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Trump Preps Nutty Impeachment Defense as D.C. Ducks

By Sam Brodey, Asawin Suebsaeng, Scott Bixby

“It’s so Trumpian,” one transition official told The Daily Beast. “Only Trump could find a way to make someone else’s first 100 days in office become so much about him.”

She Was Booted From Bumble for Being a Porn Star

By Marlow Stern

Adult actress Bunny Colby was feeling lonely. So she turned to dating apps to try to meet a romantic partner during the pandemic—and that’s where things got messy.

Rule-Breaking Restaurant Next Door Became Their Nightmare

By Amy Martyn

First the city tried shutting off the gas. Then things got weird.

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The Worst People on Facebook Now Want to Ruin Real Life

By The Daily Beast

“You really see the conspiracy theories and the atomization, the disconnection from real people and how you would hopefully behave in a real-life setting. It’s spreading.”

Ex-SNL Star: Trump Loved My Racist ‘Drunk Uncle’ Character

By Matt Wilstein

Bobby Moynihan tells The Last Laugh podcast about Trump’s reaction to SNL’s “Drunk Uncle” and bringing his latest lovable weirdo to life on Tina Fey’s “Mr. Mayor.”

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Partiers Are Renting Luxe Airbnbs in Madrid for Secret Raves

By Benjamin Kemper

It’s the worst kept secret in Spain’s capital city—everybody knows somebody throwing an Airbnb party.

Hawley’s McCarthyist Smear Is a Pure Sample of GOP Bullsh*t

By Michael Tomasky

This is the next phase in the GOP’s war on reality: to make the Democrats seem like the party of violence.

Make the Meatball Sliders That Conquered New York

By Anna Archibald

New York chef Joey Campanaro shares his recipe for meatball and Sunday gravy sliders that have become a staple at his restaurant, the Little Owl.

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1. QAnon Rep Whines: Riot RUINED Our Plot to Overturn Election

POOR ME

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) complained that she “spent weeks” plotting to thwart the objection of Joe Biden’s victory for nothing.

2. WHO Says It’s Found No Evidence COVID Came From Wuhan Lab

‘EXTREMELY UNLIKELY’

The lab-origin theory was fueled by the U.S. State Department under former President Trump, but experts have found no evidence during their China trip.

3. Mary Wilson, Co-Founder of The Supremes, Dies Suddenly at 76

TRAILBLAZER

Just two days ago, Wilson uploaded a video to YouTube to mark Black History Month and announce that she’d soon be releasing new solo material.

4. ICE Ignores Biden, Deports Kids and Babies to Haiti: Report

GONE ROGUE

Late last week, the Biden administration reportedly ordered the suspension of deportation flights to Haiti.

5. QAnon Shaman Says Sorry, Begs for Chance to Turn Life Around

MY BAD

The horn-wearing Jan. 6 rioter disavowed Trump when the former president left office without offering him a pardon, but this is the first time he’s apologized.

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