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- Trump is in a Twitter war with Rev. Al Sharpton now, impotently lashing out that Sharpton "Hates Whites & Cops."
- The New Yorker has a deep dive piece on Alan Dershowitz, including his history of defending men accused of crimes against women and his belief that men should not be punished for having sex with minors as young as 15.
- The Times takes a closer look at donations Gov. Cuomo has received from MTA contractors.
- The MTA is proposing eliminating special holiday service on commuter rails.
- John Oliver roasted the UK over the election of Boris Johnson on Last Week Tonight.
- How did "developer" become such a dirty term?
- The Trump administration is trying to gut the free school meals program, and they left that out of their formal proposal.
- The Ringer is celebrating '99 with lists of the best singles and albums of that year.
- Eric Trump's YouTube playlist is very depressing.
- The woman who invented gender reveal parties thinks they've gone too far—and the child she once welcomed with a pink-frosted cake is now 10 and non-binary.
- It is all but a foregone conclusion that the Fast & Furious saga will eventually head to space.
- And finally, something's wrong with this pasta?!

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