Early Addition: GOP Lawmaker Resigns After Racist Appearance On Sacha Baron Cohen Show

July 25, 2018, 12:29 p.m.

Because sensory deprivation is the new home humidor, check out today's midday links: Trump's Walk of Fame star destroyed, a saltwater lake hidden on Mars, a fire in Cardboard City, and much more.

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• Does your apartment have a private sensory deprivation flotation pod? No? Sad.
• Check out Fire in Cardboard City, a nine minute animated mini disaster movie “that feels like a joyride,” according to the New Yorker.
• There might be a giant saltwater lake hidden under ice on the south pole of Mars.
• Jason Spencer, a Georgia Republican lawmaker who "was fooled into repeatedly yelling a racial epithet on the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s television series" has announced that he will resign, instead of doubling down and running for president.
• Lin-Manuel Miranda is producing a limited FX series about Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon with a stellar cast: Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams.
• Watch a Windsor Castle guard shove an oblivious tourist.
• Some hater loser destroyed Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, CNN reports.
• Speaking of CNN, Trump reportedly had a hissy fit he spotted it on Melania's Air Force One TV, and now arrangements have been made to ensure all televisions in the President's orbit are always tuned to Fox News, which is a fun thing to think about when you're trying to fall asleep at night!
• Next week's issue of the NY Times magazine section is entirely devoted to one story: catastrophic climate change, and humans' inability to deal with it. But this week: GOOP!
• Sure, let's all sing a song about touching each other on a packed subway train after a Yankees game?