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Not surprisingly, Donald Trump doubles-down on his debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory, and finds new ways to attack former Ambassador Yovanovitch. 1/20

That conspiracy theory Trump loves? It’s a yearslong operation run by the Kremlin. 2/20

A forthcoming Justice Dept. report is expected to find that political bias did not taint top officials running the FBI’s Russia probe. 3/20

One of Giuliani’s associates says Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, met with a former Ukrainian prosecutor last year to discuss digging up dirt on Joe Biden. 4/20

When Trump calls Congressman Schiff "human scum," he picks up a trope long associated with history’s worst antisemites. 5/20

NPR’s “Rough Translation” podcast enables you to hear the Ukranian side of the impeachment saga (from Ukraine). 6/20

Related: War reporting and photographs from Ukraine’s front lines. 7/20

Related/unrelated: A new font, "Tiny Hand," recreates the president's curious way with the alphabet. 8/20

A political reporter with a stutter writes a lovely article about Joe Biden’s struggle with his own. 9/20

See also: An archive of some of our favorite recent longreads. 10/20

Nearly 10 percent of the Seychelles' working population is addicted to heroin. 11/20

At least 36,000 homeless people live in the city of Los Angeles—which also has more than 41,000 empty housing units. 12/20

Five entrepreneurs explain what it’s like to run a food business on Skid Row. 13/20

A year of stellar female rap performances was entirely shut out of the 2020 Grammys, and that should come as no surprise. 14/20

Phoebe Waller-Bridge answers questions from famous people.  15/20

Remembering snowboard pioneer Jake Burton who died this week at 65 after two bouts of cancer. 16/20

One man’s advice on how to enjoy a long, dark winter after two of them in a row left him depressed. 17/20

Using "kk" instead of "k" or "OK" in emails and texts offers a microgenerational wedge between Gen X, Gen Z, and Millennials. 18/20

"This is the absolute biggest difference we can make." A child creates 58 tons of annual carbon emissions; a vasectomy fixes that. 19/20

Confessions of a former child chef, who now has a child chef of his own. 20/20

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