Extra, Extra

Gray Area: “On average, the current membership of Congress will be 58.1 years old by Dec. 31, tied with the 117th Congress that began in January 2021 and just behind the average 58.6 years seen during the 115th Congress four years before that. The age of Congress is in part because the current Senate is the oldest on record, with an average age at the end of the year of 64.3 years.” WaPo (Gift Article): The new Congress, like the last one, is unusually old. So is America. (First the Golden Bachelor, now this…)

+ Giving Zero Zucks: Following the obliteration of fact checking, Meta is now killing all of its DEI programs.

+ Holding Court: NBA greats think this D-II coach is a basketball genius. So why don’t you know who he is? (This is a really cool story. I got out of breath just reading about this guy’s practices.)

+ It’s a Mad Mad Maduro World: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is sworn in despite credible evidence of election loss. (The arc of the moral universe needs some re-bending.)

+ You Be Illin’: “President-elect Donald J. Trump is likely to justify his plans to seal off the border with Mexico by citing a public health emergency from immigrants bringing disease into the United States. Now he just has to find one.” (Don’t worry, RFK Jr has a million of ’em.) NYT (Gift Article): Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown.

+ Do Not Pass Go: Former MoviePass CEO Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces Up to 25 Years in Prison. (They must have run out of unconditional discharges.) This is good time to check out the Max doc: MoviePass, MovieCrash.