The latest news, analysis, and opinions from Dan Benjamin.

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• These coronavirus variants are keeping scientists awake at night - CNN
• Alec Baldwin leaves Twitter after uproar over wife's heritage - CNN
• The Biden post-election market surge is the best for a new president in 60 years - CNN
• Pence, other GOP officials expected to skip Trump send-off | TheHill
• Joe Biden Isn't Getting Government Plane to Fly Him to D.C. Inauguration
• Coronavirus Death Toll in America Surpasses 400,000
• Exclusive: Forbes launches massive expansion of paid newsletters - Axios
• Dinosaur fossils could belong to the world's largest ever creature - CNN
• Woman Accused of Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Laptop in Riots Surrenders
• Twelve South Announces ParcSlope Stand for MacBook and iPad - MacRumors
• Apple Podcasts launches new 'Spotlight' editorial feature to promote rising creators every month - 9to5Mac
• Mitch Hedberg Quotes - The Quotations Page
• Pocket Casts up for sale nearly three years after acquisition - 9to5Google
• Bumble, Tinder and Match are banning accounts of Capitol rioters - The Washington Post