Also from the Department of WTF, the White House has apparently told federal agencies to continue preparing the Trump administration’s budget proposal for the 2022 fiscal year, according to the Washington Post, despite the fact that it’s a colossal waste of time since Biden will have already been in office when it would be sent to Congress in February. “They’re pretending nothing happened,” one official said. “We’re all supposed to pretend this is normal, and do all this work, while we know we’re just going to have to throw it away.”
And in related news, here’s the secretary of state saying his boss, who lost the election, is going to serve another term:
Area Republican forgets to log out of the Twitter account bearing his very white face while pretending to be a Black man who hates Obama
Yes:
In a subsequent tweet, Browning claimed he was simply “quoting a message that I received earlier this week from a follower,” adding that “many people won’t” admit their love for Trump in public “but do in private.”
Elsewhere!
Biden Says “It’s an Embarrassment” That Trump Won’t Concede With Transition Underway (CNBC)
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Says She Will Ask Judge to Promptly Toss Out Trump Ballot Lawsuit (CNBC)
Key Justices Signal Support for Affordable Care Act (New York Times)
COVID Superspreader Risk Is Linked to Restaurants, Gyms, Hotels (Bloomberg)
Shocked by Trump’s Loss, QAnon Struggles to Keep the Faith (New York Times)
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