Early Addition: Anti-Vaxxers Are Staging "Sit-Ins" At Cheesecake Factory & Panera Bread In NYC

James Ramsay

Published Dec 21, 2021

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James Ramsay

Published Dec 21, 2021

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The White House said yesterday that it plans to buy half a billion at-home COVID tests and mail them to anyone who wants one, beginning in January.
Somebody mailed the City College of New York in Harlem a box of $180,000 in cash several months ago with a lovely but anonymous note explaining that it's a donation to help physics and math students. The box sat idle in a mail room for a while, then got examined by the feds to make sure it was not stolen money — all while CUNY tried and failed to figure out who sent this money. But administrators officially voted to accept the donation!
Anti-vaxxers are terrorizing Cheesecake Factory, Applebee's and Panera Bread locations in New York City, staging "sit-ins" to protest vaccination mandates.
Donald Trump stands by Melania's blood red Christmas trees.
United Mine Workers of America International, the country's largest coal miners' union, now wants Sen. Joe Manchin to support the Build Back Better bill because it contains a bunch of things that'll make life better for ailing or out-of-work miners.
This mom is correct, holiday M&Ms (the red and green ones) taste better because they're fresher.
We're really doing JNCOs again, I guess.
If Emily in Paris makes you mad, one Variety critic would like you to calm down.
And finally, the king of the winter Solstice:

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