Reports: It’s Finally Happening

[Splinter]( September 24, 2019 [Reports: It’s Finally Happening]( [After months of dragging her feet to the consternation of many in her caucus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly set to announce a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump today, according to both NBC News and The Washington Post.]( [[White House](](@feature1LinkUrl) [Trump Is Feeling the Squeeze]( [Donald Trump threw a Hail Mary this afternoon, just hours before Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly announces she backs an impeachment inquiry, tweeting he would release a “complete, fully declassified” transcript of his call with the Ukrainian president.]( [[White House](](@feature2LinkUrl) [Trump: Yeah, I Did the Bad Thing, So What?]( [As Democrats finally begin to rev their engines over allegations that President Donald Trump withheld aid to Ukraine in an effort to push the country to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Trump gleefully poured a tank of gasoline on the impeachment kindling on Tuesday by admitting that yes,...]( [[Trump Administration](](@feature3LinkUrl) [Well, This Seems Fishy]( [President Trump’s still sort of denying trying to pressure the president of Ukraine into investigating the Bidens (Rudy isn’t, to be clear), but mounting evidence is not in his favor. The latest: Trump reportedly ordered Mick Mulvaney to withhold nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine just a few...]( [[Boris Johnson](](@feature4LinkUrl) [Please Enjoy the Exact Moment Boris Johnson Gets His Ass Handed to Him]( [Britain is careening headfirst into a Brexit shitstorm, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a racist wanker who looks like Donald Trump on an all-milk diet. But for a brief, glorious moment on Tuesday, things seemed like they might be looking slightly up after the country’s Supreme Court unanimously handed...]( [[House of Representatives](](@feature5LinkUrl) [John Lewis Makes Impassioned Case for Impeachment Inquiry]( [As the calls for impeachment have grown louder in the Democratic caucus in spite of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s objections, one notable name has been absent: Rep. John Lewis, the legendary civil rights activist, longtime liberal congressman, and top Pelosi ally. On Tuesday, Lewis forcefully added his name to the ranks.]( [[2020](](@feature6LinkUrl) [Pete Buttigieg Offers Some Really Great Reasons Not to Vote for Him]( [Taking a ride on South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s bus tour, reporters learned lots of fun things about the Democratic presidential candidate that they then used as Twitter fodder.]( [[2020](](@feature7LinkUrl) [Bernie Sanders' Wealth Tax Is Very Good]( [America’s inequality crisis will not be fixed until the public embraces the idea that the accumulation of vast wealth is wrong. Until then, we’ll settle for the government embracing it. Bernie Sanders today rolled out a wealth tax plan that does the job.]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [[Gizmodo](](@rec1LinkUrl) [Stop What You're Doing and Upgrade to iOS 13.1 Right Now]( [Apple just dropped iOS 13.1, and while these iterative versions tend not to be as fun as the big numbered ones, you should update your phone right now.]( [[Deadspin](](@rec2LinkUrl) [Tarik Cohen Unwittingly Exposes A Nude Kyle Long To The World]( [The Chicago Bears keep a rowdy locker room after wins, and after they smoked Washington on the road Monday night, they turned the visitor’s locker room into “Club Dub.” Everyone had a good time! Head coach Matt Nagy threw his arms around a bunch! Running back Tarik Cohen accidentally...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec3LinkUrl) [I’ll Be Goddamned If Chili Is Ever Considered A Health Food]( [Today, we’re talking about pickles, basketball hoop design, BIG WEDDING, and more.]( [[Deadspin](](@rec4LinkUrl) [Malcolm Gladwell's Penn State Rabbit Hole Isn't Very Deep]( [Malcolm Gladwell emailed me last Thursday, in response to a blog post I had written about his recent appearance on Bill Simmons’s podcast, in which he dusted off a tired defense of Joe Paterno’s role in the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal. He offered to send me a copy of his...]( [[Jezebel](](@rec5LinkUrl) [Parents Accused of Abandoning Their 9-Year-Old Child Say She Was Actually a Fully-Grown, Mentally Unwell Adult]( [Perhaps you’re familiar with the positively blood-freezing horror movie Orphan, in which (SPOILER!) a mysterious 9-year-old adopted by a well-meaning family turns out to be a murderous 33-year-old? Just a movie, you say? Not so, says the Daily Mail, which brings us a similarly fucking terrifying tale of a mentally...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Splinter]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Profile Center]( © 2019 Gizmodo Media Group 1540 Broadway, 27th Floor New York, NY 10036