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Good morning! Is there anything more obviously outdated as the concept of The idea that the only time people have access to the Internet to shop is when they get back to their desks the Monday after Thanksgiving is laughably obsolete. Yet here we are, awash in “deals” masquerading as excuses to shop.
Literally the only Cyber Monday deal I care about
I heard from a few of you about the Instant Pot I talked about in Friday’s Roundup. Last night, (it was delicious) and this morning (as of this writing. My guess is they will go fast.) Not sure if you want one? Check out this list of to see if it would be up your alley. (This is not a paid sponsorship or anything — though if you buy one using the Amazon link above we do get a tiny little fee to help support the newsletter. I just really want everyone to join the pressure cooker posse).
If you’re heading out into the wild world of online shopping today and make sure you’re using .
OK, on to the news.
The Rundown
+ Today’s Weather: and that’s actually fitting for the transition between November and December.
+ Today’s Editorial: “”
Your third-place Denver Broncos
“AFC West
1. #Raiders 9-2
2. #Chiefs 8-3
3. #Broncos 7-4
4. #Chargers 5-6Denver would be out of the playoffs if season ended today.”
Folks, . If only the entertainment value of games translated to the win/loss column, but alas, the Broncos were on (you can last night and found themselves somewhere they haven’t been in a long, long time: fighting for their playoff life.
+ Who’s to blame for the loss? .
+ A footnote: , which is all we’d be talking about if they’d won.
+ which would be impressive if it wasn’t so aggravating.
Here’s a bunch of really great reporting
Let me tell you a secret about the way newspapers work. Because we like to take holiday weekends just like civilians, we tend to fill those papers with what we call “evergreens,” aka great, richly reported stories that are written in advance and held to be released while everyone is stuffing themselves with leftovers. The best part about them is that they are all really, really good stories. To wit:
+ Starting Jan. 1, and Kevin Simpson investigates how it will affect traffic.
+ Our Washington correspondent Mark Matthews on how .
+ Aldo Svaldi looks at a well-intentioned program designed to connect landlords with homeless tenants to provide housing .
+ and Monte Whaley investigates the results.
+ Jesse Paul interviewed .
+ Dave Migoya on the in Colorado.
+ Noelle Phillips on Street2Life screenprinting, .
By The Numbers
90
That’s how old Ann Taylor Cook is. Why do you care? .
Quick Hits
+ Colorado state trooper and the semi truck driver that could have moved over, according to the arrest affidavit.
+ Hey look, .
+ Two people were killed and four were wounded .
+ Another man fell to his death hiking in Colorado, .
+ .
+ Dylann Roof, the alleged gunman who killed 9 black parishioners at a church in Charleston last year, .
+ , despite a warning to leave by
+ . Heck of a season.
+ .
+ That’s the , thank you very much.
+ If you want your kids to be healthy, .
+ The venerable (and always packed) Cherry Cricket .
+ , according to sheriff’s deputies.
What We’re Reading
+ The now-empty Sports Castle .
+ In a scene straight off the cutting room floor of , unkown hackers have and are demanding ransom, .
+ Imagine if tomorrow, the U.S. government announced that it was pulling all $10 and $20 bills from circulation in order to make sure everyone was paying taxes. , and the government’s decision has brought commerce to a virtual standstill. Rather than back out, the prime minister of India has doubled down, saying that the small merchants and businesses that are the most affected by the change .
+ I’m not sure when and where some people got the idea that quotation marks = emphasis, but .
+ Watch the video and never complain about the foot traffic at the mall ever again.
Trump Digest
+ Colorado Rep. Ken Buck doesn’t think that the president-elect’s campaign promise to (but only because it would cost too much).
+ From former Denver Post reporter Mark Jaffe: ““
+ Over the weekend, Trump turned to Twitter to complain about his rivals (again) but this time, being the only reason he lost the popular vote (by ). In case you think I’m being harsh calling it a “lie,” I mean it: . The secretary of state in California, one of the states accused of having “millions” of fraudulent votes,
+ Voting rights advocates, including Ari Berman, are worried that these statements are (this is an opinion piece, btw, not news, but the ideas are definitely worth considering).
+ Here’s , including and a history of anger at the elite. No matter what you think of him or Trump, you will definitely know him better after reading that piece.
Song of the Day
Song: “”
Artist: Jenny Lewis
Sounds like: A stirring, beautiful harmony about a lifetime of regret, lessons learned and the tiniest little sliver of optimism about the future.
Head over to our , or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .
Hat Tips & Corrections
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