The Morning Briefing: MAGA Hat-Gate Continues and Much, Much More

Good Tuesday Morning.

Here is what’s on the president’s agenda today:

• The president receives his intelligence briefing
• President Trump has lunch with the vice president

I have a condensed version of the Briefing for you today.

Racist Teen MAGA Hat-gate

This is truly a disgusting piece of trash journalism After Viral Video, Families of Covington Are Swiftly Circling to Protect Their Boys

Trump defends Covington Catholic HS students, says media ‘smeared’ them

Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter

It’s Been Over 24 Hours Since Kathy Griffin Wanted Covington Catholic School Boys Doxxed. Twitter Hasn’t Taken Down Her Tweets

Chaperones on Kentucky high school trip defend students

Historical picture of the day:

Several thousand marchers, protesting the 8-year-old Supreme Court decision permitting abortions, march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington toward the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 22, 1981. (AP Photo/Herbert K. White)

Other morsels:

Egyptian TV host sentenced to hard labor for interviewing gay man

Elise Stefanik seeks to tackle GOP’s women ‘crisis’ ahead of 2020

Senate GOP could change rules to speed Trump nominees’ confirmation

Google fine launches new era in privacy enforcement

David Schwimmer lookalike beer thief arrested in the UK

Video captures moose chasing skiers at resort

Chinese scientist who helped create first gene-edited babies fired by university

2 doctors out at Arizona health care facility where incapacitated woman gave birth

Kamala Harris announces for 2020

Wisconsin man chops up belongings with ax after he thought wife damaged his action figures, police say

Laser may have been pointed at Tom Brady during AFC Championship game

Is this the winning 2020 message? Joe Biden: White America ‘has to admit there’s still a systemic racism’

And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!