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Is it possible to talk about the legalization of marijuana without making stoner jokes? TAPPED contributors Nancy Scola and Paul Waldman find out! —The Editors

Fair Elections Town Hall Interested in the Fair Elections Now Act? Follow along as Interested in the Fair Elections Now Act? Follow along as Prospect executive editor Mark Schmitt explains how the legislation could improve campaigns. —The Editors

We’re accepting applications for the Prospect writing fellowship. –The Editors

Last week, Last week, Mark Schmitt chatted with the Cato Institute’s Brink Lindsey, covering everything from Samuel Alito‘s State of the Union faux pas to Lindsey’s disenchantment with Obama. In this clip, they talk about the death of big initiatives. Watch the whole thing here. —The Editors

Mark Schmitt and Heather Gerken took to Bloggingheads to chat about John Edwards’ love child Citizens United. Watch it — and be sure to check out Heather’s analysis of what the ruling means for corruption and election funding. –The Editors

The Supreme Court just handed down the decision in the Citizens United case — ruling in favor of corporate spending in elections. We’ll have more on this later today, but here is Mark Schmitt‘s preview of the case’s implications: Corporations can and already do spend millions to influence policies that affect them, whether through lobbying […]

The FCIC hearings continue today, and Tim Fernholz is on the scene: FCIC Hearings — —The Editors

This week, Monica Potts joins us as our new associate editor. Previously, she was a reporter at the StamfordAdvocate, where she covered courts and crime. Her work there also appeared in the Connecticut Post. Before that, she worked as a news assistant at the New York Times and wrote for the Obituary and Metro sections. […]

The TAP team will be taking time off for the holidays. There may be some intermittent posting next week, but we won’t be back in full swing until Monday, Jan. 4. Thanks, all, for reading us, and see you all in the new year! —The Editors

Each day is a fresh chance to discover, as the webcomic xkcd put it, that someone is wrong on the internet. Here at TAPPED, we’ve turned toppling the gods into an art form. Here’s a look at the five best takedowns on the blog this year: Shelby Steele: “The man is like Sisyphus, doomed to […]