If you’re wondering why all the railroads are about to shut down, you should read some of this. Mind boggling.

A thread about today’s story: I was about to interview a local restaurant owner about the theft of her Santa from outside her business. Then, she stopped me and said, “He’s sitting right up there.” Sure enough, sitting at the counter up front, was the man responsible.

If @eggy_boom doesn’t do this in the next SNL it’ll be a crime buzzfeednews.com/article/stepha…

Most Americans support the federal government's plan to ban noncompete agreements, and two in five Americans say they're more likely to look for a new job if the ban happens, according to a new Ipsos poll ipsos.com/en-us/news-pol…

What's the future of love? Ipsos US digs in with experts from a former Tinder sociologist to the president of Pandora Jewelry, to a relationship columnist (and we did some pretty fascinating polling, too). ipsos.com/en-us/future/l…

Andy Reid properly managed a clock! #SuperBowl

Chiefs Second Super Bowl Win Proves Anything Possible If You Don’t Trade Up To Draft Mitch Trubisky bit.ly/3XniKdr

A phone call today: Best friend: Are you busy at the moment? Me: Not at the moment. BF: I'm putting you on speaker. Explain to everyone why Election Day as a national holiday is a bad idea. And I did. And they were convinced.

Immediate disqualification.

Every Chicago cop is about to throw away their “Let’s go Brandon!” signs

Breaking: Federal regulators said all depositors of Silicon Valley Bank will get their money and said a second bank, Signature Bank, was closed on.wsj.com/3l4485Q

Roughly half of Americans (49%) support bank bailouts, according to a new Reuters / Ipsos poll fielded after the failure of two banks last weekend. That's up 12 percentage points since 2012, driven largely by increased support from Republicans. ipsos.com/en-us/half-ame…

A thread of election-night scenarios and Vote By Mail breakdown to consider as voting continues for the Runoff:

Former President Donald Trump is more likely to be seen as a “patriot” but also “weird” in a new Ipsos poll of seven swing states, while Vice President Kamala Harris is more likely to be seen as “moral” and “intelligent.” ipsos.com/en-us/ipsos-20…