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- Trump decided to push Defense Secretary Jim Mattis out two months early because people were mocking Trump on TV.
- Seinfeld2000 aired his grievances about the Curb Your Enthusiasm meme to the New York Times.
- ICYMI, a 2011 documentary clip of Chris Rock, Louis C.K., Ricky Gervais and Jerry Seinfeld talking comedy (and using the N-word) got a lot of attention on Twitter this weekend.
- These people tried teaching AI to write a Christmas movie, and much confusion and hilarity ensued.
- In a wild downturn from previous administrations, the Ben Carson-led HUD has basically stopped performing investigations into housing discrimination.
- Sacha Baron Cohen talked about the making of Who Is America? and some of the extreme stuff that didn't make it into the show.
- The Women's March organization sounds like a complete mess as "charges of anti-Semitism are now roiling the movement and overshadowing plans for more marches next month."
- Google could end up scoring millions in tax breaks in downtown Manhattan thanks to bad state laws.
- Heather Parry, president of Live Nation’s film and TV division Live Nation Productions, has been put on a leave of absence following allegations of abuse made by Live Nation employees.
- How did eating Chinese food become a Jewish-American tradition?
- The major bank CEOs were "totally baffled" and taken aback after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin got them all on a call this weekend.
- Running a cooperative restaurant in NYC that prioritized equality and better wages for workers unfortunately didn't work out for NoHo restaurant Colors.
- Every Robert Zemeckis movie, ranked.
- And finally, it's a holiday surprise:
wait for a surprise pic.twitter.com/mpODivV66o
— Puppies 🐶 (@PopularPups) December 24, 2018
