Being illegal definitely wont make this sexier.
Being illegal definitely won't make this sexier. HAZEMMKAMAL / GETTY IMAGES

BREAKING: Dad is going to talk! Or at least just stand before Congress and point to his report after every question he gets asked. Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees on July 17. Chairman Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler just announced the news. “We look forward to hearing his testimony, as do all Americans," they added. Impeach The Mother Fucker Already, I added.

Hickenlooper is more well-known than Jay Inslee: According to a survey published in the New York Times. The Times has kept track of which names of Democratic presidential candidates registered Democrats have heard, and the only change has been
 Pete Buttigieg, who has seen a surge in recognition. The Times concludes that the "first six months of the Democratic primary have brought only one deep change: Pete Buttigieg has emerged as a well-known contender." Only one deep change? Have you met the #YangGang?

If a man is what he eats: Then Joe Biden is "angel hair pomodoro, a caprese salad, topped off with raspberry sorbet with biscotti" followed by "Coke Zero, Regular Coke, Orange Gatorade and black coffee." That's what Biden requires to be in his dressing room during his paid speaking gigs, reports The Washington Post. I don't think anything screams "Grandpa Joe" more than angel hair pomodoro.

San Francisco is the first US city to ban e-cigarettes: This seems... profoundly stupid. The city has banned e-cigarette sales until their "health effects are clearer." The city is home to Juul Labs, and Juul has said the move will only create a black market for the product. Anti-vaping activists have celebrated this move, saying that vaping can encourage kids to use cigarettes. I'm sure the vapers are pissed.

The Oregon climate bill is dead: Thanks in part to Republicans fleeing to Idaho. Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney said today that the climate bill is dead because there is a lack of votes. "House Bill 2020 does not have the votes on the Senate floor,” Courtney said. “That will not change.” There are still a host of other bills to vote on before a June 30 deadline. It is unclear when Republicans will return to the Capitol. "Are [Senate Republicans] against climate change legislation or are they against democracy?" Oregon Governor Kate Brown said in a statement. "If they are not back by Wednesday afternoon, we will know the answer."

Jim Brunner: He's funny?

Maybe one day soon we'll be known more for Amazon than for grunge: As Seattle Met wrote today: Silicon Valley who? (Ugh, it pains me to type that.) A handful of new reports have verified what we already know: Techies have conquered Seattle. Tech jobs make up 42 percent of all office jobs in the Seattle area, writes Seattle Met, and a recent report from "Business.org" states Seattleites have the third highest tech salaries in the whole country.

Click here if you want to be wrecked: God, this is sad.

Climate change activists are camping out on the steps of DNC HQ: Early this morning members of the Sunrise Movement, the group that helped shine a big bright light on the Green New Deal, started protesting in front of the Democratic National Committee’s offices. They want the DNC to hold a debate on climate change. DNC head honcho Tom Perez is against it. Perez has said that reserving one of the official debates for a discussion about the greatest existential threat to the world would be “impractical.” This protest comes one day before the first democratic debates of this dreadful election cycle kick off. Protestors say they’re prepared to stay their all night long, all night.


Major snack delivery alert: As shrewd Slog PM readers will remember from last week, all of us here at Stranger World Headquarters are in the middle of endorsement meetings for the candidates running for office this fall in Seattle and King County. Candidates are encouraged to bribe the Stranger Election Control Board (SECB) members with food and, after a day-off of SECB meetings yesterday, we were satiated by incumbent Councilmember Debora Juarez's soft pretzels from Kaffeeklatsch Seattle, a big growler from Elliot Bay Brewing, and a small growler and 4-pack from Hellbent Brewery (which Lester Black, The Stranger's premier drunk, says is the best brewery in Juarez's D5). HOWEVER, it's important to note that she did not bring in the snacks herself. She had a surprise aide, who was waiting in the receptionist's lobby, deliver the SECB's snacks in a REFRIGERATED PURSE after the meeting was over. Juarez did not sully her hands with the treats. But she didn't skimp, either. (The crew promoting the King County Parks Levy also brought a box of Cupcake Royale mini cupcakes.)

A man fleeing a state trooper tried to jump from one part of Highway 520 bridge to another: And fell 60 feet into Lake Washington. And then, after that, county jail, according to Seattle Times. The driver appeared to be drunk.

Move over Nicole Brodeur: There's a new pooch in town. I'll be guest judging the Seattle Humane society's Doggie Drag Pageant this Saturday at Cal Anderson for Capitol Hill's PrideFest. In past years, Seattle Times columnist Nicole Brodeur has hosted, but this year I'll be taking the stage, along with longtime Doggie Drag Pageant judge/host, drag queen DonnaTella Howe. Yes, we're talking about actual dogs here. Not gay pups.

Did you miss the Mueller Report LIVE! last night?: Don't worry, it was sort of boring. Also, an even more epic version will happen in Seattle in July, where over 100 local actors, journalists, and activists will be spending 24 hours reading the Mueller Report LIVE at Town Hall.

I know I've already mentioned it but did you know that debates start tomorrow: They're starting tomorrow. The debates? Tomorrow, and then the next tomorrow. How many times will Jay Inslee say "climate change"? Will it be more or less than the number of times Warren says "plan"? And will that be more or less than the number of times Beto will stand on his lectern?

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