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- According to the Times, Trump told a crowd of staff from the United States Mission to the United Nations that he wants to know who provided information to a whistleblower about his phone call with the president of Ukraine, saying that whoever did so was “close to a spy” and that “in the old days,” spies were dealt with differently. You can listen to the audio of his comments here.
- The Times also reports that the whistleblower is a C.I.A. officer who was detailed to work at the White House at one point.
- Corey Lewandowski has had conversations with White House officials about potentially taking a position inside the administration to help out with the impeachment fight, because of course.
- Yeah, the Internet is going to be an even more insane, toxic place if Trump gets impeached: "it’s just one more skirmish in a long-running information battle being fought between partisan keyboard warriors using Twitter threads, YouTube clips and Facebook memes to seize control of the national conversation."
- Look, it's been a really long week, just chill out with 24 wholesome animal tweets.
- Jennifer Lopez and Shakira are performing at the next Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show.
- The New Yorker writes about the whistleblower complaint: "This is not a deep state. This is American democracy."
- Important question of the day: How did Blink-182's Tom DeLonge become a UFO researcher?
- Hell is other people's Slack channels.
- A former New Jersey police chief who is being tried on federal hate-crime assault charges allegedly used racial slurs, compared black people to “ISIS,” and said Trump “is the last hope for white people."
- Why didn't pod houses catch on?
- Wall Street Democratic donors are reportedly threatening to back Trump if Warren wins the nomination.
- There are still some Wu-Tang Clan Metrocards floating around the city if you know where to look.
- And finally, someone's in trouble:
Published Sep 26, 2019
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