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Early Addition: Guess Sondland Was A Deep State Never Trumper Angry Democrat All Along
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Ben Yakas
Published Nov 20, 2019
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- The impeachment hearings intensified on day four when Gordon Sondland, Trump's ambassador to the European Union, said that there was a clear "quid pro quo" in regards to Trump and Ukraine; that he and other advisers to Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democrats “because the president directed us to do so," and that Pence, Pompeo, Bolton and Mulvaney were all aware of what was going on.
- Meanwhile, the Trump administration has begun carrying out its controversial plan to deport adults from El Salvador and Honduras who are at the southern border seeking asylum to the US — and send them to Guatemala.
- The NY Times goes full NY Times on the curious appeal of NYC wildlife.
- Emilia Clarke says she felt pressured early on to get nude for Game Of Thrones: “I’ve had fights on set before where I’m like, ‘No, the sheet stays up,’ and they’re like, ‘You don’t wanna disappoint your ‘Game of Thrones’ fans.’ And I’m like, ‘Fuck you.’”
- Vice, doing God's work, investigated the hell out of the cable news fart heard round the world.
- TikTok teens are roasting the hell out of Pete Buttigieg.
- When you hear the name Harriet Tubman, you immediately think of Julia Roberts, right? That's true for at least one major studio head who wanted Roberts to star as Tubman in a movie.
- Lizzo, Billie Eilish, and Lil Nas X were among those nominated for the 2020 Grammy Awards.
- A professor whose areas of expertise include money laundering and corruption was arrested for money laundering and corruption.
- Todd Phillips is in talks to direct a sequel to Joker, presumably with Joaquin Phoenix.
- Any day that Pitchfork revisits five classic Steely Dan albums is a good day.
- And finally, this is the only reason I'd get a truck:
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