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- Update: pandemic is still not over, won't be for awhile, 90 percent of Americans are still susceptible to getting sick, hold off on "mission accomplished" banner.
- The Atlantic reports that Trump secretly mocks his Christian supporters: "Former aides told me they’ve heard Trump ridicule conservative religious leaders, dismiss various faith groups with cartoonish stereotypes, and deride certain rites and doctrines held sacred by many of the Americans who constitute his base."
- The Ringer has an oral history of the incredible Christopher Guest classic Best In Show.
- How will Fox News frame the Election Day narrative for their incredibly loyal viewership?
- Vice has a modest proposal: maybe we should all hibernate through the rest of COVID.
- Deerhoof surprise-released cover album Love-Lore yesterday, which features them covering 43 songs in about 35 minutes.
- A man was spotted dumping over 100 live eels into the Prospect Park lake on Sunday night.
- Since the start of the pandemic, the opioid crisis has gotten worse, with more than 40 states seeing increases in overdoses.
- The Brooklyn Book Festival, which has gone entirely digital this year, is happening this week.
- Police raided an indoor wedding in Woodside, Queens, where nearly 300 guests were in attendance.
- Andrew Bird covers John Cale's classic "Andalucia" for an upcoming Christmas-themed album.
- And finally, this dog thinks he's an actor:
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