March 5, 2021 10:00 a.m. So, unbelievably (or maybe believably — take your pick) we’re hitting the one-year mark of quarantine life. TPM will get to celebrate this “momentous” occasion in about a week on March 11, the day the New York office started working remote. If you’re like us, you’ve probably had a not-so-great year! And I’m not just talking about the number of demoralizing pandemic stories we covered — we had the presidential election, an insurrection/attempted coup, horrible storms and Ted Cruz being the absolute worst (shocker). Even with the vaccine light at the end of the long, arduous, complicated tunnel, it’s still hard to get excited about much of anything lately. We’ve become accustomed to disappointment following any splash of positive news.