And here we are!
Here’s all the shit we couldn’t cover today:
- Kim Kardashian arrived at the White House today to discuss prison reform; the meeting was likely centered on the case of Alice Marie Johnson, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996 for a first-time, non-violent drug offense. Kardashian tweeted about Johnson in November 2017, calling the ruling “unfair” and tweeted about her again today. [Page Six/BBC]
- Remember when Trump alleged that a bus load of people voted illegally in New Hampshire during the 2016 election? Well, an investigation has concluded that five people voted fraudulently in the state, including one college student who was mistakenly told by a dorm supervisor to go to the wrong polling place. Scandal! [WMUR]
- Paul Manafort is “broke!” Lol.[Buzzfeed News]
- The parents of the Parkland shooting survivors are starting a political action committee against politicians who double as NRA shills, which is a whole lot of them! [Sun Sentinel]
- In an interview with Breitbart, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke defended greeting a Japanese-American congresswoman with “konnichiwa” after she spoke of her grandfather’s detention in a Japanese internment camp. His excuse: He has loads of Japanese friends whose families lived in internment camps. [CNN]
- Tijuana has become a hub for deportees and asylum seekers alike. [The California Sunday Magazine]
- Bloomberg took a deep dive into a group that encouraged black voters to either vote for Trump or stay home during the 2016 election. [Bloomberg]
Here are some tweets the president was allowed to publish:
This has been Barf Bag.
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