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Extra Extra: Here Are A Couple Important Articles You Should Read


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Published Dec 10, 2019


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  • Read the full articles of impeachment against Trump (there are two so far), alongside context and analysis.
  • Trump's team tweeted a video of Trump-as-Thanos, which, honestly, seems apt!
  • An adaptation of Michael Chabon’s acclaimed novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is coming to Showtime.
  • An Instagrammer has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a violent "madcap scheme" to try to hijack a domain name by gunpoint.
  • Quentin Tarantino said Kill Bill: Vol. 3 might be in the cards.
  • Here's an interesting story about how "a 67-cent pack of Juicy Fruit, and a guy who said no, changed the way we shopped."
  • Trump has paid $2 million in court-ordered damages for misusing funds in a tax-exempt charity he controlled, the New York attorney general said today.
  • New federal legislation against robocalls is on the brink of being signed into law.
  • The greatest mystery of 2019: who is putting cute tiny cowboy hats on these pigeons?
  • Vulture spoke to Laura Wasser, the divorce attorney who was likely the inspiration for Laura Dern's character in Marriage Story.
  • You aren't really alive until you click on this bullshit sponcon quiz and find out whether you are An Old.
  • And finally, that's the spot:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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