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- Donald Trump is apparently planning some sort of embarrassing television stunt on Inauguration Day in a desperate attempt to get people to pay attention to him.
- Attorney General William Barr is apparently thinking about stepping down before Trump's term ends.
- Curbed lists out 500 NYC businesses which closed during the pandemic this year.
- There is pressure mounting to get a new stimulus bill passed because more than two dozen previous stimulus programs are set to expire in the coming weeks.
- The Times has a detailed report about former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette union president Mike Fuoco's alleged history of sexual misconduct and the things that helped protect him for years.
- Manhattan Borough President candidate Lindsey Boylan said that working for the governor’s office was the “most toxic team environment” she’d ever experienced.
- Here's how Tulum's Burning Man became a COVID superspreader event, with many attendees bringing the virus back to the U.S.
- Universal Music Publishing Group announced that it has signed a landmark deal to purchase Bob Dylan’s entire songwriting catalog.
- Pitchfork counts down their 100 favorite songs of 2020.
- Vulture gave out some awards for most entertaining quarantine-era work, from January Jones’s Instagram to Gal Gadot's campy "Imagine" video to Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody's good marriage.
- And finally, this is my happy place today:
Published Dec 7, 2020
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