Extra Extra: Trump Got Into A Petty, Pointless Argument About 'Apocalypse Now' With Vietnam Vets
Aug. 17, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Because the GOP could lose a lot of seats during the midterms, check out today's end-of-day links: Aretha Franklin argument, dumbest way you've injured yourself, handicapped dogs play, 'Watchmen' gets green light from HBO, and pupper eats watermelon.
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- The NY Times, for the hundredth time over the last two years, writes about how "to a degree that is unique to this period and this president, disputes over politics have divided Americans’ homes, strained marriages, ruined friendships and invaded the workplace."
- Make your day better by watching handicapped dogs enjoying playtime.
- What's the dumbest way you've injured yourself?
- The GOP could lose up to 72 House seats in the midterms.
- An argument over whether Halle Berry would play Aretha Franklin in her upcoming biopic led to a shooting in Virginia.
- Paul Walker's brothers want to bring him back to the Fast & Furious series, which sounds pretty complicated.
- During a White House meeting with various vets organizations, Trump got into a bizarre, petty, pointless, protracted argument with Vietnam War vets about the movie Apocalypse Now and the herbicide Agent Orange.
- Renée Zellweger will star in an upcoming Netflix series titled What/If that sounds like a creepy Sliding Doors.
- The Times covers the dangerous lives of delivereros.
- HBO has given Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen adaptation a first season order for 2019.
- And finally, make sure you eat some watermelon this weekend:
Perfect for the heat😍
📹: margobean pic.twitter.com/qOYV7IDopq— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) August 17, 2018
