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  • Along with announcing positive early results from its coronavirus vaccine trial, Pfizer also immediately distanced itself from Trump's Operation Warp Speed, "noting that the company — unlike the other vaccine front-runners — did not take any federal money to help pay for research and development."
  • With surging COVID-19 cases and a lack of leadership at the federal level, President-elect Joe Biden will likely be entering office with things even worse than now.
  • Biden has already announced the group of public health experts that will make up his coronavirus advisory board, including actual scientists and health experts!
  • Axios reports that Trump will refuse to concede, and instead hold "campaign-style rallies" and falsely brandish obituaries of people "who supposedly voted but are dead" in an attempt to cast doubt on the election results.
  • The man who was a featured witness at Rudy Giuliani's absurd press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping this weekend is a registered sex offender convicted of "exposing himself to two girls ages 7 and 11."
  • The Washington Post has a sweeping overview of how Biden defeated Trump, and how Trump helped sabotage his own hopes for a second term—and much of it was encapsulated in their disparate responses to the pandemic.
  • How are things going inside the NY Times? "A reporter who identified as 'young Gen X' warned me about 'toxic millennial workplace values,' while a millennial complained about the masthead’s tortured relationship to social media by arguing that 'boomer is a mind-set.'"
  • Here's what Biden's win could mean for NYC, including another much-needed federal stimulus, a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River and more.
  • The St. Louis couple seen pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their mansion over the summer are now suing a news photographer for trespassing.
  • Five places in NYC were named among a new list of the 50 best bars in the world.
  • And finally, have you trained your dog to do anything useful like this: