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The Biden Presidency Already Has Its First Conspiracy Theory

By Will Sommer

Usually, you become president before the crazy starts. But Biden still has weeks to go till he assumes office.

No Pardon Can Save Trump’s Terrible Thanksgiving

By Margaret Carlson

This guy’s gonna have the GOP wrapped around his finger for four years? Please. The show is on its last leg.

Tab Is Officially Dead, and So Is My Freaky 1970s Childhood

By Molly Jong-Fast

So at the same moment in history, Coca-Cola kills Tab, and my mother is selling our shag-carpeted 1970s house. Coincidence? I didn’t take it that way.

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The Best Thanksgiving Movie You’ve Probably Never Heard of

By Emily Shire

The stars and writers of the underrated indie remember its four diverse (and dysfunctional) families’ Thanksgivings—and the urgent lessons the movie holds for us 20 years later.

Trump Begins to Fear Life Without Presidential Power

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Sam Stein

While Trump publicly tries to get momentum for his push to “turn the election over,” he has fretted privately about prosecutors wanting to “f*ck with” him post-presidency.

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Mehdi Hasan Is Sick of ‘Racist’ Bill Maher’s Nonsense

By Marlow Stern

The host of Peacock’s ‘The Mehdi Hasan Show’ talks to Marlow Stern about the anti-Muslim hate he’s faced, Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept debacle, and a certain Islamophobic HBO host.

What is Putin’s Endgame With Americans Detained in Russia?

By Amy Knight

The investor Michael Calvey and former U.S. Marines Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed could prove to be valuable bargaining chips for Russia under a Biden administration.

These COVID Hypocrites Preach Safety, Then Gamble With Lives

By Michael Daly

Around the same time he was pleading with the public to “stay home,” Michael Hancock was passing through the Thanksgiving crowds of an “extremely dangerous” airport.

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1. Physicians Fear ‘Darkest Days’ of Pandemic Post-Thanksgiving

THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT

The holiday season couldn’t really have come at a worse time—the U.S. reported 2,046 deaths Wednesday, the highest one-day coronavirus death toll since May.

2. Trump Retweets Rep. Matt Gaetz Urging Him to Pardon Himself

‘BLOODLUST RADICAL LEFT’

“President Trump should pardon Michael Flynn. He should pardon the Thanksgiving turkey,” the Republican representative said on Fox News.

3. Our Favorite Streaming Stick Is on Sale for Black Friday

BLACK FRIDAY 2020

Stream to your heart’s content.

4. NYPD Sergeant Charged With Shooting Man He Found With Wife

DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE

The 12-year-veteran opened fire after an altercation with the personal trainer.

5. Supreme Court Blocks NY COVID Occupancy Limits on Churches

LET US PRAY

Justice Amy Coney Barrett cast the deciding vote in the 5-4 decision.

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