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  1. 44 minutes ago

    Why it matters: The coronavirus can wreak havoc on your health and your life even if it doesn't kill you — which also means that looking only at the death rate is not a good way to take the full measure of this pandemic.

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    22 hours ago

    Corona Virus explained in craft terms: you and 9 friends are crafting. 1 is using glitter. How many projects have glitter?

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  3. 1 hour ago

    Every time there’s a Joe Rogan Discourse I can’t help but immediately, involuntarily say “I’m gonna tell you something about me, Joe Rogan, that you might not know. I smoke rocks.”

    What Chappelle’s Show quote do you randomly say out loud?
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  4. 12 hours ago

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  5. 12 hours ago

    Every day a few more people who went to bed simply wishing that their weird made-up bullshit was true wake up under some kind of spell that convinces them adding word “legally” to their weird made-up bullshit will make it true.

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  6. 17 hours ago

    who could have possibly foreseen this

    JUST IN: The ship's captain announces 5 people have tested positive for on SeaDream 1, the first cruise ship to embark on a voyage in the Caribbean since the shut down the cruise industry.
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  7. 22 hours ago

    I have been a stick in the mud about this for a long time but seriously, indoor dining is an incredibly hard policy to justify, IMO

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    Nov 12

    TOMORROW @ 12:30pm ET: Join for a conversation on the future of health care in America with (D-Minn.) and President presented by REGISTER:

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    Nov 9

    I don’t think we spent enough time appreciating just how truly stupid the stock market is

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  10. Nov 10

    NEW: Supreme Court arguments just concluded, and the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions appear to be safe

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  11. Nov 10

    Put "We spent all that time talking about broccoli for nothing?” on my tombstone

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  12. Nov 10

    Roberts, asking about why the mandate is now disposable when it was seen as so essential in 2010 and in the 2012 case: “Why the bait and switch? … We spent all that time talking about broccoli for nothing?”

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  13. Nov 10

    Thinkin’ we’re going to go long today …

    Again, we're six justices in, and still no questions on the merits. A surprise, and raises the question of whether the Chief will allow another round of questions on the merits. /13
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  14. Nov 10

    The argument right now is about whether Texas and other red states have standing to bring this suit at all. If no one has to pay a penalty, what’s the harm? Texas has cited other responsibilities it faces under the ACA but, as CA is arguing, those still stand even w/o the mandate

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  15. Nov 10

    For the third time in 8 years, the Supreme Court is now getting underway with oral arguments that could dismantle the Affordable Care Act. You can listen here: And here is what to listen for:

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    Nov 10

    🎧 Today: ⁦⁦⁩ is happy but still gives us a vaccine reality check; ⁦⁩ on govt employees being told “the election isn’t over”, and polling fails with ⁦⁩

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  17. Nov 9

    Y’all misspelled “LeVar Burton,” the beginning and end of this conversation.

    George Stephanopoulos eyes late Alex Trebek's 'Jeopardy!' host gig
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  18. Nov 9

    Big Kid Rock fans over there, I guess.

    BREAKING: Eli Lilly’s Covid-19 antibody therapy gets emergency FDA clearance, widening access to a treatment that early data show can keep some patients out of hospital. The drug is called bamlanivimab.
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    Nov 9

    the next host of jeopardy should be a dumb guy who is surprised by the answers

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  20. Nov 9

    Almost certainly correct.

    I just got off the call with Ben Carson who tells me after having a fever of 101 he now feels "terrific." When asked where he thinks he contracted Covid, he said: “Probably somewhere, out there in the universe.”
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