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Good morning and happy Thanksgiving Eve, folks! Did you hang your gravy stockings by the fire? Light your cranberry candles? Leave out a plate of stuffing and pumpkin for Saint Nick? Sorry, is getting me all discombobulated and I’m mixing up my traditions.
Reminder, we’ve got just about , from , and a few tips to .
Let’s get to the news, because that turkey isn’t going to thaw itself. Triple-true for .
The Rundown
+ Today’s Weather: . Perfect travel weather.
+ Today’s Editorial: “”
It’s All Quick Hits Today
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+ Some Highlands Ranch residents went before a judge yesterday to .
+ Your vote matters, especially if you live in Federal Heights, where .
+ Three leaders of the Bandidos biker gang face prison time after .
+ Fun fact of the day: . (“)
+ An Obama administration rule .
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By The Numbers
11 years
Washington Park and Valverde Park are only 2.9 miles apart in Denver, but a Wash Park resident on average will live 11 years longer than a Valverde Park resident. .
I told you, it really is all Quick Hits
+ I love it when mothers and sons bond over something, like a shared love of classic movies or, you know, .
+ .
+ A very dumb (but unfortunately valid) penalty gave the Seattle Sounders .
+ A very sad, weird story: .
+ DeMarcus Ware , while .
+ Fun fact: (and the catch rate is much higher than open water angling).
+ Sling TV, which is a Dish Network property, ?
+ .
+ (in a good way).
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What We’re Reading
+ It’s not so much reading, per se, but I am probably .
+ Our own Jesse Paul looks at the case of Dana Zzyym, who does not identify as male or female, and . *that is not a typo, it’s Dana’s preferred pronoun, FYI.
+ “It smelled like death” and .
+ President Obama , including Michael Jordan, Bruce Springsteen, Vin Scully, and Ellen DeGeneres, who almost didn’t make it inside the White House .
+ Two tales of revenge: A squirrel and in Minnesota, a deer head-butted the owner of a rural fur company, jumped over the counter and .
+ .
Trump Digest
Feedback? Hit me up.
+ Remember Bob Beauprez, the former Colorado Congressman and two-time candidate for governor (and outspoken advocate of drilling on public land)? , a slot recently occupied by Coloradan Ken Salazar.
+ Dalai Lama: .
+ So much ink has been spilled about how Trump voters were the “forgotten economic middle class” that it’s become regarded as fact. But a look at the stats shows .
+ Social media got all hot and bothered that Hillary Clinton after analysts found what they called anomalies in counties that voted on paper ballots vs. electronically, leaving open the possibility of “foreign hackers.” That would be spooky, right? Sorry to burst your bubble, Hillary supporters, but when (the author of that article ^) , the “anomalies” completely disappeared.
+ Trump (you ) that had so many twists and turns I can’t begin to summarize them here.
+ One of the twists and turns is the statement by the president-elect that “The law’s totally on my side, meaning, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.” .
+ Trump also claimed ignorance and that has been triumphantly celebrating his victory (), but Vox points out that .
+ The Trump administration .
+ One thing that most voters (no matter who they voted for) agree on: .
Song of the Day
Song: “”
Artist: Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
A great lyric: “”
Sounds like: A charming, poetic tale about a bus ride that feels very appropriate for the busiest travel day of the year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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Hat Tips & Corrections
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