Early Addition: Pee-Wee Herman party is coming to Coney Island
Aug. 20, 2025, 9:30 a.m.
Because it's the 40th anniversary of "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure," here are your early links: Cuomo and the memelord, Yankees hit nine homers last night, Mormon women can now wear tank top sacred undergarments and more.
Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where Gertie is back.
Here's what else is happening:
- Mayor Eric Adams, who has so far shown a willingness to cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, demanded yesterday that ICE agents stop making arrests at local immigration courts.
- "[Andrew Cuomo] lost badly to the dangerous Mamdani in the primary, and Mamdani knows how to and will beat him again," warns a call going out from a pro-Adams Super PAC.
- Meet the Trump-supporting "memelord" who made some stuff for the Cuomo campaign.
- The Yankees hit a franchise record-tying nine home runs in their win over Tampa last night.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has added a tank top option to its list of sanctioned women's undergarments.
- A Pee-Wee Herman look-alike contest and broader Pee-Wee party is coming to Coney Island on Sunday.
- Stuffed bagels.
- And finally, how bout some live for the milk:
Puppies.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/O0XAok3q8q
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 20, 2025