At an event in Arizona yesterday, Vice President Mike Pence called Joe Arpaio a “tireless champion of...the rule of law.” This is the racist sheriff known for abusing inmates, and whom Trump pardoned for criminal contempt of court, which is literally flaunting the rule of law. He also attended a fundraiser yesterday for the group America First Policies, whose director of advocacy said "I believe wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly, that the black race as a whole, not totally, is lazier than the white race, period." Mike Pence is an awful person.
A consultant and former lobbyist for foreign governments spent thousands of dollars trying to help arrange a trip to Australia for EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. These details are strikingly similar to the circumstances surrounding Pruitt’s Morocco trip, which came to light earlier this week. He also tried to open EPA offices, complete with another soundproof phone booth, in his hometown for his personal convenience. According to CBS, Pruitt is now at the center of at least 10 formal investigations, which actually feels kinda low!
North Korea has released three American detainees from labor camps ahead of a summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, but is holding them at a hotel near Pyongyang, North Korea.
Former HHS Secretary Tom Price and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) walked back their respective criticisms of repealing the individual mandate and corporate tax cuts. We are shocked—shocked!—that Marco Rubio would wither under political pressure.
Kim Kardashian West reached out to Jared Kushner about a possible presidential pardon for Alice Marie Johnson—a 62-year-old woman who’s serving a life sentence for a non-violent drug offense.
Cambridge Analytica is closing its doors, citing legal fees and an exodus of clients. Earlier this year, the firm’s former chief executive was caught on tape explaining plans to entrap a client’s political rival with bribes and sex workers. That and stealing your data. Good riddance.
The two black men arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks for sitting without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $1, and a pledge that city officials will establish a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs. Free coffee for life would be cool too, Starbucks…
Boy Scouts dropped the “boy.” Find an Eagle Scout near you and celebrate by leaving them in the woods with nothing.
A Southwest Airlines flight made an unplanned landing because of a cracked window. Flying Southwest? Consider an aisle seat.