■ She says she could have won, “but it would’ve required that I go along with … ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. That was a path I could not and would not take.”
■Saturday Night Live alumnus Al Franken—who last night became the first ex-senator to host Jimmy Kimmel Live—offered Trump a painful math lesson.
■Esquire’s Charlie Pierce, citing the Justice Department’s assertion that unsealing the affidavit behind the FBI’s visit to Mar-A-Lago would scare off other witnesses: “No wonder Trump wants its release.”
‘A completely asinine approach.’ A computer science teacher tells the Tribune that Chicago Public Schools’ implementation of Illinois law to protect students’ data privacy is “literally hurting children.”
■ As organizers celebrate millions in federal cash for a South Side version of the 606 Bloomingdale Trail, Axios Chicago says they aim to avoid the 606’s downsides: Gentrification and displacement.
■ The AP characterizes a recount of Kansans’ overwhelming vote to preserve abortion rights as a tool to encourage supporters of the losing side “to believe an election was stolen.”
‘We’re time-traveling … to that dark time before vaccines.’ Rolling Stone attributes polio’s comeback to the anti-vax movement.
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