Choose Joy

After watching Leslie Jones live Tweet herself yelling at MSNBC, I felt vindicated in my Issue 78 fangirl moment. I couldn’t wait for Leslie to show up anywhere on MSNBC. “Either you’re gonna cry all night or you’re gonna laugh,” she told Joy Reid. “I’d rather laugh.” The next day Leslie appeared on Deadline: White House where Claire McCaskill surprised her. It was everything I could have hoped for. —MV

Steve Kornacki not only brought the big board to Sunday Night Football for play off predictions, but also came back to MSNBC to walk viewers through the Electoral College vote. At left, I’m so glad Joyce is getting more love.

Governments are established to protect inalienable rights. It’s not supposed to be a cult of personality. It’s supposed to be an arena for us to be protected by law in order to pursue happiness. That’s the entire point of the country.

—Jon Meacham, historian after introducing how the American idea gives people an open field and a fair chance

Kal’s class watched Home Alone 2, but he didn’t notice Piers

#AsLongAsTheInsideIsOutside

It would be nice if 2021 brought relief for the restaurant industry so they don’t have to figure out how to make the inside outside.

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