Extra Extra: You Have No Good Car Ideas, But 2019 Had Some Very Good Memes

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A long-awaited report from the Justice Department's inspector general debunked Trump’s accusations that former F.B.I. leaders engaged in a politicized conspiracy to sabotage him, though it did find fault with the F.B.I.’s handling of a wiretap application.
Despite that, Attorney General William Barr sharply criticized the F.B.I.’s decision to open the Russia investigation, "undercutting a major finding in a long-awaited watchdog report and at the same time showing his willingness to act as President Trump’s vocal defender."
The Ringer looks back at the best memes of 2019.
The Outline looks back at the worst takes of the 2010s.
Not only do Staten Island pols want to secede from NYC—they want to divide the state into three regions (New York City; “Montauk,” containing Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland counties; and “New Amsterdam” for all of upstate). And the cherry on top? They want to be part of New Amsterdam, not Montauk: “I don’t think we would align with the Montauk region.”
How do we deal with chronic pain without turning to opioids?
MindMed is a company that’s taking psychedelic drugs and turning them into medicine—they claim their first drug has the potential to turn a person’s addictions off like a light switch.
A woman wore a "Hail Satan" T-shirt on a plane. You'll never believe what happened next (they told her to change her shirt or get off the plane, and then had to apologize).
The only good thing to ever happen at Vessel is this video of the Harlem Globetrotters doing trick shots there.
The relationship between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson is not great, Bob.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus says that SNL was a mess behind-the-scenes when she was there: "I was unbelievably naive and I didn’t really understand how the dynamics of the place worked. It was very sexist, very sexist," she said. "It was a pretty brutal time, but it was a very informative time for me."
Forget it Jake, it's Karentown.
And finally, this is what it looks like when me and the boys hit the town on a Friday night:

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