Early Addition: Bill De Blasio Gets Out Ahead Of Looming Ska Scandal

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• Bill de Blasio, who loves ska, thinks it's totally normal for everyone to laugh at him.
• George R.R. Martin weighed in on the GOT finale, and whether or not the books will end differently: "How will it all end? I hear people asking. The same ending as the show? Different? Well… yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. I am working in a very different medium than David and Dan, never forget."
• And Sophie Turner put up the greatest GOT behind-the-scenes photo of all time.
• A Fox News co-host has been privately lobbying Trump to pardon war criminals, which sounds like a normal way to get policy advice.
• The NY Times Magazine looks at the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Germany.
• Watch the official trailer for Quentin Tarantino's star-studded upcoming film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
• Kris Kobach told Trump he can't be his immigration czar unless he has 24/7 jet access; Kobach "doesn’t merely share the president’s rabid, lawless xenophobia, but also his taste for graft and self-aggrandizement."
• NYC Chancellor of Schools Richard Carranza mandated "white-supremacy culture" training for school administrators.
• Lil Nas X gets the Rolling Stone profile he deserves.
• Trump is outspending every 2020 Democrat on Facebook, hmm.
• David Crosby rates the band Chicago, dolphins, Twitter, horse ownership and GOT for Pitchfork.
• And finally, how did I get here??