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- The Senate formally opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump today. Or as Trump put it on Twitter, "I JUST GOT IMPEACHED FOR MAKING A PERFECT PHONE CALL!"
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley revealed today that she has alopecia in a powerful video piece.
- Vice documents a week in the life of an Amazon delivery driver.
- Leslie Jones explained why she left SNL and why she stopped performing at the Comedy Club as a protest against Louis C.K.: “I am at the age when I will get off the boat and get on another damn boat."
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers will stream on Peacock at 8 and 9 p.m. EDT respectively each weeknight starting in July, then air at their normal times on NBC.
- The Wall Street Journal released its annual ranking of major U.S. airlines.
- Stereogum is going independent again, which is fantastic news.
- Thanks to smartphones, every place can easily become every other. Everywhere is everywhere!
- The Mets have parted ways with manager Carlos Beltran because of his role in the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal.
- The NY Post is generally awful, but credit where credit's due, because this is basically art: "Meet the hot milkman driving NYC ladies to drink — milk."
- Ben & Jerry's has introduced a Netflix & Chilll’d flavor featuring "a peanut butter ice cream with sweet and salty pretzel swirls and fudge brownies!"
- And finally, who wouldn't want to be wrapped up like this:
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