1. Over 100 Anti-Trump Ex-GOPers Plot Breakaway Party: Reuters

  SINKING SHIP 

Some 120 powerful former Republicans gathered together on a Zoom call last Friday to discuss how to wrestle power away from Donald Trump.

2. Forty Percent of U.S. COVID Deaths Were Avoidable: Lancet

 ‘INEPT AND INSUFFICIENT’ 

The new study rips into former President Donald Trump, saying he resoundingly failed his pandemic test and “brought misfortune to the USA and the planet.”

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4. Biden Calls China’s Xi 11 Months After Trump Cut Off Contact

 WE NEED TO TALK 

According to the White House, Biden told Xi that his administration won’t accept China’s human-rights abuses and expansionism.

5. Springsteen Only Had One Tequila Shot Before DWI Arrest: NYP

 BRUCE JUICE 

The Asbury Park Press has reported Springsteen’s blood-alcohol content was 0.02—a quarter of New Jersey’s legal limit of 0.08.

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 EASY HARD PANTS 

Hard pants are over. These are the only jeans worth wearing anyway.

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7. Doc Charged With Stealing Vax Says He Gave Shots to At-Risk

 THE OTHER SIDE 

The doctor said the vial he’s accused of stealing was about to spoil, so he scrambled to give shots to vulnerable people he could find before that deadline.

8. Barr Rejected Officer’s Guilty Plea for Floyd Killing: NYT

 JUSTICE, DEFERRED 

The former attorney general believed a plea deal would be seen as too lenient and too hasty without an investigation.

9. Epstein Victims Forced Into Marriages, Fearing ‘Harm’: AG

 ‘EPSTEIN ENTERPRISE’ 

Citing “newly obtained information,” the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands leveled some disturbing allegations against the executors of Epstein’s estate.

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10. Trump Sneers at Searing Videos of MAGA Mob

 JUST GREAT 

The former president was in a “really good mood” on Wednesday, an adviser said.

11. Rep. Van Duyne ‘Shocked’ as Man Takes Own Life at Her Home

 ‘SHOCKED AND SADDENED’ 

Texas law enforcement hasn’t determined any link between the congresswoman and the man, and it’s not known how he gained access to the gated community.

12. Tokyo Olympics Prez to Resign for Misogynistic Statements

 DONE TALKING 

Yoshiro Mori said at a Japanese Olympic Committee meeting that women talk too much.

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13. Will Atlanta Cheer Tournament Be 40,000-Person Petri Dish?

 RAH (COUGH) RAH 

Experts say it has the hallmarks of a superspreader.

14. Shia LaBeouf Goes Scorched Earth on FKA Twigs Suit

 REVERSING COURSE 

The actor previously said in statements, “I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years.” Now he wants his ex-girlfriend to pay his legal fees.

15. Instagram Bans America’s Worst Anti-Vaxxer

 GOOD RIDDANCE 

Kennedy shared lies about the coronavirus vaccine many times to his 800,000 followers.

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