Stranger Than Fiction

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TOP NEWS

• Protests erupt in Iran after the government admits accidentally shooting down a commercial airliner.

• Trump’s own defense secretary admits there’s no evidence to support Trump’s statement that Iran planned to attack four embassies.

• House vote to restrict Trump’s war powers drew votes from Republicans.

• A major volcano sent thousands to flee in the Philippines

THE ELECTION

• Biden says he regrets his Iraq war vote

• Bloomberg has spent $200 million on TV ads to date.

• Bernie’s camp sets sights on Warren, saying she only appeals to wealthy voters

THE COMMENT

“Bloomberg is going to spend an astronomical amount of money on this race. Probably at least $1 billion. Maybe twice that. Possibly even more. Numbers like that upend every model of every presidential race in history. He can buy every news adjacency on cable and local television stations from now until November and not make a dent in his net worth. U.S. politics has never seen such financial throw weight in a presidential campaign.” - John Ellis

THE STRANGEST

• 17-year-old discovers planet 6.9 times larger than Earth on third day of NASA internship.

THE AV ROOM

• CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH 50 STRANGERS

• GOOP’S DANGEROUS PSEUDO-SCIENCE

• HOW THE MODEL 3 GETS MADE