Early Addition: U.S. Secretary Of State Says It's Possible God Sent Trump To Save The Jews

March 22, 2019, 11:39 a.m.

Because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to know why so many grown men are obsessed with her, check out today's midday links: neck pain, dog parks, new Tame Impala, Jexodus BS, 'Veep' scoop, and delightful prison break attempt.

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  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Seth Meyers she thinks it's pretty weird how Fox News is covering her: "Like, why are so many grown men just obsessed with this like 29-year-old?"
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked whether Trump was sent to save the Jewish people, to which he responded, "As a Christian I certainly believe that's possible."
  • Pompeo isn't the only one who sees Trump as a religious figure: a pastor in New Jersey (who also calls himself a rabbi) leads a church fixated on end times, and he thinks Trump’s rise to power was foretold in the Bible.
  • Listen to a fun new single from Tame Impala called "Patience."
  • No one is as excited to read Robert Mueller's report as this dog named Mueller is. Did I say read? I meant lick. He wants to lick it.
  • Finally, we did something good: NYC has more dog parks than any other city in the country.
  • Do you wake up to neck pain in the morning? It might be your pillow.
  • The Times talked to a few of the 29 black students at Stuyvesant (out of 3,300) to see how they feel about the selective school.
  • Jezebel has a story about what journalists talk about when they talk about Lauren Duca.
  • "Jexodus"—the cynical effort by Republicans to woo Jews away from the Democratic Party—is not a real thing that is happening, but the Times is ON IT.
  • EW has all the lowdown on the final season of Veep.
  • And finally, this is just a delightful attempted prison break: