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- Is your head still spinning from yesterday's one-two punch of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen? The Times has an analysis of what it all means and how it could benefit Robert Mueller.
- How is Trump handling the news? He praised Manafort for refusing to "break" while insulting Cohen.
- Meanwhile, Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis says his client has damning insider information about Trump and the Russia investigation—including a "conspiracy to collude"—that he would be "more than happy" to share with investigators.
- Democrats have drafted a wide-ranging emergency contingency plan should Mueller be fired or Trump take other steps to quash the Russia investigation.
- Trump advisor Larry Kudlow hosted a publisher of white nationalists at his home.
- Officials in a majority-black Georgia county claimed they closed voting locations because of accessibility issues—but there are no records to support this.
- 2018 in a nutshell: the crowd at last night's Trump rally chanted "lock her up" about Hillary Clinton as Trump ignored the news about Manafort and Cohen.
- The NYPL has one of the most impressive social media games in town, and today they introduced full-length literary works within their Instagram Stories—check out the beautifully illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland right here. Coming up next in their Insta Novels series: Part 2 of Alice, and The Yellow Wallpaper and The Metamorphosis.
- Veronica Mars is in talks to get another revival, this time at Hulu.
- Nicki Minaj has postponed her tour with Future due to "the most disappointing ticket sales of the year for any artist."
- Another one of Lena Dunham's pets has died. (But it was a senior dog.)
- Some rich people really do not get into the spirit of Burning Man.
- And finally, don't you hate it when the ocean ruins your perfect hole?
Published Aug 22, 2018
Modified Aug 22, 2018
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