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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!
- And finally, vibe on, you two:
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