Early Addition: Wicked Insecure 'Straight Pride Parade' Coming To Boston
June 4, 2019, 12:04 p.m.
Because Joe Biden is bad at running for president, check out today's midday links: Boston's Straight Pride Parade, Riverside Park goat layoffs, Northside grifter, Manafort headed to Rikers, and cat gets a tongue bath.

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- Thousands upon thousands of anti-Trump protesters took to the streets in England today: "British humor is all about pricking the bubble of people's unearned self-regard. And no one has more of it than the U.S. president."
- The Riverside Park goats have done such a good job tackling the infestation of weeds and poison ivy, six of them have been laid off.
- Complaints to the city provided no relief, so a Manhattan resident sues companies to stop them from making noise—and it seems to be working.
- The Observer has a (very long) story about Daniel Spence, the grifter who offered to inject millions into Northside Media in exchange for becoming CEO: “I got Anna Delvey’d," said one of his victims.
- A person robbed a Bronx mosque during Ramadan, taking a donation box with thousands in it.
- There is a "Straight Pride Parade" scheduled to happen in Boston later this summer.
- Joe Biden had a disastrous run for president in 1988, and it's unclear whether much has changed since then.
- Paul Manafort is headed to Rikers! Sad!
- Please don't body shame Cheeto the cat.
- Peter Chernin, the Hollywood producer and former top lieutenant for Rupert Murdoch, is contributing to a $15 million fund to fight the anti-abortion laws around the country—and he's trying to enlist other industry colleagues as well.
- And finally, this poor freakin' cat is a trouper:
When the cat needs a bath...
🎥: @itsmrmarcel#mydogiscutest pic.twitter.com/vAFiYI0NK7— My Dog Is Cutest (@mydogiscutest) June 1, 2019