Early Addition: Unhinged Horse Goes Full Bojack Inside French Bar
Oct. 2, 2018, 11:35 a.m.
Because Eric Trump can't do anything right, check out today's midday links: Brett Kavanaugh bar fight, new Sharon Van Etten, Ticketmaster scalper lawsuit, 'The Last Jedi' online trolls, horse runs amok in bar, and puppy really loves the slide.
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- The WSJ reports that Donald Trump personally directed his son Eric and Michael Cohen to stop Stormy Daniels from publicly describing her sexual encounter with him.
- Brett Kavanaugh was questioned by police after getting involved in a bar fight—and allegedly throwing ice on another patron—while at Yale.
- Republicans don't seem to care if Kavanaugh sexually assaulted anyone.
- Sharon Van Etten has announced her new album Remind Me Tomorrow—listen to first single, "Comeback Kid."
- After watching the Kavanaugh hearings, Candace Faber decided to come forward and name the State Senator who she says raped her.
- A new research paper titled “Weaponizing the Haters: The Last Jedi and the Strategic Politicization of Pop Culture through Social Media Manipulation,” takes a deep dive look at online criticism of The Last Jedi and director Rian Johnson and found that over 50% "of those tweeting negatively was likely politically motivated or not even human."
- Alan Cumming knows more about NYC nightlife than we do.
- Have you seen the video of the horse who escaped from a barn then ran amok inside a bar?
- Kenan Thompson said Kanye West held cast members "hostage" when he began his political rant at the end of the season premiere.
- Amazon announced it would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for all of its United States workers.
- And finally, this puppy really loves slip slidin' away:
