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- Several Senate Republicans are finally starting to speak up that Joe Biden should "at least be given access to the President’s Daily Brief."
- Leaks from inside the White House indicate that Trump knows he lost the election fairly and has no chance of staying in office, and yet he still refuses to concede.
- Corey Lewandowski has become the latest Trump advisor to test positive for coronavirus.
- Passengers on SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream I, the first cruise line to go to the Caribbean since the start of the pandemic, are currently being quarantined at sea because of a COVID outbreak.
- Stacey Abrams is reportedly planning to run for governor of Georgia again in 2022.
- Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were apparently asked to withdraw their kids from the Jewish day school they attend in DC because parents at the school were concerned the couple were not being safe about COVID after being "seen at events not complying with the coronavirus protocols that Milton demanded of its parents."
- The MTA has issued a whopping 10 summonses to straphangers who weren't wearing masks in the system.
- Grub Street has a lovely ode to Chhapte Sherpa, the so-called "Lox Sherpa" of Russ & Daughters, who died by suicide earlier in the week.
- A massive "dinosaur-like alligator" was spotted prowling the lawn of a Florida golf club this week.
- The Weeknd will headline the Super Bowl LV Halftime Show in February.
- Megan Thee Stallion announced that her debut album Good News will be out next Friday.
- And finally, look at this freak! Where does he get off?!
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