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“In what I’m sure was a huge shock for people who know me, I made a poor choice last week. If any good came of this, maybe it was that for one day, the left and the right finally came together to agree on something: that I’m a dick!” A Veterans Day Apology From Saturday Night Live and Pete Davidson. (Wherein we learn that incoming Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw has solid comedic timing…)

+ “He refused to be carried on a stretcher, because he didn’t want to expose comrades to enemy fire for no good reason. He walked to a medical evacuation, where he was put into a coma. He woke up in Germany a few days later, blind and swollen.” WaPo: Dan Crenshaw started the week as a punchline and ended it as a star. The real story came before that.

+ The Kansas Shoe Salesman Responsible for Veterans Day.

+ Twenty slang terms from WWI.

+ On Sunday, Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey’s attempt hit the upright. Four times.