Tuesday link dump: Burn on

• John McCain is doing that thing Republicans do where they are like "oh the government is spending money on silly things," like research into drug addiction and animals.
• How do you write honestly about fiscal matters when your job is funded by the most powerful deficit hawk in the nation?
• This is a surprisingly good editorial in the New York Sun of all places defending Charlie Rangel.
• Goldman Sachs promises not to spend corporate funds on political campaigns.
• Republican Bob Inglis lost his primary, and now he is speaking out against the Tea Parties.
• You can still hang a member of Congress in effigy outside the Capitol, but you cannot beat the effigy.
• Hey, the elite children of the ruling class are all super-worried about the deficit!
• Andy McCarthy wrote a humdinger of a new book.
• Rep. Paul Ryan: Is he actually dumb?

Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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