Early Addition: Someone Designed An Uncomfortable Toilet To 'Improve Employee Productivity'

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Published Dec 18, 2019

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It took a three person team over a week to produce Trump's unhinged letter to Nancy Pelosi, even though it ended up reading like an average rant on Trump's Twitter account.
The NY Times Magazine reports on how Wayne LaPierre is battling for control of the NRA.
The full reviews for Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker are here, and they're not specifically too good.
Rain Dove, a nonbinary model and LGBTQ activist, admitted to selling TMZ incriminating private text messages from Asia Argento, falsely claiming to have graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and being a firefighter.
Pete Wells looks at eight ways restaurants have changed in the last decade.
From now on, only 10-year-olds should be allowed to interview John Mulaney.
Great, somebody designed an uncomfortable toilet to stop employees from "wasting time" at work.
A Manhattan judge tossed the mortgage fraud case against Paul Manafort on the grounds of double jeopardy.
Here's our first brief glimpse at Christopher Nolan's mysterious next film, Tenet.
A 60 Minutes producer has sued CBS for alleged retaliation over her complaint about "a sexually offensive photograph" her boss texted to her.
Kanye West is bringing his "opera" Mary to Lincoln Center this Sunday.
And finally, have you ever stopped your car in the middle of traffic to introduce your dog to another dog?

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