Extra Extra: A Report From Sarah Huckabee Sanders's Goodbye Drinks With Journalists
June 25, 2019, 5:48 p.m.
Because some journalists had farewell drinks with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, check out today's end-of-day links: new White House press secretary, DeviantArt, Bond 25 footage, 'This Is Fine' dog, Boris Johnson's hobby, and dog overcomes door.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/48128160606/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">steven siegel's flickr</a>
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- Stephanie Grisham, whom the Times describes as "Melania Trump’s loyal and sometimes combative communications director," will replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders as White House press secretary.
- Meanwhile, here is a report on Sanders's farewell drinks with some members of the press: "A White House correspondent who resembled a young William Shatner (and didn’t want to be named) took a gulp of beer and said that the night felt like 'the end of a battle, or a decent game of rugby, where at the end of the day you shake hands.'"
- Dave Chappelle has added a second week to his upcoming Broadway residency.
- Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders announced he is resigning today, just as 100 migrant children were moved back into a Texas border facility that days earlier "had been emptied in the midst of criticism that young detainees there were hungry, crying and unwashed."
- Are you a fan of morning cocktails?
- Stranger Things will "takeover" Coney Island from July 4th to 7th to celebrate the new season.
- Here's the first behind-the-scenes glimpse of possibly cursed production of Bond 25.
- How did DeviantArt end up becoming the birthplace for a number of players in the modern extreme-right movement?
- The Times has a depressing followup on the fallout from the Universal Music Group fire.
- A cat in Minnesota is recovering after he got stuck in his family's washing machine for a 35-minute cycle.
- Vulture looks at a cartoonist's six year battle to try to regain ownership of the "This Is Fine" dog meme.
- Boris Johnson has...unusual hobbies.
- A Nebraska man accused of killing and dismembering a 24-year-old woman slashed his throat in court this week while his murder trial was underway.
- Jia Tolentino writes about E. Jean Carroll's accusations against Donald Trump and realizing how far her own "hideosity bar" had been raised.
- This is in the running for best short films of the year.
- And finally, doors are objectively terrifying, so good job buddy:
the third time is a charm
(gaemungchi IG) pic.twitter.com/CnId0zNjrI— Humor And Animals (@humorandanimals) June 23, 2019
