Pecker Squeezed

[Splinter]( August 23, 2018 [Pecker SqueezedÂ]( [The hits keep coming for President Donald Trump. First it was his former campaign chief Paul Manafort’s criminal conviction for tax evasion at the hands of a jury on Tuesday. Later that day, it was his longtime attorney, confidant, and fixer Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for various financial crimes, in which he implicated Trump himself. And now, it’s close ally and media mogul David Pecker, who has reportedly been granted immunity by prosecutors who are investigating the president’s hush money payments to women with whom he allegedly had an affair.]( [The Republican Party Is Existentially Racist]( [The Republican Party exists primarily to enable rich people to get richer. Its most powerful tool for drawing public support to this niche cause is racism. Indeed, research shows it.]( [Georgia School Superintendent Placed on Leave After Allegedly Launching Into Racist Rant]( [Geye Hamby, superintendent of the Buford, GA, city school system, was placed on leave after an alleged recording of him features Hamby using racial epithets in a bigoted rant about black construction workers.]( [TRUMP ADMINISTRATION]( [Trump Thrills White Supremacists With Tweet About South African Farmers]( [President Trump did what he does best on Thursday night: regurgitating whatever drivel is airing on Fox News. This time, he tweeted in response to a segment on Tucker Carlson’s show about the moves South Africa is making to expropriate land from white farmers, which was originally stolen from black farmers...]( [MEDIA]( [The Washington Post Is Proud That Its Resident Fact Checker Is Bad At His Job]( [The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler has a new entry in his signature Fact Checker column out, and for the first time EVER, the Post took the bold step of declaring that Donald Trump told a LIE. Can you believe it??]( [SPONSORED]( [Get Dollar Shave Club's Starter Set: Razors, Shave Butter, Body Cleanser, & Wipes, Just $5]( [Dollar Shave Club is here with their most complete starter set that has your grooming needs covered. Grab yours for just $5, plus free shipping. After receiving your starter set, replacement blades come for just $9 per month. See full details here.]( [Mollie Tibbetts' Aunt Releases Statement Condemning Racist Reaction To Her Niece's MurderÂ]( [The political response to the tragic death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts has already spiraled out of control. With the arrest of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, an immigrant from Mexico who police say was undocumented, on charges of first degree murder, anti-immigrant media figure have come out in full force...]( [TRUMP ADMINISTRATION]( [Betsy DeVos Reportedly Considering Letting Schools Buy Guns With Federal Grants]( [As if it wasn’t horrifying enough when President Donald Trump insisted that the solution to school shootings was to put more guns in the classroom, a new report on Thursday said the Department of Education is now considering using federal funds to finance their awful idea.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [DEADSPIN]( [Former Colts Announcer Who Used N-Word Was Quoting Auto Racing Analyst, And Now That Guy's Been Fired]( [This is an intricate little piece of modern-day racial insensitivity and old-school racism, so let’s start slow. Bob Lamey, who worked as radio play-by-play announcer for the Indianapolis Colts for over 30 years, retired suddenly on Sunday. News station 13 WTHR later revealed that he had used the N-word off...]( [DEADSPIN]( [This Is How You Erase A Woman From Her Own Story]( [Courtney Smith has said, repeatedly, that she feared her ex-husband, Zach. She said he physically and emotionally abused her, in court documents, to police officers in two different states, to two reporters, including one interview on camera, and now to Ohio State investigators. All this became public knowledge because she...]( [PROMOTIONS]( [Save 25% On Your First Month Of Bespoke Post: Individually Curated Boxes For Summer Styling]( [Bespoke Post is a subscription club for men delivering goods from small-batch brands in categories like barware, apparel, travel gear, and more. Simply take the lifestyle quiz and Bespoke Post emails you on the 1st of each month with a full view of the box contents. Get 25% off your first month,...]( [JALOPNIK]( [The 2019 BMW Z4 Is a 340-HP Stunner]( [The brand-new 2019 BMW Z4 Roadster has officially showed its face at this year’s Monterey Car Week. It looks quite excellent.]( [DEADSPIN]( [Giants Pitcher Derek Holland Uses Asian Team Staffer For Stale, Racist Jokes On MLB Network]( [When San Francisco Giants pitcher Derek Holland went on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk with Kevin Millar and Chris Rose on Wednesday, he chose to conduct the interview with the team’s massage therapist Haro Ogawa at his side. Holland introduced Ogawa as his “hype man,” but never used Ogawa’s name...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Splinter]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2018 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011