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- CNN reports that US investigators have corroborated some aspects of the Trump Blackmail Dossier.
- BuzzFeed has a story on the man who saw Trump coming.
- The Atlantic has a piece on neoreactionaries and the anti-Democracy movement, including "a big underground movement of right-wing bodybuilders [who'll do] a choreographed flash demo on the Mall. They'll be totally nude, but wearing MAGA hats. Goal is to intimidate Congress with pure masculine show of youth, energy."
- Andrew Sullivan has a new recurring blog/column, and this week's is on how Trump's lies are direct refutations of reality.
- Learn about the online support group for people obsessed with their exes.
- Scientists have a new understanding of the purpose of depression.
- Indie rock: the debate!
- Indiana politicians are quietly undoing Pence's worst legislative decisions.
- A Pot Sasquatch was spotted during yesterday's snowstorm.
- After his terrifying handshake with Japanese PM Shinzō Abe today, the Washington Post has a history Trump's weirdly aggressive handshakes.
- Did you know that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song for the Harry Potter movies?
- Here's a very good complementary piece to the important documentary The 13th all about the connection between slavery and the prison system.
- And finally, this dog can't wait to open its present:
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