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Extra, Extra: Trump Will Soon Be Able To Text Message Entire Nation, Enjoy!


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Published Nov 30, 2016

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  • Starting on January 20th, Trump can send unblockable mass text messages to the entire country.
  • A Prince documentary, featuring Mick Jagger, Sheila E and more, is due out in 2017.
  • Madison Square Park will be turned into a giant gingerbread village this month.
  • Political correctness is the true phantom menace.
  • ThinkProgress has an interactive post-election map tracking hate crimes.
  • Last year, Trump told David Letterman he was totally okay with flag burning.
  • FiveThirtyEight asked 8,500 commenters why they do it.
  • Don't drink and drive, or you too will have to listen to Nickelback.
  • The Atlantic on the lasting power of skeeball.
  • The federal government says that pro-tourism "I Love NY" signs are actually illegal.
  • If you ever wanted to learn how to make the prison pasta sauce from Goodfellas, watch this.
  • New Yorkers are raising money to bring electricity-generating bikes (a la Occupy Wall Street) to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
  • This Google Chrome extension replaces "alt-right" with "white supremacy."
  • And finally, this husky has the squishiest cheeks:

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