Extra Extra: Trump Once Loved WikiLeaks, But Now It's Just 'Not My Thing'

April 11, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Because Hodor is DJing in Williamsburg this weekend, check out today's end-of-day links: Alex Jones/Logan Paul team-up, Trump forgets WikiLeaks, AOC defends Omar, Wegman's coming to Brooklyn, Bret Easton Ellis interview, and a spider-dog.

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  • Trump talked about WikiLeaks (and how much he loved it) over 150 times while campaigning in 2016, but after Julian Assange's arrest today, he said, "I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It’s not my thing."
  • AOC defended Rep. Ilhan Omar over the NY Post's ridiculous cover today.
  • Alex Jones and Logan Paul teamed-up for the worst content imaginable.
  • Wegmans will open a 74,000-square-foot location at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the fall, which will include a second-floor mezzanine with a big cafe.
  • Former FBI Director James Comey said "I have no idea what he’s talking about" when asked about what Attorney General William Barr meant when he testified that he believed the government spied on Trump's 2016 campaign.
  • DJ Kristian Nairn—aka HODOR—will be headlining the "Rave Of Thrones" event at Schimanski in Williamsburg on Saturday.
  • Bret Easton Ellis gets thoroughly roasted in this amusing New Yorker interview.
  • If you care about comedy, you should follow legendary former Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder on Twitter.
  • The people behind the Showtime Roger Ailes series The Loudest Voice threw some shade at the upcoming rival movie version: "I'm not trying to trash-talk the movie, but it seems to be predicated on the idea that there was this coterie of women who brought down Roger Ailes, which is a lie," said showrunner Alex Metcalf. "There was Gretchen Carlson, and that was it. I'm sure the movie will be lovely … [but] we are doing our best to reflect a reality."
  • Check out the trailer for the second and final season of the wonderful British show Fleabag.
  • Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig has been indicted for false statements and concealing information, stemming from work he did for the Ukraine.
  • It really puts our problems into perspective when you see what the commute is like on a Russian train.
  • And finally, have you ever seen a spider-dog in action?