Trump Brain Status: Queso Con Carne

Newsletter Top Stories Trump Brain Status: Queso Con Carne [Splinter]( April 15, 2019 [Trump Brain Status: Queso Con Carne]( [France’s iconic Notre Dame cathedral was in flames on Monday, and while the cause of the fire is not yet entirely clear—police reportedly suspect it’s construction-related—President Donald Trump is here to offer his expert advice.]( [TRUMPLAND]( [Trump's Lawyers Threaten Accounting Firm Not to Comply With Subpoena]( [President Donald Trump sicced his lawyers on an accounting firm facing a subpoena for Trump’s financial records from the House Oversight and Reform Committee, threatening legal action if records are produced, Politico reported Monday.]( [SPLINTER MOVIE CLUB]( [An Idiot's Recap of the Game of Thrones Premiere]( [As commenters on this site often agree, I am an idiot. But I’m particularly an idiot about the legacy TV fantasy show The Game of Thrones, in part because I jumped into the season eight premiere last night despite only being a few episodes into season two of my Thrones journey.]( [HEALTHCARE]( [Your Employer-Based Insurance Doesn't Love You Back, Especially If You're Poor]( [Perhaps the most prominent argument offered against single-payer healthcare, at least by those who don’t just call it “socialism” and leave it at that, is that many people say they like their employer-sponsored insurance, which is the largest single source of insurance coverage in America (though it still covers slightly...]( [MEDIA]( [Fravid Dum]( [David Frum, the former Bush speechwriter who now has a cushy gig writing proto-fascist shitposts for the Atlantic, does not like Rep. Ilhan Omar. Bret Stephens, the climate change denier who now has a cushy gig writing proto-fascist shitposts for the New York Times, also does not like the Somali...]( [IMMIGRATION]( [If I Could Turn Back Time, I Would Stop Cher From Tweeting This]( [On Sunday, Cher tweeted this:]( [TRUMP ADMINISTRATION]( [Your Tax Day Reminder That Everyone Hates the Trump Tax Cuts]( [The conventional wisdom for a long time in American politics has been that tax cuts are a surefire way to beef up support of whoever passes them, while tax hikes are a one-way ticket to unpopularity. Donald Trump’s tax cuts are apparently throwing a big wrench in that idea.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [KOTAKU]( [Twitch Punishes White Apex Legends Cosplayer Who Painted Her Face Black]( [Twitch has temporarily banned a Lithuanian streamer after she cosplayed the Apex Legends character Lifeline using blackface makeup.]( [THE GRAPEVINE]( [Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Confirms Jussie Smollett's Case 'Doesn't Rank as a Matter of Any Importance']( [As we continue to follow along with the soap operatic saga known as Jussie Smollett’s Chicago case, many have expressed a desire for it all to be over. The rollercoaster of plot twists — including the biggest of them all, when all charges were dropped, abruptly — sent everyone in...]( [JALOPNIK]( [Volkswagen Is Bringing a Pickup Truck’s Worth of Forbidden Fruit to New York to Tease the Hell out of All...]( [Volkswagen will be bringing their South American market-bound Tarok compact pickup truck to show everyone in New York, and the concept looks to be a pretty clever little pickup truck with some interesting bed and cab design features. The plan is to build it in Brazil for VW’s big customer...]( [GIZMODO]( [YouTube on Notre Dame Fire: Did You Know 9/11 Was Real?]( [As a fire raged inside the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, people across the world turned to livestreams to watch flames destroy the 850-year-old structure.]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Splinter]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2019 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011