WSJ – WHAT’S NEXT -> fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general,fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and sex Weinstein style.

Old Guard Audio January 5, 2020 No Comments

WSJ – WHAT’S NEXT -> fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general,fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and sex Weinstein style.

WHAT’S NEXT

Good Afternoon
This week we’re watching the fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general, the resumed impeachment effort, and Harvey Weinstein’s sex-crimes trial. Here’s what you need to know, in under 4 minutes.

Week Ahead

The work week is coming. Be ready.

U.S. troops await orders after Iraqi parliament urges their expulsion. Today’s vote, which came as President Trump traded threats with Tehran, means Iraq’s executive branch will now have to decide whether to oust American forces in response to the killing in Baghdad of Iran’s Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Attack to shape the 2020 presidential race. The strike introduces an unexpected national-security question into the bid to unseat Mr. Trump—one that is hard for Democratic hopefuls to navigate.

🎧 Hear more from WSJ’s Michael Gordon in The Journal podcast.

Impeachment push gets back under way. Congress returns this week, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still waiting to send impeachment articles to the Senate amid an impasse over the format of Mr. Trump’s trial.

Harvey Weinstein set to stand trial. The criminal trial of the former Hollywood producer—who is charged with sex crimes against two women, including rape—begins Monday and has cultural implications that go beyond its legal ones.

Carlos Ghosn to address the media. The fugitive former auto executive, now in his homeland of Lebanon after fleeing a financial-crimes trial in Japan, is expected to offer more details about the situation—though not about his escape—this week.

Vladimir Putin is heading to Turkey. The Russian president will visit his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday. Following the two countries’ military partnership in northern Syria, Mr. Erdogan hopes to extend their cooperation into war-torn Libya.

CES to put expanding U.S.-China rivalry on display. A smaller Chinese presence is expected this year at the world’s largest consumer electronics show, which runs Tuesday to Friday in Las Vegas, amid trade tensions between the two countries.

Bets on a global growth rebound face first test. Economic data due this week present the first major hurdle for stock markets in 2020 after a strong fourth quarter. A measure of service-sector activity is out Monday, with U.S. jobs data for December coming on Friday.

Golden Globes kick off awards season. Netflix leads the field, with 34 nominations across the movie and television categories. Here are five things to watch for at tonight’s ceremony.

What the Globes show about Hollywood’s identity issues. The event, which is something of a tone-setter for other awards fests, reveals an industry coping uneasily with disruption.

Share this email with a friend.
Forward

Forwarded this email by a friend?
Sign Up Here

Go Deeper

Long reads and smart WSJ analysis curated by our editors

ILLUSTRATION: MICHAEL GLENWOOD

Amazon has long ruled the cloud. Now it must fend off rivals. Amazon and Microsoft are turning up the pressure on each other as they battle to supply corporate America with remote computing power, stoking a fight that is expected to dominate the tech world over the next decade.

New York dangled extra incentives in bid to lure HQ2. Officials offered Amazon almost a billion dollars more of incentives than was previously known to win its second-headquarters contest and were even prepared to pay part of some employees’ salaries.

TikTok wants to stay politics-free. That could be tough. The video-sharing app exploded into a sensation by pushing lighthearted videos. But political content has flooded the platform in recent weeks, much of it related to President Trump’s re-election campaign.

Customs work at the border includes taking a lot of bologna. Amid what officials have called an immigration crisis, the day-to-day reality for some border officers also involves looking for forbidden fruit, dairy products and processed meat.

The challenges that working mothers still face. For her final article after three decades on the beat, Sue Shellenbarger looks at what’s changed and what hasn’t for women trying to manage office and home lives.

Tom Brady is trying to break your heart. After the Patriots’ loss to Tennessee, the season is over for their 42-year-old quarterback. Now comes the maddening speculation over whether he is done in New England—or done with football, period, writes Jason Gay.

Taking stock of the U.S. tax overhaul. It seems clear that President Trump’s tax cuts contributed to economic growth—but not enough to pay for themselves, as many backers promised. Even some intended beneficiaries say the gains haven’t been dramatic.

The family delights of silly poop songs. One dad let the kids take over the radio, and next thing you know he was listening to a song called “Poop in My Fingernails.” Maybe giving children control of the car stereo spoils them. But maybe it’s just a way to discover new sounds—and talents, he writes.

Weekly Markets Wrap

🎥 WSJ’s Paul Vigna breaks down last week’s market winners and losers, and gives us the scoop on what to look out for this coming week. Advertisement

This Day in History

Jan. 5, 1914Ford Announces Wage Increases, Shorter Work Days

Henry Ford, the president of the Ford Motor Company, announced that most of the 26,000 employees at the auto maker would see their wages double to $5 a day. He also shortened their workday from nine hours to eight.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

—Compiled and edited by Lyle Brennan in London and JuJu Kim and Allison Chopin in New York

Access WSJ‌.com and our mobile apps. Subscribe

THE BLACKBURN REPORT -> 2019 achievements you did not hear about on the main stream media

Old Guard Audio January 5, 2020 No Comments

THE BLACKBURN REPORT -> 2019 achievements you did not hear about on the main stream media

THE BLACKBURN REPORT

January 3, 2020

We accomplished a lot in Washington in 2019, but you probably didn’t hear about it from the mainstream media; they were (and still are!) hyperfocused on impeachment. From giving our military the largest pay raise in a decade, to protecting the sanctity of life, I spent my first year in the Senate fighting for Tennessee values. In 2020, I will continue to advocate for what Tennesseans consistently tell me is most important to them: protecting family values, fighting to expand rural health care and broadband access, helping workers succeed, and securing the nation.

When I came to Washington, I pledged to stand strong on behalf of faith, family, freedom, hope, and opportunity. This year, I’ll continue to fight against big abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, push to confirm more rule-of-law judges and fight back against anti-Semitism.

My bipartisan Rural Health Agenda will expand access to clinics and health departments, bring more doctors to rural areas, and jumpstart the use of telemedicine. We’re also going to explore new policies that will control the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs, and allow Americans to shop for insurance across state lines. We will continue to focus on opioid abuse prevention, including legislation to increase sentencing penalties for trafficking and distributing illicit opioids.

We’re going to maintain the economic momentum created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by cutting red tape and getting rid of burdensome regulations that do nothing but kill jobs and squash innovation. Tennessee exports over $13 billion worth of goods and services to Canada and Mexico, and let me tell you: we’re really looking forward to passing the USMCA, which will create around 175,000 new jobs.

This year, our service members at Fort Campbell and all over the world will be putting the defense spending we just approved to good use. I’ll also keep working with officials at the VA to ensure those who sacrificed so much for our nation receive the timely and thorough care they deserve.

My bipartisan Internet Exchange Act will make sure rural communities have the funds necessary to build and maintain the infrastructure required to support broadband connections. It’s an investment in the local businesses and organizations that make Tennessee a great place to live. We must also give Big Tech a set of guardrails that protect consumers’ privacy and data, but also allow innovators to keep innovating.

We have a big year ahead of us, and much to accomplish in 2020 if America is to remain the best place in the world to call home. I look forward to seeing you all in Washington, and back home in Tennessee; but for now, enjoy a safe, happy, and healthy start to the new year.

The deadline to apply for the 2020-2021 White House Fellowship is January 8, 2020. You can apply here.

STAY IN TOUCH

As a reminder, you can reach any of my six offices in Tennessee to share a concern or request assistance with a federal agency.

Be sure to follow my work on behalf of Tennesseans on social media:

Facebook: facebook.com/marshablackburn
Twitter: @MarshaBlackburn
Instagram: @MarshaBlackburn

My Best,

Marsha

Chattanooga
10 West M. L. King Blvd.,
6th Floor
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-541-2939
Fax: 423-541-2944 Jackson
91 Stonebridge Blvd., Suite 103
Jackson, TN 38305
Phone: 731-660-3971
Fax: 731-660-3978Knoxville
800 Market Street,
Suite 121
Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone: 865-540-3781
Fax: 865-540-7952 Memphis
100 Peabody Place,
Suite 1125
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-527-9199
Fax: 901-527-9395

Nashville
3322 West End Avenue,
Suite 610
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 629-800-6600
Tri-Cities
1105 East Jackson Blvd,
Suite 4
Jonesborough, TN 37659
Phone: 423-753-4009
Fax: 423-788-0250Washington, DC
357 Dirksen Senate Office
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3344
Fax: 202-228-0566

@realDonaldTrump– 95% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you!

Old Guard Audio January 5, 2020 No Comments

WSJ – WHAT’S NEXT -> fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general,fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and sex Weinstein style.

Week Ahead

Go Deeper

Weekly Markets Wrap

This Day in History

THE BLACKBURN REPORT -> 2019 achievements you did not hear about on the main stream media

@realDonaldTrump– 95% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you!

Hal Lindsey Presents — we look more closely at the two witnesses of Revelation 11