Matt Gaetz Has a Nuclear Meltdown Trying to Go After Al Sharpton

[Splinter]( September 19, 2019 [Let's Play the World's Smallest Violin for the Pod Save America Boys]( [On Wednesday, New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo wrote a column on some of the biggest failures of the Obama administration, which Manjoo concludes were due to the administration’s reliance on neoliberal solutions to problems that required Roosevelt-level government intervention.]( [[House of Representatives](](@feature1LinkUrl) [Matt Gaetz Has a Nuclear Meltdown Trying to Go After Al Sharpton]( [A House Judiciary Committee hearing today quickly devolved into name-calling and smears as racist dipshit Rep. Matt Gaetz used his time to attack Rev. Al Sharpton, an MSNBC contributor, over charges that he used anti-Semitic and anti-police rhetoric in the past.]( [[White House](](@feature2LinkUrl) [Trump on Snowballing Whistleblower Scandal: 'No Problem!']( [You’ll have to forgive me if I don’t feel particularly reassured by President Donald Trump when he emphatically suggests that an alleged whistleblower complaint from a member of the intelligence community over an allegedly deeply troubling secret “promise” he made to an unidentified foreign head of state is, in...]( [[White House](](@feature3LinkUrl) [Trump's Attacks on the Homeless Are Getting More and More Unhinged]( [President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on both homeless people and the state of California on Wednesday. He told reporters that homeless people in San Francisco are polluting the ocean with used needles. He also said that the Environmental Protection Agency would issue the city a violation for its...]( [[Trump Administration](](@feature4LinkUrl) [I'm Deeply Troubled to Report Stephen Miller Got a Girlfriend]( [The wonders of the world simply do not cease. As NBC News reported today, Vice President Mike Pence has hired a new press secretary, Katie Waldman. Immediately more intriguing: Waldman is apparently dating congenitally awful human Stephen Miller.]( [[Justin Trudeau](](@feature5LinkUrl) [Justin Trudeau's Blackface Scandal Is Spiraling Out of Control]( [Perhaps you’ve heard about Justin Trudeau’s recent racism scandal? No, not that one. And no, not that one, either. I’m talking about a third instance that’s surfaced in the past 12 hours of the Canadian prime minister getting busted for having covered himself in dark makeup.]( [[Cable News](](@feature6LinkUrl) [Fox & Friends Tries and Fails to Own Taylor Swift]( [It’s an exciting day when Fox News finally admits that the U.S. is kind of a shitty country.]( [[House of Representatives](](@feature7LinkUrl) [Nancy Pelosi Is the Best Friend Donald Trump Could Ask For]( [When it comes to the issue of impeaching one of the worst Republican presidents of all time, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has done exactly the same thing that she did over a decade ago when presented with the issue of impeaching one of the worst Republican presidents of all...]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [[Gizmodo](](@rec1LinkUrl) [19 Things You Can Do in iOS 13 That You Couldn't Before]( [Happy iOS 13 day! If you’ve got an iPhone 6s or something newer, get ready for your iOS 13 update, which will roll out today. We’ve seen beta releases and on-stage demos, but here’s the definitive list of all the new features and settings you can now play around with...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec2LinkUrl) [Kirk Cousins Isn’t Worth A Shit]( [Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here.]( [[The Root](](@rec3LinkUrl) ['I'm About to Die': Tekashi 6ix9ine Chokes Up As He Recalls Being Beaten, Kidnapped By His Former Crew]( [Disgraced rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, also known as cooperating witness Daniel Hernandez, has spent the last two days pointing fingers and telling on me and you, your momma, and your cousin too as he testifies against his former friends Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack, alleged members of the Nine...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec4LinkUrl) [New York Giants Get Tired Of Mike Francesa Telling Them They Stink, Cut Ties With His Show]( [Mike Francesa has really stepped in it this time. The sleepy goofus had a standing weekly interview with New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur every Monday on WFAN, but the relationship between grouchy radio host and grouchy organization has reached its breaking point. Shurmur said today he will no...]( [[Deadspin](](@rec5LinkUrl) [The Good NFL Quarterbacks Are Falling Apart]( [Even leaving aside the headaches and nausea that are specific to the fans of the Jets and Giants, and the flu-like symptoms that universally apply to all AFC South games, watching the NFL does something to a person. You may sit down in front of a game as a normal...]( 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