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Early Addition: The Biden Administration Is Punishing Employees Who Admitted To SMOKING WEED?


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Published Mar 19, 2021


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  • A bit on the nose: Andrew Cuomo (allegedly) had a dart board with Bill de Blasio's face on it in his pool house.
  • The Osage Nation is hoping that Deb Haaland, the first Native American interior secretary but a known opponent of the fossil fuel industry, will still make it easier to drill for oil on its own land.
  • The Biden administration has sidelined or fired employees who admitted that they've smoked weed.
  • Speaking of narcs, the Times has a long account of the illegal rave scene that's flourished in NYC during the pandemic.
  • Paris is going into lockdown for a month because officials fear a third wave of COVID-19 is coming.
  • For the fourth year in a row, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world.
  • The counterfeit Viagra trade is apparently a $3 billion-a-year industry.
  • Kanye West is now (debatably) the richest Black person in America, after UBS valued his sneaker and clothing enterprises at around $4 billion.
  • The wrestling world is giving props to pro wrestler Britt Baker for spilling a significant amount of REAL blood in a recent rumble.
  • Lana Del Rey has a new album out today and it's pretty good!
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