DC Comics: President Trump gave up on getting money for his border wall; his  corrupt family foundation is forced to close; and Michael Flynn was given a choice between Door #1 and Door #2. He took 2.

US District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan lambasted Flynn, describing his crimes as  “a very serious offense,” saying Flynn had “sold your country out.” Sullivan told Flynn“I cannot assure that if you proceed today you will not receive a sentence of incarceration.” Sullivan also speculated whether Flynn had committed treason.

The judge offered Flynn the chance to complete his cooperation with the Special Counsel and come back next year. Flynn took it and left the courthouse looking dejected.

Later in the day the judge ordered that Flynn must turn in his passport and not travel more than 50 miles from Washington.

The President also had a bad day in court. His family foundation agreed to dissolve in the face of accusations from the State of New York  that it is “functioning as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests,” and of engaging in “a shocking pattern of illegality” that included unlawfully coordinating with Trump’s presidential campaign.

The foundation will have to pay penalties and give its remaining money to state-approved charities. The state is continuing efforts to bar President Trump and his three oldest children from running a charitable foundation for at least 10 years.

And way down here is what otherwise would be the news off the day. Facing a partial government shutdown in a standoff over Trump’s border wall, The White House signaled that it’s willing to kick the can.

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump is looking for other sources for his requested $5 billion to start building the wall to reach a spending compromise that will avert a shutdown.

Maybe a giant celebrity charity golf tournament would do it.

Privacy Settings: Facebook skirted its own privacy rules and shared user information and messages with 150 other companies, including Spotify and Amazon, according to a story in The NY Times.

It’s a whole new scandal for the social media giant that has 2.2 billion users. Facebook claims they don’t sell their data, but it looks like they have been trading it or giving it away.

The story says, “Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.”

Government Working: In an almost shocking act of cooperation between the two political parties, the Senate yesterday passed a bill to reform draconian federal sentencing laws that have swelled the prison population. House leaders have said they will pass it as well.

The bill is not quite as extensive as what was proposed under the Obama administration, but it would expand job training and other efforts to stop criminals from returning to prison. It expands early-release programs and dials back mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug offenders.

Full Auto Regulation:  The Trump administration has banned bump stocks, the spring-loaded rifle stocks that convert a semi-automatic rifle to a machine gun. The order is based on interpretation of existing law.

The shooter in the Las Vegas concert massacre used bump stocks on several rifles.

Bump stocks will be illegal to sell or own and people who have them will be given 90 days to either destroy or turn them in.

Yeah, He Said It: At least 11 advertisers have abandoned Fox NewsHost Tucker Carlson after he mocked proponent of immigration saying, “We have a moral obligation to admit the world’s poor, they tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided. Immigration is a form of atonement.”

Twister: A rare tornado struck in suburban Seattle yesterday, felling trees and damaging or destroying at least 50 houses and businesses. The tornado was on the ground for about five minutes.

The Obit Page: Actress and Director Penny Marshall, who spoke with a Bronx accent as one of the duo in the 1970s and 80s sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” but who was also the first woman to direct a movie that grossed over $100 million, has died at age 74.

Marshall slipped into the air as a character in the sitcom “Happy Days,” resulting in the spinoff about her and a female sidekick.

She wasn’t just funny, she was sharp and learned to operate as a woman in Hollywood before women were accepted as someone who could call the shots.

Marshall directed the 1988 movie “Big,” starring Tim Hanks as a teenager who wakes up in the body of an adult. She also directed “A League of their Own,” the 1992 movie about women baseball players during World War II.

She once said, “I had a successful TV show, I had a couple of successful movies, and I’m not beautiful.”

Gadgets: The Los Angeles Times reports that LG Electronics is about to start selling  big-screen televisions that can be rolled up and put away like a poster. They’re trying to make televisions popular again. The envisioned 65-inch televisions will retract like a garage door.

Also, your cable bill will also go up.