Extra Extra: In Defense Of Dad Jokes, A Dad Makes Jokes

June 12, 2019, 5:20 p.m.

Because Trump invoked executive privilege, check out today's end-of-day links: 'All Star' oral history, 9/11 Victim's Fund vote, Dad jokes, Mount Everest drone pics, and dog fails at being sheepdog.

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  • Jon Stewart gets results: a House panel passed a bill today to authorize additional funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund until 2090.
  • Trump invoked executive privilege to block disclosure of crucial documents about how a citizenship question was added to the 2020 census, while a House committee voted to recommend that two cabinet secretaries be held in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the probe.
  • A man used Snapchat’s “gender switch” filter to pose as a 16-year-old girl online, and took down a police officer allegedly looking to hook up.
  • Are Americans the worst patients in the world?
  • A bunch of "tech titans" had a retreat in Italy, but seemingly forgot to invite any women...so of course they then photoshopped women into a photo of the event.
  • Somebody once told me this is the oral history of Smash Mouth's "All Star" you need.
  • Stanford University’s former sailing coach was sentenced to just one day behind bars for his role in a massive college admissions scandal.
  • Check out some high altitude drone photos of Mount Everest.
  • The Times writes in defense of Dad jokes, truly the highest art form.
  • Billionaire Howard Schultz has suspended his much-mocked presidential campaign for the summer.
  • Why is Jessica Biel lobbying California lawmakers alongside anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
  • Netflix says that When They See Us has been the "most-watched series on Netflix in the US every day since it premiered on May 31."
  • And finally, this dog is very bad at being a sheepdog, but very good at being a good dog: