Extra Extra: Texas Grandma Kills Alligator To Avenge Her Miniature Horse

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/samsebeskazal/44700915542/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dennis fraevich's flickr</a>

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• Also, Trump definitely thinks that Finders Keepers is an official law.
• Lili Loofbourow writes about the nauseating defense of Brett Kavanaugh and the attempted comebacks by men exposed by #MeToo.
• Now this is a lede: a Texas grandma killed 12-foot gator, saying she's finally avenged her miniature horse.
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• Arthur Mitchell, a charismatic dancer with the New York City Ballet in the 1950s and ’60s and the founding director of Dance Theater of Harlem, has died.
• A woman who knew Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge and Christine Blasey Ford in high school says the rape attempt did happen, that "many of us heard about it in school," and that it was talked about for days afterward.
• The NY Times argues that the celebrity profile is dying because of the rise of one-sided, celeb-controlled narratives, which is somewhat ironic since the Times has had some truly great celeb profiles bucking that trend this year.
• A prisoner serving 39 years-to-life started making drawings of golf courses, which made their way to Golf Digest—the outlet wrote about him, realized his conviction was sketchy, investigated, and now he's free.
• Chevy Chase is still angry, bitter, and kinda pathetic.
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• Vulture asks the tough questions: are Muppets sexual?
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• Tracy Morgan has a wonderfully terrible Donald Trump impression.
• And finally, look at this very good dog feeding his rabbit friends: