1.  Joe Biden Declared Winner in Georgia Despite Recount

 PEACHY 

The victory brings Biden’s electoral college tally to 306—the same as Trump’s winning 2016 tally.

2.  ‘What a Mess!’: Charles Koch Regrets His Partisanship

  ‘BOY, DID WE SCREW UP!’ 

“Because of partisanship, we’ve come to expect too much of politics and too little of ourselves and one another,” he wrote in an email to The Wall Street Journal.

3.  You May Not Find a Tastier Pre-Workout Supplement Than This

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4.  Trump Campaign Accepts Reality, Drops ‘Sharpiegate’ Lawsuit

 WRITING’S ON THE WALL 

The Trump campaign revised its conspiracy-laden lawsuit during a disastrous hearing Thursday then pulled it all together on Friday.

5.  CA Guv: I Was Wrong to Attend Aide’s Party Amid Pandemic

 OOPS 

On Thursday, California became the second state to report 1 million cases of COVID-19.

6.  Snag the New Five Two Sheet Pan and Get a Free Baking Mat

 DIBS! 

The only problem with this deal is that you might end up baking too many cookies, which in my opinion, is a good problem to have.

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7.  130 Secret Service Officers Are in Quarantine or Have COVID

 ‘VERY PROBLEMATIC’ 

The officers, tasked with protecting the president and the White House, had to criss-cross the country with Trump for huge in-person rallies.

8.  Miami Marlins Hire Kim Ng, First Female G.M. in MLB History

 FINALLY! 

Ng has worked as the assistant general manager for the Yankees and the Dodgers.

9.  Trump Keeps Suggesting Absurd Ideas to Stay in Office: NYT

 KILLING TIME 

He doesn’t appear to believe any of his schemes will actually work, but are more about working the clock while he works out what he’s going to do next.

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10.  Alito Goes Scorched-Earth in Speech to Federalist Society

 ‘VAMPIRE DREAM’ 

The supposedly impartial SCOTUS justice called the COVID-19 crisis a “constitutional stress test” that is threatening religious liberty, and said freedom of speech is being eroded.

11.  Boris Johnson’s Right-Hand Man Is Out After No. 10 Bust-Up

  CUMMINGS AND GOINGS 

Dominic Cummings, the combustible “genius” behind Brexit, has left Downing Street after falling out with staff.

12.  Texas AG Abused Office to Benefit Donor, Mistress: Lawsuit

 RETALIATION? 

AG Ken Paxton allegedly fired top aides who called him out for abusing his office.

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13.  Elite Law Firm Abandons Trump’s PA Election Challenge

 ON YOUR OWN 

One of the firm’s partners spoke at a Trump campaign news conference last week, purporting to be a volunteer poll watcher who had been obstructed.

14.  Over 150K Daily U.S. COVID Cases Recorded for First Time

 PREVIOUSLY UNTHINKABLE 

Worse still, at least 919 deaths were reported during the day, and 67,096 people are in hospitals with the virus.

15.  Four Dead as Tropical Storm Eta Floods North Carolina

 TRAGIC 

Two others remain missing, including a 1-year-old.

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