White House Officials and Other Republican Leaders Are in Hiding

[Splinter]( October 6, 2019 [White House Officials and Other Republican Leaders Are in Hiding]( [With Donald Trump in the crosshairs of an impeachment inquiry involving several administration officials, it’s no wonder no one from the White House wanted to appear on Sunday cable news shows to defend him. Neither did Republican leaders in Congress.]( [[Cable News](](@feature1LinkUrl) [Holy Shit, Even Chuck Todd Has a Breaking Point]( [Chuck Todd, the normally insufferable host of NBC News’ Meet the Press, has appeared increasingly uncomfortable over the past few days with the talking heads who appear on his show to repeat GOP talking points about Donald Trump.]( [[White House](](@feature2LinkUrl) [Trump’s Latest Excuse: Rick Perry Made Me Do It]( [This might be Donald Trump’s most comedic excuse yet for betraying his oath of office as president of the United States.]( [[2020](](@feature3LinkUrl) [Bernie Sanders Leaves Hospital, Returns to Vermont Following Heart Attack]( [Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders headed home to Burlington, VT, on Saturday to recover from a heart attack he experienced earlier in the week while on the campaign trail.]( [[Trump Administration](](@feature4LinkUrl) [Trump Spends His Day at a Golf Club Attacking Mitt Romney]( [It must be something to be the president of the United States and have taxpayers bankrolling you while you hang out at your own golf club and tweet about someone you hate.]( [[Energy](](@feature5LinkUrl) [Good Riddance to Rick Perry, the Latest Official to Be Embroiled in the Impeachment Inquiry]( [Politico reported on Thursday night that three sources say Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will resign by the end of November. Despite the noted goofiness of Texas’ longest-serving governor, Perry has managed to avoid the spotlight for utter stupidity unlike his colleagues. But now, Perry and his trip to Ukraine...]( [[Unions](](@feature6LinkUrl) [The SEIU's Nasty Fight With Its Own Staff Union]( [Unions are employers too. And the people who work at the headquarters of SEIU, America’s most politically active union, have their own union contract. That contract expired well over a year ago. They’re very, very unhappy about it. And if something doesn’t change, SEIU could have a strike right in...]( [[United Nations](](@feature7LinkUrl) [Only Trump's Unyielding Love for Modi Could Get Him to the UN Climate Summit]( [Donald Trump loves few things more than he loves amassing friendships with hard right nationalist world leaders. His new best pal is Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and a frequent target of the Human Rights Watch organization. Trump adores him, so much...]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [[Deadspin](](@rec1LinkUrl) [Mason Rudolph Leaves Ravens-Steelers After Getting Knocked Out By Earl Thomas]( [Mason Rudolph had to be helped off the field in the third quarter of the Steelers’ game against the Ravens on Sunday after being on the receiving end of a brutal hit from two Baltimore defenders. On a third down play, Rudolph scrambled out of the pocket as he looked...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec2LinkUrl) [Well This Was Predictable]( [Right on cue, the quarterback that Jets coach Adam Gase only let have one full practice with the first team has already committed a laughable mistake. New York decided to go for it on a 4th-and-1 in the first quarter, but rather than running it with one of the league’s...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec3LinkUrl) [Oregon Ducks Player Tackles Idiot On The Field]( [During a timeout late in the third quarter Saturday, Oregon Ducks running back Cyrus Habibi-Likio had to act as a security guard for his team’s home stadium. An idiot had made his way onto the field and was casually jogging his way around, only speeding up to get away from...]( [[Jalopnik](](@rec4LinkUrl) [Infiniti Is Getting Absolutely Creamed]( [It’s not a good time for Infiniti. The company’s lineup has received little praise from critics, its headquarters is now back in Japan after a confounding (Johan-directed) move to Hong Kong and—worst of all—it is getting absolutely creamed in the U.S. And with European operations already abandoned, it’s hard to...]( [[Jezebel](](@rec5LinkUrl) [Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Saturday Night Live Opening Monologue Is an Excellent Indoctrination Into the Cult of Fleabag]( [Over the past three years, I have lost dozens of friends to the cult of Phoebe Waller-Bridge. One day, they’ve never heard of her, and the next, they’ve seen every episode of Fleabag at least three times and have purchased backless black jumpsuits with chest cutouts. Their tweets become incomprehensible...]( 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