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  • Donald Trump "explained" his reason for declaring Florida his permanent residence on Twitter: "I love New York, but New York can never be great again under the current leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo (the brother of Fredo), or Mayor Bill DeBlasio...NYC is getting dirty & unsafe again, as our great police are being disrespected, even with water dumped on them, because a Mayor and Governor just don’t 'have their backs.' New York’s Finest must be cherished, respected and loved. Too many prople are leaving our special New York. Great leaders would work with a President and Federal Government that wants our wonerful City and State to flourish and thrive. I Love New York!"
  • The NY Times Magazine has a very heavy story about the man training Iraq’s first generation of psychologists.
  • Beto O'Rourke has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race.
  • The Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse sequel is coming in April 8th, 2022.
  • A rising star sommelier currently working at Nolita restaurant the Usual is being accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in the wine world.
  • Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged fixer Ghislaine Maxwell was reportedly a guest at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ secretive writers’ retreat last year.
  • Check out the first teaser trailer for Hunters, executive producer Jordan Peele's upcoming series starring Al Pacino about Nazi hunters in NY.
  • The first replacement writer hired at Deadspin wrote his first post then immediately quit.
  • Steven Hayes, who was convicted of a deadly 2007 home invasion and triple murder in Connecticut, is receiving hormone therapy in prison as part of a gender transition.
  • Rage Against The Machine are reuniting next year for a bunch of shows.
  • Jane Fonda is very good at convincing her celebrity friends to get arrested at climate change protests.
  • The Mets plan to hire former star Carlos Beltran as their new manager.
  • And finally, these little critters have gotten a jumpstart on the weekend: