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11:38 A.M. Why Bill de Blasio Is Acting Like a 2020 Candidate He’s not taking any of the steps a serious candidate would be taking. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a strategy.
11:29 A.M. The New Slack Logo Looks Good Compared to the Other Options You can thank the designer behind Hillary Clinton’s “H” for this development.
10:39 A.M. The Fate of Brexit Is in Jeremy Corbyn’s Hands There is no majority in Parliament for any deal — or a second referendum — without the Labour Party’s votes.
10:02 A.M. Michael Cohen Hired IT Firm to Tweet Horny Things About Him Cohen did not get the results he was looking for on either front, but the firm’s owner received a Walmart bag containing $13k in cash for his efforts.
8:57 A.M. Is It Time to Regulate Social Media Influencers? Cases of fraud are common in the multi-billion dollar influencer marketing industry. A “Cambridge Analytica moment” could be next.
6:00 A.M. Teachers’ Strike Brings L.A. Charter-School Battle to a Head Charter schools have seen explosive growth in L.A., and now striking educators claim they’ve left traditional schools overcrowded and under-resourced.
11:54 P.M. Turkey Seeks Arrest Warrant for Knicks’ Enes Kanter: Report Kanter says he fears he’ll be extradited or even killed for criticizing Erdogan and backing Fethullah Gulen, an exiled cleric living in Pennsylvania.
10:00 P.M. Trump Lawyer No Longer Denying Campaign Colluded With Russia RIP, “No collusion.”
7:39 P.M. Coulter and Limbaugh Keep Pressure Up on Trump to Hang Tough Who is Trump going to listen to? His conservative allies or everybody else?
6:36 P.M. Pelosi Urges Trump to Postpone State of the Union There’s no reason the House should have to host Trump’s televised speech, particularly when he’s shut down the government.
5:09 P.M. Some of You Haven’t Heard of This Meme and It Shows An easy, but good meme.
5:00 P.M. SCOTUS Defends Workers’ Rights in Arbitration Decision Sometimes legal “textualism” can produce progressive results.
1:15 P.M. Facebook Doesn’t Need to Fool You Is the #10YearChallenge meme a conspiracy to steal your data?
12:36 P.M. If TSA Workers Go on Strike, Trump May Try to Play Reagan It’s unclear if Trump could follow Reagan’s strategy for defeating striking air traffic controllers. Unpaid TSA workers might be tempted to try him.
12:35 P.M. YouTube Bans Dangerous Pranks Like the ‘Bird Box Challenge’ YouTubers are no longer allowed to risk or make anyone fear for their lives.
Jan. 16, 2019 Instagram Influencer Un-Cancels Infamous Creativity Tour Caroline Calloway is back, baby.
Jan. 16, 2019 Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Like in American History? Shirley Chisholm? Joshua Reed Giddings? FDR?
Jan. 16, 2019 The Longer the Shutdown Lasts, the More It Hurts the Economy Even the White House’s own economic adviser is warning about the damage inflicted by the never-ending shutdown.
Jan. 16, 2019 Most Americans Don’t Know How Much Facebook Knows About Them Per a new survey, odds are you haven’t seen the detailed psychographic profile Facebook has on you — and you’d be uncomfortable once you did.
Jan. 16, 2019 If Only Obama Had Done the Things Obama Actually Did Some on the left have repeated their complaints about Obama’s supposed failures so many times, they’ve forgotten everything he actually accomplished.

12:03 P.M. Don’t Give Up on the Women’s March The movement must transcend its organizers.
11:47 A.M. Of Course Michael Cohen Paid for His Thirsty Twitter Account According to a new report, he was behind @WomenForCohen, which regularly tweeted that he was a sex symbol.
11:09 A.M. Gillibrand’s Franken-Problem Won’t Die When a woman stands up to a powerful man, the fallout is all too predictable.
11:00 A.M. Am I Cool Enough for This Salad? After one failed attempt, the answer is yes.
11:00 A.M. How an Architect Transformed Her Office Into a Sanctuary Suchi Reddy renovated her Greenwich Village workspace, which includes a meditation room and kitchen you’d want at home.
10:39 A.M. Report: Rihanna Is Launching a Luxury Line She may have already given us a first look.
9:30 A.M. I Can’t Stop Watching European Crime Dramas Here are 11 to binge.
9:00 A.M. What It’s Like to Have a Body That’s Literally Falling Apart “Having Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is like being trapped in a house on fire.” video
8:00 A.M. The Artist Who Only Paints People of Color Meet Kohshin Finley.
7:30 A.M. To All the Moms I’ve Ignored Before I think of you every time I want to give a new mom advice.
7:00 A.M. Is My Voice Attractive? How about now?
6:00 A.M. Now Wait for This Week A short story about bad men, rich roommates, and adult birthdays.
6:00 A.M. Krista Tippet Is a Religion The ‘On Being’ host has become the guru to “spiritual but not religious” seekerdom — and made NPR the center of a new New Age.
8:38 P.M. Nation of New Zealand Unites Against Rowdy Tourist Family An exhaustive, frankly shocking account of all the unmitigated havoc the group wrought over the course of a month.
8:00 P.M. Cardi B Weighs in on the Government Shutdown “Our country is in a hellhole right now.”
6:02 P.M. AOC to Give Twitter Lessons to Her Democratic Colleagues This may be her hardest task yet.
5:53 P.M. 27 of the Best Vegan Beauty Products Ever From Glossier, Tarte, Drunk Elephant, and more.
4:13 P.M. First Plant on the Moon Dies, Like Many Plants I’ve Owned I relate to the moon scientists.
3:50 P.M. Celebrity Gossip Predictions for 2019 And more in this week’s celebrity gossip column.
3:16 P.M. This Rent the Runway Coat Is ‘Unnerving’ Men Everywhere “It’s like Sesame Street but make it fashion.”

10:53 A.M. Louis C.K. Jokes About Masturbation at San Jose Show “I like to jerk off, and I don’t like being alone.”
10:33 A.M. Stephen Colbert Has a Favorite Gyllenhaal, and It’s Not Jake “It’s just something you don’t say on national TV.”
10:26 A.M. High Flying Bird Trailer: André Holland Is Fixing Basketball You had me at hello.
10:14 A.M. ‘We Are Living in Evil’: Discussing Friday Black’s Horrors The Vulture Spoiler Book Club on the shocking, hilarious, deeply moral stories of Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
9:58 A.M. Mariah Carey at War With Her Alleged Grifter Assistant Blackmail! NDAs! Secret recordings!
9:48 A.M. Joel Kim Booster Owns His Stupidity in New Stand-up Set Want to laugh?
9:45 A.M. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Was Almost Impossible to Make “If we’d have known how difficult it was going to be, we might not have done it.”
9:00 A.M. The Live-Action Scooby-Doo Movie Keeps Me Awake at Night There’s one scene that I can’t wrap my head around. video
8:43 A.M. Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel on Waitress and Shark Attacks The two pals star in the musical until February 3.
12:14 A.M. The Revolution Will Begin at Newark Airport Give us liberty or give us the TSA.
11:02 P.M. How Schitt’s Creek Pulled Off The Crows Have Eyes III Dan Levy and Catherine O’Hara break down how the standout scene in Moira Rose’s “comeback vehicle” took flight.
11:02 P.M. Schitt’s Creek Recap: 50 Shades of Johnny Rose Rose Apothecary may have gotten robbed (well, sort of), but it’s Moira who steals this episode.
11:01 P.M. Deadly Class Premiere Recap: First Day of School The series introduces its nasty twist on the familiar “chosen one” fantasy via a series of familiar new-kid-in-school tropes.
11:01 P.M. Schitt’s Creek Season Premiere Recap: Winging It Plucking Moira away from the Rose family only highlights how loving this show’s central relationships are.
10:49 P.M. Marie Kondo Isn’t Trying to Make Everyone Burn Their Books Calm down, Twitter.
10:00 P.M. The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: No-Touch Zone Jackie sort of apologizes, Jennifer sort of cries, and everyone is sort of friends again. Until they’re not.
9:27 P.M. Minnie Driver Still Isn’t Over FX Cancelling The Riches And she claims it was about more than ratings.
9:00 P.M. Riverdale Recap: Cabin in the Woods Strap in, it’s an extended dream sequence.
8:00 P.M. Cardi B Weighs in on the Government Shutdown “Our country is in a hellhole right now.”
7:09 P.M. Glenn Close’s Dog, Pip Close, Has His Own Instagram The account has been active for three years.

11:23 A.M. Can ‘Surge Pricing’ Really Take Off at Restaurants? Proponents say it combats rising costs without raising prices — and they make a persuasive argument.
10:26 A.M. Where to Eat Hot Pot in NYC Right Now Grab some friends and get ready for the ultimate soupfest.
2:25 P.M. The Absolute Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in New York For picky palates and gourmets-in-training alike.
12:32 P.M. America’s Restaurants Are Helping Unpaid Government Workers The shutdown has brought out the best in the country’s hospitality industry.
Jan. 16, 2019 Is the New Impossible Burger Any Good? The high-tech veggie burger gets a surprise upgrade.
Jan. 15, 2019 #WhiteHouseDinners Is Your New Favorite Twitter Hashtag It’s a place to process the fast-food feast.
Jan. 15, 2019 Alex Stupak’s Newest Empellón Opens This Friday Chef Alex Stupak’s second location of Empellón al Pastor opens this week.
Jan. 15, 2019 Photos From Trump’s Fast-Food Feast, Ranked by Sadness “I thought it was a joke.”
Jan. 14, 2019 A New Midtown Bar Pairs Stiff Drinks With Killer Views Like drinking in a penthouse.
Jan. 14, 2019 Kylie Jenner Versus an Egg Is the Celebrity Feud We Deserve We did this to ourselves.
Jan. 14, 2019 American Hero Banned From Walmart for Best Reason Ever “ … drinking wine from a Pringles can for several hours while riding on an electric cart.”
Jan. 11, 2019 Soho Health-Food Destination to Close, Internet Melts Down Though there’s a petition to prevent it from happening.
Jan. 11, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Jan. 11, 2019 Whole Foods to Pick Over Corpses of Dead Sears and Kmarts The Amazon-owned company is reportedly eyeing locations in less densely populated midwestern states.
Jan. 11, 2019 Comedian Jon Glaser’s Grub Street Diet “I enjoy high-quality potato chips and high-quality potato chip–based humor.”
Jan. 10, 2019 Restaurant Bravely Announces Bird Box–Themed Dinner Guests will be blindfolded throughout the dinner at the Milleridge Inn in Jericho.
Jan. 10, 2019 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Podcasters IRL, tea with Frankenstein, and a comic to know.
Jan. 10, 2019 One of Our Favorite Restaurateurs Is Opening a New Wine Shop Forêt Wines is the project of Marie Tribouilloy, who wants to sell the wines you love to drink at Ops — and many more.
Jan. 10, 2019 Okay, Now It’s Safe to Eat Romaine Caesar is back.
Jan. 10, 2019 Why Instagram-Famous Recipes Are So Impossible to Resist The joy of #cooking.

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Jan. 16, 2019 What’s the Next Status Chocolate Bar? We asked chocolate buyers to make their best guesses and came up with two front-runners (and five runners-up).
Jan. 16, 2019 Lots of Super-Warm Ugg Slippers Are Up to 50 Percent Off Cozy shearling-lined slippers are on sale for both men and women.
Jan. 15, 2019 What Dita Von Teese Can’t Live Without “I never thought of myself as a onesie kind of gal but it’s pretty chic.”
Jan. 15, 2019 There’s a Bunch of Cuisinart Dutch Ovens on Sale at Amazon In a classic blue or red gradient or a more modern matte white or gray.
Jan. 14, 2019 I Found This Sweatshirt-Like Bathrobe at a Kimpton Hotel It feels like the best college hoodie.
Jan. 14, 2019 Does the Arc Trainer Burn As Many Calories As It Claims? We found out whether gym machine calorie counters are actually accurate.
Jan. 14, 2019 A Bunch of Fuzzy, Furry Teddy Coats Are Up to 70 Percent Off From Tibi, Topshop, J.Crew, Free People, and more!
Jan. 14, 2019 What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Weighted Blankets, Pens Plus natural deodorant, baby swaddles, and more.
Jan. 11, 2019 Rio Stops By: Jackie Johnson of the Natch Beaut Podcast Talking with the natural beauty guru about cruelty-free products and the power of Tatcha and Dr. Sturm.
Jan. 11, 2019 What Are the Best Remedies for Lactose Intolerance? We asked a dietitian and a nutritionist for advice.
Jan. 11, 2019 The Best Containers for Storing and Transporting Meals Make your meal-prep New Year’s resolution a little easier.
Jan. 11, 2019 41 Things on Sale You’ll Actually Want to Buy Including: Isabel Marant, Carhartt, Uniqlo, and Veja.
Jan. 10, 2019 The Muji Swab Can Pick Up a Mascara Flake Between Lashes It’s so much thinner and better for precise makeup tweaks.
Jan. 10, 2019 Ask the Strategist: Find an Alternative to This Duvet Cover? The Strategist helps a reader on her quest to find the perfect blue-gray duvet cover.
Jan. 10, 2019 The Best Floor Mats For Kids That Actually Look Good Floor mats that look great in a nursery as well as in your living room.
Jan. 10, 2019 Handsome Winter Things From Todd Snyder Up to 52 Percent Off This Italian-wool herringbone bouclé topcoat is 52 percent off.
Jan. 10, 2019 I Tried the Warby Parker of Prescription Lenses New prescriptions for old frames in less than a week.

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