Early Addition: Aw, Glenn Beck Is Trying To Be A Decent Human Being

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Published Nov 7, 2016

Modified Nov 7, 2016

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Ben Yakas

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A women's wheelchair gold medalist got a flat tire yesterday, and NYers helped her out.
The debate over chopped cheese sandwiches and food appropriation gets the NY Times treatment.
A giant Trump effigy was burnt in the UK for Guy Fawkes day.
What is a "Mazel Tov Cocktail" and can we drink it?
The New Yorker reports that Glenn Beck loves Obama, hates Trump, and is trying to be a decent person now that he's in the midst of "a Dadaist time in my life."
Somebody made a real life Butter Robot from Rick and Morty.
You know the country is completely fucked when Trump fans are booing Bruce Springsteen songs at rallies.
Billy Joel is voting for Hillary but doesn't care if he has Trump fans.
Some light reading to start your week: "A Brief History Of Death."
A group of researchers are recording typical NYC sounds to make the city quieter or something.
The rare Slate pitch that is completely right-on: this election really was about the most important issues of our time, namely misogyny, racism and xenophobia.
And finally, these fluffy white-handed gibbons are as freaked out by rats as we are:

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