s “Enemies List” on-air, Dan Schorr learns he’s on it. 1954—U.S.-backed rebels napalm a British cargo ship while overthrowing Guatemala’s democratic government. 1950—President …

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