Early Addition: Trump Is Now A Hurricane Maria Death Toll Denier
Sept. 13, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Because of course a birther would start a new conspiracy theory, check out today's midday links: Conan O'Brien's writers on favorite moments, new Mariah Carey, empty nester dogs, Lil Wayne returns, Jeff Fager's text threats to reporter, doggo looks for pets in the wrong place.

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- Trump tweeted this morning that he doesn't believe 3,000 people died from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, but rather "this was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico."
- Former 60 Minutes producer Jeff Fager said he was fired for sending a text to a CBS employee reporting on his alleged sexual harassment—what he left out is that he actually threatened her job in the text.
- The NY Times has a disturbing report on the deliberations between CBS board members about Les Moonves: “I don’t care if 30 more women come forward and allege this kind of stuff," said board member Arnold Kopelson during one meeting. "Les is our leader and it wouldn’t change my opinion of him."
- Mariah Carey has released a new song titled "GTFO."
- Conan O’Brien's former writers revealed their favorite moments from the show to Vulture.
- Get out the tissues, because the Boston Globe has a story about how dogs become depressed and despondent when their people head to college.
- Lil Wayne talked to Billboard about the long road to Tha Carter V.
- Watch a Fox panel become speechless after guest Felix Salmon defends universal basic income.
- A study found that men speak over 90% of the time on corporate conference calls.
- What series of events led to Nicki Minaj supporting Andrew Cuomo?
- How did "OK" become one of the most popular words in the world?
- Check out the first teaser trailer for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
- And finally, WHY WON'T YOU PET ME?!?
Why he no pet me, pls explain 😫
📹: sporty_thedog pic.twitter.com/rbsgVfI8BN— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) September 13, 2018