Extra, Extra: Trump Hates 'Chain Migration' But It's Working For Melania
Aug. 9, 2018, 5:39 p.m.
Because Ludacris is a mensch, check out today's end-of-day links: ClickHole contributors come forward, Melania's parents become citizens, poppyseed bagel opiate positive, Casey Affleck apologizes, and sheep enjoys trampoline.
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- Ex-felon Michael Grimm has some advice for Chris Collins about how to win reelection while under federal indictment.
- According to a NY Times investigation, Ludacris has been buying groceries for strangers at supermarkets for years.
- A bunch of ClickHole contributors who were let go this week have come forward on Twitter to reveal themselves and some of their work.
- Might we be blessed with Mamma Mia 3: How Could I Resist Ya?
- Melania Trump’s parents officially became U.S. citizens today in Manhattan.
- The NY Post discovered that a Brooklyn can collector actually owns more than $8 million in NYC real estate: "To me, what’s sad is New York used to have acceptance of people being eccentric, but now it’s like, 'Heaven forbid!'"
- Convicted rapist Brock Turner lost his appeal to overturn his sexual assault conviction.
- Casey Affleck apologized for his inappropriate behavior during the filming of I'm still Here while promoting his newest movie.
- If you're wondering why Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin were crying on Citi Bikes this week, it has something to do with marriage.
- A killer whale mother is still carrying her dead newborn 16 days later.
- A woman claims she tested positive for opiates from eating a poppyseed bagel.
- André Leon Talley expertly critiques Paul Manafort's style, and uses the phrase "clown plaids."
- And finally, nobody can resist the allure of the trampoline—not even sheep!
