At least now she can stop pretending she lives in Wyoming.
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The Media’s Morality Play and Melissa Harris-Perry
Learning lessons from the umbrage police
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Dan Cantor’s Machine
New York’s Working Families Party has built the most effective political operation the American left has seen in decades. Can it duplicate its success in other states?
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Daily Meme: If They Were Invisible … We’d Probably Be Better Off.
Today, the Washington Blade announced that Clay Aiken is interested in running for North Carolina’s 2nd congressional seat. Yes, that Clay Aiken, the one who lost the election that likely features the highest turnout in the country, American Idol. Now that it is finally 2014, we expect similar candidates with … unique qualifications … will […]
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David Brooks and the Modern Marijuana Confession
Everyone who’s anyone is confessing to youthful pot use. But there are still boxes you’re supposed to check.
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Why Medicaid Patients Using the ER More Isn’t a Bad Thing
A new study shows that getting people on Medicaid increases their use of emergency services. That isn’t necessarily something to worry about.
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The Menagerie of Lesser-Known Experts
A compendium of the more esoteric specialists cited by reporters past and present.
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No, Obamacare Wasn’t a “Republican” Proposal
Why this oft-repeated and very wrong idea is both unfair to the Affordable Care Act and far too fair to American conservatives.
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The Trouble with Moore’s Law Determinism
Your life is not 1,024 times as changey as it was ten years ago.
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Daily Meme: Happy New Year!
Now that 2013 is finally done we can wash away the retrospectives and gifs and listicles of yesteryear and focus on what’s bound to happen next. First off, we have to deal with the political hangovers from the last few weeks. Congress will need to decide whether it wants to renew the emergency unemployment benefits […]
