The New York Times is reporting (and the White House is denying) that the Trump administration passed on buying more doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. We’ll give you the view from the 200 millionth place in line, where Kai and Molly are patiently waiting. Plus: the end of cash bail in Los Angeles, civil forfeiture on the rise and, uh, aliens.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses.” from The New York Times

• “White House denies report saying it passed when Pfizer offered additional vaccine doses” from MarketWatch

• “On first day as L.A. County D.A., George Gascón eliminates bail, remakes sentencing rules” from the LA Times

• “Trump Aims to Boost Vaccine Confidence at White House Summit” from Bloomberg

• Our episode from 2017: “The police can just take your stuff”

• “Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready” from The Jerusalem Post

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