White House Admits They Did the (Other) Bad Thing

[Splinter]( September 27, 2019 [Trump Is Fully Losing It]( [The hyphen is “used especially to divide or to compound words, word elements, or numbers.” It looks like this: -]( [[White House](](@feature1LinkUrl) [White House Admits They Did the (Other) Bad Thing]( [It’s been quite the week for White House admissions of guilt, following an anonymous whistleblower’s now-public complaint that President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to interfere in the 2020 elections by investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.]( [[Media](](@feature2LinkUrl) [Just Another Day in Fucknutsville]( [Earlier today, Politico published a story under the headline “Just Another Day in Fucknutsville.”]( [[House of Representatives](](@feature3LinkUrl) [Groundhog Day But About Congress Canceling Trump's Emergency Border Declaration]( [Sometimes, Congress tries. And when it does, Trump is there to stop it.]( [[Media](](@feature4LinkUrl) [People Are Cancelling the New York Times Again for Reporting on the Whistleblower's Identity]( [Yesterday, amid a long day of day of congressional testimony and presidential lunacy, the New York Times published a story about the identity of the whistleblower who first exposed President Donald Trump’s extremely suspect conversations with the Ukrainian president. While the paper didn’t reveal the person’s name, it reported that...]( [[Cable News](](@feature5LinkUrl) [Tough Guy Geraldo Is Just Itching to Fight the Ukraine Whistleblower]( [Frequent Fox News guest Geraldo Rivera seems like a pretty tough guy. I know this because he keeps posting pictures of himself looking admirably ripped for a 70-something year old. But do you suppose Geraldo is tough enough to fight a CIA officer? He sure does!]( [[Cable News](](@feature6LinkUrl) [This Fox News Meltdown Has EVERYTHING: On-Air Feuds, ‘Management Bedlam,’ and Paul Ryan]( [It’s only a matter of times before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement to begin an inquiry into impeachment sent Fox News into an utter tailspin, and Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman has the inside goss. There’s a lot happening at the conservative network.]( [[House of Representatives](](@feature7LinkUrl) [The Mistake the Democratic Leadership Can't Stop Making]( [This has been a week of monumental shifts for the House Democratic leadership. Just two weeks ago, mere questions about impeachment were infuriating Speaker Nancy Pelosi; after the Ukraine whistleblower scandal broke wide open, however, Pelosi has gone from the usual play of strongly worded letters to finally opening an...]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [[Gizmodo](](@rec1LinkUrl) [Sony and Marvel Strike a New Deal to Keep Spider-Man in the MCU]( [After the shocking news that Marvel and Sony’s backroom deal to share the rights to one of the most popular superheroes in the world broke up last month, it seems the tumultuous saga is already over: the two studios have announced a new deal to co-produce a third entry in...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec2LinkUrl) [This Guy Truly Has No Idea What He's Talking About]( [It is a problem for President Donald Trump that it’s often impossible to tell what the hell he’s talking about. This is not one of those signature Trump defects that can readily be spun into a secret strength or as a subtle bit of advanced dealcraft that only experts...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec3LinkUrl) [The Josh Jackson Saga Has Gotten Bleaker]( [Josh Jackson, drafted by the Suns with the fourth overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft and hailed as a do-everything wing, has not demonstrated a clear ability to do much of anything. He’s struggled with shooting, decision-making, defense, and virtually every identifiable element of basketball. After his...]( [[Gizmodo](](@rec4LinkUrl) [Here's Your First Look at Brandon Routh as Crisis on Infinite Earth's 'Kingdom Come' Superman]( [Kingdom Came.]( [[Kotaku](](@rec5LinkUrl) [Borderlands 3 Update Gives Zane A Big Boost]( [Borderlands 3 players disappointed in Zane’s endgame performance, don’t give up your main yet: The Operative is about to get a pretty nice buff.]( 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