1. Thanksgiving Travel Only Off 5 Percent From Last Year: Study

  WHAT DEADLY PANDEMIC? 

Ignoring all health warnings, road travel surged, and airports screened more than one million passengers on four separate days during the Thanksgiving period.

2. Trump Fears Pardon Spree Might Make Him Look Guilty: Report

 YOU DON’T SAY 

Some presidential advisers reportedly fear that giving out too many last-minute pardons could harm a future election run.

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4. America’s Worst COVID Day, Again: 205,557 Cases, 2,804 Dead

 WORSE AND WORSE 

The nation also set a new record for the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, with 100,667 people receiving treatment.

5. CIA Won’t Say if China Really Churning Out Captain Americas

 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 

The Director of National Intelligence casually claimed that Beijing is carrying out “human testing” on troops to create soldiers with “biologically enhanced capabilities.”

6. I Save Valuable Space With These Collapsible Measuring Cups

 SAVE SOME SPACE 

Collapsible measuring cups made of food-grade silicone save space and go where other measuring cups can’t.

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7. Idaho’s Anti-Handout Lt. Guv Got $300K From COVID Program

 ‘CONSERVATIVE CREDENTIALS’ 

Three months later, she wrote an op-ed blasting those who support government bailouts.

8. Trump’s Post-Election Grift Has Raked in Over $200 Million

 DOWN THE DRAIN 

The president has raised $207.5 million since his team started bombarding supporters with scare stories about voter fraud despite a complete lack of evidence.

9. DOJ Scrutinized GOP Funder, Kushner Lawyer in Pardon Probe

 TANGLED WEB 

The suspected plot involved a San Francisco billionaire making “a substantial political contribution” and contact with the White House counsel’s office.

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10. Biden: I Don’t Personally Care if Trump Attends Inauguration

 SHRUG 

Biden said it was important in the sense that it will show a “peaceful transfer of power with the competing parties standing there, shaking hands, and moving on.”

11. Biden Says He’ll Ask Everyone to Wear Masks for 100 Days

 ‘NOT FOREVER’ 

President-elect Joe Biden also said Dr. Fauci will stay on in his current role.

12. Group Chanting ‘Christ Is King’ Tears Down Calif. Monolith

 NO FUN 

“The Monolith was something unique and fun in an otherwise stressful time,” said the mayor of the town where the monolith appeared.

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13. Tenants Sue Trump, Alleging Decade-Long Rent Inflation

 LONG CON? 

Tenants at more than 30 former Trump family buildings say their landlords boosted the cost of materials for improvements, which increased rents.

14. Swedish Mom Didn’t Lock Up Son for 28 Years: Cops

 ACTUALLY, IT’S FINE 

Though the 40-something man was found in a dire state, authorities say his injuries were the result of sickness rather than intentional harm.

15. Sen. Perdue Made Medical Stock Deals During Opioid Hearings

 CONFLICT=INTEREST 

In 2016, Perdue invested in a company that sold “pain management alternatives to opioids.”

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