Extra Extra: A Haunting Look Back At The Worst Twitter Discourses Of 2020

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Published Dec 8, 2020

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FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said today that the agency will decide whether to authorize emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine “shortly after” an advisory committee meets on Thursday: "I want to be really clear with the American people. This is expedited. We're not cutting corners in terms of our assessment. But we know that the work isn't done."
Trump's lawyer Jenna Ellis has reportedly informed associates she tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Supreme Court has rejected a Republican effort to overturn the results of the presidential election in Pennsylvania.
Alfred Molina will play Dr. Octopus once again in the next Spider-Man movie—and rumor has it more major cast members of older Spider-Man films, including Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Emma Stone, may also appear.
Would you risk it all to see a Trey Songz concert in Ohio surrounded by 500 people?
The Times reports that for months, a 21-year-old Trump supporter impersonated Trump family members on Twitter, "spreading conspiracy theories, asking for money and eventually drawing the attention of the president."
Taking a haunting trip through the worst Twitter discourses of 2020 in this thread.
Speaking of haunting, Kellyanne Conway has apparently secured a multimillion-dollar book deal for a tell-all about her time in the Trump administration.
Olivia Jade says she was "ashamed and embarrassed" over the college admissions cheating scandal which landed her parents Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli in prison.
Here is a delightful interview with a 91-year-old man moments after he received the COVID vaccine.
Nigella Lawson saying "microwave" made me laugh more than any comedians lip synching to Trump.
Why do dead fish keep washing up in the Hudson River?
Yo La Tengo will play a virtual Hanukkah show on the last night of Hanukkah this year.
And finally, have you fed your sloth a raspberry today?

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