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The Pop Craveification of Breaking News

· Taylor Lorenz · last updated
At 10:50am PT on Sunday morning, just three and a half minutes after Joe Biden officially announced he was dropping out of the presidential race, LizaMinnelliOutlives, a Twitter account that documents historic events and figures that Liza Minnelli has outlasted, posted the news.

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