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- The "highlights" from the opening night of the Republican National Convention included Kim Guilfoyle screaming at the camera and just tons and tons of unrelenting lies about Trump.
- Jacob Blake, the man who was shot by police in Kenosha this weekend, is currently paralyzed from the waist down.
- Experts say that the FDA "grossly misrepresented data" about blood plasma for hospitalized COVID-19 patients because of pressure from the Trump administration.
- On top of that, Trump's constant complaints about the FDA impeding trials for coronavirus vaccines is completely false: Nineteen potential vaccines, most of them being developed by U.S. and Chinese companies, are in either Stage 2 or Stage 3 clinical trials.
- Neighbors are complaining about an underground dance club in Bushwick where maskless partying has been happening.
- Well I know what my next job is going to be: opening a pizza farm.
- The original cast of The West Wing is reuniting for a benefit special on HBO Max this fall.
- Vulture has an excellent interview with Michaela Coel about the brilliant ending of I May Destroy You.
- NJ is considering giving out $1,000 state-financed nest egg to children born in the state, aka "baby bonds," to try to narrow a widening wealth gap.
- Listen to Big Sean's very good new single "Deep Reverence,” which posthumously features Nipsey Hussle.
- And finally, self-awareness is a heckuva thing:
Published Aug 25, 2020
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