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Finding Ronan Farrow's voices in 2020

Hanh Nguyen

Reading while I jog or do chores? Great! But also, give me all the random voices and accents while you're at it

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"Kentucky Route Zero": A masterpiece

Keith A. Spencer

The video game "Kentucky Route Zero" is a 21st century merger of a Southern Gothic and magical realist novel

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Yes, I got engaged in this hellish year

Nicole Karlis

A good year is simply when it ends with the people you love still there

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This year, we conquered breakfast

Justin Pelofsky, Alex Wittenberg

The pandemic forced both of us to slow down and crack the morning meal code

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During a dark year, a dream realized

Mary Elizabeth Williams

I wouldn't be in my master's program — a dream I've long deferred — without the pandemic rearranging my life

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Good TV kept me company this year

Chauncey DeVega

In my kinder and gentler personal version of Cronenberg's "Videodrome," my favorite shows kept me company at home

Group of friends in masks praying over Thanksgiving table at home (Getty Images)

America's escape from reality

David Masciotra

Donald Trump's delusions and conspiracy theories are only one aspect of a distinctive American bias against reality

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he prepares to give the National Thanksgiving Turkey a presidential pardon during the traditional event in the Rose Garden of the White House November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

It's a good Thanksgiving after all

Alan D. Blotcky, Seth D. Norrholm

So much went wrong in 2020. There has been death, suffering and immense anxiety. But our nation will be stronger

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How to be alone on Thanksgiving

Nicole Karlis

Millions of Americans will be having Thanksgiving alone thanks to the pandemic

Johnny Flynn as David Bowie in "Stardust" (IFC Films)

"Stardust" somehow makes Bowie boring

Gary M. Kramer

Ground Control to Major Tom: Your biopic's dead; there's something wrong

Former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn leaves after the delay in his sentencing hearing at US District Court in Washington, DC, December 18, 2018. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

President Trump pardons Michael Flynn

Eric W. Dolan - Raw Story

Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts. Trump says it’s his “Great Honor” to pardon him

Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary, Department of the Treasury (Toni L. Sandys-Pool/Getty Images)

Mnuchin's "sabotage" may be "illegal"

Igor Derysh

A watchdog says Mnuchin’s move violated the Cares Act. Democrats call it downright "corrupt"

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Tips for cooking in your tiny kitchen

Ashlie D. Stevens

The biggest tip? Clean as you go (trust us)

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

How Thanksgiving parade differs in 2020

Michael Schneider - Variety

This year's parade drops spectators and young participants as it adjusts to COVID limitations

Morgan Wallen performs onstage at Nashville’s Music City Center for “The 54th Annual CMA Awards” (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for CMA)

"SNL" uncancels Wallen post-COVID breach

Elaine Low - Variety

The musician was originally scheduled to perform in October until videos surfaced of him partying without a mask

Jeopardy” contestant Ken Jennings visits the Build Series to discuss the television event “JEOPARDY! The Greatest of All Time” at Build Studio on January 06, 2020 in New York City. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

Ken Jennings' ableist tweets resurface

Kristen Lopez - Indiewire

This is not the first time Jennings has been cited for cruelty in his tweets

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Trump's Wyndham Hotel fraud hearing axed

Igor Derysh

The campaign said similar "hearings" were planned in Michigan and Arizona, but that was news to GOP officials there

Supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Kenosha Regional Airport on November 02, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump addiction: It's not about Trump

Amanda Marcotte

Trump may believe otherwise, but he's a huge bore. His followers' unbreakable loyalty is what's so fascinating

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at General Mitchell International Airport November 2, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump may run for president in 2024

David Edwards - Raw Story

"He’s said that he would be interested in looking to 2024,” Lara Trump says

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Trump's Georgia play: Show of dominance

Heather Digby Parton

Georgia Republicans have descended into backstabbing, with the Senate on the line. Trump probably likes it that way

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Demonstrators protest against gerrymandering at a rally at the Supreme Court during the gerrymandering cases Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP wins set up decade of gerrymanders

Igor Derysh

Republicans will have power to gerrymander 188 congressional districts while Dems hold control over just 73 seats

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Team Biden: Open the windows!

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

There's an antidote to the lies, con games and cover-ups of the Trump era. But it's not getting back to "normal"

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meet at the Prime Ministry Office in West Jerusalem on November 19, 2020. (Israeli Prime Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Bibi, Pompeo and MBS: Secret BFFs?

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

Israeli leader and secretary of state reportedly flew to Saudi Arabia for secret meeting. What was on the agenda?

Roger Stone, former advisor to President Trump (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Stone-linked group wants to sabotage GOP

Igor Derysh

A fringe group of Republicans is trying to sink the GOP's Senate hopes as retaliation after Trump's loss in Georgia

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