Inspiring: Trump Claims a Little Kid Asked Him to Keep Building the Wall

Newsletter Top Stories Inspiring: Trump Claims a Little Kid Asked Him to Keep Building the Wall [Splinter]( April 22, 2019 [Inspiring: Trump Claims a Little Kid Asked Him to Keep Building the Wall]( [President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to continue building his border wall between the United States and Mexico apparently thanks to some xenophobic encouragement from a young White House guest.]( [WHITE HOUSE]( [Trump Really Hates It When People Write Things Down in His Presence]( [Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full, if heavily redacted, report on Russian interference in the 2016 election was chock full of juicy tidbits that painted a picture of a White House consumed by suspicion and paranoia—including the president’s deep-seated hatred of anyone who dare listen to what he says and then...]( [THE DISCOURSE]( [My Game of Thrones Prediction: Everyone But 1 (One) Main Character Dies]( [Did you watch Game of Thrones, Sunday Television Event, last night? If not, this blog is NOT for you, unless you’re not precious about spoilers. And if you’re cool with spoilers, you’re probably not a real Throne-head, are you??]( [WHITE HOUSE]( [Trump Personally Sues Top House Democrat to Block Release of His Financial History]( [President Donald Trump, a man who definitely doesn’t have anything to hide, has sued House Oversight Committee chair Rep. Elijah Cummings to block a House subpoena of his financial records.]( [LABOR]( [More Disney Family Class Traitors Please]( [Abigail Disney is the granddaughter of Roy Disney, who cofounded the Walt Disney Company with Walt Disney. Abigail also has some thoughts about just how much Disney CEO Bob Iger makes, and it’s decidedly unexpected coming from someone who’s so closely tied to the smiling face of American capitalism.]( [ELECTIONS]( [GOP Candidates Ready to Make AOC and Ilhan Omar Their 2020 Villains]( [Lynne Homrich is a former Home Depot executive running for Congress in Georgia’s Seventh District as a Republican. Can you guess what her campaign strategy is?]( [SUPREME COURT]( [SCOTUS Taking Up Major LGBTQ Rights Cases]( [The Supreme Court will take up three cases involving discrimination against people in the LGBTQ community later this year, the justices said Monday, in what will be a major test of whether federal civil rights law banning sex discrimination extends to gender identity and sexual orientation.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [JALOPNIK]( [Surveillance Video of Tesla Exploding in Shanghai Parking Lot Goes Viral]( [Tesla is adamant that its cars are significantly less likely to catch fire than your average car, as Reuters reports, but that still hasn’t kept a surveillance video from spreading worldwide, showing a Tesla Model S bursting into flame and all but disappearing, Spinal Tap-style, in a parking garage reportedly...]( [DEADSPIN]( [Climbing World Mourns After Three Of The World's Top Alpinists Die In Avalanche]( [After a four-day search, Parks Canada announced Sunday that they had recovered the bodies of climbers Jess Roskelley, Hansjörg Auer, and David Lama from the aftermath of an avalanche.]( [GIZMODO]( [Skyscraper's Rooftop Pool Spills Everywhere as Earthquake Rocks Manila]( [The Philippines was rocked with a 6.3 earthquake this morning that sent buildings swaying and people running for safety. But one of the most bizarre videos of the earthquake so far has to be this footage of water pouring out of a residential skyscraper in Manila’s Binondo district. According to...]( [GIZMODO]( [This Was Supposed to Be a Story About a Bizarre Anti-Vaccine Rally and a Sedated Bear. Then It Got Weird.]( [This world is full of surprises, some of them involving anti-vaccine activists, sedated bears, and the small-scale production of literal fake news. A couple of weeks ago, I thought I was working on a quick, weird story about an anti-vaccine activist in Florida who was attempting to hold a rally...]( 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