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  • The NY Times takes a sobering look at why vaccines alone are not enough to end the COVID-19pandemic.
  • Following a "purge" at Fox News after the network's Decision Desk called Arizona for Biden, the Washington Post's Margaret Sullivan argues that Fox News "is a hazard to our democracy" and that "it's time to take the fight to the Murdochs."
  • A Queens woman says she was fired after requesting a more flexible schedule from her employer because having two children at home doing remote learning while she was trying to work during a pandemic was driving her to the verge of a "nervous breakdown" like pretty much everyone else with kids.
  • A geologist split open a volcanic rock in Brazil to reveal the exact likeness of the Cookie Monster hidden inside.
  • Someone spent 16 hours photoshopping all of the advertisements out of Times Square. What did you do this weekend?
  • At least 31 officers in 12 states are "being scrutinized by their supervisors for their behavior" in D.C. during the riot at the Capitol, the AP reports.
  • Politico looks at the "perfect storm" of challenges facing new Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with the Times about what it was like working under President Donald Trump.
  • And finally, everyone knows cats are wholly indifferent to humans. What this video presupposes is, maybe they aren't: