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Pat Roberts' "clown car" idiocy: Manufacturing a "gaffe" because there's nothing else to say

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With Senate at stake, candidates clash over Obama

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The right tries to buy a judge: Why the Kochs are throwing cash at a state judicial race

"That’s where I’ve failed as a scientist": Bill Nye opens up about the climate wars

Here's how we beat the right: How progressives withstand Fox News, the last Obama defenders, and chart a new future

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America's conspiracy mania: Why Ebola and 9/11 truthers reflect a tortured history

GOP's paranoia and cruelty: The real lessons of the Obama presidency

"A country is not a company": Paul Krugman exposes business elites' cluelessness about economic policy

One day to go: Where things stand in 10 Senate battlegrounds

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John Oliver and Nick Offerman demonstrate the hilarious downside of robot sales assistants

Brittany Maynard, advocate for assisted suicide, ends her own life

Tucker Carlson: "We need an 'older white guy' appreciation day"

Court declines to take up Episcopal Church dispute

GOP compromise fantasy-land: Team Obama’s self-defeating hope for 2015

The right's "abuse" claim against Lena Dunham is deeply misguided

CNN guest: If women don't want to be catcalled, they should carry guns

The IPCC's terrifying understatement: Drastic action needed to avoid climate catastrophe

Conservatives somehow already furious at Mitch McConnell for not repealing Obamacare

Could video games help improve schizophrenics' lives?

Emma Watson dedicates prestigious acting award to her late hamster

Obamacare's surprisingly sunny prospects: Why a GOP win doesn't spell doom

Chris Rock’s "SNL" monologue put 9/11 jokes back on the table

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Frank Bruni's embarrassingly dumb midterm column: Why the NYT columnist should spare us his hot takes

Work addiction is a real thing--and it's not good for you

Ted Cruz's big (awful) plans: Why a clash is coming if GOP wins majority

Lena Dunham's sister responds to "sexual abuse" allegations

Hillary Clinton is a "little hawkish for me": 16 fascinating facts we learned from Jon Stewart

Attention, media: Stop giving this deceitful climate denier a platform

How to buy an election: A "dark money" tidal wave drowns the 2014 elections

Ann Patchett sends New York Times correction, clarifies she is not married to her dog